Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-09
AUCTION SALES.
ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
IL 1EGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
HFAD1uARTTRs DEPARTMENT OF WARRINGTON J
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POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
bfApeuARrERs DEPARTMENT eP WAsHISeToN,l
ws, 0rss e CaisI Qua,termaHG.,
WIN be sold at public Anciion to the highe-t bid
der At POINT LOOKOUT, Md commencing
the following frame buildings and ether public
property at that place, viz
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building. US by Is feet; IS
Hospital Wards each us by IS feet; less house
one Contrabsrd Quarters 60 by - teet; one Kitch
en-. 90 by Zs feet; one Chapel, ~ by = feet; one
conceive Boiler and all the necessary apparatus for
stfsnf laundry and drying; one Cow Stable,
Wagon House, small one Baggage house. IS by Is
iesti one warehouse. . by = f,It, one l house
ing II ~ II feet, 80 feet high, witt circular water
tank 16 feet diameter two Coal houses, one Saw
house. one Forage hou'e, one Dead house. and one
Wash house. of various dimensions; also. covered
Plank Foot walk. connecting the above buiIdings
aggregate length SO feet; aud 5 feet wide;
The above mentioned Headquarters Building
+ two stories hiSh lsthsS sna p,astsaed 5nd .ss
other structures are also laihed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP
10 Hospital Wards, each I4N by IS feet Cook
e feet; one Cook house, lao by Is feet, with two
wings. each 80 by 70 feet; one Headquarters Build
est one Sn .rS by y feet one Div
pensary, 40 by % feet one Chapel lee BY q feet;
(bock ', 10 by IS feet; Quarters one Office, and
one Storero6m. Of vsIieu. dimension. also. 9, I3S
Of Beard Fence 8 feet high; 100 ineai feet Of
covered Prank Foctwslks. IL feet wide and ., ls5
liEssl feet OF Plank FOOtwslk, feet wide with
oUARrERMAsTERsD DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters 10 by ~ feet; one Quarters, 100 nv
a feet; Quarters ~ by p feet one Quarters %
BY Is feet three stabl,s averaging 1879 by n feet
t3Ly - ,et one wbreiwriaht Shop. 81 by it feet
and four Offices, three Charters, two St9rehonses
house, OF vaTiors dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
One Post Hospital 20 bE !, feet one comm..v
storehouse goo by IS feet; one Commissary Sales
rem and Once; - by q feet one Office 81 by 10
Guard House; Logo 20 by 20 feet; two frame Guard
Houses 'mall size one B.rTack, at Fort Lincoln
90 by 20 feet; one Ordnance StorehOuse nv
one Slaughter House 40 by q feet, with shed "a by
Is lset ana onibT,idinR 10y 9 feet one Stable, s.
10y Y feet snd 10 Kitchens, Quarters, &c IF vsri
and varying in width from y 10 l02 feet 2S linea
feet OF stockade, IL teet high Potomac side with
bi0ckhouss 70 ~ 30 feet four PLATFORM each Ii b.
wide. IL liReal feet O' Stockade Bay Side with
block house % by 20 feet and three platforms Of
nous ClmcBsieLs. and n fOOtwalk
One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes; lis
Fire Buckets; and six lengths Of Hose each 81 feet
Three Cooking Ranges: one Perpetual Oven; a
quantity OF sid Lumber and number OF Pumps
Point Lookout situated at the junction # the
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before
sdsptea for the purpose now having eHcaIsnt t e.
eliiles Tor tait-water bathing, and abundance Of
The buildings above enumerated. under the head
q United statrs General HIS pital,n are located
directly on the Point, the princi pal structures
being arranged in circle, radiating from a com.
mon centre. and connected by covered footwalk4.
and could with moderate expense be fitted n o prop
erly for the accommodation of visitors as a steam
laundry, ice house. coal house, water tank and
many other necessary structures for the purpose
are ready for Immediate use. An excellent obpor.
tnnity is also afforded to land owners in the yicin-
n.y. End elsewhere, to secure valuable fencing aud
building material.
steamer will leave the Government wh,rve.,
south side Of the basin, near Fardy's ship yard
Baltimore, Nd, at 10 O'Clock on the morning of
Wednesday, Jan. II. 1876, for the Transportation of
bidders to Point Look out, 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 sinRly and n. her nron.
erty in lots 10 suit pure hasers
TIE military guard will remain in charge OF the
Building, &c for fifteen days after the sale ifde
sired ana. purchasers will be allowed twenty dsvs
in hich 10 remove their property.
Terms; Gssh n Government funds
N. / LUDISGTON
Colonel ara Chief QusI,-I master,