Forrest-Marbury House - District of Columbia
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vhasler
N 38° 54.305 W 077° 04.052
18S E 320721 N 4308275
This location was key to the creation of the District of Columbia, thus establishing the nation's capitol city. It is now the Embassy of Ukraine.
Waymark Code: WMBD0H
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2011
Views: 7
Plaque text (which is extensive) reads:
Forrest Marbury House
circa 1788
Category I Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Site of a dinner hosted by General Uriah Forrest for his old friend and former commander, President George Washington, on March 29, 1791. Landowners of Carrollsburg and George Town attended. An agreement was reached for the sale of half of their land within the newly designated 10 miles square federal district thus creating a new capital city for the United States of America. Immediately thereafter, Pierre L'Enfant began to lay out the magnificent city of Washington, D.C.
From 1800 to 1835, residence of the William Marbury of the legal case 'Marbury vs Madison'. In 1803, through this case, the United States Supreme Court established its right of judicial review of congressional action.
In 1988, the Forrest Marbury House was restored by George C. Gerber, Alistair G. Law, and their families in time for the celebrations of the bicentennials of the Constitution, George Washington's inauguration, and the founding of Washington, D.C.
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At the end of 1992, the Forrest-Marbury House was purchase for use as the Embassy of Ukraine, which is its current function.
Street address:
3350 M St., NW
Washington, DC USA
20007-3536
County / Borough / Parish: District of Columbia
Year listed: 1973
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1750-1799
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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