Evening star., 1918-01-13
Writes More About Old Washington Hotels

next lot on the west was in the name 81
John Boyle, and the remainder Of the
F street front Of the square was owned
Aseo,s sss ana 81
seminary lots Is faint pencil scrawl
which the Rambler reads as George
town College," yet in 1860 the record
tween 1850 and 1860 the coitman-Boyis
lot. on which the Model House stood,
passed to Gonzaga College. and be-
tween 1850 and 1870 to the Masonic Hall
Association. and Masonic Temple was
standing there in 1871. because the Sc.
Cloud advertisements in that year read,
opposite Masonic Temple and patent
office" Nearly all the remainder Of the
square was owned by st. Patrick's
Church and Gonzaga College.
The Rambler has before him an old
Washington guide book Of 1s4S, on the
title page Of which is the following:
Picture Of Washington and Its Vicinity for
bert 4 Gihon and Is on Steel. and Introdue-
tion by Rev. r. r. Gurley. Also the Washing.
ton Guide. Containing Congressional Directory
and Much Other Useful Information. washing-
ton. VIM. g. Force. 1s4s.
Among the yellow pages of this old
book is the following chapter on ho-
tells:
Hotels and Boarding. houses in washinxtoa
are numerous and excellent. Among them may
by's, the City Hotel. the United States Hotel,
Fuller's Tyler's all on Penua Ave- and Beerss
xreae NUMBER OF who
ton during the sessions of Congress. the de-
well-directed efforts are annually made to sun.
ply 1t. Those who are best competent to Judge
on the subject are Of the opinion that the num-
excessive and it is probable that each succeed
ing year Will witness large augmentation in
ington for purposes Of business, improvement
and pleasure.
An extensive list may be compiled Of
the hotels that were doing business in
Washington in 1871. and the following
list probably does not contain the
names Of all of them:
American House. 7th and Avenue, J.
E. Scott, proprietor: Boyles Hotel, O
street opposite the B. & o. depot: Cas-
paris House, Caspari Bros. & Co, A
street south; Columbia House, William
jackson, proprietor, corner of 11th and
q: Continental Hotel. Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Sd and Az: Dickson
House. William Dickson. proprietor. 4o5
I1th street: Dorsey House. S26 7th
street; Ebbitt House; Everett House.
1411 F: Franklin House, D. ]. Barrick.
proprietor, northeast corner of Sth and
d: Hanalin House. Joseph Hamlin, pro-
prietor. Louisiana avenue and 6th;
Howard House, Howard & Ireland pro-
Al
Hotel; Mount Vernon Hotel, Daniel Tur-
ner, proprietor, 7th and L streets; Ma
tional Hotel, Tenney & Co.. proprietors:
Owen House, Samuel w. owen, pro-
prietor, north side of Avenue. between
14th and 18th; Pennsylvania Hotel
Charles Mades, proprietor, southwest
corner Pennsylvania avenue and Sd: st.
Cloud Hotel; st. James. John Spicer.
proprietor, the Avenue and 9Th: St
Marc Hotel, J. H. Semmes. proprietor.
the Avenue and 7th; Sanderson House.
William Sanderson, proprietor, A street
south and New Jersey avenue; the Ar
1ington, T. r. Roessle G. Son; fremont
House. F. P. Hill, proprietor, Indiana
avenue; Washington House, A. F. Bev-
eridge, proprietor. Avenue and Sd;
White House, ]. w. Usher. proprietor.
1885 E street; Whitney Hotel, George
II. Whitney, proprietor, A street north.
I'd and Delaware avenue. and the Park
Hotel, Edward Abner. proprietor. 7th
and Boundary.