The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-30

section of the capital, and its back windows look
into the reception-rooms of the British legation
mansion. Judge Field has big brick house
modelled out Of the buildings across from the
Capitol, which used to be prison, and this Is
worth SIC, 600. There is talk Of appropriating
the ground of the square in which it stands to
the new library building. and If so the Judge
will probably move to the northwest part of the
city
Across the Capital plateau from Fields is
Ben Buffers big stone mansion, which ought to
be worth as much as Blaine's. and which, it is
said, is mortgaged for $4,000. This has fSur
great divisions and is large enough to accomno-
date four families Part of it is rented to the
government and part of it to private prrties.
Senator Palmer. of Michigan, is building a
square, on ground that is worth,
perhaps, So square foot The house
Is an immense brown stone as big as a
college, and it has stable built on to it's back
end. just next to it, on the corner, is the man
sion of Judge Lowery, of New England, a man
who is related In some way to Levy Woodbury.,
the Secretary of the Treasury under Van Buren,,
and afterward Supreme Court Justice. Lowery
Is wealthy, and is a very nice fellow. At the
side of his house he has beautiful lawn, and
Palmer, in building his house, expected to have
the benefit of this for his back windows, includ-
ing his dining room and so forth. With
this in view he finished this part of his house in
pressed brick and put up beautiful bay window
lts
Palmer, as a special favor, to put his stable
somewhere else than on the back Of the house,
saying it would be Offensive to him, and would
injure his view and lot. Palmer, however the
story goes, refused to pay any attention to his
wishes, and made the stable wing to his big
mansion. Now Lowry, to Offset this has built
up q pressed brick wall on the back of his lot as
high, almost as Palmers second-story, COM
pletely shutting off the view from Palmer's din
ing room. and doing more injury to his property
than the value of ten stables"
1.-THE houses belonging to members of Con-
gress are few. Perry Belmont has one for
which he paid 500, 600; William Walter Phelps
has invested some of his millions in Washing
ton real estate, though believe he now lives in
a rented house. Sam Randall has house on
Capital Hill worth perhaps 81, 900, and Hit, of
Illinois, has also a good residence. Judge
Lawrence, of Ohio, has house on Iowa Circle
worth $4,000, and it is one of those,
Bruce owns house on NJ street
worth $4,000. Fred Douglass estate at Union
town, comprising the house and part of the plan
tation of the negro hater, Van Hook is worth
$4,000, and negroes own land all over Washing
ton worth from one cent to S. per square foot
'Somo of the newspaper men also own good
houses here General Boynton, of the Gin
about $4,000; Scott Smith, of the New
York Commercial advertiser, has house
at Ledroit Park worth little more,
and Mckee, of the Associated Press, has a
mansion on Connecticut avenue which is as fine
as any one owned by senator. Mcbride, of
the Cincinnati Enquirer has house on @ street
worth SAC. 000 Jim Young, another newspaper
man, has one of the same value next door, and
Charley Murrays house, which was lately pho
tographed in HaPper's Magazine as one Of the
aesthetic homes of the capital, is worth $13, 900,
and will rent for the interest on $l6,0O