The Sears store, seen shortly after it opened in 1941, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Rockville Road (Wisconsin Avenue). Union and Confederate forces skirmished briefly just north of Fort Reno. However the real battle took place at Fort Stevens, about three miles to the east near Seventh Street Road (Georgia Avenue). There the Union prevailed, and the capital was saved. The Battle of Fort Stevens was the only Civil War battle to take place within the District’s boundaries. The old farm lane Grant Road became part of a system of military roads linking the 68 forts that encircled and defended Civil War Washington. Today Grant Road remains as a reminder of Tenleytown’s rural past.
Lily Spandorf’s watercolor of Grant Road.
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