What is "brightwood"

Brightwood is a neighborhood located in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood and the rest of Ward 4 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia by Brandon Todd.

Brightwood may refer to a location in North America:

• Brightwood, Nova Scotia

• Brightwood (Hagerstown, Maryland), a home on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
• Brightwood, Oregon
• Brightwood (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, a neighborhood
• Brightwood, Virginia, census-designated place in Madison County
• Brightwood (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood

Brightwood is a historic home located near Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is an unusually large, -story log-and-stone building with elaborately carved Adamesque features. It features a large two-story galleried portico that is centrally positioned on the front façade and a one-room two-story tower is centrally positioned on the rear façade. Also on the property are a stone springhouse and a stone smokehouse.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.