Washington Meridian

Historical marker location:

2420 16th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from 16th Street Northwest north of Crescent Place Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

"The Stone". 1804 - 1923

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.