Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

streets known to thine older Washing
tinians as Mount Etc, and officially as
No. $50, was laid off into twenty lots, and
in 1896 vested in the United States. In
ans !, was Sea IN trus
for the Washington Tontine. at which
time half cent per foot was the ground
valuation. To 1897 there was no move
ment in sales of lots. In that year eleven
lots went to ]. Eyre. three each to H.
Hunt and H. X. Randall. and one each
to Fielder Magruder G. W. Campbell and
Semmes & Pickrell. Absolem Rodbird in
1928 bought lot IL near the corner of 4th
and G streets. having a carpenter shop
here, and the following year j. Barry had
lot /. corner F and Sd streets. and Mr.
Magruder an additional lot on Sd street. In
1880 Mary A Wall owned lot on F street
and j. Bowen on 4th street.
Valuations Recorded. 4
The ground was then from 1 to 3
cents in value per foot. and the improve
ments were charged to j. Barry, $500, lot
l; j. Bowen. two houses. $500 each. lot 4:
j. Eyre. S4o0, lot 6, A. Rodbird, $500; lot II,
and F. Magruder, 81 400 lots II and Is.
in 1888 Thomas Magill bought lot 10 on
9th street, which passed to G. S. Noyes,
ana then to James A. Kennedy; c. Cox
bought lots and on Attn street. and
Mrs. Magruder lots Is and 10 on Sd street.
In 1885 J. I. Walker had lot 3 on + street,
and in 1888 James Weber had lot ) on 4th
street, and 10 and 20 on Sd street. Sarah
A. Griffin lot 10 on 4th street. In 1912
G. Eichhorn had lots 10 and 20 on Sd
street.
Opposite, between I'd, 3D. F and G streets
square, 36G was laid off as one lot. which
was vested in Mr.. Odin in 1876. Fifteen
years after it went into the hands OF
David Shoemaker and James Mccormick
and thirty lots were plated. About $50
lots were purchased by S. Johnson. Hugh
Dawson, j. Row!ey, c. Johnson. Q. B.
Burr. c. w. Botelor R. sherwood, I.
Webb, Margaret Herrity and others.
Building commenced. and it will be seen
that such was not of great value In lS2s
there were T, w. Cope, A. Harper. iona
than Seaver, James Bowen, Philip Mohun
carpenter shop; w. Downing and Bernard
Parsons. Two years after Eliza Fielding
and ]. Ward were on the square.
The valuation of the ground per foot
was about 1900 halt cent, but in thirty
years a cent had been added. In the
thirties the property was listed: ]. Pierce
$50; R. r. Burr. 800 and $1,000; p Mo-
hun. $500; J. Bottomley. $500; Matthew
Cook. 500: c. W. Botelor. $500; T. Herty
$50; Catherine King. $50; Margaret Her
rity, 500: ]. B. Gundmore. 500; P. Brad
ley. in trust. $50; c. Darden. $125 r
sherwood, $3.50; Hugh Dawson, 5000; j
Burthron. 5000; w. Bowling, 500 and
5000, and a. Harper, 5000
Known as 567
The square known as 567 in the lines
of New Jersey avenue. LIST, I'd, Sd, F anu
G streets, of twenty-one lots was assigned
to the United States in 1886. In 1902 Mr.
StoddePt held title and Morsell ct al held
1t for the Tontine Company in 1865. Nc
transfers followed for over twenty years
when, In 1927, Col. Bomford acquired -four
lots. Semmes & Pickrell one, Merit Tar
Teton two, James Douglas one, w. F
Masters one, and W. H. Washington five
The next year John Withers bought on5
lot, Margaret Ford two and ]. A. Smith
three. In 1929 E. Hendley, Josiah Ray
w. w. Lowe each had one lot n. Smith
and A. G. CaZenane each two, j. Haffe
ran three. In 1892 Michael McDermot
owned on ID street. In the thirties the
former valuation of half a cent per foot
for the ground had advanced to one to
three cents, and the improvements were
to j. Douglas 500 and w. Washington
$500 on G street and NJ. McDermott 500
on ID street.
In the squares SOUTH Nos. $50 571 anG
JI3, progress was S,ower than in those
described The transfers in $50. between
LIST. I'd, E and F streets, though averaging
one per year for thirty years, do not
indicate much Improvement. John A
Wilson's ownership of a dozen lots il
1927 Is suggestive of brick kilns, and tn.
names of G. G. Mcdaniel on E street il
1904. Isaeher Scofeld in the interior of thC
square in 1913 are known to have beer
residents before the twentes. In 1S2t
Clarissa Bruce and Catherine Madison
were on the square assessed for $500 anc
$500, respectively, and one cent per foo
on the ground. In the squares south, -
and 573. the only Improvement charged tt
1880 was one to Moses Young of 500 ane
the ground was assessed at one cent
JAMES CROG(ION