Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

TdLer lOt q IN 1913.
The records as regards improvements IN
the olden time are not complete. but
enough Is known to note that the first
made was the substantial house OF Mayor
Brent, at 10Th street and Maryland ave
nue.. and Frederick Kellar, long clerk In
the general land office in the twenties.
had his home here. At the same period
Capt. Charles Walker Of the steamer
Washington. the pioneer of the southern
mail line. had his residence on the north
side Of E street east of 18th street: and
west of him was the well known Luke
richardson. then engaged In the chicken
business and long after a resident OF the
Thomas Circle neighborhood. Samuel
Wimsatt then a wood corder and lumber
dealer and leading lumber merchant
| subsequently establishing the business
which his sons have continued. then had
his home on 18th street north Of E street.
John n. Ford had carpenter shop on
F street in the thirties. Mrs. Jane Fran
street In 1929: Noah Jones. a colored saw
yer. had ten years before erected a home
at 10th and streets: William Deming
five years before had bought two frame
houses on E street; Peter Hepburn. car
penter and builder. moved from the Long
bridge neighborhood to street between
9th and 10th in 1887 and had his shop at
10th and E streets. Capt. James Guy,
long connected with the river and bay
steamers, lived on F street near 9th street.
In the Assessors Book.
The assessors books listed in the 3O's
on the ground at cents per foot the
following for Improvements: James Guy,
$1,000, lot 2: Shryock SIS. lot 5; P. Hep
burn, $500 lot Z; $500 lot 8; $1,000. lot 8:
$1,000. lot II; Shryock. $500. lot II; Noah
Jones. $500. and w. Adams. 800, lot 20;
W. Deming. $500, lot %; Sarah Day. 500.
lot "a: II. Shorter $500. lot q: w: A.
Bradley, $780, lot %. and 500. lot 80.
1t will be seen from the following that
by 1S45 there had been a good healthy
growth. especially along 18th and F
streets, and numbers were prominent in
the upbuilding Of the community. Among
others there was George Page. by oc-
E street between 18th and 18th, and
afterward on the south side of F street
between 9Th and 7th streets. establishing
mill. and in the COS branched out.
| starting a shipyard at the foot Of 7th
street. Kelly Lambell was neighbor at
| that time. engaged in shipbuilding at the
foot Of 9th street. and later in life In the
brickmaking business. DR.. Daniel B.
Clark, who died recently. in 1S43 estab-
lished drug store on the east side OF
18th street south of D street on a capital
of a few hundred dollars, and in few
years bought the lot at the corner. on
which was erected the Potomac Hall
| building, where he was engaged in bust
ness a number of years. The hall was
long used for social and society purposes,
| tinental Guards. of which Ephraim
Wheeler. Peter Wilson and John L. Smith
| were the successive captains. DR.. James
E Morgan. now dead, as a young physi-
| side Of nth street between E and F
streets. later removing to the former
| residence Of Mayor Brent, at 18th street
| and Maryland avenue. DR.. Morgan serv-
| ed long on the school and health boards
and was as popular as a public-spirited
| resident as a valued physician. George
c.. Henning. we'll known In business cir
cles and long president of the late Trad
ers National Bank. was a boy Of this Sec
ton. living on 18th and E streets. Capt
| Osceola and Capt. Charles E. Mitchell
Of the Southern Mail line lived on 18th
street between r and F. streets. as did
John Riley, the chief engineer of the Mail
| line. who. with Capt. c. E. Mitchell.
served in the Potomac f1otilla during the
| war. William F. Purcell. judge of the
Orphans Court for many years, was on
| the west side of 18th street, as also Rob-
ert F. Magee. who held the position Of
ha rho" sIbsequsntiy' and L Bel
blacksmith. had his home at the corner
of nth and E streets and afterward built
| large coach and wagon factory. James
Griffith. a tailor. and Mrs Susan Norris
were also on the west side Of the street.
On the east side of nth street were
the grocery stores of Mrs. Ann Simms,
Benjamin Magyar and B. Leddon; the bak-
cry Of Cyrus Wineberger. the shoe shop
Of w. Whitemore; James Barber. timer;
Richard Braxton, Lewis Thomas, Mrs.
Rumpff. William Marshall ship carpen-
ter: Robert Lawrence. Mrs. Merica, Will
| liam Leach, draw tender on the Long
| bridge and James Collier.
On street between 9th and 10th streets
CxynH RI ny,'c
Adams grocery. David Hepburn. car
| penter: w. Homer. Mrs. Jacobs. Simon
Frazier. William Cook painter: Charles
Croggon.. Isaac Croggon, Cyrus Smith.
pumpmaker. and Gllis r. Taylor. Be-
| tween 10th and 18th streets was Joseph
Stephenson. engaged in the local express
business. who afterward established the
Blue Line express. the father Of the well
| known Stephenson Brothers, long in the
| lumber and steamboat business at the
| foot of 7th street. John B. Cornwall
| lived adjoining.
Church on 10th Street.
On 10th street between E and F. streets
| were James Pullin and Henry Thomas.
the latter keeping a grocery store.
| At the corner of 10th and D streets two
lots were bought Of Barzila A. Smith
October 4, 1s43, as the site for a Metho-
dist Episcopal church. the consideration
oo'h6 voOO' anu Tie grantees were VIII
| liam Ryland. French 8. Evans, George
Crandell. William Lloyd. William Bird
| and c. w. Boteler, trustees. The name
OF Ryland was selected to honor the first
| named, VINO had aided the enterprise
| financially and otherwise, being a minister
of the church and a chaplain in the navy.
Mrs. Jane Gray was the sole resident on
the south side Of D street between 10th
| and 18th streets.
Along D street east of the church there
had been some settlement, but far from
| solid front was presented. In addition
to Mrs. Franzoni. Misses Cooper Garrett
and Hatch's residences William Bur-
| roughs had erected home and carpenter
shop and later moved to the north side of
Maryland avenue. There were then here
David Westerfieid. a carpenter; Mrs
Mitchell. James White and F. A. Cadick
Facing the intersection Of Maryland and
Virginia avenues the situation was much
| appreciated before the railroads came
OF those named the Cooper, Hatch and
Stephenson families are still represented
and others here in 1850 are few and far
between. JAMES CROGGON.
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