Places: DC-National Arboretum

 

 

National Arboretum-66' (Washington East) (38.9126116, -76.9696974)
3501 New York Avenue, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:

Developed as part of a larger plan to create parkland along the Anacostia River, the hilly, 189-acre site was established as a federally funded research facility and arboretum by an act of Congress in 1927. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. was involved in the initial plans and the arboretum’s early site work was completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The Public Buildings Administration established building locations, the layout for trails, and nine miles of roads in 1948. The arboretum opened in 1959.  From Cultural Landscape Foundation

Trips:

• March 31, 2023 - Time at the Arboretum
  

References:

• US National Arboretum
  
• Wikipedia
• Washington DC tourist site
• Friends of the National Arboretum
  
• Washington Post-Guide to the Arboretum
• Cultural Landscape Foundation
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  March 31, 2023 - Steps up the Azalea Trail
  

  
  

  

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  March 31, 2023 -Morrison Garden
  

  
  

  

  March 31, 2023 - Excess Capitol columns
  

  
  

  

  March 31, 2023 - Visitor center
  

  
  

  

  March 31, 2023

  
  

  

  March 31, 2023