The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
HOMES TO VUR HEROES
WHAT AMERICANS HAVE DONE
PREVIOUS Two THE DEWEY
GIFT
PEOPLE ALWAYS GENEROUS
Gems. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Lo-
gan, Hancock and Miles Were
Presented With Residences by
Friends and Admirers-,The House
That Was Given to Grant Was
Later Purchased for Sherman.

| WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. 19.-The
! house that is to be given to Admiral
| Dewey is not the first presented by adj
| miring friends to officers of the army
and navy, there having been several
| such by way of precedent: but 1t Is the
| first that has ever been subscribed to by
| the country at large and under govern
ment auspices. The first house present.
| ed to an officer of the army was given
| to Gen. Grant by his enthusiastic and
admiring friends upon his coming to
| Washington at the close Of the war
| This house is situated on the north side
| of I street, between Second and Third
| streets northwest, and although forty
| years have passed since it was built is
still a fine mansion. plain but decidedly
| dignif1ed and substantial The entire
block bounded by I and l. and Second
| and Third streets, was bought by Sena-
tors Stephen a. Douglass of Illinois, and
| Rice, of Wisconsin, with Vice President
Breckenridge. Upon the eastern portion
| of this block, facing on l street, they
| built their three spacious houses, but
| before they were completed war was de-
ciared, and Vice President Breckenridge
! departed abruptly for the South, to as
sumo at a later period the vice presi-
dency of the confederacy, leaving his
| house on the hands Of the contractor,
| who roofed it, laid floors, and put in
! doors and windows and rented it for a
hospital during the war to the govern
| ment At the close of the war the
house was properly finished, and COM
| y,iito inc
Grant bought it and the adjoining lawn,
measuring 115x315 feet, for the sum of
$4,000 and presented it, suitably fur
nished, to Gen. Grant, who occupied it
until his Inauguration as president in
| 1869, when he removed to the White
| horse.
When the houses wer1 built the neigh
bcrhcod was decidedly aristocratic, but
with the departure of Cen. Grant II
rapidly lost it's prestige, the center of
executive mansion. The neighborhood,
still thoroughly good, is quite outside
the boundaries of the social world of to-
| day
When, upon the accession of Gen. Grant
! to the presidency, Gen. Sherman took
| command of the army, some New York
friends bought of Gen. Grant the house
| luIIliSIlSQ, lOI 9Oo,VJp u'ip III CSciitCu II "
| Gen Sherman who occupied 1t until
1874, when the headquarters of the army
vas moved to ST. Louis where a fine
house was given to him by the citizens.
Sherman then sold the Washington
house to Mr.. Matthew G. Emery, who
/ now occupies it. During the time that
Gen. Sherman owr7ed 1T he practically
divided the house ffltoi two and built a
| new entrance to the wsStern side. After
| the property passed into the hands of
| Mr.. Emery he completed the division,
| and the eastern half isirented to pri-
vate family. The house contained orig
| inalIy about thirty arooms. The corner,
or eastern, house, btiiltlby Senator Doug
| las, and for some time)occupied by him,
| is now used By Mgr. 'Martinelli as a