Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-09
HOMES OF STATESMEN.
SSnasortal Mansions and Con-
gressionaI Palaces.
TIE Fortaaes uhieh Szkl1allf Legislators
B4ss Invested la isriek saa Mortar -
SAs Cidy a " SEALING xtea--D~~lI
ia<s % s~@srstssr ass-

about - 49, 50, ssrs erected Ia " as1iDz-
toa last ysar FINE residences are going
ap al oFss the clty aRi 4 is fass becoming
tas custom for pubic uaan 10 osn rs
oWu house la " ssAingtou- 0ae II to
leading real -stats agents here Is my
Authority taF fns following estimate u t1s
homes 0f some r the lesiiag msn 0l ths
Nation 81 alue's house cost ssl 80, aud
10 rents FOR ten pei cent GA sI50 sl9. Don
Canerol's Big house "a Sc0ts circle IS
worth s-l,lao. 2nd Il Is lne II the finest
finished houses Ia W ashihgton- Wlniom's
house iastScross the way ~hieh cost him
AIS place Ia the senate, Is worth So 90
aud ought 20 rent for good interest On
that amount. feBtietoa's house Just above
Cameron's cost 81. 80 ~ bQild. and is nov
worth -, 80, aud the hig brick Of Sscrs-
tary Robson NJ ca adjoLns it Is valued At
twice this sum. Bell. ths telephone man,
a - lives On scott circle. tie paid slI5, 90
for his aonss And stable, aat Is one u the
most valuable properties IN Washington.
Omar - C0nger has house on NJ street.
yIs5 ~ u Thomas circle, which Mrs. Con-
ger bought at a oargain- She gave 50 90
for it. lt vas built Dy pawnbrOker. and
st -, saDuid say, worth t~ies - much as
lt cost. Mrs. Dahlgfeu, the wife OF the
Admiral, has mansion looking out toward
tne Thomas statue worth SO, 90, and Just
across the way. ia a brown-stone house.
on the corner. which fs certainly worth
80 90, lives Poker Bob Schenck
Sh-rilan's house Is worth about 80, 900.
sunset Cox has the prsttiest little house
in Washington, made OF green stone, aud
this bis wife bought for $1,000; and SEN
ator Allison. Of Iowa, has brick, painted
white, Just opposite the Portland flats.
which will bring any day SIS 0oO under the
hammer. John Sherman's house on K
steet Is worth at least 900. He bought
the ground for a song when Franklin
Park, which 10 faces, was cow pasture
aud a ball ground, and his friends laughed
at the idea Of it ever being woreh great
amount. Now suppose YOU could not buy
vacant ground there. il there were any, for
less than ten dollars a square foot, and the
best houses OF the capital are all around Il.
sherman also owns much other real estate
about the city. he is far. seeing and
would make a fine real-estate man"
what is W. w Corcoran's house
worth"
II lies, you know, just across from the
White House. and includes whole square
OF ground. Ii could not be bought at any
I price. bat suppose it 70 be worth $4,000
at least \ little further up on II street
/ Bancroft, the old historian, lives in a S35,-
/ 0oO house OF painted brick, and cata-
cOrnered across the way is the home
| OF John McLean's father -in-law, Gen
/ eral Beale, worth / should say so 600
/ The McLeans own a great deal OF Wash
/ inZtOn real estate John lately paid out
| $4,000 for the Holmeai Cemetery lot above
/ Blaine's, and be will divide il up into lots
and sell 10. Washington Mclean, Johns
/ father, owns = house on one OF the best
/ corners OF l street worth several times the
/ salary OF the Chief Justice OF the United
/ States. and be has just bought Dan Sickles'
T old house near the White House, for,
think, So ,000. Speaking of the Supreme
/ Court, the rsel-estate man continued !:
/ Waite owns house on II street worth
5000, Miller's house is worth $4,000.
Matthews has home on the corner Of |
and Eighteenth streets, which is asstheti-
csIly built aud would bring, | should say,
SO 0OO Ii Is in the heart of the best sec
tion OF the capital. and its back windows
look into thereception-r rooms OF the British
Legation mansion. Judge Field has big
brick house, modelled out OF one Of the
buildings across from the Capitol which
used % be prison, and this IL worth about
$4,000. There Is talk Of apprOpriating the
ground OF the square in which it stands to
the new library building, and If 40 the
Judge will probably move 70 the northwest
part of the city"
Across the capital plateau from Fields
IL Ben Buffers big stone mansion. which
ought 70 be worth "a much as Blaine's,
and which, it is said. u mortgaged FOR
-. 900. This has four great divisions. and
IS large enough TO Accommodate four fam
dies. Part of it is rented to the Govern
ment and part 20 private parties.
Senator Palmer. II Michigan, il building
house on X street. facing Mcpherson
square. on ground that is " nth perhaps
eight dollars square foot. The house IL
an immenss brown stone, as big "a a coll
lsge. ami o nas a St BE tuilt on 70 It's hacs
end. Just next 20 it ~ ths corner is th,
mansion of Judge Lowry, u New En-
gland. n man who u related in some way
7 to Levi Woodbury.. the Secretary II the
Treasury under Van Buren, and after.
ward Supreme Court Justice. Lowry n
wsslthy and i very nice fellow. At the
side of his house he has a beautiful lawn
and Palmer. IN building his house. expect
FL 20 have The benefit of this for his bach
windows. incluiing his dining-room. etc
With this in view he finished this part o
his nouse in pressed brick snd put mp I
+ beautiful bay window on The Fifteenth
street siie of it. Lowry asked Palmer =,
special favor 70 put his stabl- somewhsr'
else than oo the back Of his house
saving it would be offensive 20 him ans
would injure his view and lot Palmer
however. The storv goes. refused 70 paI
any attention so his wishes. and made tn
stable wing OF his big msnion. Nov
Lowry - offset this has bulls up pressed
tricx vail On The back u his lot "a hi zh
aifsost. a. Pslmsr's second story. com
pietsiy shutting of the view from Palmer
diniug-room and doing more injury - hi
property than the vslus ~ zen stables"
The houses belonging ~ members q
! Congress are few Perry Belmont ms on
: fer which he pai5 81 80. William " alte