An ammunition magazine similar to those built at Fort Stanton.
Fort Stanton was a
Civil War-era fortification constructed in the hills above
Anacostia in the
District of Columbia, USA, and was intended to prevent
Confederate artillery from threatening the
Washington Navy Yard. It also guarded the approach to the bridge that connected Anacostia (then known as Uniontown) with Washington. Built in 1861, the fort was expanded throughout the war and was joined by two subsidiary forts: Fort Ricketts and Fort Snyder. Following the surrender of the
Army of Northern Virginia, it was dismantled and the land returned to its original owner. It never saw combat. Abandoned after the war, the site of the fort was planned to be part of a grand "
Fort Circle" park system encircling the city of Washington. Though this system of interconnected parks never was fully implemented, the site of the fort is today a park maintained by the
National Park Service, and a historical marker stands near the fort's original location. (Full article...)
Kent is a neighborhood in
NorthwestWashington, D.C. in the
United States, bounded by Loughboro Road to the north, MacArthur Boulevard to the southwest, and Chain Bridge Road and Battery Kemble Park to the southeast. It is a suburban neighborhood, home to some of the most expensive homes in the city with an average home sales price in 2012 of $1.7 million ($2.26 million today). (Full article...)
An ammunition magazine similar to those built at Fort Stanton.
Fort Stanton was a
Civil War-era fortification constructed in the hills above
Anacostia in the
District of Columbia, USA, and was intended to prevent
Confederate artillery from threatening the
Washington Navy Yard. It also guarded the approach to the bridge that connected Anacostia (then known as Uniontown) with Washington. Built in 1861, the fort was expanded throughout the war and was joined by two subsidiary forts: Fort Ricketts and Fort Snyder. Following the surrender of the
Army of Northern Virginia, it was dismantled and the land returned to its original owner. It never saw combat. Abandoned after the war, the site of the fort was planned to be part of a grand "
Fort Circle" park system encircling the city of Washington. Though this system of interconnected parks never was fully implemented, the site of the fort is today a park maintained by the
National Park Service, and a historical marker stands near the fort's original location. (Full article...)
Kent is a neighborhood in
NorthwestWashington, D.C. in the
United States, bounded by Loughboro Road to the north, MacArthur Boulevard to the southwest, and Chain Bridge Road and Battery Kemble Park to the southeast. It is a suburban neighborhood, home to some of the most expensive homes in the city with an average home sales price in 2012 of $1.7 million ($2.26 million today). (Full article...)