Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-07
HOMES OF STATESMEN.
SENATORIAL MANSIONS AND CON-
GReSSIONAL PALACES.
Dwellings Inhabited by the SOtables Of
the CapitaI-NaIue of the Various
Mansion-- Homes of Jour
naIi>tiC Individuals

Thirteen hundred new 1uiIuInEs. worth
abOut - % a. .Oba. were erected IN " ash
ingIun last year Fine residences are
gong up all over the city. and II Is fast
becoming the custom for - public man To
own his own house IN Washington one
of the leading real estate agents here l.
my authority tor the following estimate Of
the homes of some OF the caduT men OF
the nation blaine house cost SJu. 900.
and IL rents for 10 Icr cent. on $50, ,OOJ.
bon Cameron big Louise on Scott circle
is worth $50 200, AMI it is one Of the finest
finished houses in Washington Window ;
house. Just across the way, which cost
him his place i'll the senate. is worth $50
900. and ought to rent for a good interest
on that amount. Prndlctou's house
Just above Camcrous cost $1,000 to
build. and i now worth 500 OOO. and the
big brick cf ccrrtary lObcsOn which ad,
oius il Is valued at twice tins sum Bell,
the telephone man. also lives on Scott
circle lie paid >llj. 600 for his house
and stable and il is one of the most valu
able properties in Washington Omar u.
(unger has house on VI street. luSt of
of Thomas circle, VIII Ch Mrs onger
bought at u bargain She gave $50 UOJ
for it 1t was hui,t by pawubrokcr. and
il is | should say. worth twice AS much
rs it cost Mrs Dahlgrcn. the wife of
the admiral has mansion Looking out
toward the Thorn Is statue worth 500, 900.
and lust across the way. in brown stone
house, on the corner which is certainly
worth so, 900. lives Poker Bob SchenCk
Sheridan'S house i worth about :; u 900
Sunset , on has the prCttiest little house IL
Washington. made oi green stone, and
this his wife bought for 100000. and sen
ator Allison of Iowa has brick, painted
white. JuSt opposite the Portland tats
which will bring any day Sl5, 600 under
the hammer. aohn Shcrmans house on
X street is worth al least $50, 600. He
bought the ground for song when Frank
lin park winch il farc> was COW pas
ture and a ball ground. and his friends
laughed at the idea of il ever being worth
great amount Now | suppose YOU
could not buy vacant ground there if
there were any, for less than $40 5, uare
foot. and the best houses of the capital are
all around it,
w W. Corcorans house lies Just
across from the White House
and includes whole square of
ground 1t could not be brought at
any price but suppose it 10 be worth
$50. 600 at least \ little further up on
II street Bancroft, the old hiStOr an. lives
in a $50, Ou0 house of painted brick, and
CataCOrneTcd across the WAY is the home
Of John Nc cans tather-in law, Gen
Beale worth. ! should say, 10000. The
McLeans own a great deal of " Washington
real estate " ashIngtOn Mclean, Johns
father. owns a house ON one of the
best corners of street worth sew
eral times the salary of the chief
ustice of the nitcd States. and
he has Just bought Dan Sickles' old
house near the " hltc House, for think.
50 900 Speaking OF the supreme court,
the real estate man continued, Waite
owns a house on Ii street worth So 600
Miller house is worth $40, 600 Matthews
had home on the corner OF ! and hight
eeuth streets. which is HsthctiCally built
and would bring. | should say, S6J. 600
1t is in the heart of the best section of the
capital, and lis back windows look into
the reCeptIOn-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 to be
prison and this is worth about SIC, 900.
Across the capital plateau from Fields
is Ben Buffers big stone mansion. which
ought 10 be worth As much as BIaine,.
and viii, h it is said. is mortgaged for
N,UN' LIS has lOll great INlSlOIS,
and is enough TO accommodate four
families. Part of Il i rented TO the gov
ernment and part TO private parties
Senator almer, of Michigan is build
ing a house on X street. facing MCPher-
son square, on ground that is worth per.
haps s. square foot. The house is an
immense brown stone as big as a college,
and il ha, stable built on to its back
end Just next 10 il on the corner is the
mansion of Jude Lowry, Of New Eng
land, man who is related in some way 10
Levy Wood .ury. At the side of his house
he has beautiful lawn. AMI Palmer in
building his house expected to have the
benefit OF this for his back windows, in
Cluding his dining room, etc. " it'll this
in view he finished this part of his house
in pressed brisk and put up a beautiful
bav-wiEduw on the Fifteenth street side
OF it. LOwry asked Palmer as a special
favor 10 put his stable somewhere else
than on the back of the house saving it
would be offensive to him and would in
ure his view and lot aImer. however
the story goes refused to pay any a;ten.
tion to his wishes and made the stable u
wing of his mansion Now owry TO
offset this has built up pressed brick
wall on the back of his lot as high, al
most, as ialmers 5 second story com.
plctely shutting oil the view from Hal
mcrS dining room and doing more niury
to his property than the value of ten
stables
The houses belonging 10 members of
congress are few. Perry Belmont has one
for which he paid SO 900. William Wal
ter Phelps has invested some of his mil
lions in W ashlngtOn real estate though |
believe he now lives i'll rented house
sam Randall has a home on Capitol hill
worth perhaps = coo. and Hit. of Illinois.
has also n good residence Judge Law
renee. of Ohio. has house on Iowa circle
worth 10000, and it is one of those.
think, which Grant built Senator Bruce
owns house on VI street worth 500
Fred Douglass estate at UnOntOwn. com.
prSing the house and part of the planta
ton of the negro hater Van Hook is
worth Sl0. UOo. and negroes own land all
over Washington worth from cent to s.
per square foot
some OF the newspaper men also own
good houses here zen. Boynton Of The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, has
home worth about Si4. 600. Scott smith.
of The New \ Ork commercial Advertiser,
has hou,e at ledroit park worth a little
more, and Mckee. of the Associated
Press, has IA mansion on Connecticut
avenue. which i aS { ne as any one owned
by senator. Mcbride of The Cincinnati
inquirer, has a house on z street worth
SO. 90. i'm Oung. another newspaper
man. has one Of the same value next door.
and haricy Murray house. which was
lately photographed in Harpcr's Maga
zine "a one of the aesthetic homes of the
capital, l. worth Sl3 coo, and will rent