Site Of The Old Carroll Hall

Historical marker location:

924 G Street Northwest, Penn Quarter, District of Columbia

( Marker is on G Street Northwest east of 10th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.)

1865 - 1904

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.