Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-08

was leased to Frank Brooks. who after
ward bought the property. Mr.. Brooks and
his wife conducted grocery there for
many years. Mrs Hayes. Mrs. Susan John
son and Absplem Rodbird. a carpenter and
builder, were residents of r street.
In 1924 Henry Hay. popular painter.
bought part of lot s. which he erected
the residence occupied by him until the
foreman of the Intellisencer Office bought
nearby, erecting a $500 house. Fl. NJ. Moi
felt acquired part Of lot on F street ].
J. Jones property on 9th street, as also
N MuIliken. T. Deter. Z. G. Beall and J.
]. Clark were on lot on G street.
Valuation of Fourteen Cents.
Fourteen cents per foot was the maximum
valuation from 1880 to 1s4a. and newcomers
included Basil Mag;ll, 5th street; A.
Rodbird, at eth and streets. and Walter
HUMPHREYS, on G street. Some OF the i'm
proyements had appreciated Francis
Brooks heirs being charged on $1,600 i'm
provements on lot /, 9Th and F streets,
where Mrs. Brooks was keeping a grocery;
H. M. Mofratt. $500 on lot . on F street;
G. NJ Grouard, $500. and A. T. r.. Bell,
$3.50 on 9th street. and r.. Brown 500 on
9TH street. About 1910 Jacob Seufcrle. long
a baker, bought lots and 4, and for many
years had his bake house and residence
thereon. In that decade there were others
than those named, including John p STALL
fngs. a well-known house and sign painter
of his day: William Dalton, a hackman;
James McCarty, grocer; John Morgan.
boot and shoe maker; Robert Cohen, shoe
dealer, who had before lived on G street:
Mrs. Cornock. bonnet maker. on F street:
A. S. II. White, long of the land office and
Interior Department: T. F. Semmes, gro
Ger; Samuel McElwee, printer: De Witt
Kent, Phil Ennis, Mrs Baker, w. A. Brad
ley. Charles Mann, on 9th street; Mr.
GoGch, Mrs. c. Larsdale +. B. Lord, coach
maker, who rad moved from T street;
David c. Reed, tailor. and John Cation.
who conducted a grocery at the corner OF
9Th street. On the latter street was located
the printer Michael Cation, who afterward
moved to the square north, and others.
The Brooks family. at 9Th and F streets.
was about the best known in the square,
Francis Brooks, tie father, or his wife
having conducted grocery there from
about 1920 TO tie middle OF TIE century,
one of the sons, John, following the car
penter's trade, and another, Patrick H,
that of a printer
In square No. ASS, by 1880 there had been
considerable progress, and Notwithstanding
the ponds left by the rick-makers there
was church upon it, a number of dwell
iHgs and some large buildings in prospect.
Few had been the transfers in real estate
until in 1915 when the Pratt-Francis lots
changed hands. Samuel Elliot jr purchased
that year the lot at the southeast corner
OF 9th and F streets. which the year fol-
lowing was acquired by Mr.. John Boyle
long chief clerk Of the Navy Department
who also bought lot Il. On 5th street ana
later other lots. They were not built upon
until about the thirties. In 1916 James NC l
cormick acquired lot 2, on street
Purchase by Peter Morty.
The next year Peter Morsy bought the lot |
at the corner of e and 5th streets, the site |
OF tine Columbia Title company.s offices,