The Ponce de Leon Apartment Building

Historical marker location:

4514 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Wakefield, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Connecticut Avenue Northwest south of Appleton Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

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.