Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-10
T ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
- BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND.

AR SA LIE OF GOVERNMENT
- BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND.
HEADoR's. DEPARTMENT OF WARRINGTON, !
OFFICE OF CHIEF ouARTRRMAsrER,
WAsHISaroS, D. O., Dec, 20, 1895
bidder at POINT LOOKOUT, MD, commeneina
THURSDAY, January Is, 1850, at 10 O'Clock Z
| m, the following Frame Buildings and othei
puSMIiss RTSPer * a. that place, VIZ; ,,
| One Hsadquarters Building, l75 by % feet.
Fifteen Hospital Wards, each l75 by 2J feet
| One Mess. house, $50 by Is feet
Ono Guards oa.rtsr., 1877 By "a feet.
| One Contrzband Quarters, 90 by II feet
| One Kitchen, 80 by Is feet.
| One Chapel, II by IS feet.
One Laundry, 90 By "a feet, with Stationary
Ensins. Locomotive Boiler, and all the necessary
One Cow Stable, Of by Il feet.
One Horse Stable, 90 by 81 feet.
| One wagon-house, small.
| One baggage house, IS by Is feet
| One Warehouse, IS BY IS feet.
One leo house, 20 BY 80 feet, and 10 feet high.
| water.tank Building, II ~ II feet, 30 feei
high, with circular water tank 10 feet diameter.
| Two Coal houses,
| One Saw house.
| One Forage. house.
| One Dead house, and
| One Wash house, Of various dimens ions
Also, Covered Plank PootwAlks connecting the
above buildings; Aggregate length $50 feet, and
The above mentioned Headquarters Building
IL two stories high, lathed and plAstered, and
the hfteen Hospital Wards, the Mess house, and
tered.
PRISON CAMP.
Ten Hospital Wards, each $40 by IS feet.
seven Cook houses, each las by % feet
One Cook house, 40 by 20 feet.
One Cool: house, 40 by % feet, with two wings,
one Headquarters BulldIns, 70 by "a feet, with
two wings, each 10 by % feet.
Ono Q. s. storshouse, 90 by 20 feet.
One Dispensary, 40 by IS feet.
One Chapel, 100 by "a feet
One Rxpress once, 80 by 10 feet
One Guard House, (bloek,) 80 by Is feet
One Quarters, one Once, and one Store. room,
Of various Dimensions
Also, 9,lss lineal feet Of Fencing, l2 feet high
$40 linsal feet OF Board Pence, Q feet high ZOO
linsal feet OF covered Plank Footwalks, ID feet
wide and 9,lSs lineal feet Of Plank Pootwalks,
feet wide, with rail.
ouARTBRMAsTER's DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by 2s feet.
One Quarters, 100 by Il feet.
Ono Quarters, 70 by 20 feet.
One CHARTERS, 90 by rs feet.
Three Stables, averaging lss by 81 feet each.
One Storehouse, 81 by ~ feet.
One smith Shop, IS by "a feet.
One wheelwright Shop, OF by Il feet.
And four omoes, three quarters, two Store.
houses, one Dollhouse, one saddlers' Shop, and
one MESS mouse, oil VARIOUS dlmonHiOna,
MIsCELLANRoUs BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 70 by rs feet
One Commissary Storehouse, 300 by IS feet.
One Commissary salesroom and once, 81 by
One Once, ~ by 10 feet.
One Guard House, Qog,( 80 by 80 feet.
One Guard House, Aos0 80 by % feet.
Two frame Guard Houses, small size.
One Barraek at Fort Lincoln, 80 by 20 feet.
One Ordnance storehouse, % by II feet.
One Slaughter House, 40 by "a feet, with Shed
a BY Is feet, and Dat building 0 by 0 feet.
One Stable, IS by % feet; and,
Ten Kitchens, Quarters, &c, Of various dimen.
sions.
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 47s feet long,
and varying In width from % to l02 feet
2i6 lineal feet Of Stockade, IL feet high on Po-
tomao side, with blockhouse 20 by so feet, four
platforms, each Is by IL feet and loo lineai feet
Of plank footwalk, 8 feet wide.
1877 linsai feet Of stockade on Bay side, with
block house - by 20 feet and three platforms Of
various Dimensions, and footwAlk.
One Hose Carriage.
Twenty -eigh Pire Ladders
Twenty -four Axes
One hundred and sixteen Fire 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 |
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, be- |
fore the war, fayorito watering place, and Is |
we'll adapted for the purpose now, having ex-
cellent facilities for salt water bathing, and |
abundance Of fish and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the |
head Of Omitted States General Hospital'' are |
located directly the Point the principal struc-
tures being arranged in circle,) radiAting from
4 common centre, aud connected BY covered foot.
walks, and could with moderateBx pense be fitted |
up properly for the accommodation Of visitors. as
q steam laundry, ice house, coal house, water
tanks, and many other structures for the purpose
are ready for immediate use. An excellent on
portunity Is also Afforded to land owners in the |
Vicinity, and elsewhere, to secure valuable
fencing and building material.
A steamer will leave the Government wharyes
south side Of the basin, near FArdy's ship yard
Baltimore, Md, at 10 o'clock, on the morning 81
January IT, 1855, for the trapapSrt.
alton OF bidders to Point Lookout, and will be |
retained until the close Of the sale 10 return thu
passengers to Baltimore. Meals will be fnr.
niBhed on the boat at the usual (steamboAt rate,
The buildings will be sold singly, and other
property In lots to suit purchasers
The military guard will remain in ebarVa NJ |
The buildings, &c, for hfteen days after the sale
II desired, and purchasers will be allowed twentY
days In which to remove their property.
Terms; Cash, In Government funds.
NJ |. LUDINdToN,
Colonel and Chief QuArteTmaAter.
de29-lW Department Of WAahInUton