Today for Georgetown Time Machine, I’m checking out another shot from the DC Historical Society. It’s from 1977 and shows an old commercial building–now long gone–in lower Georgetown.
The building was at 1026 30th St. and it housed W.T. Galliher and Bro. This was a lumber company that was founded in the District in 1889 by William T. Galliher and his brother Charles. Funnily I’m not sure if the company was W.T. Galliher and Brothers or just W.T. Galliher and Brother. The front of the building says Bro. instead of Bros., but many listings for the company list it as brothers.
In either event, the company was founded over in old Southwest DC. But this location was quite substantial in its own right. You can see it in this aerial photo of the area from the 1950s:
The business continued until the 1980s. The entire block was replaced by the Foundry Complex.
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