Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26

QuiT6Q b nome on StQ street dDOul 4cASO,
and the family lived there for years.
Later the corner Of 9th and F streets was
held in trust by Mr.. Nourse for Mrs. Rob
ert Mills, and William p. Elliot owned the
White, Ulysses Ward. Joseph Radcliffe and
Frodoardo Howard in 1887 held the proper
ty for the Methodist Protestant Church.
now the Maccabee Temple.
Charles Williams of New York bought the
southwest corner Of this square, lots to
8. in 1924, and it was he who improved
them by the erection OF what In later years
has borne the name Of Buzzards' Roost. 1t
was for many years a fine boarding house,
conducted by Mrs. Ross, and here Capt.
Isaac Ross, long a deputy marshal. engaged
in the shoe business for some years.
w. 7. Steiger, long connected with the
land Office in 1888, was largely interested
near the corner OF. F and 9Th streets, which
became the patent agents settlement
In square No. 431, between D, E, 1th and
9Th streets. prior to 1900. lots were owned
by r. Kidd, ]. r. Dermott. Thomas Law,
A. Mccormick and Lund Washington. The
only improvements made in the first decade
OF the century appear to have been those
Of William Duane. on lot Il. street: west
of 7th street, assessed at LOCO; Mr.. Keyne,
$500, and Charles Dent, $50 on 7th street.
By 1920 the ground valuation had risen
from to 10, in some instances, to 30 cents,
and the improvements were showing up.
ligencer. directly fronting the post office.
was the greatest in that neighborhood. 1t
was fine mansion, which, like that OF his
associate, Mr.. Gales, was political as Weai
as social center.
During the palmy days of the paper few
If any Of the leading men of the day failed
to appear at the home Of one of the other
when in the city. An entertainment was
given by Mr.. Seaton to Gen. Lafayette on
his visit here in 1925, and Gen. Harrison.
the elder, was Mr. and Mrs. Seaton's guest
before his Inauguration. The house was
erected about 1918, and was valued at $4,000.
hon hot ffynn hQ
Ger, born in the Ten buildings, on New Jer-
sey avenue, in 1900, was located opposite
the Metropolitan, from about 1909, where
the types and presses were wrecked an, ana
the library burned by the British, in 1914,
came into its lifelong home. This was the
Office erected for 1t on lots and 2, extend
ing half the length of the square on u
street. 1t was two-story brick pulolng
fronting on 7th street, which later mad an
addition on D street, and here some OF the
leading men Of the nation and city worked
as writers and printers; Simon cameron
among them.
with Joe Gales and Col Seaton in the
sanctum, Maj. Thomas Donoho in the bust
ness offices, George M. Grouard In charge
of the composing room, in which frequently
were severai members OF the corporatlon'
and a spirit of brotherhood over the whole,
it is regarded as no wonder the paper sus-
tanned it's high character.
About 1916 at the corner of f street, inc
tavern of Richard Hendley was estabnsneo
in a neat two-story dwelling house when
was distinguished by being always palnteo
a bright yellow. While few will remember
it under the original name thereon many
can recall it as Gibsons kennedy anu
latterly as Talty's.
On the northeast corner OF Sth ana -
streets Owen McGlue's grocery exis sIe,a
from 1920 for some years, but In Ioo''
Thomas Baker opened public mouse, siv-
ing it the name of Franklin Inn. Conven-
len. to the employees of the lntelllgencer ana
those of Gideon's Office on 9th street, ana
with the popularity of the host as Draw"
ing card. 1t was prosperous mousse: Apoul
Christmas, in 1851, one of the coolest nights
ever experienced in Washington, the mouse
took fire and was almost compieteiy ue-
stroyed. The water froze In the engines
and hose and when the alarm came IN
later that the Capitol Library was on hre
| 1t was with the greatest difficulty that tue
firemen were enabled to do any service.
Later the place was reorAt.
Demands Pa FOR Key.
One of the houses, a small one, on TINS
square was rented to a young couple. BE-
fore the first months rent was due inc
stork had come and the landlord saio ne
did not have the heart to present MS piil.
Neither did he send it later for the poverty
of the couple and material goods was APP
parent. Before year passed tne SUD n
again visited the domicile and 1t was again
a strong argument against the presentation
| of a bill for rent. Years passed by, dozen
| of them and a dozen children were In the
tenants flock. He was living Tree OF REM.
| the landlord not having given DIT OF
trouble meanwhile, but about this time tne
owner had an offer for his house II ne coui e.
give possession The tenant was told OF II
and asked to move out He demurred, anu
suggested that If the purchaser coulo pay
| a good price for the house the key was
worth something. This state OF the case was
communicated by the landlord TO the pui-
chaser, and after discussing the condltloh
| of the tenant and contemplating tne hap ppr,
their brood. tney
concluded that they ought TO De reWaroeo
for contributing to the work for the census
| taker, and paid the tenant for the Key
sum between twenty and nIty oot,ars. ,ton.s
office was assessed at 5000; c. Bell paid on
$50; McGlues heirs, $500 on and sth
streets; c. Cook, r. n; Barry ana =. ~
Holtzman, $3.50; d. Darden, $50; q. =.
Logan, 500, and E. Dyer, 500, on sth
street; Hannah Allen, w. Kidd and n.
Hendley. $3.50 each, on E street; R. Hendiey,
5000; Joseph Harbaagh, go 600; Ge tha e
Seayer 81. 200, and A. Cheshire, $1,000, on
In the thirties the Intellgencer building,
having been enlarged. was va;ued at sl4!VoU Z
G. Bier was assessed at $500; Kennedy &
Donoho, 500; McGlue's heirs. 800, on y
street; r. N. Barry, 500; D: Darden, 500;
C. w. Logan, $3.50; E. c. Dyer, 500 ana ,t
W. Seaton, $1,000; Hannah Allen, 5000: R.
Hendley,- 1920, on street: R: Hendley,
corner It'll street. $500: J: Harbaugh'
| 500, Jonathan Seaver, $500, and A.
Che shire 50, 600. Mr.. Seaton, Samuel, Kirby
| and Owen Thorn owned property on 9Th
street.
The first lots to be disposed of in square
| 4O7, between Sth, 9th, D and e streets, were
| the corner of 9Th and e streets and south
| OF It, B. Fenwick had two of the six lots
| on the west side of 9Th street IN fI94, ana
Isaac Phillips the corner lots three years
| afterward, and by 1900 Pratt and Others
owned the balance. By 1902 Sanford & Glib
| erson had a house on the east side of 9th
| street worth $500, and Phillips. Grout IL
| West were in $500 property on the site
| where the Columbian was established by
| John H. Eberbach, about sixty years ago,
| which is standing today. Morgan Donoho
| settled above the Academy, on 9th street, in
1906. in property valued at $3.50 In 1915 Dr.
George May, a distinguished physician,
! bought property at the corner of 9th and
/ D streets, and in 1920 was assessed on $3.50
| for improvements. Thomas Parsons was as
sessed on $780, William Murray's heirs on
| $3.50, Mary Dickey, $3.50; Morgan Donoho,
| 500; Owen McGlue.- $3.50; ]. w. Johnson.
$500, and J. s.. Jackson, $3.50; Rev. o. b.
| Browns fine residence on e street was val
| ued at s. 600 and G. c. Grammars house at