Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

ception of few blocks down toward
the Avenue OF course, from street north
to street, for very long way back ccnsid-
cradle business has been conducted, but even
in the squares between these streets it is safe
to say that up to the Civil War time the
dwelling houses far outnumbered the business
places.
In the writer's youthful days when as a
newsboy he sold the Daily Critic. which was
published at Sill Ninth street, lie recalls no
stores on either side of Ninth street between
E and F. OF course, the st. Cloud Building
was there, and had been there for many years
before the Herndon House, and Of
flee building even so and more years ago housed
industries Of various kinds.
The late Henry E. Davis, in speaking of this
neighborhood just prior to the Civil War, says
of Ninth street:
1.-The west side of Ninth street from E to G
was also occupied by dwelling houses as also
was the cast side of fJinth street from E to F.
with the exception first of the Methodist
Church, since converted into the Maccabees'
Temple and afterward of the Chronicle Office,
which joined it the south. The northwest
corner of Ninth and streets was occupied by
the former home of Joseph Gales, jr, of the
National Intellgencer, consisting Of a spacious
residence with a large yard and outbuildings,
such as stables a smoke house and the like
the whole approximately square lot extend
ing from the present Vatoldi Cafe, formerly
the home of DR.. Garrett, to the corner Of z
street
When first knew the place it was occu-
pied by Mrs Zimmerman, who kept boarding
house there, and in addition, the site of the
present Inter-Ocean Building was occupied by
boarding house kept by Mrs. Seraphim Mast
which was for many reasons center of great
interest to us children in the neighborhood not
the least among these reasons being that good
Mrs. Mast, whenever she had ice cream for
dinner, would hardly ever fail to invite some
of children playing on the sidewalk into the
dining room at close of dinner and supply us
with that much-enjoyed refreshment.
uON the east side of Ninth street. shortly
~ above the corner of E street." continues
Nh Davis, stood the first school which I at
tended, presided over by Miss Carrie Mast
daughter of the well known Seraphim Mast
and my next was in the old Methodist parson-
age, in the rear of the new parsonage, which
next the church the north. This latter
school was kept by Miss Lizzie Sendord, who
continued to keep it long after left it on the
proud day when first went to school to q
man, and who, believe is still living"
Mr.. Davis people resided on the west side
of Ninth street, between and F, and he gives
as his neighbors in this block, just prior to
1861, the Masis, who lived next door to him
on the south, and Samuel Cole and family,
who resided to the north Charles Wood, a
well known carpenter, lived on the east side
Of Ninth street.
South Of the MaSis" says Mr.. Davis, "lived
the Lyons family, and next to them on the
south and adjoining Mrs. Bannerman lived
DR.. A. Y. p. Garnett, who went South on the
outbreak Of the Civil War and was surgeon to
President Davis Of the Southern Confederacy.
On the north, next Mr.. Cole lived first Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley, who combined the somewhat
incongruous occupations of painter and dealer
in milk, and afterward Mrs. Mary q. Cabell,
formerly Of Lynchburg, whose son-in-law,
Capt. N. H. Vanzandt, first in the United
States Navy and afterward in the Navy Of the
Confederate States lived at the southeast cor
ner Of Ninth and In the house afterward
occupied by William r. Riley"
TWENTY years and more after the time of
which Mr. Davis speaks, business had be-
gun to make its inroads in this block for we