Uncovering the History of East Capitol Street Before It Was a Street

This is a terrific old photograph of East Capitol St., before a street was even there. This was from the Library of Congress, and apparently was mislabeled as Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park. This too was taken by William M. Chase.

Bird's-eye view of the east Capitol grounds, including the Greenough statue of George Washington, and East Capitol Street taken from the dome of the U.S. Capitol. — Bird’s-eye view of the east Capitol grounds, including the Greenough statue of George Washington, and East Capitol Street taken from the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

Don’t forget to compare this with the East Capitol shot we posted the other day.

This bird’s-eye came off the dome during the years it was rising over a city at war. More in our look at the U.S. Capitol during the Civil War.

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Horatio Greenough’s statue indeed proves that this view is of the east U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, DC, rather than of Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park. Here is a Wikipedia link for information about that statue;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_(Greenough)

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