The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-07

fortune out Of the Cincinnati Eaou,,.r
They have made another fortune ont =,
washington property, and the houses and
lots which they own here would / ventur.
sell Tor more than 100000 under the
hammer. WIG
speaking OF owners of Washington prop
erty. Mrs. Blaine pays taxes on over 800
w worth, and the estate of the late Mrs.
fatton, the wife of the California million
are. Is assessed at more than q quarter of
million. George Bancroft has $50 900 of
washington real estate, and BENJAMIN r.
butter pays taxes on about 1922 900 worth.
sice-President Morton mas somewhere
near hall q million dollars worth of
washington property, and he has added 10
the vaiue OF his possessions during the past
year oy building an addition to the Shore.
nam. The Shoreham fats cost him about
quarter OF . million. He paid more than
xiU,ooo for the house which he bought of
Telephone Bell. and he put about SOS. 600
more in improvements on il. Ii must
nave cost small fortune to furnish il. and
mis- Washington expenses will, doubt not.
eat up twice his salary every year.
Postmaster-General Wanamaker rents.
Every one knows that he has the old FIRE.
hnghuysen mansion which Mrs. Secretary
whitney made so famous by her entertain.
ments. He has improved this considerably
and the pictures which be has hung upon
the walls are alone worth more than
hundred thousand dollars. Speaking of
hnely furnished houses see every afternoon
ouriy. thick-set looking man with a great
beard standing out on all sides OF his face.
he walks about the suburbs with a pretty
little girl holding on to his hand and he
looks more like an EngIishman than an
American. His name Is Levi Letter
and he Is big Chicago millien-
aire who pays Blame $4,000 a
year for the rent of his house.
He has this house fitted out regardless of
expense, and he lives like prince. Near
the mansion of Mr.. Letter is that of Sem
ator Hearst. This q the old home which
Fairchild occupied when he was secretary
OF the treasury, but which Mrs. Hearst has
remodeled, and which is now one OF the
finest houses in Washington. It cost as
much TO tx it over as 1t would have cost to
build new house, and it contains one of
the most costly bathrooms in the city.
Another very expensive house is that of
Senator Sawyer. 1t is built of brown
stone, and Sawyer made it for his dauEh-
ter, who personally supervised the
greater part of its decoration. Many
OF its walls are papered with
the finest of satin. The frescoing
is done by artists, and have heard enthu-
siastic young girls say that 1t was poem
in stone and mortar. Back of Sawyer's on
the hill is the big brownstone castle In
which ex-senator Henderson, of Missouri,
lives. This will be thrown open this win
ter. and some of the finest entertainments
OF the season will probably be given in it.
1t looks more like medieval castle than q
modern residence, and it has one OF the
finest views in the United States Stand
ing on its piazzas you can see for miles
down the Potomac. Ali Washington lies
before you, and across the river on the
Virginia hills you can see the Greek col
umns of the house in which General Rob-
ert Z. Lee lived at Arlington.
A number of fine houses are being built
on the hills about Washington City. Pro-
lessor G. Brown Goode has big frame
house overlooking the Geological park, and
Professor Riley, of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, has built fine brick structure on
the edge of the Rock creek valley. Gardi-
ner Hubbard, the father -in-law of Tele-
phone Bell and one of the richest men here
has an immense country seat which Presi-
dent Cleveland owned. and further out still
there is another big house. owned by Gen.
eral Drum. Mrs. Logan's house, on the
heights above Washington, increases in
value every day. 1t cost about SIC. 900, but it
is certainly worth $100.000 now and it will be
worth more. Mrs. Logan is making some
Improvements upon it and it is already one
OF the most home-like and comfortable
places about Washington. just back of it,
built in hollow and on lot far too small
for it, is one of the biggest houses in the
United States, and one of the most magni-
ticent houses in Washington. 1t is the
Washington home of DIR. Hammond, q
great red stone and brick mansion of per-
haps fifty rooms. 1t is, / am told, beauti-
fully decorated and luxuriously furnished.
but it is so located it does not show Tor
hall what 1t cost, and it will never sell for
what it is worth.
drove this afternoon along Massachu-
sets avenue and took look at some of
| the famous houses of that fashionable
| street. Chief Justice Fuller lives in the
house which Senator Van Wyck built. 1t
| is a big three-story brick, and it has enough
DeuTOOmS 50 tudt caCH VI tuC Shiei JUS
| tees eight daughters could have q room
| to herself and leave enough guest cham
| bers 10 spare. 1t has magnificent parlors
and fine library, and the dining-room is
| one of the largest at the capital. Further
! on is the new home of Frances Hodgson
| Burnett, which she got at a bargain not
| long ago for SIS. 600, and in the same block
| is the house which Senator Cullom built
| In the next block Secretary Window lives.
| His house is a big brownstone thirty
| four feet front 1t is only few
| years old and think Mr.. Window is the
first occupant In entering it. you come
| into a wide hall, on one side OF which is the
! library and on the other a reception room.
| The dinlng-room is very large and well
| lighted. One side of il is oval, and it is
| finished out in quartered red oak. The
| library is finished in San Domingo ma
| hoganv, and the furnishings of the whole
| house are magnificent Just across the
| way from this house is the home of Mrs.
| Justice Miller which will probably be sold,
| now that her husband has died leaving her
| in comparatively destitute circumstances,
| and Just above WINDOWS is o plain red
brick in which Justice Lamar lives.
Senator Henderson Is living this winter
| in very comfortable house near SCOTS
| circle 1t is big red brick just above the
home OF Mrs. General Sheridan. A great
| zeal of taste has been displayed in the fur
| nishing of it. and the dining-room has
many elegant pieces OF cd mahogany.
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