Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-12

the next square south between H and G
streets there was, and l think still is, a
two-story brick dwelling, at one time the
property of the late Samuel Stott. 1t was
built before Mr.. Stott came to this coun-
try from his English home, but 1 now for
get the name of it's first owner, though 1
have an impression that it was MI.
Stretch. On the other side of the street
was the orchard and wheat lot of Sammy
Brooks, an English Quaker, a relative OF
Stott s.. His dwelling was on G street Mr..
Brooks orchard covered nearly half the
square bounded by G, H, 18th and 10Th
streets. Continuing south on the east side
OF 18th, to the center of the next square.
we are in front of three handsome two
story brick dwellings, the tenant Of one Of
them being a Mr.. Steiner. Who occupied the
others l can't now remember. 1 am able
to recall Mr.. Steiner because his son Henry
was schoolmate. Opposite this block
there had been erected TWO handsome brick
two-story dwellings by John Lenthall, the
father of the naval constructor of that
Lenthall, ST., was killed at the Capitol by
the collapse of the first arch built over the
old Supreme Court room,
On 18th and 18th Streets.
From the Lenthall houses down to the
river there were no improvements of any
kind, and we now enter on 18th street.
At the intersection of this street with
pennsylvania avenue. in two-story frame,
DR.. Lyle lived. His business place was
in Georgetown, at the southwest corner of
Bridge and High Streets now M and SD
, streets. Here he conducted the drug bust
ness, and with him the late DR.. William
Gunton learned that business. A little
south of the Lyle residence there was a
tWo-Story brick, which was for many years
the home of the Barcley family. At the
northeast corner of G and 18th streets Mr..
TschiHely, ST., was at home. He was the
grandfather of our druggist of today. Di-
agonally across the two streets DIR. Ely
made his home and Office in a two-story
and basement brick house. These, with the
exception of Col John Tayloe's large
dwelling and it's accessories, were all the
improvements on 18th street from Pennsyl-
Vania avenue to the river.
On 18th street at the avenue corner there
was a plain two-story brick dwelling, and
from there to the river there were but
four other structures. The first of these
was large dwelling at the corner Of New
York avenue, where Abram Bradley. the
father of the late Joseph N. Bradley lived.
Mr.. Bradley, ST., was assistant postmaster
general. South of this. in two-story
brick between C and D, Mr.. Johnson lived
He was in public office. The next house
below was that of Capt. Thomas Carberry
one of the mayors of Washington. His
dwelling, two-story and basement brick,
is yet standing. South of the Carberry
house, a short distance north of B street.
there was large three-story stone grist
mill, which was torn down seventy years
ago. One or two hundred feet northwest Of
this was the frame dwelling of the noted
Davy Burns, one of the original propr!e-
tors of the land upon which our city Is
built.
A Successful Applicant.
The large two-story and basement dou-
BILE brick dwelling at the southwest corner
of F and 18th was erected along in the '3Os
by Gen. Nathan Towson Of the army. His
cousin, the late Capt Thomas Towson, for
merly of Baltimore and later of Stafford
county, Va, and who was associated with
Gen. Stewart in the construction of the Bal
timore Washington monument, told me of
an interesting incident In the life Of Gen.
Towson. He said they were both engaged
in the erection of a house in Baltimore
county when the war with England was
declared In 1872 and that his cousin had
been seeking an appointment in the army.
News came while they were putting up
partition that his application for a lieu
tenancy was successful. At that moment
he had a Ratchet in hand and, elated by
his success, he forcibly drove the tool into
the studding. with the exclamation, Stick
there until l send for your
And this reminds me that in descriptions
of the occupants of houses on K 1 omitted
to state that Gen. Towson. before build
ing his 18th street house, lived in the one
on X adjoining that occupied by MeSsrs.
Baker and Antrobus, British consuls, and
that east of Rufus Eliot his brother Rich
ard was located on K. His son Jared L.
was chaplain on Capt. Wilks' ship at the
time of the circumnayigation of the globe.
Another son. Edward g. Eliot, held a COM
mission as paymaster in the army and died
of Panama fever while on his way to his
post in Oregon. In this square fronting
on K also lived George Mcdaniel, uncle
and father-in-1aw of the late DR.. John N
Bayne of Oxon Hill, who was surgeon in
the army during the civil war. w. W. B.