Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-22

and E streets. &C Grammar was assessed
al $lsDo; r. b. Spriggs property, adjoin-
ing on the north. 500; Jonathan Seaver's
property. at the corner of 18th and K
streets. $3.50. and j WINS house Sl.5ou.
on street. On 18th street in the ios
lived Judge w. +. Purcell of the Probate
Court, Mrs. Norris. j. Griffith, tailor and
NJ. Iaporte> printer Mrs. Tuel's and NJ 50
Ann Young's school was on the south side
of f street.
The square north of # street was one in
which Samuel Blodgett was largely inter
ested in. About 1862 the valuation of 10
cents was placed on the ground and In
1870 1t reached Is cents. Among the early
settlers were A. Mcdonald. valuation OF
| land. $50; Joseph Dove. 5000; A. Wilson,
| $500 on lot ), fronting f street; r. Brown,
| $500. and w. Cooking s1,sO0 on lot !.
| corner of 18th street. Through this square
| the small stream came from northwest of
| the corner of and Eth streets. and it is
/ still told that one of those settlers chose
long lot to get the advantage of the stream
to carry off waste material. BY 1890 there
had been considerable Improvement on r
street charged to J. and 1. Stott $500; j.
Dove, Sl.4o0; W. Drake, $500; j. Wilson.
$1,000, and w. A. Bradley at 18th; James
A. Kennedy $3.50 on 18th street and Henry
Ould. teacher OF the Western Public School
$3.50 at the corner o. 18th and @ streets:
L. f. Anderson OF the treasury, 5000, at
the corner of 18th and G streets and Ed
ward Holland of the Senate, $500. and
Mrs. Bowan. $500 on 18th street Robert
and Archibald Brown had a stoneyard
about the middle of the square on 18th
street. In the 30s the improvements were
assessed to ]. Breckenridge, 500 at the
corner of 11th and f streets; T. Dickson.
| $500; ]. and l. Stott, $50, and near the
| corner of 18th street. on + street, Mary
| Grant $500 C. and F. Cammack 5000 on
18th street; Henry Ould. STo0 and So 500
at the corner of 18th and G. streets: c.
Crandali, $500; James a. Kennedy $500;
Shoemaker's heirs. $1,000: r. p Edelin,
500; A. Lindsay, Slgo.- On q street Thomas
F. Anderson lived many years, as also did
James A. and John Kennedy. There were
who kept a boarding house: Jilson Dove,
in like occupation: Mrs. Wells Willard
Drake, who afterward lived on 18th street
between E and F streets; Ezekiel Young.
tailor. and Mrs. Mary Hughes. miliner.
on street
Old German Building.
In 1916 the German Benevolent Society
erected a hall on the west side of 18th
street above F street and. though small. #
became a noted place among members Of
that nationality. Situated on the bed of
the stream, there was little necessity for
digging the basement of the building. At
the corner of f and 11th streets later in
the thsrties was the grocery store Of An
drew Carothers
In the square north between G and II
streets the original valuation of cents was
reduced to cents and the improvements
in 1926 when the valuation had advanced
to cents, were as follows: Susan Baltzer.
$3.50, at northwest corner OF nth and @
streets; c. Buchanon, $3.50 at the corner
of 18th and G streets; Susannah Palmer,
$500 corner 18th and II streets: Eliza
Smith, $3.50, and Mary oNeale. $3.50: VIM.
Lehman, $500, 18th street between r and
G streets. In 1880 additional improvements
were made on property owned by the fol-
lowing: ]. A Wilson. $500; c. LongdOn,
$500 on G street; j. A Wilson. 81. 400: C.
Crandall. $500. and Gen. Van Ness, 500
and $500. On 18th street lived n. p.
Causis, judge of the Orphans Court, and
his son. a clerk: DIR. II. f. Condict J. Dod-
son, Clement Woodward. stove dealer, and
James Lehman and at the corner OF II
street there was erected in the forties St
Pauls Lutheran Church.
In the square north of II street the early
lot holders were ]. Laird. @. Andrews, T..
Fox and T. Farrell, bit in 1880 there had
been but two houses erected, these valued
respectively at 500 and $400. In this dec
ade VIM. Brust owned about the south half
of the square. which he converted into
flower garden and greenhouse Eli Davis,
a well-known shoemaker; George II. Plant,
master bricklayer, and John Wilson, who
had filled every grade in the second office
to commissionership, bought on 18th street
and on ] street erecting houses and living
there from the forties.
Pioneer Settlers.
Mrs. Turton, who kept grocery on nth
street above street; James Minor, clerk.
and E. H. Bates. saddle and harness
maker then of the Auxiliary Guard, and
who is living yet, were the persons OF this
section.
About 1910 the colored Methodsts at
tachesf to the Foundry Church, who had
before worshfped in the galleries, had
their own place OF worship at the corner OF
18th and X streets. The laws then re-
auired the presence of white people In the
assembIages of colored persons, and for a
number of years they were supplied by the
junior preacher appointed to the Foundry
Church, and white class leaders from that
body. Under the name of the Asbury IL
long ago became attached to a conference
of their own color. Today their fine build
ing houses a large congregation.
On the 18th street side of this square
lived w. J. Douglass. painter. and one
or two other persons in frame houses. and
at the corner of ] street lived Mr. George
Seitz in a substantial brick house.
n. Il. Van Zandt lived at the northeast
corner of Massachusetts avenue and 18th
street in a fine frame house. which. remod-
eled. is standing today. and east OF him
were William H. Clampitt. carpenter; Will
lam Pope, then employed on the National
Era. and John r. Nourse, near 18th street.
Thomas b. Griffon. g shoe dealer. lived
on the east side of 18th street between X
and l. streets, and back of him the
Poseys, colored family.
In the forties Jerry Crown. employed at
the Treasury Department, lived on llth
street above L street and later moved
farther out. Robert Farnham. book
seller owned the square north of N street.
living near the corner of 18th street Ar
thur MeIntfre OF the patent office had his
home opposite Farther out there was little.
settlement other than the homes of a few
coiored people in the square north of n
street beyond which was market garden
and cherry orchard known TO the boys as
Cherry Hill.
The home OF Presley Simpson. then q
grocer on tho avenue and superintendent
of the Foundry Sunday school, was at
18th street between @ and II streets At
and 18th streets was the home OF John
r. Smith. clerk Below y street was
Mr.. Kings gallery OF paintings and MrA
e. Malley's boarding house