The Washington critic., 1888-06-21
The Ponce mo,um.n,


signed by Admiral Porter in honor Of the
dead soldiers and sailors OF the late war,
~ is of marble and cost, with pedestal and
platform $4,000. IL Is proposed to remoye
northwest section.
The GARFIELD statue
The Garfield Statue, which was unveiled May
12, 1885, is situated at the intersection Of
Maryland avenue and First street, and Is
regarded by It's famous sculptor, Mr. j. q.
A.. Ward, as one of his most successful
achievements.
The District Buildings.
The District. Buildings, In which are located
the various departments of the District
Government, are situated on First street,
two squares north of the Peace Monument.
The edihce is handsome four.story brick
and repays visit, having been admirably
reconstructed for It's present uses. Pass
ing from here up First street and Indiana
avenue the visitor will come TO
The City Hail.
This is;a large and commodlous building, at
the head Of Four.and.a-Half street, built
for use rather than show, ami now occu
pied by the District courts. Just in front
s6 sDG to the n ,sSis south Of the City Hal Is
marble figure OF Lincoln, executed by Mr..
Flannery.
judiciary square.
The City Hall stands on the south front OF
judiciary Square. one Of the finest parks in
northeast corner of the square which runs
from Fifth TO Fourth and from d street and
and Louisiana avenue to @ street-three
long full squares.
The Pension once.
The new Pension Building extends nearly the
entire width OF Judiciary Square. from
Fourth to Fifth SITS. and from q, nearly TO +
street. IT is the largest brick. building in
the world and Is devoted TO the examlna-
tion and settlement of claims for pensions.
II Is built OF red brick, cost three quarters
OF a million dollars and in IL are employed
over !, 800 clerks. In the court of this build
ing was given President Cleveand's Inau
gnration Ball II can be reached by the
Metropolitan and the Belt Line cars.
The Government Printing ONCE.
The Government Printing onice is in n north.
east direction from the Pension Onice, at
the corner OF II and North Capitol streets.
| II Is by far the largest printing establish
ment In the world, and IS full OF interest 70
| visitors. The cost of running 1t goes mp into
millions annually, and the money is we'll
sIent. II would take columns TO merely
| outline the gigantic establishment whi, b
| employs In Its busiest season over 2.fJO
| people. II Is reached by the Columb.s. line
Of cars. Coming back downtown" to the
| City Postofiice, which Is at the heart of the
| business portion of the oity-on Louisiana
| avenue, Jus east OF busy Seventh street.
the. visitor will find across Seventh street
and on the south side of Pennsylvania ave,
| The Centre Market.
The Centre Market occupies the squares
l ID
on the south, Seventh street on the east
| and Ninth street on the west. 1t Is very
| handsome market building, exoelled in
beauty, and probably In size by none In the
world. IL Is the cieanest and the best
market In America. North up Seventh
street from here Is
The Postonice Department..
The General Postof1ce Department is on the
Eighth streets. II Is handsome building,
although its proximity to Its larger and
69lder brother, the Patent Office, some.
sssn rs beauty s sF' its SnTea9S
possess great interest to the visitor, but the
Dead Letter Office is particularly the one to
be @ observed; @ The collection 9i curlosties
mems of the uses to which the Nations pos
tai conveyances are put, is both varied and
dian tomahawk to stuffed kangaroo, Is to
be seen In this collection, and IL Is still
growing. -, Across Eighth street and con-
neete@d @ With the, the main r,5, building by g bridge
| money.order business. Seven hundred and
sixty clerks are employed In the two build
ings.
The Interior Department,
or, as 1t is popularity termed, the Patent OF
enth and Ninth and + and q streets. IL Is
built In the Doric style, and is an admirable
specimen of the boldest and coldest Of the
Greek styles. II contrasts finely with the
| General 'Postoffice, which Is Cornthian the
most ornate of the pure Greek modes OF
architecture. The .curiosities of the Patent
ONCE are the model rooms, where many
thousands of ideas have been materialized
andsexhibt themselves to the gaze In every
stage of invention. This building is occupied
byover 1900 clerks, and like most of the Gov
ernment Offices, is open to the visitor from
ga. m to p. m. The libraries Of the Interior
Department are well worthy, ola visit. The
great Inauguration ball at Lincoln's second
| term took place In the Patent Office.
| The Rureau Of E0ucatIau.
The Bureau of Education Is in brick building
| due north of the Patent Office. Tho visitor
| with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
| fail to visit this bureau, which contains a
| complete collection of objects illustrating
| the progress and condition of education
throughout the: world. Thirty-nine cm.
ployes conduct the work of this bureau.l
Masonic Temple.
| Westward from the Patent ONCE across Ninth
street at its intersection with F
Temple, erected in 1858. This build
ing IS one of the most complete in its, ar
rangemeRts of any building consecrated to
Masonic uses in the country.
FOrd's Ola Theater.
On Tenth street, between and F, round the
corner westward from Masonic Temple, Is
the STRUCTURE which became famous as
'Ford's Theater. This building was once
| prominent Baptist Church. II was converted
| about the beginning of the war into a
theatre known as Fords, and It was in
private box there In April, 1865, that John
| Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln. The
latter was carried to house, just opposite,
where he died. A marble tablet in front Of
the house, No. SIG Tenth street, commemo-
rates this fact. The theatre.was then seques.
trated by the Government and turned into
the Medical Museum attached to the Surl
geon- Generals office. The Museum has but
ON the Mall. Coming down Tenth street
the visitor will not fail TO inspect the mas
sive and beautiful Post Building, in which
Is situated S.d the oiice0f THE cR,TICi This
south Of Philadelphia and east Of. the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers: Four of the leading
and most influential journals IN the coun,
and one independent Sunday paper-have
their home In this establishment
The Geological Bureau.
| The Geological Survey. with its thirty en-
ployes; In M this city Is located on street,
| partment building, immense as IL is, is en-
trely too small for the accommodation of its
bureaus, two OF which, besides the. Educa-
and Pension) are located in other quarters
These two last bureaus are among the
| largest under the Government.
The Louise Home.
| The Louise Home Ia beautiful building at
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
| Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle. IL has
extensive grounds, beautifully embellished,
and is unique establishment. IL Is a
memorial to the wife and daughter Of Mr..
| W. W. Corcoran and is intended as home
for ladies of education, birth and refine
ment, who have been reduced to poverty
from afiluence. IL has accommodations
for tfty-iive inmates.
The Columbian University.
Coming down Fifteenth street from the Louise
| Home, at the corner of Fifteenth and IL
streets, the visitor sees the Columbian Uni.
| Versity which occupies the site of the old
Griswold mansion. This university was in
corporated as Columbian College In 1891,
and Is under the special supervision of the
Baptist Church. IL Is an institution famous
| the 1igpinliua and tlorOuOhnasQ Of ifS