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

IN IS ]. Fred Kelly, and the mon next to
the pharmacy.
even for q brief 100 years ago. for, after ALL
usually 100 years means but little In the life Of
the ordinary city. But Washington is quite
different in this respect from many other
places since It's entire existence. from the date
Of the laying Of the corner stone Of the District
to the present time, Is but 140 years.
A " unsigned article, evidently written b. N
n csd-tinzer many years ago. tells US some
thing Of the locality Of Ninth and streets as
far back as 1919. He says:
"Gannons Row, the four old two-story brick
houses located In the ravine ON the south side
Of 4 street north near Ninth street west WIN
be remembered by many OF the old citizens.
They have long since been demolished. Up
to about the year 1910 long boats containing
some six cords Of wood, came up the branch
during high tide within few feet Of this row,
where their owners usually disposed Of theE
load. The water frequently reached the door
sills Of these buildings, and on several occa-
sions caused the inmates to vacate %he lower
rooms As far UP r street north, during
high tide, herring and other fish have been
caught by gentlemen now living. The four
small bricks Immediately around the corner
ON Ninth street, standing below the pavement
have, for a number Of years, likewise been
dignifed with the appellation Of Gannon's Row.
IAN esteemed friend, Joseph II. Bradley, Esq.,
native Of the District, speaking Of this local
ity, says: When I was q schoolboy my uncle,
DR.. P. Bradley, resided on street between
Ninth and Tenth, and have often seen the
tide above E street, and have caught fish at
the cuIvert and once assisted In catching her
ring at the same place
1.-THE first City Post ONCE was kept on the
north side Of r street north between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets west, in portion Of the
old house standing back from the street. It
was removed to small frame building on
Capitol Hill, northeast of the Capitol Square,
, where it was kept for several years by Lund
Washington, ESQ.,, postmaster. The list Of
letters remaining in the office on the I'd
Of January, 1877, numbered Al names for the
three months preceding. It was then removed
to the old three-Story brick which, up to few
years since, stood on the northwest corner of
Ninth street west and z street north, In which
It was kept by Washington Boyd, Esq, as post
master. It was then removed to the old Post
once Building (Blodgett's HoteD, where It re-
manned until the building was destroyed by fire,
when 1t was opened In Jonathan Seavers house
on Seventh street between d and Z streets,
where it remained q short time, when 1t was
removed to the (thenl Masonic Hall, corner OF
-and-a-Hah street and Louisiana avenue.
It YVES again removed to the corner of Penn
Sylvania avenue and Twelfth street, the present
site Of the Kirkwood House. Thence it was re-
moved to Carusfs Saloon, and thence to Nc
Leans Ola Erkck DuILQlNgS on seventh street,
where it remained until the buildings were de-
molished to make room for the present hand
some structure"
The church building which stands on the east
side of Ninth street bstween E and F, just to
the north of the Gayety Theater and now de-
voted to business purposes is the old Ninth
Street Methodist Protestant Church, the original
congregation of which, in 1898, withdrew from
the Foundry Methodist Church and erected a
frame building on the west side of Twelfth street
between G and H. Two years later they erected
the Ninth street building, which is still standing
and substantially the same as it was in 1885,
except that the front was remodelsd in 1877 by
Josiah Swtngle, carpenter and builder.
When crowded out by business, the congrega-
tion moved to Twelfth and M streets and final
1y, in 1902, dedicated their present church at
Rhode Island avenue and First street northwest.
The original building COM nittee for the Ninth
Street Church, back in 1885, included James A.
Kennedy. Enoch White, william w. Billing,
James C. Dunn and Owen Summers. The
Enoch White mentioned was q grandfather Of
George W. White, president Of the National
Metropolitan Bank and Of Washington Tophana,
wen known member Of the Association Of Oldest
inhabitants.
TIE Patent Once site In this same neigh
] borhoOd was farm land less t1zan leo years
go and occupied By John Or and his VIE