Lincoln Park

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    E Capitol St btwn 11th & 13th Sts SE, Capitol Hill
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Lincoln Park is the lively center of Capitol Hill's east end. Freed black slaves raised the funds to erect the 1876 Emancipation Memorial, which portrays the snapping of slavery's chains as Lincoln proffers the Emancipation Proclamation. The Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, DC's first statue of a black woman, honors the educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women.

Near the park, at 14th and E Capitol Sts, the Car Barn ( M014E; now private housing) was DC's 19th-century trolley turnaround. South of here on 11th St SE, an 1860s builder constructed the lovely Philadelphia Row ( M014F; 124-54 11th St SE) for his homesick Philly-born wife.