Winder Building

Historical marker location:

600 17th Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 17th Street Northwest and F Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 17th Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed.)

Marker installed: 1950

Erected 1848. Purchased by United States Government 1852.

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.