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Chevy Chase, MD
Chevy Chase straddles the Maryland-DC line just north of the district, and it's widely cited by urban historians as one of the earliest deliberately planned streetcar suburbs in the country — developed beginning in the 1890s by Nevada senator and real estate developer Francis G. Newlands, who built the Chevy Chase streetcar line specifically to connect his new subdivision directly to downtown Washington. That late-19th-century planning legacy shows up today in the area's wide, tree-lined avenues and consistently high-quality architecture, much of it dating to the early 20th century and preserved through decades of active historic-district zoning across the several distinct municipalities that make up the broader Chevy Chase area. The Chevy Chase Club, a private country club founded in 1892 as part of Newlands's original development, remains an active and historically significant institution in the area, reflecting the neighborhood's origins as a deliberately upscale retreat for Washington's professional and political class from the very beginning of its development. Served by the Red Line at the Friendship Heights station along its southern edge, Chevy Chase's combination of foundational streetcar-suburb planning history, consistently preserved early-20th-century architecture, and its position straddling the DC-Maryland line has made it one of the oldest and most enduringly prestigious suburban communities in the entire Washington metropolitan area.
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Alexandria, VA
Alexandria's Old Town historic district preserves one of the best-maintained collections of 18th- and early-19th-century architecture anywhere in the country, with cobblestone side streets and brick rowhouses that reflect the city's founding in 1749 as a colonial-era Potomac River port, predating the establishment of Washington, DC itself by more than four decades. George Washington's connection to Alexandria runs deep — Christ Church, built in the 1770s, was his family's regular place of worship, and his Mount Vernon estate sits just a few miles south along the river, making Alexandria a natural extension of the broader Washington historical landscape for visitors touring both sites. King Street, Old Town's main commercial corridor running from the Potomac waterfront up toward the King Street Metro station, has developed into one of the more walkable and restaurant-dense downtown districts in the DC suburban area, and a free trolley connects the waterfront to the Metro station specifically to make the roughly mile-long stretch easier to cover without a car. Served by the Blue and Yellow Metro lines, Alexandria's combination of exceptionally well-preserved colonial architecture, a direct historical connection to George Washington, and a genuinely walkable waterfront downtown has made Old Town one of the most historically significant and consistently visited close-in suburbs anywhere in the Washington metropolitan area.
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