Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
Some of the Residents.

at the corner or and l2tn streets, ana ne
and his son conducted business here half
century or more
Some of the Residents.
Some of the people of the locality in the
first quarter of the last century were the
Fenwicks who lived on the south side OF
F street. Robert. the father being an en-
ploye of the patent Office and r. w. a son,
employed in the Bank of the Metropol S.
Thomas H. ellis a chief clerk lived OPP
posite. as did Samuel w. Handy a halter.
Jake Dixon. then known as the trainer of
Dr. Thorntons race horses. kept a grocery
on the south side of L street, and Major
n. Tastet, long of the General Post Office,
and 7. j. Sutherland, department mes
senger, We're neighbors.
on 10th street going north were Luke
Gardner, dyer; Mrs. V. Moore. Mrs Nc
Gonigle, who kept tavern; r. w Hinton,
a tailor. and John Goddard. shoemaker,
south OF street John Chapman, brick
layer; Lyman II. Cobb constable, lived
between E and F streets; G. Andrew. a
clerk, at the corner of G street: John
waters, market master, ETC.; Edward
DiggS, constable, and M Kerr printer be-
tween and H streets
On 18th street northward from the ave-
nue. were Thomas Given. carpenter: Jonas
Keller. instrument maker; Chas. Lyons, G.
Crandall. d. Hudson. carpenters south OF
e street: III. Burdick, Thomas Gibbons
carpenters; s. Goddard, hackman: F. Ly-
dock, grocer; Henry Smith master builder:
mary Nevitt, south of F street: John Nc
Leod. school teacher. south of G street;
Z. II. Boston, clerk; Mrs. Mary Barron
south of H street.
In the forties there were on d street
woodward d Kings stove and hardware
store Robt. w Dyer's auction house at
10th street, and j. C. McGuire's bookbind-
cry, Bragdon & Twombly's lace store, J.
x. Boyd's upholstery, P. Simpsons grocery;
I. McArdle, matchmaker and jeweler; X.
Farnham's book store, corner of nth street :
Benz. Romans, claim agent and auctioneer
Miss Ross. dressmaker.
On street were John McClelland's ma
cnine shop, at the corner of 10th street :;
Martin johnson. clerk; 7. E. Williams,
grocer; Miss Lenox
On street DR.. Howard, at the corner
of 18th street; VIM B. Todd halter; w D.
Crumpsey, halter; C. G. Klopfer, shoe
maker; L. III. ellis, clerk; Mrs. Hauptman,
baker.
Residence of Postmaster General
On G street were Cave johnson, Postmast-
er General; James Cadin a clerk, and Lewis
Johnson, banker, the latter at 18th street
corner.
On the corner of 18th and H streets lived
VIM. Mann in the west house of the row,
and on H street were Columbus Mcleod
school teacher; r. P. Anderson, John Reilly
agent; Richard France VIM. Cleary. and on
grocery
North of New York avenue in I street
were Ayers grocery, Mrs. Hungerford's
boarding house, Mrs. Pickrell, the Oldest
settler OF that section; George Seitz. bak-
er; A. Gartrell, butcher; w. w. Goddard,
Waterman; James Thompson, grocer, the
latter at 10th and K streets.
James Ferry, bricklayer, and T. Langley
lived on l. street near gravel bank
North of l. street Samson Simms a
Georgetown builder, erected row of
frame houses about 1s45, taking up his
residence here. Oscar Alexander print
er, and T. H. Alexander, bricklayer, were
among his first tenants. NJ. r. Combs
grocer; w. j. Douglas, painter; j. r.
Kisner, F. Neff, shoemaker; George Won
derlehr, stonemason; r. Bridget. coach
maker ]. Haupt, stonecutter; Nicholas
Snyder, blacksmith; John Shiek. carpenter,
for paving.
Northward from the avenue on 10th street
were George M. Phillips, general agent; D.
S.. Porter, painter; w. H. Moore, Joseph
Martin, cabinet-maker; George McDuel
matchmaker; ]. s. Harvey, wood yard w.
Dougherty, marble yard; Mrs. Bronaugh's
boarding house, r. Brown, carpenter;
James Wright, barber, and Mrs. Gregory,
music; r. w. Brown carpenter: William
Greer, printer; Mrs. c. Lansdale. ulilliner,
south of street. Richard Lay of the city
post Office, F. Klopfer of Attorney Generals
Office, between f and G streets.
John Waters, market master was at this
time still at his old residence and Benjamin
Williamson, L. j. Mudd. carpenters; M.
Sardo, grocer, between G and H streets.
North of l street were John Warden, Column
bus Denham, bookbinder, and Josiah Mel
vim, printer
On the east side of 18th street north of
the avenue was the residence of d. Haupt-
man, who had his timing shop in the base
ment: w. Harris, carpenter; William M.
Cripps, opposite his cabinet shop, south OF
E street. Mrs. Merica, Capt. ]. A. Blake
and Ferdinand Jefferson, printers; r. Law
renee, William Orme, a grocer; Mrs. Rumpf,
Mrs. d. Simms. grocer; c. Wineburger, ba-
kerr and Mrs Stewart, dealer in furniture
at street. were among the residents above
that street North of Dr. Howard's, in the
Mcleod houses, were Leonard Adams and
James Greenwich, Miss Julien. a teacher,
and in the square above, north of Lewis
Johnson's, at G street. lived Richard and
Charles Burgess, claim agents; Walter
Stewart B. Wiflett, Mrs Butler, boarding
house; d, Knipple shoemaker: c. j. Fisher,
harness and trunk maker, and one or two
others. JAMES CROGGON-