Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

der and Bell of Kentucky; Lump-Sfn of
Georgia, Hanna and Thibodieux OF Louis
lana.
Some of these are remembered by our
older people-Mr. Wentworth by the Odd
Fellows particularly. for he rode the
goat in Metropolis Lodge in tie city hall
Marble alley received its name from
the well-known stone cutter. John p. Pep
per. who established a marble yard at its
avenue mouth about 1910. That fact was
Sufficient for the name, but it was brought
more prominently before the public by
some well-built houses erected in the CEN
ter of the square.
On AZ street Joseph C. Davis was at
the avenue corner, and there were the
boarding houses of Mrs. M. Hill and Mrs
Duvall. the residences of Mrs Mccormick,
Mrs. f. Whitney, o. S. Hall and c. Miller,
tailor. In the block erected at the corner
of Missouri avenue and AZ street by
Ulysses Ward lived a number of people,
and one of the houses was occupied by
himself. Mr.. Ward was prominent In
Methodist Church circles a local min
lister and a Jealous advocate and publisher
of the Columbian Fountain in the inter-
ests of temperance; was engaged as q lum-
Der dealer and largely interested in de-
veloping real estate.
On Missouri avenue were the boarding
house of Mrs. Briscoe residences of w. A.
Wilson. ]. V. n. Throep, H. Bangs, G.
Mattingly, III. Fossett, r. G. Briscoe, ID.
Wilson. Francis Coyle. NJ Delany, Charles
Fletcher. Mrs. Tilley. Daniel Rhea, Mrs. S.
A. Houston and Mrs. Conner and j. M.
Favier's bowling alley. The house In
which Mrs. Common lived is said to have
part of the forties it became object Of
much interest because of the claim She
made to interest in the estate of Gen.
Van Ness, as his widow. and her suit
against the estate, which was the topic OF
the times. This claim was successfully
controverted by the family Of Mr.. Van
Ness.
John Browns stable was at the corner
on1 y, CIV In 40
latter part of the thirties, and about 1841
it was destroyed by fire. Fortunately the
horses with one exception were saved
Next the spot was occupied by Carroll &
Kleindinst, wheelwrights and blacksmiths,
and after was Thomas Youngs repair
shop. his coach factory being on the ave-
nue..
On 9th street lived Isaac n Winston and
James Hail. well known in sporting cir
cles. There was some slave trading in this
section, and in one house at least were
rooms to confine these chattels
Clark's restaurant in the early forties
was the site of the printing Office of John
7. Towers, and afterward the upper part
became for a few years the Olympic Thea
ter. In the early part of the civil war
the theater was run by Henry Purdy, VINO
exhibited variety show.
Business Section.
The avenue front, though studded with
boarding houses and residences, was in the
forties and ffties quite a business mart.
Murray & Semmes, Middleton & Beall.
Samuel Humphrey and r. NJ. Beall were
grocers: John H. Buthman, wine mer-
chant; John Sheahan and John O'Leary
kept fruit stores; Daniel Rhea, a shoemak
ers shop; Harvey Hunt. a mathematical
instrument shop; John Young, a coachmak-
ing establishment; William Bell, a dye
house; Isaac Kell & Bro. and c. c. Bever-
idge, merchant tailor shops; Madame Cler
mon, corset maker; Miss Jack. dressmaker;
John p. Pepper, marble cutter: P. NJ Du-
bant, barber and hardresser: R. Clements.
justice of the peace, and the residences
of E. Preston, c. Lipscomb r. M. Bever-
idge and E. Lindsey.
In the fifties the building on 9th street
known as THE Olympic became again
printing office, and the National Era was
printed there by Messrs. Buell. & Blanch-
and lock smith, became favorite with the
boys of that day. as he turned tops to suit
them and was accommodating in his terms.
He exchanged tops for natural dog wood,
and for two sticks he turned tops to order.
After the burning of the National Theater
in 1916 the Adephi was opened on the
avenue near AZ street and for several years
WaShingtons playhouse. Here it was
that the elder Booth, in playing Richard
III became SO real in his part that in
the sword combat he forced Richmond from
the stage This building, when, in 1860 1t
was occupied by the Washington Light In
fantry, was destroyed by IRE, Win HluCn
of the property of the organization. Henry
Purdy then owned this building and gro
Gerry
On the ST James Hotel corner in the
ifties were David Reed, tailor, and Cherry
and Whalley in the two-story bricks there
standing. Among others not before men
toned were the Porters, painters John
Reese, plumber; Rudolph Eichhorn bacon
dealer: P. A. De Saules, restaurant, and
Miss Ellen Scott's boarding house.
JAMES CROGGON.