It is a directional marker (at the corner of I and 16th nw)...............as in........this place that way.............that place this way..............it names the Octagon...................the white house...................etc...........


On Dr. King's painting......................give me a R..........an L...............and I6............as in 16.......with an Eye..........for a 1..................an I..........



Washington's haunted history is so well known that some of its haunted locations were featured in a 2006 documentary, America's Haunted Houses, on the A&E cable network. Novelist Dan Brown mentioned them prominently in his 2009 novel, The Lost Symbol. Notable purportedly haunted locations include the United States Capitol, Capitol Hill, the White House, Lafayette Square, and nearby buildings, Independence Avenue SW, The Octagon House,Chinatown, the National Theatre, Hay–Adams Hotel, Woodrow Wilson House, Omni Shoreham Hotel, and many others.