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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. Designed by the architect Waddy Butler Wood, it was built between 1895 and 1897 by the Capital Traction Company as a union terminal for several Washington and Virginia streetcar lines. The adjacent Exorcist steps, later named after their appearance in William Friedkin's 1973 horror film The Exorcist, were built during the initial construction to connect M Street with Prospect Street.

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  • 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. Designed by the architect Waddy Butler Wood, it was built between 1895 and 1897 by the Capital Traction Company as a union terminal for several Washington and Virginia streetcar lines. The adjacent Exorcist steps, later named after their appearance in William Friedkin's 1973 horror film The Exorcist, were built during the initial construction to connect M Street with Prospect Street. Intended for dual use as a passenger station and as a storage house for the streetcars, the Car Barn began Washington's only cable car system. Almost immediately after the building opened, the system was electrified, and the Car Barn was converted to accommodate electric streetcars. Throughout its history as a terminal and storage facility, the Car Barn was never utilized to the extent anticipated by its construction. The building has undergone several renovations, the most extensive in 1911, when the original Romanesque Revival façade was significantly modified, and the interior was almost completely gutted. Not long after its opening, the building fell into disrepair. Changing ownership over time, it maintained its original function of housing streetcars until 1950, when it was redeveloped as office space. Among its occupants was the International Police Academy, an arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, which operated out of the Car Barn in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, it is used as an academic building by Georgetown University. In 2019, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (en)
  • La Georgetown Car Barn est un bâtiment historique situé dans le quartier de Georgetown à Washington, aux États-Unis. Conçu par l'architecte (en), il a été construit entre 1895 et 1897 par la (en) en tant que terminal et dépôts pour plusieurs lignes de tramway de la ville et de l'État de Virginie proche. Les Exorcist steps, nommées plus tard après leur apparition dans le film d'horreur L'Exorciste (1973) de William Friedkin, ont été construites pendant la construction initiale pour relier deux rues proches. Le bâtiment a fait l'objet de plusieurs rénovations, la plus importante en 1911, et de nos jours, il est utilisé comme bâtiment universitaire par l'université de Georgetown. (fr)
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  • Photo from the bottom of the Exorcist steps looking up (en)
  • Black and white photograph of the interior of the Car Barn during re-construction (en)
  • Black and white photograph of the Car Barn before its re-design in 1911 (en)
  • Photo of excavation during construction of the Car Barn (en)
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  • M Street elevation in December 2018 (en)
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  • Significant excavation during construction led to the creation of the "Exorcist steps". (en)
  • The original façade and interior were extensively modified in 1911. (en)
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  • Historic American Buildings Survey Copy of c. 1900 Photograph - Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest HABS DC,GEO,84-11.png (en)
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  • Historic American Buildings Survey Copy of 1911 Photograph - Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, HABS DC,GEO,84-13 - cropped.tif (en)
  • Historic American Buildings Survey Copy of c. 1894 Photograph of Excavation - Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M HABS DC,GEO,84-10.png (en)
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  • Photo of the Car Barn from street level (en)
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  • Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States (en)
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  • Georgetown Car Barn (en)
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  • 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. Designed by the architect Waddy Butler Wood, it was built between 1895 and 1897 by the Capital Traction Company as a union terminal for several Washington and Virginia streetcar lines. The adjacent Exorcist steps, later named after their appearance in William Friedkin's 1973 horror film The Exorcist, were built during the initial construction to connect M Street with Prospect Street. (en)
  • La Georgetown Car Barn est un bâtiment historique situé dans le quartier de Georgetown à Washington, aux États-Unis. Conçu par l'architecte (en), il a été construit entre 1895 et 1897 par la (en) en tant que terminal et dépôts pour plusieurs lignes de tramway de la ville et de l'État de Virginie proche. Les Exorcist steps, nommées plus tard après leur apparition dans le film d'horreur L'Exorciste (1973) de William Friedkin, ont été construites pendant la construction initiale pour relier deux rues proches. (fr)
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