bˈɔːɹn ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn, kˈɜːnəl ˈɑːɹθɚɹ ˈiː. ɹˈændəl, wʌzɐ lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnθ ænd ˈɜːli twˈɛntiəθsˈɛntʃɚɹi ɹˈiːəl ᵻstˈeɪt dɪvˈɛləpɚ, hˌuː ˈɜːnd sˌʌm ɹˌɛkəɡnˈɪʃən fɔːɹ bˈɪldɪŋ ðə kˈɑːŋɡɹəs hˈaɪts nˈeɪbɚhˌʊd, bᵻfˌoːɹ dɪvˈɛləpɪŋ hˈɪlkɹɛst ænd ˈʌðɚɹ ˈɛɹiəz, ˈiːst ʌvðɪ ˈænɐkˌɔstʃɚ ɹˈɪvɚ.
Born in 1859, Colonel Arthur E. Randle, was a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century real estate developer, who earned some recognition for building the Congress Heights neighborhood, before developing Hillcrest and other areas, east of the Anacostia River.