Colonel Ninian Beall

Historical marker location:

3240 O Street Northwest, Georgetown, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Potomac Street Northwest south of O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1910

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.