Navy Yard Car Barn, August 2008
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Navy Yard Car Barn (Washington & Georgetown Railroad Car House): This imposing brick and stone streetcar barn is a reminder of the street car system that transported Washingtonians from Georgetown to the Navy Yard.
The Navy Yard Car Barn was the terminus point of the city’s first streetcar line, which ran along Pennsylvania Avenue from Georgetown to the Navy Yard. Designed by Walter C. Root (1859-1925) in 1891,…