Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-01


The Glass Hoa-e village vas the section Of the
city between 2l-t AMI sd streets northwest and
New York a.cHue a@d the river. and occupied
part OF the cd y..lsg" q Hamburg or Funks-
town. Nn.,l extended from about 18th to 23d
streets aHrthNe-'. and from II street northwest
Ia the saves. aGI D. Eov scarcely ever heard Of
except .rl fry be Iwyers who examine land
titles. Among H. different sections Of the city
ths history O.. Glass House village Is UNIQUE.
All the other ser.Iul-. when once started IN The
way OF ia. royr rl.i.t have ksu. ON progrt-s
though 20 mas LIye been -iuNIs in some in =
stances bur the Gl.s- House village surung
~. fOCrI-hed aud ccciI..ci be:OT. most Of the
Other sections L-.I commenced 20 grow. No
one who -ow v.u'.crs around the ueigki,orhooi
and Obsc-E-s tie sg4-4!uT and dilapidatiCn OF
mot Of The irr.'at hpuse-. and the result Of
paAsifaS the c"r-;uoi-- there "a dumping ground
FOR mis,'E u t.c .ef-,s o.: the West End. and
tie i'm isyu@:raL4r tLIca"t- Of weeds and briar-
and thu -;ar-,-snt is ant mar-he. Norld ever
suspect Ia; .l--- oi4cc existed there 4 village
a. thrifty aay - he same size IN Seg E,z
land. and n sweet sad lOvclv a. the poet :
dream lsc' sucL. he sass. l. the fact and the
conviction = s.4t4r... That II she received the
molsiing influences % her lie there and sh-
did ,aca ftcsr nIEst have been some very
good people here. aud the place must have
had some stru,.I claim. % at.rucryeues-
When she was ,Al!d there was
bank There wls re marsh where since kav,
evolved the kilsCll rasai1ws. now r.i.-d ~
high and Dr. land by the government. but all
the wav from the river bank across 10 III. yir-
ginia shove cl-n- water. and the river az
tended Ike lake .-u.u Auulo-;an Island 20 The
Lons bridge he Long b-iige causeway had
not then been bulk IL wus a beautiful sbea,
Of water. Aunt Frances s.ss tia. on rno,nii,,I,
nights the vleS Wa en-hautirg a. the hrbt
rhintneTcd and parked over the broad sx
ranse- she m.y have some romantic reason
for remembering IT. APP eNraace bv rnoolhrh,
but have never t"i' lac teasiug h.r about ii; {
At shat time the g.l!- aud meadow, in tba,
vicinity were still in their natural ,harc 90
beauty. Very Hide street. cutting had lasn
done and the LII slopes were a. rouni "a
clean A. = We.i-eropped pasture. The cows ard
geese were The efficient lawn mower. of tbar
time and tney wandered Ab1a! at pleasure. with
ont fear Of the rcCndrl.,er That o.;rer -
his establishmen; II that neichborbo,d -
but MS creation had not then been so much A.
proPhesied
CAMP HILL.
Just 10 the west u the ilIage and e.psei.liv
s.r-iful was Camp mn. soeaIird Lgcar.4 81
- we're oGmped there dgrIly In. ~ =,
49, : ad there wee tho ruins OF a Tor, a.. =,
.,me soIsks<--' graves there. In has - -.
aid Observatory I'LL. 1t va, y. 49,, oe 80,
smooth rs though arsi1cialy graded "a -.
turf wss As green 10 was ever seen In The Fme-.
I'D Isle Itself.
on 90 the north could be seen the sca,,erod
houses Of the FIRST ward. among them tn. Pi.sS
anton mansion. To the northeast acros. ~.
smoosh green cOr.-ions. could be seen al,
President > house and 20 TRyloe mansion oh,
octnxoa house. with scarce = house to brraj
the view. 10 The southeast could be seen M.
. Cxpitol and the arsenal he Washington moan
ment lad not been commenced and the smith
souian Institution hal lot been buil:) To tn,
east, aad much nearer (as, across a narroy
valley trayersed by little creek that cam
from the direction o: Pennsylvania avenue ant
lxth street and catered the river at the Glas
House, near the foot Of 2lst street, and acros