Evening star., 1909-06-12
IN OLD WASHINGTON.

In the section of Washington south Of
that described in The Star OF May -. ad-
jacent to Rodbud's and Crow hills Of old.
between 1st street east. 4th street west
and NJ and P streets. the land and COR
poration records indicate optimistic views
by some of the early owners.
Here was Greenleaf interested. as were
Pratt. Miller and others the English
Building Company, to the extent of being
chargeable with taxes, but titles left
them before there was any building i'm
provement Included in the possession
Of Motley Young. in the tract bearing
his name when the transfer was made
to the government. William Deakins, jr.,
and Lynch & Sands were owners. The
southern portion. high ground shelved off
to the streams, which in part became the
Tiber, contained some commanding build
ing sites which did not come into actual
use till the f1fties. except in two or three
instances. To that time but little of the
at other than the half cent per foot ap-
praised in 1902. most at fourth. In the
forties some commanding sites were
bought at double that figure on time.
In the more than a dozen squares there
were plated over 26O lots. few of which
have not been cut into smaller ones: some
of them fronting on improved streets
which were not on the original plats.
History Of Square 523.
Fronting NJ. n. Sd and 4th streets.
square 523 Of ten lots was in the name
of Mr.. Deakins, and he took one. Lynch,
& Sands four, and the government four.
Prior to 1900 Joseph Covachechi owned a
lot on Sd street. G. Lewis and L. Sands
one each on N street. Lot I, Mr. Lewis.
through T. Caldwell. NJ. Ward and ]. East
burn reached James Martin in $50.
Thomas >Dougherty bought lot 10 in 1917:
J. P. Ingle and ]. P. Van Ness and
in 1922. John A. Wilson the corner o.
Sd and in $780, Elias Kane the lot west
in 1893. David A. Hale lot in 1S4O and
W. G. Cranch five lots in 1S41.
Square a55 in the lines of New Jersey
and New York avenues lst. Sd. NJ and
streets, which has now two interior
streets. Kirby and Morgan, the first
known as I'd street. and many sublots, con
tained twenty-six original lots IN lho.
Young Lynch & Sands and Deakns,
with the government. were apportioned
the lots, and Greenleaf and Morris &
Nicholson were early interested. Charies
Glover bought two lots in 1877, selling one
to William Blanchard three years la!er
and one to James McCleary in 1873 10
seph Pearson had two lots on Isl street
that wear and Eli Cross one on New
York avenue In 1874.
John Hoover owned lot two years
later: P. A. Jay. two lots In 1879. selling
Mast, the latter selling to S. c. Ford In
1884 The next year 8. Wilson bought
| lot g. which in 1887 went to Charles
Hibbs In 1S43 John Walker had thir-
| teen lots.
Site of Old Brewery.
| On this square in the fifties was the pop
ular summer garden of Andrew Loemer,
who afterward built large brewery. for
many years a famous resort The Rlsgs
public school succeeded the brewery. ana
now the Homeopathic Hospital is here.
| In the triangle east of the above, known
as square 61S. three lots in the lines OF
| New York avenue, North Capltoi ana \
streets fell to the government IN IN the a.
| Andrew Rothwell bought lot. was there
change Of title.
In square 6l9 eighteen lots were on
New York avenue, North Capitol. NJ and
| lst streets and were vested in the gov
ernment in 1895 Greenleaf's contract for
one thousand lots in 1904 covered them,
but soon after they fell TO the Commits
sioners. Title was unchanged TIL Jonn
NJ Dom bought the square In lS4o
Eastward was square 81, constructed
, of thirty-four lots on North Capitol. lst.
NJ and streets northeast. and in 1876
| they were divided between Mr.. Young
and the United States, the latter taking
placed in the name of his daughter In
| 1872 Six years later Frederick May and
S. Elliott, jr, owned here. and In 1887 G.
T. Collins had title. Now there are many
sublots, some Patterson street mid
way between NJ and n streets.
The small triangle 522. one lot. In the
line of New Jersey avenue, n and 4th
streets, was allotted to Mr.. Deakins In
1895.
Triangle Bought for 1892.
The diminutive triangular space formed
In New Jersey avenue, o and Sd streets.
in Deakins tract. was labeled square w.
of .4, and was Of a single lot. In 1196
1t was included in the government s share
of the property. and for nearly fifty years
there was no change in the title. John I.
Hoover becoming the purchaser OF 1t in
1872 for 1882.
On n, o, 1st and Sd streets thirty lots
formed square i54. Mr.. Young took
those in the west half of the square, the
government the east half; but Greenleaf,
Morris & Nicholson and the building COM
pany, Pratt ct al. had interests. In 1sla
Ave lots of the latter were owned by
William Brent. In 1920 Samuel Burch
owned five others, and Robert Tweedy's
purchase Of one in 1923 was the only one
prior to 1S40.
James A. Kennedy then owned four.
Five years later John Walker acquired
the square.