Bartholdi Park and Bartholdi Fountain

Located right next to US Botanical Garden and US capital, Bartholdi park is a beautiful little garden that was created in 1932 when the U.S. Botanic Garden was relocated, the park was renamed in 1985 after Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the historic fountain located at its center. It was said that gas lamps made the fountain a popular destination in the 1880s as one of the first attractions in the nation's capital to be brightly illuminated at night.