Historical Marker
Dorothea Dix 1802 - 1887
Historical marker location:
1310 G Street Northwest, Penn Quarter, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from G Street Northwest west of 13th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
The Extra Mile. Points of Light Volunteer Pathway.
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.