Aug 12, 2012
Evans' personal zoo, called Acclimation Park, [was] located on his estate off of Foxhall Road in upper northwest D.C.Evans was convinced that exotic animals kept at his zoo—there were 300 of them—would gradually become acclimated to Washington's weather. He had several monkeys, a zebra, a mountain goat, many parrots, pheasants, and assorted other animals, and was always on the lookout for something new and rare.
Victor Just Evans -- whose patent law firm was located at 9th Street and G Place -- was definitely a character