Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
IN HAMBURGER TOWN
Early Owners of Large Section
of Washington.
FUNK SETTLEMENT CENTER
Exchanges Made by Lot Holders for
City Property.
PLACE KNOWN AS CAMP HILL
Rendezvous for Soldiers in Year
1900 and During the War
of 1912.

! Within the lines OF 10th, I'D ana -
| streets on the river shores. on the plat
! of Hamburger years ago. several squares
were cut into lots for building purposes.
! and these were in the heart of JACOB
| Funk's town. laid out in I'LL. This OF
course hlotted out the old lines OF the
/ lots of Funk's town. but the exchanges
were made by holders under Funk for
/ the city lots without much friction, and
! il is learned from tradition that none
of the houses of settlers had to be moved
| from the street lines
| This was The center of Hamburger. about
the whar. and warehouse, and evidently
the protector. Funk, was optimistic. as
were the lot holders under MN
Twcnty-third street separated this sec
ton from the hill. which, it is said, was
occupied AS a campground In colonial
times by the marines. This was apout
the year 1900 and United States AMI
local troops also occupied it IN the war
| of 70
| university square" officially was Camp
| Hill until the location of the NaFaI op-
seryatory about the year 1S45 led TO
change of name to Observatory GROUNDS,
The old building is now used as the NaVal
Museum of Hygiene.
/ From the number of names associate"
with the lots in Hamburger subsequently
exchanged for city lots. and from ,he
plan for the burgh. In winch mar
square, wharf, warehouse and the lots
set apart for the Lutheran and CaiVan-
| istic Christians, a permanent town was
projected. 1t was, however, nciudeu III
the site Of Washington in 119l ana ira
ditionally it is learned that then there
were but few substantial houses standing
| there.
| After the transfer to the commission
ers much OF the land passed into the
hands of Greenleaf, Morris NlcnolSoh, W.
NJ. Duncanson, Miller and others. VINO were
prominent in developing the city; but
they left no evidence of their work. Inc
property was the subject of litigation. IN
which those above named were AhVol.eu.
Whatever may have been the enterprises
| in the Hamburger settlement, soon ailet
| 1900 the manufacture of glass by Andrew
III. W. Way became an important INDUSTRY
When Washington Was Founded.
When the municipality of Washington
was established in 1902 there was total
of but $4,000 in listed improvements In
| that territory, and the ground was val
ued at from to cents per foot. Soon
after the glasshouse was assessed for
$500 and the wharf $1,000. When
| about the year 1880, the Chesapeake and
| Ohio canal was extended to 1Fth street
the value of the ground appreciated to
| from > to cents and the improvements
to over $1,000.
| In the square of ten, lots formed by
New York and Virginia avenues, 10Th,
o1st and c streets. f.. 81. Col William
| Deakins, Stoddert L. Deakins and c.
| Lower took title In 1874, and soon after
| ward these lots We're included In the
holdings of Greenleaf and his successors.
! but by 1890 four houses were erected on
! them The only noted assessments for
! improvements were: J. Bancroft 800
| and r. Bingey, $50 on c street and j.
| Duff 500 on New York avenue and list
| street
| In the square south +. IS, sixteen lots
| fronted on 3, G. 10Th and 21st streets.
and one each was transferred to Henry
Roser and John Casey the government
! retaining the others Greenleaf. Forrest
Morris J. Nicholson and others were in
! terested here for many years.
Fifteen lots of square 81. on c1St odd
and d streets and New York avenue
were assigned as follows: Lots l and 4
to the government. and the others to
| Andrew Link, James Garlick, b. Stod-
dert, s. Blodget, r.. Cramphin, r Mann
| M. Stoker. John Haas, Hatfield and Mr.
| Hamburger lots. In 1897 lease was
given Thomas Taylor on lot .. and in
! 1880 Pratt Miller ct al owned lot ! at
| 2lst street and New York avenue.
There were no changes until 1915. when
| trustees of the Tontine Company held
| some of the lots. Three and four cents
/ had been the value but by 1880 five.
| cent valuation had been reached. and
! the improvements were listed to D. and
j. Taylor. $500 on New York avenue
$50 on New York avenue.
| South eight lots formed square 81. be-
! tween New York avenue. &, 2lst and I'D
/ streets, the title to four lots being vested
Johnson and Thomas Johnson exchang-
Ing them for Hamburger lots