Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-02
BALTIMORE DAILY COMMERCIAIr~TUEsDAY JANUARY 1866
AUCTION SALES,
y ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
~ BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY Al
POINT LOOKOUT MD.

POINT LOOKOUT, MD. Inv -
HEAD@UARrEBs. DEPARTNEyI Or WASHINGTON. !
Office Of Chief Quarternaster
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. q, 1865. J
der. at POINT LOOKOUT, MD lsI5ISS gtn
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, us by 25 feet; IS Hos
pia Wards, each I5 by p feet one Mess House, 2iC
BY = Leeti one Guards Quarters l6I wa feet; one
by q feet one Chapel, II by . feet; one Laundry a
by % feet, with stationary Engine Locomotive Boil
err and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and drying; Cow Stable, 81 by IA feet ono Horse
Stable y by q feet; one Wagon House. small; one
Basgage House, 50 by . feet one Warehouse, S by
. feet one lceHouse 40 by 80 feet and 10 feet high.
water Tank Building, j by II 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 buld-
lngs Aggregate length, $50 feet, and feet wide
The above mentioned Headquarters Building is
two stories high, lathcd and plastercd, and the if
teen Hospital Wards, the Mess-house, and a few
other structures, are also lathed and plastered,
PRISON CAMP.
10 Hospital Wards, each 40 by 25 feet. : roo,,-
houses, each l43 by 2 feet: one CooK- house, 100
by % feet: one Cook house. 40 by % feet with
Two Two BRIHsS each 30 by 70 feet; one Headquar-
40 by 20 feet; c. S Storehouse 90 by % feet one
Dspensary 10 BY 30 feet one Chapel 100 by q feet;
House bock) 80 by - feet; one Quarters one Office
and one Store-room, Of various dimensions; also
d' F OF FepoR es Fb feet 5f 5 30 fin 9ea
covered Plank footwalks, IL feet wide, and 1SS
llneal feet OF Plank Footwak feet wide with rail.
QUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT,
One Quarters, 100 by q feet one Quarters 100 by
II feet: one Quarters Y by - feet one Quarters So
by y feet three Stables averaging S9 by q feet eac
one StorehoqIe 81 by 2 feet: Smith Shop, g by
q feet; Wheelwrizht Shop, 81 by Il feet on.I
four Offices, three Quarters two Store houses one
Ol:house, one Sadlers Shop aud one Mes house, OF
various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
r, One Post Hospital, 70 by D feet one Commssary
Storehouse, 200 by b feet; one Commssary Saesroom
and Office 81 by . feet one Office y by Is feet. one
Guard House, QOg) 50 by 50 feet: one Guard House.
dog 30 by - feet two frame Guard Houses sman
SIZE one Barrac at Fort Lincoln, 10 by 20 feet one
House, 10 by q feet with Shed u by Il feet and ont
Buildlng by feet one Stable 36 by p feet, and 10
hltchenSt Quarters &c., OF various dimensions
One wharf of Timber and Lumber l76 feet long. and
varying III width from - to lO2 feet 2S nea feet of
Stockaee II feet high on Potomae side, with block
mouse ~ by 80 feet four platforms, each 10 by Il feet
and lO0 linea feet of plank foowalk, feet wide 81
Hneal feet of Stuckade Bay side with blockhouse
2 by ~ feet and three platforms Of various dimen
One Hose Carriage; 25 Fire Ladders: 81 Axes: ll6
tlre Buckets; and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
long.
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven; a
quantity Of old Lumber, and a number of Pumps
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po-
tomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was. before the
war tayorlte Watering place and is well adapted
t-water bathing, and abundance of fish and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the head Of
United States General Hospital are located direct
y on the Point, the principal structures being ar
ranged In a circle radiating from a common centre
and connected by covered footwalks, and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the ac-
commodatlnn Of visitors, as a steam laundry ice
house, coal-house, Tnter-tanks, AMI many other
necessary structures FOR the purpose ready for
lmmedae use. An excellent opportunity is also af-
torded to landowners in the vicinity and elsewhere
to secure valuable fencing and building material.
A steamer will leave the Government wharves south
side of the Basin. near FaTdys shipyard, Baltimore
Md. at 10 o'clock, on the morning of Wednesday,
January H. 1866 for the transport; ion of bidders to
Point lookout and will be retained until the
close of the sale to return the passengers to Balt
more. Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual steamboat rates
The buildings will be sold sngly, and other pro-
perty III lots to suit purchasers
The military guard will remain in charge Of the
buildings &c for fifteen days after the sale if de-
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days in
which to remove their property.
Terms cash, in Government funds.
NJ. |. IUDINGTON,