Visitor Center

Historical marker location:

4155 Linnean Ave NW, Forest Hills, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Linnean Avenue Northwest, 0.1 miles south of Upton Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Gardener's House

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.