Construction of the White House
Historical marker location:
1600 H St NW, Downtown Washington, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of H Street Northwest and 16th Street Northwest / Black Lives Matter Plaza, on the right when traveling east on H Street Northwest.)
Marker installed: 2021
Lafayette Park. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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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.