Washington Navy Yard Chapel

Historical marker location:

716 Sicard Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Sicard Street Southeast east of Patterson Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1974

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.