Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

bought Mr. speake's property and In 1899
Mr.. McCormich'S ground went to COmmo-
GOre CaSsin and afterward to Peter Little.
In 1919 Mayor Smallwood bought McLeans
ground and in 1873 n. Brady owned the
corner Of 9TH and l. streets.
In the square S. so, between 4th. 9TH, l.
and NJ sire Its. west of the above described.
there were but four lots plated and when
the honas+eker came on the sceen leases
| OF ground were described by metes and
| bounds IN those lots These lots in 1902
| were vested thus: l and 4 in William
| ITout and the United States taking the
! others. In the same year lot 2 went to
| Jacob Chandler who sold the south half
| of it. the northeast corner of 4th and NJ
| streets, to John Boyce. and it was i'm
| proved by a 500 dwelling in which the
gram was on lot p and erected a $500
house. and Oliver Fulk and Amos Brown
were on lot 4, corner of 9Th and streets
the same year.
The ground was valued at 8 cents and
the improvements as above.
In 1905 A. Longdon had lease in lot
or L street. and 500 Improvement, in
creased to $50, as also Isaac Little, with
a like one on l. street, and d. Bailey, John
Nermillion Richard Charles and A Davis
on 4th street.
Some Early Householders.
In 1sOS S. H. Spooner had lease of
ground L street: William Spooner. a
deed for house and ground, and Joseph
Costigan, deeds on 4th street. In 1912 leases
in lot on L street were held by f. Brady
and Ronald Donaldson, and deed by A. Kerr
In 1913. Henrietta Vermillion had lease
on 9Th street and John Spaldng one on L
street Eli Cross in 1916, j. NJ Seegree the
next year and ]. McDuell in 1921 had leases
on l. street property. Commodore David u.
Porter resided in 1920 on 4th street, John
Bane and Elizabeth Howard in 1922 In 9TH
street. About this time the ground was
valued at to cents. and the improve
ments listed to Sarah Boyce, $500; n.
Brady, 500; r. Charles, 81. 700; Commodore
Porter, 81 600; Joseph Costigan, $500; o.
Fuller, $500; Eli Cross, 500: H. Spooner's
heirs, $500; ]. Seegree, $500; H. Simms,
$500; Elizabeth Howard, S4O0
In 1929 the lease made to Longdon In
1905 on l. street went to Roy Wilburn.
Charles Venable bought the Charles prop
erty on 4th street, and Peter Griffin took a
lease on l. street. In 1890 James Friend
bought in lots . and on 4th street; Jo-
seph Fugitt in lot 3. corner L and 4th
streets. The former was a baker and the
latter grocer.
Patrick Kain's Residence.
Between Sd. 4th, L and NJ streets was
square No 500. plated for twenty lots, and
they passed through the United States and
Greenleaf TO Capt. Duncanson. as has been
said and in 1916 the names of Washington
Bowie j. u. Barry and Stephen Pleasanton
We're attached. he HTSt EtSlutHt dppSdiS
to have been Patrick Kahn, who in 1919
leased lot l6, corner of 4th and l. streets.
and erected u residence which was of the
assessed value of $500 on three-cent
ground.
Mir. Kahn was master painter in the navy
yard prominent in Masonic circles and in
corporation affairs, being councilman
several terms.
In 1925 Edward De Kraft was on this lot
with an $500 building, which IN 1880 went
to Charlotte King. In that year John Tai
bert and Thompson Van Riswick owned on
VI street.
Square 769 between the canal and I'd
street, Sd, l. and NJ streets, was plated for
six lots, and in 1896 the United States took
title. and shortly after We're included in the
many lots which Duncanson obtained from
Grecnleaf. In 1902 the ground was assessed
to Duncanson at Il valuation of -four cents
per foot, and the lots remained subject to
assessment till released by a decree Of the
court. In 1915 +. ). Key, trustee, con-
veyed lots to John Low, Griffith Coombe
and Elias b. Coldwell, and the next year
George Sanford, then keeping a lumber yard
on Coombe's wharf. bought part of lot 5.
corner of Sd and l. streets, erecting house
Of $3.50 value On the same lot William
Coombe had 5000 brick house In 1919
Joseph Follansbee bought in lots and 6
On Sd street and erected residence of $500
value. where he lived ten or twelve years,
engaged as carpenter and builder. Mr..
Follansbee later was an employee of the
Senate and for a number of years conducted
a congressional boarding house near the
| Capitol.
Feminine Property Owners.
| Thomas Devaughn the same year had a
| lease on lot l, on Sd street, north of NJ street
and erected a residence, and in 1925 Edward
Mattingly owned this lot, having a $500
| improvement thereon. The valuation of the
ground was then six cents. Lydia Brown
| owned facing the canal in the thirties, as
| did Ann Dunker at the corner of Sd and
! l. streets. and Hanson Fowler on Sd street
| north of NJ street.
| Four lots were in the square north, num-
| Der 16S, and were vested in the United
| States until 1896, when they passed to
| Duncanson, and until 1915 the history of
| the square was similar to those described
| above. In that year the lots were passed
| to John Law, and the following year to
| Griffith Coonibe. In 1921 Benjamin Bean,
| long a carpenter and builder, bought in
| lot / corner of I'D ard I. streets and erected