{"nrhp_refnum":"91000007","name":"Southwest No. 2 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia","other_names":["SW2,Jurisdiction Stone","DHR File No. 00-22"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"E side of Russell Rd., N of jct. with King St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alexandria (Independent City)","county":"Alexandria","state":"VA","lat":38.80889368100003,"lon":-77.06210573499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small sandstone boundary marker, the Southwest No. 2 mile marker of the original District of Columbia, on the east side of Russell Road north of King Street in Alexandria, Virginia. It is a replacement stone, placed around 1920 and surrounded by an iron fence.","why_significant":"It marks the second mile on the southwest side of the original District of Columbia, two miles from the South Cornerstone at Jones Point. The original stone was lost by the 1894-97 and 1906 surveys, and the current uninscribed replacement has marked the location for about seventy years. It is significant as part of a rare surviving group of boundary markers tied to the development of the Federal city.","narrative":"Beside Russell Road in Alexandria, just downhill from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, a small sandstone marker stands inside an iron fence. It measures 16 by 10 1/2 by 29 1/2 inches, is flat on top and bears no inscription. It marks the second mile on the southwest side of the original District of Columbia, two miles from the South Cornerstone at Jones Point. Surveys in 1894-97 and 1906 could not find the original stone, and a local road foreman suggested that shifting ground on the hillside may have caused its loss. In 1920 the Mount Vernon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution relocated and fenced a stone, believed to be a replacement rather than the original. A bronze plaque dated 1916 identifies it as an original federal boundary stone. It has marked the location for roughly seventy years and is valued as part of a rare group of surviving boundary markers.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1920","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The wrought iron fence needs repair and one spoke is broken; the ground around the marker is well maintained. The marker is owned by the city of Alexandria.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.774882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/6785/41678504/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000007.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92001275","name":"Rosemont Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/rosemont-historic-district-92001275/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678504","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/alexandria/southwest-no-2-boundary-marker-of-the-original-district-of-columbia-91000007/"}