This gentleman, photographed in 1922, peers at one of the 36 boundary stones that trace the edges of the District of Columbia.
A team of surveyors led by Major Andrew Ellicott erected this marker in 1792 to show the northwest boundary line of the District of Columbia. It is one of 36 boundary stones that the surveyors placed—one mile apart—along each side of the diamond-shaped district that they were carving out of Maryland and Virginia.
The stone rests within the fenced Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant grounds, 100+ feet east of the Capital Crescent Trail (from the “Entering Montgomery County” sign) and several hundred feet north of the intersection of Norton Street and Potomac Avenue. The easiest way to see this stone is through the fence along the Capital Crescent Trail.
Between 1864 and 1928, this schoolhouse educated the children of Washington, D.C.’s Palisades neighborhood (though this structure dates from 1874, as...
In 2011, the National Library of Medicine (part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH) opened a new exhibit called “ Native Voices " to share...
Located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River, just northeast of Washington, D.C., Glen Echo Park is a reminder of summer nights filled with...
The Great American Rail-Trail promises an all-new American experience. Through 12 states and the District of Columbia, the trail will directly serve nearly 50 million people within 50 miles of the route. Across the nation—and the world—only the limits of imagination will limit its use.
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