The Washington herald., 1917-03-05

ment The state Department oecupted
building on this site from January. is7oA
TN october. 1sos.
No ss-Trearury Department. The art
inaugural ban of President Grant Qss9
was held In the north trout Of this build
ing.
No. s4-southeast corner of Pennsyi-
vania avenue and Fifteenth street On
this site was Mrs Suffers boarting house,
where Admiral cocksurn stoppsd st the
time OF his capture of waghirGton.
No. S-center Of south side Of Pennsyl-
vanis avenue IN front Of the white Hcuss.
Site OF reviewing stand before which
passed the armies Of the United States
In May. ls6.
No. s-Northeast corner OF Pennsyi-
vania avenue and Madison place. The sfts
Of the headqusrters- OF the Department
Of Washington during isss.
No. n-Madison place Beiasco Thestsr.
Site Of residence Of Secretary Of state
April Il, 1sS. Later home Of James @.
Blaine. Clfenorisl tablet on house)
No. @-1 Madison place. This house
was built by Benjapnin OEie Tayioe, and
later was the home Of Senator Don Cam
eron. II was the residence OF Vice Pres
ident Hobart, and later during the Nc
Kinley administration, when occupied by
Senator Hanna, was called the Little
White House"
No ss-H street and Madison place
Cosmos Club Home Of Dolly Madison,
widow OF the President; later home OF
Admiral wilkes: also headquarters OF
Gen. George B. Mcclellan during the civil
war.
No. Ioo-Site of Arlington Hotel Yer
mont avenue and II street William l.
Marcy. Secretary OF State; Lewis Csss,
Secretary OF State; Presidents Buchanan
and Benjamin Harrison, and other dis
tinguished Americans. resided here: and
Dom Pedro, President Diaz, King Rala-
kaua, Ii Hung Chang. and many promi-
nent foreigners were guests in this hotel
No. 101-Northwest corner Of Vermont
avenue and II street Senator Charles
Sumner and William L. Marcy resided
in a house on this site.
No. Io2-vermont avenue. between II
johnson lived in a house on this site.
No. 1G-l525 H street. Site OF the Brit
ish Legation. where Owen Meredith 10
said TO have written Lucille"
No. 1oI.-st Johns Church. corner
OF Sixteenth and H streets. Familisrly
known as the Presidents Church"
because Presidents Madison. Monroe,
John Quincy Adams. Jackson Ven
Buren,, Harrison. Tyler, Fillmore, Bu-
chanan. Arthur. and Taft attended
service here.
, No. 1o6.-soo sixteenth street In
this house John Hay. poet, and biog-
rapher of Lincoln. lived while Secre-
tary Of State.
No. los.-16o7 II street John SlideIl
Senator from Louisiana. and later Cid
con weIIes, Secretary OF the Navy. and
| Daniel Lamont Secretary Of War, re-
sided in this house.
| No. 1O7.-Northwest corner OF Con-
necticut avenue and H street Daniel
Webster, when Secretary OF State. and
J later william W. Corcoran, owned and
resided in this house.
( No. lOs-Southwest corner of Jack
son place and H street Commodore
{ Decatur, hero OF the war with Tripol
built this house, and died here after
the duel in 1920; later il was occu-
pied by Henry Clay. Martin Van Buren.
I Edward Livingston, George NJ. Dallas,
Judah P. Benjamin and e. r. Beale.
| Memorial tablet on house.D
I No. 1912 Jackson place. next to
| Decatur House. Temporary residence
| of President Roosevelt during the re-
modelling OF the White House in 1901
No. l1o.-14 Jackson place. Vice
{ President Schuyler Colfax resided in
this house.
! No. 11l.-1s5l Pennsylvania avenue.
This house was the home of Francis
1 Preston Blair, who beQueathed IL to
his son. Montgomery Blair. Postmsst
General in lS6l-l. Secretary Bancroft
lived here, and later Secretary Ewing.
when his daughter married General
| Sherman. Here also. IL is said, the
command of the Union armies was
! offered to General Lee.
| No. 1l2.-1sB3 Pennsylvania avenue.
Andrew johnson, while Vice President
OF the United States. resided in this
house.
No. ll3-ls23 H street. George Ban
! CONTINUED on FACE THIRTEEN.