Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-17
q ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
81 BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or WASHINGTON, J
Office of Chief Quartcrmaster,
WASHINGTnN. ID. c Doc % 1863

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or WAsHTNGTON0
Office of Chief Quartermaster,
WASHINGTON: d. c.. Dec. q, 1865.
der at POINT LOOKOUT. MD. Commencing
THURSDAY, January 49, 1866 at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ
the following frame buildings and other public prop
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, IT'S by % feet Is Hos
by . feet one Guards Quarters lG7 by a feet: one
Contraband Quarters go by a feet; Kitchen, 90
by q feet one Chapel II by 25 feet; one Laundry 80
by z feet, with stationary Engine, Locomotive Boil
er and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and drying; one Cow Stable, 81 by II feet; Horse
Stable, 81 by y feet: one Wagon House, SMALL one
Baggage House S. by 25 feet; one Warehouse, S. by
. feet one lee House 40 by 30 feet and 10 feet high
Water Tank building II by Il 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 footwa ks connecting the above build
lngS Aggregate length, $50 feet, and feet vide
Inc above mentioned HeadGuarteTs' Building is
teen Hospital Wards, the Mess-house, and a few
other structures, are also lathed and plastered.
10 uo.n,+., vi fkIs son CANE : y r. .. $780,
houses, each l43 by, p feet one Cook house 100
by 20 feet; one Cook house, 140 by % feet, with
two wings, each. 30 by, 20 feet; one Headquar-
80 by 20 feet c. s. StorChOuse so by y feet: one
Dispensary 40 by IS feet; one Chapel loo by d feet
House, tblock,l 50 by Is feet Quarters one Office
and one St0re-reoLn, Of various dimensions: also
feet Of Board Fence feet high eco noa feet e Of
covered Plank Footwalks, y feet wide and 9,lSS
hnea feet VI Plank f0olwalk, feet vide with rail
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters lVO by y ieet; one Quarters, 100 by
IA feet one Quarters z by y feet: Quarters 90
by q feet three Stables averaging l3g by 2 feet EACH
one Storehouse, 81 by 2 feet one Smith Shop 50 by
a feet; one Wheelwright Shop, 81 by IA feet, and
four Offices, three Quarters. two Store-houses one
Clubhouse, one Sadlers Shop and one Mess house, of
various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 20 by 3 feet; one Commrssary
Storchouse. 200 by 35 feet CommisSary SalesrOOm
and Office, 81 by z feet one Office q by Is feet
Guard House, Qog,) 50 by so feet; one Guard House.
QogD 80 by % feet two frame Guard Houses, sman
size; Barracl at Fort Lincoln 80 by 20 feet: one
Ordnance Storehouse, "a by Y feet one Slaughter
House 40 by q feet, with Shed q by IS feet and Out
building by feet one Stable, IS by y feet, and 10
hI ne Quarters &c OF various dimensions i'm
varying in width from - to l02 feet 2S linea feet of
Stockade II feet high on Potomac side, with block
and 100 lineal feet of plank foOwalk, feet wide 157
lneal feet of Stockade Bay side, with blockhOuse
. by 70 feet and three platforms of various dimen
One Hose Carriage IS Fire Ladders; a Axes: 116
Fire Buckets; and six lengths Of Hose each 81 feet
long.
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven;
quantity OF old Lumber, and number of Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction Of the Po
tomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before the
war tavOrite watering place, and is well adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities for
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United States General Hospital are located direct
ly on the Point, the principal structures being ar
ranged in a circle, radiatng from Il common centre
and connected by covered fUotwaks, and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the ac-
cOmmodation Of visitors, a steam laundry, ice
house. courthouse water-tanks, and many other
necessary structures for the purpose are ready for
immediate use. An excellent opportunity is also at-
forded 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, Fardys shipyard, Baltimore
Md. at 10 O'Clock, on the morning of Wednesday,
January H. 1906 for the transportation of bidders to
Point Lookout, and will be retained until the
close of the sale to return the passengers to Bat-
more. Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual Steamboat rates.
The buildings will be sold sngly, and other pro-
perty in 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. l. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
de30-15t Department of WASHINGTON