Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-15
AUCTION SALES.
I ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD.
IL INGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD. 80.
BEPARTMENI OF WAsHIyGT0N,1
Qfes q Chftt Qsartsrmastsr,

Qtkes Of CHEF Qsartermassr, J
der at POINT LOOKOUT, Md, commencing
the foaovpe f1ame bnidnss and s,Ser Sab ~
property ut that place. viz
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
hospital ards each l7s BY IS feet one Mes house
20 BY Is feet; Guard Quarters l67 By "a feet
81 8 eas
ana fR Rs DS
81 By IA feet; one Horse Stable 81 by Il feet; enc
feet; one Warehouse, IS BY rs feet; one Ice house,
90 by 80 feet and 10 feet high; Water-t tank build,
tank is feet diameter; two Coal houses, one Saw
house, one Forage house, one Dead house, and one
Plank Foot walk. connecting the above buildings;
aggregate length $50 feet and feet wide.
is two stories high, lathed ana pIastered. and the
fifteen Hospital Wards, the Mess house, and a few
other structures are also lathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP
10 Hospital Wards each lao by % feet;7 Cook
houses, each l43 by 2 feet; Cook house 40 by
V Sn ss s 81 5 h st n
let; one S ssisissoass, g y = issi one BIZ:
one Express Office, 80 by Is feet; one Guard house,
tbloes 20 by Is feet one Quarters; one Office and
pfs feet % Tsncng fd y feet high $40 pea feet
linesl feet of Plank Footwslk, feet wide with
QUARTERMAsrERs DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters. TO by 2S feet; one Quarters 100 by
BY Is feet; three stables averaging isS by feet
IS by "a ct; one wheeiSrieht shop s. by u feet
and fs1r Offices three Quarters, two sterehonses,
house, Of varions dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
storehouse. 400 by IS feet; one Conmissary Sales
room and Office, s. by q feet; one Office u by Is
Guard House. os q two ram rsse GusPs
Houses, small size; one Barrack, at Fort Lincoln,
Slaughter House, 40 by u feet, with shed "a by
Is feet, and Ontbnilding by feet one Stable, IS
by 23 feet and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, &c. of vari
One wharf OF Timber and Lumber, 47s feet long,
feet Of stoc kade, feet high on Potomac side, with
bockhouse 20 by 80 feet four platforms each Is BY
Wide IL isea feet Of stocksde On Bay Side, With sff
block house rs by 20 feet and three platforms Of
One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes; ll6
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; fsvorite watering place, and is we'll
sities FOR salt water bathing, and abundance of Of
fish and game.
Of United States General Hospital, are located
directly on the Point the pIinci pal structures
being arranged in a circle, adiating from com
mon centre. and connected by covered footwalks,
and could with moderate expense be fitted mp prop.
erly for the accommodation of visitors, 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 the vicin-
ity and elsewhere, to secure valuable fencing and
building material.
steamer will leave the Governmsnt whsryes,
south side of the basin, near Fardy's ship -yard
Baltimore, Nd, at 10 O'Clock on the morning of
Wednesday, Jan IL, 1855, 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 will 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 il de
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
in " hich to remove their property.
Terms: Cash in Government funds.
NJ. /. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Quartsrmaster,
de 70 lot Department of Washington