Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
PLAYED Part in History.

This square 6S1 played an important
mart in the early history OF that section.
The title Of the lots was left in Mr.. Car
roll, the original proprietor In li3l Three
yeas after James Greenleaf was asso-
ciated with the square, and about lsco
there were $4,000 worth of improvements
on \ street in the southwest portion OF
the square. These were Il row or three
STORED and attic brick buildings, when
shortly after We're III the possession vi -.
Il Dowson. who used them in boarding
members OF Congress, and in the dlfec-
tories of early years the homes of mem
beers here We're described as Mr DOW
sons, No. /, =. ) or 1. For nearly nlty
years Dowsons row was a ve.itable con-
Sressionai annex. Often hundreds OF
members had their lodgings there ID. u.
Tompkins, Vice President under MT.
Monroe: senator Macon OF Georgia. Scha
tor Benton of Missouri, before he erected
a home on street. and Senator Holmes
of Maine were among his guests
West OF the row, corner OF Delaware
avenue and A street, Sam A. Elliot. Jr.,
bought ground and erected two dwellings
in keeping with the others in 1917. The
next year Benjamin o. Tyler. engaged IN
the lottery business. had one or these
houses, and ten years after this it was
sold to Yates < Mcintyre. Later John
Foy ran a hotel here. which in the
fifties became Mrs. Whitneys. or the
yellow Tavern. place which figured
largely in the lives of the members.
Henry Tins. doorkeeper of the Sen
ate. conducted a congressional boarding
house on A street front. and among his
guests were Senator Dickerson of New
Jersey and Caesar A. Rodney of Della
ware, a son of the signer. Later Charles
Tins conducted the drug business here.
but it did not interfere with the patron
age of the house which followed the
family for half a century more.
Among the guests there were Senator
Dixon HI. Lewis of Alabama, the heaviest
member of Congress. at least in avOir-
1upois, and d. L. Yulee of Florida, who
served in Congress under the name of
Levy. and under the former name was
United States senator up to the civil
war. Late in the twenties Mrs. Eliza
beth Queen kept boarding house on A
street, and Mrs. Sewer was there ten
years later.
Built Four-Story House.
In the thirties Joseph Follansbee.
messenger of the House. erected a four
story dwelling on A street and entertained
number of the members. \ three
story brick house, erected on 1st street
II 1894 by J. w. Beck, was then known
as .'Beck's Folly" because it was dis
portionate to the size Of his family. J.
A. Brightwell lived a street in the
after part OF the twenties, and later
Robert Brown lived in the west end of
he square. In 1871, Thomas Scrivener
org connected with the Capitol police,
bought and built about midway of the
SQUARE on A street, and among his
-comers were Senator G.. w Jones OF
Tennessee and j. 8. Phelps of Missouri
About this time James Waller of the
Capitol police had three-story residence
IN street, and Brightwell House was
owned and occupied by James C. Hall;
and Isaac Wells. another Capitol police
mar, lived on A street, as did William
Hicks. A frame house. erected by Mr.
Fol!ansbee on b street, was bought by
T. S. Meehan, librarian Of Congress.
.ho made his home there a long time.
md later C. II. W. Meehan, his son and
assistant. erected house adjoining
sixty years ago there were on A street
he boarding house of Mrs. Rumsey and
he homes of d. A. Buck a Capitol clerk
ellis Clemens. c. Gordon and others.
MI Scrivener just before the civil war
rected building at the northeast cor
Ter OF the square and opened grocery
I was under the porch here during the
inauguration of President Lincoln that
sen. Scott took position. having two light
batteries OF artillery on B street, ready
thould an outbreak occur.
The original grade about conceded with
hat south. but 1t fell toward B street
The A street front early had brick
iidewalk and gravel was used on the
ware avenue was improved till the twen-
les. and then by gravel walks Until
S72. when this square and its companion
'outh or the east square were included
the grounds. they did not take the
orm Of perfect square within the lines
II 4 and 1st streets.
The Senate annex. or ONCE building
,rected few years ago, entirely OBJ
iterates the conditions OF the square In
ne lines of 3, c and LIST streets east
# Delaware avenue. AS an original
building square 1t was divided In 1893
between Mr.. Carroll and the United
states. and shortly after some improve
nents were made.
Built by Mr.. Carroll.
About 1900 Mr.. Carroll had two fine
dwellings at the corner OF Delaware ave.
hue and B street and two northward OF
he aggregate value OF $4,000 Michael
Grown built one-thousand- dollar house
III LIST and B streets, and F. Williamson
me at $4,000 on Delaware avenue, which
short time after was sold to William
3rent. clerk of the circuit court For
many years Delaware avenue remained
state OF nature, with slight wagon
racks meandering through the grass to
tazanavia, the country seat of Peter
'azanaye. a Georgetown merchant who
iad married Anne Young. the eldest
laughter OF Motley Young
The house-a frame-was on Delaware
venue between NJ and n streets, and
vas erected in 1889. before the city was
aid out. Some little brick paving was
hen in front of the Delaware avenue
properties In the early DAYS these
louses were occupied by Mr.. Brown, Mr..
3rent. Mrs Diggs and others In 1910
Hr. Brent owned on Delaware avenue