This meeting was a negotiation where British and American officials settled a demand to have the British pay for damages done to Union ships during the Civil War by the British-built confederate cruiser, the Alabama. In , Takoma Park became the first municipality in the U. Situated at the highest point in D. During the battle of Fort Stevens, Fort Reno was protected by wounded soldiers and Parrott rifles, the latter dangerous enough to keep Confederate forces from extending the attack to Fort Reno.
Nearly years later, in , the Government decided to use Fort Reno for a new purpose: a top-secret communications facility. It was disguised as a water tower, but in reality was meant to be a continuity of government site in the case of a missile exchange with the Soviet Union. In , Robert Crew Wilkins, an executive of D. One landmark was the Peach Grove post office, which, in the s, was run by postmaster William Tyson. The current name of this station, the longest of any Metro stop, looks like what would happen if you gave someone ten seconds to write down as many U St.
For decades, the U St. Legendary jazz musicians -- including Washington's own, Duke Ellington -- frequented the many neighborhood clubs, which included Bohemian Caverns, the Lincoln Theatre, the Howard Theatre, and others. Welcome to Swampoodle! This neighborhood was originally created in the s by Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine. The Irish felt their neighborhood was being taken from them and this tension, along with the construction of Union Station, brought an end to Swampoodle.
Another piece of Swampoodle history: the current site of Union Station was once Swampoodle Grounds, the baseball stadium of the Washington Nationals from Finally, the story of the Fairfax County Park Authority gets to be told. The FCPA was founded in with the goal of providing 15 acres of parkland for every 1, county residents. Their first big purchase was 15 acres in Great Falls, and in the next couple years the county went on to purchase eight more public parks.
However, there was a desire to go more local, so the FCPA initiated a program to help acquire small parks in urban areas. In , it purchased its first neighborhood park, Bren Mar Park, which still exists to this day. Not the most glamorous piece of D.
So is the station on Van Ness street? Well, is the neighborhood called Van Ness? And, as it turns out, Forest Hills actually has a very interesting history. For the first half of the 20th century, restrictive covenants made it so builders, developers, and owners of real estate could refuse to sell to minorities. Neighborhoods throughout D. Since homes in Forest Hills were constructed by individual builders, the neighborhood was not under the jurisdiction of a single developer who could impose a restrictive covenant on the entire neighborhood.
The inclusive nature of Forest Hills led to a huge inpouring of minority residents, the highest number of which were Jews. If you take away one thing from this new Orange line, let it be Fairfax County residents love a good story. As tall trees grew up over the property, rumor spread that the cluster of homes was a community of dwarves. The homes were razed in The Cherrydale Volunteer Fire House predates the university by several decades.
Built in , the fire house is home to the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department, the oldest volunteer department in Arlington County established in The department has gained a reputation over the years for some of its unique fundraising methods. For instance, when the fire house was under construction, the fire company sold bricks. People would donate to the construction and, in return, the builders would place a brick in their name. Among those with a brick: President and Mrs.
They are D. Fun fact: it is rumored that Thomas Jefferson once dined at one of the houses. The legend is largely unsubstantiated and the tree was cut down in , but a marker now stands at the site of the former oak to commemorate the story.
Well, we might have a better option. One landmark of the Chillum neighborhood is or was its Giant Food Store. The trip was very short, and while Prince Philip snacked on some cheese and crackers, Queen Elizabeth spent her time fixated on the child seat-equipped shopping carts. Wheaton is so high up that the escalator descending to the metro station is the longest in the Western Hemisphere feet. Wheaton has a history of using height to its advantage.
In , Charles Francis Jenkins operated the first U. TV license out of his home on the corner of Windham Ln. Located at Georgetown Road, the Riley-Bolten House rests on the farm where Josiah Henson lived and worked as a slave from Reston was created relatively recently by Robert E. He built it after the Second World War, making it one of the first post-war modern planned communities in America, important in sparking the revival of planned communities.
Walter C. Pierce was no different from any other community park until one May afternoon in , when a group of volunteers picking up trash came across a bone that was shaped like a femur. After some metaphoric and literal digging, a research team led by Mary Belcher and Mark Mack unearthed a series of grave markers and eventually found that over 8, African-Americans, most of whom were slaves, had been buried underneath the park and forgotten. Historical D. Metro Map: All Stations. Official Station Name.
Freedman's Village Arlington Cemetery The hundreds of thousands of graves at Arlington National Cemetery each offer a story of their own, which would be worthy of a Metro stop name.
Marvin Gayetion Capitol Heights D. The Vineyard Cleveland Park Though many associate Cleveland Park with the Park and Shop — the first strip mall on the east coast — the neighborhood was trendsetting in other ways, too.
Nob Hill Columbia Heights Columbia Heights is a particularly history-rich neighborhood with several noteworthy sites. There is one in particular, though, which stands out. Nob Hill, which opened in , was one of the first openly gay bars in both D. It catered mainly to gay African-American men who, at the time, were largely shut out of the queer nightlife scene in D.
In , it transitioned from being a private social club to a public bar, as it remained until closing in Suburban Gardens Deanwood The neighborhood of Deanwood is itself pretty historic. Camp Alger Dunn Loring-Merrifield This new Metro map has a lot of stations commemorating the Civil War, but any student of history knows that it was by no means the only war America fought during the 19th century.
Fort Slocum Fort Totten Fort Totten is probably the most historical name on the current Red Line, but with this new map, we gotta step it up. Beacon Field Airport Huntington Huntington is so far out on the Yellow Line you might wish you could take a plane from there. Maplewood-Villa Nuova McLean Unlike most historical buildings, this house is famous because it was destroyed. Alta Vista-Trolley's End Medical Center If you think of Bethesda as a suburban paradise, you have to thank the neighborhood that started it all.
Carnegie Library Mt. Truxton Circle was not. Jackson City Pentagon Depending on how adventurous you were, the land that is now the Pentagon was either the place to be or the place to stay away from in the mid s. Washington Canal-America's Toilet Smithsonian Like several of the other historical station names we are proposing, this one won't do a lot to attract tourists, but it's accurate nonetheless.
Gridiron Integration Stadium-Armory R. Suit Estate Suitland You guessed it, this is quite literally the land of Suits. It was disguised as a water tower, but in reality was meant to be a continuity of government site in the case of a missile exchange with the Soviet Union Coffee Coffins Twinbrook In , Robert Crew Wilkins, an executive of D.
Black Broadway U St. Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter. Columbia Heights is a particularly history-rich neighborhood with several noteworthy sites. Gallery Place-Chinatown. Vernon Square 7th St-Convention Center. Emergency response plans are in place for a variety of crisis scenarios on buses and trains.
Emergency call boxes are located on station platforms that connect to the operations control center. The boxes have a button to shut down third-rail power during emergencies. Outdoor Metrorail tracks are blocked by fencing that alerts central control to disturbances, breaks and any tilting. December 9, - Construction on the Metrorail begins. March 27, - The first portion of the Metrorail system opens to the public.
January 13, - A subway train derails during afternoon rush hour near the Federal Triangle on the Orange line. Three people are killed and 25 injured. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Cities Atlanta Austin Boston. The Metro system opened in with five stations on the Red Line. With the Silver Line, it has 91 stations on six lines. This slideshow is no longer available, but you can see an updated one here. Most of this data comes from the nycsubway. From November 20, to November 30, , and then again from November 22, to April 29, , some Blue and Orange trains used one color going in one direction, then switched colors heading back.
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