National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-31
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,

THE BIJIIDING AND PREMfsfS or THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,
Upon an order passed on the 22d day Of July, 1874
~ me supreme Court Of the DistTIct % ColHmon
and for said District in the matter OF real and per-
% Sa g. G. S sei al paSc auction a. a.
the hour Of y O'Clock noons on the second
1874, in mont OF the b1ildng In Washington, Dis
trict 81 Columbia. the banking house Of The First
niture and appendages thereof, subject TO confirm
Terms Of sale are one third in cash, ana the re-
mAinder in one and two years, IN equal annual In
mum. For the unpaid installments a lien win be
reserved upon the property sold and the purchaser
post Of twentT-ye hundred dollars in cash win be
required AZ time Of sale. All conveyaneing at ex-
II terms q sale are not complied with within
sen properly At risk and cost Of defaulting pur-
The property above referred to is described by
OF lots known and designated on the plat OF said
SQUARE Numbered two hundred and tTeniy-four,
GA and BOUNDED and esscgi6ed as follows; BE.
Of said lot 5g%eeE eight @ and running
tWenty-tl,ree feet ana two incheS IA n. ? my
along the northline Of said lot numbered eight Isl
ten (oJ to the east line OF said lot at point sew
enty-nve feet 90 IT, from e. street, thence south
thirfy!egt net eight and one half inches IS n.
81 inlto the north Line Of nfieen;foot alley;
three fret and two inches f23 n 2in.l to the east
line Of said lot numbered eight, Is thence south
along the said east line OF said lot numbered eight
go two feet, 70 point forty feet eight and one half
said lot; thence west In 3 line parallel with the
north line OF said lot hundred feet o0 IT. TO
Fifteenth Q5th) street at point forty feet eight
aud one half Inches 90 n. 81 in.) from the north
west corner Of said lot numbered eight, al and
named distance TO the point OF beginning.
1t tsfmproYed BIZ handsome, marble-fronted,
hre-proOf building, the lower story OF which wag
recently occupied as = banking house By hrm OF
Jay Cooke q Co., and the upper story by First
National Bank Of Washington, ID. G..
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 commodious vaults.
The personal property to be sold includes tour
large and excellent safes, formerly used By First
National Bank and nrm OF Jay Cooke CO.,) be-
Thereai elite Is among the most yaluabls In
Washington city. The building Is handsome and
Substantially constructed, and Its original cost, In
lsei is estimated at elghty-four thousand dollars,
has Ginee enhanced in value.
The property was purchased by The First Ma
uonal Bank in 1865 for ninety-seven thousand doll
lars, and taxes and assessments have been paid up
The lower banking-rooms were leased by the
Receiver from August I, 1874, until February ],
1870 the rate OF INV dollars week, to the Cttt-
zens' National Bank Of Washington. On the ex-
nrmaton o. the sale the court-ean take absolute
possession Of these lower rooms, as vel as the
upper ones. EDWIN L. STANTON,
Receiver Of First National Bank Of Washington,
LATI1TER CLEARY, Auctioneers.
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