Evening star., 1942-08-16

on MIX House lane and but one on
Quarry road.
The only house then on Quarry road
stood at the entrance OF the lane on the
south side and afterward about $50 feet
back from Columbia road on the north
side, to which place it was later moved
1t was early occupied by family named
Haho, and subsequently by the Widow
Mulligan and her interesting family.
Beginning about 1887 other houses
were built facing the road. Duane C.
Turner erected a cottage on the spring
lot where he formed = lake with the
water from the spring, stocking 1t with
fish and pond lilies. Many a man will
recall having quenched his thirst with
the pure nectar from this old spring in
the days when he was too young to wear
long pants and when rheumatism and
gout and similar ailments were to him
unknown. Indeed. it was for a while
depended upon by the early residents OF
this neighborhood as their only supply
for drinking water. The home of VIII
liam A. Fry. a civil engineer, also faced
Quarry road, as did the home OF a
family named Buckingham.
Early Lanier Heights
Among the early residents of Lanier
Heights, which is bounded by Columbia
road, Quarry road and Adams Mill road,
was the family Of Archibald M. Nc
Lachlen, who, I believe, laid out this
subdivision, and whose residence &C.
cupied the site where the Ontario Apart
ment now stands. The home OF DR..
G. Brown Goode, late secretary OF the
Smithsonian Institution stood near the
top OF the stone quarry and overlooked
the Geological Park. The residents here
also included several other Smithsonian
employees, among them being Randolph
7. Geare. DR.. Fred P. Dewey and DR..
j. B. Smith. There were also living In
this group of the scientific people Otto
Heideman and his wife, Mrs. Mica Heide-
man, the artist; Richard U. Goode OF the
Geological Survey De Lancy Gill and
Mr.. Hayden. Frank Faust built the first
house facing Columbia road, In Lanier
Heights, except possibly two houses
down toward the Eighteenth street end
of the subdivision.
Quarry road does not appear on the
map Of 1870, and was probably not made
a thoroughfare until the District, under
the old Board Of Public Works, which
functioned from 1871 to 1874, begaA to
work the stone Quarries at the foot of'the
hill near the creek for constructing mac
adam roads in the District Blasting was
common here at this period, as was the
sight of massive machinery employed In
crushing the stone into the different sizes
needed.
Boundary street-now Florida avenue
was one Of the first, if not the flrst
street, to be macadamized, and nearly
every driver in town with speedy horse
took advantage of this excellent stretch
of road to try out his noble steed.
"A policeman's lot is not happy one"
as the old song went that they used to
sing on the stage, and they had their
troubles with the drivers of fast horses
years ago, just as they have with the
automobile drivers now. But, after all,
we do miss today the beautiful and thrill
ing sight Of runaway horse, which even
the reckless automobile driver cannot
compete with for spectacular excitement.
If there is anything more stirring and
wonderful than four or six-horse farm
outfit dashing down the road out OF
control 1t would be hard to imagine just
what 1t would be.
There were few roads running from
Columbia road toward Rock Greek, ac-
cording to the early maps. Woodley road,
which, on the eastern side of the creek.
is now in part Belmont road, is no doubt
one of the oldest roads. The Million
Dollar Bridge now spans the ravine at
this point where two bridges formerly
Stood first wooden structure and later
an iron bridge, the abutments of which
are still discernible, and which gave way
for the present magnificent structure.
Then there was the Adams Mill road,
which led to the old Adams mill on the
creek and to the Holt house, now the
headquarters OF the National Geological
Park.
Farther to the north, probably taking
the place of what is now Mount Pleasant
street, was Browns road. Linnaean Hill