Historical Marker

Rooms With a View

Historical marker location:
2050 T Street Northwest, Adams Morgan, District of Columbia
( Marker is on T Street Northwest west of Florida Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2005

Roads to Diversity. Adams Morgan Heritage Trail.

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.