Evening star., 1935-08-11

TlniclifYs Tavern. President Adams.
the first Chief Executive to occupy
the White House, did not do 20 until
his arrival in the city, November /.
1900, In order to be here at the con-
vening of the second session Of the
Sixth Congress. It Is, therefore. pos
sible that Mr.. Marshall accepted DR..
Thornton's invitation TO temporarily
occupy O room in the White House,
which, II true, would make him the
first tenant Of that building.
However, 1t Is quite likely that at
this time he remained in Washington
but o short while, going from here
to his home in Richmond, and that
while In Washington he might have
stopped ut Tunicliff's on Capitol Hill,
where is now the Supreme Court
Building.
He returned to Washington about
October Is, and ut first thought OF
securing accommodations with DR..
william Thornton, then living ut 1881
r street in q house erected in 1898 by
Samuel Blodget. He was then ac-
companied by family Of servants"
and Mrs. Marshall was with him, and
after talking the matter over is said
to have concluded to take house"
but since there was q great scarcity
of accommodation in the city at the
time, 1t Is not known just how he
made out.
Information regarding the residence
of Judge Marshall in this city Is
quite vague, and such references as
AT T. Ringgold's, west Of War De-
partment," are not uncommon. Tench
Ringgold, appointed United States
marshal Of the District Of Columbia,
in 1918, lived at several places fitting
In with this designation.
He built the house ct Twenty y-ffth
and L streets about 1912 and moved
from there during or prior to 1872, to
the south side Of r street between
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets
northwest. BY 1877 he had moved
again to the northwest corner Of
Eighteenth and r streets.
After Melville w. Fuller became.
Chief Justice Of the United States
and moved to Washington he found
it dif1cult to obtain 0 house with
sufiicient room for his large family.
For o while he lived in the Barber
Mansion, which stood on the hill
short distance from the northeast cor
ner Of Florida avenue and Fourteenth
street. Shortly afterward he bought
and improved 1901 r street, once
owned by Tench Ringgold. and resided
here for O number Of years.
TT Is no doubt true that Chief
Justice Marshall, when attending
some OF the Supreme Court sessions.
lived here with Tench Ringgold, and
1t is quite probable he also lived with
Ringgold in the old Maynard resi-
dence, which stood on the site Of the
present Columbia Hospital. In 1884
he made his home ut Mrs. Dunn's, on
Capitol Hill, and the following year,
on July 8, 1895. he died in Phila-
delphia.
While John Marshall was Secretary
of State that branch Of the Govern
ment occupied for some time the
building known as 1901 Pennsylvania
avenue, which formed Q part Of the
historic "seven Buildings" and it u
not beyond the range Of possibility
that the Secretary lived on ths prem
ises, as did Assistant Postmaster
General Bradley when the Post Once
Department moved to = and Ninth
streets In 1900, and even at Q much
later date. when Prof. Joseph Henry.
secretary Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, and his family, used until his
death. In 1873, the east wing Of that
building a. his residence.
John Marshall was nominated to
b the Chief Justice Of the United
States In January, 1901. One hundred
years later. on February I, 1901, when
John Marshall day" wss observed
In the hall Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, MIR. Chief Justice Fuller, q
worthy successor TO this great Anaeri-
can jurist, made these remarks:
The August term Of the year ci
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