Webster-Ashburton Treaty

Historical marker location:

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Downtown Washington, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 15th Street Northwest and G Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 15th Street Northwest.)

Marker installed: 1929

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.