La Lotería Mexicana / The Mexican Lotería

Historical marker location:

2827 16th St NW, Columbia Heights, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 16th Street Northwest, 0.1 miles north of Fuller Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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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.