Stanton Park

Stanton Park
Stanton Park in August, with the statue of Nathanael Greene
Location within Washington, D.C.
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′37″N 76°59′56″W / 38.8935°N 76.999°W / 38.8935; -76.999Coordinates: 38°53′37″N 76°59′56″W / 38.8935°N 76.999°W / 38.8935; -76.999
Website	www.nps.gov/cahi/historyculture/cahi_stanton.htm

Stanton Park is a national park in Washington D.C.^[1] It is located at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Northeast, Washington, D.C. It is bounded by 4th Street to the west and 6th Street to the east. North and south of the park are the respective westbound and eastbound lanes of C Street, NE.

The park is named after Edwin M. Stanton,^[1] the United States Secretary of War during the American Civil War,^[2] whose attempted later removal prompted the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Located in the center of Stanton Park is a statue of American Revolutionary War Major General Nathanael Greene.^[1] The park was included in Pierre L'Enfant's original plan for the city.

A playground is located in the western section of the park; a section in the eastern half is often used by dog walkers. The park is maintained by the National Park Service^[3] and as such, dogs are not allowed off-leash.^[4]

"Stanton Park" is also commonly used to describe the surrounding neighborhood. There are no official boundaries, but the Stanton Park Neighborhood Association^[5] represents the area from 2nd Street, NE to 10th Street, NE, and from East Capitol Street to H Street, NE.

Notes

1 2 3 Stanton Park at US National Park Service website
↑ Stanton Park, a Chicago park, is also named for the man. The Chicago park was part of the appropriately-named Lincoln Park Commission.
↑ National Park Service Listing
↑ Stanton Park Neighborhood Association Newsletter
↑ Stanton Park Neighborhood Association

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Streets of Washington, D.C.

Numbered Streets	7th Street 14th Street 16th Street 18th Street

Lettered Streets	H Street K Street M Street P Street U Street

State-named roadways	Connecticut Florida Georgia Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Wisconsin

Border avenues and streets	Capitol Streets North East South Border Avenues Western Eastern Southern Mall Boundaries Constitution Independence

Other streets	Benning Columbia Embassy Row Jackson Klingle MacArthur Madison Martin Luther King Jr.

Circles	Anna J. Cooper Barney Benjamin Banneker Chevy Chase Columbus Dupont Garfield Grant Lincoln Memorial Logan Observatory Peace Pinehurst Randle Scott Sheridan Sherman Tenley Thomas Ward Washington Westmoreland

Squares	Farragut Franklin Freedom Lafayette Lincoln McPherson Mount Vernon Seward Stanton Union

Parkways	Clara Barton George Washington Memorial Oxon Run Rock Creek & Potomac Suitland

Expressways	9th Street 12th Street Anacostia Center Leg E Street Kenilworth Avenue Potomac River Southeast Southwest

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Stanton Park

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