Very Rev. Charles A. Vissani, O.F.M.

Historical marker location:

1400 Quincy Street Northeast, Brookland, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 14th Street Northeast near Quincy Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1981

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.