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croft. Secretary of the Navy and his
torian, resided In this house.
Ne uI-lsoi K street Admiral George
Dewey tVt) lived and died In this house.
No. uh-lsos K street. In this house
William II. Taft lived while Secretary of
war, and here he received the news OF
his nomination to the Presidency.
No. nA-l4m Sixteenth street. In this
house Vice President James 3, sherman
lived.
No. ll7.-southeast corner Of sixteenth
and p streets. The home Of the Carnegie
Institution OF Washington, founded for
the encouragement Of Investigation, re-
search, and discovery. and the applica-
ton Of knowledge to the improvement OF
mankind
No. l1s-Northeast corner Of Rhode Is
land avenue and Seventeenth street Gen.
Philip H. Sheridan resided In this house
hsfoFs II was remodeled.
No. us.-1Nl X street, Charles W, Fair
oanks resided In this house when Vice
President.
No. i2o-Northwest corner Of Seven
teenth and l streets. On this site was
the residence Of Gen. Alexander Aaeome,
Who was general-in-chisf Of the United
states army from lSeS till 1sH.
No. M.-FaTragut Square. On this site
hagruder's and Griffin's Batteries were
eneamped during March, 1881.
No, in-Northwest corner of Pennsyi-
vania avenue and Seventeenth street, On
this site was the headquarters Of Gen.
Mansfield during the civil war, Passes
were issued here to cross the Long
Bridge and through the Federal lines.
No 123-lTo II street The Prince Of
Wales (aftervard King Edward VID, on
october 5, 1850, was q guest In house on
this site. then occupied by Lord Lyons,
Minister from Great Britain; also site Of
the house in which Admiral Porter re-
sided and where the District Of Columbia
Society Of the Sons Of the American Rev.
olution was organised on April 10, 1890
No. 1A.-lf2s I street Charles Goodyear
inventor Of yulcanized rubber. lived in
this house.
No. I5.-ss Seventeenth street. On this
site Gen. Winfield Scott had his head
quarters in 1861.
Seventeenth streets. On this site Gen.
~ 8. Grant had his headquarters in 1855.
No. 127-Seventeenth and c streets.
Memorial Continental Hall. headquarters
OF the Daughters of the American Reyo-
luton.
No. lss-The Pan-American Union, COM
posed of twenty-one republics Of North
and South America, having for its OBJ
tects Peace. Friendship and Csmmerce," "
Andrew Carnegie contributed $4,000 to-
ward the erection OF the building.
No. lce-Seyenteenth street, between b
and streets. Site of residence of Gen
Van Ness. who married the daughter of
bavy Burns, original proprietor Of the
grounds now occupied by the White
House, Treasury. and State. War and
Navy departments,
No. lSD-SOutheast corner OF Maryland
venue and Twelfth street southwest.
Eobert Brent. first mayor of Washing
n, serving from lSoe to 1879, lived and
ri in this house.
No. 13l-l722 Pennsylvania avenue. Site
al the house in which Gen. Winfield Scott
'rsided,
No. l3.-173s | street The last residences
of jefferson Davis in Washington.
No, 155-NOrtheast corner OF New
Hampshire avenue and Cerceran street.
Rear Admiral William 7. sampson lived
and died in this house.
No lst6 Dupont circle. Former PresI-
dent Taft resided In a house on this site
while Solicitor General,
No. l3l-NoFthWest corner of Conneeti-
cut avenue and N street. James Bryce,
author of The American Common
wealth" resided in this house,
No, l5s-Southeast corner of N and
HEghteenth streets. Church OF the Cove
ent, President Harrison attended serv-
ce In this church.
welt resided in this house while Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy.
No. 1ss-NoTtheast corner Of Eighteenth
and | streets. Harriet Lane Johnston,
niece of President Buchanan, lived in
house formerly on this site.
No. 1Ss. 1875 street northwest.
Read Admiral Sehlsy lived in this
house.
No. 14o. Southeast corner Of @ and
Eighteenth streets Edward Rvsratt
resided in this house
No. 141. 1901 r street northwest.
Chief Justice John Marshall, Richard
Wallach, mayor of Washington, and
later Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller
lived in this house.
No. 142. Southwest corner Of and
Eighteenth streets. Attorney General
William Writ resided in this house.
No. 1913. New York avenue and Eigh-
teenth street. Octagon House (now
the headquarters OF the American In
stitute of Architects). President MadI-
: son resided here after the burning of
the White House by the British in 1914.
No. l44. Northwest corner OF Nine
teenth and @ streets. On. this site was
the home of Matthew F. Maury, the
geogTapher
No. l45. Southeast corner of III and
Nineteenth streets; the home Of the
Veteran Volunteer FiTemen's Asseeia-
tion and assigned by act of Congress
to the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
taPts.
40. LAG. Northwest corner of Penn
lvaRia avenue and Nineteenth street:
esidsncs of President Madison during
restoration of the White House after
: the war OF 1912.
No. l41. Northwest corner OF Penn
sylvaHia avenue and Nineteenth street.
Here Gen. George B. Mcclellan had his
headquarters In 1851
No. 14S. 1915 Nineteenth street.
Theodore Roosevelt resided in this
house while Civil Service Cemmis-
sioneF.
No. iB. 5000 q street Mai Arehi-