Upper Northwest

Upper Northwest

This area, to the north of Georgetown and stretching up to the Maryland border, is best known for Washington National Cathedral, an eye-catching Gothic-style building completed in 1990 after more than 80 years of construction. About a mile north, just past the Tenleytown/American University Metro stop and at the highest point in the city, is Fort Reno, the site of the only Civil War battle within Washington proper.

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