Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

three brick houses at the southeast corner
OF 1871 and D streets, which formed the
Mr. Dickinson Nailor for many years con-
Quoted a grocery story. Six houses were
added to the original three, and II was while
ns % aug Joe Bates AND
he belonged to Mr.. Naiior. While digging
foot or two In the ground he struck q box
and was surprised to find that It contained
Spanish gold coin. He gave IL In possess
sion OF Mr.. Naiior, who suggested that he
could buy bis freedom and have something
with which to start life. the amount be-
ing more than 1900 Abe, OF course, ac-
cepted the offer. How the money reached
there has never been ascertafned.
Ample Facilities for Entertainments.
There was ample provision In the EOS
for the entertainment of the traveller in
the neighborhood of street between 18th
and 14th streets Four taverns. Miller's.
Doughertys, Dowlings and kennedys
were located on F street, and one, De-
leny's, on 18th street.
accommodation for man and beast. the re-
quirements were. In addition to the need
OF the family, their chambers. containing
two beds each. and stabling for four horses.
Ii did not require many such houses to
fiji the public want in this direction. Robert
Miller kept grocery on the north side OF
the street; VIM Coleman bake shop;
VIM. Morgan q shoemaker's shop; Joseph
Etter a watch and jewelry store, and Chris
Cummins tailor shop.
Among the residents were John Quincy
Adams, then Secretary OF State; DIR. w.
| Thornton. then superintendent Of the pat
| ent office: Richard Forrest. Enoch Rey-
| nolds and Joseph Wheaton, government
Clerks clerks John I'm. Poor ,o Waterman naas Mrs Nancy
| bookbinder; ]. Grand. carpenter, and
Thomas Wilson. bricklayer.
On 14th street north OF street were
| VIM. James. e. Stephens, Joshua Dawson
| and one or two others. James Larned lived
| on G street west of 14th street: Henry
Miller, brickmaker. resided on 18th street
south Of street; Thos. Williams and
Joseph Walker, blacksniths on 18th street
| south of street: Miss Cottringer's school.
| Henry Neale. register of wills; George
| King. lumber merchant.
French Consul Generals Office.
| AT the corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and
14th street Nathaniel levitt was keeping a
drug store. and the French consul general
had his office above. Senator Jas Brown
of Louisiana lived adjoining: C. Mclean, a
carpenter; r. B. Maury, clerk; Thos RAN
die. lawyer, and F. C. DeKraft, surveyor.
known printer, was on 14th street south OF
F street, as was Elizabeth Hall, a tailoress
south OF the avenue were Nelson David
II M h.ras co samss
ter
butcher; Daniel Pearl carpenter: Mr. JEFF
| zero. plasterer; j. Bosworth, blacksmith:
| messenger.
Twenty years later. or in the forties,
the Union Hotel had been established on
| the south side of street near 18th
| street, by Abram Butler Dowling's taV
| ern was near. and James Kennedy was
| Keeping book store John Quincy Adams,
having served as President, was then a
+! representatives; James Buchanan. a future
President, was then Secretary OF State. and
Robert Greenhow and NJ P Trist OF his
department. were his neighbors.
/ William Smith was keeping a boarding
house on the site Of the present Ebbitt
| House; B. w. Reed and John J. Joyce at
| the corner of 18th street, were rivals in
the I grocery trade; Dr. Edward Arnold
| 14th and streets, and ]. L. Henshaw
| the public school at 14th and G streets.
Chris Hagar had bakery shop on F street:
Miss A. M. Cochrane, Mrs. J. G.. Cum
mings and H. L. Northrup conducted
| boarding houses on F street, and Mrs.
| Manning a similar establishment on 18th
treasury clerk. and Samuel d. King. agent.
magistrate, etc. were on F street, as were
also w Lowndes. painter; A. X. Paris.
second controller: E. Semmes, grocer. A.
TaIt, stone mason; ]. E. w. Thompson and
A. and w Thompson, cabinet makers, and
Mrs. Rigsby, who kept fruit store. On
| the north side Of the avenue on E street
| were McC1erry & Clements drug store;
| James Anderson's shoe store; DR.. Thomas
Miller. afterward on F street; Union
| printing office, John c. Rives; Swan din
| ing rooms. E. Kersey, the National The
| ater and Z. Berry's stone yard.
Franklin Fire Company.
| On the south side of the triangular space
| was the engine house of the Franklin Fire
| Company. On E street were the coach lac
tory and shops with the livery stables Of
| Allison Major at 1871 street while on the
opposite corner was the famous Western
| Hotel conducted by James Maher East
ward was w. Morrow's grocery in the APP
| polio Hall building Nearby lived P. s.
! Humes, clerk; John Shaw, printer; James
| Turpin printer. John Wagner and Francis
| Lamb were in the gliding business and
| ers.
! On D street were Mrs. Bartlett Dickinson
| Major, Mrs. Butler, boarding house; Mr.
| Crider. painter; J. w. Dexter, police officer;
| w. Dobson, coachmaker; E. Hamilton, car
| penter; L. Haislup, coach maker; VIM
| Jones, printer; Mrs. c. Kelly, grocer; MRS.
MeIntre boarding house; yd Fl O. preston aeon
Chas. Webster, plasterer.
West Adams, Mrs. NJ. Keller. Sandy Mad
| dox r. Heath and James Freeman were on
Ohio avenue and Powell Heiss' Jonn Moses
Mrs M LIE Morris, grocer; J. II. Plant,
| grocer, and John l.. Smith, magistrate,
were on G street.
| On 14th street north of G street lived Co
| luunbus Alexander, the well-known printer.
| in the house erected many years by Lloyd
/ NJ. Lowe for his residence. Between f and
| G streets lived J. L. Henshaw, teacher of
/ the public school. and BALKAN Burch,
| we'll known carpenter. Below tue avenue
| on 14th street lived w. E. Kennaugh, prtn-
| ter and Grafton Powell clerk. On 131s
| street were Thomas Donaldson, constable,
| and Thos. Rabbit, tailor.
On 18th street below the avenue lived c.
burlington, printer; Chas. Gautier, confec-
toner: P. Green. carpenter; Mrs. G. Lewis
and Mrs. Singer, dressmakers. North OF
| the avenue on 18th street were A. Nailor,
| Mrs Sessford, Colonel Michael Nourse. Il.
| g. Wharton and Joseph Wilson. clerks
| On G. street was the house of Mrs N. Will
! son and afterward ]. e. w thompson.
John White and Chas. Tschifely.
| JAMES CROGGON.
OUR ECONOMIC DEsPoTs.