Historical Marker
The Lee House
Historical marker location:
1651 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Downtown Washington, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Jackson Place, on the right when traveling west on Pennsylvania Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1981
Erected 1858.
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.