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Francis
Newlands, a beneficiary of the Comstock Silver Mine, was both a prominent
politician and a real estate tycoon. As Senator from Nevada, he championed
the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1901, which culminated in the irrigation
of huge sections of the West. At the local level, he developed Chevy Chase
and put in Connecticut Avenue so that the owners of his new development
could reach downtown Washington by streetcar. He further enhanced the
value of his real estate holdings by helping to create Rock Creek Park.
After renting Woodley to the Clevelands in 1893, he added a block of rooms
on the east side of the building and moved in himself c. 1900.
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