Lois Mailou Jones Residence

Historical marker location:

1220 Quincy Street Northeast, Brookland, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Quincy Street Northeast east of 12th Street Northeast.)

African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC. 1220 Quincy Street, NE

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.