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1888 Sanborn Map of Swampoodle, DC Before Union Station

Swampoodle was a working-class Irish neighborhood in DC, destroyed in the early 1900s to make way for Union Station. Here it is on an 1888 Sanborn map.

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Detail of a fire-insurance map showing buildings and lots along G Street NE and Jackson Street.

GoDCers love maps … and they love Swampoodle. If you’re unfamiliar with Swampoodle, it was a rough and tumble, working-class Irish neighborhood which was destroyed to make way for Union Station in the early 1900s (stay tuned for another map of the area showing the proposed rail station).

1888 Sanborn fire insurance map of Swampoodle
1888 Sanborn fire insurance map of Swampoodle
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