Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Varnum owned lot 6, and afterward S.
Matheny acquired half of the same.
The next year +. Fallon owned the cor
ner~ at 10th and D streets: soon after
ward r. Parrot owned on 10Th street;
in 1923 Daniel Buzzard owned lots 3 and
= the first in 1881 going to John G.
Rives and the latter to John II. Houston,
and in 1882 lot :! was assigned to st.
Thorpe was assessed for $500 on lot 6.
on 18th street. The ground was listed
at l and cents per foot.
Virginia avenue, 10Th and ID streets
inclosed the one lot of square 10. which
was assigned to Stoddert & Deakins for
two lots in Hamburger. James Greenlea i.
Morris & Nicholson. and after Uriah
Forrest and the Bank OF Columbia were
interested in the title. In 1905 the Ton
tine Company was here, but the ground
was not improved and there was no
change until 1886 when Gen. Weightman
had title.
The square south. north 12s. Virginia
avenue, and Goth streets, was trans
ferred in 1894 to Stoddert & Deakins for
two Hamburger lots. 1t did not figure in
the real estate transactions until after
the civil war.
In square 12S there were plated four
teen lots on Il, c, 10Th and Goth streets.
those in the east half being assigned in
1796 to David Burnes and the west half
10 the United States In the next year
Dunlap Carlton. who were then
ers of the city. bought. with other ground.
lots 3 to :. but there was no Improvement
OF the ground. In 1872 these lots were
sold by Washington Boyd, United States
marshal, to Elias T.. Caldwell. In 1921
Gen. Van Ness owned at the corner of
Goth and b streets.
Square 100. south of 3 street, between
10Th and 10th streets. consisted of TWO
lots in 1895. 1t was divided between the
government and David Burnes, the latter
taking the east half. AS before stated.
the water of the river covered most of
this ground. The government portion
was water lot, that OF Mr.. Burnes
nearly so. and they were therefore Of lit
tie utility. AS city square it was long
ago dropped from the books.
Was Without improvements.
The reservation in which New York
and Virginia avenues cross. between 18th
and 18th streets, lay in the open for the
fourth of a century-until after the civil
war, indeed-and presented very diff
ferent aspect from what il does now.
The squares south also appeared to be in
the same condition, with little exception,
the only difference being in the owner
ship. The general government held title
TO what is now known as RsIWlins square
and individuals the numbered squares.
Square Ia was formed of sixteen lots,
fronting 18th, 18TH ID and r. streets, south
of the park Its initial valuation was
from one-half to three cents per foot, and
the only improvements assessed in the
early part of the citys history were for
two houses at $50 and $4U, respectively,
owned by Samuel Miller Of the Marine
Corps on lot $, 10Th street. David Burnes
was vested with title to seven lots, the
government TO two and one each was
transferred to Jacob letter, s. Miller and
Ii. Stall in exchange for Hamburger lots.
In 1902 Isaac Pollock owned two lots on
18th street and Benjamin Stoddert held
interest for tho Tontine Company. In
1906 r. King owned half of lot I, on 10Th
street. and until DIR. Van Patten bought
lots ~ to IA, about the northeast quarter,
in 1913. no change took place.
In square south 1io there were four
lots. each fronting on c and u streets,
those in the east half going to the gov
ernmcnt. the others to David Burns
heirs The four government lots were In
cluded in the purchase Of Pratt. Fran
els, Miller and others-the English Build
ing Company-but no building operations
took place. Nearly fifty years later, in
1S47. A. G.. Wright bought the west half
of the square