Sir Winston Churchill

Historical marker location:

3100 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Observatory Circle, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest north of 30th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1966

1874 - 1965

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.