Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-28
IN OLD WASHINGTON
By James Croggon.

r. Thompson, later of the firm Of Tucker
& Thompson. Samuel w. Tucker, who
only recently died, was then in the hotel
building on 9Th street. On the Avenue
front of the hotel were Lusby & Devall
who later as firm and Individually were
in business near AZ street. Mr.. Lusby
after was in the brickmaking business.
Many on c Street.
On c street and Louisiana avenue, back
of Browns, between 9Th and 7th streets,
was nest of tailors. j. s. Hempler was
on street and Godfrey Eckloff, Drew &
Stevens, Joseph Carter and William
Peterson were on Louisiana avenue; also
j. Herbert. dealer in secondhand CLOTH
ing. On eth street between Louisiana
avenue and D street were Lewis Wright
and I. K. Gray. On the square above was
Charles Hunts ready-made clothing
house, and L. F. Hardness, tailor.
Above E street was J. D. Evans; be-
between 1 and K, G. w. Utermaehle.
On the Avenue, between Az and 9Th
streets was also John Johnson. c. G.
Beverage and William Marshall, tai
lors.. and N. Adams. dealer in second
hand clothing. In the square east was
P. w. Browning, in the United States
Hotel building, and eastward. Lusby &
Devall, afterward Deval & Bros;
Samuel Fowler, later a banker; J. w.
Smith and w. H. Stanford. Near the
Baltimore and Ohio depot was the
Philadelphia Clothing House, managed
by f. Savers.
On Pennsylvania avenue above Will
lard's, then Fuller's City Hotel, was the
ment of Owen. Evans & Co. afterward
owen & Son, on the property later
known as the Owen House, and William
Flenner & Co. were merchant tailors at
III
F street near 18th was Christopher
Cammack, who continued the business
with his son to civil war times, and
nearby Hugh Henry kept a clothing
side of the Avenue near 18th street.
West of The Star Office William D.
Lewis of Baltimore kept clothing store
and afterward became an auctioneer.
The tailorshop Of P. B. Fenner was also
on this square. A. jacob was on the
and 10th streets. Christian Eckloff had
moved from F street to near the cor
ner of 18th and the Avenue. E. w. Utter
maele was on e street between 18th and
side of D street, between 9th and 10th
streets. NJ, M. Bouvet was still on I
street and Robert w. Bates was on the
Avenue near 18th street.
For long time Daniel Kealy followed
merchant tailoring On 9Th street south
east, then popularity known as Garrison
street, and late In the forties Thomas I.
Davis was on the same street on the
square north.
Became Popular In 1846.
About 1s4S the modern ready-made
clothing store became q fixture, Odeon
Hall at the corner of ~ street and the
Avenue being opened by Wefsenfeld Of
Baltimore. William Marshall was at the
National Hotel with a ready-made stock
and also furnished clothes to order, and
soon after A. Straus opened a store in
the United States Hotel. on the Avenue,
between Sd and AZ streets.
Few stores were required for mascu-
line headwear. hats and caps. The
beaver, or silk hat, was in fashion. but
the popular head covering was the cap
of fur or cloth. The fur, at that time
being plentiful, furnished most of the
caps of the winter season. The white
beaver was for many years the dress hat
for men of mature age, especially the
admirers of Jackson and 1t was more or
less used as a political badge. 1T Is be-
of S. w. Handy & Co., adjoining Davis
Hotel, afterward Browns, before the
year 1920. Opposite was that OF Nicho-
lis & Co.
Thomas Spratt had a hat and shoe
store on 9th street, north of the Ave-
nue., and on the Avenue between 9th and
10th streets was Thomas Gilpin, and
soon after p Pennal1 Hat making was
also done at the homes by Mason Pig
got and M. Tarlton, residing on the
east side of 9Th street between and
F streets; Thomas Parsons, on the east
side of 9th street between d and T.
streets, and a few others.
In the thirties o. Fish had hat store
near Browns Hotel, at the sign of a
large golden fish. Westward William
B. Todd opened hat store and manu-
factory In the Concert Hall building,
and long he was in business with q
force of hatters and woman cap maxi
ers. Todd e. Co. and Todd G. Davis
succeeded, and the sons of j. Y. Davis
are still in business at 18th street and
the avenue.
About 1870 Francis Mattingly opened