Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-02
AUCTION SALES.
7 ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
IL INGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT. MD.
HEApouARrERs DEPARTMENT OF wAsHISeroy,)

uEApQuARTERs DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON
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de VIII be s0d e pube aqsti1n to the highest bid
JnUksbAY, January IS; 1855 at 10 . clock =. ~
the following frame buildings and ether public
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
napa %sla sS @ rs S fsst
$50 By Is feet; Guard Quarters, Isl By "a feet;
one Contrsband Quarters. so by IA feet one Kitch-
Laundry, % by p feet with staiisnapy Engine, Lo
sSm0,Ts Boiler and all the necessary apparatus for
one f Horse SaG s. By ess
Wagon House, small; one Baggage house, IS by IS
ass IL Feet dis
ins BY feet, 30 feet high, with circular water
Sonse ons Fnrs1e Sonss @0 Soe a one saw
Wash house, of various Dimensions; also, covered
Plank Foot walk, connecting the above buildings;
The above mentioned Headquarters Building
stories hiSh lsthsS and p,asseTed and the
other structures are also lathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP
houses, each % BY q feet one Cook house 100 by
% feet; one Cook house, 40 by q feet, with two
ing, u by y feet, with two wings. each % By 20
feet; one C. $. sterehouse, 90 by q feet; one Dis
one Express 6es % by Is fest; one Guard house,
(bOck J 20 by Is feet; Quarters one ONCE and
Of Board Fence. feet hish; 100 iineai feet Of
.,
linssl feet of Plank Footwalk, feet wide with
oUARTERMAsTERs DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 10 by q feet one Quarters, 100 by
"A feet Quarters " by 2 feet; one Quarters SO
each; one storehouse, 81 by feet one Smith Shop,
- by "a feet one Wheelwright shop. 81 by IA feet;
and four Offices, three Quarters, two Sterehouses
one Oil house, one Saddle Shop, and one Mess
house. of various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS R BptLRIEGs AND OTHER
One Post Hospital 70 BY Is feet; one Commissary
room and Once, 81 by q feet; one Office ~ by Is
feet; one Guard House, nogj so by 20 feet: one
Houses, small size; one Barrack, at Fort Lincoln,
60 by 90 feet one Ordnance StorehOuse 81 by IL feet
Is feet, and Outbuilding by feet; one Stable, Is
by p feet; and 10 Kitchens, Quarters &c, of vari
One wharf of Timber and Lumber, AS feet long,
and varying in width from y to 02 feet 248 linea
bockhouse 20 by 80 feet four platforms each Is by
u feet, and 100 neal feet Of plank footwak feet
block house IS by 20 feet and thre platforms of
rious dimensions, and footwalk:
One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes; IFS
Fire Buckets; and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
long.
quantity of cid Lumber, aud number OF Pumps
Point Look out; situated at the junction eff the
the war, a tavorite watering place, and is well
adapted for the purpose now having excellent ia
eilities for saltwater bathing, and abundance Of
The buildings above enumerated. under the head
OF UNITED states General Hospital located
directly the Point, tho princ pal structures
being arranged in circle, radiatng from a com
mon centre. and connected by covered footwalks
and could with moderate expense be fitted u o pro o.
erly for the accommodation of visitors as steam
laundry, ice house, coal house, water-tank, aud
many other necessary structures for the purpose
are ready for Immediate use. An excellent oppor.
tunity Is also afforded to land owners in the yicin-
ity and elsewhere, to secure valuable fencing and
building material.
A steamer will leave the Government wharyes
south side of the basin, near Fariy 5 shi D ward )
Baltimore, Md, at 10 o'clock on the morning Of
Wednesday, Jan. IL, 1856 for the transportation of
bidders to Point Lookout, aud will be retained
Until the close Of the sale to return the
to Baltimore. Meals will be furnished on the boat
at he usual tsteambOatl rates.
The Buildings will be sold singly, and other prop
erty in lots to suit purchase
The military guard will remain in charge of the
BuildiDgr &c for fifteen days after the sale tide.
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty DAYS
In which to remove their property
Terms CASH in Government funds
III. j. LUDINGTON,
colonel and Chief Quartsrmaster,
de 70 15t Department of Washington