Sulgrave Club / Wadsworth House
Historical marker location:
1801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Dupont Circle, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest just west of 18th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2017
Historic Site, Washington, DC. 1801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
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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.