Last updated: November 7, 2021
Place
Benjamin Banneker Park
![An expansive public space paved with blocks surrounds a large round water fountain.](/common/uploads/place/import/30725077-4d88-459d-ac42-c4ea3caa8a0e_image_350.jpg)
Quick Facts
Location:
Washington, DC
Amenities
2 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible
Benjamin Banneker Park honors an accomplished African American of the colonial era. Banneker's signature acomplishment was surveying the land that became the nation's capital, Washington, DC. Landscape architect Dan Kiley designed the park which opened in 1967.