Fire Races Through Georgetown Library

Fire Races Through Georgetown Library...Fire Claims Library, and Pieces of the Past

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Key Neighborhood Archives May Have Been Destroyed
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 30, 2007; 3:34 PM

Smoke from the Georgetown branch of the D.C. Public Library billowed through a neighborhood of stately mansions today, as the library's archivist said it appeared important documents on the neighborhood were burning.
As he watched the smoke pouring out of the roof and second story of the building at 3260 R Street, N.W., Gerry McCoy, the archivist who also is librarian of the branch's Peabody Room, said photos, maps and oil paintings of the neighborhood were stored in the west end of the building, which he said was built in 1935. "This has always been my worst nightmare. I've always feared this would happen," he said. "I've always thought if there was a fire, what would I grab first."
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