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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Caption: Drawing of the Meridian Stone
Additional Description: Alice Morse Earle in her 1902 book Sundials and Roses describes the fate of the stone that marked the 16th street meridian at Meridian Hill: "The true meridian stone, set in 1804, stood where placed until sometime in the (eighteen) seventies, when Meridian Hill was graded down. The stone was carried to the District building and thrown in a rubbish heap. Later, when Lieutenant Hoxie was on duty, it was sent to the Reform School and set up as a hitching post." She provided this drawing of the stone.
Submitted: March 16, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p236303
File Size: 0.242 Megabytes

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