The Evening critic., 1882-06-19
PLEASANT PLACES
FOR HOMES ABOUT WASHINGTON.

The Advantages of Mt. Pleasant and
Nicinity-HOw u quiet Village of
Homes Has Sprung Up-Heaithy
Localities ana magnificent Views
Country Homes with city Adyau-
tages. Meridian iIiiI.
The ridge of hills overlooking Washington
in tho northwest, reaching from Fourteenth
to- seventeenth Streets and the fine country
beyond, extending tar into the country, are
not as we'll known 10 the majority OF citizens
and strangers in Washington as they should
be. This tract Of country furnishes unsur-
passed sites for residences, and in the last
few years many shrewd citizens have been
purchasing lots and erecting thereon hand
some and substantial dwellings. The lot
owners have busted themselves grading the
hills and making streets, two Of which, Chaplin
and Stoughton streets, have already been
placed in flTst.class order, with the houses on
each side numbered In regular Washington
style. Many Of our best families nre now liv.
ing on the heights, and the prospects are that
n few years more will see therc very thickly-
settled community.
Tho following gentlemen, most of them hold.
ing Government positions, with their families,
are at present among the
Occupants of the Heights:
John Morrison, r.. A. Charles, c. A. Metcalr,
W. l.. Bendz, Professor L, j. Loomis, l.. D.
wynne, 1424 Chaplin street, William Hender-
1890; Frank Waldo, 1427; August Peterson,
1d31; DR.. ]. ]. Purman, 1875; Winslow Up
ton, 1i11 Mrs. Milo Lewis, 1ii3; Henry Gar
Brown, Charles Newbold, william oglo, Il. $.
smith, $. s. Mortimer, @. s. Turner, W. @.
Eldrldge, N sprague, C. j. Eslin, W. E. Reiss.
and c. A. Stuart. Here also resides Otto HIDE
mann and family. Mrs. lIldomann is an artist
Of much merit, and is now on visit to Phila-
delphia, in which city bronze fac smile of a
n Jndre Etp11. fnpaptlv n Nj tod lnS-h har
Will be made. Mrs Hidemann has also been
engaged 10 design a bust of the dead poet
Longfollow.
The residences OF the above gentlemen are
near the Wayland Seminary and Columbian
college. Dr.. yelling, president of the college,
resides In splendid mansion. surrounded by
| extensive grounds. The house is In full view
OF Washington, and a few moments walk will
| place the Doctor and his neighbors on Four
teenth-street car, enabling him to reach any
part Of the city with expedition. About milo
and a.half from the Washington boundary,
| and Mt the intersection Of the Columbia road
and Fourteenth. street road is
MT. Pleasant village.
| The village fully merits its name, for there is
no moro delightful place around Washington
for business men and others to reside at, and
| thus escape the heat and turmoil OF city life.
| During the late war nearly all OF the ground
| there, upon which now stand pleasant homes,
was occupied by hospital buildings for sick
| and wounded soldiers. 1t was not until n few
| years after the war that people in search Of
localities on which to build houses fully real
ICED the advantages of Mt. Pleasant
PARK street and Howard avenue are the prin-
| cipal thotnughfares of Mount Pleasant, and sit
| uated along them are the greater portion of the
houses in the village. These two streets are
| laid Off with more regularity than the rest,
and are lined each on both sides with shade
trees, and both streets furnish
Delightful Carriage Drives.
| Many Washingtonians take advantage OF this
| and on any afternoon in fair weather costly
| vehicles from the Capital City make the streets
and roads Of Mount Pleasant quite lively.
~ IG Of Tho Itpr,
| several other streets are being graded and
Otherwise put in order, and at the present rate
of the village growth these new streets will IN
few years rival the attractions of Howard
| avenue and Park street.
a gentleman desiring healthy locality ant
| refined society for his family can find no place
around Washington that will better pleas,
him than Mount Pleasant. short visit tC
the village and conversation with the resi-
| dents, especially the ladies', would promptly
convince him Of this. .There is
Much Culture and Refin ehl eut There
All the leading papers and periodicals are
taken by the inhabitants. That 1t IS read
ing community Is evidenced by the fact tina
on almost any afternoon in good weather
groups CT two and three or more may be seer
sitting on the doorsteps and ON the piazza
reading, screened from the sun by the crate
ful shade of the trees.
The houses are built In a semi Southern
style of architecture, many of them havin,
southern towns, are set far back from tn
streets, while the yards are well filled witt
l
Pleasant for its size has
Exceptional school Facilities.
The public school building, spacious franz
structure, has four apartments for scholars
three for white and one for the colored chill
dren, and is very conveniently situated nea
the centre of the village. Mrs. York, genia
lady of Northern birth, is the principal, a
well as teacher Of the highest department fo
the white scholars. Tho Misses Brown ant
Tingle are the other teachers OF the whites
and are both excellent teachers.
1 Matthew'S. pAInrH1 n nj an a
ing appearance and address, presldes over tn
scholars of her race. The scholars arc al
| well disciplined.
Mount Pleasant has hall, which was bull
| by an association formed in the town, ant
named Union, but as yet the village has N,
house OF worship of any pretensions. This 4
explained by the nearness of Washington
many OF the residents coming 10 the city to at
tend divine service, and to the fact that tn
| population is divided among great many
Different Denominations,
no one of which is strong enough, financially
at present to hire minister and construct
house of worship OF their own.
| This WILL doubtless, be remedied In the nea
future ON account of the rapid growth Of tn
| place and the deep interest taken by leadln
| residents in the cause of religion.
| There are two stores in Mt. Pleasant, eac
doing a fair traffic; one is a confectionery an
general bazar, kept by Mrs. Catherine Lev
| and the other store recently opened by MI
william L. Hyde. The stores are immediatel
opposite each other, on Whitney avenue,
splendid drive connecting Mt Pleasant wit
tle StVcnlnSlleel ROAD.
No SpirituOus Liquors
OF any description are sold In the village, an
aweary old topper desiring 10 cargo himse
will have 10 move on TO wicked Washington
Good Templar drinks are now sold, and Nj
Hyde contemplates an addition TO his place {
business, in which Will be kept soda waite
and other light beverages. Ever since tn
birth OF Mt. Pleasant the value Of real estat
has been rapidly on the increase, lots no.
bringing nearly double the price OF Ave year
ago. Every year sees
A Number of New Houses Erected,
and II is noticeable that the new houses ar
much more spacious and costly than the one
| formerly built. There are at present tw
| large frame dwellings IN course OF ere :tion 1
the village, one for Mr.. G.. NJ. Wood and IN
other for Robert Beach, esq, on the corner
, | Howard avenue and Brown street. These tw
! buildings when completed Will add much
the attractiyeness Of Mt Pleasant. Seyera
| other gentlemen contemplate the erection
| houses.
; AZ present the following gentlemen, wilt