Nichols Avenue Elementary School/Old Birney School Site
Historical marker location:
2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast, Buena Vista, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast and Howard Road Southeast, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast.)
2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE. African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC
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The District was the site of a major earthquake in 2011: On August 23, 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States, with its epicenter located in Mineral, Virginia. The quake was felt strongly in Washington, D.C., causing damage to several buildings, including the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral.