Historical Markers and War Memorials in American University Park, District of Columbia

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in American University Park, District of Columbia

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1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 12 — A Spirit of Community — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Episcopalians first gathered here to worship in 1874, when St. Alban's Church, located on Wisconsin Avenue and Massachusetts, started a mission for the area. In good weather, services took place under a majestic oak tree on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m130927) HM

2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 17 — American University — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Beyond Ward Circle to your left is the campus of American University, chartered by Congress in 1893. Methodist Bishop John Fletcher Hurst guided the university’s development as a center for training future public servants. With its schools in . . . — — Map (db m130932) HM

3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 9 — And the Church Goes on — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Eldbrooke United Methodist Church's roots reach to about 1835, when Methodists gathered at the Loughborough Road home of Philip L. Brooke. Soon they built the simple, wooden Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church on land purchased from the . . . — — Map (db m184983) HM

4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 1 — Beer, Popcorn, and Penny Candy — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Suburban shopping arrived in Tenleytown when Sears, Roebuck & Co. erected a Moderne style store here in 1941. The sleek façade demonstrated the latest in department store design. Sears was the second Tenleytown business — after Giant . . . — — Map (db m130918) HM

5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 8 — Birth of Tennallytown — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Even before the nation's capital was sketched out in 1791, this spot, where River Road met the Georgetown-Frederick Road, attracted activity. John Tennally opened a tavern and inn across River Road from this sign. By the early 1800s, a hamlet . . . — — Map (db m184984) HM

6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Churches and Cemeteries — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —

One of the oldest churches in Tenleytown is the Eldbrooke United Methodist Church located on River Road. This church was founded in 1840 as the Mount Zion Methodist Church. Some of Tenleytown's earliest inhabitants are buried in The Methodist . . . — — Map (db m112176) HM

7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Early Commerce — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —

In the 1700s and 1800s Tenleytown's origin as a crossroad generated numerous commercial activities, such as tobacco trade, farms, dairies, and slaughterhouses, along with the "Tennallytown" Tavern. Murdock Mill Road led from Tenleytown to an early . . . — — Map (db m112178) HM

8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Early Inhabitants — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood — Reported damaged

As an early country village, Tenleytown inhabitants held occupations such as farmers, millers, tavern owners and shopkeepers. Since horses provided the primary method of transportation until the early 1900s, blacksmithing was a popular occupation in . . . — — Map (db m112179) HM

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9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 15 — For the Children — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

From 1927 until the late 1950s, the landscaped grounds across the street were the Hillcrest Children’s Center. It was founded downtown in 1814 as the Washington City Orphan Asylum by Marcia Burnes Van Ness and President Madison’s wife Dolley. . . . — — Map (db m130930) HM

10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Fort Bayard —

Civil War Defenses of Washington 1861-1865. No visible evidence remains of Fort Bayard, which stood at the top of this hill. Named for Brig. Gen. George Bayard, mortally wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. — — Map (db m124) HM

11 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — General Artemas Ward Monument — 1727–1800 —

Son of Massachusetts • Graduate of Harvard College • Judge and legislator • Delegate 1780–1781 to the Continental Congress • Soldier of three wars • First commander of patriot forces. — — Map (db m48362) HM

12 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 11 — Harry Country — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

By 1900, 12 large families — often intermarried — came to dominate the village that was Tennallytown: the Burrows, Chappell, Harry, Hurdle, Paxton, Perna, Poore, Queen, Riley, Robey, Shoemaker, and Walther clans. This is Harry country, . . . — — Map (db m184982) HM

13 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 7 — In Touch with the World — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

“Tenley Tower,” behind you, dates from the mid-1940s. Western Union Telegraph Co. built it as part of an experimental system using microwaves to transmit telegrams in the mid-Atlantic region. This new technology helped erase telegraph wires . . . — — Map (db m130925) HM

14 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 18 — Live on Our Stage! — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

When NBC radio and television and its local affiliate, WRC, moved to these new headquarters in 1958, the average TV screen measured 12 inches. The facility opened with six studios—three TV and three radio. Soon history happened here. . . . — — Map (db m47866) HM

15 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — Luis Alves De Lima E Silva —

Luis Alves de Lima e Silva Duke of Caxias Marshal, hero and patron of the undefeated Brazilian Army. — — Map (db m129203) WM

16 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 14 — On the Circle — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

In the 1930s city engineers created Tenley Circle where commuters heading cross-town or downtown changed streetcars. Across the street and to the left of Tenley Circle, a surviving strip of historic Grant Road meets Wisconsin Avenue. In the . . . — — Map (db m130929) HM

17 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 10 — Set in Stone — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

You are standing on the west side of Mt. Airy, a subdivision spanning Wisconsin Avenue laid out in the late 1890s. Mt. Airy evolved into a dense, working-class neighborhood, where policemen and dairymen lived in modest houses. Among them . . . — — Map (db m130926) HM

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18 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — The National Presbyterian Church —

Established on the foundation of The Church of the Covenant and The First Presbyterian Church The Church of the Covenant was organized in 1883 and since 1885 has worshipped in this edifice The First Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m130036) HM

19 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 13 — To the Rescue — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

The brick building across the street opened in 1928 as the Convent of Bon Secours (literally, “good help”). The convent’s sisters had arrived in Baltimore from France in 1881. In Baltimore they quietly nursed both wealthy and needy . . . — — Map (db m130928) HM

20 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 16 — Winning the War — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

The U.S. Navy arrived across the street at 3801 Nebraska Avenue during World War II, taking the Colonial style red-brick campus of Mount Vernon Seminary for secret “essential wartime activities.” Soon more than 5,000 workers occupied the . . . — — Map (db m130931) HM

21 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — World War I Memorial —

To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the men of the Church of the Covenant who gave their lives in the Great War William Strong Jr Lieutenant January 1915 Expeditionary Force Enlisted at Toronto • Gassed at . . . — — Map (db m130035) WM

22 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — World War I Memorial —

In reverent memory of Alan Ogilvie Clephane Elias Quereau Horton Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle who willingly gave their lives for their country in the World War This memorial is erected by The Society of Colonial Wars . . . — — Map (db m130125) WM

23 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — World War II Memorial —

In honored memory of the men of this congregation who gave their lives for their country in the War 1941 - 1945 Samuel Kendall Angus, U.S.A. • Charles Stone Borden, A.A.F. • David Rumbough Donaldson, U.S.A. • William B. Drysdale, . . . — — Map (db m130124) WM

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