GW's River Horse

Historical marker location:

730 21st Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 21st Street Northwest and H Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 21st Street Northwest.)

Marker installed: 1996

[Lisner Auditorium].

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.