Historical Markers and War Memorials in American University Park, District of Columbia
Washington and Vicinity
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On Albemarle Street Northwest at 42nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Albemarle Street Northwest.
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
On Ward Circle Northwest east of Nebraska Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
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
On River Road Northwest just west of Murdock Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest north of Albemarle Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.
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
On River Road Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west on River Road Northwest.
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
On 44th Street Northwest at Yuma Street Northwest on 44th Street Northwest.
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
On Brandywine Street Northwest at 44th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Brandywine Street Northwest.
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
On Brandywine Street Northwest at 43rd Place Northwest on Brandywine Street Northwest. 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
On Nebraska Avenue Northwest at Van Ness Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Nebraska Avenue Northwest.
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
On River Road Northwest at Western Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south on River Road Northwest.
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
On Ward Circle Northwest at Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, in the median on Ward Circle Northwest.
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
On Chesapeake Street Northwest at River Road Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Chesapeake Street Northwest.
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
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at Brandywine Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
“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
On Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of Van Ness Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Tenley Circle Northwest at Yuma Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Tenley Circle Northwest.
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
On 42nd Street Northwest at River Road Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 42nd Street Northwest.
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
Near Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of Van Ness Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Yuma Street Northwest east of 42nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of Van Ness Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of Van Ness Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
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
Near Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of Van Ness Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
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
Near Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of Van Ness Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
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
