John Wesley Cromwell Residence

Historical marker location:

1439 Swann Street Northwest, U Street Corridor, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Swann Street Northwest east of 15th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.)

African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC. 1439 Swann Street, NW

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.