The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
HIST0RICPLACES
in HISTORICCITY
Many Points of Interest in the
Nations Capital Marked
for Sightseers.
EASY FOR THE VISITORS
Every Section Of Washington Holds
Its Share of Sites Of importance
in the History Of the Nation.

B and c Streets, West Side-This Is the
site referred to in the will OF George
Washington, dated July, 1893, as original
lots numbered 10 and Il, in square
6s4, which were purchased by him for
1888. with the condition that he should
build two brick houses, three stories high
each on them He began the erection
of winter residence, but did not live to
complete it.
No. = Northeast Corner of c Street
and New Jersey Avenue-Site Of Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad station. until
transfer to Union Station in 1903.
No. s. Southwest Corner of II and
North Capitol Streets-This building is
the original Government Printing Office.
No T. Southeast Corner of New Jersey
Avenue and l Street-Site of residence
of Stephen a. Douglas, Senator from
Illinois and candidate for the Presidency
in 1860.
No. ). 205 I Street-GeneraI U. S. Grant,
and later General w. T. Sherman. resided
IN this house.
No. G. 207 | Street-Matthew G. Emery,
last Mayor Of Washington, resided in this
house.
No. :. Northwest Corner of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and Second Street-On this
site was the first railway station (Balti-
more and Ohio in Washington.
No. s. Northwest Corner of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and Third Street-Vice
President Hannibal Hamlin, and later
Vice President Henry Wilson, resided in
this house. formerly Gadsby's Hotel
No 8. Southwest Corner of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and Third Street tMades
HoteD-General John A. Sutter, on whose
property gold was discovered in Cali
fornia, died in this house in 1850.
To- oil NJ l.
vania Avenue-A ball for the benefit of
the poor was held here on President Tay-
lor's inauguration in lSi9.
No. IL 2I9 Third Street - Franklin
Pierce. Jonathan Cilley. James NJ. Mason,
and Robert c. Winthrop, while members
of Congress, resided in this house.
No. L. @6 Third Street-Millard Fill
more resided in this house while MEM
ber of Congress.
No lS 3OS c Street-Site of the home
of Francis Scott Key, author of the
Star Spangled Banner
No. IA. 80 c Street-Daniel Webster
resided in a house on this site.
No. Il. 3l2 C Street-Henry Clay resid-
ed in house on this site.
No. l6 SIS c Street-John c. Fremont,
the Pathfinder and first Republican candi-
date for the Presidency, lived in this
house.
No. IL. G34 Street-Thonas II. Ben
ton, Senator from Missouri. resided in this
house.
No Is 3IS Indiana Avenue-Chief Jus
tice fancy li7ed in this house and died
here in 1854
No 19 324 Indiana Avenue-This house
was the home of Admiral Evans. popu-
larly known as Fighting Bob.
No % Southwest Corner Of Fourth
and Streets Judiciary Square-The Sec
ond inaugural bail of President Grant
us73) was held in a building erected on
this site.
No p. Judiciary Square-The inaugu-
raj balls of Presidents Buchanan GS50
and Lincoln GS6D We're held in a build
ing on this site
No % United States Bureau of Pen
sions-The inaugural balls of Presidents
Cleveland 0sS5. 1889. Harrison GSS9), Nc
Kinley GSg7 1901. Roosevelt QS05). and
Taft O9C9D were held here.
No %. John Marshall Place. between
Indiana Avenue and & Street. First Pres
bvterian Church-Rev. T Dewitt Tai
madge was pastor of this church. and
President Cleveland attended service here.
No. 81 4j6 c Street-John A. Dix. Sec
retary of the Treasury in 1s60-61. resided
in this house.
No. % Southwest Corner of and
John Marshall Place. Metropolitan
Methodist Church-Here Bishop Newman
preached and here Gen. Grant. Gen.
Logan. Secretary Chase. President Nc
Kinley, and Vice President Fairbanks
attended service.
No. &c. Northwest Corner of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and John Marshall Place
Site of Mrs. Peytons boarding house.
where John c. Calhoun, Henry Clay.
Robert Y Hayne, Henry a. Wise, and
Henry Wilson resided.
No 81 467 Missouri Avenue-John Tyler
resided here before he became President.
No. 2S Washington Assembly Rooms
Louisiana Avenue. opposite Fifth Street
On this site the inaugural ball of Pres-
dent William II. Harrison was held in
1Sf.
No. 29 Sixth and r Streets-Site of
station of Pennsylvania railroad. where
President Garfield was shot, July >, 1851.
No. 30. Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth
Street (National HoteD-In this building
Henry Clay died. June %, 1852.
No. 81. Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth
Street (NatiOnal HoteD-AleXander II.
Stephens of Georgia resided in this house.
No. 81. Pennsylvania Avenue. between
Sixth and Seventh Streets (Metropolitan
HoteD-The site of Browns Hotel where
kossuth and his suite We're entertained
in 1Sj2.
No. 50. Northwest Corner of E and
Sixth Streets-Chief Justice Salmon p
Chase resided in this house
No. 81 6c9 + Street-Caleb Gushing re-
sided here.
No. 81. SIS Street-In this house lived
John c. Calhoun. Vice President of the
United States from 1875 until 1929.
No. i6. els + Street-Thomas T. Walter
one of the architects of the Capitol re-
sided in this house
No. 81. United States Patent Office
The second inaugural ball of President
Lincoln was held here in 1865
No. IS. West Side of Seventh Street
between and F Streets near the center
of the square now occupied by the Gem
eral Land office-Site of the first teIe-
graph office in the United States. opened
and operated by s. F. B. Morse in 1874.
No. 80. North Side of E Street. be-
tween Seventh and Eighth Streets-On
this site was Blodget's Hotel where in
1914 Congress convened. Before 1t was
torn down in 1886 it was occupied by the
Post-office Department. the Patent Office.
and the City Post-office.
No. 40. At Seventh Street. opposite Odd
Fellows Hall-Site of office of National
Era in which Uncle Toms Cabin was
originally published during 1s51-52.
No. Al. Northwest Corner Seventh and
d Streets-Site of office of National In
telligencer.
No. - Washington Barracks, foot Of
Four-and-a-Half Street Southwest-A
government arsenal from 1Ssl to 1881,