The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-02
GOVERNMENT SALES.
I ABGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD.
~ lNGS AND OThER PROPERTY AT POINT
LOOK KnIJT. MD
AAADoUARTERs DEPARTMENT WAsHlNaToNl

L0oKoUT, MD
HiADouARTERs DEPARTMENr wAsHNaroN,l
OBBICB OF HtKF QUARTERMAsTER,
- WASHINGTON, Q December %, 1855 }
wiz be sod at Public Auction to the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT, Nd, commencing
THURSDAY, January IS, 1866. ut 10 O'Clock A.
M, the following frame buildings and other public
UNITED STATES GENERAL HosPlTAL
One headquarters Building, l76 by 20 feet; Is
Hospital ards, each l75 by 70 feet one Mcss-aouse
l6O by zS feet; enc Guards Quarters 167 by "a feet;
ono Conuaband QuaIters 60by IA feet one Kitchen,
co by & ieetj one Chapel, ~ uy % feet; Laun.
cry 80 BY ~ ieet, with stationary Engine, Locemo-
tive boiler and all tne necessary apparatus tor steam
all noly ana drying; one Cow Stable, 81 by IA teot;
one Horse stable, 81 by q ieeti one Waron House,
Warehouse, Go by 25 teet; one Ice House,
40 by 80 feet, and 10 feet high; Wator.ank
Building II by II feet, 80 ieet high with circular
water tank, l6 ieet ameter; two Coal Houses, one
Saw House, one Forage House, one Dead Hous and
one Wash House, OF various Dimensions; also,
covered Plank Footwalks connecting the above
hui dings; aggregate length 1850 teet and feet
wide
The aforementioned Headquarters Building is
two stories high, lathed ana plastered ana the df.
teen hospital ards, the Mess-house, and lew
PRISON CAMP.
10 Hospital Wards, each 40 by 25 feet; Cook
hOus each l43 by " ieeti one Cook house, l20 by
26 teet one Cook-house, 40 by 25 Ieet, with t o
wings each 80 by 20 feet; one Headquarters Build
ing 70 by "a ieet, with wings each 40 bv 20 ieet
one ). sorehouse, 80 by Y teet; one Dspensary
40 by 38 ieet; one Chapel, 100 by "a feet; ore Ex
press Office 80 by 16 leet one Guard House ID ock)
90 by 10 ieet; one Quart rs, one Office. and one
StOreroom, OF various dimensions; also 91S8 lincal
feet OF Fencing, ~ feet high $40 lneal feet BUaI
Fence, feet high 700 lneal feet Of covered Plank
Eootwalks IL feet wide and 9lS8 hneal feet of PLANK
Footwak, ieet wide, with rail.
QUARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT,
One Quarters, 100 by 2S feet; one Quarters 100 bv
81 by 28 feet; three Stables averaging 189 6y q feet
each; one Storehouse, S4 by ~ feet; one Smith
SHOP, SO by "a feet; one Wheewrght shop, 81 by
"A ieet; ana four Offices, three Quarters, two Store
houses, one Oil.hOuse; one Sadders shop, and one
Mess House, OF various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
, One Post Hospital 20 by 25 feet; one Commissary
S1oIehouse 200 by 30 leet; one Commissary Sales
room and Office 64 by 27 feet; one Office, 27 by 10
teet; one Guard House 0ogl so by 90 feet; one
Guard House Qog) 81 by 20 feet; two frame Guard
GO by 20 feet one Ordnance Storehouse "a by II
feet; one Slaughter House 40 by "a feet, with Shed
"a b, 13 feet, and Outbuildngs, by teet sta.
bic, SO by 20 feet; and 10 Kitchens, Quarters ETC.
of various dimensions.
One wharf of Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long,
and varying in width from % to 102 feet 248 neai
feet OF Stockade, II feet high the Potomac slde
with blockhouse 20 by 30 feet four platforms each
16 by IL feet and 100 neal feet OF plank footwak,
6 feet wide 157 linea feet Stockade on bay side
with tlocF house 25 by 20 feet ard three platforms
OF various dimensions and footwalk.
One Hose Carriage; 28 Fire Ladders; "a Axes; 1l6
Fire Buckets; and six lengths of Hose, each 01 feet
long.
quantity of Old Lumber; and q number Of Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po-
tOmac rver with Chesapeake bay, was, before the
war; favorite watering place, and is well adapted
Tor the purpose now, having excellent facilities tor
salt aer bathing, and abundance oftish and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
Omitted STATES General Hospital" are located di-
rectly the Point, the principal structures being
arranged in a circle, radiating from q common
| centre, and connected by covered fOotWalks, and
could with moderate expense be fitted up properly
tor the accommodation of visitors, as steam auIi-
| dry, ice-house, coal house watertanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
4 Ior immediate use An excellent opportunity is
so afforded to landowners III the vicinity, and else
| where, to secure valuable encing and building
| material.
| steamer will leave the Government wharves,
south side of the BASIN, Fardy shpyard, Bal.
| tmore, Md, at 10 O'Clock, on the morning of We'd
nesday January H. 1866, for the trans oortation oil
bidders to Point Lookout and will De retained until
the close of the sale to return the passengers to Bal
tmore. Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual steamboat rates.
| The Buildings Will be sold singly, and other pro
perty in lots TO suit purchasers
| The military guard will remain IN charge of the
Buildings, etc, tor fifteen days after the sale, Il
desired. and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
| in which 10 remove their property.
1eIms-Cash, in Government funds.
M. l. LUDINGT0N,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
| IL lot Department OF Washington.