Explore Brightwood
Historic sites and notable places — click a marker or a card to find it on the map.
Notable places
Fort Stevens
The restored Civil War earthwork where Union troops repelled Jubal Early's attack on July 11–12, 1864, and President Lincoln came under fire.
13th & Quackenbos St NWBattleground National Cemetery
Established in 1864, one of the nation's smallest national cemeteries, holding the Union soldiers killed at Fort Stevens.
6625 Georgia Ave NWMilitary Road School
Tied to a school founded in 1864 for the children of formerly enslaved families; the surviving building (1911–1912) is on the National Register.
1375 Missouri Ave NWEmory United Methodist Church
A congregation founded in 1832 that served as a hospital and barracks during the Civil War.
6100 Georgia Ave NWThe Parks at Walter Reed
The redeveloped former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus (opened 1909, closed 2011), now a 66-acre mixed-use community.
Georgia Ave & Aspen St NW