Reservoir / Reno City

Historical marker location:

3815 Chesapeake Street Northwest, Tenleytown, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Chesapeake Street Northwest east of Fort Drive Northwest, on the right when traveling east.)

Tenleytown, DC. Country Village to City Neighborhood

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.