Evening star., 1915-09-28

No 200 1925 II street On this site
was the home of Mrs. Hamilton. widow
of Gen. Alexander Hamilton. nrst Sec
retary OF the Treasury.
No. 201. street between 18th and
14th streets northwest. ADAMS build
ing. site of headquarters of the sani-
tary commission.
No. a0a 1908 New York avenue. Ed
gar Allan Poe lived in house formerly
on this site.
No. 2oa. 1883 street adams build
ing). Site of the residence of John
No. 2O4 1865 F street Aaron Burr
lived in house on this site.
No. 2oo. Ebbitt House. 14th and
streets. William Mckinley. while .
member of Congress. resided in this
hotel.
No. 2OS. 500 I4th street. Jefferson
Davis resided in a house on this site.
No. 207. Northeast corner of G and
18th streets. Site of old Foundry IN
E) Church. where President Hayes at
tended Erected as a thank Offering
by Henry Foxall. whose foundry es-
capped destruction by the British In
August, 1914.
No. 2os. 141o G street tAmes build
ingp. Vice President John c. Breckin-
ridge resided in a house on this site.
No. 209. 1917 14th street. Allen @.
Thurman resided in this house:
No. 21O. Southeast corner OF ana
14th streets. All Souls Church. Presi-
dent Taft attended service in this
church. in which Edward Everett Hale
often preached.
No. 2l1. Northwest corner OF Massa-
chusetts avenue and 14th street. On
this site was the home OF Senator W.
H. Crawford of Georgia, who was q
candidate for the presidency in 1924.
No. 212. Vermont avenue between
Garfield attended service in frame
| church. of the Christian Baptist faith.
which occupied this site.
No. 213. Grace Reformed Church.
18th and o streets. President Roose-
veit attended service in this church.
No. 214. 1413 Massachusetts, avenue.
i Thomas F. Bayard. senator from Della
ware, Secretary of State and first am.
| bassador to Great Britain, lived in this
| house.
No. a15. Northwest corner of 18th
and X streets. William NJ. Evarts, At
| torney General. Secretary of State and
senator from New York. resided in
No. ZIG Northeast corner of I and
| 18th streets. Senator Simon Cameron.
Secretary Of War. 1851 80. resided in
building on this site.
| and 1 streets. On this site Hamilton
| Fish of New York resided when Sec
| retary of State.
No 21S. 1915 / street. Chief Justice
Waite resided in this house:
No. 219 The Shoreham, 18th and II
streets. Site of the residence of Gen.
George B. Mcclellan when he was re.
! stored to the command of the Army OF
as B. Reed. while Speaker of the House
| of Representatives. lived in this hotel.
No. go. I21 18th street. Charles
Dickens. when in Washington. resided
in a house on this site.
No. 2o1. Northwest corner of lotn
street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue On
| this site was the old Bank of the Unit
co No ee2 North front Treasury Depart
ment. The State Department occupied
a building on this site from January,
1920. till October, 1856:
No. 22s Treasury sur Il pepartment prnsidept Grant
Gs6s) was held in the north front OF
this building.
No. 2e4. Southeast corner of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 18th street On this
site was Mrs. Suffers boarding house.
where Admiral Cockb stopped at
the time of his capture of Washington.
was built by Benjamin ogle Tayloe and
later was the home of Senator Don
Cameron. 1t was the residence or vice
President Hobart. and later. during the
Mckinley administration. when occu-
pied by Senator Hanna. was called the
Little White House.
/ No. 22s. Site of Arlington Hotel YER
mont avenue and II street. William l.,
Wsrcv' Secretary of state: Lewis Cass.
Secretary of State: Presidents bucha nan
and Benjamin Harrison and other ais
tinguished Americans resided here; ana
Dom Pedro. President Diaz. King kala-
kaua, Ii Hung Chang and many promi-
nent foreigners were guests in this
hotel
avenue and H street. Senator Charles
Sumner and William l.. Marcy resided
in house on this site Ut
No 22S. Vermont avenue between
and l streets Attorney General KEY
erdy johnson lived in a house on this
No. 22s 1925 H street. Site of the
British legation. where &C Owen wen, Meredith
is said to have written Lucille
No 23o 500 10th street. In this house
John Hay. poet and biographer of Lin
coin. lived while Secretary OF state
senator from Louisiana. and later
Gideon welles, Secretary of the Navy.
and Daniel Lamont. Secretary OF W ar.
resided in this house.
No 232. Northeast corner of Gomez
ticut avenue and H street Daniel Wen
ster. when Secretary of state and iatet
william W. Corcoran, owned ana re-
No 233 Southwest corner of Jackson
place and H street. Commodore De-
catur. hero of the war with Ir,p11i,
duel in 1920: later IT was occupied by
Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren,. Edward
LIVINGSTON George NJ Dallas. Judah +
Benjamin and E. F. Beale, tMemorisl
No 2s4. % Jackson place (next to De-
ca tur house) Temporary residence of
President Roosevelt during the remod-
cling Of the White House in 1902.
No 235. II Jackson place. Vice Pres
ident Schuyler Colfax resided in this
house.
No. 236 1851 Pennsylvania avenue.
This house was the home of Francis
Preston Blair. who bequeathed it to his
son. Montgomery Blair. Postmaster
General in 1854. Secretary Bancroft
lived here. and later Secretary Ewing.
when his daughter married Gen. Sher.
man Here also, it is said. the command
of the Union armies was offered to Gen.
No. 2s7. 1853 Pennsylvania avenue;
Andrew Johnson. while Vice President
No. 23s. 1923 H street: George Ban
croft, Secretary of the Navy and his.
torian resided in this house.
No. 239. 1901 K street. The home OF
Admiral George Dewey.
No. 240. 1903 K street. In this house
William H. Taft lived while Secretary
of War, and here he received the news
Of his nomination to the presidency.
No 24l. 1401 10th street. In this
house Vice President James S. Sherman
lived.
p streets The home of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, founded for
the announcement of investigation. re.
search and discovery and the applica.
tion Of knowledge to the Improvement
of mankind.
Fairbanks resided in this house when
No. aii. Northwest corner Of nth