Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27

banking purposes.
In 1889 W. W. Corcoran moved his
banking business from the Avenue above
18th street. and occupied the lower moor.
The following year, George w. Riggs
becoming partner, the firm OF Corcorah
Riggs commenced. which for many
United tSates Bank, on the site of the
present American Security and Trust
building. At the old stand, 18th and r
streets, T. W. Pairo followed in the same
In 1851 St. John Church bought the prop
erty, and Chubb & Schenck and Chubb
Brothers continued the business, followed
by others. The Press Club has its quar-
ters there now.
On the lot north there was a fine three
story brick dwelling erected and owned
oy Mrs. Fenwick. q hundred years ago.
In the twenties and thfrties II was the
| residence of Col Truman Cross. then
an assistant inspector general, and after
ward the quartermaster general. of the
United States army. He accompanied
Gen. Taylor's army to Mexico, but be-
| fore reaching Mexican soil he was killed
He was a native OF Prince George county.
Nd. son of revolutionary office- and
long a resident Of this city, and was very
popular as citizen as we'll as omcer
When. during the war. his remains were
brought to this city every voiunteeS mill
tary body i'm the District united with a
vast concourse of citizens i'm escorting
| il to the place of interment.
! Before the Mexican war Gen. Wlnheid
Scott had his headquarters there. and
also resided there during the admnlstra-
| ton of President Pierce.
As before stated, the Bank OF Metropolis
erected in 1920 substantial brick build
ing northward, and under that name anu
| that of the National Metropolitan Bank
it has had a career of ninety-three years
After Cook & Co. were esta bilshed ON the
lot north. and the First National Bank
was formed, a charter was given TO Ma
tional Bank of the Metropolis. which, Tor
| several years carried on business on the
old site at the corner of 18th and F
streets. When the bank organized under
the national banking laws ii took the
name Of National Metropolitan Bank
On the corner occupied by the Riggs
House Col. lfUnroe erected early In the
century a substantial brick building or
two houses Prior to 1870 the corner be-
came known as VOLTS French Hotei. ana
some years afterwafd was Marks Tavern
Mai. Gen. Jacob d. Brown commanding
the army, lived there few years before
his death, February "A. ISIS. He. like Col
Cross. was a popular officer and citiZsn
He stood high in Masonic circles, and his
funeral was attended by large miiiIars
escort and the grand and subordinate
lodges of Masons. The Masonic rites were
performed at Congressional cemetery
Later Commodore J. II. Aulick resided IN
the south house. and the corner DuiidlnS
was used as public house by Louis La
Billie and Paul Kinchey. both OF whom
were prominent In the forties and fifties
Mrs. Ulrich kept leading boarding house
patronized largely by members of Con-
gress. diplomats and officials of the gov
! eminent. At that period the representa-
tives of Prussia. Baron Gerolt; Belgium
Mr. Surveys: of the Netherlands. the
ChevaIier Tesla. and Argentina, Gen. De
Olivier. were here, and among the con-
gressmen were Representatives n. j. Sea
man and ". ". Campbell of New York.
r. Broadhead of Pennsylvania. j. A.
Rockwell of Connecticut and ". Wright
of New Jersey.