Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10

family for years on the corner of nth and
3 streets Subsequently he bought some
OF the adjoining property. and his son.
John, . well-known carpenter Of his day.
erected home there and became his life
long neighbor.
In the next adjoining square Isaac Pol
lock was. early interested, and house
owned by George Boyd appears to have
been on the corner Of f street about 1913.
In 1913 Mr.. Thomas Carbury bought the
corner lot and erected a fine house which
was for many years prominent building,
especially In the twenties when Mr.. Car
bury was the mayor of the city. Mr. Car
bury subsequently added several lots to
his holdings and beautified his grounds
In 1921 John Quincy Adams bought ground
fronting 18th street. on which he erected
q fine brick residence, one OF the first peb-
ble-dashed structures In the District. which
was occupied by the Peabody family for n
long period and was standing TIL few
years ago. The ground, in the beginning
valued at to cents, had not advanced to
10 cents In 1880. when Mr. Marbury's house
was valued at 500 and Mr.. Adams at
&1.e0o
The home of Davy Burns was in the Of
fetal plan designated as square south Of
square Tia, and it's initial value was to
cents per foot. His cottage was valued at
$1,000. This was near the mouth of the
Tfber creek. afterward the canal, and about
the foot of nth street there was the wharf
and warehouse referred to as having been
converted into a cocoonery.
Where Davy Burns Died.
1t was here that Burns died. and from
which his daughter. Marcia, married Gen.
Van Ness sin 1902. The couple first lived
In D street. west OF 18th street. going in
1916 to the fine mansion erected on the
home place by Mr.. James Hoban.
This mansion for years bore an assessed
value of $4,000. Mrs Van Ness died in
1872 and the general died in the forties.
nj 1Y1h ar nf fla ALA ~,aI
IN charge of caretaker. In 1859 Mr..
Thomas E. Green, a prominent Virginian
and son-in-law Of Father Richie, pur-
chased 1t and afterward disposed of a por-
ton of 1t to w. d. Norris Later. for a
Time. 1t was pleasure garden. but now the
place Is the home of George Washington
formerly the Columbia) University
West Of 18th street and south of F street
the ground was listed at cents per foot.
In 1880 there was listed a $50 building In
the name OF A. Reinhart near the corner
OF 18th and e streets: 500 building
sessed to VIM Harrison on 10Th street south
of street. and one assessed at $500 in
the name Of John Lenthalrs heirs on F
east OF 18th street.
In this square, in 1875 most of the lots
on and 18th streets had passed from
David Burns to Maria Martini and in 1900
lots s. . and 10 on 10th street to p. r.
Conrad and w. Harrison. In 1901 John
the following year P. Barton Key had lots
on E street and 18th street, and A. Rein
hard the corner of 18th and E streets.
In 1904 Benz. Mackall had lot on 18th
and z streets and c. Mentz one on 18th
street. In the twenties several lots, in
Guiding the corner Of 18th and street be-
came the property of Mrs. Margaret M.
Meade.
Land Was Cheap Here.
South OF street Isaac Pollak and Mrs.
Ann Brodeau were interested. as was Sam
uel Miller. Three cents per foot for ground
was the valuation in 1902, ard Mr. Miller
than had a house at the corner of 10Th
and E streets, facing what is now Rawlins'
square. This was valued at but $50, but
twenty years afterward no property was
listed here. The ground had been assessed
for thirty years at 8 cents
The square south was rated at but
cents per foot and was long bare of i'm
provement, as were the squares toward the
river. The assessment was from 10
cents per fot
In the square between 10th, 10th, f and q
streets, John Lenthall, in 1900 owned the
corner of and Doth streets, and later
Henry M. Steiner bought part of this prop
erty In the thirties Lenthall's heirs had
at 81, 500 on this lot: Edward Simms owned
q $4,000 house on street east of 10Th
street, and r. Harrison an $500 building
west.
chased a lot before 1900. and afterward
Samuel Brook and ]. L. Edwards were on
this square. In the property south the
ground was valued at but cents. ana
there was but one building upon 1t in the
thirties, Thomas Thorpe owning $500
house on 10Th street south of New York
avenue In the forties Thomas s, Bingney
lived on 18th street.
The squares south of the one discussed
were rated at but 1 cent per foot
In the square known as 104. between e,
r, Goth and 21st streets. the ground was
rated at but cents per foot in 1902.
Coll rfr,tr
John Alexander, 500 on Z street; w. Har-
rison, $40 on 21st street; e. w. Colds
borough, 81, O90 on Goth street; w. McCreery,
81 600 on same; s. Terrell, same, and j.
Knapp 81, 600. In 1880 c. Freeman was as
sessed 500 on street and 81 600 on 21st
street; ]. Forrest, 81 800 on 10th street and
$3.50 on street, and E. Stott, $1,000 on
same.
The ground assessment was 4 and .
cents
South the inhabitants of Hamburg were
in evidence from the names in the old
deeds-Jacob Funk Caspar Lown, G. Haiti
stur, b. Spryker and others. Some of the
first purchasers were e. B. Caldwell, clerk
OF United States Supreme Court, and ]. M.
Varnum and Samuel Burcbe appear as
lessees. In the thirties ]. l.. Thompson paid
on a S4OO property, lessee, and j. A.
Wilson on 81 200. Much of the property in
the two squares south came from Jacob
Funk. and the valuation was but cents
per foot In 1880 s. Snowden paid on 500
improvements and John Duff on $3.50.
Prior to 1900 the square between list ana
22d street south of G street passed from
Jacob Funk's hands, and Samuel Miller paid
on $50 improvements. In the square next
south Morris and Nicholson were largely In
terested, but many of the lands were soon
in the hands Of settlers. Stephen Pleasanton
purchased lot IL on 21st and F streets. when
he was assessed 5000 for improvements In
1880 Mr. Pleasanton was paying on S45o0
and Thomas Sandeford on $780, on the cor
ner of 22d and F streets.
In the triangular squares south In 1'94
jay Thompson owned lots at 22d and Il
street In the square between New York
avenue and e street, and west of 2lst