Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

Bank Of the United States. The Bank
Of the United States owned the north
east corner of 18th and F. and James
Hoban. the first architect of the Capt.
toll, the northwest corner of 18th and F.
On the north side. between 18th and
18th, the owners were DR.. William
corner of 18th and F; Joseph Calvert
Robert Tolmay. George and Robert
Sweeny and the heirs Of Christopher
Richmond. who owned the southeast
corner of 18th and F.
Between 18th and 18th the owners
were Robert Brown. who owned and
lived on the northeast corner of 18th
and F; Alexander Wilson's heirs.
Joseph Dove, Alexander Mcdonald.
Jacob Cist and John Breckenridge, the
pioneer Presbyterian minister. who
owned the northwest corner Of 18th
and F. On the south side, between 18th
and 18th. the owners were the heirs OF
David Burnes. who owned the south
west corner of 18th and F and the next
lot; DR.. John Willis and Rachel Shoe
maker, who owned the southeast corner
of 10th and F was owned by Peter
LenoX, two lots west by Isaac Pollok
and the northeast corner of 18th and F.
remained in the name of David Burnes'
heirs. Between 10th and 18th, on the
south side of F. the owners were
Burnes' heirs. who held the lot at the
southwest corner of 10th and the ad-
joining lot; John Hines, the Washing
ton Building Company. and William
Brown, who owned the southeast cor
ner of 18th and F.
On the north side from 9th to 10th the
owners were James Dermott's heirs. who
held the Masonic Temple corner: the two
lots west were in the name of Burnes'
heirs, and the remaining four lots, extend
ing to and including the northeast cor
ner OF 10th and f. We're owned by Rev.
Richard Anthony Caffrey, a priest, who
had bought the land from the commits
sioners of Washington for the use of ST.
Patrick's congregation. The owners on
the south side. between 9th and 9th. were
the heirs of David Burnes, who still held
the southwest corner, on which the Wash
ington Loan and Trust building stands;
Dunlop and Carlton. Thady Hogan, Mi
chael Johnson, James Calder. William
Mockey, David Burnes' heirs and George
Andrews, who owned the southeast cor
ner of 10th and +. The north side of +
from 18th to 9th was laid out in the plan
the designation of Reservation 81
on the south side, between Sth and 9th.
the owners were David Burnes' heirs, who
owned the southeast corner of 9Th and +
ana lHe southwest corner u Hth anu +,
and Andrew Thompson and George
Thompson. who owned the remaining two
lots Between It'll and Sth the owners
west corner of tn ard F and the southeast
corner of eth and F and the southeast
corner of Sth and F, and Burnes' heirs,
who up to 1902 had not parted with the
remaining two lots. On the north side, be-
tween 9th and eth. the owners We're Solo
mon f. King, whose lot was the north
west corner of 9Th and 18th. while the
remaining eight lots. including of course,
the northeast corner OF 18th and +, were
still held by BurneS' heirs, with the eXcep-
ton of lot No. ;, near the middle of the
block, which. in 1902. was in the name of
Luke Wheeler and others. On the south
sire. between 9Th and 18th. the owners were
John Francis Mercer. who owned the
southeast corner Of It'll and F, and the