Historical Marker

WRAMC - Modern Era

Historical marker location:
1010 Butternut Street Northwest, Brightwood, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from Main Drive Northwest west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.)

Former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Walking Tour.

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