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Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Northwest 4

 
 
Original Federal Boundary Stone NW 4 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 7, 2015
1. Original Federal Boundary Stone NW 4 Marker
Inscription.
Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed • 1791 • 1792
Protected by Columbia Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
July 12, 1915

 
Erected 1915 by The Columbia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made FeaturesPatriots & Patriotism. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Original Federal Boundary Stones series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is July 12, 1915.
 
Location. 38° 56.276′ N, 77° 6.931′ W. Marker is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is in Brookmont. Marker is on Capital Cresent Trail, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on the grounds of the fenced Dalecarlia Reservoir. The marker is visible through the chain link fence along the Capital Crescent Trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5970 Dalecarlia Place Northwest, Bethesda MD 20816, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Georgetown Branch Railroad (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chestnut Blight (approx. 0.2 miles away in District of Columbia); The American Chestnut (approx. 0.2 miles away in District of Columbia);
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Restoring the Chestnut (approx. 0.2 miles away in District of Columbia); Inlet Locks (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Dalecarlia Tunnel (approx. 0.4 miles away); Carolina Park: Archaeology and History in the Palisades (approx. half a mile away in District of Columbia); Chain Bridge (approx. 0.6 miles away in Virginia). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethesda.
 
Also see . . .
1. Columbia Chapter Promotes Preservation of Original Boundary Stones of Federal District. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume XLVII, No 3, Sept. 1915. (Submitted on April 11, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.) 

2. Boundary Stone Northwest 4. Fred Woodward, 1907, A ramble along the boundary stones of the District of Columbia with a camera, Records of the Columbia Historical Society (Submitted on April 11, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.) 
 
Original Federal Boundary Stone NW 4 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, December 31, 2005
2. Original Federal Boundary Stone NW 4 Marker
Seen through the fence along the Capital Crescent Trail
Original Federal Boundary Stone NW 4 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 7, 2015
3. Original Federal Boundary Stone NW 4 Marker
1792 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 7, 2015
4. 1792
Jurisdiction of the United States image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 7, 2015
5. Jurisdiction of the United States
Miles 4
100 P
4 miles from Northwest 3 would have been in the Potomac Gorge, so this boundary stone was placed 100 Poles, (1650 feet) northeast of the four mile point.
Maryland image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 7, 2015
6. Maryland
Patriotic Services image. Click for full size.
Photographed By G. V. Buck, 1915
7. Patriotic Services
The Columbia Chapter of the DAR holds patriotic services at NW 4 on July 12, 1915.
“ Left to right, in foreground, Mrs. Mary R. Lockwood, Chaplain General; Miss Grace M. Pierce, Registrar General; Mrs. George T. Smallwood, Vice-President General of the District of Columbia.”
Fred Woodward image. Click for full size.
8. Fred Woodward
Fred E. Woodward posed with this stone on his “Ramble around the Boundary Stones” in 1906.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 594 times since then and 12 times this year. Last updated on August 15, 2020, by Roberto Bernate of Arlington, Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on April 11, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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