Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-16
AUCTION SALES.
II INGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
HEApoutRrERs DEPARTMENT OF WAsHIHeroN)
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THURSDAY, January is 1853 at 10 oeioeR !. .e m.,
the following frame buildings and ether public
pOspit. ards: each is By Is feet; one Mess house
one Gontrsbsnd ousrssrs By i feet: one ~ kiseh
end by e feet one Chapel, by . feet; one
connective Boiler and all the necessary appar atus for
steam ar Laundry s, and drying; one Cow Stable,
Wagon H3n.e, small; one Baggage house, IS by IS
feet wiz ssisl
tank 10 feet diameter; two Coal houses, one Saw
Wash house, Of various dimensions; also, covered
FLANK Root walk. connecting the above buildings
The above mentioned HesdGusrters building
1.-Two, Two stories sgh sthed and p,astered and the
other structures are also lathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP
10 Hospital Wards, each l4a by Is feet;7 Cook.
Is feet; one Cock house, ito by Is feet, with two
wings: each 80 by 70 feet; oae Headquarters Build
s 2 Sth tvs m ~ b
pensary, 4oby IS feet; one Chapel, leo by "A feet;
(bloek 10 by is feet Quarters, one Once, and
one Storeroom, of varieus dime nsions also 9, Iss
Of ftnee o
covered Plank Footwalks. II feet wide and 3, 1888
rail-
oUARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 10 by Is feet one Quarters, 100 by
By IS Stables Averaging sS By feet
each: one stoIeso%ss 81 by "a feet one Smith Shop
one Oil house: one Soldiers Shop, and one Ness
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital 70 by Is feet; one Commissary
sDs GnsTS by q By
houses, small size; one BarIack, at Fort Lincoln,
60 by 20 feet one Ordnance stoTehouse by u feet
ID feet. and OutbuildiDe by feet; one Stable, IS
by 22 feet and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, &C., of vari
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, f76 feet long,
et Of stockade eet o4 Potomse SIDE Msh
bockhouse 20 BY 30 feet four platforms each l6 by
Vide IL sea feet Of stocksde On Bay Side w .fst
block house Is by 20 feet and three platforms Of
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 cid Lumber, and number of Pumps.
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was before
the war favorite Watering place, and is we'll
siities for salt water bathing, and abundance Of
fish and game:
Of United States General Hospital" are located
directly on the Point, the princi pal structures
being arranged in a circle, radiating from a com
mon centre. and connected by covered footwalks,
and could with moderate expense be fitted n D prop
erly for the accommodation of visitors az a steam
laundry, ice house, coal house, water tank, and
many other necessary structures for the purpose,
are ready for Immediate use. An excellent otpor-
tunity is also afforded to land owners in the vicin-
tty end elsewhere, to secure valuable fencing and
building material.
steamer will leave the Government wharves
south side Of the basin. near Fsrdy Q ship yard,
Baltimore, Md, at 10 o'clock on the morning Of
Wednesday Jan; y, 1856, 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 viii be sold singly, and other prop
erty in lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain In charge OF the
Building, &c, for fifteen days after the sale fde-
sired and purchasers viii be allowed twenty days
In " hich TO remove their property.
Terms: Cash in Government funds.
n. l. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Qnartsrmaster,
de 2916t Department of Washington.