Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-01
AUCTION SALES.
I ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
~ lNGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
DQuARTERs DEPARTMENT OF WAsHINGroN)
Office Of Chief Qpnrtermdsfer,

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF wAsHrSsros,)
wAins3ssss. & G e. bsSss@ss1 s. ss,
der Pc sSf po6SS R3sHn e % sshs: a
the following frame buildings and ether public
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Hospital ards, each Us BY Is feet one Mess house
one az 60 By 10 Ss kssh
en-, co by % feet one Chapel. by Is feet; one
eomotiye Boiler and all the necessary sppsratas for
steam Ct s laundry and drying; one Cow Stable,
Wagon House, small; one Baggage house, IS by Is
feet; one Warehouse, s. by Is feet; one Ice house
ing, By Il feet, feet high with efcaiar Water
tank is feet diameter two Coal houses, one Saw
Wash house, of various dinensioas; also, covered
Plank Foot walk, connecting the above buildings;
The above mentioned Headquarters Building
Is two stories high, lsthed and plastered, and the
other structures also lathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP.
SS sssn HSp
% feet; one Cook honss, l4e BY q feet with tMo
fest On by feet one Bis
p t by Is
(block 70 by is feet; one Quarters, one Office, and
inea feet Of Fencing = feet high; $40 neai feet
of Board Fence. s feet high: 700 lineal feet of
.. y,
linesl feet of Plank Footwalk, feet wide, with
ran oUARTERMAsTER'sD DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by q feet; one Quarters 100 by
Il feet one Quarters " by p feet one Quarters 50
s by s5 5sss
50 by "a feet; Wheelwright Shop 81 by IA feet;
one one Oil house one SadSiers Shop and one Mess,
house of various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS Sp B U nTS AND OTHER
=, One Post Hospital, 70 by IS feet one Commissary
rsom and ONCE, 81 by q feet; one oce. ~ by Il
feet; one Guard hoIse, aogJ 80 by 80 feet; one
tT
60 by 20 feet; Ordnance Storehouse "a by IL feet
one SLAUGHTER Hoqse, 40 by "a feet with Shed "A by
IL feet, and Outbullding by feet; Stable, IS
by p feet; and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, &C., of vsri
one wharf of Timber and Lumber 476 feet long,
and varying in width from p to l02 feet 2is lneal
feet Of stockade II feet hi gh Potomac side, with
Il feet and 100 lnesl feet Of plank footwalk feet
wide. l57 lineal feet of StOckade Bay Side, with
block house Is by 20 feet and three platforms of va
rious dimensieps. and a footwalk
One Hose Carriage; . Fire Ladders "a Axes; ll6
Fire Buckets and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
long.
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven;
quantity of cid Lumber, and a number of Pumps
Point Lookout: situated at the junction IF the
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before
the war, fayOrlte watering place, and is well
eiiities for salt water bathing, and abundance Of
The buildings above enumerated, under the head
OF United states General Hospital, are located
directly on the Point, the Princi pal structures
being arranged in circle, radiating from a com.
mon centre and connected by covered footwalks,
and could with moderate expense be fitted I'D prop
erly for the accommodation Of visitors, q steam
many other necessary Structures for the pnrpSse
are ready for Immediate use; An excellent oppor-
tuDity is also afforded to land owners in the yicin
ity. and elsewhere, to secure valuable fencing and
building material.
steamer will leave the Government wharyes
south side of the basin. near Fardy's ship-yard,
Baltimore, Nd, at 10 o'clock on TIE morning of
Wednesday, Jan IL. 1856, for the tr sportation 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 will be sold sngly, and other prop-
erty in lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain in charge of the
Buldings, &C, for fifteen days after the sale ifde.
sired. and purchasers will be allowed twenty DAYS
in which TO remove their property
Terms: Cash in Government funds.
M. L. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Quartsrmaster,
de 29-let Department of Washington.