Georgetown public library burns down!


Watch this historic building’s tower fall into the flames of the building. What a tragedy! All books!

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8 Responses to “Georgetown public library burns down!”

  1. kissmyassfrantz says:

    hum, i wish the narrative was slightly triter.

  2. coolguy676 says:

    Georgetown Ontario ??

  3. melevy says:

    Seems like it took an awful long time before the fire dept started to do much of anything.

  4. captainoverboard says:

    Thank you for capturing this footage and posting it. It seems like it was just yesterday. I was stuck in traffic that day in Georgetown and had no idea what was occurring. Now I can see why the streets were closed and what happened first hand to this lovely library.

  5. elvira2262 says:

    Its a tragedy. Very sad. Respect and thanks for the helping people.Elvira

  6. tommy7421 says:

    sshistory,
    I have almost 20 minutes of video of the whole fire and several photographs. If you would like to have all of the video and photographs, please let me know. I can get them to you on a disc or something. The videos are rather large.
    Thomas Blackburn

  7. sshistory says:

    Tommy7421,
    This is an important historical moment that you captured, as painful as it was to watch. When the Peabody Room, the Georgetown history special collections that was located on the second floor, east end (screen left) of the building, reopens in about three years, this footage will be added. Thank you.
    Jerry A. McCoy
    Librarian/Archivist
    Peabody Room
    Georgetown Branch Library
    District of Columbia Public library
    3260 R Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20007-2996

  8. 615ocean says:

    Anybody know the original works housed at this library?

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