National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
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JUDICIAL SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OF
TEE BUILDING AND PREMISES OF THE
RlRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON,
Upon an order passed on the 22d day of July, 1874
sitting as District Court Of the United states In
soAal property Of The First National Bank of
Washington, D. c., will sell AZ public auction, at
WEDNESDAY, being the ninth day, Of December,
1874 in front of the building, in Washington Dis
NSonS BaRE Of wasRns Do &C. "a and df the @
niture and apPendages thereof, subject to- confirm
Terms OF sale are one third in cash. and the re-
stSiiments, bearing six per cent interest per an
mum. For the unpaid hstaltments a lien will be
will be Teaaired to keen tie same insured. A de-
posit Of TWENTY-FIVE hundred dollars In cash Will be
II terms Of sale are not compiled 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
city as lots numbered, eight 90 and ten, uoJ in
square numbered two hundred and tTenty-fo9r,
ginning on Fifteenth t5th) street at the northwest
thence east parallel with street one hundred and
twenty-three feet ana two inches Cl23 II. ln.)
and in continuation thereof across lot numbered
ten Q0) to the east line Of said lot, at point
along the east line q said lot HumSeTed te5 oS
thirty;eight feet eight and one half inches CSS n.
.
thence along the north line of said alley twenty
three feet and tive inches (23 II. in) to the east
line Of said lot Dum6ered eight, Is, thence south
along the said east line OF said lot numbered eight
inches go n. 81 in. south from the north line of
said lot; thence west in . line parallel with the
north line Of said lot hundred feet Zoo ft.) to
sld one RS nc rom the 6sst n es
west corner of sale lot numbered eight, e. and
thence north along the line OF said street said last
named distance TO the point Of beginning.
1t is improved by q handsome, arble3fronted,
recently occupied as banking house BY firm OF
Jay Cooke Co., and the upper story by First
National Bank Of Washington, d. C..
The building fronts forty feet eight Inches on
Treasury Department; locality in the city being
more advantageous for banking or business pur-
poses. 1t contains in the upper and lower stories
well-constructea and comm0diOus vaults.
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
Washington city. The building Is handsome and
substantially constructed, and Its original cost, In
1854, is estimated at eighty-four thousand dollars,
1854, CO., exclusive Of the price OF the land, which
The property was purchased by The First Ma
tonal Bank In 1885 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 /, 1S74, until February z,
1875, the rate OF fifty dollars iweek, to the Cit-
Zens' National Bank of Washington. On the eX-
pration of this lease the purchaser-after the con-
hrmAtion of the sale by the cOuEtean 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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