Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-19

received their journalistic training. The
same year John G. McKelden came FROM
the Patterson bakery on I street neal
10th street. bought lot II, on 7th street, and
established the bakery long conducted un.
der the name OF McKelden & Co. Mrs
Elizabeth Lee the following year bough,
fl Young bought On B street, Ana then DR.:
A. Mcdonald Davis bought on e street.
where he resided for long time. Francis
Fellows Hall in 1889, and long conducted
the hat and cap business there and greatly
improved the property. which is still In the
family, Mr.. w. F. Mattingly having his
law offices there.
There were in the sos on 9Th street Mrs.
Edmonston. Thos. F. Anderson, clerk;
Philip Mauro, auctioneer; VIM. Hewitt. city
register and justice Of the peace; Joseph
titus Edelin,. carpenters; Conrad Schwartz.
draughtsman, Navy Department.; Gen.
Roger Jones, U. 8. A.; z. Collins Lee. law
yer: Ed Mccubbin. barber: John Nelson.
rotary of War: Michael Cation, printer;
John Cation, halter; r. 8. Coke lawyer;
James A. Kennedy, clerk, and Mrs. Rice;
and later Samuel Bacon, grocer: VIM. H.
Campbell. Leonidas Coyle Richard s. Coke
and p. r. Fendall, lawyers: Mrs. Walker
and r. c. Washington.
On 7th street were John Walkers pro-
vision store; Madison Jeffers, carpenter; J.
NJ Washburn, grocers, and Enoch White.
In the '4os there were John Walkers
c0rs Eower sr0 china w ssa1e
after Fowler & Webb Webb & Bev.
eridge. from whom the present firm
Of Dulin & Martin descended: J. w. Berry
christ, grocer: J. c. McKelden's bakery,
Francis Mattingly. halter; Odd Fellows
Hail. Henry Thorn's wood yard. Richard
Tonge, timer, and Miss E. Tonge, dress
dealer; John Wilkins, barber, and j. D.
Evans tailor. at the southeast corner of
7th and E streets, Mrs. Suter occupying
the upper part of the house.
West Side Of 9th Street.
On the west side Of 9th street was the
law Office and residence of Gen. Walter
Jones; at the corner Of d street the old
Hewitt House; adjoining were Gen. Roger
Jones, adjutant general, U. 8. A.; 8. Murray,
Mrs. Cheshire, DR.. ]. r. Piper, Mrs. Mary
Edmonston. Elijah Edmonston, A. o. Day
ton, fifth auditor; T.. F. Anderson, Bailey
Washington and others.
On D street were Mrs. Betsy Handy,
William Martin. constable and afterward
justice Of the peace; ]. 3, Boone. wood
dealer; c. H. Mauck. gunsmith; John T.
Mitchell, halter and long a leading volun-
teer fireman; Mrs. Hughes. Mrs. Hazeltine,
Mrs. L. E. Berry; Capt. James P. Kean
bookbinder. the predecessor of Capt. Tate
as commander Of the Washington Light
Infantry, and Mrs. Cochran's boarding
house, favorite home for printers, where
resided George w. Cochran.
Andrew RothweA in 1s41 bought parts
of lots 10 and 20 for the E Street Baptist
congrega ton, and what for sixty or more
years was the E Street Baptist Church,
representing that faith in the section, was
erected and did service. Last under the
m nj c raj of av Or MI1ir fho
cation migrated to the corner of 10th and
M streets a few years since to a new
edif1ce called the Temple Baptist Church.
The old building with site was purchased
by the knights of Columbus and Is their
hall today.
Site Of Odd Fellows Hall.
The site of Odd Fellows Hall April T. 1s45,
was purchased and deed was made to W.
w. Moore, Washington Lewis, William G.
Deale, John Sessford, jr., William B. Ma
gruder and others on behalf Of the Grand
meetings of Central. Washington, Column
bia, Beacon and Metropolis lodges, and
Columbian and Magenenu encampments
and the grand bodies were being held in the
city hall, in the council chambers and it
was for their use that the hall was project
ed. ,The work was commenced soon there
after. and in the following year the lodges
found permanent lodge rooms as well as
one of the largest halls in the city suitable
for balls. entertainments, &c. From the
hrst IT was popular place, especially for
minstrel shows and panoramas. There Kun
ke!s Serenaders and other troupes per-
formed for weeks.
In the late thirties Mr.. Henry Thorn oc-
cupied several lots about the present site
of Odd Fellows Hall with wood and coal
yard. having his residence on street.
Several lots south were vacant, and in the
Clay-Polk campaign the boys employed on
the 1ntelligencer. with Others utilized them
by erecting a pole and stand, where some
future campaign orators got in the practice
of predicting the country's ruin IL their
candidates failed to be elected
JAMES CROGGON