Located north of Cathedral Heights and west of Cleveland Park, Mclean Gardens is a

Located north of Cathedral Heights and west of Cleveland Park, McLean Gardens is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Situated on the edge of Glover Archbold Park, McLean Gardens offers residents the benefits of a park-like setting with close proximity to urban amenities such as dining, shopping and access to Metro Station. The land on top of which McLean Gardens was built originally was the estate of John Roll McLean (1848 –1916). McLean was a wealthy businessman originally from Cincinnati. His father, Washington McLean, was the owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer, and purchased a controlling interest in The Washington Post in 1905. John died in 1916 and the estate passed to his son Edward B. McLean and his wife Evalyn W. McLean. Evalyn is remembered as the last private owner of the Hope Diamond, which is now currently displayed in the Smithsonian museum. The property was then sold to the government to help provide housing for the large numbers of people moving to Washington DC during World War II and then reconstructed in the 1980s to provide housing to the young urban professionals working the city.