National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-07
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
TIE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATION AL RANK OF WASHINGTON

The BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Washington,
BY the supreme Court Of the DistEicf Of GOI9mb i
sitting District Court OF the United States in
lOf u The t' Ss IL BaaE
Washington, D. c., viii sell at public auction at
being he ninth aS Of
1874, in front Of the building, in Washington, Dis
National BslE Of WashingtOS, D. G., and the fur fur
alton oftSe ale By Side SuOe'' 70 e0nnr-
Terms Of sale are one third in cash, and the re-
staliments, bearing six per cent Interest per an
mum. For the unpaid instalIments a lien viii be
viii be required to Keep tie same Insured. de-
posit OF twentY-hye hundred dollars In cash win be
required at time OF sale. All conVeyanctng At ex-
seven DAYS from day Of sale Tgt Is reserved To r
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
city as lots numbered eight 90 and ten, 90 in
square numbered two hundred and tTenty-fo9r,
ginning on Fifteenth Q5th) street at the northwest
thence east parallel with street one hundred and
twenty-three feet and two inches QZ3 n. in.)
and In continuation thereof across lot NUMBERED
ten Qo) to the east line Of said lot, at point sew
along the east line Of said lot numbered ten 90
sIS in J 10 the NORTH line Of q ffteen-foot anew:
thence along the north line Of said alley twenty
H.
zine Of said lot numbered eight, Is thence south
long the said east line OF said lot numbered eight
(S) two feet TO point forty feet eight half
inches 40 H. 81 in. south from the north line Of
north line Of said lot hundred feet GOO nj 70
Fifteenth Q5th) street at point forty feet eight
and one half inches go n. 81 in.) from the north
west corner Of SAID lot numbered eight, ISL and
thence north along the line OF said street said Last
named distance to the point of beginning. -
hre-proOf building, the lower story of which was
recently occupied q banking house by firm Of
Jay Cooke d Co., and the upper story First
National Bank Of w shingtOl, d. G.
Fifteenth street, opposite to the. United States
Treasury Department; no locality IN the city being
more advantageous for banking business pur-
poses. 1t contains in the upper and lower stories
well-eonstructed and cOmmodiOus vaults.
The personal property to be sold includes four
National Bank and firm Of Jay Cooke q COL be-
The real estate is among the most valuable in
Washington city. The building Is handsome and
1854, - estimated at eighty-fOur thousand dollars,
(SS4 Co., exclusive Of the price OF the land, which
has since enhanced in value.
The property purchased by The First Ma
u0naf Bank in 1866 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 Z,
1875, at the rate of ftV dollars week. to the Citi
zens' National Bank Of Washington. On the eX-
hrmatiOn OF the sale by the courean take absolute
possession Of these lower rooms, as well as the
upper ones. EDWIN L. STANTON,
Receiver Of First National Bank Of Washington,
LATIMER CLEARY, Auctioneers.
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