Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-05
Z ,ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
- - BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON
Niiice of Chief Qua Tor -

HEADQUARTERS DEP4RTMENT OF WAsHISGroS,l
Office of Chief Quartermaster,
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. %, 1865 J
Will be sold at public auction, to the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT, MD, commencing
THURSDAY, January Is, 1866, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
the following frame buildings and other public prop
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, It's by 25 feet; Is Hos
pltal Wards, each lis by p feet Mess House. 30
by . feet one Guards Quarters 167 by a feet one
Contraband Quarters 60 by 4 feet one Kitchen, 60
by y feet with stationary Engine Locomotive Boil
err and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and drying one Cow Stable, 81 by Il feet; one Horse
Stable, 81 by u feet; one Wagon House, small; one
Baggage House. 55 by 25 feet one Warehouse s. BY
. ieet one Ice House 30 by 80 feet and 10 feet high
Water Tank Building, Il by Il feet. 30 feet high with
circular water tankl6 feet diameter; two Coal Houses
one Saw House, one Forage House, one Dead House.
and one Wash House. of various dimensions: also
covered Plank Footwalks connecting the above build
ings. Aggregate length, 1850 feet, and feet wide
The above mentioned Headquarters Building is
teen Hospital Wards, the ess-house' and a few
other structures, are also Iathed and plaStered.
10 Hospital Wards, each 40 by % feet 7 Cook
houses Sc each lt3 by 2 feet: one Cook house, 10
two wings, each, 30 by, 20 feet; one Headquar-
tiers Building, p by "a feet, with two wings each
40 by 20 feet c. s. SorehOuse, 90 by q feet one
one Express Office, 80 by l6 feet; one Guard
House, (block 50 by Is feet; Quarters one Office
and one Store-room, of various dimensions; also,
feet of Board Fence feet high; zoo iineal feet Of
covered Plank Footwalks Y feet wide. and 9188
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ia Il DE pa RIM ~ fa
One Quarters, 100 by q feet one Quarters 100 by
IA feet one Quarters, Y by Y feet Quarters 60
by . feet three Stables averaging 39 by q feet EACH
one Storehouse, 81 by q feet; Smith Shop, So by
a feet one WheelwriSht Shop, 81 by a feet. and
four Offices, three Quarters, two Store-houses one
Clubhouse, one Sadlers Shop and one Mess-houSe of
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
- One Post Hospital 20 by Is feet; one Commfssary
Storehouse. 200 by % feet one Commissary Saesroom
and Office, 81 by 2 feet Office, p by l6 feet; one
Guard House, Qog0 50 by so feet one Guard House,
dog 30 by 20 feet; two frame Guard Houses, sma1
Ordnance Storehouse, 81 by L feet; one Slaughter
House 40 by q feet with Shed 2i by - feet and Out
Building by feet one Stable, 30 by - feet and 10
Kitchens, Quarters &c., OF various dimensions.
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long and
varying in width from y to lO2 feet 2iS neaI feet of
Stockade II feet high on Potomac SIDE with block
house 20 by 30 feet four Platforms each Is by Y feet
and 100 neal feet of plank footwaIk feet wide l57
lineal feet of Stockade on Bay side with bockLouse
. by 20 feet and three platforms Of various dimen
SlOns, and fOOtwalk.
One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes 116
long.
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven;
quantity OF old Lumber, and number of Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po
tomac river with Chesapeake Bay was, before the
war, tavorite watering place. and is well adapted
Tor the purpose now, having excellent facilities for
saltwater bathing, and abundance of fish and game.
. The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United States General Hospital" are located direct
ly on the Point, the principal structures being ar
ranged in circle, radating from a common centre
and connected by covered tOotwllks and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the ac-
commodation OF visitors, as steam laundry, ice
house, cOal-hOuse water-tanks, and many other
necessary structures for the purpose, ready for
immediate use. An excellent opportunity is also af-
torded to landowners in the vicinity, and elsewhere
to secure valuable fencing and building material.
steamer will leave the Government wharves, south
side Of the Basin, near Fardys shipyard. Baltimore
Md. at 10 o'clock, on the morning of Wednesday
January IT, 1866 for the transportation of bidders to
Point Lookout, and will be retained until the
close of the sale to return the passengers to Balti
more Meals will be furnished the boat at the
usual steamboat rates.
The buildings will be sold singly and other pro-
perry in lot to suit purchasers
The military guard will remain in charge of the
Buildings, &c for fifteen days after tho sale if de-
sired, and purchasers will be allowed twenty DAYS in
which to remove their property.
Terms cash. in Government funds.
NJ. |. LUDINGTON
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,