Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-04
AUCTION SALES.
I ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
IL ISGs AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD
VuAKIEKs ppLPAEIMENT OF WAsHINer or,(

HEAppuARTKRs DIPARTNENr or wAsHIssro,)
w..Ainsssns . c c. Bss sa5sts,r s. ISIS
VII be sSid e. pupils spStTn to the highest bid
THUksbkY JanasTy IS is At no 70 s sSef a.
the following frame buildings and ether public
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
rs by Is e sy .sss
one Contrsbsnd Quarters. 60 by u feet; one Kisch-
en-. 90 by Is feet; one Chapel, n by . feet; one
comotiye Boiler and all the necessary apparatus for
si team laundry and drying; one Cow Stable,
Wagon House, small; one Baggage house, IS by Is
ass % Fec. Is as
ing, by II feet, 80 feet high, with CIRCULAR water
tank IS feet diameter; two Coal houses, one Saw
wash house, Of Various dimensions; also covered
Plank Foot walks connecting the above buildings;
The above mentioned Headquarters Building
istwo stories high, lsthed and p,astered, and the
other structures are also Iathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP.
houses each is by z feet one ls Cook house 10 By
feet one SHSk hGgse lao h = feet wI Rn ito
ing, Il FSs isei With 0 two Snss each %
feet; one G. 8. stsrehouse, 90 by y feet one; Dis
5ee once . by Sh Is fsst one Guard house.
(bloek 20 by Is feet; one Quarters one ONCE, and
ss Sf q es
Of Board Fence feet high & 100 lnsai feet e
u
lipesl feet of Plank Footwalk, feet wide with
oUARTERMAsTERs DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters. Ito by % feet; one Quarters 100 by
Il one s,.Ss by q feet one e.,
each one sto1ehOTse s. by "a feet one Smith Shop,
and four Offices, three Quarters, two Stsrehonses
one Oil house, one Sad6ler's Shop, and one Mess
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 70 by Is feet; one Commissary
Inv fact Oh.
feet one Gaard Honse ies 20 by % feet o one ns
Houses, small size; one Barrack, at Fort Lincoln,
50 by feet; one Ordnance Storehouss "a by IL feet
Is feet and outbaiidins By feet one stsSIe4 81
by p feet and 10 Kitchens Quarters, &C., of vari
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long,
and varying in width from p to l02 feet 2S lineal
foar on saeb
II feet, and 100 Ineal feet eff plank footwaIk feet
block house Is by 20 feet and three platforms Of va
rious dimensions, and afootwalk;
Fire Buckets and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
long 1s coo,ino p.n0o.. on p,..,
quantity of cid Lumber and number of Pumps
Point Lookout; situated at the junction If the
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before
J the war. a favOrite watering place and is we'll
adapted for the purpose now, having excellent ia
fish and game
The buildings above enumerated, under the head
OF United States General Hospital" are located
directly on the Point, the princip pal structures
being arranged in a circle, radiating frem 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 otpor.
tunity IS also afforded to land owners "A the yicp-
building material. $3.50
steamer will leave the Government whsrves,
south side of the basin, near Fardy's ship yard
Baltimore, Md, at 10 O'Clock on the morning of
Wednesday Jan. u, 1875, for the transportation of
bidders to Point Lookout, and will be retained
until the close Of the sale TO return the
to baltimore. Meals will be furnished on the boat
at the usual steamboat rates,
erty in lots to suit purchasers
Inc military guard will remain in charge OF the
BuildingE &c. for fifteen days after the sale ifds
sired and purchasers will be allowed tyenty vs.
in " hich to remove their property
Terms Cash in Government funds.
III. L.. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Quartsrmaster
de 29l6t Department of Washinoton