Joel Barlow

Historical marker location:

2300 Bancroft Place Northwest, Sheridan-Kalorama, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Bancroft Place Northwest and 23rd Street Northwest on Bancroft Place Northwest.)

Sheridan Kalorama. Call Box Restoration Project

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.