Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Early Army Hospitals
Wounded Civil War Soldiers Given Core
In Many Mokeshift Infirmories Here
By John CIoqett Proctor

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lions, the Army even took possess
sion of private dwellings, such as
that of Mrs. Hobbies, located about
d mile north of Florida avenue at
Twentieth street, where accommo-
dationS we're greatly increased by
the erection of large hospital
buildings and the placing Of tents
on the grounds. This became
known as Cliffbourne Hospital and
it was to this place that the pa
tents Of the Union Hospital in
were early removed
together with its medical staff and
medical outfit.
Dwellings $50 and 1854 C street
were early taken over, as was
Douglas row or Minnesota row, at
Second and I streets NV.
Kalorama, which stood little
to the east of where President
Hoover once resided, was used as
a smallpox hospital. This place
was celebrated as the residence Of
Joel Barlow, poet and diplomat,
who entertained with others Count
Rumford and Robert Fulton. the
inventor. Farther to the east. at
the head Of Thirteenth street, was
the Stone Hospital, which SUISSE
quently became the home of Gen.
A. Logan, and where he died De-
cember 26. 1886. 1t was he who
gave it the name Calumet Place.
Later. for a brief period, it be-
came the home of William Jen-
nings Bryan, while he was serving
as Secretary of State. The site Of
this hospital is now covered by an
apartment house at the northeast
corner of Thirteenth and Belmont
streets NV.
Early 'Temporaries'
Not far west of the Stone Hos
pital, on Fourteenth street-ad-
joining and just north of the old
Columbian College grounds-was
the Carver Hospital. As In nearly
all cases, the buildings were frame.
However. they must have been well
constructed, for after the war
one of them, which stood at the
southwest corner of Fourteenth
and Harvard streets, remained
there for many years.
Mount Pleasant Hospital was to
the north of the Carver Hospital
and on the Holmead estate, and
faced Piney Branch road. It con-
sisted of a number Of frame build
|ings erected especially for the
purpose and continued in use
until August, 1865. The Tivoli
Theater covered a part Of the
hospital grounds and all Of this
area is entirely built over, retain
ing no semblance to it's rural con-
dition existing back m Civil War
days.
Where the Recorder of Deeds
Building now stands once was the
site of a Unitarian church, the
pastor being Rev. w. H. Claiming.
During the Civil War it became
the Cranch Hospital.
The E Street Baptist Church.
south side of E street between
Sixth and Seventh streets, was
begun October 6, 1912. and COM
lpleted June %, 1843, with Rev.
j. S. Kennard, pastor, for a short
term, followed by Rev. George w.
Samson, who, in 1856, performed
the wedding ceremony for the
writer's parents, when he was
president of Columbian University,
later George Washington Univer-
Isity. In recent years this building,
still standing, has become un-
tenable.
Stanton, one of the larger hos
pitfalls, occupied the block between
H and I and Second and Third
streets. It was opened in Deem
Der, 1862. and continued until
October 10, 1865.
On Florida Avenue
Campbell Hospital was on the
north side of Florida avenue, ex-
tending from about Fifth street
to the baseball park. It was a
part of the tract that a few years
later became the subdivision of
the lie Droit Park. The buildings
stood back toward w street, and
after the war were transferred to
Gen. o. o. Howard, who opened
here the Freedmen's Hospital.
which in its new and up-to-date
building, is still nearby.
Georgetown had its Dumbarton
Street Hospital and one In the
Presbyterian Church, which went
by that name; the Seminary Hos
pital, in q building in which Miss
L. S. English had conducted a
female seminary; Union Hotel
Hospital, and the one on High
street between Bridge and Water
streets in the building owned by
Joseph Waters.