Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

Of Washington: J. 9<crais Of the patent
Office; Mrs. Cox, mo conducted a SEM
mary; James Manahan, a treasury clerk;
J. s. Meehan. DIR. Osborne, David Butler.
colored.
Stores and Shops.
On street In the twenties were stores
and shops of H. v. Hill. F. Pic and George
Burns, the residences Of Thomas Claxton,
later Mrs. Claxton's boarding house: Henry
Tins. Rev. A. T. MacCormick, Buckner
Thurston. judge of the circuit court, and
Thomas L. Thurston Of the State Depart
ment. and Jacob Janney. shoemaker.
Mrs. Claxton's boarding house, on B.
street. had as guests a number of the MEM
bers Of Congress, including Senator Bar
ton and Representatives John Cooke and
F. Jones of Tennessee; Thomas whipple,
w. Plummer and M. Harvey Of New
Hampshire: Anthony New Of Kentucky. B.
Bassett and Jabez Leftwich Of Virginia,
and A. Hobart of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Frost Of New Jersey avenue housed
Knight Of Rhode Island, John Chandler of
Maine and Elijah Boardman of Connecti-
cut, and Representatives M. Harris Of
Maine. j. II. Pierson of New York. John
ticut. Mr.. Young had under his roof Rep
resentatives Andrew Stewart Of Pennsyl-
Vania. who was an earnest protectionist
OF his day. H. w. Edward Of Connecticut
and D. P. Cook of illinois,
On the west side Of New Jersey avenue
were Representatives Joseph Cist of South
Carolina, at Mrs. Rapine's; James Mac
Sherry OF PENNSYLVANIA, at Miss Heyer's.
and Job Durfee of Rhode Island, Lewis
Condict Of New Jersey and c. H. Ruggles,
Joseph Gerhard, Anthony Conklin and c.
d. Golden Of New York.
Residents on B Street.
In the thirties Mrs. Anne Royal located
on b street, and soon her name became
prominent because Of her papers, the Paul
Fry and "Huntress," in which her crit
lclsms OF public men stirred I'D affairs
Also on street were Mrs. Grooch, who
conducted boarding house; William
Henry OF the post Office and NJ MacNantz.
Later on and east Of the corner of New
Jersey avenue was the residence of John
Coyie' Jr., the house once occupied by the
Belgian minister and by Joseph J. Bart
lett and in which at different times re-
sided Edward N. Roach and NJ c. Towle.
the former in the forties being register of
Wills and the latter Of the Post Office De-
partment afterward recorder of deeds.
senator Willie Roach was a son of the
former. and George P. Towle who achieved
reputation in literary circles. of the lat
H.
deus Stevens of Pennsylvania made his
home; the home Of Reeve Lewis, who was
Killed In Know Nothing days; the Thurs
Ton Ton houses. and. on a knoll, cottage
emp!oye In the Capitol, who committed
suicide there fifty years ago, and a small
house on the corner of LIST street
Rev. Mr.: Mccormick bought part Of a
covenanted that If at the expiration Of five
years the ground should be valued at
more than cents per foot by arbitration
ne should pay the excess. At that time
cents. and there were holders of lots on
= street willing to sell at 1 mill per foot
Absence of improvements.
The absence Of improvements on 1st
street and c street and the consequent low
valuation Of the ground may be accounted
Tor in part by the topography and its being
almost in farming region, for it is stated
that nearly to the fifties corn, grass and
potatoes were raised on the opposite side
of the street from the lots, and not few
cows ranged in that section.
In the forties located on New Jersey
avenue were the coast survey, at the head
his residence; D. w. Middleton. clerk of
the Supreme Court of the United States:
J: Bartram North, william Barker James
n Barker, Peter Bradley, william H. Dun
Nt'' tIott, sodHiiel I1dnSOD, NJ Ham
son, John Underwood. James f. Young,
Johnson Simonds, DR.. F. May and Henry
May. attorney-at-law, of the original set
tiers; Col. Charles x. Gardner, city post
master; DR.. Jacob Gardner. druggist:
Simon Brown. librarian House of Repre-
sentatives; John p. Ingle, Henry NJ. Mof-
fatt, attorney at-law, and Mrs. Knott
dressmaker. On street were Grafton D.
Hanson and d. E. Stanton, clerks at the
Capitol; James Fry, a carpenter; N. c.
Towle ana E. n. Roach. register of Wills
JAMES CROGGON