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Capital Traction Company Car Barn

Coordinates: 38°56′50″N 77°01′56″W / 38.94722°N 77.03222°W / 38.94722; -77.03222
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Capital Traction Company Car Barn
Capital Traction Company Car Barn is located in the District of Columbia
Capital Traction Company Car Barn
Capital Traction Company Car Barn is located in the United States
Capital Traction Company Car Barn
Location4615 14th St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates38°56′50″N 77°01′56″W / 38.94722°N 77.03222°W / 38.94722; -77.03222
Area7.3 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectWood, Donn & Deming
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No.13000290[1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2013

The Capital Traction Company Car Barn, at 4615 14th St., NW. in Washington, D.C., was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1] Also known as the Decatur Street Car Barn and the Northern Bus Garage, it was built to serve the Capital Traction Company.[2]

It is a two-story brick streetcar car barn designed by local architects Wood, Donn & Deming in Italian Renaissance style.[2]

It is located at the end of the Fourteenth Street streetcar line. It included two turntables. It was built by construction contractors Richardson and Burgess in 1906 and was then 537 by 208 feet (164 m × 63 m) in plan.[2]

It was converted to a bus garage in 1959; the Washington Rapid Transit had leased part of its space for use as a bus garage starting in 1926.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Laura V. Trieschmann; Jennifer J. Bunting (September 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Capital Traction Company Car Barn / Decatur Street Car Barn; Northern Bus Garage" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 2, 2018. With accompanying 13 photos from 2013}}

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