Benjamin Banneker: SW-9 Intermediate Boundary Stone
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Benjamin Banneker: SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone
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The Boundary Stone
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| Location: |
18th and Van Buren Sts., Arlington, Virginia |
| Built: |
1792 |
| Governing body: |
Local |
| NRHP Reference#: |
76002094 |
| Significant dates |
| Added to NRHP: |
May 11, 1976[1] |
| Designated NHL: |
May 11, 1976[2] |
Benjamin Banneker: SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone, also known as Intermediate Stone of the District of Columbia, is a surveyors' boundary marker stone. It is a one foot square sandstone block, extending about 18 inches above ground and probably about 2 feet below ground.[3]
It is one of 40 original boundary stones of the District of Columbia.
It was named and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 at the instigation of the Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation.[2][4][3]
Perhaps only by its naming in 1976, it is associated with the life of Benjamin Banneker, (1731-1806), an African American surveyor, mathematician and astronomer who assisted Andrew Ellicott during the first two month's of Ellicott's 1791-1792 survey of the boundaries of the original District of Columbia.[5][6]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Banneker (Benjamin) SW-9 Intermediate Boundary Stone". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1685&ResourceType=Object. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ a b Graves, Lynne Gomez (Historical Projects Director, Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation) (February 3, 1976). "Benjamin Banneker: SW-9 Intermediate Boundary Stone (milestone) of the District of Columbia". United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76002094.pdf. Retrieved August 9, 2011. and Accompanying three photos, undatedPDF (32 KB)
- ^ Benjamin Banneker: SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone in "VIRGINIA - Arlington County" listings at National Register of Historic Places
- ^ Bedini, Silvio A. (1999), The Life of Benjamin Banneker: The First African-American Man of Science, Second edition, Maryland Historical Society. ISBN 0-9384-2059-3
- ^ Any historic association with Banneker may not be clear. The NHL nomination for the stone was prepared by the same organization and individual who erroneously identified two other sites, in contemporaneous NHL nominations of other African-Americans. See Denmark Vesey House and Florence Mills House.
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