The Washington critic., 1888-06-25
.nndiciarr Snnnre.

judiciary square.
The City Hall stands on the south front OF
Judiciary Square, one OF the finest parks in
the city. The city jail used to stand on the
northeast corner of the square which runs
from Fifth TO Fourth and from ID 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 sts and from @, nearly TO F
street. II is the largest brick building in
the world and is devoted to the examna-
tion and settlement of claims for pensions.
1t is built of red brick, cost three quarters
Of a million dollars and IN It are employed
over 800 clerks. In the court of this build
ing was given President clevelands Inau
Metropolitan and the Belt Line cars.
The Government Printing OGiee.
The Government Printing Office Is in a north
east direction from the Pension Office, at
the corner OF ii and North Capitol streets.
IL Is by far the largest printing establish.
ment In the world, and is full Of interest TO
visitors. The cost Of running it goes up into
millions annually, and the money Is well
silent. Il would take columns to merely
outline the gigantic establishment which
employs in Its busiest season over 1000
people. II is reacted by the Columbia line
Of cars. Coming back downtown" TO the
business portion OF the city-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
south Of the Avenue bounded by 3 street
on the south, Seventh street on the east
and Ninth street on the west. 1t is q very
handsome market building, oxcelled in
beauty, and probably In size by none in the
world. II IS the cieanest and the best
market in America. North up Seventh
street from here is
The POstOflice Department..
The General Postofice Department is on the
square bounded by e, f., Seventh and
although III, proximity to its larger and
bolder brother, the Patent Office, some-
what obscures It's great size and tends to
is beauty rs tSn bureaus
Dead Letter Office is particularly the one to
be observed. The collection Of curosities
taken from the malls iB transit, as speci
mems Of the uses to which the Nations pos
tai conveyances are put, is both varied and
unique Everything unmailable, from an In.
dian tomahawk to a stuffed kangaroo, is 70
be seen in this collection, and II is still
nected with the main building by q 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 popularly termed, the Patent Of
ice, occupies the two squares between Sey-
enth and Ninth and + and g streets. 1t Is
built in the Doric style, and is an admirable
specimen of the boldest and coldest of the
Greek styles. It contrasts finely with the
General Postofiice, which is Corinthian, the
most ornate of the pure Greek modes OF
architecture. The curiosities Of the Patent
Office are the model rooms, where many
thousands Of ideas have been materialized
and:exhibit themselves to the gaze in every
stage of invention. This building, Is occupied
ernment offices, is open to the visitor from
ga. m to 2 p. m. The libraries of the Interior
Department are well worthy of a visit. The
great inauguration ball at Lincoln's second
term took place In the Patent Oaice.
The Bureau OF Education.
The Bureau of Education is in brick building
due north of the Patent Office. The visitor
with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
fail TO visit this bureau, which contains a
the progress and condition of education
throughout the. world. Thirty.nine cm.
ployes conduct the work of this bureau.i
Masonic Temple.
Westward from the Patent 0nice, across Ninth
street at its intersection with 3
Temple, erected in 1893. This build
ing Is one of the most complete in its ar
rangements Of any building consccrated to
Masonic uses in the country.
FOrd's Ola Theater.
On Tenth street, between 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 1t was converted
about the beginning of the war into a
private box there in April, 1866, 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. 516 Tenth street, commemo-
rates this fact. The theatre.was then seques.
tIated by the Government and turned into
the Medical Museum attached to the Surf
recently been moved to the new building
on the Mall. Coming down Tenth street
the visitor will not fail to inspect the mas
sive and beautiful J. Post Building, in which whhi.c,h
is the largest newspaper establishment
south Of Philadelphia and east OF. the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers; -Four Of the leading
try--two morning. one evening (THE CRITIc)
and one independent Sunday paper-have
their home In this establishment
The Geological Bureau.
The Geological Survey. with Its thirty en-
ployes, In this city, Is located on street,
psat psment sne bUapr 0iaS IMMENSE as i Is is en-
tirely too small for the accommodation OF its
bureaus. two of which, besides the Educa-
tional and Geological Bureaus( Agriculture
and Pension) are located In other quarters
largest under tho Government.
The Louise Home.
The Louise Home is q beautiful building at
the corner OF Massachusetts avenue and
Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle. II has
and is a unique establishment It is a
memorial to the wife and daughter of Mr.
W. W. Corcoran, and Is intended as a home
Tor ladies' Of education, birth and refine
from afluenoe. II has accommodations
for hfty-hve 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 Unit
Versity, which occupies the site of the old
Griswoid mansion, This university was in
corporated as Columbian College In 1921
and is under the special supervision of the
Baptist Church. IL Is an institution famous
for the discipline and thoroughness OF its
instruction.
-. EIizabeth's.
Across the Anacos,a River, due south from
the Navy-Yard, is st. EliZabeth's or the Gov
eInment's Hospital for the Insane. IL lies on
the top of a hill having beautiful view oi
6he thnTsId shuIoandlng country There are Eye
reached by pleasant carriage drive and
also by street-cars from the foot of 9TH st.
The District Jail.
on the reservation which lies Immediately
north OF street southeast and fronts on
the AnaCOstia River Is huge Quadrangulai
pile of red brick known as the District Jail
This building is especially noticeable fol
being tho one wherein the assassin of a
President was hanged; just south of il Is
the City Asylum. II is reached by cab OF
carriage, orion foot from the termination OF
the railway and herdio lines.
The Old Soldiers Home.
The Old Soldiers Home lies about milo be
yond Howard University, out Seventh
.conyeyances, namely thelNinth and Seventh
street car lines. It's main building is OF