National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-13
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,

ElhST NATlONAL bANh Of W AShLNGTON.
Upon an order passed on the I'D day Of July, 1874
sitting as District Court Of the United States in
and for said District in the matter Of real and per-
%ashihgt5n, B. c.. win sell at public auction, at
the hour Of p O'Clock noon, on the second
1874, in front OF the building, in Washington, Dis
tEict sfG Columbia; the 6snking house Of The First
nlture and appendices thereof, subject to confirm
Terms Of sale are one third in cash, and the re-
mainder in one aud two years, IN equal annual IN
num- For the unpaid installments lien win be
reserved upon the property sold and the purchaser
post Of twenty Ave hundred dollars in cash win be
required at time OF sale. All conveyaneing at ex-
II terms Of sale are not complied with within
seven days from day Of sale right Is reserved to re-
sell property at risk and cost Of defaulting pur-
The property above referred to Is described by
metes and bounds as follows; Consisting OF parts
Of lots known and designated on the plat OF said
sGGare numbered TWO hundred and twenty e n
GA, and bounded and Ce,cribed As follows: Be-
ginning Fifteenth C5th) street at the northwest
corner of said lot number eight (s) and running
thence east parallel with G street one hundred and
along the north line Of said lot numbered eight tj
and in continuation thereof across lot numbered
enty-iye feet as NJ from 6 street, thence south
alGng the east line OF said lot numbered ten Q0)
So in.) to the north line of a fifteen-fOot alley:
thence west along the north lne o. $40 alley
line of said lot numbered eight, g. thence south
along tire said east line Of said lot numbered eight
) two feet, 20 point forty feet eight and one half
inches 10 n. 81 in south from the north line of
n0T hi line Of said e lot one bunFed feet 90
Fifteenth Q5th) street at point forty feet eight
and one half inches 90 n. 81 In from the north
west corner Of said lot numbered eight, Is, and
thence north along the line Of said street said last
named distance TO the point OF beginning.
It Is improved by n handsome, marble-fronted,
hre-prOOf building, the lower story OF which was
recently occupied AS a banking house by firm of
Jay Cooke Co., and the upper story by First
National Bank OF Washington, ID. G..
Fifteenth street, opposite TO the United States
Treasury Department.; no locality in the city being
more advantageous for banking or business pur-
poses. 1t contains in the upper and lower stories
wel-cOnstructed and cOmmOdiOus vaults.
The personal property to be sold includes i0ur
large and excellent safes formerly used by First
National Bank and firm Of Jay Cooke COL be-
sides tables, desks, &c.
The real estlte is among the most valuable in
Washington city. The building Is handsome and
1864, is estimated at eighty-fOur thousand dollars
ISL 000 exclusive Of the price of the land, which
has since enhanced in value. -
The property was purchased by The First Ma
tiOnal Bank in 1866 for ninetyseyen thousand dol
lars, and taxes and assessments have been paid up
The lower banking-roOms were leased by the
Receiver from August /. 1874, until February Y
1875 the rate of ftv dollars week, to the Citt-
Zens' National Bank Of Washington. ON the eN-
frmaton OF the sale by the courtean take absolute
possession Of these lower rooms, as well as the
Receiver Of First National Bank OF Washington,
LATIMER CLEARY, Auetioneers.
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