Fort Carroll
Historical marker location:
3720 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, Congress Heights, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, 0.1 miles north of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.)
Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861-1865
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The original design of the city was influenced by a French architect: Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French architect and engineer, was hired by George Washington to design the city in 1791. L'Enfant's design was influenced by the layout of several European cities, including Paris and Versailles.