Banneker Circle: Vista to the Past

Historical marker location:

429 L'Enfant Plaza Southwest, Southwest Waterfront, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of L'Enfant Plaza Southwest and Banneker Circle Southwest, in the median on L'Enfant Plaza Southwest.)

Marker installed: 2004

River Farms to Urban Towers. Southwest Heritage Trail

The District was originally much larger: The District of Columbia originally included land from both Maryland and Virginia, but in 1846, the portion of the District that had been taken from Virginia was returned to the state.