The last remains of Fort Reno were removed about 1900, when the land owned by the Dyer family was being prepared for a reservoir.
Within the park boundaries lies the highest natural point in the District of Columbia, 409 feet above sea level.
Fort Reno also hosts community gardens, free rock concerts in the summer, sledding in the winter, and tennis courts, playing fields, and dog-walkers year round.
Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941, when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street.
In the 1990s, Sears abandoned its retail operation at the location and the building was used by Hechinger hardware until its demise in the late 1990s.
[6] Tenleytown and adjacent American University Park are served by the Tenleytown–AU stop on the Washington Metro Red Line.
American University's Washington College of Law, on the site of the former Immaculata School, also bounds the western edge of the circle.
Residential listings include the N. Webster Chappell House, Dumblane, and Grant Road Historic District.