The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

Is Second Largest Library in the v
Eighteenth. Streets-Edward Everett re.
sided In this house.
No. III. 1901 F Street Northwest-Chief
Justice Melville w. Fuller lived in this
house.
No. l4s Southwest Corner Of and
Eighteenth streets-Willism Writ resided
in this house.
No. lG. New York Avenue and Eight
eenth Street Octason House tnow the
headquarters OF the American Institute
Of Architects)-President Madison resided
here after the burning Of the White
House by the British in 1874
No. IN Northwest Corner Of Min.
teenth and @ Streets-On this site was
the home of Matthew F. Maury. the
geoErapher.
No. 1S. Southeast Corner of II and
Nineteenth Streets-The home JSf Ehe
Veteran Volunteer Firemens Association
and assigned by act OF Congress to the
Association OF Oldest Inha bitants.
No. llS Northwest Corner of Pennsyl-
vsnia Avenue and Nineteenth Street
Residence of Presidents Madison and
Monroe during restoration OF White
House after war OF 1872.
No. lE. Northwest Corner OF Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and Nineteenth Street
Here Gen. George r. McClennan had his
headquarters In 1861.
No. lt. 1915 Nineteenth Street-Theo-
dore Roosevelt resided in this house while
Civil Service Commissioner.
No. 149. 2oGO G Street-Maj. Archibald
W. Butt. L. s. A. personal aid to Presi-
dents Roosevelt and Taft, who went
down with the Titanic, resided in this
house.
No. 15o. kalorama, near Corner Of s
Street and Phelps Place-Joel Barlow.
poet and patriot, resided here. Count
Rumford and Robert Fulton were visitors
here.
No. 15I. Museum of Hygiene. Corner
of Twenty third and E Streets-In this
Building. formerly the L. S. Naval OBJ
servatory, are placed on exhibition ap-
pliances used in the navy for the
preservation and protection of human
life.
No. l52. Franklin Hotel. Corner of |
and Twenty-first Streets-Lafayette was
guest III this house in 1895. Andrew
Jackson and other prominent Americans
resided here.
No. 1aS. . Street, between Twenty
seventh and Twenty y-eighth Streets-Rit-
tenhouse Home. This house, originally
called Bellevue, was built about 1750. 1t
first Register OF the Treasury, and
Washington was frequent guest here.
No. 1d 3o49 VI Street-In this house
vas the office of Mai Charles rEnfant.
who made the first plan of the city of
Washington.
No. 155. 3o6l NJ Street-Headauarters of
George Washington in 1871. while survey
ing the District of Columbia.
No. l56. Southeast Corner of Potomac
and o Streets. ST Johns Church-Presi-
dents jefferson and Madison were fire.
Guent worshipcrs in this church, which
was organized iE 1877.
No. 157. o and Potomac Streets, St.
Johns Churchyard. Beall Boulder-Dedi-
Gated to Ninan Eeall, patentee Of Rock
of Dumbarton," the site OF Georgetown.
member of the Maryland House of
Surgesses. and a distinguished Indian
fighter. who was voted an Act of Ora
tuity' oy the Maryland Assembly in
1889. Erected by the Society Of Colonial
Wars. 1910.
No. l5S Tutor Place-This house. de-
signed by William Thornton. was built
about 1906 by Thomas Peter. who mar
ried a daughter of John Parke Custis,
from whom came many heirlOoms of the
Washington family. Lafayette and other
DISTINGUISHED guests have been entertain
ed here.
No. l5s NJ Street. between Thirty-third
and Thirty fourth Streets-Site of Bank
of Columbia" first bank established in
1853 within the limits Of the District Of
Columbia.
No. leg. Corner of Prospect Avenue
and Th!rty-fourth Street-Col. Benjamin
Sroddert, who, under President Adams,
was first Secretary of the Navy, resided
in a house on this site.
No. Isl. 35ls N Street. near Aaueduct
Bridge. Key Iansion-Francis Scott
Key. author of The Star Spangled Ban
ler.'' resided in house on this site.
No. 49, Southwest Corner of Thirty
sixth Street and Prospect Avenue-Mrs.
E. d. E. N. Southworth, authoress. re-
sided ard died in this house.
No. 163. Corner OF Thirty-siNth and p
Streets. Georgetown Tniversty-This
institution. founded in 11Ss, Is the oldest
and largest Jesuit institution of learning
in this country, has museum of his
toric objects and the first Astronomical
observatory created in the District Of
Columbia.
No. ls4. Smithsonian Park, facing
Ninth Street-A memorial to Andrew
Jackson Downing ISl5-5e). a land
scape gardener, who laid out the parks
between the Capitol and the Potomac
River, the White House Park. and La
fayette Square. He was the author of
standard books on pomology.
No. 1855. Potomac Park-In this Vi
cinity. on the axis of the Washington
Monument and the Capitol. is the site
chosen for the Lincoln memorial.
No. 16e. speedway-Near this site
was the large boulder, known as the
Key of Keys. where, according to ira
dition. Braddock landed at the begin
ming Of his expedition to Fort Duquesne
in 1855.
No 161 b Street Southeastern
this house, built by Gen. BENJAMIN F.
Butler. President Arthur lived during
the early part of his administration.
No. i6S. 2O6 Pennsylvania Avenue
Southea st-In this building the United