Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-08
LOWER ASSESSMENTS
Some Sample Changes Made by the
Board of Assessors.
PROPERTY IN NORTHWEST SECTION
Pennsylvania Avenue and the Busi-
ness Part Of the City.
UMBER OF APPEAL

AS stated in yesterdays Star, the board
of permanent assessors made its report to
the Commissioners and officially turned
over the books containing the revised es-
sessment of real estate in the District Of
Columbia. The board passed upon 1858
appeals, which represented upward OF 3O,OOO
pieces of property. Heretofore it has been
impossible to even estimate what amount
of reduction has been made by the board.
A cursory examination, however. discloses
the. fact that the reductions are lot as
large as have been anticipated and that
the general reduction all over the city will
not exceed 10 per cent. OF course, this is
an average, for there are many pieces Of
property that have been raised in the as
| sessment. For instance, property around
Lincoln Park has been increased in some
cases from 80 to 100 per cent.
A reporter of The Star today had access
to the books and made the following COM
parison of property in several sections or
the city, which will be OF interest 10 TAX
payers:
At the southeast corner of 10th and +
streets the ground was reduced from ST to
s. per square foot. The Atlantic building
received no reduction on the ground, al
though the building was cut 5000. The
Washington Loan and Trust building mad
sl2 tC SO a foot, while there was no reduc-
Ttion' en- the opposite corner-that is, Ma
Sonic Hall, where the assessment OF $40
per Il OF remains. At the northwest corner
OF 18th and F streets there was no reduc-
ton. and the assessment of 5000 per
square foot stands while the northwest
corner of 18th and F gets a reduction OF
81 per square foot. property now standing
at an assessed valuation of IS per square
foot. There was no change recorded at the
| northeast corner If 18th and F streets. and
there was no reduction in the property oc-
cupied by the E5bitt House. Property at
the northwest corner OF 18th and F streets
was reduced from 81 to $3.50 per square
foot. The northwest corner of 18th and r
streets has not been reduced. nor has the
Moses building the ground occupied by
1t. No change is recorded in the assess
ment of the property at the northeast cor
ner of 14th and F. nor at the southwest
corner Of 18th and F is reduced in its as
sessment OH the ground from SO to $3.50
The property occupied by Woodward &
Lothrop. the northeast corner Of 18th and
streets, remains unchanged: and no re-
ductior is recorded in the property occu-
pied by Riggs Bank at the corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and 18th street.
On G street there are some reductions
noted.
Ground Assessment.
The building occupied by the Paiais
Royal northeast corner Of 18th and G
streets. is not reduced in the assessment
although the ground on which 1t stands is
cut from 81 to Sc per square foot. At the
northwest corner of 10th and G a reduction
of the ground is noted from s. to $3.50 per
square foot; while on the northwest cor
ner of 18th and G reduction from $3.50 to
$3.50 per square foot has been made. The
property at the northeast corner of 18th
and q is assessed at S. per square foot,
reduction of $1.5O from the last assess
mert, and the same reduction is made on
sltI
cupied by the Ohio Bank. No change Is
made in the assessment of $1O.5O per square
foot on the property located at the north
west corner of l4th and G.
Pennsylvania Avenue.
On Pennsylvania avenue there are few re-
auctions. The property occupied by Will
lard's Hotel stands at Sill per square foot.
The new Hotel Raleigh, however. has been
cut in the assessed value of its building
from $4,000 to sGo.OOO. No change is made
in the assessment at the northwest corner
of 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue and
the owners will be obliged to pay taxes on
the basis of 81 per square foot. Improve
ments, however. have been cut 5000.
/ No change Is recorded in the property at
the northeast corner of 10th street and
Pennsylvania avenue, and no change has
been made in the assessment of the Saks
property at the corner of It'll and Market
space. slight reduction has been made
in the property at the northeast corner
of Sth and Market space, and the assess
ment books now value the ground. at 50
per square foot instead of $3.50, as hereto
fore. No change is made in the property
at the corner Of 9TH street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue occupied by Perrys dry
goods house, and the assessment Of SO per
square foot stands.
The Northwest.
A number OF small reductions have been
made in the valuation OF property in the
northwest. few examples will bear out
this statement. The Letter house, opposite
Dupont Circle, has been reduced from 81
to 1915 in the valuation of the ground upon
which 1t stands. Ground on which the
Stewart castle is built is cut from $4.25 to
1915 per square foot, and the valuation of
the house is reduced from $25,OOO to $22O00.
The house occupied by Senator Hale at the
northeast corner of 18th and K remains
unchanged and the assessment of 81 per
square foot stands.
Northeast Section.
In the northeastern section of the city
there has practically been no reduction.
The following properties were selected
examples, and in each instance no reduc-
lions were made. Northwest corner of 18th
and PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast, north
east corner East Capitol and 4th street.
northeast corner Sd and East Capitol
street northeast corner I'd and b southeast,
southwest corner ID and Maryland avenue
northeast, nOTtnedSl OH dIu MARY
land avenue northeast, northeast corner
9th and Maryland avenue northeast.
Few changes are recorded in the south
west Examples, such the southeast
corner of 18th and B southwest and south
east corner It'll and B southeast, remain
unchanged in the assessment Of the ground.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
Vim. H. Barstow and Washington Danen-
hover, trustees, to w. Irving Boswell. lot
SO, SO. S9S; 81, 200. Laura L. Batchelder ct
vir, JOS F., to Harriet w. Davidson, lot
70, 50. 1924; SO. Francis S. Carmody ct