Historical Marker
Blanche K. Bruce House
Historical marker location:
909 M Street Northwest, Downtown Washington, District of Columbia
( Marker is on M Street Northwest west of 9th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1977
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.