Evening star. [volume], January 27, 1952, Page 12, Image 131

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By Harold J. Flecknoe
WITHIN a few months
signs bearing strange
sc^ndlng names will appear
on Georgetown street comers.
A hundred of them, in fact, if
advocates of the preservation
of the historic section have
their way.
The signs will be of metal
and will carry the original
street names above the regu
lar street markings on lamp
posts. They will add another
dash of Colonial flavoring to
the 200-year-old community,
according to the two citizens’
associations sponsoring the
project. They also will ac
quaint the public with in
teresting bits of history.
A person strolling along M
street Horn Key Bridge to
Rock Creek, for instance, will
learn from the signs that he
is on what was once two
streets, Falls and Bridge.
The project, which has
received the approval of the
District Commissioners, was
originated by Stanton Kolb.
Georgetown businessman and
member of the Georgetown
Citizens’ Association.
“When I was in London
with the Navy during the last
war,’’ he says, “I was at
tracted by the old street
names on lampposts and the
sides of buildings. The idea
seemed appropriate to George
town, so I brought it back to
the association when I re
turned home.”
The group was enthusiastic
about the plan and elected
Mr. Kolb chairman of a
Lamppost Committee. Soon
afterward, the Progressive
Citizens' Association of
Georgetown joined the drive.
The Commissioners agreed
to make and erect 100 of the
signs at a cost of $12.50 each.
Where they will be made has
not yet been determined.
To date, the two associa
tions have raised more than
half of the $1,250 required
from their members. The
balance is being solicited from
other organizations and indi
viduals in Georgetown.
By May, Mr. Kolb says, all
the signs should be erected,
unless subscription difficulties,
a shortage of critical mate
rials or other factors interfere.
A few of the old names will
give an indication of the
individuality that went out of
Georgetown when the alpha
betical and numbering system
was put into effect.
There was Duck lane,
which later became Market
street and then Thirty-third.
Fishing lane changed to
Congress street and now is
Thirty - first. Thirty - fourth
street was Frederick street,
because it was the road to
Frederick Town, 40 miles
away. Fayette street, now
Thirty-fifth, is said to have
been named for the Marquis
de la Fayette. Then there
were Montgomery (Twenty -
eighth), Greene (Twenty
ninth) and Washington (Thir
tieth) streets, all named for
Revolutionary War generals.
For the two citizens’ groups,
the sign project is another
stepping stone in the battle
to retain the dignity that
was old George Town’s. They
are trying to preserve historic
homes and other buildings
New signs will look like this model, made by the Georgetown
branch of the Boys' Club. Bob Koster (center), Bob Her
man and other club members donated $12.50 for one sign.
Stanton Kolb, originator of the sign project, is at left.
Restoration of old brick sidewalks, such as this along
Thirty-fourth street, is desired by Georgetown citizens.
and to restore the Francis
Scott Key House. Other plans
call for the restoration of
the old brick sidewalks and
the eventual removal of all
truck routes.
“We are not trying to* make
another Williamsburg out of
Georgetown," says Mr. Kolb.
“All we want is to make it
a more enjoyable place in
which to live and to restore
some of the charm lost
through the years.”
eighteenth century mop of old George Town.
STAR PHOTOS BY PAUl SCHMICK