The Burton W. Johnson House

Historical marker location:

2531 Sherman Avenue Northwest, Pleasant Plains, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Sherman Avenue Northwest just south of Euclid Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Engine Company 4. Organized February 21, 1870

architecture houses residential buildings

The District did not have full voting rights until 1961: Although residents of the District of Columbia have been paying federal taxes since 1861, it was not until 1961 that they were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. It wasn't until 1973 that residents were granted the right to elect their own mayor and city council.