Evening star., 1933-07-16

northwest corner Of Tenth and d streets north
west. for IS years from 1912.
Associated with him were Mr.. Thomas J.
Fisher, the well known real estate broker and
his son, Fred B. MCGUIRE.
After the Civil War, in 1869. Mr. MCGUIRE
retired from business and devoted himself to
his many interests and the cultivation of the
taste for books and paintings, for which he
had always been noted"
Referring to Mr.. McGuire's old home on
street between Sixth and Seventh streets,
erected about 1927 by William Benning and
now a branch of the Y. w. c. A.. Mr.. Topham
says:
For the past 80 years this house has been
commonly known and designated the NC
Gure house, as for nearly 40 years it was
owned and occupied by Mr.. James c. MCGUIRE
and family. Comparatively few, perhaps in
those years knew of its builder and first occu-
pant.
Next to the Seaton residence, just one block
west on e street. it was perhaps the most pre4
tentious, valuable and historically interesting
private residence on street
1T is remarkable that in the more than 100
years that have passed since its erection there
have been but four owners and six occupants
of this property. OF the four owners Of this
house. two are the most outstanding and i'm
portant as one was its builder and the other
its longest occupant. Both were locally promi-
nent, wealthy and largely identified with the
citys development and advancement.
The Benning- Mcclure house is doubtless
the oldest structure, public or private standing
on street today. It is one of tine most sub
stantial, well built and best preserved OF the
old residence properties in the city. Few OF
the really old residences here have been put
to better use and service. Today, after over
a hundred years have passed since its erection
it is under such excellent ownership and care
as should justify its preservation for many
additional years.
THE Benning house street was a
large and attractive one, and whether Mr..
Benning built it for an investment or for his
own residence is uncertain. He occupied 1t
as his residence for about two years or less,
when he removed to his Seventh street house
above E and rented leased the former to
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham, Jackson's Secretary
of the Treasury, who began his term March 6,
1929. and resigned June 81, 1881, on account
of the Eaton-ONeill trouble in Jackson's cab
met. in which ngham was seriously involved.
as the correspondence between ngham. Eaton
and jackson shows, and which sheds much
light on that most unhappy cabinet scandal
In June, 1881, Maj. John H. Eaton, Secretary
of War, challenged Hon. Samuel D. Ingham.
Secretary of the Treasury, to a duel Eaton
wrote Ingham: I demand satisfaction for the
wrong you done me- etc. June o. 1881, Ing
ham wrote a long letter to President jackson
charging Eaton and others with attempts upon
his life near the corner of Seventh and E
streets, but resigned and left the city several
hours before the letter was received by
Jackson"
After the death of Mr. MCGUIRE, in August.
1888, the street property was sold to Thomas
Dowling the auctioneer-Mrs. Dowllng taxing
titie-end here the Dowling family made their
home and subsequently remodeled the property
at 612 street, which had been Mr. McGuires