Evening star., 1917-11-11
riqinal Patents That Covered Pennsylvania Avenue

sessed at II cents q foot. The lot at
the corner OF 9th street was owned
by William H. Dorsey. the next lots
were owned by John Herford. and the
lot at the 10th street end was divided
into three parts. owned by Alexander
Robertson. James Ford and Terrell.
On Robertson's land the improvements
were valued at $3.50, on Ford's lot. at
On the square facing on the north
side of the Avenue between 10th and
11th streets no improvements had been
made. The lot owners on the Avenue
front were Richard B. Brashers, Sam.
uel Bacon. John Mordock and Thomas
Lansdale's heirs. In the rest of the
square the lot owners were Thomas
Given. VIM. Lowell. David Pollock. John
Glover and John Laird. Twelve cents
q foot was the assessed value of tho
land. No improvements had been made
in the square on the south side Of
streets. The lots were owned by Fran
els Pratt and others. and John P. Van
Ness. The Avenue front was assess
ed at IL cents a foot, and the back lots
The square on tho north side Of the
Avenue between 11th and 12th streets
contained three buildings on the site
Of The Star building and Calls Jewell
ry store. The corner lot, dot - con.
tanned 10000 square feet. was assessed
at IL cents foot. and was subdivided
into three parts. The corner lot was
owned by WI Wm- Thompson: It was
building assessed at $3.437. The next
lot, valued at 5000. was owned BY
Thomas Given and improved to the
value Of $1.700. The next lot was owned
by Walter HELEN, valued at $612 and
its improvements assessed at $5.174.
The rest of the Avenue front of tho
square was owned by VIM. H. Dorsey
and John Davidson.
The square on the south side OF the
Avenue between 11th and 18th, ON
building stands. had no improvements
on the Avenue side. but four small
buildings stood in other parts of the
square on lots owned by VIM. Fletcher,
rick Deary. The Avenue front was
owned by Charles Lowndes. John p.
Van Ness and Issac Pollock.
The square on the north side Of the.
three small structures on 1t. The 18th
street corner lot had been divided In
two and was owned by William Thomp-
SON and John Kennedy. The land was
valued at II cents foot and on each
half Of the lot stood a building assessed
at $1,000. The next lot to the west Was
owned by Elias and Nicholas Travers
and had on 1t building assessed at
$500. On the south side OF the Ave-
nue. between 18th and 18th there
corner of 18th. That lot was owned
by Louis NORM and was improved by
a building assessed at 5000 and used as
a tavern. generally known as Morfn's
Tavern or Morin's Hotel. The next Lot
had been divided and was owne6D1
William Coltman and James Colder, and
the remainder of the square was owund
by William H. Dorsey.
On the north side Of tho Avenue be-
tween 14th and 18th there was ono
building LovelrS Hotel which stood
considerably nearer 18th than 14th.
The Willard corner was owned by John
Hoy, was valued at 10 cents foot and
was unimproved. The next lot was
owned by John Hoban and the lot At
the corner Of 18th street was owned
by Samuel Blodgett. 1t was valued At
$3.50. The square on the south side Of
the Avenue between 14th and 18th had
not been built on up to 1902. The land
was owned by Charles Lowndes and
William H. Dorsey and its assessed
value was from s to 10 cents foot.