National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-07
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,

IhE AND BkEMlSES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,
by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
sitting District Court OF the United States in
sonai property Of The First National Bunk Of
Washington, d; c., will sell at public auction at
WEDNESDAY. being the ninth day, of December,
tSi ~ N oInmbIa ~ IN bonss m S &
National Bank of Washington, ID. C., and the fur
alton ofthe sale by said court
Terms Of sale are one third in cash, and the re-
saen besfRF s peT cent interest," psr an
mum. For the unpaid tnstalIments a lien will be
will be required TO keep tile same Insured. A de
pOst OF twenty-hye hundred dollars In cash viii be
required at time Of sale. AL conTeJanelnS At eH-
If terms Of sale are not complied with within
seven days from day Of sale right is reserved TO re-
sell property ut risk and cost Of defaalting pur-
The property above referred to is described by
metes and bounds as follows: Consisting Of parts
city as lots numbered eight !s) and ten, uo, in
sgsI.1 and Bounded and descrIbed as follows: Be.
ginning on Fifteenth Q5th) street at the northwest
thence east parallel with street Que hundred and
twenty-three feet ana two inches Q23 n, ind
and in continuation thereof across lot numbered
ten Q0) to the east line of said lot, at point sew
along the east line OF said lot numbered ten uO
thirty;eight feet eight and one half inches CSS n.
So in.) TO the north line OF hfteen-fOot alley:
thence west along the north line Of said alley twenty
three feet and two inches NJ TO the east
line of said lot numbered eight, 81 thence south
along the said east line OF said lot numbered eight
) two feet, 10 point forty feet eight and one half
inches 40 n. 81 In south from the north line of
said lot; thence west In q line parallel with the
north line of said lot hundred feet (l00 f.
Fifteenth Q5th) street at point forty feet eight
and one half inches 20 n. 81 in.J from the north
west corner of said lot numbered eight, 81 and
thence north along the line Of said street said last
named distance TO the point Of beginning.
1t Is improved by . handsome, mArble-frOnted,
hre-proOf building, the lower story Of which was
Jay Cooke 3 Co., and the upper story by First
National Bank of Washington, ID. G.
The building fronts forty feet eight inches
Fifteenth street, opposite to the United States
more advantageous for banking or business pur-
poses. 1t contains in the upper and lower stories
Nel-cOnStructed and commOdiOuS vaults.
The personal property to be sold includes four
large and excellent safes, formerly used by First
National Bank and firm Of Jay Cooke 4 COL be-
sides tables, desks, &c.
The real estate is among the most valuable IN
washington city. The building IS handsome and
substantially constructed. and It's original cost In
1854 is estimated at eighty-fOur Thousand dollars,
($4 900, exclusive Of the price Of the land which
has since enhanced in value.
The property was purchased BY The First Ma
tiOnal Bank in 1865 for ninety-seTen thousand dol
lars, and taxes and assessments have been paid up
to June 20, 1855.
Receiver from August /, 1874, until February,
1879 at the rate of ftv dellars week, to the Ctl-
zens' National Bank of Washington. On the
piratiOn of this lease the purchaser-after the
frmatOn of the sale by the cOurt-can take absolute
possession of these lower rooms, rs well as the
upper ones. EDWIN L. STANTON,
Receiver Of First National Bank Of Washington,
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