National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-20
JUDICIAL. SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PRkMIISES Z, , OF The

Southwest corner Of Penn. avenue aud Eleventh
street. Star once Building.
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
6lkSI hATIOnAL bANh ok W AShlNGIoN'
Upon an order passed on the 22d day OF July, 1874
by the supreme Court Of the District OF Columbia,
sitting District Court Of the United States in
soHai property Of Fhe First National Bank OF
Washington, D. c., will sell at public auction, At
WI Being tbe uiSsS aS Of
1874, in front Of the building, In Washington. Dis
National Bank Of Washington, d. G., and the fur
niture and appendages thereof, subject TO- confirm
Terms Of sale are one third in cash, and the re-
siaiiments bearing six per cent. Interest Der an
nam. For the unpaid installments a lien wiz be
viii be REQUIRED to Keep tie same insured. der
post Of twentY-hye hundred dollars In cash viii be
required at time Of sale. All conTeyancing at ex-
II terms Of sale are not complied with within
sell property at risk and cost OF defanltlng 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 tyenty-fo1r,
ginning on Fifteenth u5th) street at the northwest
thence east parallel with Street one hundred and
twenty-three feet ana two inches az n. in.(
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 Tiol
thirty-eight feet eight and half inches (s It.
So in.) TO the north line Of hfteen-foot alley:
thence west along the north line of said alley twenty
three feet d and nd two inches az n I'M % the east
along the said east line OF said lot numbered eight
inches 90 Il. 81 in.) south from the north line of
north line Of said lot one hundred feet GOO nj 70
aId Sne h ssees P9i3 fSTy feet n est
west corner of said lot numbered eight, (s,) 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
recently occupied as a banking house by firm Of
Jay Cooke Co, and the upper story by First
The building fronts forty feet eight inches on
Fifteenth street, opposite to the United States
treasury Departments no locality IN tine city being
more advantageous for banking or 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 4 CO.,) be-
sides tables, desks, &c.
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 eightyfOur thousand dollars
1854, 00 exclusive Of the price of the land which
The property was purchased by The First Ma
uonal 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 l, 1874, until February Z,
1875, at the rate Of hftv dollars week, to the Cit-
plratiOn of this lease the purchaser-aftef the
hrmation of the sale by the court-ean take absolute
possession Of these lower rooms, as well as the
Recover Of First National Bank OF Washington,
LATIBIER CLEARY, Auctioneers.
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