Historical Marker
Washington Navy Yard Chapel
Historical marker location:
716 Sicard Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Sicard Street Southeast east of Patterson Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1974
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.