Site of the Rose Cottage

Historical marker location:

800 Florida Avenue Northeast, Gallaudet, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Lincoln Circle Northeast north of Florida Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.