John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

Historical marker location:

4900 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Wakefield, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Connecticut Avenue Northwest near Ellicott Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1980

1746-1807.

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.