Metropolitan AME Church

Historical marker location:

1518 M Street Northwest, Downtown Washington, District of Columbia

( Marker is on M Street Northwest west of 15th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.)

African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC. 1518 M Street, NW

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.