Mobile Homes for Sale in Marshall Heights, Washington

Marshall Heights is a Ward 7 D.C. neighborhood east of the Anacostia River with generational families and a history of self-sufficiency. Marshall Heights was rural in the early 1900s, with families settling in makeshift structures and living off the land. Running water, sewage lines or streetlights didn’t exist here until the 1940s. However, community efforts helped secure city services for the neighborhood and spur new development through the second half of the 20th century. Many homes were built for returning Black World War II veterans, and groups like the Marshall Heights Community Development organization helped build houses through the 90s, even as the area grappled with the effects of crime and drugs. "Our community was so forthright in getting things done, other people noticed. Two first ladies and the Queen of England came to our community," says Keith Hasan-Towery, former chair of the Marshall Heights Civic Association. Today, groups like the Marshall Heights Civic Association and Marshall Heights Community Development Organization continue to support the neighborhood, and neighbors look out for one another. "Two weeks before I moved there, I knew all my neighbors.