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A Garden Fit for an Aristocrat. ⠀ ⠀ In 1819, John Porter erected a mansion on Meridian Hill. The site was called Meridian Hill because it was on the exact longitude of the original District of Columbia milestone marker, placed on April 15, 1791. In 1829, the mansion became departing President John Quincy Adams' home. After its conversion to a public park, Union troops encamped on the grounds during the Civil War.⠀ ⠀ The U.S. government purchased the grounds in 1910. Landscape architects George Burnap and Horace Peaslee planned an Italian style garden. The structures made revolutionary use of concrete aggregate as a building material. [NPS.gov] The Site is now an extension in Rock Creek Park. ⠀ ⠀ 📍: Meridian Hill Park⠀ 📅 : September 2019⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #nationalparkgeek #IBrakeForBrownSigns #smallparksrock #rockcreekpark⠀ #findyoursteve (at Meridan Hill (Malcom X) Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2xQ3pPAW0j/?igshid=x3mboph2u54q