Historic Cemetery

Historical marker location:

2601 Woodley Pl NW, Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Beach Drive Northwest, 0.3 miles north of Shorham Drive Northwest, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.)

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.