River Park Mutual Homes
River Park is a housing cooperative, or co-op, community of townhouses and apartments located on 11 park-like acres in the Southwest Waterfront, a residential neighborhood in Southwest Washington, D.C., designed by the renowned Mid-century modern architect Charles M. Goodman.
A housing cooperative, or co-op, is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings. The corporation is membership-based, with membership granted by purchasing a share in the cooperative. Each shareholder in the legal entity is granted the right to occupy one housing unit.
Located one block from the Waterfront Metro Station, River Park is close to all the major highways — 395, 295, Route 1, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially known as the G.W. Parkway — with easy access to Georgetown and Capitol Hill. River Park is just a short walk to the MarketSW (open from spring to fall), the Southwest DC Community Farmers Market (open from spring to fall), Arena Stage, The Wharf, the Maine Avenue Fish Market, the National Mall, Smithsonian Institution museums, Audi Field (the home soccer stadium for D.C. United), and Nationals Park (the home baseball park for the Washington Nationals).
River Park was a pioneer in black and whites living together when it opened in May 1962. This was unique at the time because that same year, in September 1962, the United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report, "Civil Rights U.S.A./Housing in Washington, D.C.," which found that "District housing is segregated in a very real sense."
Features
Apartments
- Wall-to-wall windows
- Studio, 1, and 2-bedroom units
- Water and skyline views
- Individually-controlled heating and cooling
- Balconies
- Parquet wood floors
- Trash, recycle, and laundry in building
Townhouses
- Floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall windows
- 2, 3, and 4-bedroom homes
- 3 and 4-story homes, including basement
- Barrel-roofed and flat-roofed homes
- Parquet woods floors
- Private patios
Sale
River Park is an all-inclusive co-op!
Monthly member fee includes:
- Apartments - all utilities (heating/cooling, electricity, water, trash, local television channels in HD)
- Townhouses - all utilities except electricity (heating/cooling, water, trash, local television channels in HD)
- Property Taxes
- Master Insurance Coverage
- Most in-unit Maintenance
- Grounds Maintenance
- 24/7 Concierge Service
- FREE cable provided by Washington Cable
River Park does not maintain a list of units for sale or rent. If you want to access River Park sale or rental information, contact a real estate agent or visit a real estate website.
Buyers must request a copy of the bylaws and member’s manual from their seller.
Please note, all loans to purchase a unit at River Park must be made through a bank that has signed a recognition agreement with River Park. As of September 2017, those banks are listed in alphabetical order below. This list is subject to change without notice. Before prospective buyers begin the financing process they should contact the River Park office at (202) 484-3180.
Current List of Lenders:
CitiMortgage
Rom Catlett
Phone: (571) 265-2730
Email: rom.catlett@citi.com
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Phil Grisdela
Phone: (703) 326-9711
National Cooperative Bank (NCB)
G. Ryan Greer
Vice President, Loan Officer
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20006
Office: (202) 349-7455
Email: rgreer@ncb.coop
Brittney Malsbury
Office: (202) 349-7455
PHH Mortgage Corporation
Phone: (888) 777-4115
PNC Bank
John Asher
Phone: (301) 656-0705
Chip Dodson, Jr.
Phone: (301) 962-4649
JeanMarie Pace
Phone: (202) 271-1833
TD Bank
Mark Richards
4849 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
Office: (202) 537-3552
Email: mark.richards@td.com
Newsroom
River Park in the News
River Park has been recognized for being the most unique example of Mid-century modern architectural design in Washington, D.C., due, in large part, to its barrel roofs and aluminum grills.River Park begins property improvements
May 2018
River Park, an 11-acre cooperative in Southwest DC designed by mid-century modernist architect Charles M. Goodman and landscape architect Eric Paepcke, recently began a campus-wide rehabilitation of its grounds. The work at the property, located at 4th St. SW and Delaware Ave. SW, is part of a wider capital improvement plan intended to upgrade infrastructure, improve service reliability and increase member satisfaction. The capital improvement projects are being funded, in part, by an $8.6 million loan from National Cooperative Bank.
View Original ArticleBuilding of the Week: River Park
July 17, 2017
Washington is home to myriad mid-century residential buildings by nationally known architects. The most unique among these is the River Park development, located on 4th Street SW between N and O Streets. Its aluminum details and barrel-roofed townhouses stand out in a sea of concrete and brick boxes.
View Original ArticleThis owner disregarded resale and made her glam apartment a gift to herself
May 4, 2016
Although Nina Dunham was born in the “Mad Men” era, she had never gravitated toward mid-century modern design. But when she walked into an airy 1960s lobby in Southwest Washington’s River Park, with its floor-to-ceiling windows, bright-blue tiles and low-slung Knoll furniture, she felt at home.
View Original ArticleUnmistakable River Park
May 13, 2012
In 50 years, River Park in Southwest D.C. has gone from ahead of its time to oddly old-fashioned to, at least in the eyes of some, cool again.
View Original ArticleSouthwest waterfront’s River Park community turns 50
May 13, 2012
The barrel-roof townhouses of River Park are Campbell’s soup cans, halved the long way, balanced on top of metal cubes two blocks from Southwest Washington’s Waterfront Metro station. They are called “houses” — because people live in them, and really, what else could they be called? — but they are architectural punch lines, visual acid trips, the left-behind parts of the secret UFO that docked down by the waterfront half a century ago and then flew away before anyone caught it on camera.
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Virtual Tours
Click on the following links to receive video-based virtual tours of River Park units:1-Bedroom Apartment
3-Story Townhouse
Floor Plans
Click on the following link to see the apartment building floor plan on file with The Library of Congress:http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c37666/
Most Common Studio Floor Plan
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Most Common One-Bedroom Apartment Floor Plan
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Most Common Two-Bedroom Apartment Floor Plan
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Most Common Three-Story Townhouse Floor Plan
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Most Common Four-Story Townhouse Floor Plan
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