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street and Phelps place. Joel Barlow.
poet and patriot. resided here. Count
Rumford and Robert Fulton were Wis
ttors here.
of 23d and e streets. In this building,
formerly the United States Naval OBJ
servatory. are placed on exhibition APP
pliances used in the navy for the pres
ervation and protection of human life.
No. 267. Franklin Hotel, northeast
corner Of I and 21st streets-Lafayette
was guest in this house in 1925. An
drew Jackson and other prominent
! Americans resided here
No. 26s @ street between 9th and
2sth streets. Rittenhouse Home. This
house, originally called Bellevue. was
built about 1850. 1t became the home
of Joseph Nourse. the first register of
the Treasury, and Washington was a
frequent guest here.
No. 2S9 3049 NJ street. In this house
was the Office of Maj. Charles L'Enfant.
who made the first plan OF the city OF
Washington.
No. 20. 3o4s NJ street. HEADQUARTERS
of George Washington in 1871. while
the District of Columbia was being
surveyed.
and o streets. St Johns Church. Pres
idents Jefferson and Madison were ire
quent worshipers in this church. which
was dedicated in 1909.
No. 272 o and Potomac streets. St
Johns Churchyard. Beall Boulder:
Dedicated to Ninian Real1. patentee OF
Rock of Dunbarton," the site OF
GEORGETOWN. a member OF the Mafylaho
house of burgesses. and dlstlnSutsheo
Indian fighter who was voted an act
of gratuity" by the MARYLAND assem-.
blv in 1899. Erected by the Society OF
Colonial Wars. 1910.
No 273. Tudor Place. This house. az.
signed by William Thornton, was built
bout 1905 by Thomas Peter, who mar
ried a daughter of John Parke Gusts.
from whom came many heirlooms OF
the Washington family. Lafayette ana
other distinguished guests nave peen
entertained here.
No. ga Corner of Prospect avenue
and saith street. Col. Benjamin Stod-
dert, who, under President Adams. was
first Secretary Of the Navy resided IN
No. 275 No. 1918 NJ street. near Aque-
duct bridge. Key Mansion. Francis
Scott Key, author of The Star Span
gled Banner" resided in a house on this
site.
No. 276. Southwest corner of S6th
street and Prospect avenue. Mrs. p. D:
E. n. Southworth, authoress. resided
and died in this house.
No. 277. Corner of seth and streets.
Georgetown University. This institu-
ton, founded in 1889, is the oldest and
largest Jesuit institution of learning
in this country, has a museum of his
toric objects and the first astronomical
observatory erected in the District of
Columbia.
No. 27S. Smithsonian Park. facing 9th
street. A memorial to Andrew Jackson
Downing (1S15-52), a landscape gar
dener. who laid out the parks between
the Capitol and the Potomac river. the
White House Park and Lafayette
Square. He was the author of standard
books on pomology.
No. 279. Potomac Park. In this vicin-
ity, on the axis of the Washington
Monument and the Capitol, is being
erected the Lincoln Memorial.
No. ESQ. 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 Du-
Quesne in 1855.
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and streets. On this site was the resi-
dence Of Gen. Alexander Macomb. who
was general-in-chief of the United
States Army from 1928 till 1S41-
No. 245. 1912 H street. The Prince of
Wales (afterward King Edward V1D,
October 5, 1860, was a guest in house
on this site. then occupied by Lord
also site of the house in which Admiral
Porter resided.
No. 24s. 172s 1 street Charles Good
year, inventor of vulcanized rubber.
No 247. nth and c streets Contin-
entail Memorial Hall. headquarters of
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
No. GAS The Pan-American Union.
composed of twenty-one republics of
North and South America. having for
its objects Peace. friendship and
tributed s750.0o0 toward the erection of
the building.
No. 24s nth street. between B and c
streets. Site of residence of Gen Van
Ness. who married the daughter of
Davy Burns. original proprietor of the
grounds now occupied by the White
House. Treasury and State. War and
Navy Departments.
No $50. Southeast corner of Mary
land avenue and 18th street southwest
Robert Brent. first mayor of Washing
ton, serving from 1902 to 1872. lived
No. ISL. 1882 Pennsylvania avenue.
Site Of the house in which Gen. Win
field Scott resided
No. a5s. 1875 street. The last resi-
ton.
No. 253. Northeast corner of New
Hampshire avenue and Corcoran street.
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson lived
and died in this house.
No. 254. Northwest corner of Con-
necticut avenue and n street. James
Bryce. British ambassador and author of
The American Commonwealth" re-
No 255. Southeast corner of N and
18th streets. Church of the Covenant.
President Harrison attended service
here.
No. c56. 1910 n street Theodore
Roosevelt resided in this house while
assistant secretary of the navy.
No ISL Northeast corner of 18th
and l streets. Harriet Lnae Johnston,
niece OF President Buchanan. lived in
this house.
No. s5s. 1895 1 street northwest.
Rear Admiral Schley lived in this house.
No. 259. Southeast corner of G and
18th streets. Edward Everett resided in
this house.
No. ESQ 1901 H street northwest.
Chief Justice John Marshall and Rich
ard Wallach, mayor of Washington,
lived in this house.
No: $50. 1901 F street northwest
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller lived
III tHiS HouSe Ii was the residence or
William Thomas Carroll for over sixty
seven years.
No. 262 New York avenue and 18th
street Octagon House (now the head
quarters of the American Institute of
Architects). President Madison resided
here after the burning of the White
House by the British in 1914
No. 263. Southeast corner of H and
18th streets. The home of the Veteran
volunteer Fireman's Association and
assigned by act Of Congress to the AS
ISOLATION Of Oldest Inha bitants.
No. 264. Northwest corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and 10Th street Resi-
dence of Presidents Madison and Nom
roe during restoration of White House
after war of 1872
No. 2e5. Kalorama. near corner of
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Statues in Washington.

Stephenson Grand Army Memorial
18th street and Louisiana avenue. o.
M. Rhind)
Gen. Rawlins-Pennsylvan avenue
and 9Th street. q. Bailey)
Benjamin franklin PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and 10th street. (Jacques Jou-
venaL)
Count Pula Observation-Disclosures avenue
and 18th street (Casimir Chodzinski. }
Alexander r Shepherd-Pennsylvan
avenue and 14th street. (U. S. j. Dun
BARI
misunderstanding Institution,
Joseph Henry-smithsonian grounds.
wv. w. Story)
DR.. Samuel Gross Smithsonian
grounds. "a. S. Calder)
Louis j. NJ. MISREPRESENTATION
grounds. q. s. Hartley)
John Paul Jones-Foot OF 18th street
&C. H Nfeuhaus)
DR.. Benjamin Rush-Naval Museum
of Hygiene. 23d and E streets.
grounds, the Washington barracks
christopher Colum bus-Union station
plaza. dorado Tait)
John Marshall-West front of Capitol
CIV. w. Story
nue. and LIST street Of. Simmons.)
President Garfield--Maryland avenue
and LIST street southwest. q. O. A.
Ward)
Gen. Grant-Site and pediment, Bo-
tanic Gardens. list street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Emancipation Statue-Lincoln Park,
East Capitol and 18th streets northeast.
Thomas BALD
Abraham Lincoln-John Marshall
place and D street. dot Flannery.)
Albert Pike-3d and D streets. &C.
Trentano
Gen. Greene-Maryland avenue and
4th street northeast. Oh. X. Brown)
Archbishop John Carroll-Georgetown
University campus.
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Public Buildings and Grounds.

cured permission from the board of con-
troll Of Rock Creek Park to open a
station at Fort de Russy. Certain inn
provements necessary before this site
could be utilized were Immediately made
and Lieut. Round proposes that this work
Of restoration shall continue
In addition to other things, Lieut..
Round arranged that the present road
way up the fort hill be extended to en-
circle the entire fort outside the ditch
and that sufficient brush be cleared away
, to show the landscape to passing visitors
in carriages and automobiles He had an
old-time crows nest" or signal station
built in one Of the tallest trees near the
fort and this is to be preserved as a
feature of the Jubilee encampment of the
G. A. r.
Lieut.. Round also arranged signal
stations during the encampment at Sol
diers Home, Fort Stevens, Georgetown
Heights. Fort Richardson and Fairfax
Seminary. south of the Potomac.
Concerning the appropriateness of per-
manently preserving Fort de Russy. he
de Russy Is one of the most interesting
objects in the park, and could easily be
made particularly picturesque feature.
1t must be about the highest point in the
park. 1t was the most prominent fort in
the line of Notifications which con-
fronted Gen. Early's Confederate army,
which attacked Washington in 1854.
much stronger in natural position and
range than Fort Reno on its left and
Fort Stevens on its right. But for Fort
de Russy, Early's veterans in gray would
no doubt have entered Washington by
the Rock Creek valley"
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NAVAL VETERANS WISE.
Quickly Discover Error Of Young
"Jacky" Striking Five Bells,

You can't fool the naval veterans
when it comes to remembering the GUS
toms OF the service. Not even the
fifty intervening years have made
them forget what they learned under
fire.
On the flagship at Camp Emery a
ships bell has been rugged up and
every half hour peals out the time to
man, now in Uncle Sans Marine "~-r~
as detailed to strike the bell. When
1t came time yesterday to sound !. -
bells in the afternoon watch, the Off
the orderly went to the bell.
Six bells rang out And then the vet
Grams let out yell, as each pulled
his watch from his pocket and saw
that it was only time for five bells.
That should have been five BELLS"
each yelled. as the young naval mans
face flushed.
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that here was the last home of the
Indian Chief Powhatan.
No. 3O1. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal:
This waterway. which extends from
opened with imposing ceremonies by
John Quincy Adams. July 4. 1928.
No. 3o2. Chain bridge. On the vir-
GINA side. near the end of this bridge,
between Henry Clay and John RAN
dolph. April 8. 1926.
No. 303. Little Falls Of the Potomac.
Below the rapids. near the ruins Of
canal established by Gen. Washington.
The outlet locks may be plainly seen.
although in state of ruin.
No 800 Cabin John bridge. in Mary
This bridge. 420 feet in length, has an
arch the span Of which is 22O feet. and
when built was the longest stone arch
in existence. 1t was erected by Mont
Engineer Corps.
No. 305. Great Falls of the Potomac.
Here are the ruins of the old Potomac
canal. projected by. Gen. Washington.
state Of preservation. may be seen
No. 30s. American University. At
the intersection of Massachusetts and
Nebraska avenues. Postgraduate uni
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
No. 307. Academy of the Holy Cross
Upton street. near Connecticut avenue
northwest, on the Chevy Chase car line
| ton of young women under the care
Of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
No 3os Geophysical laboratory of
the Carnegie Institution. Upton street,
near Connecticut avenue northwest, on
Chevy Chase car line. Devoted to in
Ivesttgation Of questions relating to the
| formation Of rocks and minerals under
the abnormal pressures and tempera-
lures existing In the interior of the
earth.
! No. 300. Rock Creek Park Log cabin
formerly on Meridian hill. 10th street
northwest. between Belmont and Cres-
Joaquin Miller, the Poet Of the
Sierras.' when a resident of Washing
No. $40 Belt road and Chevy Chase
Of Joseph Belt. patentee of Chevy
Chase member of the Maryland
house of burgesses. and colonel Of mi
litia during the French and Indian war.
Erected by the Society Of Colonial
No. 3ll. United States Naval OBJ
servatory. on the heights north Of
Georgetown. In this observatory the
astronomical computations for the
with the twenty six-inch equatorial
telescope of this observatory that
Asaph Hall made his discovery Of the
| moons or Mars.
No. 3I2. Cathedral of Saints Peter
and Paul Wisconsin avenue, between
MASSACHUSETTS, avenue and woodley
lane. The site of the Protestant Epis-
copal Cathedral. Here stands the peace
cross. erected in 1898 In commemora.
ton of the restoration of peace be-
tween Spain and the United States. The
National Cathedral School for Girls
phoebe A Hearst building) and the
National Cathedral School for Boys
Lane Johnston building) are on the
cathedral close. The remains OF Bishop
lClagett. the first bishop OF the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church to be conse-
Grated in the United States. are en-
tombed in st. Adams Church. while
those OF Bishop Satterlee. the first
Bishop Of Washington and founder OF
the cathedral. are in the little sane
tuary.
No. 313. Braddocks' bowlder. on the
grounds Of Washington Cathedral. on Wis
consin avenue. Memorial erected In 1907
by the Society Of Colonial Wars to COM
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No. 324. Franciscan Monastery.
Brookland northeast (about a mile be-
yond the Catholic University. Here is
| the church of Mount st. Sepulcher and
the monastery, beneath which are re-
productions of sacred places, such as
those of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and
Catacombs of Rome.
No. a25. Howard University. 9Th
street between College and Lincoln
Howard ses one % of its e esy presdenes An
institution of learning chartered in
1867 for the education of the young
without regard to sect or color" but
patronized almost exclusively by the
colored race.
No 326. lexington, Sd and T streets
northeast. Here was the home of
Joseph Gales. the famous editor OF the
National Intelligencer. 1t Is now Wash
ington College.
No 327 Columbia Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb, Florida avenue and
NJ street northeast. This college, said
to be the only one in the world for
deaf-mutes. is located in park called
Kendall Green. in which is French's
laudet teaching a deaf child.
No. 1928. Bladensburg, Nd, four miles
northeast of Washington. Here was
fought the battle of Bladensburg. The
eastern branch of the Potomac river
was navigable in 1914. and the British
feet under Admiral Cockburn sailed
up the river to this point. Near Bla-
densburg was the. famous duelling
ground where Stephen Decatur was
mortally wounded. and later where
Jonathan Cilley was killed. William
Writ, Attorney General in 1925, was
born here. 1t was stage station on
the old Colonial road.
No. 329. Congressional cemetery, 18th
and e streets southeast. Originally
planned to contain the graves of con-
gressmen and officials who died in
Washington, and here rest the remains
of Elbridge Gerry. Tobias Lear, p. p.
Barbour, Gen. Jacob Brown and others
who have been eminent in the history
of this country.
No. 800 Falls Church. Va. Here is
a colonial church of which George
Washington was a vestryman. During
the civil war it was used as hospital
for the sick and wounded of both
armies. The Society of the Daughters
of Founders and Patriots have restored
the chancel of this church.
No. 331 East side Of Wisconsin ave-
nue., just south of NJ street, and above
the canal bridge, Georgetown. Here
stood Suffers tavern, where. March 80.
1891, the proclamation directing the
Commissioners to lay out the District
of Columbia was signed by George
Washing ton as President and Thomas
Jefferson as Secretary of State. Here
also met the Commissioners, Gen.
Thomas johnson. DIR. David Stuart and
Daniel Carroll, September 9. 1871. and
agreed that the territory selected
should be named the City of WASH
ington."
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RECALLS OCCUPATION
OF FRANKLIN SQUARE
7. E. Sewell Tells of Activities Of
9th New York Vol.
unteers.

"reminiscences of how Franklin
Square was occupied by the 9th New
York Volunteers in 1861 are given By
T. E. Sewell, as follows:
About the Sth of July the regi-
ment reached Washington from its
rendezvous at Elmira, N. Y. more than
a thousand strong, under the COM
mand Of Col. Henry w. Slocum, q West
Point graduate and an ideal soldier,
who rapidly won distinction; Joseph J.
Bartlett being lieutenant colonel, who
also attained the rank of major gen.
eral of volunteers and lies in honor at
The regiment was assigned
at once to Camp Franklin. as it was
called, and occupied the small build
ings that lined also the narrow camp
streets extending north and south
across the square, the officers being
CHARTERED in buildings a little more
pretentious, arranged along the north
other improvement than a bordering
row of trees which gave some conn
fort and protection from sun and rain
to the camp guards. The lines extend
ed across 18th and streets to include
the sites now occupied by the Frank
lin School building and the diagonally
opposite corner. where the cook and
mess houses were situated.
"A rev days later the regiment
out of camp down 18th street,
past the nondescript stub of the WASH
ington Monument. standing with little
dignity in the midst of a great herd
Of cattle for the supply of the army.
On it marched across the Long bridge
of fragrant memory and over the mem
orable Virginia roads to Centerville
and Manassas, doing hard marching.
harder going than on the return, and
good fighting. with heavy losses. in
the wounding of Col. Slocum.
On July "a the scattered regiment re-
turned to its former quarters. the
writer to the "Old MILL" as his particu-
lar hut was dubbed. and the others re-
manned until well into the autumn. when
1t again crossed the river and engaged
in the building of Fort Lyon and Ellis
worth, near Alexandria.
During the occupancy of the square
the adjacent streets were used as drill
grounds; the regimental line used to
form on K street and the drills and pa
rade attracted large crowds, especially
as the regiment had a fine band, Dods-
of Rochester. The organiza-
ton made a fine appearance, marched
with the best and did most faithful and
valiant service for two years, many OF
its members re-enlisting into the LIST
New York Veteran Cavalry.
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memorate the march Of the colonial forces
under Gen. Braddock past this spot on
their way to Fort Duquesne to protect
the frontier against the French and In
dams.
No. 314 Oak Hill cemetery. on the
heights, northeast of Georgetown. Here
rest the remains of John Howard Payne.
william w. Corcoran. Edwin NJ: Stanton,
Lorenzo Dow. Bishop William Pinkney.
Joseph Henry. George Brown Goode,
Arthur P. German and other distinguished
Americans.
No 315. Bureau Of standards Pierce
Mill road. on the Chevy Chase car line.
In this building are the standards adopted
or recognized by the government and en-
ployed to verify those used in scientific
Investigations, engineering, manufactur-
ing, commerce and in educational institu-
lions.
No 31s. Argyle place. west of Piney
Branch road. Site Of q stone quarry
worked by the aboriginal Indians. Re
mains of their work are still to be found
in this vicinity.
house.
No 31s. Walter Reed Army General
Hospftal. Georgia avenue and Butternut
street. beyond Brightwood; Named in
risked his life in demonstrating that yell
low fever germs were communicated to
ma n through the medium Of mosquitoes.
In the grounds is the 'Sharpshooters
Tree" used as a signal station by Con-
fe6erate soldiers during Gen. Early's at
tack on Washington in 1864, also occupied
by sharpshooters.
No. 319. Silver Spring, beyond Bright
wood. Here was the home of Francis
Preston Blair. who was editor of the
Globe. the official organ during the ad-
ministrations Of Jackson and Van Buren,.
No. 800. Soldiers Home, on the hills
three miles north of the Capitol. Here
comfortable quarters are provided for men
who have served for twenty years in the
United States Army or who have been
disabled by wounds or disease. The presi-
dents cottage was the summer home OF
Lincoln and other Presidents
No. 321 Rock Creek cemetery, north
east of the Soldiers Home. Celebrated
men, as Mayor Peter Force and Gov.
Shepherd, are buried here. 1t contains
the beautiful bronze memorial to Mrs.
Henry Adams, designed by Saint Gaudens
Here also is st. Pauls. founded in 1919,
the oldest parish church in the District
Of Columbia
No. 322. The Catholic University,
Michigan avenue and HARDWOOD road.
near Brookland. This institution,
founded in 1859, has for it's purpose
the higher education of college grad
yates, and is especially strong in its
divinity faculty. Here is a chapel said
to be one of the finest in America.
No. 323. Trinity College. Michigan
avenue and near the Soldiers Home
northeast Catholic institution for
the higher education of women.
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Points of Historic Interest East of
u. S. Capitol.

No. PSI. B street southeast In
this house. built by Gen. Benjamin F.
Butler, President Arthur lived during
the early part of his administration.
No. es2. 2oS Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. In this building the United
States Supreme Court met after the
burning Of the Capitol in 1914.
No. 2S3. Southeast corner of East
Capitol and LIST streets. On this site
stood Longs Hotel. where the first in
augural ball was held in 1909. in honor
of President Madison.
No. 2S4. Northwest corner of New
Jersey avenue and C streets southeast
Congress Hall HoteD. On this site
were the buildings erected by Thomas
Law, where Washington stopped when
he came. to the Federal City; here
also Thomas Jefferson resided in 1901.
No. 2S5. Southeast corner of LIST and
A streets southeast. Site of building
occupied as headquarters by Gen. Ross
and Admiral Cockburn August "a. 1914.
No. zs6. Southeast corner of LIST and