Capital Traction Company Car Barn

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 to serve the Capital Traction Company, it was later turned into a bus garage.[2]

For the car barn built by the same company in Georgetown, see Georgetown Car Barn.
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
Area7.3 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectWood, Donn & Deming
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No.13000290[1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2013

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

It is located at 4615 14th Street NW, 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]

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]

It later became WMATA’s Metrobus Northern Division garage.[3]

In 2013, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 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
  3. "Then and Now: Decatur Street Car Barn". Park View, D.C. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2023-09-19.


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