National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-26
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,

THE BUILDING AND PREMISES or THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,
Upon an order passed on the 22d day OF July. 1874
by the Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia,
sitting as District Court Of the United states in
and for said Lstrle in the matter Of real and per-
%asbIhFt5H Will III At D1bc au SiaS OF
the hour OF II o'cloeS noon, on the second
WEDNESDAY, being the ninth day, of December,
1874, in front of the building, in Washington, Dis
trict OF Co!umbla: the banking house Of The First
National Bauk OF Washington, ID. c., and the fur
niture and APPENDICES thereof, subject to confirm
alton Ofthe sale by said court.
Terms Of sale are one third in cash. ana the re-
maInder in one and two years, equal annual in
stallments, bearing six per cent Interest per an
reserved upon the property sOld and the Purcs
will be required to keep the same insured; 4 de-
required at time Of sale. Ali conTeyancing at ex-
III terms Of sale are not complied with within
days from day OF sale right Is reserved to
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
OflOts known and designated on the plat OF said
city lots numbered eight lS) and ten, Q0,) in
CA and bounded and deZcribed as follows: Be,
ginning Fifteenth Q5th) street at the northwest
thence east parallel with street one hundred and
tTenty5three feet let ana I've inches S3 n m
and in continuation thereof across lot numbered
enty-fve feet as IT. from G street thence south
along the east line Of said lot numbered ten uO
IT,
81 in.) to the north line Of a hfteen-foot alley:
thence west along the north line of said alley twenty
three feet and two inches C25 II. In to the east
line of said lot numbered eight, Is, thence south
along tie said east line Of said lot numbered eight
(S two feet 10 point forty feet eight and half
inches go n. 81 in.) south from the north line OF
said lot; thence west in q line parallel with the
north line of said lot one hundred feet CO ft) to
and half inches 90 n 81 in. from Ithe north
west corner of said lot numbered eight, Is, and
thence north along the line or said street said last
named distance TO the point OF beginning.
1t is improved by q handsome, marble-fronted,
fre-proof building, the lower story of which was
recently occupied q banking house by firm Of
National Bank OF Washington, d. c..
The building fronts forty feet eight Inches on
Fifteenth street, opposite to the United States
Treasury Department; locality in the city being
poses. 1t contains in the upper and lower stories
well-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 & COL be-
sides tables, desks, &c.
The real estate is among the most valuable in
substantially constructed, and Its original cost In
1854 is estimated at eightyfOur thousand dollars,
$751; exclusive Of the price of the land, which
The property was purchased by The First Ma
tiOnal Bank in 1855 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 l.. 1874, until February Z,
1875, at the rate Of fifty dollars week. to the Ctt-
zens' National Bank Of Washington. On the ex-
rmation Ofthe sale by the court-ean take absolute
possession Of these lover rooms sS wei q the
HpppeiE ones IS First Na,Io5I1 RAM Of WS,bi1Ston
~ LATDIER 4 CLEARY, AuctiOneers.
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