Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

to until 13 years after the designa-
ton, Widows Mite, had been re-
corded
Temple Heights is located In a
historic neighborhood for Just to
the west once stood Kalorama man.
sion, reminiscent of Jefferson, Bar.
low. Fulton and others. and to the
north of Oak Lawn. a tract of land
once owned by DR.. William Thorn
ton. early Architect of the Capitol.
In Mrs. Thornton's diary. which she
kept during the first years of the
Capital, she frequently refers TO
this farm, where her husband sent
his horses to Craze and where gen.
eral farming was done.
About 1923, this farm. containing
about Sc acres. was sold by Anna
Maria Thornton TO Matthew and
Christian Hines for $3.50, a down
payment Of 81. 500 being made. Upon
this land they erected a modest
frame dwelling. about Is feet square
and story and half high. AS the
writer knew it in his youthful days,
Ii was whltewashed, practice at
that time quite general. Later. in
1886. the Hines brothers defaulted,
their failure TO keep up their pay
ments on the property being due to
losses in canal stock.
Destroyed BY Fire.
In 1878 this building was occupied
by David M. Logan, Waterman in
the Treasury. his wife and their
large family of children consisting
In part of William. John P, Charles,
Jerry. Emma. Harry and Eugene.
This old dwelling was DESTROYED
by fire sometime about the late 80s,
1t stood where Is now the Belmont,
a large apartment house at the
southeast corner Of Belmont and
Columbia roads.
Subsequent to 1886. when this
property was given up by the
ILLNESSES. it was sold to John Little. a
butcher with a stand in the Center
Market. during the Civil War Pc
Rod. His slaughter house stood be-
tween what is now Champlain and
Eighteenth streets and about block
or two north of Florida avenue. Like
a burial vault, it was built in the
hillside.
Slash Run. an early stream. flowed
from Sixteenth street to about this
point after entering through a deep
ravlne that was filled up when Kalo-
rama road was laid out and i'm
! proved. 1t then turned almost
abruptly south, passing on the left
Linkins' slaughter house and on the
right the greenhouses of Edward Nc
Queeney. Entering the city, its
course was irregular. Many an old
ster will recall that portion of Little
woods, bordering on Rock Creek, as
favorite Sunday school picnic place
about go years ago. At an earlier
date it was known as The Cedars.'
Old Thoroughfare.
! John Little was a prosperous mer-
chant, and about 1860 gave up his
old home on the east side of Column
bia road and built large three
story dwelling on the opposite side
of this thoroughfare. This building,
which was in recent years occupied
by the Lady Margaret School, was
removed year or two ago It's
street number at that time was 1869
Columbia road
Columbia road, bounding the
Temple Heights property on the
west. is one of the oldest roads in
Washington and actually antedates
the founding of the city. 1t was a
branch of the old Georgetown or
Bladensburg road and was being
travelled when Washington was in
fact a city Of magnificent distances.
At an early date it became known as
TaylorS Lane road. In 1862 it was
called Rock Creek road, while the
| 1878 plat book gives it as George
town road.
Boschke. in his map begun in 1885
and completed in 1859, showed this
road as starting from the east bank
of Rock Greek at P street. continuing
around Boundary street now Florida
avenue) until it intersected with
Connecticut avenue. from which
point it continues over nearly the
entire course Of Columbia road until
1t reached point in Columbia
Heights about due north of Twelfth
street. From here it took q north
easterly direction, joining Rock
Creek Church road at about Park
road, and continuing along the same
road, past the Soldiers Home, Rock
Greek Cemetery and on to Bladens-
burg, Baltimore and points north.
In describing this road more than
80 years ago, w. w. Birch, one Of
Washington's oldest residents at that
time, said that from the p street
ford, the road passed along Florida
avenue, past the gates of Kalorama
and the residence of T. w. Pairo,
The triangular block, bounded by
Twenty first, r and Boundary
streets, he said, was a cockpit at an
early date. Douglas vegetable gar
den was to the right at the head of
Connecticut avenue.
Dr.. William Tindall, who was sec.
rotary to the Board of Commission
ers for many years, built one of the
early homes ON Columbia road. 1t
stood where Is now the home of the
late A. G. Lothrop, just to the north
OF the Mcclellan statue, and not far
away was the home OF Commissioner
George Truesdell.
Apparently, at one time, al q
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