The Latino Community

Historical marker location:

1664 Columbia Road Northwest, Adams Morgan, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Columbia Road Northwest east of 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2005

Roads to Diversity. Adams Morgan 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.