A Landmark Burns: Andrew Jackson's House on Jackson Street Lost to Fire

The beautiful house built about three years ago by Andrew Jackson on Jackson street, near where the cable trestle used to turn up the hill, was burned to the ground about 1 o'clock this morning. When the trestle on Jackson street was abandoned, the residence became inaccessible, and although it was a very convenient and commodious building, no one wanted to live in it. Mr. Jackson sold it to a Mrs. Mackey, who lived in it for a time, but finally placed it in the hands of agents for sale or rent, moving elsewhere herself. How the fire started is unknown. When Officer Cummings discovered it, the rear end of the building was in flames. He ran back from Yakima street to engine-house No. 3, near Taylor street, and a telephone alarm was sent in to headquarters. Apparatus responded from headquarters and houses in the district, but chemical No. 3 was the only one that could get anywhere near the building. Nothing could be done to save the building, which was practically destroyed before water could be thrown on it. O. Johnson, who is the nearest neighbor, says boys were playing in the house yesterday, and he believes they have some connection with the fire. It is more likely that incendiarism was the cause. The house cost $6,000 and was furnished. It was probably insured in the agency of the Washington Territory and Investment Company.