Dr. Dorothy Height

Historical marker location:

700 7th Street Southwest, Southwest Waterfront, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 7th Street Southwest south of G Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.