The Church of the Epiphany

Historical marker location:

1317 G Street Northwest, Penn Quarter, District of Columbia

( Marker is on G Street Northwest west of 13th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Civil War to Civil Rights. Downtown Heritage Trail

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.