Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

9th streets, and this is in straight lines
unmolested by avenue lines or water, and
it was laid out for twenty-six lots. The
title to the first lot passed to Richard Ober
in 1892 this heing No. 8, on 9th street,
and two years later John Suter had a lot
on the same street, and the first-named lot
passed to J. Somerville and w. Dugaid.
In 1876 CIatworthy Stephenson owned lot
David Crawford bought lot II, as also lot
II, on 9th street. About the same time
Morris Nicholson gave mortgage on
four lots on II, l and 9th streets, but if
for building thereon it is not known. These
lots, in 1902, went to Benjamin Stoddert.
In 1900 w S. Chandler had four lots on
9th street. William Doughty, two years
after, owned lot %, on 26th street. and P.
b. Key lot on 9th street.
Two to Five Cents Per Foot.
About this period 2 to 8 cents was
the ground rate, and for improvements
John Suffers heirs were assessed 5000 on
lot II, on 9th street; Robert Peters heirs,
$1,000 on lot 10, for two houses yet stand
ing on K street, and c. Stephenson, $3.50
on lot 10, corner 26th and K streets. Alex.
Suter, Rhoda Hampton. and j. Weems,
later bought on 26th street. but others We're
slow investing. In the early twenties, I.
Peter had a small improvement on lot 10,
on 9th street, and his houses on X street
on lot 10 were rated at $1,000; D. Craw-
ford's heirs, $500, lot II, and c. Stephenson,
5000 on lot Is on K street; Sarah Muse,
$500 on lot q, and r. Hampton lot D. on
had appreciated to IL cents valuation, and
no further improvements are noted.
Square 16 between 25th and 26th and
and X streets, contained twenty-eight orig
on K street near 26th street. In 1892. Jas.
Hoban and PIERCE Purcell being the pur-
chasers. The same year, X. Ober bought
lots % and %, on 25th street. which two
oJ1 IN X
Dugaid. In 1895 Walter HELEN had lots Is
and 49, on street, including the corner of
26th street, and four years after James
Johnson appears as the owner. Though
these names are followed by those of X.
s. Buckley, Joseph Nourse. NJ. Lambert, w.
s. Chandler and E. Lanham, with others
associated with real estate, some i'm
proved, little appears to have been doing
elsewhere in this square in the early years.
Before 1920 however, NJ. Lambert, who
bought part of lots II and Is, on 26th street,
had two-storied brick house thereon. and
James Dunlop, who bought lot 81, on 2oth
street, near the corner of X street, had
fine three-storied house which was known
for years as the British consufs, from It's
being the home of that official for some
years. Six to 13 cents per foot was the
ground valuation, and NJ. Lambert's prop
erty was valued at $1,000, and Mr. Dunlops
at 50, 500.
Among the early residents on the X
street side about 1880 were General Nathan
general of the army; Captain John Peabody
who sailed on of the Georgetown merchant
men, father of eX-Fire Chief Peabody; Ma
thaniel Frye, chief clerk of the paymaster
generals office; George Macdanie, chief
clerk of the fourth auditor; James Birth of
Shaw & Birth, stone cutters, father of our
oldest inhabitant, VIM. Birth, who celebrat-
ed recently his entry into his lGoth year.
Levi Washburn, a grocer, near the bridge;
Jacob Wineberger, an oldtime baker, father
Of the late James Wineberger, an anti
guardian and an oldest inhabitant; Rich
ard Emo, a stone cutter; James G. Dunn,
printer and publisher of the Washington
Republican; Betsy Douglas and John Hart
love.
There were on 26th street at this time NJ
White, a millwright; Eliza Schooley, Linds-
ley Muse colored, for many years the mes
senger and attendant of the Secretary of
the Navy; Rufus Elliott. a stone mason,
and others. Sandy Grummel lived on 18th
street and Mrs Mary Shaw on 27th street.
X street, being on the line of Water
street. Georgetown, was an important
thoroughfare for the merchandise of Wash
ington merchants, in hauling goods from
off were the Smoot lime kilns the Davidson
brewery, in the forties conducted by Har
mon, Gordon & Co.; the Thompson tan yard
and other industries. In the forties, Cen
eral Towson and family had moved to 18th
and streets, the Births to Sd near C.
street, the Peabodys to 18th street near G
street, the Macdaniels' to near Queen
and others elsewhere. There were then on
K street, with others. John Davis and
George johnson, we.i-known clerks; Jacob
Harmon, brewer; JOS Smoot Of the lime
kilns, and Benz. Hackney's carpenter shop.
JAMES CROGGON.