Mary Surratt's Boarding House
Historical marker location:
604 H Street Northwest, Chinatown, District of Columbia
( Marker is on H Street Northwest just west of 6th Street Northwest (U.S. 1/50), on the right when traveling east.)
Civil War to Civil Rights. Downtown Heritage Trail
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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.