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Metadata
Object ID |
1000.106.01 |
Title |
"The Chevy Chase Land Company: The Beginning." |
Object Name |
Exhibit |
Date |
June 1990 |
Creator |
Eleanor Ford |
Description |
"The Chevy Chase Land Company: The Beginning." PIONEERS Exhibit produced by Eleanor Ford for the Chevy Chase Historical Society. Mounted in June, 1990 to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Chevy Chase Land Company. Photo (2008.203.03): William Sharon (1821-1885) Born in Steubenville, Ohio; trained in law; trader; moved to San Francisco in 1849; Invested profits from supplying miners in real estate and mining. 1852 Marries Maria Malloy, daughter of a Quebec sea captain 1864 Representative of the Bank of California in Virginia City, Nevada; Re-organized Comstock Lode operation and secured a monopoly of mining support services; started the Virginia and Truckee Railroad to connect mining operations to San Francisco 1874 Daughter Clara married colleague Francis J. Newlands 1875 From William Ralston inherited the Palace Hotel and the Bank of California which he coolly and skillfully saved from collapse 1875-1881 U.S. Senator from Nevada; bought land near Dupont Circle 1880's Largest single taxpayer in California 1885 Left his fortune to his two children and Newlands. Photo (2008.203.02): Clara Adelaide Sharon Newlands, 1876 (daughter of William Sharon, first wife of Francs Sharon Family Tree and Presidents of the Chevy Chase Land Co. (see 1000.106.01a) Photo (1988.05.05) Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) Born in Natchez, Mississippi; one of four five children; educated in Chicago, Washington, and Yale 1867 A government job by day, Columbia Law School by night 1870 To San Franscisco to practice law; went to work for William Sharon 1874 Married Clara Sharon, with whom he had 3 children 1882 Wife and newborn son died 1885 Inherited part of Sharon's Fortune 1886 Began plans for Chevy Chase 1888 Married Edith McAllister; moved to Reno, Nevada 1890-1917 President of Chevy Chase Land Co. 1893-1902 U.S. Congressman from Nevada 1902-1916 U.S. Senator from Nevada; Land Reclamation Act; McMillan Plan Photo (1988.05.06): Edward J. Stellwagen (1855-1932) Born Washington, D.C.; Emerson Institute; Columbia Law School U.S. Navy draftsman; practiced law with William Webb; joined Thomas J. Fisher and Co., largest real estate house in Washington; when Mr. Fisher died, Stellwagen and Thomas M. Gale took over the company and each married a Fisher daughter; organized Rock Creek Railway; director of Capitol Transit Co. 1890-1917 Vice President of Chevy Chase Land Co. 1899 President of Union Trust Co.; organized as a local corporate trustee for funds borrowed from Deacons Bank of Manchester, England for the Land Co. 1901-1921 Ran the Columbia Hotel Corp., which leased and ran the Willard Hotel, Raleigh Hotel, and Capitol Park Hotel. 1919-1932 President of the Chevy Chase Land Co. Photo (2008.100.01): Nathan Franklin Barrett, 1845-1919 Born on Staten Island, N.Y.; 3 years in Union Army 1866 Began study to become a landscape engineer worked with Lindley Johnson at Winter, Harbor, Pullman, Illinois; Tuxedo Park, New Rochelle, N.Y.; and Ponce de Leon, Florida. 1892 Worked on plans for streets and planting of Chevy Chase, MD. 1900-1915 Commissioner of Palisades Park; designed the grounds of many pricate estates. Photo (1988.05.07): Herbert Claude (1863-1933) Born in Annapolis, MD; University of Maryland; purser on North German Lloyrd Steamers 1893 Appointed Superintendent of Rock Creek Railway; moved with his parents to 5900 Connecticut Avenue 1894 Married Cicily daughter of Colonel George Armes, Newlands' colleague in buying land; four children including Edith McAllister Claude (Jarvis), named for the second Mrs. Newlands. 1895-1933 Superintendent of the Chevy Chase division of the Captiol Traction Co.; Director of Chevy Chase Land Co. and liason 1907-1917 He leased Chevy Chase Lake from the Land Co. and developed it as an amusement park. After 5900 Connecticut Avenue, he lived at Chevy Chase Lake, 101 East Lenox, 100 East Melrose, and 15 Newlands. Photo (2008.106.02) Leon E. Dessez (1858-1918) Born in Washington, D.C. 1877 Joined Hornblower and Poindexter (later Marshall) 1886 Opened own firm at 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue 1893 Moved to Chevy Chase; he had prepared the building regulations for the Land Co. and was designing a house for them, with Lindley Johnson 1893-1918 Director of Chevy Chase Land Co. 1893 Designed house for Superintendent of the Naval Observatory (now the Vice President's house) 1908-1909 Revised the D.C. building regulations to establish first building code for Washington. 1910 built 3815 Jennifer Street for himself, and the Chevy Chase Apartments at the Circle. Exhibit 1 of 6, see also 1000.106.02-06 |