Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-12-29
T ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
IL INGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT MD

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT CT WAsHINeT TON
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UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Hospital Ards: each is Is feet Mess aefe So
en- GO by g g feet ct one GhsEsl n BY feet; one
comoiye Boiler and all the necessary atus for
steam ian lsa1dGy and drying. one Cow Stable,
Wagon House, small one Baggage house, IS by Is
feet one Warehouse, IS by Is feet; Ice house,
ing, II BY IL feet, 30 feet high with circular water
tank Is feet diameter; two Coal houses, one Saw
Wash house, of various dimensions; also, covered
Plank Foot. walk. connecting the above buildings;
The above mentioned Headquarters building
Is two stories high, lathed ana pIastered, and the
other structures are also athed and pst spe few
PRISON CAMP
each by feet one Cox house. HSG Sy
% feet; one Cook house. 40 by Is feet, With two
ing Il By q feet with two winss eaeh % s ST %
feet: one G; s. sterehouse, 90 BY p feet one Bis
one Express ONCE, 30 by le feet one Guard house,
tbloek 20 by Is feet; one Quarters one ONCE and
Of board Fence feet high 20 iHssi feet t'e Of
vi
linesl feet of'Pisnk Footwslk, feet wide with
oUARTERMAsTER'sD DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 10 by q feet; one Quarters 100 nv
feet; one Quarters, " by q feet; Quarters 6e
each; one storehouse 81 by n feet one smith sbop.
es by "a FRET; one Wheelwright Shop. 81 by "a feet
one Oil house, one Ssd6ier's Shop, and one Ness,
house, of various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 20 by q feet; one Commissarv
Storehouse go by IS feet; one Commissary Sales
eet ONE Guard House os Gae BY % f.st by ls
Guard House, iog,l 30 By 20 feet; two frame Guard
60 fsst one oidnanee stofefous. by iafeea
SRs sass g6 Hogss 40 by n feet with Shed
by 2 feet and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, &C. Of vari.
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 40 feet long,
feet of Stockade IL feet high on Potomac side with
j. feet and 100 neai feet ~ PLANK footwas ss
wide Isl linesl feet of Stockade on Bay Side, with
rious dimes.iers and foetwaiE 90 platforms OF va
One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes; IFS
Fire Buckets and six lengths Of Hose each 81 feet
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven; a
Point Lookout. situated ct the junction sY the
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before
the war; fsvori.e Watering place, and is we'll
cilities for saltwater bathing, and abundance Of
The buildings above enumerated, under the head
Of United States General Hospital are located
directly dire on the Point: the PRINCIPAL structures
mon centre. and connected, by covered footwalKs
and could with moderate expense be fitted ND pro o.
eTly for the accommodation Of visitors, as a steam
laundry, ice ouss, coal house, water tank, and
many other necessary structures for the purpose,
are ready for Immediate use. An excellent oppor-
tunty Is also afforded to landowners In the vicin
building material. -'E 20
A steamer will leave the Government wharves,
south side of the basin, near Fsrdy's ship yard
Baltimore, Md, ct 10 O'Clock on the morning Of
Wednesday, Jan. L. 1856, for the transportation OF
bidders to Point Lookout, and will be retained
ynt the close Of the sale TO return the passengers
to baltimore. Meals will be furnished on the boat
at the usual steamboat rates. =
The Buildings will be sold singly, and other prop
erty in lots to suit purchasers
The military guard will remain in charge of the
Bulding., &c, Tor fifteen days after the sale IL de-
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
in which 10 remove their property.
Terms Cash in Cover smenf funds. .-.--
n. J.. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
de 2e-l6t Department Of Washington.