Evening star., 1935-07-07

street, and continuing along this
thoroughfare for some distance. AT
one time it was quite stream and
pedestrians crossed over hand bridges,
erected at Florida avenue and else
where along It's route, 1t finally joining
the Tiber in the center OF block 672,
between NJ and N, North Capitol and
First streets northeast. after being
augmented by the stream that ran
south from Moores lane along First
street northwest.
Then, of course, there was Cow
Town. which carries with it recollec-
tions Of cows, goats, geese. slaughter
houses, fierce dogs and a hundred or
more Irish families, whose descendants,
in many instances, are now repre-
sentative citizens of the District Of
Columbia and other places.
Much of this area. which extended
from Seventh Street road. or what Is
now called Georgia avenue, to Sher-
man avenue, and from little south
of Grant avenue, now Barry place.
northward for several blocks, Is now
largely devoted to a recreation center
for Howard University. and with the
exception Of the houses on Barry
place and few nearby the neighbor-
hood to the west Of Georgia avenue
has almost entirely changed.
Just to the north Of the university
ground, the writer once attended q
little two-room brick school, called the
Prescott School, because the District
rented it from John A. Prescott, the
owner, who was at that time q real
estate dealer, and in 1890 first pres
ident of the Lincoln National Bank.
His home was on Georgia avenue, q
block to the west of the university
grounds. The Prescott boy was one
of the scholars there, as were Albert
S. Galley and his brother, H. Prescott
Galley, well known bankers. Charles
]. Killer and his sister Barbara, the
mother of Mrs. Frederick q. Umhau,
and many others, attended this school.
The Gatleys then lived on IAngdon
terrace. facing the university grounds,
and the Killers at 2124 Georgia ave-
nue. This was at time when the
Howard Reservoir was under con-
struction.
THERE were few buildings then on
Georgia avenue north Of the uni
versity; some of the older ones being
the Cammack place at the southeast
corner of Rock Greek Church road,
just to the south of which was Hope
ton. erected in l841 by Joseph c.
Lewis, whose daughter, Julia Eliza
beth, married Francis H. Stickney.
The old home of Stuart Gass is
still standing on the south side of
Newton street Just east of Georgia
avenue. To the east of the Gass
residence and nearer to Soldiers
Home at what was formerly 4543
Warder street was, until Q few years
ago, a cottage erected many years ago
by Asa Whitney. and for whom Park
road was once named, and early
called Whitney avenue.
Then, to the south, came the resi-
dence Of Henry H. Mcpherson, a
pharmacist, who married a Miss
Clark. Adjoining the Mcpherson
estate lived Mr.. May, who kept q
grocery store on D street between
Sixth and Seventh streets northwest.
His sons, Frank p. and Philip, estab-
lished the hardware business Of F. p.
May e. Co., with which George. an
other son, was also later associated
The latter married daughter of John
Saul, the horticulturist and nursery
man. He was q graduate Of Gonzaga
College, left q remarkably fine library
and was regarded Is highly cul-
tured gentleman. +