Georgetown Car Barn
The Georgetown Car Barn, historically known as the Capital Traction Company Union Station, is a building in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States.Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.
- Type: University building
- Description: historic streetcar terminal in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Capital Traction Company Union Station”, “Car Barn”, and “The Car Barn”
- Address: 3520 M Street Northwest
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Francis Scott Key Memorial and Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
Francis Scott Key Memorial
Park
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Francis Scott Key Memorial is a park and memorial located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., at the intersection of 34th and M Streets, NW.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church is a Catholic church run by the Jesuit order that is located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. Holy Trinity Catholic Church is situated 610 feet north of Georgetown Car Barn.
Lauinger Library
Library
Photo: catelinp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Joseph Mark Lauinger Library is the main library of Georgetown University and the center of the seven-library Georgetown library system that includes 3.5 million volumes. Lauinger Library is situated 750 feet northwest of Georgetown Car Barn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Georgetown and Rosslyn.
Georgetown
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Rosslyn
Suburb
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized unincorporated area in northeastern Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is in Northern Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor/Ft.
Burleith
Neighborhood
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Georgetown Car Barn
- Categories: tram depot, office building, academic building, building, and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.90547° or 38° 54′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.06983° or 77° 4′ 11″ westOperator
Georgetown UniversityOpen location code
87C4WW4J+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 66347994OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q57231557
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to French—“Georgetown Car Barn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Georgetown Car Barn”
- French: “Georgetown Car Barn”
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