The Washington critic., 1889-03-02

Corcoran, and is intended as q home for
ladies ofaeducation and birth and refinement,
who have been reduced to poverty from af-
1uence.
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
versity, which occupies the site Of the old
Griswold Mansion. This university was in
corporated as Columbian college In 1921,
and 10 under the special supervision Of the
Baptist Church. 1t is an institution famous
for the discipline and thorouRhness OF Its
instruction.
The Postofce Department.
The General Postofice Department is on the
square bounded by Il, Il, Seventh and Eighth
streets. IL Is handsome building, although
| its proximity to Its larger and bolder brother,
the Patent Office. somewhat obsoures Its great
size and tends to lessen Its beauty. Its differ
ent bureaus possesses great interest to the
visitor. but the Dead Letter ONCE Is particu.
| larly the one to be observed. Tho collection
| Of euriositos taken from the mails In transit,
as specimens Of the uses to whichtho Nations
| postal conveyances are put, Is both varied
| and unique. Everything unmailable, from an
Indian tomahawk to a stuffed kangaroo, Is to
be seen In this collection, and II Is still grow
Ing.
| or as II ~ popularity termed, tho Patent oilce,
| occupies the two squares between Seventh and
| Ninth and II and G streets. II Is built In the
Dorlc style, and is an admirable speci.
men Of the boldest and coldest Of
| the Greek styles. II contrasts finely
with the General Postofice, which is Corin-
THAN, the most ornate of the pure Greek
modes Of architecture. The curiosities Of the
Patent offlce are the model rooms, where
many thousands Of ideas have been mate.
rialized and exhibit themselves TO the gaze in
every stage Of invention. This building, like
most Of the Government Offices, is open to the
| visitor from a. m. to 2 D. m. The libraries
| OF the Interior Department are well worthy
| OF visit. The great Inauguration ball at
| Linooln's second term took place in the
| Patent ONCE.
Masonic Temple.
Westward from the Patent ofloe across
| Ninth street. at its intersection with y street,
| is the handsome Masonic Temple. erected In
| 1868. This building Ia one Of the most COM
| plete in Its arrangements Of any building con-
| secrated to Masonic uses In the country.
The Bureau of Education.
| lut Durthu VI huuChtiOu 10 III u DflCh Duitu-
| ing due north of the Patent Office. The 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 through
| out the world.
Medical Museum.
~he large brick building on Tenth street,
between L and streets, with q plastered
| 'front.' painted brown, was once Baptist
| church. II was converted about the begin.
| ming of the war into o theatre, known the
| country over as Fprd's, and II was In O private
box there in April, 1896. 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, commentaries this
| fact. The theatre was then sequestrated by
| the Government and turned into the Medical
Museum attached to the Surgeon Generals
| Office. A large and handsome building has
since been erected in the Smithsonian Park,
| just east of tho National Museum, which is
| now used for the Medical Museum. II Ia full
| Of interesting surgical relies Of the war, and
has the largest medical library In the world
| Among the curosities within its walls Is the
articulated skeleton Of Guiteau, the assassin
| Of President Garfield. Coming down Tenth
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visitor will not fail to inspect the massive and
beautiful Post Building, In which Is situated
the Office of THE Carrie This is the largest
| newspaper establishment south of Philadel-
| phia and east Of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. Three or the leading and most influ-
| entail journals In the country-one morning,
| one evening (THE Critic and one indepen-
dent Sunday paper-have their home in this
establishment.
The Geological Bureau.
The Geological Survey is located on street,
| near the Ebbitt House. Tho Interior Depart
| ment building, immense as It IS, Is entirely
| too small for the accommodation Of It's bu-
| reaus, two of which, besides the Educational
| and Geological Bureaus agriculture and PEN
| sion) are located In other quarters These
two last bureaus are among the largest under
| the Government.
The Centre Market.
| The Centre Market occupies squares south
| Of the Avenue, bounded by d st. on the south,
| Seventh street on the east and Ninth street on
west. 1t is very handsome market building,
| excelled In beauty, and probably in size, by
none In the world. It 10 tho eleanest and
the best, while also the cheapest market In
The District Buildings.
Tho visitor, after leaving the Centre Mar
ket,.will proceed down the Avenue to First
street and northward MP that street two
squares will come to the District building,
where are the offices OF the Commissioners
and other officials Of the District.
| The City Hall.
Due north of the Avenue and closing mp
Fourand-a-haif street at that point Ia the
| City Hail. This Is o large and commodious
building, built for use rather than show, and
now occupied by the District Courts. Just In
| front and to the south Of the City Hall is q
I column OF white stone, surmounted by O mar
bic figure Of Lincoln.
Judiciary Square.
| The City Hall stands on the south front Of
| Judiciary Square, one Of the finest parks 10
the city. The City Jail used TO stand on the
| northeast corner Of the square, which runs
| from Fifth TO Fourth and FROM d street and
| Louisiana avenue to g street--three long, full
| squares.
The Pension Ofhce.
| The new Pension building extends nearly
| the entire width Of Judiciary Square, from
| Fourth to Fifth streets and from @, nearly to
| F street. tits by far the largest building In
| the world devoted to the examination and
settlement Of claims for pensions. It is built
OF red brick, and cost several hundred thou
shnd dollars. In IL was gwen Presldent CleVe-
lands Inauguration Ball. II can bo reached
by the Metropolitan and Belt Line cars.
st Elizabeth's.
| Across the Anaoosta River, due south from
the Navy-Yard, is st. Rllzabeth's, or the Gov
efnment's Hospital for the Insane. II lies on
the top Of a hill, having a beautiful view OF
the surrounding country. There are over one
thousand patientsi in hisasylum. It Is reached
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