Audi Field

Historical marker location:

301 Water Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Water Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.)

Marker installed: 2019

Then & Now

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.