Folger Park
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Folger Park, Capitol Hill | |
  Location within Washington, D.C. | |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′05″N 77°00′10″W / 38.8847°N 77.0028°WCoordinates: 38°53′05″N 77°00′10″W / 38.8847°N 77.0028°W |
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Folger Park is a public park named after former Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger. It is located at 2nd Street and D Street, Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Andrew Ellicott modified Pierre L'Enfant's plan making what was street right of way into open space. Today the park is notable for two large pebble-faced concrete "fountain benches" (no longer containing drinking fountains) that sit on opposite sides of the park, facing each other.[1] The park also contains a variety of trees, including ornamentals. Tree species include the copper beech, southern magnolia, yellowwood, hackberry, eastern redbud, deodar cedar, and American holly.