Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-03
AUCTION SALES.
/ ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
~ lNGs AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
DEPARTMENT OF WAsHTNGrny,l
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hkAD<uARTERs DEPARTMENT eF WAsHIN6rny,)
Washington se s. S C., bsesm sl.sr 20, 1855.
deT be sSlH = pgbIie sqetiTn to The highest bid
the following frame building, and ether public
UNITED. STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Hsadquarters Bnilding, us by IS feet; Is
go by Is feet one Guard Quarters la BY "a feet;
one Contrsbsnd Quarters 60 by "a feet; one kitch-
Laundry, 50 BY 2 feet, with stationary Engine, Lo-
comotiye Boiler and all the necessary apparatus fer
81 by !. set one Horse stable So BY ess enc
Wagon House, small; one Baggage house, So by Is
feet asd 70 feet bnd
ing II by IL feet, 30 feet high, with circular water
house, one Forage house, ono Dead house, and one
Wash house, of various dimensiobs also, covered
aggregate length l-s6O feet. and feet wide.
The above mentioned Headquarters Bnilding
f.een Hospital wards the Me- Mess house, and few
other structures also lathed and plastered.
IoHospital Wards, each i4a By Is fect;7 Cook
houses, each l4S by p feet; one Cook house io by
eaes g BY %
ing, 70 By q feet, with two wings; each 40 By 20
g set Sns o s
one Express Office, 30 by Is feet; one Guard house,
one stcreroom. Of v.pieus dimensions: ALSO. 3, i5s
hnesl feet Of Fencing u feet high 5o lineal feet
Covered Plank Foo.wslks. Il feet wide and g 1ss
Iineal feet of Plank FOotwalk, feet wide with
oUARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, Ito by % feet; one Quarters 100 by
By IS feet: three Stables averaging isS by ~ feet
each one storehogse, 81 by "a feet one Smith Shop,
and four Offices, three Quarters, two Stsrehouses
one Oil house, one Sadolers Shop, and one Ness
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 70 by Is feet; one Commssary
GOu 1niSa laIo
rsom and Office; 8 by q feet; one Office, ~ by 10
s SsaFs Ho, By e se
Houses, small size; one Barrack, at Fort Lincoln
50 BY 90 feet; one Ordnance storehouse 81 by I2fet
one Slaughter House. 40 by "a feet, with Shed "A by
Is feet, and Outbulding by feet; one Stable, Sc
by 22 feet and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, &C.. of vari
One wharf of Timber and Lumber, as feet long,
and yaIyng in width from 2 to lo2 feet 2t8 inesl
blockhouse 20 by 20 feet four platforms each 10 by
IL feet and loS Pes feet Of plank Sotwak feet
block house % by 20 feet and three platforms of
rlS IONS dl I'm Ss; and a sf12twalk
Fire Buckets and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven; a
quantity of cid Lumber, and a number of Pumps.
Point Lookout: situated at the junction eff the
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was. before
the war. fsvorite watering place, and is we'll
LOT ,he purpose NOW having excellent ia
The buildings above enumerated. under the head
of United States General Hospital" are located
directly on the Point, the princi pal structures
being arranged in circle, radiating from a com
mon centre, and connected by covered footwalks
and could with moderate expense be fitted up prop,
erly for the accommodation of visitors, as a steam
laundry, ice house, coal house, water tank, aud
many other necessary structures for the purpose,
are ready for Immediate use. An excellent OF por-
tunlty Is also Afforded to land owners in the vcin
ity end elsewhere, te secure valuable fencing and
building material.
steamer will leave the Government wharves
south side of the basin, near Fardy's ship yard ,
Baltimore, Md, at 10 O'Clock on the morning of
Wednesday Jan; u, 1855, for the transportation of
bidders to Point Lookout, and will be retained
until 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
BuidiDg., &c, for fifteen days after the sale IL de-
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty DAYS
in " hich TO remove their property.
Terms Cash in Government funds
NJ. /. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Qusrtsrmaster,