Historical Marker
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Historical marker location:
105 Congress Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
( Marker is on North Washington Street (U.S. 522) north of Congress Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Washington Heritage Trail.
The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.