Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

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Across the street, at 220, was the home OF
George H. Aschenbach. machinist, and after
his death his widow and their son, william H.
continued to live there. Back in the eighties
Alfred W. Rowell lived at 226, and Ernest
Rowell is said to be the present owner.
Twelfth street was well settled SO years and
more ago. A Mr.. Elwood lived at 218; John
B. Hammond of John B. Hammond & Co., at
22O and the Blount family at 22S. On the
east side of Twelfth street between C and d
was Pierces lumber yard, where, it is said, w.
r. Galliher 81 Bro, lumber dealers, first started
in business for themselves. j. E. Roach g. Co.
kept lumber yard at the corner of Twelfth
street and Maryland avenue in the late
seventies.
Between and D streets on Twelfth, at 300.
was once the residence Of Capt. Charles r.
Vernon, well known officer years ago of the
Metropolitan police force. He later moved to
F street southwest. Next to the vernons, at
311, is the Fish home, where the widow Of
Joseph Fish has resided for the past As years.
At 315 was grocery SO years ago. kept by John
E. F. Carlin, who was associated with the
operation of Carlins Springs, in Virginia. Harry
Mackey moved into 319 Twelfth street in 1885,
and his widow still resides there.
Three twenty-one Twelfth street is the old
Halliday home, where lived Miss Belle Halliday
and Miss Ellen e. Halliday, both well known and
De
Miss Harriet Halliday also lived there James b.
Halliday, father of a large family, whose first
wife was Miss Crown and who for many years
lived at 1864 G street Southwest, now lives in
his fathers old home. At 323, at the far end
of the block, lived the Bohannon family
Going east to Tenth street, we find that In
1880 Rebecca Lycett lived at 213; John J. Vieh-
meyer of the family of stonecutters at 419:
Charles p. Culver, lawyer, at 3O1, and at a
10 10fa Hat nj he
intersection of Virginia avenue was Edward
Green's drug store and another drug store was
conducted nearby at 1901 Maryland avenue by
M. l. Julihn.
a T 221 Eighth street lives Miss Elizabeth J.
Riley retired school teacher Of the JefFer-
son School, and farther down Eighth street, at
722, lives Mrs Frank Gass, daughter of Thomas
Auldridge, who built this residence many years
ago and resided there until his DEATH and
later Mrs. Auldridge also died there. When
Mr.. Auldridge purchased this property he paid
$500 for double lot, which illustrates the diff
ference in the value Of property then and now.
OF Mr.. Auldridge's daughters one married Frank
E. GaSs OF the Smithsonian Institution, and
himself of an old Southwest family, and an
other married James Shanks Goldsmith who
lives to relate when his parents would take the
family for an outing on Sunday on the old
Belt Line street railway, which passed their
home on Virginia avenue at cents a head
This car line sort of looped the city and many
OF "The Island" families frequently took adj
vantage Of the long ride afforded and the Cheap
price as recreation trip during the warm sum-
mer months
In more recent years Albert J. HeadIey, IN
spector of police, has taken up his residence at
217 Ninth street, and George B. Turner was for
some years close neighbor, at ZIG Ninth street.
but who now lives at 800 street.
On the northeast corner of Eighth and O
streets is fine old brick mansion built many
years ago, so the writer is informed by a MEM
Der of the johnson family, early Washington
coal merchants, and later occupied by DIR.
Louis A. Johnson. At the time it was built It
was undoubtedly one Of the most substantial
residences in this part Of the city, and Is stilI
very fine old residence.
At 927 street lived Edward Culver and ak
lott resided william B. Walton Edwin Guthrie
and Southwick Guthrie had their home at II03.
and No. HOS is the original Tobias Walker
residence, he who was the father of Charles 7.
Walker, builder At 1899 C street was the grO-
Gerry store of Hutchinson g. Harvey, In prob
ably the same building, on the northeast corner
OF Thirteenth street, in which later on and for
many years T. w. Estler also conducted n
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