The Chicken and the Egg

Historical marker location:

10 N Street Northeast, NoMa/Sursum Corda, District of Columbia

( Marker is on N Street Northeast just east of New York Avenue Northeast (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2019

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.