The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
jHE DEWEY HOUSE.
'oMES TO HIM AS A MATTER
OF CUSTOM.
omasu Given to Military Heroes-Grant,
nxA~wnn. Sheridan, Logan, Hancock
x anrtfNs Were Presented with Resi-
x-.nn. ~ Friends and Admirers.
Washington letter.

washington letter.
The house that is 10 be given to Ad-
sfral Dewey is not the first presented
admiring friends to officers of the
NV and navy, there having been sew
ii such By way of precedent; but
IL the FIRST that has ever been sub
b rihsd to BIZ the country at large and
,dar 9overnment auspices. The first
,,1se presented to an officer of the
Inv Was given to Gen. Grant by his
a1fhusiastic and admiring friends upon
NJ coming to Washington at the close
h fhe war. This house is situated on
i north Side of | street, between
Jcor1d ana Third streets, northwest,
i, d although forty years have passed
M Ice ii was built is still a fine man
Ma. plain. but decidedly dignified
i substantial. The entire block
j, .unded BY and X and Second and
ira streets vas bought by Senators
! sphen A. Douglas of Illinois, and
!, Ice of WISCONSIN,, with Vice-President
!. eckinridge. Upon the eastern por-
h OF this block, facing on l street,
~ built there three spacious houses,
~ before they were completed war
declared, and Vice-President
eckinridge departed abruptly for the
wv lth. to assume at a later period the
@ e-presidency of the C~onfederacy,
nA wing his house On the hands of the
who rooted it in, laid floors,
'lAt nut In doors and windows, and
Q ted 1t for a hospital during the wal
cls the government. At the close OF
wal the house was properly fin
enti "a and a committee representing
perm friends of Gen. Grant bought it
ehg the adjoining lawn, measuring
ulIag315 feet, for the sun of 5000,
tod presented it, suitably furnished, to
Daaaa. Grant, who occupied it until his
aguratIon as president in 1869,
abJn he removed to the white house.
:. Then the houses were built the
g1sshborhood was decidedly aristo-
Tie 10, but with the departure of Gen.
+ grgnt 1t rapidly lost its prestige, the
nt d. Ter of fashionable life moving
nens Ter to the executive mansion. The
hat h hborhood, still thoroughly good,
ute outside the boundaries of the
.kror b world of today.
.a,o,, hen, upon the accession of Gen.
at to the presidency. Gen. Sherman
l. H command of the army, some New
o.r. friends bought of Gen. Grant the
/, q, d. furnished, for $65, 600 and pre-
ad 1t to Gen. Sherman, who occu-
It until 1874, when the headquar-
Of the army was moved to St.
s' where a fine house was given
{ " . m hy the citizens. Sherman then
The Washington house to Mr..
u Wa hew @ Emery, who now occupies
y. NDuring the time that Gen. Sher-
nyap; owned IT he practically divided
lite co., house into two and built a new
ne pn nee to the western side. After
b lA property passed into the hands of
gF4EHery he completed the division,
the eastern half is rented to a
: THE te family. The house contained
aally about thirty rooms. The
ng u 7, or eastern, house, built by Sen
lily ID Douglas, and for some time oc-
TIE d by him, is now used by Mgr.
lea, PEI 1ell1 as a Catholic Apostolic le-
and p. The house in New York city
we ba ex-President Grant made his
would after his famous tour of the
an il1 was also the gift of friends.
some fund for the benefit of Gen. Grant
into ti managed by the late Mr.. Frank
you'd Of New York City, and amount
Ike war S250,o00 The house was pur-
81 out OF this fund, and for some
lies, Bit like 100000. Gen, Grant lived
osity. Until his departure for Mount Nc
,ording 7 where he died. Mrs. Grant
and he house some little time after
mart daok up her residence in Wash
with her daughter, Mrs. Sar-
The last and most costly home
~ to Gen. Grant was the tomb in
" aide Park. his final resting place,
about $500, 600.
TGNov. ], 1883, Gen. Philip Sheri-
az ssufned Command of the army
TSASs moved with his family from Chi
VA 70 Washington. The gallant
NV had many warm friends in