Historical Marker
Barry Farm Dwellings
Historical marker location:
2501 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast, Barry Farm, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Sumner Road Southeast, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2013
An East-of-the-River View. Anacostia Heritage Trail.
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.