On the day that Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President, March 4, 1861, the United States Government Printing Office opened its doors on H Street at North Capitol. The area was farmland gradually giving way to roads and buildings. Nearby Tiber Creek overflowed in wet weather, producing swamp and puddles, and gave rise to the neighborhood's nickname, 'Swampoodle.'
The third in a series of articles commemorating GPO's 125th Anniversary, by Daniel R. MacGilvray. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/macgilvray.html#3
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