Serving as a Temporary Federal Prison

Historical marker location:

1050 M Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker is on M Street Southeast west of 11th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.)

Safety. Behind These Walls.

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.