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unusual facts about Sixth Street



Dewar Trapshooting Trophy

Dr. Ashley Webber, the expert revolver and live bird shot, who lived at 168 North Sixth street, was the recipient of the Dewar trophy, representing the Interstate amateur champion live bird shot.


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Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station

A more substantial brick and stone building opened in 1873 at the southwest corner of Sixth Street and B Street NW (later renamed Constitution Avenue).

Edward Wadsworth Jones

As an entrepreneur, Jones was in 1886 the president of a syndicate formed to build a "first-class hotel in the style of the Arlington Hotel at Santa Barbara" on Sixth Street between Hill and Broadway, the site of Saint Vincent's College, which was planning a move to the northwest corner of Grand and Washington.

Peirson Mitchell Hall

The 11th District originally encompassed an area south of Downtown, bounded on the north by Sixth Street, on the south by Pico Boulevard, on the west by Hoover Avenue and on the east approximately by San Pedro Street.

Rifle Sport Gallery

The gallery was located on the second floor of a 2-story building located at the corner of Hennepin Avenue and North Sixth Street, across Hennepin from City Center and upstairs from Shinder's Newsstand.