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

Mrs. NJ Burch, T. Crussell, bookbinder, and
John Gardner, scotsman, on the south side
Of F street.
On east side of street were Mrs. A.
McMinn, R. Posey. 2. Finn and John
Chase. On e street, c.. B. Davis and
Joseph Borrows, messengers; Mrs. Brit
tingham, dyer; s. Harris, printer; John
Frank, collector; Anderson & Meehan, pub
dwellings and printing office, and e..
Kleiber.
In the thirties the improvements were
assessed as follows: Lot 1, 9th and E
streets, United States Bank, $4,000. part
of lot s, John Franks heirs, 81, 400 c. B.
Davis, s2,40s; part of lot 6, Joseph Bur-
rows. $4,000; part of lot 6, Duff Green,
81, 900, and John Ellis 5000; lot Z, Dun
Green, $4,000, on E street; the Medical
College building, corner of 10th and E
mers' heirs in the sum of $4,000; lot .,
Benjamin Van Ness, $500; lot 10. j. P.
Van Ness, 5000; lot II, 8. Clokey, $500; Nc
MINIS heirs, $500; lot II, J. Culinane,
81 700, on 10th street; lot 13, John Green.
at the corner of 10th and F streets. $1,000;
Mary A. Speak, $500; lot IA, s. Clokey,
$3.50; lot 10, Thomas Bean. $3.50; Mary
Cage, $3.50; Bryan & Rodgers, $400; lot II,
T. Hogan's heirs, $1,000; lot IS, John Card
ner, $1,000, on F street; lot 90, at the cor
lot %, George King, $500. and Jacob A.
Bender, $1,000, on 9th street.
In the Forties.
In the forties, on the north side of E
street, were located Mrs. Burr's seminary,
at the corner of 9th street; Mrs. Davis, c.
B. Davis, Mrs. r. X. Billing, dressmaker;
]. C. Mcclure, bookbinder; John Sergeant,
bookbinder; H. T. Weightman, DR.. Will
lam Warfield DR.. Joseph Burrows, office
of Hewitt's Register; G. A. Sage. printer,
and o. H. Troop, engraver, at the corner
of 10th street, in the Medical College build
ing. On the east side of 10th street was
the First Baptist Church, A. II. Young,
tailor, and D. V. Kurtz carpenter. On the
south side of F street was Mrs. Burns,
grocer; Richard Burch, bricklayer; Mrs
Bell, D. Fitzgerald, painter; Patrick Car
vey, bother; David kurtz, ]. F. Magee,
tailor; Albert Gardner, seed store; Mrs.
Ann Gardner, and Kurtz' carpenter shop.
On 9th street, west side, were George Stet-
Thus, H Howison and Thomas Stanley,
painter.
the front of the square whose west ana
north portions are now occupied in part by
the fine church edifce, parochial residence,
hall and schools of st. Patricks Church
On this square st. Patricks Church occu-
pied most of the ground. The church was
there prior to 1900, and in 1915 seminary
was established.
In the other portions of the square j. j.
%, the southeast corner of the square. In
1897, and Thomas Thorpe soon thereafter
had a lease on part of lot 2 adjoining, In
which he had improvements of the value
Of 300. George Moore in 1910 obtained
part Of lot g. the use of spring being re
served, and A. F. Platter obtained the ad-
joining lot. Rev. Father Matthews in 1922
obtained the lot. In 1916 John Hoover
bought lots on G and 9th streets, selling
two of them to sabret E. Scott in 1926. In
that year r. Brown owned the corner OF
9th and F streets, which in 1922 went to
j. r Price Later John Cromwell and j.
F. Boyle were the owners of lot 1.
Charged to Father Mathews.
Father Mathews in 1925 was charged
with $3.50 for improvements on lots and
part eff lot 10; the Seminary with $4,000 on
lots and 4, and the church $1,000 on lots
5 to 10; Mr.. Hoover, $500 on part Of lot 49,
near the corner of 9th and G streets, and
S. E. Scott 81, 800 on lot 10 on 9th street.
In the thirties $4,000 Improvement was
charged to Robert Brown, on the 9th and
F streets corner, 1t being three-story
brick building occupied in the forties as
confectionery by John Miller and later by
Eckhart & Brothers, who were engaged In
the same business The seminary was val
ued at S., 600 Father Matthew's residence
at SO, 800 Mr. Hoovers, $780, on G street,
and John Hoover's houses, $4,000 and $1,000
at the corner of 9th and streets, ana
Nathan Smith, $1,000 on 9th street. w.
DeKraft of the land Office and q. Denham
lived in the east side of the square In the
forties, as did Simon Frazier.
On the square north, in which was the
Burns graveyard and the Washington Asy-
lum, there were no Improvements charged
in 1880, the entire square being open, ana
about Grant street many hard-fought
battle with stones took place in after years,
the boys from either side of the stream be-
ing the warriors.
sOn the 9th Street.Front.
In the ferties there was on the 9th street
front of the square the famous Washing
ton Academy known far and wide as John
McLeod's school, over the door of which
the words "Order is Heavens First Law
suggested the rigid discipline under which.
he kept his pupils. On II street was the
Church of the Ascension, DR.. ellis church.
On 9th street. north of G street, the Fourth
Presbyterian congregation had just COM
pIeted a new church building opposite their
first meeting house, small frame struc-
ture. ----
Two cents per foot was the corporation
rating for ground in the twenties on the
square between H and 1 streets, and the
valuations were on II. Ryan
house, 9th and H streets, $3.50; Mary
on 9th street, $500; John McClel-
lands, on 1 street, 5000. In 1888 there were
new assessments as follows: ]. Brannon,
on I street, $500; Moses Orme, 10th and II
streets, 500 and $3.50; James WllllamS, 9tn
and 1 streets, 200; P. Hoffman, $500;
James Osborne, $500, and Mary Beal, $780,
on 9th street.
At the northwest corner Of 9th and I
streets, in the thirties, was the house of
George Lambright, a well-known tailor,
valued at $780, and on l street, VIM. Mar
tin, was assessed for 5000, and M. Lansdale
FOR $500. On New York avenue were Joseph
Libbey, assessed for $500; ]. w. Douglass,
for 5000, and j. c. Hardness, for $500 and
s6OO
Appearance of Hardness Row.
In the forties appeared Hardness row.
erected by Mr.. John c. Hardness; several
three-story brick buildings on the south
side of New York avenue. In that row
Rev. John c. Smith resided for a genera
ton; Rev. Mr.. ellis of the Ascension
Church, George M. Bibb. once Secretary of
the Treasury. and long connected with the
solicitors office: VIM. H. West and Richard
Ella, long connected with the Treasury, also
resided there. Thos. Muslin resided at the
corner of 9th street. and others on New
York avenue were G. 8. Watkins, Jehiel
Crossfield, printer; Joseph Bryan. carpenter
and builder; John Hoover, butcher, and Jo-
seph Davis, letter carrier.
C. P. Wannell had a grocery at 9th and
streets and on the latter street were Edward
and Joseph Deeble bookbinders; John E.