Scale Model of Fort Stevens

Historical marker location:

6001 13th Street Northwest, Brightwood, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Quackenbos Street Northwest near 13th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1936

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.