CATHOLIC FOUNDERS OF THE CAPITOL, By Margaret B. Downing, 1917 in "CATHOLIC WORLD", a monthly magazine vol CV page 732-743, Apr.-Sep., 1917
Of such stern and uncompromising Catholic ancestry came Notley Young, a patriarchal figure in the early days of Washington city. He was twice married; first to Eleanor, daughter of Ignatius Digges of Melrose, and second to Mary, daughter of Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlborough. By the first alliance he became the brother of Rev. Thomas Digges, S.J., who celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the first time within the boundaries of Washington city, and by the second, of most Rev. John Carroll, first Archibishop of Baltimore. More than thirty years before Washington came from Mt. Vernon to confer with the proprietors along the Potomac, the manor house of Notley Young was a shelter and a refuge for the Catholics in the vicinity. It stood on the high river bank on what is now G Street, between Ninth and Tenth, southwest. A commodious chapel led from the pillared portico overlooking the Potomac and occupied the entire western wing of the dwelling….
….Notley Young was buried with his kindred in the stately mausoleum on the river bank. When the growing city began to encroach not only on the homes of the living but of the dead, Robert Brent, the mayor, had all the remains reverently laid in the Carroll burial ground at St. John's on Rock Creek. It is a reproach that the exact location of the grave of this Catholic founder of the National Capital is unknown. But the memory of such men as Notley Young survives without the aid of imposing mortuary marble…
First Southwest Residence – Notley Young inherited much of South Washington just before the federal district of Washington was established. As an indication of his exceptional wealth, Young was the third largest slaveholder in Maryland. Young's palatial brick residence boasted a commanding view of the Potomac River.
Notley Young and his fellow Catholic neighbors often congregated in a custom-made chapel adjoining his residence. Catholics were prohibited from worshiping in public churches before the American Revolution. A patriarchal figurehead in early Washington, Young supported much of the Catholic church's development in the city bequeathing lands in Rock Creek, Georgetown, and Southeast Washington. Young's grandson, Father Nicholas Young Jr., helped establish St. Dominic Catholic Church which remains in Southwest today.
SITE: G Street between 9th and 10th Streets, SW NOW: L'Enfant Plaza
Southwest Neighborhood Fun Facts
R. Weber
Of such stern and uncompromising Catholic ancestry came Notley Young, a patriarchal figure in the early days of Washington city. He was twice married; first to Eleanor, daughter of Ignatius Digges of Melrose, and second to Mary, daughter of Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlborough. By the first alliance he became the brother of Rev. Thomas Digges, S.J., who celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the first time within the boundaries of Washington city, and by the second, of most Rev. John Carroll, first Archibishop of Baltimore. More than thirty years before Washington came from Mt. Vernon to confer with the proprietors along the Potomac, the manor house of Notley Young was a shelter and a refuge for the Catholics in the vicinity. It stood on the high river bank on what is now G Street, between Ninth and Tenth, southwest. A commodious chapel led from the pillared portico overlooking the Potomac and occupied the entire western wing of the dwelling….
….Notley Young was buried with his kindred in the stately mausoleum on the river bank. When the growing city began to encroach not only on the homes of the living but of the dead, Robert Brent, the mayor, had all the remains reverently laid in the Carroll burial ground at St. John's on Rock Creek. It is a reproach that the exact location of the grave of this Catholic founder of the National Capital is unknown. But the memory of such men as Notley Young survives without the aid of imposing mortuary marble…
First Southwest Residence – Notley Young inherited much of South Washington just before the federal district of Washington was established. As an indication of his exceptional wealth, Young was the third largest slaveholder in Maryland. Young's palatial brick residence boasted a commanding view of the Potomac River.
Notley Young and his fellow Catholic neighbors often congregated in a custom-made chapel adjoining his residence. Catholics were prohibited from worshiping in public churches before the American Revolution. A patriarchal figurehead in early Washington, Young supported much of the Catholic church's development in the city bequeathing lands in Rock Creek, Georgetown, and Southeast Washington. Young's grandson, Father Nicholas Young Jr., helped establish St. Dominic Catholic Church which remains in Southwest today.
SITE: G Street between 9th and 10th Streets, SW NOW: L'Enfant Plaza
Southwest Neighborhood Fun Facts
R. Weber
CATHOLIC FOUNDERS OF THE CAPITOL, By Margaret B. Downing, 1917 in "CATHOLIC WORLD", a monthly magazine vol CV page 732-743, Apr.-Sep., 1917
Of such stern and uncompromising Catholic ancestry came Notley Young, a patriarchal figure in the early days of Washington city. He was twice married; first to Eleanor, daughter of Ignatius Digges of Melrose, and second to Mary, daughter of Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlborough. By the first alliance he became the brother of Rev. Thomas Digges, S.J., who celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the first time within the boundaries of Washington city, and by the second, of most Rev. John Carroll, first Archibishop of Baltimore. More than thirty years before Washington came from Mt. Vernon to confer with the proprietors along the Potomac, the manor house of Notley Young was a shelter and a refuge for the Catholics in the vicinity. It stood on the high river bank on what is now G Street, between Ninth and Tenth, southwest. A commodious chapel led from the pillared portico overlooking the Potomac and occupied the entire western wing of the dwelling….
….Notley Young was buried with his kindred in the stately mausoleum on the river bank. When the growing city began to encroach not only on the homes of the living but of the dead, Robert Brent, the mayor, had all the remains reverently laid in the Carroll burial ground at St. John's on Rock Creek. It is a reproach that the exact location of the grave of this Catholic founder of the National Capital is unknown. But the memory of such men as Notley Young survives without the aid of imposing mortuary marble…
First Southwest Residence – Notley Young inherited much of South Washington just before the federal district of Washington was established. As an indication of his exceptional wealth, Young was the third largest slaveholder in Maryland. Young's palatial brick residence boasted a commanding view of the Potomac River.
Notley Young and his fellow Catholic neighbors often congregated in a custom-made chapel adjoining his residence. Catholics were prohibited from worshiping in public churches before the American Revolution. A patriarchal figurehead in early Washington, Young supported much of the Catholic church's development in the city bequeathing lands in Rock Creek, Georgetown, and Southeast Washington. Young's grandson, Father Nicholas Young Jr., helped establish St. Dominic Catholic Church which remains in Southwest today.
SITE: G Street between 9th and 10th Streets, SW NOW: L'Enfant Plaza
Southwest Neighborhood Fun Facts
R. Weber
Of such stern and uncompromising Catholic ancestry came Notley Young, a patriarchal figure in the early days of Washington city. He was twice married; first to Eleanor, daughter of Ignatius Digges of Melrose, and second to Mary, daughter of Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlborough. By the first alliance he became the brother of Rev. Thomas Digges, S.J., who celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the first time within the boundaries of Washington city, and by the second, of most Rev. John Carroll, first Archibishop of Baltimore. More than thirty years before Washington came from Mt. Vernon to confer with the proprietors along the Potomac, the manor house of Notley Young was a shelter and a refuge for the Catholics in the vicinity. It stood on the high river bank on what is now G Street, between Ninth and Tenth, southwest. A commodious chapel led from the pillared portico overlooking the Potomac and occupied the entire western wing of the dwelling….
….Notley Young was buried with his kindred in the stately mausoleum on the river bank. When the growing city began to encroach not only on the homes of the living but of the dead, Robert Brent, the mayor, had all the remains reverently laid in the Carroll burial ground at St. John's on Rock Creek. It is a reproach that the exact location of the grave of this Catholic founder of the National Capital is unknown. But the memory of such men as Notley Young survives without the aid of imposing mortuary marble…
First Southwest Residence – Notley Young inherited much of South Washington just before the federal district of Washington was established. As an indication of his exceptional wealth, Young was the third largest slaveholder in Maryland. Young's palatial brick residence boasted a commanding view of the Potomac River.
Notley Young and his fellow Catholic neighbors often congregated in a custom-made chapel adjoining his residence. Catholics were prohibited from worshiping in public churches before the American Revolution. A patriarchal figurehead in early Washington, Young supported much of the Catholic church's development in the city bequeathing lands in Rock Creek, Georgetown, and Southeast Washington. Young's grandson, Father Nicholas Young Jr., helped establish St. Dominic Catholic Church which remains in Southwest today.
SITE: G Street between 9th and 10th Streets, SW NOW: L'Enfant Plaza
Southwest Neighborhood Fun Facts
R. Weber
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