CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD/UNIVERSITY TERRACE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

Our History

Located in the Kent neighborhood of NW Washington, DC, Chain Bridge Road (CBR) and University Terrace (UT) were originally country lanes. The unique history and meandering beauty of these roads, established prior to the Civil War and abutting Battery Kemble Park, attracts people to this area. In the late 1990s, in response to concerns of overdevelopment and loss of the roads' natural environment and historic character, neighbors formed the Chain Bridge Road/University Terrace Preservation Committee. The group successfully argued for a tree and slope protection overlay, a zoning distinction that restricts the number and size of trees that can be cut down and limits the amount of impervious surface allowed on each lot, among other protections.

Our Committee and Logo

The Chain Bridge Road/University Terrace Preservation Committee is composed of a Board of 15 neighborhood volunteers who work with the community on issues related to its Mission. Board members serve two year terms and can lead Subcommittees that include additional neighborhood volunteers. The Subcommittees' activities include zoning compliance, community outreach, traffic and neighborhood safety, organizing social gatherings, and others. Our logo is the painting seen above. It is entitled "Summertime on Chain Bridge Road" and painted by John Ross Key (1837-1920), grandson of Francis Scott Key.

For more of CBR/UT's interesting and diverse history, please see The Washington Post's neighborhood profile on Kent.