Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue SE and the neighborhood contains commercial and government buildings, mid-rise mixed development, city-sanctioned art murals and galleries, a performing arts center, a playhouse theater, the local landmark, "The Big Chair," Fredrick Douglass's Home and is adjacent to the Fort Stanton Park neighborhood which hosts the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum.
