The Watergate Hotel

Historical marker location:

2650 Virginia Avenue Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Virginia Avenue Northwest west of New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling east.)

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.