Evening star., 1932-04-03

of the outstanding parts of WASH
ington. Indeed, in the days when
VIC had suffrage IN the District of
Columbia even though in limited
WIZ, this section of the city inclutied
some Of the Capttnls most refined and wealthy
residents. when pne said a1e lived m the first
ward that statement> carried with It degree
OF Importance.
In 1901 when the first division of the city
was made into wards, the frs ward included
all of Washington west of Sixth street and
south OF Pennsylvania avenue, and this, aof
course went as fer Rock Greek. The second
ward lay west of Sixth street and to the n0rSh
OF Pennsylvania avenue, and the third ward
all of Washington to the east OF Sxtn street
As the city grew more wards were provided,
and the boundaries of the first ward
finally confined to that part '0I Washington
lying to fhe west of Ffftaenth street the second
ward taking IN tlls urea between Tenth and
Fifteenth streets, the third ward being hetween
Second and Tenth streets and nnrrh of Z street
south, and the fourth ward The blocks between
First street west and Eighth street east and
> north of e street south South of e street
south between Tenth street west and Fourth
street east was the fifth ward, and the -est
Of the city constituted the sixth ward.
Building in the first ward began at a very
early DATE and there are houses standing there
today more Shan hundrsd years old. The
Six Buildings, Pennsylvania avenue between
Twenty=hrst and Twenty-5econd streets, date
back to about 1795 while the Seven Buildings,
in the 1900 block, arc nearly as old.
=, An eyewitness of what this part OF Wash
ington looked like at that time tells us: In
passing down the Avenue from Georgetown to
the Presidents House, 1 recollect having seen
but one house on Pennsylvania avenue except
the Six and Seven Buldings) and that was an
old frame house which stood on H between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streess west lear
where DR.. Hagner now lives, and which was
surrounded by grove Of beautiful forest trees"
THE same authority, in noting houses stand
| ing i'm this neighburilosd To the so,sth OF
the Avenue in 1900 says
ON the square bounded by and * and
Twenty-hfth and Twenty sixth Streets w6re
situRtcd two houses-one "a small two-story
brick occupied by Mr.. Harbaugh, an Erchitect;
the other a small one-story frame occupied by
Mr.. Shaw, q stone cutter. On the square
bounded by G and II and Twenty sixth streets
and the basin a small one-story frame i1ouxe,
surrounded by cedar trees, and owned and eccu-
pied by Mr.. Joseph Wilson. On the square
bounded by and G and Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sfxth streets were two ho,Ees-0ne q
small ene-story frame house, occupied by Mr.
Sandiford; the other a large three-story stone
. warehouse fronting the Potomac and known
as LearS warehouse. In this warehouse was
deposited sume 0f the furniture removed by
the Government frum Philadelpf1ia ut tine time
On tine square bounded by and X and Twenty
sixth and Twenty streets, four houses-
one two-stDry brick, occupied by Mr.. wEley;
the second q One-st0ry log occupied by pump
borer manned Matthias, and the other two tnree-
story bricks owned and occupied by mfr Thomas
Peter.
"In the house farthest west of these two
Gen. Washington used to stop whenever he
came to visit the city, Mrs Peter being niece
OF his. On the square bounded by X and r
and Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets,
one old 1-story frame house. owned by Dr.
Thornton and occupied for q while by German
emigrants. On square bounded by C and ID
and Twenty-hfth and Twenty sixth streets,
one-story frame house, owned and occupied
by Mr.. Lucas. On square bounded by and K
and Twenty-ffth and Twenty-sixth streets, two
3-story brick houses, owned by MR.. Peter With
an old tobacco house IN the rear. On square
bounded by ] and K and Twenty fourth and
Twenty -fifth streets, three frame houses Ctwo q
story and one 1-Story) two of which were owned
by Tichard Elliott and the other by a Mr.. Pratt
On square bounded by C and D and Twenty
second and Twenty third streets, ene small frame
house, owned and occupied by Thomas Smith,
a colored man. On square bounded by I
street and Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty
second and Twenty third streets, two 2-story
brick houses one owned by Mr.. Lowry and tine
other by Mr. Hodgson.
lin tine une last mentioned the war ONCE
was kept in IB00 and 1801 It was de-
stroyed by fire soon thereafter On the square
between r and G and Twenty-frst and
Twenty second streets, one 2-story frame
house, occupied in l799 and 1B0O by John
Hines, ST. (the writer's great-great- grand
father. On square bounded by D and and
Twenty first and Twenty-second streets, three
small 1-story frame houses, owned and
occupied by Thomas Taylor, sr. On square
bounded by b and the Potomac River and
Twenty-frst and Twenty second streets, near
Hamburg wharf, one small frame house,
occupied by MIR. Stevens as a grocery store
On the square bounded by H and I and