Historical Marker

Urban Oasis

Historical marker location:
756 Hobart Place Northwest, Park View, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Hobart Place Northwest east of Sherman Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Lift Every Voice. Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains 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.
District of Columbia random facts