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26TH STREET OVERVIEW
Year Built
1870s-1980s
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Baist map
Documents
History
26th Street features a few historic houses, but most are post-1950. Nearly all of the houses, churches, a school, and other buildings on the west side (and to the River) were wiped out by highway construction in the 1950s-1960s. There several interesting artistic installations, include Albert Paley's functional gates.
Resident/Owner
Recollections
Source Material
FBA History Project, "Highway Overlook - Lost Foggy Bottom." Clio: Your Guide to History. December 4, 2022. Accessed December 15, 2022. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/9
Traceries, Nov. 1983
A long view of the 26th Street block in December 2022. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022)
26th Street rows (left side), Watergate Complex background, unfinished ramp, (Barrett Collection, DC History Center)
900 block of 26th St., looking north toward K St. (Traceries, Nov. 1983)
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