Evening star., 1933-04-23

Funkstown, from an old Dutchman who was
ambitious of having his name Funk) trans
mitted to postenty. He moved to Hagers-
town, Md. and had his ambition re-
warded by giving his name to the small village
OF Funkstown. Near q rock in the river, west
of the factory. Gen. Braddock is said TO have
landed with his army, on his way to the West.
1t was called by the old citizens Braddocks
rock. and the place near it Braddocks Land
ing
Cunningham did not conduct his Washington
brewery very long at the original site. but soon
sold out and removed to the Southeast or Navy
Yard section, where he continued in business for
some time. He then had the only brewery in
the city. the brewery of Herford & Sons,
which stood about the site of the old Marble
Saloon. little west Of Ninth street on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. was probably not ued subsequent
to 1903. This site is now occupied by the De-
partment of Justice Building.
IT was not far from the brewery of c. Con-
J ingham g. Co. that Christian Heurch. many
years later. erected considerable of a plant
However he began the manufacture of beer at
1929 Twentieth street northwest. rather q
imall. scale in 1872 . year after he came to
Washington. According to old sketch Of
him. published in 1884 nearly half century
ago told he is a native OF Germany,
where he was born September L. 1912. When
he came to the United States in 1866, he first
obtained employment 1t his trade a brewer
in Chicago, later going to Kansas and then
Baltimore before coming here
When he left Europe he overseer In
the world d-renowned brewery of A. DreheT, O1
Vienna. and had learned the manufacture Il
the matted beverage from the ground up As far
back as so years ago the people OF Washing
ton were consuming over 50 900 barrels OF his
beer annually
Mr. Heurch is one of the vice president. Of
NJ
nearly 81 gives every indication of being with
us for some years TO come He Is as straight AS
an arrow. still has . beard and a good suit Of
hair. which is still more black than white and
although he is not . regular attendant at the
monthly meetings yet rarely misses those Of .
patriotic character.
. II indications prove correct. the people OF
Georgetown did not have TO come to the Federal
City. at this early day. to quench their
thirst, for it is probable that Caesar Lowry. or
unidentified person, conducting
brewery somewhere on P street west of Thirty
fifth as early 1900 If not then in later days
they surely sold abundance of drinkables At
Green Springs on the Conduit road. and Cabin
John Hotel surely made = fair reputation along
this line.
In Washington. the amusement places and
summer gardens supplied beer as added At
traction, and some even provided dance
pavilion special occasions and vaudeville
show besides OF these doubt the first In
Georgia avenue TO the north of Howard Uni
verSity and not far behind it in reputation was
Beyers Park now the American League base
ball grounds
~ course. there were earlier Summer gar
~ dens and parks throughout the District,
generally conducted and patronized by the
German residents although they always had
plenty of company from other Washingtonians
not of 1eutonc origin to help them be merry
and while away the time. The first place Of
this kind in the city of which the writer has
knowledge. is recorded by Christian Hines As
being in the Southwest section
Among the earliest settlers of Washington"
he says. was Mr. Jacobs a stone-cutter. who
lived on the east side of Seventh street. between
B street south and Maryland avenue on what
is now called the Island. He was the proprietor
of large plat of ground-perhaps the greater
part of square. This piece of ground
known by the name of Spring Garden Here
Mr.. Jacobs kept a house of entertainment
hat similar to the numerous restaurants
which now abound in city I recollect there
were, on the opposite side Of the street. at that
time 1802 or 1909 several large oak trees. ON
which were suspended two or three swings in
tended for the amusement Of young people. Mr..
Jacobs family consisted. at that time OF three
boys-Michael. Jasper and Philip. He did not
continue there long. and l could never learn,
to a certainty what became of the family. but
l nave UNDERSTOOD tnat they moved To FTederlck
County. Md. There another person
living with him. OF in the house adjoining
named Henry Orandorff. This property, 1 be-
lieve. was afterward purchased and occupied by
the late Mr.. Hepburn. With some of the younger
members of the family We were well &C
quainted especially the SONS. 1 think John was
In the war of 1872"
Pearce's, on the west side of Fourteenth
street. probably between and T streets is
recorded at least IS early as 1886 In 1919
Seaton's Garden was given as at the north
end of Sixth street: three years later it was
at the west side Of Sixth street between X
and l.. ct is quite probable that in 1843