Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10

of which he gave for Sunday school and
preaching services. and this was the
nucleus Of the present McKendree NJ. =:
Church. Maj. William Doughty In ls42
bought lots to 8. the northwest portion
of the square fronting on 9th street. and
In a short time Doughty's row or nve
three-story brick dwellings, was com
pIeted and occupied. In 1874 Isaac Hill
bought lots and s south OF this row
and II and IL on 9Th street. erecting on
9th street a fine brick residence IN "nlch
he resided for a long time.
Similar in its early history to that OF
square 4O2 is square 4O1. Laid on Tor
fourteen lots. vested In the proprietors
Lynch & Sands. most of them were SOLO
prior to 1900, and, though in the early
days there were some changes OF title.
there was no record Of Improvement Tor
nearly half century, the lots hgur1ng
on the tax books alone for the ground
valuation. In lot James Taylor was
1909, NJ Ward. ]. Eastburn and ]. Martin
in 1872 jeremiah Warden had lot In
1911. Alex. Suter In 1917 had lots 1. IL
and IA. the corner of 9Th and L streets.
which in the following year went to James
Greer. Ten years later-1s28-lot 1 was
bought by E. Stephens. Jane Lynch con-
veyed to John A. Smith lots s. 10 and II
in 1879, and w. H. Harrison and 8. At
kinson the next year had lot ?. Edward
Stephens in 1882 owned. at 9Th and l.
few months later ]. N. r. P. Hayes
Elizabeth Hayes and Alex Bowling own
ing in the same. A. Duley in 1884 had
lot 8, L. Carusi lot In 1885. A. Gladmon
lot 2 in 1887. A. Rothwell lot II. J. Reed
lot Ii and r. S. w. Boyd lot s in 1899:
James Reeves lot 2, Charles Hibbs and
j. c. Hall lots 3 and 4. ]. A. Bnghtwell
lot 3 in 1910. and the next year A. B.
Gladmon and William Miles were in lot
) and z. Jones in lot 4. In 1912 lots ID
inc OF ia
into five sublots, known as subs. Nos.
to 5.
Idle for Many Years.
The square west between L, M, eth and
Sth streets. of the same size. plan and
early history as the preceding. save that
in 1895 the title was in the United
States. long lay idle. In 1882 lot 4 at 9Th
and L streets became the property Of St.
Naylor acquired the whole square ten
years later and in 1912 conveyed a half
interest to Andrew Rothwell. OF the four
teen lots thirty-six sublots were made. l,
. 10 and 20 on the corner. George w.
Utermhle in 1912 bought lots I. "a, IS and
Sc. on which he erected a row Of two-
story frame tenements facing 7th street
north and l. street; John Jockey erected
dwelling on sub 80 George r. Curtis
bought sub and A. Gladmon sub and )
proved the same. In 1S43 sub and 5
went to Mrs. Ann Camlin. sub to George
w. Collins. sub 1s and 10 to D. w. Ed
monston and sub to II. T. Parker: the
! next year Samuel Shreeve sub q on 7th
| street. These sub-lots were all improved
shortly after purchase.
Rapid were the building operations in
| the late forties and ilties. and soon the
neighborhood became well known At
| the northwest corner of 7th and X
streets w. D. Spignul. in the forties.
opened a grocery in a frame building, and
tit is yet a business stand. About the
| same time E. F. Queen & Bro. started
| the grocery business on the square above.
| after moving south of K street. Robert
Brooks grocery. Jockeys bakery. e. F.
! Tatsapaugh's feed store and Mrs. Hill
lery's fancy store. H. T. Parker's tailor
shop and j. Walters boot and shoe store
| were the business places on 7th street.
There were John, Samuel and Caleb
! Shreeves, Reuben Brown and others en-
gagged in the market: S. H. White. Lewis
| Walker. Mrs. Dudley, Milton w. Ward and
| James Lee, also on 7th street.
| John G. Adams erected a three-story
| dwelling, with store, at the northwest
corner Of Sth and L streets. and for years
it was noted store. Alfred Taylor, brick
| layer; c. G. Owens, shoemaker; Daniel
| Lazenby. Thomas Endressel, w. T. Col
, Inns and John Brown. carpenters: J.
Jones' wheelwright: John Ferguson
! Treasury clerk; John Nelson. halter: John
Fletcher, Francis Hogan and William
| Johnson lived on Sth street. On the east
| side of 9th street lived Daniel Gold, Isaac