Evening star., 1947-10-26

~ NEVER lived in Mount Pleas
ant or Mount Pleasant Village
early dubbed as Clerksville-
A but my youthful mind often
prompted my agile feet to wander to
this beautiful settlement many
times, when there was not single
private residence, that | recall, fac
ing old Fourteenth street road from
Florida avenue to the gateway of
the village at Park road, now one
of the busiest centers of Washing,
ton, and which was so years ago still
quite suburban
Columbian College, now George
Washington University, was then
located on the west side of the road
just to the north of Florida avenue
The college buildings were finished
about 1922, and remained standing
at least until 1884 Along the entire
front of the college grounds was
erected high stone wall. Mount
Pleasant to the north had already
been laid out, for in May, 1865, S. P.
Brown had part of his farm sur
veyed and put on the market in
building lots, and Washington
Tilley, Ephraim Wheeler and son
and Henry Nicholson were the first
purchasers. Brown gave the sub
division the name of Mount Pleas
ant, but this was only repetition
OF the name of the entire tract.
John S. Brown was one of the
earliest purchasers of ground in this
subdivision. He commenced a resi-
dence here on Park street, now Park
road, in the spring of 1867. Mr..
Brown had several children. includ-
ing Arthur S., Agnes, Edith and
Walter. Reading over program of
exercises for July 4. 1876, held some
where In Mount Pleasant. we find
the names of Miss Aggie Brown
and Master Charlie Sturtevant, who
sang, respectively. The Star
spangled Banner and the Tax
Upon Tea"
Early Residences.
Little Charlie Sturtevant was the
son of Albert L. Sturtevant, who
helped to make Mount Pleasant
grow. The Sturtevant residence was
on Howard avenue. The program
elso gave the name of W. c. Lips
comb, jr., as reading the Declaration
of Independence. 1t was he who
built the second house fin the vii
lage in 1866. His sons included j.
Mel. Lipscomb, Andrew A. and Lysle
a on1 a da11obfnr Maud
Andrew A. L. Lipscomb will be
remembered as having been one of
Washington's most celebrated law
yers. In his prime he handled some
of the most noted criminal cases,
and when not thus engaged, he was
conspicuous in local and national
circles. Miss Maud Lipscomb be-
came Mrs. Grenwald, and Lysle, at
the time of his death. was realtor.
S. P. Brown, founder of Mount
Pleasant. lived at the intersection of
Park street and the old Piney Branch
road, now Mount Pleasant street
and adjoining his property on the
west, on what was then called
Pierce Mill road, was the residence
Cl r16IHldll II. "dlU1iuSc VIlIldlll
Mattingly, father of William F. Mat
tingly, lived on a large tract on what
was then called old Fourteenth
Street road, now at about Four
teenth and Newton streets. One of
his daughters married the late DIR.
William F. M. Sewers, son of DR..
z. T. Sewers.
Ingleside Estate.
incidentally, Gen. Walbridge's step
daughter married Col. William B.
Corkhill, Army officer, editor and
publisher of the Daily Chronicle
and United States district attorney.
Col. Corkhill for a time lived on the
Walbridge estate, known as Ingle-
side. This tract was sold at auction
April g. 1889, at price stated to be
$156,000.
Albert L. Sturtevant, before re-
ferred to, lived on the north side of
Howard avenue, now Newton street,
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets. He was for some years chief
of the stationery division of the
Dop,o an6 uoc o1cN