Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

lot 8: Herman. 81 400, lot g: A. Wroe,
81 600. lot IL; J.. McAleer. $3.50. lot ID: A.
Talbert 800. lot IA: Jacob Jackson, $3.50.
lot II; william Wallace, $50. lot Is. and
Thomas Garner. 500. lot II.
Thomas Garner in 1929 took an assign
ment of lease In lots IL and II. and Jesse
Garner conducted a blacksmith shop on
It'll street. Owen Summers, a saddle and
harness maker. leased part Of IL and was
there In business several years. later NOV
ing to the square south. The same year
David A. Hall bought lot 2. David Saun-
ders lot 3 and Thomas Bates lot 4, on g
street: Glenn Smith bought lots IS to 20. on
III street. and Jacob Gideon. jr.. and Will
liam Wayne in lot . and NJ. Cation In
lot 26, on 9Th street. In 1880 T. A. Dudley
Burns bought part Of lot 8. on 7th street.
and Robert Leckie q and "a. on eth
street John Bancroft in 1881 had lot 3.
John Devlin and j. D. Smith Ii. 8. w.
Handy In 1884 had the lots at 9Th and II
streets. 81 and %; z. Kinsey the next year
assigned lease in the lot adjoining on. tine
south, II, and Hugh Leddy bought lot 8,
kiernan's Tavern. and opened a grocery.
later conducted by Hugh Leddy.
Increase in Ground Values.
About this time the ground values had
Increased from to 16 cents. the property
lot Z; Quigleys heirs. $3.50, and Varnum's
heirs. $500. lot 8; Kiernan's heirs. 5000.
lot 0; Van Ness. 500. lot 10; A. Wroe.
81 $40. lot -: A. Talbert, $500. and Jacob
Jackson. $780, lot IA. and William Wal
lace. $500. The soap and candle works
previously on c street east of 10th street
were established on lot 4. on G street. by
Thomas Bates. and for many years
the manufacture Of these articles was
L.. f.,I, nf VAtp S<< Of AZ
the demise of the founder of the business.
his sons carrying it on. When the square
became more thckly settled the business
gave the name of Soap alley to the local
ity.
: Richard Smith in 1887 bought lots IS to
20 on III street. William Wallace the fee
simple title Of lot Is and John Bali Of lot
H. Samuel Burche in 1880 bought lot !.
corner 9Th and G streets. and leased part
to e. G.. Miller, and j. c. Mckeldin
bought lot "a. on 9th street. atterward
buying lot %. on the corner of HI street.
and H. n. Henning bought lot %. "A row
of two-story-and-b basement bricks was
built on the west side of the street ex-
tending south from II street by Mr.. Nc
Keldin. who. being in the bakery business.
suggested the name Dough row. About
that time Jonathan T. Walker owned lot
90 on H street. and Cornelius Cox of the
city post Office lot IL, on 7th street. having
his home there. In 1871 the Washington
Benevolent Society bought part of lot 2
on G street. where it erected hall.
Dormant for Many Years.
The square between 9Th. 9Th. G and n
streets laid dormant for very many years.
subject only to being listed for the pur-
pose Of taxation. and in this 1t did not
Yield much revenue. For a quarter Of q
century a cent per foot was the appraise-
ment of the thirty-four lots into which
it was divided. These fronted eaS and
west and were in the tract of Ben Odin.
The apportionment was not made till
1893. but before the close of that year
the commissioner Of public buildings. Col.
Elgar had made a sale. 1t was lot on
the northeast corner OF 9Th and g streets.
and the purchaser was George Suter.
There he erected the frame residence fac
ing G street now standing and belonging
to the family. In 1890 James Douglas.
carpenter, acquired lot }; James Gull. lot
8; Joseph Collins leased lot 10: William
THOMPSON bought lot "a: Mr.. Fowble. lot
IS: J. HI. Wade, lot 8. and Benjamin L.
Lear bought ten lots. In 1881 leases were
made by Charles Columbus and j. III.
Watson in lot 8, on 9th street. and to T.
A. Hawke in % and John Major IN 70 and
"a and to ]. Thomas Clements was deed
ed lot "a, on 9Th street. In 1892 James
Williams owned lots 10 and 20 and Mary
M. Edelin, and John Hume In %. T. A.
Hawke 25 and James Handley 70 on 9TH
street: Mary Mckee. Is. and Florence Nc
Carthy. n. and leases were held in lot IL
by Daniel Collier and Thomas Clarke and
by A. d. Coliingsworth and IN oy =.
r. Walker, the latter buying the Tee title
a few wears later. In 1895 Eliza Holtz-
man owned in o. ]. c. Hall In Is. 16. 81
and p and Mr.. Hume had lease or deeds
to %, "a. % and 80: The next year lot
went to winifred Tuel. 5 to Ann Dawes
ct al. II to Isaac Clarke. all on 9Th street:
and y. M. p. King had 10 and 20 and
Florence Mccarthy 81 and 30. on 9Th
street. In 1887 E. Cation had lot and
Rezin Beck lot II. on 9Th street. and in
1893 B. Givenny had lots . and 70, 2. w.
Winiams q and James Handley -. on
5th street, and Mr.. Clements lot Il, 9Th
street