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

fifty years was the family home Two to
cents was the assessed value of the
ground, and Mr.. Beams was the only
Improvement listed. In the thirties the
valuations were un changed. ]. Z. Longman
then owned in lot 2, and Vincent and
Seraphion Mas in lois and f. John Law
was listed for a 500 Improvement In lot =,
and Z. Mattingly for 500 IN lot 4.
In square 100 eighteen lots were plated,
and In 1876 all We're allotted to Mr.. Carroll.
In 1901 Benjamin Stoddert conveyed lots
II and 10 on K street TO Luke Wheeler, ana
J. NJ. Cooper in trust for Thomas Truxton
James Calder then lad the corner west or
these and in 1901 Mr.. Stoddert had lot II
on K street, and Ceaser Lowry sold part
Ouinton Bane w. s. Chandler bought l.
street lots and others In 1902 Dunlop and
Carlton had lots on Sd street. Ii on IS
street and II 4th street. Mr.. Lowry had
II and Is, corner tth and X streets. and
D. Bailey 16 on 4th street. Mr.. Lowry was
assessed on a SGOO house. corner 4th and X
streets, 500 house adjoining on the south.
and the ground was listed at cents r
foot.
Robert Chaney's $1,000 House.
In 1905 James Ross had lots II and 10
on K street, and the next year Robert
CLANCY was on lot g. corner of Sd and l.
streets, where he erected a dwelling which
for many years was assessed at S1GOO. In
1907 lot IL. at the corner of 4th and K
streets, was IN tNe name VI j. anu
P Ash. Nothing doing would appear by
a hiatus in the records of SIX years. In
1918 NJ l.. Bevan had parts of lots in
the northwest part of the square, James
Campbell succeeded to the Ross lots, II
and II, on K street and James Milligan
10 lot 10. on X street, the latter having d
500 house. In 1914 Joseph Forrest had lot
IL. on X street, and the following year
George Lloyd bought frame house on lot
16. on 4th street. In 1918 Mrs. Barbara
Lowe bought lots 6 and and part of lot
s. at the corner of Sd and L streets. on
which was substantial house in which
was on lot 8. on Sd street. In 1929 Eli
Cross was on lots / and 9, George Callard
on 3, and William Lamble on 4, all on L
street Silas Butler lot 13, on K
street In 1923 Margaret Smith had a
lease in lot 2, l. street. The next year John
Baker was in lot 10. X street. Three years
later John Lawrence was here and A. G.
Davis in lot 8. L street
Taxes in the Thirties.
In the twenties and thirties the ground
value was cents, and Mrs lowe, Sd
and L streets. was taxed on 81 600 improve
ments; ]. Milligan, $780, and A. Cochran
$50. Sd and X streets; Mary Lowry, $500,
$3.50 and 800, 4th and X streets, and 6.
Lloyd, $50. on 4th street.
Square No. SD. within the lines of K, l.,
4th and 9TH streets, west of the reservation,
long used as the site of the Branch mar
ket, was the scene of some activity in the
real estate market early in the last century.
Though few were the fee simple deeds
which passed, many were the leases made
for ninety-nine years, with privilege of re-
newal or redemption. In 1885, from JON
athan Slater 1t went to William Prout, and
on the division between proprFftors and
commissioners in 1880, the east nalf lot l
and 4, went to Mr.. Prout. and the west halt,
lots 2 and 3, to the United States In the
same year leases were made to Henry
on 9th street, and John Swank on
l. street. In 1904 II. Adams had a lease in
l. street, which he ass; gned to A. Cochran
jr and the next year William Spooner and
GuStavus Higdon took leases on l. street
property. In 1908 Moses Liverpool, John
Durand and n. Brady We're on L street,
and Thomas Brown on 4th street. The fol-
lowing year Noah Brashears had Brady's
lease on two frame houses on l. street
A. Brady succeeded Brown on 4th street
and F. Parker. Moses Liverpool and N.
Franklin appeared in place of Cochran,
Spooner and Brady on l. street.
Thirteen Years of Lull.
From 1907 to 1880 there was little change
in the status of the property outside of
the transfers by deed to James Johnson in
1872 George Adams in 1918 and Eli, George
and others of the Cross family in the TWEEN
ties
Three to six cents per foot was the basis
of taxation on the ground in the twenties,
and improvements were listed as follows:
J. w. Brashears, 500: P. Dougherty. $50;
w. Armstrong and William Cross, $500, on
l. street; George Adams, $1,000 and N.
Franklin. 500, on 4th street Prouts heirs,
$780, and IT. Wheat, 500, on 9th street;
G. Adams, $3.50, and Elizabeth Cross, $3.50,
l. and 4th streets.
In 1920 Ell Cross bought the southwest
corner of the square on Teitzen's lease on
l. street and later, another on adjoining
ground. In 1925 George Cross had frame
houses on l. street and a fran house on
4th street. In 1898 Samuel Crosse had three
frame houses on l. street and Elizabeth
Cross 10 feet front on 4th street, with
house. In 1882 Susan Carne had frame
house on L street and B. Milburn had prop
erty on 9TH street. The next year Mary
and Ell Cross had other leases on l. street
In 1887 George Adams owned additional
property on L street, Eli Cross and d. G.
.. Cross on 4th street and the year follow
ing P. Craven had ground on 9TH street.