George Augustus Armes

George Augustus Armes (May 29, 1844 – December 18, 1919) was a United States Army officer on the staff of Winfield Scott Hancock who commanded Buffalo Soldiers in the Battle of the Saline River and subsequent engagements.

In later life, he became a real estate broker who gave his name to Armesleigh Park, a residential development in the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Tenleytown.

[4] In 1890, Armes became affiliated with the Chevy Chase Land Company, Francis G. Newlands, and the so-called “California Syndicate” of bankers and politicians from San Francisco.

A March 1, 1890, article in the Washington Evening Star, “The Big Real Estate Deal,” said, “The extended real estate purchases [958 acres of land] along the line of Connecticut Avenue extended, which have been made through real estate broker Maj. George A. Armes for the California Syndicate, represent an expenditure of over a million and a half dollars.

This immense deal is now being consummated as rapidly as the titles can be searched and the deeds made out”.