In Memory of Richard Lucien Quigley, Phar. D., '90, and Elizabeth Carpenter Quigley
Historical marker location:
2036 G St NW, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia
( Marker is on 21st Street Northwest just south of G Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.)
by their daughter Elizabeth Quigley MacNamee
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The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.