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Capital Traction Company Car Barn
The Capital Traction Company Car Barn (also known as the Decatur Street Car Barn and the Northern Bus Garage) is a historic streetcar car barn in northwest Washington, D.C. Built in 1906 by the Capital Traction Company, it was later turned into a bus garage[2] and is currently owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Located at 4615 14th Street NW, near the end of the 14th Street streetcar line, the two-story brick structure was designed by local architects Wood, Donn & Deming in Italian Renaissance style and built by contractors Richardson and Burgess.[2] The building originally measured 537 by 208 feet (164 m × 63 m) and included two turntables.[2] Starting in 1926, the Washington Rapid Transit Company leased part of its space for use as a bus garage.[2] It was fully converted to a bus garage in 1959[2] and later became WMATA’s Metrobus Northern Division garage.[3] In 2013, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] In 2019, WMATA closed the building to replace it with a new one that will include storage and maintenance for electric buses, along with up to 27,000 square feet of retail space,[4] streetscape improvements, and a community room.[5] The architects are the firms of Beyer Blinder Belle and Wendel.[4] All but the eastern (14th Street) facade of the building was demolished in 2023. Construction is slated to conclude in 2027.[5] References
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