Dupont Circle Mural Key

Historical marker location:

1350 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Connecticut Avenue Northwest south of Dupont Circle Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.)

Marker installed: 2012

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.