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The Carter Barron Amphitheatre (CBA) is located in Rock Creek Park. Initial plans for an amphitheatre in the Brightwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C., began in 1943, when Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. reviewed and commented on the site selection for an amphitheatre. The original plan called for benches to seat about 1,500 and a stage equipped ...
After acquisition and renovation by the National Park Service (NPS) in the 1950s, the Old Stone House was adapted as a house museum. The Old Stone House stands among the neighborhood's stores and restaurants. The building is considered part of the Rock Creek Parkway urban natural area and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
Where Decatur and Barron dueled is no longer included, within the boundaries of the current Dueling Creek Park. [citation needed] In June 1836, 22-year-old Daniel Key, the son of Francis Scott Key, was killed in a duel with a fellow Naval Academy midshipman John Sherbourne over a question regarding steamboat speed.
McCormick's Creek State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. state of Indiana, dedicated on July 4, 1916, as part of the state's centennial celebration. It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Bloomington in Owen County. The park receives about 640,000 visitors annually. [1]
Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Created by Act of Congress in 1890, the park comprises 1,754 acres (2.74 mi 2, 7.10 km 2), generally along Rock Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River.
Both Montrose Park and Dumbarton Oaks Park were jointly listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1967. [7] Montrose Park obtained an individual listing on 2007. [7] In 1998 and 1999, Student Conservation Association groups restored the south stream path. [2] Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy has been formed to provide ...
Mary Foote Henderson developed Meridian Hill Park and the surrounding area as part of a plan to make the area fashionable for embassies and mansions.. At the time of Washington, D.C.'s creation in 1791, the land beneath present-day Meridian Hill Park was owned by Robert Peter, wealthy Georgetown merchant, and was known as Peter's Hill.
Old Deaf School Park (Topiary Park) Trabue Woods Park; Tuttle Park; Walden Park; Walnut Hill Park; Walnut View Park; Waltham Woods Park; Washington Gladden Social Justice Park; Webster Park; Weinland Park; Westchester Park; Westgate Park; Westmoor Park; Wexford Green Park; Wheeler Memorial Park; Whetstone Park; Williams Creek Park; Willis Park ...