The Washington critic., 1888-06-19
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northwest section.
The 6nrneId statue
The Garfield Statue, which was unveiled May
12, 1887, Is situated at the ersestion of
Maryland avenue and First street, and Is
regarded by its 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 ,edihco is handsome four.story brick
a In which oS popsS are eTpoyss;G
reconstructed for Its present uses. Pass
ing from here up First etrect and Indiana
avenue the visitor will come to
The City Hail.
This is;a large and oommodious building, at
the head Of urand .a-IIalf street, built
for use rather than show, and now oocu.
pied by the District courts. just in front
and to tho south Of the City Hall is a
column of white stone surmounted by a
marble figure Of Lincoln, executed by Mr..
Flannery.
judiciary square.
The City Hall stands on the south front Of
Judiciary Square, one OF the,hDest parks In
northeast corner OF the square which runs
from Fifth to Fourth and from d street and
and Louisiana avenue TO q 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-
ton and settlement of claims for pensions.
IL Is built OF red brick, cost three quarters
of a million dollars and in II are employed
over 800 clerks. In the court Of this build
Ing was given President Cleveland's Inau
guration, Ball. II can be reached by the
Metropolitan and the Belt Line cars
The Government Printing Onice.
The Government Printing Office Is In north
east direction from the Pension Office, at
the corner OF II and North Capitol streets.
IL Is by far the largest printing establish.
nnent in the world, and IS full Of interest to
visitors. The cost OF running IL goes up into
millions annually, and the money Is well
spent. II would take columns TO merely
outline the gigantic establishment which
employs in Its busiest season over 1000
Of cars. Coming back downtown" TO the
City Postoflice, which is at the heart of the
business portion of the city-on louisiana
the visitor will fnd across Seventh street
and on the south side of Pennsylvania ave.
The Centre Market.
Tho Centre Market occupies the squares
south OF the Avenue bounded by D street
on the south, Seventh street on the east
handsome market building, excelled In
beauty, and probably in size by none in the
world. II is the cleanest and the best
market in America. North up Seventh
street from here Is
The Postofiice Department.
The General Postoflce Department Is on the
square bounded by E, II, Seventh and
Eighth streets. 1t Is handsome building,
bolder brother, the Patent Office, some-
what obscures Its great size and tends to
lessen Its beauty. Its different bureaus
possess great interest to the visitor, but the
Dead Letter Office is particularly the one to
be observed. The collection of curloslties
taken from the malls In transit, as speci-
tai conveyances are put, Is both varied and
unique. Everything unmailable, from an In
dian tomahawk to stuffed kangaroo, Is to
be seen In this collection, and 1t is still
growing. -. Across Eighth street and con-
nected with the main building by bridge
is large brick building devoted TO the
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
nee, occupies the two squares between Sey-
enth and Ninth and II and @ streets. 1t is
specimen of the boldest and coldest of the
Greek styles. 1t contrasts finely with the
General Postofice, which is Cerinthian, the
architecture. The curiosities Of the Patent
Ohlce are the model rooms, where many
thousands Of Ideas have been materialized
stsee bs iHe n
byoyer 800 clerks, and like most of the Gov
ernment offices, Is open to the visitor from
ga. m to 2p. m. The libraries Of the Interior
Department are well worthy of visit The
great inauguration ball at Lincoln's second
term took place In the Patent Office.
The Bureau or Education.
The Bureau Of Education Is In brick building
due north OF the Patent Office. The visitor
with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
fall to visit this bureau, which contains
complete collection of objects illustrating
he progress and conditon Of education
ployes conduct the worlSof this bureau.i
Masonic Temple.
Westward from the Patent Onice, across Ninth
street at Its intersection with +
street, is the handsome Masonic
ing Is one Of the most complete In its ar
rangements of any building consecrated to
Masonic uses In the country.
IL EOrd's Ola Theater.
on Tenth street, between L and +, round the
corner westward from Masonic Temple, is
the structure which BECAME famous as
''Ford's Theater. This building was once a
prominent Baptist Church. It was converted
about the beginning of the war into a
private box there In April, 1865, that John
Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln. Tho
latter latter vas carr carried to house, Just opposite;
the house, No. SIG Tenth street, commemo
rates this fact. The theatrewas then seques
trated by the Government and turned into
geon-G Generals Office. The Museum has but
recently been moved to the new building
on the Mall. Coming down Tenth street
the visitor will not fail TO inspect the mas
Is situated the office:of THE CRITIo. This
Is the largest newspaper establishment
south of philadelphia and east Of the Ohio
and most influential journals in the coun,
try-two morning, one evening (THE CRITIo)
and one Independent Sunday paper-haye
their home In this establishment.
The Geological Bureau.
The Geological Survey, with Its thirty en-
near the Ebbitt House. The Interior De.
partment building. immense as II Is, is en-.
tirely too small for the accommodation of its
tional and Geological Bureaus(A Agriculture
and Pension) are located In other quarters
These two last bureaus are among the
largest under the Government.
The Louise Home.
The Louise Home Is q beautiful building at
the corner OF Massachusetts avenue and
Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle. 1t has
extensive grounds, beautifully embellished,
ana y unique tSss a6a It
W. ". Corcoran, and is intended as home
for ladies Of education, birth and refine
ment, who have been reduced TO poverty
from aftiuenoe. IL has accommodations
for ifty-fve inmates.
The Columbian University,
Coming down Fifteenth street from the Louise
Home, at the corner OF Fifteenth and II
streets, the visitor sees the Columbian Uni
Yersity, which occupies the site OF the old
Griswold mansion. This university was in
corporated as Columbian College in 1921,
and Is under the special supervision of the
Baptist Church. 1t Is an institution famous
for, The, discipline and thoroughness Of its
instruction.
~. Elizabeth's.
Across the Anaoostla River, due south from
the Navy-Yard, Is st. Elzabeth's or the Gov