Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
nber I'm Narrative of Street, Writes of Residents i'm 1880

was commissioner of the third ud.
Lewis Swinly was keeping a grecsEy
store at the southeast corner of fefh
and + and cds-cy Anna SpeasSe hA6-A
boarding house over rss grocery
John Tllis, who had long lived on,A1be
southwest corner OF F. and Sth-<hs
Washington Losn and Trust corner
where hc carried on business as a tx1-
low chandler. was still there. The ElytSes
had their home there until tue time OF
Other people in the block were Barbara
Boswell. who had p confectionery shop:
Theresa burns. who kept a GROCERY
store: Thady Hogan. briciSlayer; Mrs.
Kelly, carpenter, and Edward Koontz,
timer. another bricklayer who lived
on the block was Richard Burch. In
1880 the BUrches were among the old
lived there until recent timHs. The last
of t!,'a.n was an old man who withdrew
himself TO considerable extent from
the society of his fellow men, The
Ram bier for years has made II a point
in his narratives rot to recall anything
but happy thoughts, and he hopes that
it will be no violation of that rule to
print the following which has been sent
him by a friend:
street between 9th and 10Th lived q man by
the name OF Burch. His family at one time
After the division of the property this house and
lot came into possession of old man Burch. The
a high billboard. The old man WIS somewhat Of
a hermit, but lived with his sister. The District
sold the property for taxes. tore down the bill
board and evicted the old man. On that day
quite a crowd assembled around the torn-down
billboard Dr. Mary Walker happened to be
passing by, and. seeing the distress OF the old
man. who crying. placed her arms around
him and took him to her home Old Mr.. Burch
Was quite a musician. and spent his time repair
ing and making violins.
Among the people living between sth
and 9th in 1880 were Robert w. Fem
wick. messenger in the patent Office.
who in 1920 was living with his father.
Richard Fenwick. on the south side OF
F between 10th and 18th. but he moved
to the southwest corner of Sth and F.
On that block was the home of Will
liam King, bookbinder. and in the
house were Bridget King and Nappy
King. At the southwest corner Of F
and 9TH lived Richard r. Golden, with
his widowed mother. Ellen. Her hus-
band was John Golden, a currier.
On the south side of F between 9Th
and 18th in 1880 lived George Wash
ington Topham. boot and shoe maker;
judah Delano; printer John Sherlock.
wright: Margaret Sinnott, school teach
er; William Burkett, cabiuetmaker, and
Henry Howard. Florence S. Mccarthy
and William Samuel, shoemaker.
On the north side between 9Th and
9TH John Leatch, cooper, lived on
the northeast corner of 9TH and F, and
Lambert S. Beck, a constable, lived at
the same address. Patrick Crowley
kept a grocery store at the northwest
corner of 9th and F. ard the other in
habitants of the block were John Shea
han, superintendent of chimneys~eeps
for the third ward: Benijah Burch.
carpenter: William Conner, saddler. and
Eli Davis and John Speake, shoe
makers.
F street between 9Th and 9th was
thinly built up in 1890. Francis Brooks.
who was keeping a grocery store in
1920 on the northwest corner Of F and
5th, was dead and the store was being
carried on in 1880 by his widow. Wes-
leyan Chapel was standing on the
southwest corner of 9Th and +, where
it remains one of the landmarks OF
Washington.