Fort Reno

Historical marker location:

Tenleytown, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Chesapeake Street Northwest west of Nebraska Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling west.)

Tenleytown, D.C.. Country Village to City Neighborhood

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.