Concrete sand bins line a new brick street at sunset in the Reservoir District, with townhomes at right, Washington, D.C.

Reservoir District, Washington DC

Buying a home at the Reservoir District

EYA townhomes on the 25-acre former McMillan sand filtration plant, at North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue NW.

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the former McMillan sand filtration plant
25 acres
the former McMillan sand filtration plant
townhomes planned in all
146
townhomes planned in all
Reservoir Park, with a recreation center and pool on site
6.2 acres
Reservoir Park, with a recreation center and pool on site

For sale now

Homes for sale at the Reservoir District, September 2026

EYA is selling four townhome models, and two others have sold out.

Rendering of a row of four-story white brick Atwood townhomes with roof terraces, facing a landscaped green

The Atwood

Three bedrooms in about 1,480 square feet, with a two-car garage and a roof terrace. From $839,900.

Rendering of a long row of four-story white and dark brick townhomes with roof terraces along a planted walk

The Powell

Three bedrooms and 2.5 baths in about 2,000 square feet. From $899,420, with finish upgrades in the price.

Rendering of four-story Bend townhomes in white brick and gray panels, with gardens and benches in front

The Bend

Three bedrooms in about 1,690 square feet, with a two-car garage. From $944,900.

Rendering of four-story Chatfield townhomes on a corner, in white brick with dark bays, beside a lawn

The Chatfield

Three to five bedrooms in about 2,370 square feet. From $1,263,790, and EYA lists two left.

Financing

Financing a home at the Reservoir District

What to know before you sign.

Three models start under DC's $1,249,125 loan limit

The Atwood, the Powell and the Bend are priced under DC's conforming loan limit for 2026. With 5% down, a loan on a $1,263,790 Chatfield fits under it too.

Plan for DC's 1.45% recordation tax

DC charges buyers 1.45% of the price at closing on homes of $400,000 or more. On an $839,900 Atwood that is $12,179.

Buying before it's built

EYA expects to finish the townhomes by 2027. If your home isn't built yet, we plan the rate lock and deposits around its delivery date.

22 income-restricted townhomes

Nine Atwoods are reserved for buyers at 50% of area median income and 13 for buyers at 80%.
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To apply for an income-restricted home, register with DC's Inclusionary Zoning program at the Department of Housing and Community Development.

View from inside a concrete sand bin, through its arched openings, to the snow-covered plaza and the recreation center
Looking out from inside a sand bin toward the recreation center, January 2026.

Location

Where the Reservoir District is in DC

Highlights

What's at the Reservoir District

A DC park and pool are open on site, and a Sprouts grocery store is planned.

A row of tall concrete sand bins with arched doorways and a red-brick regulator house with a tile roof

Sand bins and regulator houses

Twenty concrete sand bins and four brick regulator houses from the 1905 plant line the streets.

The McMillan Fountain's bronze Three Graces on a pink granite base, with water running, in Reservoir Park

McMillan Fountain

Herbert Adams's bronze Three Graces went up in 1913, spent decades in storage and was rebuilt in the park in 2024.

The glass-fronted Reservoir Park Recreation Center behind a restored stone gateway at sunset

Reservoir Park Recreation Center

DC's recreation center has an indoor pool with three lap lanes, a fitness studio and a community room.

Sand bin 27 standing in the snow-covered plaza of Reservoir Park, with the recreation center behind it

Reservoir Park

6.2 acres with two splash pads, an amphitheater, a playground and the Olmsted Walk.

McMillan Reservoir's blue water with red-brick waterworks buildings on the far bank

McMillan Reservoir

The reservoir across First Street still holds DC's drinking water.

The main entrance of MedStar Washington Hospital Center, with flags and a planted circle in front

Hospitals on Michigan Avenue

MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Children's National are across Michigan Avenue.

Transportation

Getting around the Reservoir District

A train at the platform under the vaulted concrete ceiling of Shaw–Howard U Metro station
Metro
Shaw–Howard U on the Green Line is about a 25-minute walk. Brookland–CUA on the Red Line is about 28 minutes.
Looking north up North Capitol Street from Rhode Island Avenue, with rowhouses on both sides
Bus
Metrobus runs on North Capitol Street.
Bike & trails
A Capital Bikeshare dock is at the recreation center, and the Olmsted Walk runs around the site.

Each townhome has a two-car garage, and there are 30 visitor spaces. The streets inside are private, so DC residential parking permits don't apply.

History

History of the Reservoir District

The plant that gave DC clean water, now a park and a neighborhood.

  1. 1905

    DC's first water treatment plant opens

    The Army Corps of Engineers built the plant from 1902 to 1905. Water ran through 29 underground beds of sand, and DC's typhoid epidemics ended.

    Rows of concrete columns and vaulted ceilings over a sand floor inside an underground filter bed
    Inside an underground filter bed, 2010.

  2. 1913

    McMillan Park and its fountain

    The grounds were named for Sen. James McMillan of Michigan in 1906, and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed a park around the plant. Its fountain went up in 1913.

    Herbert Adams's sculpture of the Three Graces holding up the fountain's bowl
    Herbert Adams's Three Graces for the fountain, 1911.

  3. 1941

    Fenced for World War II

    The Army fenced the park to protect the city's water, and the fountain was taken apart and stored.

  4. 1986

    The plant closes

    A new treatment plant at the reservoir replaced the sand filters, and the 25-acre site passed to DC.

    A brick regulator house with a tile roof beside a row of ivy-covered sand bins
    A regulator house and sand bins, 2010.

  5. 1991

    A historic landmark

    DC listed McMillan Park Reservoir as a historic district in 1991, and it joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

    Sand bins and a red-roofed regulator house across the grass that covered the filter beds
    The site in 2007.

  6. 2021

    Construction begins

    Work started in October 2021, keeping the sand bins and regulator houses along both service courts.

    Aerial view of the cleared site with two rows of sand bins left standing, and McMillan Reservoir behind
    The site from the air, March 2022.

  7. 2024

    The park opens

    DC opened the park, the recreation center and the rebuilt fountain on June 15, 2024. The first townhome owners moved in early in 2025.

    A brick regulator house and a row of sand bins along a new brick street, with new townhomes at right
    Sand bins and new townhomes, November 2025.

The neighborhood next door is in our Bloomingdale guide. More new homes for sale are on the neighborhood guides page.

A row of tall concrete sand bins with arched openings along a plaza in the Reservoir District

Get pre-qualified for a home at the Reservoir District

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