Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine

Historical marker location:

4250 Harewood Road Northeast, Catholic University, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Harewood Road Northeast south of Taylor Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1988

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.