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

| Eliot, the father of Mrs. John G.. Rives, and
short distance south of that, at about
| the center of the west front of the square,
| in the eos, Charles Goldsboro, the father
| OF Admiral Louis Goldsboro made his home
in a large two-story and attic frame stand
ing back from the street, in wide lawn
| and garden grounds. He had previously
or did subsequently live in a double two
| story brick standing on the river bank, a
| little west of 18th street. This last named
| house was afterward the home of John
| Boyle chief clerk in the Navy Depart
ment; he also had son Gunius) in the
navy.
Old Marking Stones.
Twenty-fourth street, which commenced
at E opposite the center of the north line
! of reservation (old observatory grounds),
| had not a single house on it from E to K.
All was open commons. None of the streets
! were then even marked out, except by the
gneiss corner stones placed at the angles
under the supervision of the engineers who
intelgenty skillfuly and tasteful
the building lines, and those at the
| southeast corners of squares were
| roughly but distinctly lettered with the
| name of the streets and, think, the num-
| Der of the square. Flagstones of the same
material were placed at intersection of
lines running diagonally across the streets,
| having the grade at that point cut in deep
| figures on their upper surface, which was
| sunk a little below the natural lay Of the
ground. l remember just here that 1 am in
| error as to the marking of streets. G was
| in use from 18th to the river, and its sur
| face, though not fully graded, was for a
| width Of about twenty feet covered with
a coat of gravel to give a solid bed for
teams hauling the freestone and gness
| in no triln ion Of he prnc ;Inot %
| house The material was landed at the G
| street wharf and delivered at the site of
| the building on straight haul of about
| one mile. Twenty-second street was in like
manner graveled to accommodate teams
| hauling to and from the glass manufac-
| tory then in operation at the extreme south
end of this street. The promoters and di-
| rectors of this factory were the brothers
| leading active business Of the early
| city, of whom more will be said when we
| reach Pennsylvania avenue at 9th street,
| where they had large interests. little
| north of G street between oath and 25th
| there were extensive brick-making works
! operated by William Diggs, ST., for several
| years, and great many millions of supe-
| rior quality were turned out from this
plant.
Twenty-third street, like Oath, was house
| less. Not single structure existed on it's
| entire line from K to the river.
Twenty-Second street had no houses on 1t
until the vicinity of c was reached, and
| there only two or three small tenements.
The Smithy.
| On Dist street, on the southeast corner Of
| I, there was a brick blacksmith shop, a
| pretty large structure, where a man named
| Hunt was constantly busy, as there were
quite large number of carriages, wagons
carts and saddle horses kept in the near
| neighborhood which needed his attention
| At the southwest corner of 21st and H Dr.
| Thomas Sim erected early in the 20's q
| tbree-story dwelling, with brick Office in
| the rear on H; they are still there. There
were no houses south of that until F street
| was reached, and there at the southeast
| corner Of F and 21st, in a large two-story
| double pebble-dashed brick, Col. Freeman
| of the army or marine corps made his
| home. On the west side of 21st, some fifty
| feet south of the corner, Stephen Peason-
| ton lived, his second son, the late General
| James Augustus Pleasonton 1--WE used TO
| call him "Gust'O was Western Academy
| boy along between 1917 and 1922. There
! were no other buildings down to the terni-
| nus of 21st at the river.
Twentieth street had at it's southeast cor
| ner the first house tn the William Waters
| row, on the southwest corner Christian
| and Matthew Hines were always busy in
| the grocery trade in a two-story frame
| building; across the way Mr.. Blomley, a
| collector, was at home in a two-story
| avenue and H street. There were no other
| buildings on either side until the northwest
! corner of F was reached, and there in
| large two-story brick lived Mr.. Ramsey
| the father and grandfather of the men Of
| that name conspicuous in the army and
| navy.
Old Residents.
| Across F, back forty or fifty feet from
| twentieth, in two-story brick Joseph For
rest lived. He was for some years auditor
| Of our court. Commodore French Forrest
was his eldest son; his second and third
1
| Academy boys. Bladen. his fourth SON.
| died in Georgetown a few years since
| Charles was son, whom / had forgotten
| South of Mr.. Forrest there were two frame
houses, the names OF the occupants Of
| which 1 now fail to recall, At the north
| east corner of L and 10th Mrs Hanley
| kept a school for small boys, and here
Monroe and James Forrest, Madison and
| Thomas Cults, James A. Pleasanton one
of the Ramseys. John Lenthall, myself and
| a number of other five, six and seven-year-
| old lads got our first school teaching That
was along in 1915. 1916 and 1917, or per
! haps a year or two earlier. This school
| house Is still standing and In good condi-
| ton but much higher above ground than
| in the early days. owing to a great reduc-
| ton in street grades. What was the cell
/ lar when I knew 1t Is now a neat brick
| basement used as store. On the west
| side of Goth, between Z and New York
avenue, Mr.. John Lovejoy had his home in
a very neat two-story frame The late DR..
Lovejoy was his grandson. 1 knew his
| grandfather and brother well. They were
| both in government employ. The foregoing
enumeration of goth street houses coysrs
all there were on this street from Penu-
| sylvania avenue down to the river In the
| first two decades of the last century.
Nineteenth street at the avenue corner
| had a two-story brick dwelling and store.
| in use by a family named Davis. and mid.
| way between that and street two-story
pebble-dashed brick dwelling was the home
1 of Mr.. Mclntire, whose sons. Samuel and
Lyle, were Western Academy pupils, In