Evening star., 1946-08-25

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~ writer was passing down
~ Thirteenth street he saw a
considerable excavation at
the northeast corner of this thor
oughfare and G street, where soon
no doubt, will be erected a large
building for business purposes. The
thought thus occurred to him of the
many changes that have occurred
along this hustling business street
since much less than a century ago
Indeed, many of the changes have
taken place within the recollection
of early residents here who still dc
not consider themselves very old
and who can remember when Glib
son Bros printing Office once stood
at the southeast corner of Thir-
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
Many remember also when on the
southwest corner of Thirteenth and
E streets was the old National Re-
publican Office, once popular
morning newspaper, which long
since has ceased to be published. 1t
was first issued on November &c,
1860, from the "Wigwam," build
ing then at the northwest corner of
Second street and Indiana avenue.
1t was published later at Seventh
and D streets, later on Ninth street
below D, still later at the northeast
corner Of Tenth and D streets, and
finally, in 1874, moved to the build
ing specially built for it at the
Thirteenth street site. 1t ceased to
be published about % years after its
founding. 1t was here that the
Barton-Soteldo homicide took place.
Some years ago the writer re-
ceived letter from Miss Alice Gray
Flowers, in which she went on to
say that her first husband was
Harry Sykes, the son of James Sykes
of the firm of Sykes, Chadwick &
Co., proprietors of the Willard Hotel
from about 1865 on, and that, since
her husband also participated in
operating the hotel, she made her
home there until the partnership
was dissolved Her father-in-law,
James Sykes, took over the Jenness
House about 1871, when he rechris-
tened it the Imperial, and it later
became the Harris House, at 1929 E
street near the National Theater.
Ned Pendleton Acquires
Famous Bowling Alley
Mrs. Flowers also recalled the
Greason House. It's proprietors,
William Greason and his son John,
kept the hotel, which stood for
many years-and up to a few dec
AIDES ago-at the northwest corner
of E and Thirteenth streets. She
also recalled Miller & Jones billiard
parlors, the National Theater before
it was destroyed by fire in 1885,
Shoemaker & Herzog's, then at 1881
1888 E street, and also that John M.
Miller of Miller g. Jones married
Lola, sister to his partner, G. M.
Jones, whose two brothers were Ed
and Lander. The Jones family lived
at 513 Thirteenth street. Her refer
ence to Shoomaker's reminds the
writer of an item printed in 1882 in
which light is shed on the history
of this noted place. The account
follows:
"The property owned and occu-
pied by Shoemaker & Herzog, just
west Of the National Theater, on E
street, was sold at auction yesterday
afternoon to foreclose a mortgage
and was purchased for $4,000 by
William Shoemaker, Esquire. This
brick dwelling, which is one of the
most substantial in the city, was
built by the late John c. Rivers in
1874, or nearly 40 years ago, while
he was of the firm of Blair & Rives,
publishers of the Congressional
Globe, and he used it as a private
residence for few years, when he
disposed Of it for $4,000 to Charles
Flint, who converted it into public
house known as Flints Hotel Flint
was member of the Presidents
Mounted Guard and his house was
a great resort for the members of
that company and the prominent
young men of Washington and
Georgetown. 1t was also a favorite
congressional stopping place, the en-
tire South Carolina delegation and
many members from the Southern
States making their homes there.
Flint opened bowling alley on
the east side of Fourteenth street,
above Pennsylvania avenue, and the
property passed into the hands of
Ned Pendleton, the famous sporting
man, the price paid being $4,000.
Cl4N1COclls "lOil UOC I1d4l, SOINCSo-
fully ran this house, and the one on
the corner of Jackson Hall alley or
Pennsylvania avenue, between Third
and -Four and "a half streets, for
many years, both places being fire.
ouented nightly by distinguished
men from all parts of the country
and the stories are many of the
fabulous amounts said to have
changed hands and the elegant re-
pasts served ON all occasions. The
present owners purchased the prop
erty in 1869 from the Pendleton
heirs for s27,5oo and to foreclose a
mortgage since executed thereon of
$4,000 the property was sold yester-
day, with the result above stated"
Residents on the West
Side of the Street
On the west side of Thirteenth
street, above the Greason House,
70 rotIlry, fo k6rc Elouore, aoco,,pt