Evening star., 1941-04-13
Homes Tour
HOSteSSeS
Chosen
Mrs. Kerkam Picks
Group for Visits
April 25.26

The chairman OF the George
town House Tour Committee, Mrs.
William B. Kerkam, jr., has
chosen hostesses for the tour which
will be held Friday and Saturday
afternoons, April rs and 26, from
2 until o'clock, for the benefit of
ST. Johns Church in Georgetown.
Hostesses Friday afternoon will
be Mrs. James Young, Mrs. c. E.
Seller, Mrs. Carroll Greenough,
Mrs. Bernard Wyckoff, Mrs. Cecil
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Walter Harrison,
Miss Kate Hyde Scully, Mrs. A. o.
Stanley, Miss Caroline Beall, Mrs.
Hazel Briggs, Mrs. R. F. Whitehead,
Mrs. Scott McFarlane, Miss Florence
Woolley. Mrs. Wade de Weese, Mrs.
John B. Ecker, Mrs Fred Cults,
Mrs. Edward Burroughs, Mrs. w. T.
Boutwell,, Mrs. James Berrall, Mrs.
F. D Castenbader and Mrs. John
Bennett.
Saturdays hostesses will be Mrs.
Philip Turner, Mrs. Hugh Nicolson,
Mrs. Andrew Ten Eyck, Mrs.
Mortimer Graves, Mrs Elmer Shep-
herd, Mrs. Basil Boteler, Mrs.
Richard McCarteney, Mrs. Lucy
Waters, Miss Lena wilkins, Miss
Camille Du Bose, Mrs. EuStace Rey-
nolds, Miss Mamie Lakeland, Miss
Lucy Lewis, Miss Mary Lewis, Miss
Bertha LOCKER, Mrs. Edward Talcott,
Miss Dorothy Barclay and Miss
Katherine Berrall.
Victor Sutro House
To Be Visited.
Among the houses to be visited
on this tour is that of Mr.. Victor
Sutro at 3019 P street NV, which
was built in 1926 and belonged for
a time to Thomas Corcoran, jr.
At 1900 N street NV. is the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Thoron,
also on the tour. This house is
known as one of the Worthington
houses. Here lived the son of DR..
Charles Worthington, who came to
Georgetown in 1888. DR.. Worthing-
ton was one of the original members
OF st. Johns Church and first pres
ident of the medical society.
The iron fence around the house
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Acheson at
2805 P street NV. will be of interest
to visitors. 1t is made of old musket
barrels used in the Mexican War,
put there by Reuben Daw. the
former owner of a large part of
this block.
An interesting house is that of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Friendly. at
l645 Thirty-flrst street NV. This
house is supposed to have been built
by Mrs. Elisha o. Williams. the
former Harriet Beall. 1t belonged
for a while to Col. and Mrs. John
Addison, who had a family of four
sons and four daughters. The
daughters were reigning bellies of
the day and the house was the scene
OF many a gay party. Another
prominent family which once lived
IN this house was the Johns family.
Capt. William Brooke Johns, who
lived here when he was a young
man, was close friend of Gen.
Grant and devised a tent. used
by the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Senator Taft House Built
BY Joseph Henry Bradley.
The house of Senator and Mrs.
Robert Taft at 1858 Thirty-first
street NV. was built by Joseph
Henry Bradley, who bore a striking
resemblance to John Wilkes Booth.
On the night after Lincolns as
sassination, Mr.. Bradley was driving
in his buggy along a lonley country
road when he was stopped by police
men and arrested for the murder.
After a long while he was able to
get in touch with friends who identi-
ned him, but meanwhile he was
forced to remain in Jail. Later, Mr..
Bradley, who practiced law with his
father, served as counsel in the
famous Surratt. trial.
Among the other old Georgetown
houses to be opened for the tour
are those of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ken
meth Jenkins, at 1888 Dent place
NV; DR.. and Mrs. Worth Daniels,
1916 Twenty-eighth street NV;
Baron and Baronne Jacques Bae-
yenne, 1912 Twenty ninth street
NV; Mr.. and Mrs Henry v. Seay,
l2l5 Thirty-fifth street NV; Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Foote, 1924 r
street NV: Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
White, l4ll Thirty-fourth street
NV; Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore N.