Ross and Getty House
Historical marker location:
1206 30th Street Northwest, Georgetown, District of Columbia
( Marker is on 30th Street Northwest north of M Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)
No. 1, c. 1810
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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.