The Ponce de Leon Apartment Building

Historical marker location:

4514 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Wakefield, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Connecticut Avenue Northwest south of Appleton Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

The District did not have full voting rights until 1961: Although residents of the District of Columbia have been paying federal taxes since 1861, it was not until 1961 that they were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. It wasn't until 1973 that residents were granted the right to elect their own mayor and city council.