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Celebrating Petworth Day: A Look at a 1907 Map of the Rural Areas to the West

Published April 15, 2013

Today is Petworth day! Check out this amazing 1907 map of Petworth, and then look how rural it was to the west. Amazing. #Petworth #DC #Map

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Today is Petworth day. Check out the map of Petworth in 1907. And then look how rural it was to the west. Amazing.

1907 map of Petworth

Posted in GoDCers Love Maps
and tagged 1920s, Petworth

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