Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
United States Gets Two.

In square so. of three lots each, on ed
and Esd streets between D and E streets,
two were assigned the United States, and
for the others Hamburger lots were ex-
changed, respectively, by James Wills.
John Spoor Thomas Beatty and Robert
Peter. The early assessment of the
ground was a 8 stated above, and on lot
?, at ID and ed streets, Evan Evans in
1902 had a four-hundred- dollar dwelling
In 1895 Isacher and Mahlon Schoffield
had lot ,. at the corner of D and sd
streets. and the next year the lot east
was mort ged by Morris & Nicholson
In 1897 John Mccormick and Evan
Evans were on part .. and in 1900 Mr.
Caldwell had lot s. which passed tc
Stoddard for the Tontine Company. ROB
ert Leckie in 1922 owned lots l. 2, )
and 6, and erected brick residence on
22d street, in which he lived for several
years, listed at $4,000. This was in 1887
sold to Azariah Fuller Of stage line fame
and for years proprietor OF the City
Hotel. afterward the Willard. This was
for many years the family residence
The twenty-one lots forming square 81
in the lines of +, F, 21st and I'D streets
and Virginia avenue were the scene Of
the most activity in the transfers in the
early days. though for forty years there
was but one substantial improvement on
it-that of Col. Stephen Plea santons
home at the corner of 21St and G. streets.
In the division of 1874 the government
retained lots 6, l. and L. and the other
lets were transferred for the Hamburger
owners. as follows: George HoIstein. two
French & Moore, John McDade, H. Paul
ing W. Buddicomb. Valentine Hoof, c.
Kemp. D. Hesler. II; Warman and H.
year had the three lots at o1st and e
streets and two years after Morris &
Nicholson passed their interests to W.
Mayne Duncanson ct al. In 1900 G. War
-
Robert Peter recorded his deed for lot g.
in which the purchase of tickets is re-
cited, Is pounds for two.
Owners in 1900.
In 1900 John TempIeman and BENJAMIN
Stoddert owned the southeast corner OF
the square. lots /. . and 81: A. Schaff. lot
.. on street, and Stephen Pleasanton
the south half of lot is on c1st street,
Col Pleasanton came here that year with
the State Department. and served under
it as clerk and as fifth auditor for over
fifty years. He erected residence here
which. as stated. was listed the following
year at a valuation of $1,000, and the
ground at cents per foot. Suisse
quentiy he acquired lots Is and II. and
erected a substantial brick residence
which about 1880 was assessed at $1,000,
and the ground on the square at to
cents per foot. He lived here over
twenty years. During the civil war it
was first used as an armory. and next
by the quartermaster department. 1t
later became the property of Col n.
MichIer of the Engineer Corps, and he
made his residence there.
In 1903 Nicholas King owned lot 10
on F street, which passed to Robert King.
soon after. In 1906 lots 1. 2. 6. Z, and
81 were held in trust for the Tontine
company. and J. Minor owned lot 49, In
1909 Christian Kemp owned lot 3. In
1872 A. Wilson owned an interest in lot
Q, which the next year went to Joseph
Milligan, and George French owned lots
1G and II. the latter going to Col. Pleas
anton in 1919.
In 1926 Thomas Sandiford, for a long
time a carpenter and builder. bought lot
II at the southeast corner of F and 2sd
streets. and had shop there listed at
$780, In 1927 Fleet Smith owned lot s.