Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1921, Page 13

\ing w + and a number of dwelling operations Real Estate Investments Part Two. . WASHINGTON, D. C, HOPE FOR REVIVAL EXPRESSED FOR DISTRICT BUILDING BOOM Week’s Permit§ Double—'l—'i\_ose for Entire Month of December Lastj-Big Projects to Get Started. This structure is to be erected at tie| corner of Connecticut avenue and H street, on the site of the old Corcoran | house! The City Club recently called its| building committee together to con- sult with resard to its new home, to be built on G street between 13th and 14th streets. The club has been hold-| Z oft in line with the policy of oth- er romoiers. A .| The new Star building, adjoining the Records of the building inSpecior yain structure on the north, with a for the last week show €on-lfrontage of 110 feet on 11th stree Struction work costing in Lhe ABETe- near Pennsylvania avenue, is rapi zate about $280.000 is planned for the nauring completion. Structural steel £ty with the incoming year. DUringiang cement work is about finished on | the entire month of December, Whel one portion and the work of demol- | building activity is alwavs at an ebb, [{(}50 the o1d annex to make way for 80- worth of permils:the new nine-story building was be- Only Afty-four build- | zun this week. ings were erected in this month. heinew stenicturelis architedturally 3213000 in Four Projects. in harmony with the main building at Beside projects prev ousiy announc- |11ty street and Pennsylvania avenue. With bu'lding permits issued during the first week of the new year total- in wvalue more than double the amount of those issued during the| ntire month of December, real estate | men and builders of Washington are | hoping for a concerted revival o construction in the D strict of Colum- | bia in the ensuing vear. “ed in which millions of dollars have | jr was designed by h & Peter, lo- { been or will be invested, permits were | ol aronitests, and ’;’:"fiei“ Built by issued this week for an $50.000 home | (e “Fulier Construction Company. | JueERtion. A9 1.ng Jjob. . The addition will house the mechan- 345,000 store and projec: delivery and news departments ¥ nd will contain also the clubrooms, 1‘05"‘{:‘.5320!00 and les lunchroom and other facilities for em- y n _permis-iployes. sion to erect two residences at 2410-:" Another handsome building which 2412 Massachusetts avenu® northwest. {ghould be completed during the year Thegameunt to be ‘nvestcd was given |is the new home for the Racquet Club, s, 600"- B g 1121-25 16th street northwest. The - Oppenheimer took out 2 permit jower stories are about completed. for the remodeling of the buildings The clubhouse will contain 115 guest at 800-802 E street northwest at airooms and club features. J. Henrl de cost of $70.000. 3 bour designed the new home. _Thomas R. Asquith will build com- 1~ The National Y. W. C. A. has begun bined stores and dwellings on Macomb | actual construction of its hotel. ex- cal. : bering 3700-3702-3704-3706. | clusively for women, at Union Station © Cost §15.000. . |plaza and E street. This hotel will Atnong'permits for the ereét'on of | be nine stories in height and will dwellinds was one to B. H. Gruver|contain 350 guest rooms. far the construction of a row of seven | houses on Kansas avenue. numbering from 3802 to 3814. The aggregate ! cost of this operation was estimated ! at $22,000. i Many Projects Held Up. wfans for a number of buildings, have not been started owing to unfavorable building conditions, Raxe | 1S i cBasg OBt hchmari shund < during the T o e 40 (iMC | building, aithough it is possible that Proposed structures will cost mere|@ favorable turn in events will result than $1.900,000-each. ¢ho|in an early ground-breaking cere- han $1.000,000-each. Promoters who e e e L bave gottew behind-the projects "“-”Im:nr)r'om ‘:dsl;\igrl‘x; will be of mar- Petruction. TThe recent 1owarEY. 1t “The motion picture theater to.be prices on building materials and n,.;";c‘ed at c«:nfi}cutfiva&uemua De apti Y 3! Sales street by.Allan E. Walker an Vit Tegand <o The Lom i monthy 13 his associates will represent an in Ve | vestiment of clogse to a m n dol- have had its effect on these | 0 P4 s sald, In the same block is now being comstructed by Will Be Showplace. The home proposed for the Metho- dist Church at New Jersey avenue and {the Capitol plaza northeast, will be one of the showplaces of Washington when completed. The Methodist board of temperance and public mor- Lipscomb Company. ' addltion to the school probably in the early summer. This addition will contain twenty-four rooms and will cost_about $§250.000,, 5 ther important projects on which action has_been delayed, pending a return to better building conditions, include a theater building on the site iof Pereard’s Cafe, at 511-13 13th street northwest: a Christian Sci- ence temple on D street, across from the Senate office building; an addi- i fion to the Willard Hotel, on the F street side, and a $1,000.000 home for the National Research Council, near the Lincoln Memorial. i there =zanizations which have planwad t ndall H. Hagner & Co.a large} 4 revival of construction will no e permanent homas. i o mrins_ | store. building, containing space for | goubt see many of these buildings ! a number of shops. George N. Ray i8 | finighed or begun within the next|] show activity tehful wait- | arehitects ton are beginning to after a long period of w 2. Investors. builders, and real estate men in general are anxiously watching for the opportune | moment to launch these important en- | terprises. Many believe that the aus- ous time to inaugurate this move- the architect. Mrs. A. C. Walter is the owner of the property. Attractive Residence. Two attractive white stone front} structures will be completed shortly by the Randall Hagner concern. One ment is imminent is located at 724 17th street, between | Pennsylvania avenue and H street Hewes for Ovgantnilons: northwest, for Frank G. Carpente: The United States Chamber of Com- | Another is going up at 1223 Connecti- merce is one of the larger organiza- | cut avenue northwest. tions planning to erect a home here| Officials of St. John's College are when the building situation clears. planning to begin work on the new 918 Shepherd CStN.W. Open All Day Sunday year. | —_— BIGGEST PRICE FOR LOT. Land at the northeast corner of 15th and Chestnut streets, Philadel- phia. recently sold for $550,000, or at the rate of $27.500 per front foot, or $27F per square foot. This was the highest price ever paid for a lot in Philadelphia than similar houses now selling in same street 7 large rooms and bath; all modern improvements. Space for garage. Easy terms. 14th or 9th St. Car Line Wm. B. Kraft Main 333 1336 N. Y. Ave. Referring to a group of Spanish and Colonial house at 1301 Kennedy ! M. Zesta Hart was the purchaser of | PY Both of these houses contain eight rooms and bath. lanta, Ga., past year, $ Homes ofl Real Value 5507 13th St. N.W. On the 14th St. Car Line To Inspect Take Any 14th St. Car to Houses D. J. Dunigan 1321 New York Ave. N. W. Phone Main 1267 NEW _HOME FOR MEDICAL SOCIETY COMPLETED. TWO DWELLINGS SOLD. Homes on 14th Street Extension Have All Conveniences. DS reports the home Dunigan market active in Fourteenth Street Highlands. Mr. Dunigan is conducting an operation.in eight-room dwellings in this section. Sales during the past week were as follows: Ellenor Zurborg purchased a Mrs. street, Mrs. 207 Kennedy street. ‘Among attractive features are four large bedrooms and double sleeping porches, houses are decorated throughout. The lots are deep and extend to a wide alley. on the second floor. The —_— Building records for the city of At- were broken during the with contracts totaling 12,342,011 on _record, or an average f mor: than $1,000,000 a month. SATURDAY, -+ BUSINESS SECTION ~ The Zoening Shac. JANUARY 8 The new home for the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, located at 1718 M street northwest, been completed. The building wax desizned by Marxh & Peter, architects, and constructed by the William P. The architecture is Italian Roman esque. | SALES TOTAL $87,550. Howell Gordon Associates With F. W. Cissel in Realty Business. Howell Gordon, who opened a real estate office in the Evans bullding, 1420 New York ave- nue, now has associated with him | Fred W. Cissel. Sales of unimproved property in Chevy Chase and 16th_street hills aggregated $87,550, he reports. Among purchasers of land in these sections ere Winfield Scott Lloyd, Dennis J. and Mary Hogan, W. B. Saunders, Whit- ney Read, William T. Read, Edgar W. Price, John R. Gant, Augustus L. and Olive J. Creecy, John C. Bennett, Clarence E. Moffett, Hugh English, Harry M. Burton, D. M. Kustler, Ray Connor, A. M. Rollins, Ellis W. Smith, Raymond L. Nicholson, Michael Daniels, jr., V. Wimstead, 1. G. A. Blak Mary A. Shilton recently ; Beckwith, John F. Hafford, Charles P. Gainor, Mary A. McNeill, Charles . Margaret M. McNeill and Finance Classified Ads. 8 Pages TRANSFERS INREAL ESTATE INCREASE Firm Reports Sales Aggre- gating $446,500 During the Past Week. Real estate sales aggregating $44.- 500 were arranged this week through the office of John F. Maury. He re- ports a revival of activity in property , 1921 ’ MEDIGAL SOCIETY SOON INNEW HOME Organization to Occupy Build- ing Recently Constructed, 1718 M Street. The recently completed new home of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, located at 1718 M street :$301,072,000 IS SPENT IN BUILDING PROJECTS { F. W. Dodge Company Report Shows Decrease of 24 Per Cent in This Section. Building contracts awarded during the past year in the section of which the District of Columbia is’ a part, which includes nearby portions of sufrounding states, amounted to $301,072,000. This was a decline of 24 per cent from the previous year's total, declares the F. W. Dodge Com- pan The year's total for thts section in- northwest, will be dedicated next prade«: x“lo'sl ,000, o;‘i.;ffl 5:; ce!'x"t‘, for | sales. v ight, January 12. Thel mcustrial plant ,400,000, or 26 per| The house at 1530 Connecticut ave- “e_d"“d“_u';‘gh “:’“Iv’ tety | SEBL for residential’ buildings: $43.-{nue, a white stone residence at the occasion w e entirely a society 050,000, or 16 per cent, for business|southwest corner of Connecticut av function, in which the members and|bulldings, and $47,383.000, or 16 per|nue and Q street, was sold for Mrs cent, for public works ahd utilities. Contemplated work reported during the year amounted to $728,000,000, about $100,000,000 more than the con- templated work reported in 1919, and nearly two and a half times the total awards of 1920. | Thus the amount of projected work carried over into 1921 is very large, the Dodge Company states. The amount of money involved in construction contracts during 1920 in the twenty-five northeastern states of the country was practically the same as in 1919, according to statis- tics compiled by the company. On account of greatly increased co struction costs, this amount of mone; something over $2,500,000,000, paid for a volume of construction that was nearly one-fourth less in 1920 than in 1919. The year 1920 opened with a rate of construction activity unprecedent- ed for the winter season. Total con- tracts reached a maximum of over $300,000.000 in the month of April. From that time on, for causes well known generally, actiyity declined more or less steadily to the end of the year. December contraets amounted to $100,000,000. il Comparing the past two vears, the most conspicuous feature of 1920 was the decline in residential construetion. ‘This class of construction represented 33 per cent of the total in the year 1919 and 22 per cent of the total in 1920. The amount of residential floor space contracted for declined from 240,000,000 square feet in 1919 to 136,- 000,000 square feet in 1920. _In _the amounts of money involved in 1920 contracts, industrial plants and public works and utilities both exceeded residential buildings, each representng about 23 per cent of the ) year’s total. There was in 1920 an incréase over 1919 in actual volume of construction of educational buildings, the figures show. In normal years the total estimated cost of contemplated or projected work reported is abewt 50 per cent in excess of the total amount of con- tracts awarded. In 1919 the total of projected work was §8 per cent in excess of contracts awarded: in 1920, it was 92 per cent in excess of con- tracts awarded. Theffe figures give an indication of the amount by which each of the two years has run be- hind its announced construction pro- gram. izabeth R. Travers to Laban L. Jen- kins, a banker from Asheville, N. C.. who' plans to make this home hiy residence. The house contains four- teen rooms and six baths and built-in garage. Mrs. Travers was represent- ed in the deal by John P. Stor: Many Sales in Alexandria. Forty-five houses in North Rose mont, Alexandria, Va., were sold to local investors who will sell these houses direct to home buyers. The houses are modern in every respect having from four to six rooms with bath, furnace heat, sewer, gus, elec- tricity and hardwood floors. They are on lots 40 by 110 feet deep and will range in price from $4,000 to $6.000. North Rosemont is twenty minutes from 12th and Pennsylvania avenue by electric car. and these homes will relieve, to some extent the shortage of houses in Washing- ton, it is believed. A 200-acre tract immediately sur- rounding_the Montgomery Country Club at Bradley Hills, was sold for R. Golden Donaldson to a local in- vestor. Buys Belmont Street Home. Mark Lansburgh purchased from Mrs. Sallie Borden Hutton the resi- dence ‘at 1928 Belmont street north- west. This is @ brick house, con- taining eight rooms, two bathe and built-in garage. After redecorating and remodeling, Mr. Lansburgh will occupy this as his home. The residence at 2819 28th street ‘was sold for Mrs. Mary Elise Allen to Clara H. Garner and Eleanor Garner Prince. This home is located adja- cent to Wardman Park Hotel. The house contains nine rooms, two baths and has hardwood floors, hot-water heat, gas and electricity. There is also a brick detached garage. H. B. SPENCER ACQUIRES BUSINESS PROPERTIES Papers were placed on record this week transferring the five business properties 1205 to 1213 Connecticut ave- nue northwest from the Wilkins Secu- rities Corporation to Henry B. Spencer. It is understood the consideration in- volved was $225,000. Five stores ha a total frontage on_Connecticut avenue of ninety feet and coving an area of 10,000 square feei of land were transferred. The stor are two stories in height and are con- structed of stone. The transaction was arranged through the office of Randall H. Hagner Co., which occupies one of i les. their wives will participate. Follow- ing the ceremonies their friends have been invited to join with them in viewing and enjoving the beauties of the new structure. The Medical Society of the District of Columbia was one of the few or- ganizations, if not the only one, which had the courage to enter into a build- ing_enterprise this yea For some time the society has had in_contemplation the ‘building of a new home for its scientific work and a place for its meetings. Last spring it was decided, after a thorough can- vassing of the situation, to embark upon the enterprise, and, as a result, there were three interesting features in connection with the undertaking. \ Ground Broken im April First, there was, on April 5, the turn- fng out of the first spadeful of earth. Second, on May 6, came the laying of | the corner stone, and the third i: be completed Wednesday night, when the finished structure will be dedi- building_is_one of the most artistic in the Capital city, and is in keeping with the architectural type of federal buildings. } The auditorium is a_most spacious one, seating nearly 500 people. On the second floor is a very large room, which is_to be used solely as a H- brary. Various other rooms are ar- ranged for work in connection with ithe numerous duties of the society. It is interesting to note that this society has met weekly throughout the season ever since its creation by charter of Congress in 1817, excepting during 2 part of the civil war and during one short period in the world War. Fine Arts Board Approved. Marsh & Peter were the archi- tects and the William P. Lipscomb Company was the builder of the so-| clety’s new home, which is construct- ed of Indiana limestone and whose design is Italian Romanesque. The fine arts commission viewed the plans for the structure when first drawn up and pronounced them 100 per cent satisfactory. Dr. Henry C. Macatee is the presi- dent of the sockety, which is a_con- stituent body of the American Medi- cal Association. = ‘WILL ATTEND MEETING. Arrangements for sending the local delegation of real estate men to the annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. to be held in Chicago several months from now, are being made by Alfred Gardiner of the Washington Real Estate Board. — Light buying and light production are the principal features of the lum- ber market at-tho present time, ac- cording to the weekly report from the American Lumberman, Chicago. Both conditions are normal in this season and have no particular sig- nificance, it is pointed ou: High-class location, ideal: exposure, 8 rooms and bath, mo dern through- out. Don'’t fail to see them. Open and Lighted Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Homes on Macom b Street, Cleveland Park. You will be struck at once with the innu- merable -points which differentiate these !{omes from any others you have seen. They are of distinctive design.” Of spe- cially supervised construction. Of particular- 1y practical arrangement in housekeeping de- tails, as well as entertaining possibilities. Of unequalled location—both as to accessi- bility and picturesque environment: But above all—_THEY'RE HOMES—of nine and eleven rooms—three baths—and built-in garage. Our representative is an the premises every day and evening 1o facilitate your inspection and give all details of price, terms, date of completion, etc. 1428 Built on the center Take Chevy Chase cars to' ‘Macomb Strect —they're just a step west. Harry A. Kite 1514 K Street N.W. Phone Main 4846 ail plan, porches, glass. inclosed; side living room. Hedge fencing. Reasonable terms. Exclusive hot-water heat; electric lights; open fireplace; breakfast and siecping porc! Immediate possession given. on the premises Sunday from 11 watil.b o'clock. Small John Quinn Company, Inc. containing six large rooms, bath; h, with cement flooring, off the Salesmen cash payment. Agency 704 13th Street N.W. . 218 to 234 Upshur St. - and a garden. New Brick Houses Near Soldiers’ Home Park 'On Exceptionally Easy Terms! There are only a few easily bought new houses on the market These well built homes have 6 large rooms and bath; spacious concrete front porch and double rear porches; hot-water heat and electricity. They have large, attractive yards, with plenty of room for a garage ' GET OUT AND SEE THEM RIGHT NOW! (Take the car marked “Soldiers’ Home” and get off at Third Street Northwest.) 7¢3 14th Street, N.W. - At a Real Buyer’s Price! % i The location of the -houses is a real appeal. The beautiful Soldiers’ Home Park is just 2 blocks away, giving the folks who live here the advantages of one of the finest parks in America, at their front doors. SHANNON & LUCHS