H Street (Washington, D.C.)
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H Street is a set of east–west streets in several of the quadrants of Washington, D.C. It is also used as an alternate name for the Near Northeast neighborhood, as H Street NW/NE is the neighborhood's
The 700 block of H Street NW in Chinatown. Constructed in the 19th century, the buildings are designated as contributing properties to the Downtown Historic District.
A Giant supermarket along the H Street corridor
The Apollo Theater in 1920
The Atlas Theater
Swampoodle was a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. on the border of Northwest and Northeast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This neighborhood is no longer known as Swampoodle and has been re
H Street (Washington, D.C.)
…Street NW/NE is the neighborhood's main commercial strip. In the 19th century, H Street around North Capitol was the center of a small settlement called Swampoodle which became an entire neighborhood by the 1850s. It played an important role in the construction of Washington, D.C. by providing the workforce needed…
View north from United States Capitol taken on June 27, 1861 showing Swampoodle
Swampoodle Grounds with the Washington Statesmen baseball team, c. 1886-1889
St. Aloysius Church today
Washington Union Station, c. 1910