This week for Georgetown Time Machine I am returning to the DC Historical Society archives and lookng at another painted depiction of the neighborhood. The painting is by John A. Bryans and was created in 1956. The file description claims that it’s O St. But like with last week’s painting, I think that’s not right.
The towers in the distance are obviously Healy Hall. The steeple right near the center of the painting is St. John’s. While that church is in deed located on O St., to view it from this angle you’d actually be on Dumbarton. It’s hard to see with the foliage, but this streetview is basically the same as the painting, despite being almost 70 years apart:
The painter was from Ohio originally but lived for many years in the DC area. He passed away just last November.
The Georgetown Metropolitan 
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