Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington DC Along broad avenues, it extends east front of the United States Capitol. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Washington and with about 35,000 inhabitants on nearly two square miles also one of the dichbesiedeltsten. The main shopping street in Capitol Hill is Pennsylvania Avenue, a lively street with shops, restaurants and bars.

History

When Pierre L' Enfant in 1791 began to develop his plan for the new federal capital, he decided the future building of Congress ( " Congress House " ) to build on the top of the hill overlooking the city - a place that L' Enfant as a " platform " described, " waiting for a monument ." L' Enfant called those hills as " Jenkins Hill " or " Jenkins Heights "; the piece of land was for a long time owned by the Carroll family and was listed as " New Troy " in their title deeds.

The Capitol Hill today called residential area began to develop, as the work on the Capitol and the Washington Navy Yard were taken. As one of the first on Capitol Hill received power and water lines in the 1890s. Were born in Capitol Hill et al John Philip Sousa ( whose birth house is still standing at the F Street) and J. Edgar Hoover. The former home of Frederick Douglass is at the 300 block of A Street Northeast.