A Fine House In the Woods

Historical marker location:

627 South Carolina Ave SE, Capitol Hill, District of Columbia

( Marker is on South Carolina Avenue Southeast just east of 6th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2004

Tour of Duty. Barracks Row Heritage Trail

architecture houses residential buildings

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.