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Tenleytown

One of DC’s early streetcar suburbs, Tenleytown developed along Wisconsin Avenue NW and retains traces of its 19th-century origins beneath its modern commercial strip, including the site of Fort Reno, the highest point in the city.

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The newly opened Hechinger Tenleytown store at 4555 Wisconsin Avenue NW in 1958, courtesy DC History CenterHechinger Started as a Demolition Company in 1911Jun 8Fort Stevens in 1864Civil War Reaches TennallytownJul 25, 20221894 Map of Tennallytown and Reno, Today’s TenleytownOct 26, 2018

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