Capital Traction Company Car Barn | |
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Location | 4615 14th St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia |
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Coordinates | 38°56′50″N 77°01′56″W / 38.94722°N 77.03222°W |
Area | 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | Wood, Donn & Deming |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 13000290 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 2013 |
The Capital Traction Company Car Barn (also known as the Decatur Street Car Barn and the Northern Bus Garage) is a historic streetcar car barn in northwest Washington, D.C. Built in 1906 by the Capital Traction Company, it was later turned into a bus garage [2] and is currently owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Located at 4615 14th Street NW, near the end of the 14th Street streetcar line, the two-story brick structure was designed by local architects Wood, Donn & Deming in Italian Renaissance style and built by contractors Richardson and Burgess. [2] The building originally measured 537 by 208 feet (164 m × 63 m) and included two turntables. [2]
Starting in 1926, the Washington Rapid Transit Company leased part of its space for use as a bus garage. [2] It was fully converted to a bus garage in 1959 [2] and later became WMATA’s Metrobus Northern Division garage. [3]
In 2013, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
In 2019, WMATA closed the building to replace it with a new one that will include storage and maintenance for electric buses, along with up to 27,000 square feet of retail space, [4] streetscape improvements, and a community room. [5] The architects are the firms of Beyer Blinder Belle and Wendel. [4] All but the eastern (14th Street) facade of the building was demolished in 2023. Construction is slated to conclude in 2027. [5]
Capital Traction Company Car Barn | |
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Location | 4615 14th St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia |
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Coordinates | 38°56′50″N 77°01′56″W / 38.94722°N 77.03222°W |
Area | 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | Wood, Donn & Deming |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 13000290 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 2013 |
The Capital Traction Company Car Barn (also known as the Decatur Street Car Barn and the Northern Bus Garage) is a historic streetcar car barn in northwest Washington, D.C. Built in 1906 by the Capital Traction Company, it was later turned into a bus garage [2] and is currently owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Located at 4615 14th Street NW, near the end of the 14th Street streetcar line, the two-story brick structure was designed by local architects Wood, Donn & Deming in Italian Renaissance style and built by contractors Richardson and Burgess. [2] The building originally measured 537 by 208 feet (164 m × 63 m) and included two turntables. [2]
Starting in 1926, the Washington Rapid Transit Company leased part of its space for use as a bus garage. [2] It was fully converted to a bus garage in 1959 [2] and later became WMATA’s Metrobus Northern Division garage. [3]
In 2013, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
In 2019, WMATA closed the building to replace it with a new one that will include storage and maintenance for electric buses, along with up to 27,000 square feet of retail space, [4] streetscape improvements, and a community room. [5] The architects are the firms of Beyer Blinder Belle and Wendel. [4] All but the eastern (14th Street) facade of the building was demolished in 2023. Construction is slated to conclude in 2027. [5]