ORG 1887 Hopkins Map 40 Washington DC Columbia Heights+

 (I'm also selling full size, high quality, color prints produced from full size scans of my original 1887 GM Hopkins Maps, with 44 maps in all that cover each and every corner of the present day boundaries of Washington, DC in our eBay store.  These are high quality prints of the original hand colored maps that were the first finely detailed maps produced of the city.)

The Hopkins Maps show many, many buildings long gone, many lot and house owner names from 1887, building addresses, lot sizes and back buildings (carriage houses, fuel sheds, etc), and even many wood frame houses on lots now occupied by Victorian townhouses. 

You've no doubt used the tiny, black and white, microfilmed versions with their many flaws, scratch lines, and small print outs, but now you can own a full size copy of the original that is ready to frame!  These maps always bring lots of attention when and wherever I lecture in Washington on house history, and would be especially nice framed on your wall if your house falls on one of the many delineated city squares and blocks.  I am selling my remaining duplicate original maps on eBay that have brought as much as $780 per map (if your original map is already sold, please visit our store for a high quality print of each of the 44 maps that documented the city of Washington in 1887!)      

SIZE:   Each of the original map pages is an impressive two feet, seven and-one-half inches wide by one foot, ten-and-a-half inches tall (31.5 inches by 22.5 inches).  

This Auction: Page (Map) No. 40: Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, Lanier Heights, Takoma Park DC

Map 40 Bordered By: This page includes a L shaped map broken into two parts, as well as a map of Takoma Park, Maryland.  Southern boundary is Boundary Street (Florida Avenue), NW from 7th Street to Massachusetts Avenue; western boundary is Rock Creek Park from Mass Ave to today's Connecticut Ave Bridge; eastern boundary is 7th Street (Georgia Avenue); northern boundary is Harvard Street (Lanier Heights), and Girard and Fairmont Streets in Columbia Heights. 

Takoma Park MD Map: boundary includes old village subdivision, on both sides of the District line.  Blair Road on the south, both sides of Maple Street on the east, both sides of Chestnut Street on the west, and  about two block north of Tulip Avenue on the north. 

Particular Map 40 Inclusions of Note (1887): This page includes an oddly shaped area at the then boundary of NW Washington, just above Boundary Street (Florida Avenue), and includes the populated areas or recently subdivided communities located from 7th Street (Georgia Avenue) all the way to Rock Creek Park, and then curving south to Massachusetts Avenue.   The map includes the areas of north Dupont Circle (before Connecticut Avenue was cut north of Florida Avenue), the entire Lanier heights subdivision  (Harvard Street on the north),  the entire Kalorama and Kalorama Triangle sections (east and west of Conn Ave, west to Rock Creek Park), Massachusetts Avenue and eventual Embassy Row from Florida Ave west to Rock Creek bridge, Sheridan Circle, a large section of emerging Columbia heights, from 7th to 18th Streets and Florida Ave to Fairmont, Girard, and Columbia Road (including the future site of Meridian Hill Park), old Columbian College grounds, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Amzi Barber's mansion at 13th and Clifton, Central HS site, Wayland Seminary, Adams Morgan (when 18th Street was a grassland owned by William Kellogg!), today's Mount Pleasant, Holt House, Duke Ellington Bridge site, Oak Lawn mansion (Hilton Hotel today), Phelps mansion, Adams Mill, Truesdall mansion, Mintwood Place, Cliffbourne Terrace, etc!      

Map also has the old and Street names used before the alpha/numerical system was in place, Yale Street was the old Fairmont Street, for example).   Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 40 Squares (or old Blocks): (read from upper right to upper left in rows) This map includes the old block numbers, later replaced with today's Square numbers; feel free to ask if your property or place of interest would be included in this map!

Note that these are the old Washington DC  block numbers, later changed to difference Square numbers used today.  Please ask if you need to learn your old block number, or if your included on this map.   

Not sure of your Square Number? Go to https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Search.jsp?search_type=Assessment

and put in your house number and street name in the yellow boxes!  

Included Map 40 Streets (1887 names): Many of these names are the old Street names, but I'll list to assist in describing the map.  They include: Boundary Street (Florida Avenue today), 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25th Streets, and named streets:
Clifton, Roanoke (Euclid today), Yale (Fairmont today), Staughton (Belmont today), Chapin, Welling, Huntington (University Pl today), Binney (Girard today), Columbia Ave (15th today), Meridian Ave (16th St today), Cresent Street, Prospect Street, Central Street (17th today), Superior Street (Kalorama Road), Champlain Street, Adams Mill Road, Lanier Avenue, Kansas Ave (Ontario today) Quarry (Harvard Street), Summit Ave, Poplar Avenue, and in Kalorama area:
Cliffbourne Terrace (Kalorama Circle today), Buchanan Street (Biltmore Street today), Mintwood Place, Park Road, Woodley Lane Road, Belmont Road, Kalorama Road, Wyoming Ave, California Ave, LeRoy Place, Columbia Road, Prescott Ave, U Street, Irving Street, Massachusetts Avenue, S, T Streets, Sheridan Circle, etc!

Takoma Park map includes: Blair Road, Tulip Ave, Oak Ave, Maple Ave, Chestnut Ave, Magnolia Ave, Carroll Ave, B&O Railroad and station.                    

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Map Pictures:  I've included a picture of the index and five pictures of the original map. 

Condition:  The edges have very small rips and tears at the edges, in the blank borders, but map is sturdy and paper is not crumbling.  Some pencil marks indicating historical resources.  The original index tab is removed.  Slight yellowing discolorization at top and bottom, but not nearly as noticeable in person as in the pictures.  Could use a professional cleaning; in good shape for a 120 year old map!

Shipping:  Insurance is required, as I've had an original map destroyed by the PO, and the buyer was glad he purchased insurance for the actual cost of the map itself.  In addition to actual first class postage, I also charge $4 for a brand new, 3 inch diameter sturdy mailing tube that you can use to store your map once it arrives.  Of course, several items can be combined to save on shipping! 

Map Key:    I've included a detailed scan of the Hopkins Map Key, which appears on each and every page of the Hopkins Maps (in difference places), along with a north arrow.  It conveys the key to such features as road type (paved, cobblestone, wood, etc), type of building construction (brick, stone, or wood), and sewer lines, horse fountains, lamp boxes, PO boxes, and even ground springs, most of which are covered today.   This map could explain all that ground water in your back yard! 

Not interested in this particular Map?  Your print or original is now available!

I've also listed a total of 44 different prints that cover the entire present day city of Washington, DC, and will list the last remaining originals such as this map in the next week or so.  The originals are going fast!   To assist you in narrowing down your map number, a brief description of each of the 44 map borders appear below, with a more detailed description of each map far below.  Search this page with your Square number or street name.  You can also generally use the following to begin to narrow down your search, or email us and we will gladly let you know what map number your house appears on.  (note some of the suburbs such as Takoma Park are produced as insets on some inner city maps):

NW south of Florida Avenue: Maps 1 & 2 (Foggy Bottom), 3 & 4 (Dupont Circle), 5, 6 & 7 (Downtown and West End)
8, 9 & 10 (Greater U Street, Logan Circle), 11, 12 & 13 (Thomas Circle & Downtown)
15, 16, 17, & 18 (Shaw), 19, 24, 25, 26

Georgetown: Maps 38 & 39
NW Washington Close to Florida Avenue: Maps 40 (Kalorama, Meridian Hill) , 41 (LeDroit  Park) 42 (Columbia Heights)
NW Suburban Washington: Map 43 (North Capitol Street to Potomac River, Chevy Chase DC, Conn Ave, Tennalytown, Brightwood, etc)

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NE Washington south of Florida Avenue: Maps 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35 (All NE Capitol Hill), and 41
NE Washington north of Florida Avenue: Map 43 (Eckington, Bloomingdale, Brookland), and 44 (NE DC, East of the River)

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SE Washington : 23, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41 (Anacostia), and 44.

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SW Washington: 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, and 44 (Far SE)

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What map number shows your house?  If you know your Square Number, you can search this webpage to determine on which map your Square resides, and then bid on that particular map.  Some maps are live auctions, while others are in our store.  Note that for areas outside the original boundaries of Washington, DC (Florida Avenue today), including Georgetown, these maps had the old block numbers of your particular subdivision or community.  Pay attention to what side of the street your house may by on; maps are bordered by only one side of the street in most cases.  Email us, and I'll determine which map your house or building (or future site) would be on.      

 

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Map 1 Bordered By: 19th, 25th, K and O Streets, NW

 

Particular Map 1 Inclusions of Note (1887): Columbia Hospital, Steven Public School, Washington Gas & Light Company 

Included Map 1 Squares (or Blocks): 3,24,25,27,35,36,37,38,49,50,51,52,53,69,70,71,72,73, 76,85,97,98,99,100,117

Included Map 1 Streets (1887 names): 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25th, K,L,M,N,O, New Hampshire Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Northern Half of Washington Circle, Ward Place. 

 

Map 2 Bordered By: F Street to the south, K Street to the north, 19^th Street to the east, and 25^th Street to the west. 

Particular Map 2 Inclusions of Note (1887): Washington Circle and the areas to the south, then covered by a multitude of townhouses (today mostly The George Washington University), large market house at 21^st and k Street, Washington Gas holder at 25^th and H, Analostan Public School at 22^nd and G, St. Ann’s Infant Asylum at 24^th and K (at the Circle).      

Included Map 2 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 28,29,30,31,32,39,40,41,42,43,54,55,56,57,74,75,77,79,80,78,101,102,103,86,118,119,120,121, Washington Circle. 

Included Map 2 Streets (1887 names): 19,20,21,22,23,24,25^th Streets, NW, F,G,H,I,K Streets, NW, Virginia Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington Circle. 

 

 

Map 3 Bordered By: 15th, 20th, Q and U Streets, NW

Particular Map 3 Inclusions of Note (1887): Dupont Circle neighborhood immediate northwest areas   

Included Map 3 Squares (or Blocks): 109,110,111,131,132,133,134,151,152,153,154,s153,155,176,n177,177,178,179,190,191,192,193

Included Map 3 Streets (1887 names): 15,16,17,18,19,20th Streets, Q,R,S,T,U Streets, Corcoran, Swann, Riggs Place, Riggs Street (Oregon), Willard, New Hampshire Avenue, Caroline Street, Boundary (Florida Ave).   

 

Map 4 Bordered By: 15th, 20th, M and Q Streets, NW

Particular Map 4 Inclusions of Note (1887): Dupont Circle and neighborhood immediate south and southwest areas, Scott Circle.  Alexander Graham Bell's House, the Louise Home, Stewart Castle, British Legation, Force Public School, St. Lukes PE Church, Plymouth Congregational Church, Holy Cross Church, etc!   

Included Map 4 Squares (or Blocks): 113,114,115,116,135,136,137,138,139,156,157,158,159,160,180,181,s181,n182,182,194,195,s195,n196,196, Dupont Circle, Scott Circle

Included Map 4 Streets (1887 names): Dupont Circle, Scott Circle, 15,16,17,18,19,and 20th Streets, M,N,O,P,Q Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue, Sunderland Place, Jefferson Street, Madison Street (today's Church Street).    

 

Map 5 Bordered By: 14th, 19th, H and M Streets, NW

Particular Map 5 Inclusions of Note (1887): Farragut Square, McPherson Square, Visitation Academy, St. Augustine Catholic Church, George Riggs estate, Arlington Hotel, etc!   

Included Map 5 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 140,107,106,105,161,162,163,164,126,127,165,183,184,185,186,197,198,199,200,219, Farragut Square, McPherson Square

Included Map 5 Streets (1887 names): 14,15,16,17,18,19th Streets, H,I,K,L,M Streets, Connecticut Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Farragut Square, McPherson Square.    

 

 

Map 6 Bordered By: 15th, 19th, E and H Streets, NW

Particular Map 6 Inclusions of Note (1887): Lafayette Square, the White House Complex, War & Navy Department (Old Exec Office Building), US Treasury Department, Rawlins Park, etc!   

Included Map 6 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 141,142,143,166,168,167,169,170,171,221,Reservation 1. 

Included Map 6 Streets (1887 names): 15,17,18,19th Streets, E,F,G,H Streets, Pennsylvania Avenue, Vermont Avenue, New York Avenue, Lafayette Park, Rawlins Park, Reservation 1 (White House).    

 

Map 7 Bordered By: B Street (today's Constitution Avenue), I Street, 17th to 27th Street, NW (Potomac River)

Particular Map 7 Inclusions of Note (1887): Easby's Warf, Washington Gasometer Buildings, Davy Burns Cottage, Rawlins Park, United States Naval Observatory (Reservation 4), Van Ness Park (Thomas Swann House), and insert maps of many small subdivisions from all around the city (see list below).   The interesting aspect of this map is that all of the areas south of B Street (Constitution Avenue) are underwater, as that part of the National Mall was not yet filled in.  Several squares were planned, as they have dotted lines extending into the water! 

Included Map 7 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 2,3,6,8,9,10,11,12,s12,17,18,19,20,21,22,33,44,58,59,60,61,62,63,81,83,84,87,88,89,104,s104,e87,e88,122,123, 124,125,n128,128,129,144,145,146,147,148, e148,172,173,s173, plus subdivisions with old block numbers. 

Included Map 7 Streets (1887 names): 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26, and 27th Streets, B,C, D, E, F, G, H, and I Streets, New York Avenue, Virginia Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue, Rawlins Park, Reservation 4 (Naval Observatory), NW. 

Subdivisions are also included on this map that are located elsewhere in DC, and are quite detailed with street names and subdivision names no longer used.  They include: Lincoln, Garfield, J. Halls Sub., Montello, Prospect Hill, Reno, Ivy City, King's Sub., and Harlem.

 

Map 8 Bordered By: Two maps are included on this large sheet: Map 1: V Street to Florida Avenue, Vermont Avenue to 18th and Florida Avenue, NW.  Map 2: 20th Street to Rock Creek Park, O Street to Florida Avenue at T Street, NW

Particular Map 8 Inclusions of Note (1887): old Children’s Hospital Site (today's Harrison Square development), Patten mansion, Blaine mansion, Dupont Circle east, old Boundary Avenue (today's Florida Avenue) with its distinctive curve.  

Included Map 8 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) U Street area: 149,150,174,175,188,189,202,203,234,235,271,272,302,303,330,331,357,358.
Dupont Circle East: 65,92,91,90,47,48,66,67,68,93,94,95,96. 

Included Map 8 Streets (1887 names): Greater U Street Map: Vermont Avenue, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17th Streets, V,W, Florida Avenue.
Dupont East Map: 20,21,22nd Streets, O,P,Q,R,S Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, Florida Avenue.   

 

Map 9 Bordered By: R Street, NW on the south, V Streets on the north, 9^th Street on the west and 15^th Street on the east. 

Particular Map 9 Inclusions of Note (1887): Includes the 900 to 1500 block of U Street when it was lined with brick and wooden homes, also the Garnet Public School at Vermont Ave and U Street, Garrison Elementary School Site, (then two block of houses), Dennison Public School in the 1300 block of S Street (now a parking lot), Washington City Orphan Asylum at 14^th and S (townhouses today), Washington Hospital For Foundlings (Bishops gate Condos today), Women’s Christian Association in the 1700 block of 13^th Street, and lots and lots of individual houses with many owners names from 1887.    

Included Map 9 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 204,205,206,236,237,238,239,273,274,275,276,304,305,306,307,308,332,333,n334,334,335,359,360,361,362,363. 

Included Map 9 Streets (1887 names): R,S,T,U,V Streets, NW, 9, (9 ½), 10,11,12,13,14,15^th Streets, NW,  Vermont Avenue (1700 to 2000 block), French Street, Wallach Place, Riggs Street (1300 block), Swann Street (1400 block, then known as Pierce Street), Westminster Street, Portner Place (now Portner Apartment Parking Lot), Johnson Avenue.   

 

Map 10 Bordered By: 9th, 15th, N and R Streets, NW

Particular Map 10 Inclusions of Note (1887): This is particularly nice because Logan Circle (Iowa Circle) is centered in the map, and not bisected like other circles on other maps...it shows the footpaths in the circle, the large wooden Riggs market in the 1400 block of P Street, Vermont Ave Baptist Church, mansions around Logan Circle, a very large wooden livery stable in Square 367 (Naylor Court, within 9, 10, N & O Streets), and lots and lots of owners names attached to individual houses and lots.    

Included Map 10 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 208,209,210,211,240,241,n242,242,243, 277,s277,n278,278,279,280,309,310,311,312,313,336,n337,338,339,364,365,366,367, Logan Circle.

Included Map 10 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,14,15th Streets, N,O,P,Q,R Streets, Kingman Court (now Place), Sampson Street (now 1400 block of Church Street), 1300-1400 blocks of Corcoran Street, Columbia Street (old Redfren St), Naylor Court  

 

Map 11 Bordered By: 9th, 15th, K and N Streets, NW

Particular Map 11 Inclusions of Note (1887): The complete Thomas Circle and its surrounds, and all the old mansion that once lined the north side of the 900 to 1400 blocks of K Street (now long gone!).  Academy of the Holy Cross, The Portland Flats Apartment building, Wylie, Cole, and Meigs mansion around Thomas Circle, Lutheran Church, St. Johns Colligate Institute, Galt mansion. Lots and lots of owners names appear on dwellings and lots.      

Included Map 11 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 212,213,214,216,244,215,217,245,246,247,248,281,282,283,284,314,315,316,340,341,342,368,369,370,371. 

Included Map 11 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,14,15th Streets, K,L,M,N Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Thomas Circle. 

 

Map 12 Bordered By: 9th, 15th, F and K Streets, NW

Particular Map 12 Inclusions of Note (1887):  K Street, south side with rows of houses now long gone, Columbian University buildings on 15th, Riggs House hotel, St. Matthews, Franklin Square, NY Ave Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, Franklin Public School, St. Pauls Church, St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, St. Patricks, Webster Public School, First Congregational Church.  Lots and lots of owners names appear on dwellings and lots.  Map also has lots of pencil notes, indicating where famous people owned or lived in the early 1880; John Tayloe, John Quincy Adams, David Carroll.       

Included Map 12 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 218,220,222,223,224,250,251,252,253,285,286,287,288,289,317,318,319,320,343,344,345,346,372,373,374,375,376. 

Included Map 12 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,14,15th Streets, F,G,H,I, K Streets, Grant Place, New York Avenue and Franklin Square.  

 

Map 13 Bordered By: 9th, 15th, B (Constitution Ave) and F Streets, NW

Particular Map 13 Inclusions of Note (1887): The full stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between 9th and 15, long before it was built up with the large building seen there today.  This map features the old Ebbitt Hotel, the round Panorama theater Building at 15th and C, lumber yards along the mall, The National Theater, (today’s Freedom Plaza), Ford's Theater, Post Publishing Building, the original Willards Hotel, etc. Lots and lots of owners names appear on dwellings and lots.  Penciled notes of famous peoples houses, other interesting tidbits.      

Included Map 13 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 225,226,227,228,229,230,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,290,291,292,293,294,295,321,322,323,324,347,348,
349,350,377,378,379,380,381,382. 

Included Map 13 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,14,15th Streets, B (Constitution Ave), C,D, E, F Streets, Pennsylvania Avenue (btwn 9th and 15th), Louisiana Avenue, Ohio Avenue (gone, part of Federal Triangle today)     

Map 14 Bordered By: 9th, 15th, B (Independence Ave) and E Streets, SW

Particular Map 14 Inclusions of Note (1887): The full stretch of Maryland Avenue SW between 9th and 14th, when it was mostly taken up by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, which headed to the long bridge. The vast majority of the houses, businesses, and other structures on this map are now long gone, replaced with the large government buildings located south of the mall in SW DC.  It’s a fascinating map of a once thriving community. The map also has the old Bureau of Agriculture building and greenhouses, the Smithsonian castle, National Museum, and the old bureau of Printing and Engraving.        

Included Map 14 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 231,232,233,263,264,267,se267,264,266,268,269,296,297,298,299,325,326,327,n351,351,352,353,383,384,385,386,387, Reservation 2 & 3. 

Included Map 14 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,13and one half,14,15th Streets, B (Independence Ave),C,D, E Streets, Maryland Avenue (btwn 9th and 14th), Virginia Avenue, Potomac River edge     

 

Map 15 Bordered By: Florida Avenue (Boundary Street) on the north; 2nd Street NE on the west; 9th Street NW on the east; and on the south by the 300-800 blocks of Q Street, NW, the 200-300 blocks of N Street NW, and the 100-200 block s of N Street, NE.  

Particular Map 15 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map covers the northwestern portions of today's Shaw neighborhood, as well as a part of Bloomingdale along the North Capitol Street corridor.  Includes today's site of the Shaw/Howard Univ metro entrance at 9th and Rhode Island on the lower left side of the map, then with a huge brick building owned by Charles Wheatley.  Site of the Howard Theater, Morse Public School, intersection of NY Ave and Florida Avenue, Tiber Creek, the site of the Lafayette Apartment Building at 7th and Q.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 15 Squares (or old Blocks): (read from upper right to upper left in rows) 393,394,395,n396,396,416,417,419,n420,420,440,441,442,444,475,s475,476,477,e475, n508,508,509,n507,507,509,519,520,552,553,554,615,616,617,668, 669,670,671,709,710,550,551,614.   

Included Map 15 Streets (1887 names): In NE: 1,2,3rd Streets, NE, N,O,P,Q,and R Streets, NE, Florida Avenue, New York Avenue, North Capitol Streets (between N & Florida Ave)

In NW:  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Streets, NW; N,O,P,Q,R,S,T Streets, NW; Rhode Island Avenue (between 9th and Florida Ave), Florida Avenue (Boundary Street), New jersey Avenue (from Q to Florida Ave), Marion Street (1600 block), Wiltburger Street, Warner Street, Bates Street.  

 

Map 16 Bordered By: Q Street on the north, 3rd Street (and Kirby Street) tot he east; 9th Street on the west, M Street on the south.  

Particular Map 16 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map covers the Shaw East neighborhood, with the old Central High School site on a green block in the middle (then also home to Henry PS), as well as the O Street Market and surrounding blocks.  Immaculate Conception Church, 5th Street Police Station, and a few block now taken by the new DC Convention Center.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 16 Squares (or old Blocks): (read from upper right to upper left in rows)
397,398,399,400,421,422,424,425,445,446,447,448,478,479,480,481,510,511,512,513,e510,521,w553,w554,522,523,555.   

Included Map 16 Streets (1887 names): 3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Streets, M,N,O,P,Q Streets, New Jersey Avenue (between M and Q), Kirby Street (between NY Ave and N), 1500 block of Marion Street, Ridge Street, Franklin Street, Madison Street.   

 

Map 17 Bordered By: New Jersey Avenue & 9th Street, I and M Streets, NW

Particular Map 17 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map has the Mount Vernon Park as its complete feature, now the site of the Central Library (City Museum), as well as the old and razed Northern Liberty Market complex (5th and K Streets).  Also includes four city blocks where the Convention Center now stands, and lots and lots of owners names printed on houses, carriage works, etc.          

Included Map 17 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 401,402,403,425,426,427,449,450,451,w484,452,482,s482,483,484,514,n515,515,516,524,525,526,527,556,558,560. 

Included Map 17 Streets (1887 names): 3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Streets, I,K,L,M Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, New York Avenue, Mount Vernon Park.  

 

Map 18 Bordered By: 2nd & 9th Streets, E and I Streets, NW

Particular Map 18 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map has the Patent Office Building (Portrait Gallery today), old Post Office (Hotel today), and the old Pension Building (National Building Museum today), along with the landscaped Judiciary Square area.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 18 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 404,405,406,428,429,453,454,455,456,485,486,487,488,516,517,518,528,529,530,531,562,s562,564,566,568. 

Included Map 18 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Streets, E,F,G,H,I Streets, Massachusetts Avenue, Reservations 8, 9.  

 

Map 19 Bordered By: National Mall on the south, E Street, NW on the north, 2^nd Street, NW on the west, and 9^th Street, NW on the east.  

Particular Map 19 Inclusions of Note (1887): Judiciary Square, Federal Triangle areas, and the old City Hall, Centre market complex (today’s National Archives building site), the  Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station at 6^th and Pennsylvania, Trinity Episcopal Church, the old Post Office, metropolitan Hotel, First Presbyterian Church, National Hotel, and many buildings, houses, and structures no longer there today, replaced by mostly federal buildings built in the 1920s.  This map also includes two city blocks now incorporated into the National Mall between 3^rd and 6^th Streets, south of Pennsylvania Avenue.          

Included Map 19 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 407,408,431,432,457,458,459,460,461,489,490,491,532,533,570,572,s572, and Reservations Numbered 7, (Centre market), 9,10,11, A and B. 

Included Map 19 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9^th Streets, NW, B,C,D,E Streets, NW, Pennsylvania Avenue, Louisiana Avenue, Indiana Avenue , and Missouri Avenue (now part of the Mall).     

 

 Map 20 Bordered By: 2nd & 9th Streets, National Mall and D Street, SW

Particular Map 20 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map has a portion of the National Mall in front of the Capitol Building, and on it the old Medical Library & Museum, US Fish Commission complex, US Botanical Gardens, Bartholdi Fountain, and government greenhouses.  Also Maine Avenue and its building, eventually razed and made part of the Mall.  Also, a nice Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Roundhouse once located at 6th and C Streets, SW.  Also shows the 30 foot wide sewer running near the Capitol Building grounds, covered over to create Canal Street.  Many of the buildings on the map are long gone, replaced with large office buildings and Congressional Office Buildings; Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 20 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 409,410,433,434,462,463,s463,464,492,493,534,535,577,579, Reservations 2, D & C. 

Included Map 20 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4 and one-half,6,7,8, and 9th Streets, B,C, and D Streets, Maine Avenue (later part of Mall), Maryland Avenue, Canal Street, Virginia Avenue.  

 

Map 21 Bordered By: 2nd & 9th Streets, D and I Streets, SW

Particular Map 21 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map is interesting in that it shows the many blocks of residential structures that were razed to make way for the Dwight Eisenhower Parkway, the ten lane raised highway that ran through the neighborhood.  The only major surviving structure is St. Dominick's Church, which is on the map, and a DC Landmark today.  The remaining area was filled with 1960s era apartment building that are becoming historic in their own right. Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 21 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 411,412,413,414,415,435,436,437,438,439
465,466,467,468,469,494,495,496,497,498,536,537,538,539,540,541,581,583,n583,585,587,589. 

Included Map 21 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4 and one-half,6,7,8, and 9th Streets, D,E,F,G,H, and I Streets, Virginia Avenue.

 

Map 22 Bordered By: 2nd & 9th Streets, I and N Streets, SW

Particular Map 22 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map is interesting in that it shows the many blocks of residential structures that were razed to make way for the current SW community of apartment buildings and commercial areas.  Water Street and its many wharfs, an ice house, steamboat docks, etc Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 22 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) s415,s439,w471,470,471,472,473,499,500,501,502,542,543,544,545,591,592,594,596 w597. 

Included Map 22 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4 and one-half,6,7,8, and 9th Streets, I,K,L,M, and N Streets, Delaware Avenue, Union Street.  

 

Map 23 Bordered By: Two maps on this page:  1st Street, SE to 6th Street, SW and N Street to Buzzards Point (V Street) Waterfront. 
Map 2: 9th Street SW to13 and-a-half Street SW and E Street to I Street (Waterfront)

Particular Map 23 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map is interesting in that it shows the many blocks of residential structures that were razed to make way for the current SW community of apartment buildings and commercial areas.  Water Street and its many wharfs and docks, etc.  Perhaps one of my favorite maps, this also includes the United States Arsenal, today's Fort McNair, and the James Creek Canal.  It also includes Buzzard's Point area, today a marina (map would be excellent for boat owners docked there or at James Creek marina!  Many of the blocks on Buzzard's Point are underwater, filled in later.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with factories and office buildings.          

Included Map 23 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 270,300,328,329,354,355,356,388,389,390,391,503,504,546,547,e546,e547,,598,599,600,601,602,603,604,605,n606, 606,607,608,609,610,611,612 (underwater),613,652,654,656,658,661,663,665,667,s667,653,655,657,660,662,664,e664,666,e667,e of s667,702,704,706,708,e708,s708,703,705,707. 
 

Included Map 23 Streets (1887 names): Map 1: 9,10,11,12,13,13 and one-half Streets, E,F,G,H and I Streets, water Street. 

Map 2: 1st, 2nd, South Capitol Streets, and N,O,P,Q,R Streets, SE.  On the SW Side: 1st,2,3,4 and one-half,6th Streets, Union Street, N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U, and V Streets, SW, with Georgia Avenue (Potomac Ave today), McLean Avenue, Reservation 5 (Ft. McNair).    

 

Map 24 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, New Jersey Ave, NW and I Street (NE & NW), N Street (NE & NW)

Particular Map 24 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map includes the general area north of Gonzaga College, which is located on the map, along with St. Aloysius Church.  Much of the area is now large office buildings, but some of the houses remain.  The Sursum Corda complex is also located on the site today.  Some of the map area is today covered by railroad tracks leading to Union Station.  Also the site of today's New York Avenue Playground, in 1887 known as the Loeffler gardens! Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 24 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 555,557,559,561,618,619,620,621,622,672,673,674,675,711,712,713,715,714,716. 

Included Map 24 Streets (1887 names): 2nd NE,1st NE, North Capitol Street, 1st NW, I,K,L,M,N (both in NE and NW), Delaware Avenue, New jersey Avenue, New York Avenue, Kirby Street, and interior 'alley' streets of Fenton Place, Myrtle Street, Forsyth Street, Babcock Street, Patterson Street, Colfax Street

 

Map 25 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, 2nd Street NW and E Street (NE & NW), I (NE & NW)

 

Particular Map 25 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map includes many squares that would eventually be razed to allow for the construction of Union Station after the turn of the century.  It includes a good portion of Massachusetts Avenue, that then had a landscaped circle at New jersey Avenue!.  map includes Government Printing Office, site of the future Georgetown Univ Law Center, etc.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 25 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) n563,563,565,567,569,w623,w624,623,624,625,626,628,676,677,678,679,680,717,718,719,720,721. 

Included Map 25 Streets (1887 names): 2nd NE,1st NE, North Capitol Street, 1st NW, 2nd NW, E,F,G,H,I (both in NE and NW), Delaware Avenue (Union Station today), New Jersey Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, and interior 'alley' streets of DeFrees Street, Jackson Alley, California Street, Chicago Street.     

 

Map 26 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, 2nd Street NW and A Street (NE & NW), E (NE & NW)

Particular Map 26 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map includes many squares that would eventually be razed to allow for the construction of Congressional Office Buildings and other federal buildings.  Map includes the northern portion of the US Capitol grounds, and at its center is the now demolished B & O railroad station, with accompanying tracks.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 26 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 571,573,574,575,629,631,633,630,632,634,681,683,685,682,684,868,722,723,724,725,726,727. 

Included Map 26 Streets (1887 names): 2nd NE,1st NE, North Capitol Street, 1st NW, 2nd NW, A,B (Constitution Ave today), C,D, and E Streets, (both in NE and NW), Delaware Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Pennsylvania Ave, and interior 'alley' streets of Arthur Place.

 

 

Map 27 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, 2nd Street NW and D Street SE, A Street NE

Particular Map 27 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map includes the entire US Capitol Building, Botanical gardens, and the Library of Congress.  Also includes many squares that would eventually be razed to allow for the construction of Congressional Office Buildings and other federal buildings and the Supreme Court.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 27 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 576,578,580,635,s635,636,637,689,691,690,692,728,732,733. 

Included Map 27 Streets (1887 names): 2nd NE,1st NE, South Capitol Street, 1st Street SW, 2nd Street SW, B  Street (Independence Ave today), SE, C Street SE, D Street SE.  East capitol Street, A Street NE.  New jersey Avenue SE, Canal Street, Maryland Avenue SE, Pennsylvania Avenue NW.  

 

Map 28 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, 2nd Street SW and D Street SE, H Street SE

Particular Map 28 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map includes an area south of the Capitol Building on both sides of SE and SW, some of which is now consumed by the Southwest Freeway.  Reservation 17, a large park, is pictured, that still exists today, although reduced by the highway.  James Creek Canal, B&O RR Tracks.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with office buildings.          

Included Map 28 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 582,584,586,588,638,639,640,641,n642,642e642,643,e643,693,694,nw695734,735,736. 

Included Map 28 Streets (1887 names): 2nd SE,1st SE, South Capitol Street, 1st Street SW, 2nd Street SW, and these streets in both SE and SW: D Street, E Street, F Street, G Street, H Street.  South Capitol Street, New Jersey Avenue SE, North Carolina Avenue, SE, Canal Street, Delaware Avenue, 1/2 Street SW, Ivy Street SE.  

 

 

Map 29 Bordered By: on the south by N Street SE and SW, on the north by H Street SE and SW, on the east by 2^nd Street SE, and on the west by 2^nd Street, SW. 

Particular Map 29 Inclusions of Note (1887): James Creek Canal, then an open body of water along South Capitol Street, B&P Railroad Tracks, a large Gas Holder made of brick, and buildings and houses long since razed.    

Included Map 29 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 590,e590,s643,645,w645,647,593,595,597,644,646,648,649,n650,650,651,w695,695,696,n697,697,n699,699,698,700,701,

738,740,n743,743,737,739,741,742

 

Included Map 29 Streets (1887 names): H,I,K,L,M,N Streets (SE and SW), ½, 1, and 2^nd Streets SE, ½, 1, 2^nd Streets, SW, South Capitol Street, Delaware Avenue (SW), New Jersey Avenue (SE)   

 

Map 30 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, 15th Street NE and 200-800 Blocks of E Street, NE, 900-1400 Blocks of D Street NE, Boundary Street (Florida Avenue) NE. 

Particular Map 30 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map is done at a slightly smaller scale, due to the fact that many of the squares were less developed in the then outskirts of the city (13-15th Streets NE).  However, that results in this map covering the VAST majority of all of NE DC, Capitol Hill.  Includes the full length of H Street, NE, Little Sisters of the Poor complex (later Children's Museum), Washington Brick Machine Company, George Juenneman's Brewery at 4th and D Streets. Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots now covered with buildings.          

Included Map 30 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right)
710,e711,n747,747,n772,772,804,828,n855
748,749,750,751,752,753,754,773,774,775,776,777,778,779,
805,806,807,808,809,810,811,829,830,831,832,833,834,835,
855,856,857,858,859,860,861,886,887,888,889,890,891,892,908,909,910,911,912,913,914,
n931,931,932,933,934,935,936,937,956,957,958,959,960,961,n962,962,
n980,980,981,982,983,984,985,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006,1007,1008,
n1026,1026,1027,1028,1029,1030,n1049,1049,1050,1051,1052,n1053,1053. 


Included Map 30 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15th Streets, NE,
200-800 blocks of E Street, NE, 900-1400 blocks of D Street, NE, F,G,H,I,K,L,M,N Streets, NE
Maryland Avenue, NE, Tennessee Avenue, NE, Florida Avenue, NE, (old Boundary Street), Delaware Avenue, Parker Street, Olan Street, Wylie Street   

 

 

Map 31 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE, 9th Street NE and A Street NE, E Street, NE

Particular Map 31 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map has Stanton Park delineated in the middle, with surrounding blocks; it then had a statue of General Green.  Includes St. Joseph's, St. James Episcopal Church, and lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 31 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right)
755,756,757,758,780,781,782,783,784,785,812,813,814,815,836,837,838,839,
862,863,864,865,866,,867,893,894,895,896,915,s915,916,917,s917,918. 

Included Map 31 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Street, NE,
A,B,C,D,E Streets, NE.  Stanton Park, Maryland Avenue, NE, Massachusetts Avenue NE.   

 

 

Map 32 Bordered By: 2nd Street NE & SE, 9th Street NE & SE and A Street NE, C Street, SE

Particular Map 32 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map has Seward Square at its bottom, and both sides East Capitol Street (200-800 blocks) at the top.  The map includes both A Streets, NE, and SE for the same blocks.  Includes Eastern Market, Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, Lincoln Public School.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 32 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right)
759,760,761,762,786,787,788,789,790,816,817,818,819,840,841,842,843,
868,869,870,871,872,897,898,899,900,919,920,921,922,923. 

Included Map 32 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Streets NE & SE,
A Street NE, A Street SE, B,C Streets, SE, East Capitol Street, North Carolina Avenue, SE, Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Seward Square.          

 

Map 33 Bordered By: 2nd Streets SE, 9th Street SE and C Street SE, G Street, SE

Particular Map 33 Inclusions of Note (1887): This seems to be the map of SE Capitol Hill parks; it includes Folger Park, Marion Park, the southern half of Seward Square, the Park at D Street between 7th and 9th Streets, and part of Garfield Park.   Also includes Wallach Public School, old Providence Hospital Site, Christ Church, Ebenezer ME Church, IOOF Hall.     Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 33 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right)
763,764,765,791,792,793,794,795,820,821,822,844,845,846,873,874,875,876,877,901,902,903,924,925,926. 

Included Map 33 Streets (1887 names): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9th Streets SE, C,D,E,G Streets SE, North Carolina Avenue SE, Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, South Carolina Avenue, SE.  

 

Map 34 Bordered By: M Street, SE on the south, G Street SE on the north, 2^nd Street, SE on the west, and 9^th Street, SE on the east .     

Particular Map 34 Inclusions of Note (1887): US marine barracks, a portion of Garfield Park, Virginia Ave SE now the site of the Southeast Freeway!  

Included Map 34 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) 766,767,768,769,796,797,798,799,800,823,824,825,s825,847,849,n853,878,879,880,881,

882,904,905,906,907,928,929,930. 

Included Map 34 Streets (1887 names): G,I,K, L, M Streets, SE, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,and 9^th Streets, SE, Virginia Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and Reservation 17 (Garfield Park), Reservations 15 & 16, US marine Barracks.       

 

Map 35 Bordered By: 9th Street (NE & SE) to 25th Street (NE & SE) at eastern Branch River; north by the 900 to1400 blocks of D Street, NE and the 1500 to 2500 blocks of C Street, NE; south by the 200 to 1400 blocks of D Street, SE, and the 1500-1600 blocks (both sides) of F Street, SE, and the 1601700 to 1800 blocks of E Street, NE (Along Georgia Avenue, today's Potomac Avenue) (also including Reservation 13).  

Particular Map 35 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map is also a slightly smaller scale than the others, to accommodate the many, many squares in Eastern Capitol Hill that were then mostly vacant: those from 14th Street east, mainly. Lincoln Park is featured with all of the surrounding blocks on the left side of the map, and reservation 13 appears on the right side...the Eastern Branch river is seen at far right, with many of the adjoining blocks delineated underwater!  Methodist Grave Yard (D & E, 17th and 18th Streets) was subdivided for housing! Includes the old DC Jail, Alms House, Hospital, Male and Female Workhouses on Reservation 13.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 35 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left in columns to lower right)
938,939,940,941,942,943,944,945,946,
963,964,965,966,967,968,969,970,971,
986,987,988,989,990,s990,991,
1009,1010,1011,1012,1013,1014,1015,n1017,1017,
1031,1032,nw1033,1033,1034,n1035,1035,1036,s1036,1037,1038,e1015,1039,1040,s1039,1041
1054,1055,1056,1057,1058,1059,s1059,1060,1061,
1068,s1068,1069,1070,1071,1072,s1072,1073,1074,1075,1076,
1082,1083,1084,1085,1086,1087,1088,1089,1090,1091,
1093,1094,1095,1096,1097,1098,1100,1102
1107,1108,1109,1110,1111,1112,ne1113,1114,se1114,
1118,1119,1120,1121,1122, 1125,1126,1127,1128,1129,
1132,1133,1134,1135,1136, 1137,1138,1139,1140,1141,
1141 (yes a duplicate 1141, now likely renumbered...ask for boundaries for both blocks) 1142,1143,1150,1151, 1144,1145,1155

Included Map 35 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25th Streets, both NE and SE;
A,B (Ind Ave),C, and D Streets, NE, East capitol Street, Lincoln Park;
A,B (Ind Ave),C,D,and E Streets, SE;
Massachusetts Avenue NE and SE, North Carolina Avenue, NE & SE, South Carolina Avenue, SE, Kentucky Avenue,
Georgia Avenue, SE (Potomac Avenue today), Tennessee Avenue, NE, Park Place, NE.     

 

Map 36 Bordered By: 9th to 15th Street, SE and D to I Street, SE

Particular Map 36 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map has the naval Hospital located on the left side, and features areas to the west, along Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.  It includes a large brewery on Square 1042 (13-14th, D-E Streets), Cranch Public School, a large greenhouse at the SW corner of 14th and E Streets, and several small wooden churches I suspect are no longer extant.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 36 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right)
947,948,949,950,972,973,974,992,994,995,1018,1019,s1019,1020,1042,,1043,1044,1045,e1042,
1062,s1062,1063,1064,ne1065. 

Included Map 36 Streets (1887 names): 9,10,11,12,13,14,15th Streets, SE; D,E,F,G,I Streets, SE;
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Kentucky Avenue, SE, Georgia Avenue SE (Potomac Avenue today).    

 

Map 37 Bordered By: This page actually has two maps:
Map 1: bordered by 13th to 25th Street, SE and E to M Streets SE, including Congressional Cemetery. 
Map 2:  bordered by 1st Street, SE to 13th Street, SE, on the north by the 100-800 blocks of M Street and the 900-1200 block of I Street, SE, and on the south by the waterfront, including the entire Navy Yard. 

Particular Map 37 Inclusions of Note (1887): These two maps show on a single page show the old waterfront of commercial uses to the west of the Navy Yard, including Columbia Pottery, Planning Mill, Coal Sheds, and a brick yard, as well as the entire US Navy yard with most of the building labeled as to their use in 1887, including the marine barracks, stable, ice house, copper rolling mills, etc.  map also shows waterfront to the east of the yard, mostly privately owned and apparently later extended into the water, as several blocks are delineated underwater.  The insert map shows Congressional Cemetery layout, Barney Circle and its "proposed bridge" and the Female Working House of Reservation 13.  Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 37 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right)
Map 1: 1046,1047,1048,s1048,e1025,ne1065,1065,1066,1067,1076,1077,1078,1079,1091, s1091,w1092,1092,s1092,1130,1148,1149,1152.

Map 2 (Navy yard, etc):  744,s744,770,771,801,802,826,s826,853,854,951,s951,952,953,954,955,
975,s975,976,977,978,979,996,997,999,1000,1001,1021,1022,1023,1024,1025,s1025

Included Map 37 Streets (1887 names): 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,21,22,23,24,25th Streets, SE;
E,F,G,H,I,K,L,M,N,O Streets, SE;
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Barney Circle, Kentucky Avenue, SE, Georgia Avenue SE (Potomac Avenue today), Virginia Avenue, SE, New jersey Avenue, SE.  

 

 

Map 38 Bordered By: 25th to 31st Streets, NW and I Street to O Street, NW

Particular Map 38 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map covers the western portion of Foggy Bottom, the future Watergate site, and the eastern portion of Georgetown, west of 31st Street and north to O Street.  Includes Georgetown Gas Light Co Holding tanks, a fountain at the intersection of M and Bridge Streets!, wooden bridge over Rock Creek at K Street, Georgetown Post Office, Heurich Brewery buildings at 27th and K, etc!  Map also has the old and Street names used before the numerical system was in place, O Street was the old Beall Street, for example).   Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 38 Squares (or old Blocks): (read from upper right to upper left in rows) 23,68,69,70,71,72,67,66,65,64,63,47,45,43,41,13,46,44,42,40,39,14,24,25,26,27,28,15,4,23,22,21,20,16,5,1,3,2,
Note that these are the old Georgetown block numbers, later changed to difference Square numbers used today.  Please ask if you need to learn your old block number, or if your included on this map.   

Included Map 38 Streets (1887 names): 25,26,27,28,29,30,31st Streets, NW;
I,K (old Water St),L,M,N,O Streets, Dumbarton Street, Olive Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Virginia Avenue.  

 

 

Map 39 Bordered By: Rock Creek on the East, 37th Street on the west, Potomac River on the south to R Street on the north (with additional Wisconsin Avenue extension), NW

Particular Map 39 Inclusions of Note (1887): If your interested in Georgetown maps, this is the key map for you.  It includes the vast majority of Georgetown, save the southeast corner that is included in our auction for map #38 (east of 31st, south of O Streets).  These two maps cover the entire Georgetown area as depicted in 1887.   This map includes many interesting Georgetown buildings and houses, many of which are long gone; including most of the waterfront, that was then populated with mills, boathouses, bottling plants, etc.  Map shows the aqueduct bridge (Key Bridge today), mansion such as Tudor Place, burying grounds, Oak Hill Cemetery, and even a jump across the Rock Creek to include Lyons Mill.  Many old wooden homes now replaced with brick townhouses; find out if your lot had a pre-existing structure!  This map also includes an extension up Wisconsin Avenue from R Street to approximately Calvert Street, with homes, the Industrial School, and the Catholic cemetery all delineated; includes a portion of Burleith, then named and subdivided into vacant lots.         
Map also has the old and Street names used before the numerical system was in place, O Street was the old Beall Street, for example).   Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered or filled in with many more rowhouses.          

Included Map 39 Squares (or old Blocks): (read from upper right to upper left in rows) This map includes the old Georgetown block numbers; ask us to find if your house or interest is included in this map!

Note that these are the old Georgetown block numbers, later changed to difference Square numbers used today.  Please ask if you need to learn your old block number, or if your included on this map.   


Included Map 39 Streets (1887 names): Map also has a combination of old and new Street names for easy identification of your street.  Generally, the map includes all streets from 25th Street to 31st Street, K Street (than at the waterfront) all the way to R Street on the north; with the extension map of Burleith including U, W, Madison Streets between 32nd and 40th Streets, and large, undivided blocks stretching up Wisconsin Avenue to approx. Calvert Street.               

 

Map 40 Bordered By: This page includes a L shaped map broken into two parts, as well as a map of Takoma park, Maryland.  Southern boundary is Boundary Street (Florida Avenue), NW from 7th Street to Massachusetts Avenue; western boundary is Rock Creek Park from Mass Ave to today's Connecticut Ave Bridge; eastern boundary is 7th Street (Georgia Avenue); northern boundary is Harvard Street (Lanier Heights), and Girard and Fairmont Streets in Columbia Heights. 

Takoma Park MD Map: boundary includes old village subdivision, on both sides of the District line.  Blair Road on the south, both sides of maple Street on the east, both sides of Chestnut Street on the west, and  about two block north of Tulip Avenue on the north. 

Particular Map 40 Inclusions of Note (1887): This page includes an oddly shaped area at the then boundary of NW Washington, just above Boundary Street (Florida Avenue), and includes the populated areas or recently subdivided communities located from 7th Street (Georgia Avenue) all the way to Rock Creek Park, and then curving south to Massachusetts Avenue.   The map includes the areas of north Dupont Circle (before Connecticut Avenue was cut north of Florida Avenue), the entire Lanier heights subdivision  (Harvard Street on the north),  the entire Kalorama and kalorama Triangle sections (east and west of Conn Ave, west to Rock Creek Park), Massachusetts Avenue and eventual Embassy Row from Florida Ave west to Rock Creek bridge, Sheridan Circle, a large section of emerging Columbia heights, from 7th to 18th Streets and Florida Ave to Fairmont, Girard, and Columbia Road (including the future site of Meridian Hill Park), old Columbian College grounds, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Amzi Barber's mansion at 13th and Clifton, Central HS site, Wayland Seminary, Adams Morgan (when 18th Street was a grassland owned by William Kellogg!), today's Mount Pleasant, Holt House, Duke Ellington Bridge site, Oak Lawn mansion (Hilton Hotel today), Phelps mansion, Adams Mill, Truesdall mansion, Mintwood Place, Cliffbourne Terrace, etc!      

Map also has the old and Street names used before the alpha/numerical system was in place, Yale Street was the old Fairmont Street, for example).   Lots and lots of owners names printed on houses and lots, many of which are now further covered with rowhouses.          

Included Map 40 Squares (or old Blocks): (read from upper right to upper left in rows) This map includes the old block numbers, later replaced with today's Square numbers; feel free to ask if your property or place of interest would be included in this map!

Note that these are the old Washington DC  block numbers, later changed to difference Square numbers used today.  Please ask if you need to learn your old block number, or if your included on this map.   

Included Map 40 Streets (1887 names): Many of these names are the old Street names, but I'll list to assist in describing the map.  They include: Boundary Street (Florida Avenue today), 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25th Streets, and named streets:
Clifton, Roanoke (Euclid today), Yale (Fairmont today), Staughton (Belmont today), Chapin, Welling, Huntington (University Pl today), Binney (Girard today), Columbia Ave (15th today), Meridian Ave (16th St today), Cresent Street, Prospect Street, Central Street (17th today), Superior Street (Kalorama Road), Champlain Street, Adams Mill Road, Lanier Avenue, Kansas Ave (Ontario today) Quarry (Harvard Street), Summit Ave, Poplar Avenue, and in Kalorama area:
Cliffbourne Terrace (Kalorama Circle today), Buchanan Street (Biltmore Street today), Mintwood Place, Park Road, Woodley Lane Road, Belmont Road, Kalorama Road, Wyoming Ave, California Ave, LeRoy Place, Columbia Road, Prescott Ave, U Street, Irving Street, Massachusetts Avenue, S, T Streets, Sheridan Circle, etc!

Takoma Park map includes: Blair Road, Tulip Ave, Oak Ave, Maple Ave, Chestnut Ave, Magnolia Ave, Carroll Ave, B&O Railroad and station.                 

Map 41 Bordered By: Florida Avenue NW on the south, 2^nd Street NW on the east, 10^th Street NW on the west, and Harvard Street, NW on the north.   

Particular Map 41 Inclusions of Note (1887): This page includes a large map of the Howard University, Howard University Hospital site, and LeDroit Park community on the left side, with two subdivisions located on the right side of the page.  It includes the southern portion of the McMillan Reservoir, Freedman’s Hospital, Levi Park, and the subdivisions of Wright & Dale, Wright & Cox to the west of LeDroit Park. 

 

The inset maps are of Isherwood subdivision in NE Washington (at Florida Avenue and Benning Road, NE), and of Uniontown in SE Washington, now part of Anacostia, which includes the Frederic Douglass estate!           

Included Map 41 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) Note that these are the old LeDroit Park block numbers). 

Included Map 41 Streets (1887 names): (note these are the old LeDroit Park Street Names) Boundary Avenue (Florida Avenue), and generally (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10^th Streets), then known as LeDroit Avenue, Harewood Ave, Linden Ave, Larch Ave, Juniper Street, Bohrer, and Sherman Ave running north and south; and  (generally S,T,U,V.W to Harvard) then known as Maple Ave, Spruce Ave, Elm Street, Wilson Street, Pomeroy Street, Trumball Street, College Avenue, Grant Avenue, Howard Avenue, Irving Street and Lincoln Street, all running east to west. 

 

The Isherwood inset map includes streets then named C,D,E, Seaton, Gales, and Bennings Bridge Road running east to west, and 15,16,17,18,19,20, and 21^st Street running north to south, along with Isherwood Street and Clagett Street. 

The Uniontown (Anacostia) inset map includes streets then named Morris Road, maple Ave, Valley Street, Jefferson Street, Fort Stanton Road, Highland Ave, Washington Street, Jackson Street, Pleasant Street, Good Hope Road generally running from northwest to southeast; and Shannon Place, Lincoln Street, Monroe Street, Fillmore Street, Chestnut Street, Spring Street, High Street, Pierce (Market) Street, Adams Street, and Taylor Street running generally southwest to northeast.             

 

 

Map 42 Bordered By: Roughly by today’s Euclid, Fairmont and Girard Streets NW on the south, Spring Road on the north, Park Place (5^th Street) on the east, and 17^th Street on the west.  (Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant) 

Particular Map 42 Inclusions of Note (1887): This particular map has many of the early subdivision located in the northern parts of Columbia Heights, along Sherman Avenue, and most of Mount Pleasant.  It includes subdivisions by the name of SP Browns, Lewis, John Sherman, Meridian Hill, Walbridge estate, Holmead’s, Stone Estate, Todd and Browns, Purner Estate, and the SJ Gass subdivision.  It also includes the large Schutzen Park on 7^th Street and several large estates to the north; Howard University edge is located on the lower right hand side of the map, Lanier Heights northern tip on the lower left.           

Included Map 42 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) This map delineates these subdivisions that were then outside the city limit, and had not been subject to the alpha-numeric system of Streets or Square Numbers.  Each Subdivision has the old block numbers, with the number repeated in each different subdivision.   

Included Map 42 Streets (1887 names): The old Street names are heavily used on this map, with a few of today’s same street names appearing.  I’ll list today’s general street name inclusions: Park Place, Georgia Avenue, Sherman Avenue, 11^th,13^th, 14^th, 15^th, 16^th and 17^th Streets, NW; Euclid, Fairmont, Girard, Greshem, Harvard, Hobart, Columbia Road, Irving, Kenyon, Lamont, Morton, Park Road, Lamont, Monroe, Morton, Newton, Meridian Place, Oak, Otis, Parkwood, Perry Place, Brown Terrace. 

 

Some of the old street names appearing on the map are: Columbia Road, Binney, Bacon, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Irving, Lincoln, Sumner, Morris, Quarry, Kennesaw, Wallach, Steuben, Marshall, Kenyon, Grant, Park Street, Dartmouth, Farragut, Sheriden, Mount Pleasant, Whitney, Howard, Piney Branch Road, Oak, Holmead, Lydecker, Cammack, Forsyth, Warder, Ludlow, Hancock, McClellan, 7^th, Sherman, 13^th, 14^th, 15^th, 16^th, 17^th, NW.        

 

Map 43 Bordered By: Rock Creek Park, Florida Avenue on the south (from Georgetown to Capitol Hill), the current District line on the north, the Potomac River on the west, and approximately North Capitol Street on the east. 

Particular Map 43 Inclusions of Note (1887): This map delineates most of NW Washington DC north of Florida Avenue.  Its detailed colors show the various large tract of land that would eventually be developed into small residential streets seen today; there many angles help to explain turns in streets and irregular lots found today.  Its very detailed of several emerging communities, including those listed below.   Many of the larger Avenue are depicted on this map, making it easy to become orientated 

Included Map 43 Squares (or Blocks): This map predates squares and lots, but covers most of NW Washington DC north of Florida Avenue.  The map includes the following subdivisions or incorporated municipalities of:  Tenleytown, Harlem, Burleith, Woodley, Fairview heights, Friendship, Little Falls, Reno, Richmond park, Takoma park, Blagdens, Petworth, Soldiers Home, LeDroit Park, Glenwood Cemetery, Rock Creek Cemetery, Brightwood, Fort Totten, Terra Cotta Station, and the of Brookland.  Inset maps show  additional details of Takoma Park and Mount Pleasant.      

Included Map 43 Streets (1887 names):.This map includes outer Wisconsin Avenue, Connecticut (eventual site), and Piney Branch Road from Dc to Takoma Park, Maryland.     

 

 

Map 44 Bordered By: roughly North Capitol Street to the west, the District Boundary to the east, Florida Avenue to the south; with an adjoining bounded by 15^th Street NE to the west, District Boundary to the east, and extending and including all of SE Washington (Anacostia and south).  Inset map includes a detailed Barry Farms Subdivision.   

Particular Map 44 Inclusions of Note (1887): Another fascinating map showing the outer estates and large tracts of land that are now completely covered with development.  It includes Gallaudet University, Eckington, Ivy City, Montello, Rosedale, Isherwood, and reform School farm in NE Washington.  Also the communities in SE Washington that include: Anacostia, Bennings, Glendale, Lincoln, Burrville, Marshall, Agassiz Park, Creston, Easton, Garfield, Good Hope, Barry Farm, Potomac City, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Giesboro Point (Bolling Air Force Base site), and Oxen Run.    

Included Map 44 Squares (or Blocks): (read from upper left to lower right) This map predates Squares and Blocks outside the city limits; see suburban communities above for inclusions.  . 

Included Map 44 Streets (1887 names): This map includes several major thorofares in NE and SE Washington at the time, including Bladensburg Road, Brentwood Avenue, Benning Road, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Avenue extended, Ridge Road, Anacostia Road, Hamilton Road, Naylor Road, and Nichols Avenue, among many others.     

 

 

  

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On Aug-29-07 at 07:17:50 PDT, seller added the following information: