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and now the site of the Army Engineer
ing School and the Army War College.
| No 49, United States National Muse
Ium-The inaugural ball of President Gar
field was held in this building in 1881.
! No. a. Smithsonian Institution, East
| IFront-Joseph Henry. the first Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, resided
in the east wing of this building from
l,s4 Till his death. Here. also, Secretary
Langley carried on his Investigations in
dynamics. The mOrtuary chapel of James
Smithson is in the main entrance.
| No 45. Long Bridge, foot of Fourteenth
| Street Southwest-During the civil war
| the bridge then here was the principal
military route to the South.
| No. i6. SlS F Street-James Buchanan
resided here before he became President.
| No Il. 7lG Ninth Street, between q
and II Streets-Alexander R. Shepherd.
Governor OF the District of Columbia in
1884, lived in a house on this site.
| No. 4S Public Library. New York Ave-
nue., between Seventh and Ninth Streets
This building, the gift of Andrew Car
negie. contains the Washington Public
Library.
| No 49, 80 NJ Street-John w. Powell.
explorer, geologist, and ethnolgist, lived
in this house.
No. 50 ais Tenth Street-In this house,
May Il. 1888. the first public meeting OF
! the survivors of the war with Spain was
held, resulting in the formation of the
Spanish War Veterans Association.
| No 5l Tenth Street, between f and
F Streets. formerly Ford's Theater-In
) this building President Lincoln was shot,
iApril IA, 1866.
| No 81 sic Tenth Street-In this house
President Lincoln died, April Is. 1866. 1t
contains the Oldroyd Memorial Collection.
! No. SO. Northeast Corner of Tenth and
d Streets-Peter Force, who compiled the
early Mayor of Washington, resided on
this site.
| No. "a Eleventh Street, opposite the
Post-office Building. site Of Carusi's Hall
I-Inaugural balls of Presidents Van Bu-
rem 1SSO. Polk 1s45J, Taylor $3.50,
Pierce CS5Sp, and Buchanan Qs50, were
held here
No. 55. Pennsylvania Avenue and Twelfth
Street Raleigh HoteD-Site of the Kirk
wood House. where Vice President An
drew johnson resided, and was sworn in
as President.
! No. 56. S12 Twelfth Street-George 8.
Boutwell,. Senator from Massachusetts, and
| Secretary of the Treasury. and later John
A. Logan, Senator from Illinois, resided
in this house.
| No. u. Southwest Corner of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and Thirteenth Street-On
this site was the Prescott House. used
as a prison for political offenders during
the early days of the civil war.
No. IS. National Theater. E Street, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets
The inaugural ball of President Polk
was held on this site in 1S45. 1t was in
the building, formerly on this site, that
Jenny Lind gave her first concert in
Washington.
No So. Northeast Corner of F and
Thirteenth Streets-Site of the First
United States Branch Bank.
No 60. 1908 X Street Northwest-Henry
w. Longfellow. the poet, was the guest
of Commodore A. S. Wadsworth in this
house when on a visit in 1883.
No. G1. Northeast Corner of Thirteenth
and / Streets-The site of the house oc-
cupied by James A. Garfield while a
member of Congress.
No. s.. 1921 X Street-John Sherman
Senator from Ohio, Secretary OF the
Treasury. and Secretary of State. re-
sided in this house.
No. g. 1862 Street-Edwin NJ. STAN
ton. Secretary of War. resided and died
in this house.
No g. Franklin Square-On this site
the Twelfth New York Volunteers, COM
manded by General Daniel Butterfield,
camped in 1861
No. s5. 1926 Fl Sreet-On this site was
the home of Mrs Hamilton. widow Of
General Alexander Hamilton. first Sec
retary of the Treasury.
No. 6S. New York Avenue. between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets-New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. where
Presidents John Quincy Adams. Andrew
L,
lard Fillmore. James Buchanon, Abraham
Lincoln. Andrew johnson, and Associate
Justice Harlan attended service.
No s.. 1908 New York Avenue-Edgar
Allan Poe lived in house formerly on
this site.
No. 6s 1921 Street-Henry r. SCHOOL,
craft. the ethnologist. lived in house
on this site.
No. 60. 1890 F Street adams Building)-
Site of the residence of John Quincy
No. 20 1865 F Street-Aaron Burr
lived in a house on this site.
No. Il. Pennsylvania Avenue and Four
teentr Street-Site of the old Willard Io-
tel. where Presidents Zachary Taylor.
Nillard Fillmore, and James Buchanan
resided, and where Abraham Lincoln was
a guest prior to his inauguration in 1861.
Here General Grant was made Lieuten-
ant General.
No 70. Ebbitt House, Fourteenth and
F Streets-Wflliam Mckinley. while a
member of Congress. resided in this
hotel.
No. a. SOC Fourteenth Street-Jefferson
Davis resided in a house on this site
No. "a Northeast Corner of G and
Fourteenth Streets-Site of Foundry on.
E.) Church, where President Hayes at
tended. Erected as a thank-offering by
Henry Foxhall. whose foundry escaped
destruction by the British in August, 1914.
No. 75. 14l0 G Street (Ames Building).-I