MERIDIAN HILL PARK
Clem, Fiona J
One of the most unique parks in the National Park Service is located one and a half miles north of the White House in the middle of the northwest quadrant of Washington, DC. Meridian Hill Park is a 12-acre neoclassical park reminiscent of an Italian villa garden. Prior to becoming a national park, the area had been part of an estate called Meridian Hill, home to Columbian College, precursor to George Washington University, a Civil War encampme...
