At the Crossroads

Historical marker location:

400 8th Street Southeast, Capitol Hill, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 8th Street Southeast and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling south on 8th Street Southeast.)

Tour of Duty. Barracks Row Heritage Trail

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.