Ambassador David K. E. Bruce

Historical marker location:

1405 34th Street Northwest, Georgetown, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 34th Street Northwest south of P Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Evangeline Bell Bruce House

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.