Capitol Hill Parks is an umbrella term for the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
management of a variety of urban parks in
Washington, D.C.
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There are four key parks in the system:
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Folger Park
Folger Park is a public park named after former Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger. It is located at 2nd Street and D Street, Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Andrew Ellicott modified Pierre L'Enfant's plan ...
, named after former
Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger
Charles James Folger (April 16, 1818 – September 4, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was a State Senator in New York from 1862 to 1869 and served as the 34th U. ...
;
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Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is a park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, ...
, named after the sixteenth president, and by far the largest unit at ;
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Marion Park, named after
Revolutionary War leader
Francis Marion
Brigadier-General Francis Marion ( 1732 – February 27, 1795), also known as the Swamp Fox, was an American military officer, planter and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. During the Ameri ...
;
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Stanton Park, named for Lincoln's
Secretary of War,
Edwin Stanton.
Additionally, a variety of smaller greenspaces are under the authority of this NPS area. The 59 circles and triangles included in
Pierre L'Enfant
Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant (; August 2, 1754June 14, 1825) was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C. (capital city of the United States) known today as the L'Enfant Plan (1791).
Early life an ...
's design of the city are overseen as part of this jurisdiction. Some of these include:,
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Eastern Market Metro Station, approximate square of land formed by the Intersection of Pennsylvania and South Carolina Avenues, SE; D, 7th, and 9th Streets, SE; only the Pennsylvania Avenue median remains in NPS hands as the remainder was transferred to DC;
* Maryland Avenue Triangles;
* Pennsylvania Avenue Medians;
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Potomac Avenue Metro Station, around the intersection of Potomac and Pennsylvania Avenues, SE;
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Seward Square, named after
William Henry Seward, the
United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
under
Presidents Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
and
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Dem ...
;
* Twining Square, around the intersection of Pennsylvania and Minnesota Avenues, SE.
References
NPS site
Parks in Washington, D.C.
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