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ter, and Is . testimonial TO their
devoted concern for the poor and
unfortunate"
Eustis Family.
Mr.. Corcoran's daughter, Louise,
married George Eustis, q Repre-
sentative in Congress from the
State of Louisiana. They resided
for several years in Paris, whittier
her father frequently went to share
In the sweet social atmosphere for
which her home was noted. Rep
resentative and Mrs. Eustis were
blessed with three children, which
added to their many joys and bless
ings. But the dark days of sick
ness, and finally death, bedimmed
the sunshine of pleasure, and Louise
Corcoran Eustis passed into the
great beyond at Cannes, in Decem-
Der, 1867.
Mr.. Cprcoran's gifts for various OBJ
1ects were many. He presented the
Trinidad tract, which is now nearly
al built up with houses, to the Co.
lumbian-now George Washington
University. He gave the Washing
ton City Orphan Asylum the site
recently vacated by 1t at Fourteenth
and 8 streets NV, and contributed
. sudncient amount to build q med
ical hall for old Columbian College.
He donated $4,000 toward erect
ing Ascension Protestant Episcopal
Church, and supplemented this later
with q gift Of $4,000.
His gifts were not confined to
washington, but included q number
Of outside places.
Gave to Institutions.
To Washington and Lee University
he gave Q library Of five thousand
volumes, and assisted william and
Mary College financially, and gen.
erously made gifts of money to the
University Of Virginia and to the
Virginia Military Institute. His en-
terprises included the erecting Of
the Corcoran Building in 1S47, which
stood until q few years ago when 1t
gave way for the Hotel Washington,
at Pennsylvania avenue and FIJI
teenth street. It was erected for
Federal departmental use, but
finally gave way for private ofIlce
purposes. As . lad the writer re-
calls that the Western Union Tele-
graph ONCE was in this building 1T
the corner Of r and Fifteenth
streets. For q number Of years, Mr..
Corcoran-who was an early mem
Der Of the Association Of Oldest In
habitants- gave this organization
permission to occupy . room here
rent free.
Oak HiIr Cemetery.
Mr.. Corcoran was not only gen.
erous to the living but thoughtful
% well for the dead, and early pur.
chased Of Lewis Washington, Of
Jefferson County, Va. Is acres
Of ground With the idea Of laying
out . burial place in Georgetown
for the pubic good. When the char
ter Of the Oak Hill Cemetery
Co. was granted by Congress on
March !. 104o, he conveyed this land
to the company for the purpose Of
. cemetery, and here Is his mauso-
leum. The grounds have been con.
siderably increased since the orig
inal purchase was made.
The northwest corner Of Fifteenth
and II streets, opposite to where
st. Matthew's Church stood, Is also
Of historic Importance as having
been the site Of the residence built
BY Samuel Harrison Smith and
later the home Of Representative
Samuel Hooper, Of Massachusetts,,
who rented the. building to Gen.
George b. Mcclellan during the
Civil War. Prior to 1850, Levi P.
Morton, who served Is Vice Presi-
dent under Benjamin Harrison, re-
Lded here and built the shoreham
aotel, which he named after his ma
ave vermont town. The permit for
THIS building. which was issued In
October. 1857, save t260. 600 a the
cot q thn ha,iidinS