National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-14
DY LATIMER & CLEARLY,
u AuctiOneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner of Penn. avenue and Eleventh
street. Star ONCE Building.
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
THE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,

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Upon order passed on the I'D day of July, 1874,
by the Supreme Court OF the District Of Columbia,
sitting MS District Court Of the United States in
sonai property Of The Fl First Nationsi Bank or
Washington, D: c., VIII sell at public auction, At
WEDNESDAY,, being the ninth day, Of December,
trict sfCoiumbla. The banking house OF The First
National Bank of Washington, d. c., and the fur
Terms OF sale are one third in cash. and the re-
stallments, bearing six per cent. interest per an
mum. For the unpaid installments q lien viii be
win be REQUIRED 70 keep the same insured de-
required at time OF sale. All cOnVeyancing at ex-
If terms Of sale are not complied with within
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 go and ten, uo, in
GA. and bounded and described as follows: Re,
ginning on Fifteenth Q5th) street at the northwest
thence east parallel with street one hundred and
twenty-three feet ana two inches Q2S II. ln.)
and In continuation thereof across lot numbered
ten pel to the east line Of said lot, at point sew
along the east line Of said lot numbered ten 90
81 in) to the NORTH line Of ifteen-foot Siiey;
thence along the north line of said alley
line Of said lot NUMBERED eight 5 thence enc south Shj
along the said east line OF said lot numbered eRht
( two feet TO point forty feet eight and one half
inches 40 H. 81 in.) south from the north line of
said lot; thence west in line parallel wish the
Fifteenth Q5th) street at point forty feet eight
and one half inches go n. So in.) from the north
west corner of said lot numbered eight, (8O 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 as banking house by firm Of
Jay Cooke d Co., and the upper story by First
National Bank of Washington, d. c.
The building fronts forty feet eight inches
Fifteenth street, opposite TO the United States
Treasury Department; no locality in the city being
poses. II 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 & 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 eightyfOur thousand dollars,
C$4 co., exclusive Of the price of the land, which
has since enhanced in value.
The property purchased by The First Ma
tional Bank in 1855 for nlneryseven thousand dol
lars, and taxes and assessments have been paid up
to June so, 1876.
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 Citf
Zens' National Bank of Washington. On the
piration of this lease the purchaser-after the
hrmatiQn Ofthe sale by the cOurt-ean take absolute
possession of these lower rooms, as well as the
upper ones. EDWIN L. STANTON,
Recover Of First NATIONAL Bank OF Washington,
LATTMER & CLEARY, AuctIoneers.
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