Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
GUIDE FORIlS7RANGERS
Identification of Houses and
Public Places.
OF HISTORIC INTEREST
SITES MARKED TOR BENEFIT OF
VISITORS.
Work of the Inauguration Committee
of Which Mr.. W. P. Van Wickle
is the Chairman.

|
is the Chairman.
| The committee on marking historic sites,
| of which Mr.. w. P. Van Wickle is chair
man, has decided on the following points
of historic interest for the coming inaugu-
| raj:
sos D street northwest-Daniel Webster
| resided in this house.
| Northeast corner / and 10Th streets north
west-Senator Simon Cameron, Secretary
of War, 1851 g. resided in this house.
| Vermont avenue between NJ and N streets
| orthwest-Christian Church. President
| Garfield attended services here.
Northeast corner Sd street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue, ST. Charles Hotel-Vice Presi-
| dent Hannibal Hamlin resided in this house.
| 1929 II street near 18th street northwest
| George Bancroft, the historian, resided in
| this house.
Northwest corner of Vermont avenue and
| H street northwest-Senator Charles sum-
| ner of Massachusetts resided in this house.
| Tenth street between E and streets
| northwest-Ford's Theater. In this build
ing President Lincoln was assassinated.
| 1861 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
! Bontgomery Blair, Postmaster General,
| 1861 "a, resided in this house.
| Northwest corner and 9Th streets north
| WeSt-Ch1ef Justice Salmon SUdSe IeSiu-
| ed in this house.
| No 516 10th street northwestern this
| house President Lincoln died April 10, 1865.
| Northwest corner Pennsylvania avenue
and 10Th street-Residence of Presidents
Madison and Monroe during restoration Of
| White House after war of 1872
| Center of south side of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in front of White House-Site of re-
viewing stand before which passed the
armies of the United States in May, 1865.
No. 17l2 H street northwest-Site OF the
house where Admiral Porter resided.
No 1872 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
Site of the house where Gen. Wnneld scout
resided
Northeast corner Rhode Island avenue and
| 18th street northwest-General Sheridan re-
sided in this house.
| Home of Dolly Madison, widow of the
President; later home of Admiral Wilkes;
also headquarters of Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan.
Site of residence of Secretary of State
Seward, in which his life was attempted
| April. 1866: later home of James G. Blaine
No 1923 X street nOrthwest-EdWln M
Stanton, Secretary OF war, reSlded anu oieu
Northeast corner G and 14th streets north
west-Site of Foundry Church, where Presi-
dent Hayes attended, Erected as thank
offering by FoXhall, whose foundry escaped
destruction in the war of ISL
Southwest corner of C and 4th streets
MISUNDERSTANDING Methodist Church
Here Bishop Newman preached. Gen. Grant,
Gen Logan, Secretary Chase and later
President Mckinley attended service.
Foot of 18th street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Gen. Van Ness who married the daugh-
ter of Davy Burns original owner of the
ground now occupied by White House,
Treasury, and State, War and Navy De-
partments. .ft.5era- ~
The Key Mansion.
NJ street near Aqueduct bridge, George
town, Key mansion.-Francis Scott Key,
author of 1.-The Star Spangled Banner re-
sided in this house.
No. 3O51 NJ street northwest, Georgetown
Gold stone Observation-Disclosures of George
Washington in 1791 when surveying the
District of Columbia.
f street between 18th and 18th streets
northwest.-Henry Clay resided in this
house,
New York avenue and 18th street north
west octagon house-Presdent Madison re-
sided here after the burning Of the White
House by the British in 1S14.
East side of 18th street between e and +
streets northwest, near the center of the
square now occupied by the land office
Site of the first telegraph office in the
United States, opened and operated by S.
F. q. Morse in 1874.
No. 30S c street northwest.-Slte of the
home of Francis Scott Key, author of the
Star Spangled Banner"
.
home of Aaron Burr.
No. 900 14th street northwest.-Jefferson
Davis resided in this house
H street and New York avenue.-New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church, where
Presidents John Quincy Adams, Andrew
Jackson, James Buchanan, Abraham Lin
coin and Andrew Johnson attended serv-
ice.
nue. and John Marshall Place.-Site of Mrs.
Peyton's boarding house, where John c.
Calhoun. Henry Clay, Robert Y Hayne and
Henry A. Wise resided
West side of It'll street northwest be-
tween d and E street opposite Odd Eel
lows Hall.-Ste of office of National Era.
in which Uncle Toms Cabin was originally
published, in 1S51-52.
Northwest corner 18th and d streets,
where Harris jewery store stands.-Site of
the office of National Intelligencer.
Northwest corner of I'd street and Mary
land avenue northeast-The place where
the only armed defense was made against
the invasion of the British in 1914.
1925 H street northwest-Site of the Brit
ish legation, where Owen Meredith is said
to have written Lucille"
Southwest corner of Both and Prospect
streets-Mrs. E. d. E. N. Southworth re-
sided and died in this house.
Southeast corner of Maryland avenue and
list street northeast-Site of the old Capitol
building, where President Monroe was in
augurated in 1877.
Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street
northwest (National HoteD-In this build
Ing Henry Clay died on June %, 1852.
Northeast corner of and 18th streets
northwest-Site of the first United States
branch bank
pennsylvania avenue between 9th and
18th streets northwest metropolitan HoteD
The site of Browns Hotel, where Kossuth
and his suite were entertained in 1851.
Soul beast corner of LIST and East Capitol
streets-Site of building occupied as head
quarters by General Ross and Admiral
Cockburn on August "A, 1S14.
Northeast corner of 10Th and G streets
northwestern this site was the home of
Matthew F Maury, tie famous geographer.
NO. $500 Massachusetts avenue north
west-The residence or Vice President
Charles w. Fairbanks
Bryan's Former Home.
No. 131 street southeast-William J.
Bryan resided in this house.
No. 1921 F street northwest-Henry R.
Schoolcraft, the distinguished ethnologist,
lived in this house
northeast corner of New Hampshire ave-
nue. and Corcoran street-Admiral Sampson
lived In this house and died here.
Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street (Na-
tlonal HoteD-Alexander H. Stephens of