{"nrhp_refnum":"91000014","name":"West Cornerstone","other_names":["West,Jurisdiction Stone","DHR File No. 00-22"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"W side Meridian St., S of jct. with Williamsburg Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Falls Church","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.89276240500004,"lon":-77.17232940999997,"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":"An Aquia sandstone boundary marker, set in a small fenced park on the west side of Meridian Street south of Williamsburg Boulevard, Falls Church, Virginia. It marks the west corner of the original District of Columbia, surveyed in 1791-1792.","why_significant":"It marked the west corner of the District of Columbia, about ten miles from the South Cornerstone at Jones Point, and is the second cornerstone located in Virginia. It is unusual among the markers for its small size and horizontal inscriptions on two sides. It is part of a rare surviving group of boundary markers tied to the development of the Federal city.","narrative":"Set in a small fenced park beside Meridian Street in Falls Church, this Aquia sandstone marker once fixed the west corner of the original District of Columbia. It sits about ten miles from the South Cornerstone at Jones Point, though a later measurement put the distance at 10 miles and 230.6 feet. The stone is only two feet high, the size of the intermediate markers rather than the three-foot size intended for cornerstones. Its \"Jurisdiction of the United States\" inscription runs horizontally around two sides, and it is the only stone marked this way. The nomination suggests it was mixed up with Southeast #3 in 1791. Grooves on top show the corner point. The park was bought jointly in 1956 by Falls Church, Arlington County and Fairfax County. A brown iron fence and two bronze plaques mark the site, which was rededicated in 1989. It was listed for its link to the creation of the Federal city.","period_of_significance":"1791-1940","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The stone is worn on its northwest and southwest sides, and the iron fence around it was described as in excellent condition after a 1989 rededication. The marker has been relocated, so Criteria Consideration B applies.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.533853-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/6785/41678564/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000014.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678564","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/west-cornerstone-91000014/"}