National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-16
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES 0F THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,

THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,
Upon order passed on the ga day Of July, 1873,
sitting as District Court OF the United ststss in
and for said District IN the matter Of real and per-
Washington, D; c., win sell At public auction, q
WEpSEsDAY, Being he ninth S day, Of Decemser,
1874 in mont or the building, in Washington, Dis
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niture and appendages thereof, subject TO- CONFIRM
Terms o. sale are one tRird in cash. and the re-
mAinder in one and two years, In equal annual IN
num- For the unpaid instalIments q lien viii be
reSeTyea upon the property sold, and the purchaser
poslt Of twenty-five hundred dollars IN cash VIII be
required At time Of sale. AL eonyeTaneing At ex-
II terms Of sale. are not compued with within
sell property at risk and cost OF defaulting pur-
Vie property above referred to is described BY
metes and bounds IS follows: Consisting Of parts
pilots known and designatee on the plat Of said I'D
sgSa[e ngpbeEed tive hundred and tysnty:fOgT,
Einnlng Fifteenth Q5thl street Il the northwest
corner Of said lot number eight (s) and running
twenty-three feet ana two inches QzS n. 2 in. D
along the north line Of said lot numbered eight (sj
ten o] to the east line Of said lot, at point sew
enty-hye feet (75 #. from street, thence so1Ih
thirfy-eight feet eight and one half inches as n.
81 M 70 ne north Line , G1 a. alley;
three feet and two Inches (23 n in to the east
line OF said lot numbered eight, rs. thence south
along the said east line OF said lot numbered eight
( two feet 20 point forty feet eight and one half
said lot; thence west in q line parallel with the
north line OF said lot hundred feet Goo ftsl 70
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, 81 and
thence north along the line OF said said last
named distance 70 the point Of beginning.
1t If improved by . handsome, marble-fronted,
6re-proof building, the lower story OF which was
recently occupied as 3 banking house by firm Of
Jay Cooke Co., and the upper story by First
National Bank OF Washington, ID. @.
The building fronts forty feet eight inches on
Fifteenth street, opposite to the United States
Treasury Department; no locality in the city being
more advantageous for banking or business pur-
Well-constructed and eommOdious vaults.
The personal property TO be sold includes four
large and excellent safes, formerly used by First
National Bank and arm Of Jay Cooke q CO.,) be-
The real estate Is among the most valuable In
Washington city. The building Is handsome and
substantially constructed, and Its original cost In
1854, Is estimated At eighty-Our thousand dollars,
le64 o exclusive Of the price Of the land, which
has Gnee enhanced In value.
The property was purchased BY The First Ma
tonal Bank In 1885 for ninety-seyen 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 !,
1875 at the rate OF fftv dollars week, to the Ct
zens' National Bank Of washington. On the eK-
plration Of this lease the purchaser-after the
hrmation the sale by the couFt-ean take absolute
possession Of these lower rooms, sS well as ss the
RseeiyeT or First National Bank or washington,
LATDHR q CLEARY, AuctiOneers.