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Georgetown Retaining Wall/Exorcist Steps NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: ____Georgetown Retaining Wall/Exorcist Steps_______________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: ______N/A_____________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: __Square 1202, Lot 840; East of Reservation 392__________________ City or town: _Washington________ State: __DC__________ County: ____________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________ ________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Retaining Wall/Exorcist Steps Washington, DC Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District Site Structure X Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Retaining Wall/Exorcist Steps Washington, DC Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____________ _____________ buildings _____________ _____________ sites ______2_______ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects ______2_______ _______0_____ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _LANDSCAPE/Object ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _LANDSCAPE/Object ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) __NO STYLE_______ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Retaining Wall/Exorcist Steps Washington, DC Name of Property County and State ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: ____Concrete, Stone (Blue Gneiss)__________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Georgetown Retaining Wall and inset stone stairway, known colloquially as the Exorcist Steps, was constructed in 1894-1895 in preparation of the construction of the Capital Traction Company Union Station. The stone stairway was constructed to provide pedestrian access from M Street, NW to the higher Prospect Street, NW. Located in the Georgetown Historic District, on Tax and Assessment Lot 840 of Square 1202 in the northwest quadrant of Washington, DC, the dramatic stone wall and stairway have gained singular fame and notoriety for their role in connecting lower M Street with Georgetown proper above and as the star of a stunning moment in the movie The Exorcist. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description The Georgetown Retaining Wall and inset stone stairway (“Exorcist Steps”) were constructed between 1894 and 1895 as part of the regrading of Squares 1202 and 1203 in preparation for the construction of the Capital Traction Company Union Station (“Capital Transit Station”, “Union Station”, “Georgetown Car Barn”). The retaining wall is comprised two walls: a canted stone- faced wall to the east and an adjacent wall of exposed concrete block set to the west. A stone stairway is set into the canted stone-faced wall. Although the two exposed sections of the retaining wall may appear to have been constructed separately, they both date from circa 1895. The two exposed sections of the retaining wall are of different depths. The primary south-facing section of the historic retaining wall, located on what is now Lot 840, is faced in stone and, according to section drawings of the wall from 1895 published in the Street Railway Review in 1898, spans 60 feet east to west and at least 20 feet north to south. It is at least 74 feet 4 inches Section 8 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Retaining Wall/Exorcist Steps Washington, DC Name of Property County and State high.1 The unfinished retaining wall of concrete block is located on the east side of Thirty-Sixth Street. A stable (no longer extant) was constructed by the Capital Traction Company in front of the concrete retaining on historic Lot 25, which now includes the western portion of Lot 840 and the extension of Lot 64 to the south of Lot 840. Unlike the stone-faced Thirty-Sixth Street, N.W. segment of the retaining wall, the concrete retaining wall was not intended to be in the public view. The drawing for the permit application depicts the concrete retaining wall as 30 feet wide from east to west and about 13 feet deep from north to south. The height of the wall at that time is unknown.2 The southernmost point of the larger stone-faced retaining wall lies 142 feet from the property line closest to Prospect Street, N.W.3 The lots on the northern half of Squares 1202 and 1203 on either side of Thirty-Sixth Street are 124 feet deep. This suggests that approximately 18 feet of the stone-faced retaining wall is located on Lot 840, with at least 2 feet of the retaining wall are located on the property to the north of Lot 840. A flight of stone steps, measuring one foot wide with 7-½ inch risers, has two intermediate landings, and connects Prospect and M Streets, N.W. This stairway (colloquially known as the Exorcist Steps) is parallel to the west elevation of Capital Traction Company Union Station. The retaining walls and inset stone stairway maintain a high level of integrity of setting and landscaping along M Street, N.W. The features are located in Square 1202 at the north boundary of Assessment and Taxation Lot 840. 1 Street Railway Review 8, no. 7, July 15, 1898. 2 DC Build Permit #1094, February 11, 1896, Record Group 351, National Archives Building, Washington, DC. 3 Street Railway Review 8, no. 7, July 15, 1898.
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