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.
Take a journey through North Cleveland Park and Tenleytown to uncover the story of the never-built traffic circle at the intersection of Tilden, Idaho, and Reno. Plus, explore all the undeveloped plots of land in the area.
Homes for sale on Veazey Street in North Cleveland Park.
Discover a fascinating piece of history with this 1862 drawing of Fort Pennsylvania at Tennallytown during the Civil War. Learn more about this important fort from the perspective of the time.
Before anyone called it Wisconsin Avenue, this road was Georgetown’s High Street and a country Tennallytown Road. The unified name took decades of debate, and an act of Congress, to sort out.
In January 1973, Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was shot in the chest and leg outside his Northwest DC home. He survived 6 1/2 hours of surgery and two Washington teenagers were charged.
Take a trip to the far reaches of the District and learn about 3 things you didn’t know happened at Chevy Chase Circle: a tragic suicide, a cricket match, and a tornado!
