Historical Marker
White House Kitchen Garden
Historical marker location:
1600 E Street Northwest, Downtown Washington, District of Columbia
( Marker is on E Street Northwest west of 15th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2012
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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.