Springfield Farm
(Circa 1755)
Home of Brig. Gen. Otho Holland Williams, Revolutionary War hero and founder, 1786, of Williamsport, and of Col. Elie Williams, president of commission to lay out National Road and chief surveyor Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. President George Washington dined here October 20, 1790, while considering Williamsport as possible site of Federal capital.
Marker is at the intersection of E. Potomac Street (U.S. 11) and Springfield Lane, on the right when traveling east on E. Potomac Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
