Evening star., 1943-02-07

Macubbin Lingan, generally referred to
as Gen. Lingan. This building, 1t is said,
stood well back from the street line"
Apparently. however. this house proved
to be not spacious enough for Mr.. Cald-
well, for in 1905. he added to his holdings
at this site and soon erected. in front
OF the earlier building, the Arts Club
building we see there today.
This fine old home is replete with In
teresting history, it having been once
occupied by President James Monroe
when serving as Secretary Of State In
the cabinet OF James Madison, during
a part of which time he also served
as Secretary OF War, and after his in
auguration as President. on March 4,
1917, he continued to reside there for
short while. Other occupants Of the
house are said to have included Gideon
Granger, Postmaster General under
Presidents Jefferson and Madison, filling
the Office from 1901 to 1914, = part of
which time he held title to the property.
Later 1t was occupied by the French
Minister M. Alphonse Pageot, and by
Sir straford Canning, who was the Brit
ish Minister to this country from 1920
to 1923. Sir Charles Richard Vaughan.
another British Minister, who repre-
sented his country here from 1925 to
1895. is also reported to have resided In
the Monroe House, he is known to have
once made his home at No. IA Jackson
place, later occupied by Commodore
Stockton. Subsequently 20l7 street was
occupied by Charles Francis Adams. who
served his country as Minister to Great
Britain.
An carly owner and occupant of the
property was Frances Markoe, jr., of
Pennsylvania, a clerk In the State De-
partment as early as 1887. He and his
heirs. we are told, resided here for most
of the time until June 20, 1877, when
it was disposed of to Dr. Cleveland Able,
a founder of the United States Weather
Bureau, who made it his home, and still
owned the building at the time OF his
death in 1916, shortly after which 1t was
bought by the Arts Club of Washington,
its present owner and occupant.
Early l Street Residences
street northwest. throughout. is an
unusually interesting street, and many
noted persons have resided on this
thoroughfare. Near the Arts Club build
ing. just to the west. once stood ONeale' S
Tavern, later the Franklin Hotel, where
Gen. Lafayette In 1924 delivered his
famous toast, which would seem quite
important today. 1t was this: The City
OF Washington, the Central Star Of the
constellation which enlightens the whole
world"
It was in the Franklin Hotel that the
charming Peggy O'Neale met Senator
John H. Eaton OF Tennessee, who soon
afterward became her second husband.
However, though this marriage was not,
apparently, resented by society of that
period, yet, when Gen. Eaton was made
by President Jackson his Secretary Of
War, Peggy" was ignored to such an
extent that 1t almost disrupted "Old
Hickory's" cabinet. Senator Eaton sub
seauently held other Federal posts Of
honor He died in Washington in 1856
ana was DuIlpQ Ill YAK I'LL SCIIlCtCly
Among the other prominent men who
lived at the Franklin House was George
Clinton, Vice President of the United
States from .305, and until his death at
ONeale's on April 20, 1872. For nearly
a hundred years his distinguished re-
mains reposed in Congressional Cemetery.
but in 1908 they we're taken to New York
and reinterred in the First Dutch Re-
formed Church Cemetery in Kingston.
The Eaton Home was at 2007 I street.
Charles Goody Home
A few blocks to the east, at 1885 l
street, is pointed out as the last home of
jefferson Davis In Washington, and only
few doors away, at No. 1721, once
resided Charles Goodyear who the city
directory gives as an India rubber man.
ufacturer Indeed, It was this Charles
Goodyear who made 1t possible to
manufacture al Of the rubber goods We