Sheen Hok Gate

Historical marker location:

900 23rd Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 23rd Street Northwest and I Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 23rd Street Northwest.)

Marker installed: 2002

"Learning and Using in the Proper Way".

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.