Tag: Swampoodle

This fascinating old photograph shows the Washington Nationals playing at Swampoodle Grounds in the 1880s. Click on it for some amazing details. Source: Architect of...

This is a colorful story for the lost neighborhood of Swampoodle. We came across the article in The Washington Post, printed on October 20th, 1879. Morris...

Not many of us get to see Washington, DC from the roof of the Capitol. None of us ever got to see the view...

Here's a good one to study. This is a view from the Capitol Building looking north, very early during the Civil War.

Here's another map of Swampoodle from 1903. Make sure you check out the 1888 one and compare them. This has the proposed Union Station...

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...

Along the same lines as the earlier post today with the St. Albans advertisement, here is another prominent (and old) local school. Gonzaga had...

Swampoodle sounds like an area filled with some tough blue-collar dudes. Here's a little column I found in the Post from January 21st, 1895...