Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05


F. Clitch's fancy stores. Oppenheimer's
clothing store, in which the head of the
great Siegel Company of New York and
Chicago then clerked.
In the fifties Michael Shanks erected the
iron front building known successfully by
his name, Iron Hall. Risley's Varieties and
Metzerott's Hall. In the lower portion were
the china store Of Mr. Shanks, c. W. Bote-
Tor & Co. and the music house OF w. u.
Metzerott & Co., now E. F. Droop
The hall in antebellum days was popular
one, especially when 1t bore the name or
Rsley's Varieties, when John Risley cater
eG to the public by giving our predecessors
a taste of vaudeville.
There were on the 9th street side of the
square T. L. Thurston, Joe Shorter barber;
Matlock & Griffith. tailors, j. and q. 5.
Gideon's printing office, w. Harper, shoe-
maker
On the south side of D street were David
Westerfield, cabinet maker, and Wiiiiam
Burrows, carpenter.
The square between 9th, 10th, d and E
streets, is known. is very large one.
1t originally contained twenty-six lois.
There was prior to 1870 little change III
the title of the lots, most of them held ap-
parently for speculation, but the first quar-
ter of the corporate existence OF Washlns-
ton a number of transfers were made. The
first ground valuation was cents per foot,
but it was reduced to 8. In twenty years 1t
had risen from s to 20 cents. w. S. Chand-
Ter and S. Etting were among the early
holders of lots, and the first to improve
street north of D street, $3.50; George
Moore on street east of 10th street, $500;
]. Thecker $50 and $500, at the corner of
9th and e streets. assessed to James Can
non in 1907 at 81, SEQ; James Kearney, $500,
on property on 9th street, and E. Fallon.
$3.50 on lot on 9th street assessed In 1907
to Taylor and Toland for $50.
Increase in Realty Values.
BY 1925 there were over $4,000 worth of
improvements listed as follows: On D
street, Thomas Donoho, s1,Oo0 on lot 1,
bought by p Donoho in 1907; w. Cooper,
SEQ, and B. NJ. Belt, $3.50, parts of lot
in 1916; r. Easter, $3.50 part of lot
leased in 1918; Peter Force, s1,55o, corner
10th and d streets. lot leased 1919; on 10th
street, James Moore $1,5o0; lot and part
of lot TO- Z. DeKraft, $1,000, in 1911; part of
the same lot, II. Ryan and n w. F'ales,
s1sC00; lot II, G. Clark, $4,000; lot IL. ].
Dennison, $3.50. and c. Glover, $500; On E
street, lot Is, f. Edmonson, S15G; G. Moores
$500; lot G, C. DeKraft $3.50; lots 20 and
81 ]. Cannon, s., 900; on 9th street, lot "a,
E. Holland, $500; T. Moore, NJ. King and S.
Hoffman, 5000, and T. w. Pairo, 1925
In 1865 Mr.. John McClelland who was
extensively engaged in brick making
bought lot o on 10th street north of d
street owned originally by Samuel Bacon
and later by Peter Force.
Edward DeKraft became a property own
er on the square in 1910; H. Ryan and N
w. Faels at the same time, and George
Clark a year later. Mr.. Pairo leased part
of lot on 9th near D street in 1914; Mr..
Glover bought 10th street property in 1915;
A. De Millierre bought property on D street
and ]. Cannon leased property on d street
in 1907.
In the POS there resided on this square
Maj. Thomas Donoho, long connected with
the Intelligencer. at the northwest corner
of 9th and d streets; G. Barnhile, printer.
southeast corner of 10th and Z streets;
John Chase, grocer, northeast corner of
the same streets; w Magee, John O'Male,
weaver: ". Leowery, bricklayer. J. Bel
lamy Butler carpenter. and I. War
ner. shoemaker; Thomas Murray, tavern
keeper; z. Dove, carpenter: ". Gahan.
shoemaker; B. Chimney, NJ King, printer;
Abram Boss, carpenter. and j. Cunning
ham, printer. 9th street, James Moore,
causin. John Dennison, bricklayer, and
James Taylor, on 10th street; James kinsla,
carpenter, on d street.
Business Houses and Residences.
Maj. Thomas Doneho, long with the Ma
tionaI Intelligencer. lived at the northwest
corner of 9th and D streets, and his son, t.
g., lawyer next door, On d street re-
sided J. L. Clubb long in the marine serv-
Ice, then messenger in the Senate, promi-
nent in musical circles. John Foy, in the
Republican House, afterward Cooks; James
Johnson. shoemaker: Henry Knowles, ma
chinist In patent office.
AT the corner of 10th and D streets was
located the two-story brick printing office
of Col Peter Force. in which the business
of Davis Force had been carried on,
used by him as such. and after for his ex-
tensive library Col. Force and his son,
William O.. lived each north of this build
ing. On 10th street north Mr. John Boyle
and the well-known DR. Cornelius Boyle;
Thomas Burch, carpenter; BENJAMIN Cham
bers, engraver: Mrs. Slye, boarding house.
On the south side of E street were Mr..
Wards grocery, at the corner of 9th street
Miss Rowan dressmaker; T.hos Johns
clerk: Z. j. Eastman. clerk; John Cunning
ham, printer. and Devaughn's ice house.
Later Samuel Devaughn lived at the south
west corner of 9th and E streets, having q
row of several small brick houses on 9th
street. On the corner was the grocery OF
Sidney De Camp and south were J.
Korffs tin shop and Mrs. Murray's board
ing house.