Owen D Young Peace Tower

Historical marker location:

1810 16th Street Northwest, Dupont Circle, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 16th Street Northwest just north of S Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1930

[Universalist National Memorial Church]

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.