Transportation Hub

Transportation Hub (HM24BE)

Location: Washington, DC 20016
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 56.539', W 77° 4.603'

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Tenleytown, DC

—Country Village to City Neighborhood —

Since the 1700s, Tenleytown has served as a transportation hub, a role that is undiminished today. Tenleytown was strategically located at an early crossroad for travel and trade to Maryland and Virginia. Wisconsin Avenue follows a natural watershed and was declared a public turnpike in 1809. River Road was originally an Indian trail and predates white settlement. The electrified trolley (pictured here) provided service from Georgetown to the Maryland line. Today, the Tenleytown-AU Metro station and Metro buses continue to serve residents and visitors.

Call box drawings 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
www.tenleytowndc.org
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HM NumberHM24BE
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Placed ByCultural Tourism DC
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 at 7:02pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 320019 N 4312426
Decimal Degrees38.94231667, -77.07671667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 56.539', W 77° 4.603'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 56' 32.34" N, 77° 4' 36.18" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)202, 703
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Upton St NW, Washington DC 20016, US
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