Tenleytown, D.C.

— Country Village to City Neighborhood —

At an elevation of 410 feet, Fort Reno is located at the highest point in DC. The fort, originally named Fort Pennsylvania, was well situated to provide defense of the Nation's Capital during the Civil War as one of the Circle of Forts (pictured here) around DC. The commanding view is recognized as a historic element of the fort. Fort Reno was renamed in honor of Union Major General Jesse Lee Reno in 1865. A street leading to Fort Reno from the south is called Fort Drive and was originally envisioned as part of a ring road to connect all of the Circle of Forts locations around DC.

Call box drawing by Lena Frumin.
This call box is part of Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC, funded in part by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, the District Department of Transportation, and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Neighborhood sponsors are the Tenleytown Neighbors Association and Tenleytown Historical Society. A list of call box locations can be found at www.tenleytownhistoricalsociety.org and www.tenleytowndc.org.

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Fort Reno
Reservoir/Reno City
The Civil War Defenses of Washington
Fort Reno
Reno City
Fort Reno
Fort Reno
Schools
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A Country Road

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