Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments

Historical marker location:

2001 15th Street Northwest, U Street Corridor, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 15th Street Northwest north of U Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

"Our Horizon is the Universe"

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.