Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 12

7 Buay a Home in.Washington—The Heart of the' Nation Good News For Home Buyers Attractive new ofl’ermgo of Desirable Houses for sale in various sections of the city, with a number of exeeptlonal buy- ing opportunities in Exclusive Chevy Chase New Brookland Bungalow 12th and Perry Streets -— Brookland Now nearing ¢ompletion—Others sold. Only One Left. 5 rooms and bath (two bedrooms) on one floor. Lnrge attic with space enough for two finished rooms. Rreakfast alcove with built-in Pullman set; other built-in features. Fireplace; attractive wall lighting; porches. Well built of best materials. Attractive in design and appearance. Open Sunday for Inspection ~ Beautiful Chevy Chase House, $14,000 Here is one of the best buys imaginable. Delightful residence of nine rooms, three hot-water heat, electric light, gas; on lot 50x150 feet. Garage. Close to Connecti- cut avenue, in best part of Chevy Chase, D. C. In Chevy Chase, D. C., $16,500 Here is a very attractive residence, close to Connecticut avenue. It has seven rooms and bath, every modern improvement, and is spiendidly built and designed. Lot 50x130, with garage. Near Chevy Chase Circle, $16,000 This is a particularly desirable house of eight rooms and bath, with every modern improvement. Large lot. with garage. At- tractive in appearance and admirable in ar- rangement. Chevy Chass, Md.—Bungalow—$11,000 Pretty bungalow, in good section west of Connecticut avenue. Seven rooms, bath; all modern. Lot 80x120 feet. Near 18th on Lamont, $15,500 House of ten rooms, two baths, three fire- places, hot-water heat, electric light, and many other wanted features that mark the complete home. Wide frontage. ‘Washington Heights, $13,500 Here is one of those much-sought-for six- room-and-bath residences on best part of Washington Heights. All modern. Deep lot to alley, with room for garage. Army-Navy Row, $15,500 Close to Connecticut avenue. Ten rooms, two baths, modern improvements. Room on lot for garage. Facing Soldiers’ Home Park, $8,000 Six rooms and bath, modern improvements ; hardwood floors and trim. Cement front porch; screened double rear porches. Kgnyon Street, $9,800 This is an unusual six-room and bath dwelling in good section. It has hot-water heat, electric light, hardwood floors and trim, glassed-in sleeping porch, large lot, with double garage on paved alley. Shepherd Street, This is a detached frame dwelling contain- ing eight rooms and bath. Newly papered and painted and in_best of condition. Front -and rear porches. Immediate occupancy. S St. near New Hamp. Ave.—Bargain Owner must sell ten-room and three-bath brick residence, with hot-water heat, electric light, three porches, and two-car garage. Re- markable price concession if taken at once. S St. between 17th and 18th, $12,000 Exceptionally low price for ten-room and bath brick dwelling. Modern. In good condi- tion. Capitol . Twelve-room and bath house, close to Library of Congress. Modern. Two-car ga- rage; $1,000 cash and monthly payments. Don't delay. We have presented only a few of the really rare purchasing opportunities listed with us for sale. Take adv.mtage of the unusual and superior service of this greater Real Estate Organization. Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. 813 15th St. N.W. r I Main 426 BREUNINGER-BUILT HOMES Now Ready for Your Inspection Exhibit Home—1613 Varnum Street LOCATED ON Varnum Street, Just West of 16th Street We are now completing on Varnum Street between 16th and 17th Streets twelve houses, all of which possess high character and individuality. They are built in- Detached, Semi-Detached and Attached Styles and consequently you are sure to find one that will please you. DESCRIPTION: Two-story Hytex brick, containing nine rooms, two baths with marble shower and built-in tub, hot-water heat, electric light, hardwood floors, glass-inclosed sleeping and breakfast rooms, instantaneous hot-water heater, plastered cellar ceiling, spacious living room with open fireplace. Houses are 23 to 24 feet in “ndth Brick garage on rear of deep lot, abutting a 20-foot alley. These homes are beautiful in appearance, best in design and construc- tion, unsurpassed in location and are sure to meet that idea of what a real home should be. The quality and refinement are at once apparent. - The high character of this location is assured by the fact that we control the ground on both sides of Varnum Street in this square and only the high- est class of residences will be built here. Our exhibit home is open daily and Sunday. inspect property. Come out today and L. E. Breuninger & Sons 706 Colorado Bldg. 14th and G Sts. N.W. Phone Main 7166 || county, Md., was pus D, C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921—PART T ESRBLE HONES [ mern s e s SOLD DURING WEEK Number of Transactions Made Through Firm of Gardiner & Dent. Maurice M. Powers purchased the colonfal brick dwelling recently built at 1857 California street by M. J. Keane for $20,000. The house con- tains ten rooms, two baths and mod- ern conveniences. There is a brick garage on the lot. The lot has a frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 135 feet. Th. purchaser will occupy it. The sale made through the real estate firm of Gardiner & Dent. AUGUST CONSTRUCTION INCREASED OVER JULY F. W. Dodge Gompsny Reports 4 “Per Cent, Greater Toul. as Con- tracts Made for $220,972,000. Construction activity in August, ac- cording to figures of F. W. Dodge Company, was 4 per cent greater than in July and 9 per cent greater than in August, 1920, Conlnct’ awarded dur- ing last month, in the twenty-seven northeastern s ol the country, amounted to $220,972,0 B ldenu&l conltruet\on continues lead over all other classes of h}mdlns. It accounted for 36 per cent $80,329,000. . Public works and utili- ties amounted to $44,797,000, or 20 per cent of tl lolll' bnslnul bllfldlnl’l. to $35,526,000, per cent; edu tional bulldlnlu. (o $27,959,000, or ll ger cent, and industrial bulldings, te 10,882,000, or 6 per cent. Contracts awarded for mercantile buildings jn August amounted to more lhan for any previous month of this in August, amounting to | V: A number of other sales are an-|Yea nounced by this firm. A. A. Jones purchased from C. H. Clark of Pitts- 3ur‘h for about $10,500 the two-story fem|. b\lnlulovl at 3216 Oliver street, Chevy Chase, D. Clay Tallman and Jean S. Tallman sold 1654 Irving street to J. B. Aswell for about $12,600. It is a two-story brick, containing eight rooms and two baths. It will be occupled by the purchaser. Bungalow Sold. Frank M. Finotti purchased 1810 17th street southeast. This is a new detached bungalow recently con- structed by John D. Longley. The consideration was $7,500, and the new owner will occupy it. 242 Maple avenue, Takoma Park, was sold for D. J. and Virginia M. Harrison to W. H. Mc‘vlllllml. ‘The consideration was $8,000. The pur- chaser will occupy it as a home. 3012 Park place was sold for Clar- ence J. Poland to Esther M. Baltz, It is a two-story-and-attic brick con- taining eight rooms, bath and mod- ern convenlences, the consideration being $9,600. Leonard Nelson purchased premises 222 Upshur street northwest. The consideration was $9,500. The pur- chaser will occupy it. Other Tramsactions. Lieut. Commander Henry F. Schoen- born purchased 6305 Connecticut ave- nue, Chevy Chase, Md. This is a detached house, situated between the Chevy Chase and Columbia Coul try clubs. is of colon! design and contains ten room: baths and modern convenience: t was sold for W. H. and Mary C. Groverman at a consideration of about $18.000. The purchaser will occupy fit. The corner store, including stock of goods, located at Clinton, Prince Georges county, Md., was sold for R. A. Parker to Fuzene Burroughs and son. The consideration was $25,000. ‘The improvements consist of a store and nine-room dwelling with other outbuildings. There are about two and three-quarter acres of land, which faces on the Wlmln ton, Leonard- town, Marlboro and Piscataway state 5. REALTY CHANGES HANDS. Unimproved Properties in Various Bections of City Reported Sold. Unimproved properties in various sections of the city have recently chan, hands, according to a report h sal by Bosa & Phelps. These follows: A lot. 30 by 100 feet on the morth side of Norton place, west of 36th street, in Richmond Park, was pu chased by A. E. Lewis from George G. Cornwall. Mr. Lewis has begun the construction of a bungalow on this lot. Ross L. Fryer bought two lots. each 30 by 130 feet, adjoining his residence on the north side of Livingston street west of 39th street. This ground will be held by Mr. Fryer for investment purposes. A lot about 45 by 100 feet on Wood- ley road near 34th street, owned by M. Niven, was sold to Leo R. Sack. Plans are being drawn for a res! dence. Burdett Stryker purchased from the J. H. Holt estate a lot 100 bdy 100 feet on the west side of Colorado avenue {unt off from 16th atreet. A detached rick residence is .contemplated by the purchaser. H. L. Thornton sold a lot 50 by 135 feet, adjoining the Bllll proporty in Takoma Park, Md., to *hild- knacht. is lot will be lmprov.d by @& detached residence. Through the 'rho J. Fisher Com- pany a lot In - four, Chevy Chase, M nld to Mary E. Bar- Fote:"Tha lot In sithated west of Con- necticut avenue and north of Bradley lane. Louis B. Young sold a corner lot in Chevy Chase. Md., to Everett S. Bell. ‘The lot will be built upon immediate- 1y. The sale was made in connection with James M. Carter & Co. Guy D. Hepner bought a lot in Rich- mond Park on Ordway street a little off of Wisconsin avenue. The lot was sold for J. B. Clement. Mr. Hepner has plans ready for a residence. Two sixty-foot lots on Jocelyn ltr“t .l little off of Connecticut ave- in Chevy ¢ Chase, D. C., were pur- thlled by A. P. Huddleso! n. The sal was made in connection with Thomas J. Fisher Company. Mr. Huddleson is erecting two houses on these lots. Edward H. Merts bought s _res! dence site on Ordway stre in CI land Park. Mr. Merts expects to erect a bungalow on this lot in the near future. Two lots on the nmorth side of Shepherd street near 14th street were sold to Thomas A. Jameson for non- resident owners. Mr. Jameson has ready started the erection of houses on this ground. ISADORE FREUND BUYS $40,000 COUNTRY HOME Purchases Estate of 25 Acres on St. Clements Bay, in St. Marys County. Maycroft, the country estate lo- cated on St. Clements bay in St. Mar: ased during the past week by Isadore Freund of this city, with 1ts contents, for $40,000. The sale was made through tha real estate firm of Gardiner & Dent, Inc. The property consists of twenty- five acres of land, with a half mile of water front on the bay. The improve- ments consist of a handsome Cali- fornia bungalow containing ten rooms and two baths and modern conveni- ences. It was built by Milford Fish- d .copled after a California It is said the b\lll'llo‘ cost in _the neighborhood of $25,000. In addition to the main dwelling there are portable houses for servants and a large garage other out- blllldhlgL Thera Il also a fiah pond, hothouse, flowers and shrub- bery, as well as special n{‘ht land- during the summer months an hunting season. FIVE CONFESS ROBBERIES. NEW YORK, September 10.—Many of the hold-ups that have occurred in New York in the last month were at- tributed by the police to six men who ‘were arrested today after a subway statfon hold-up, & fight in an automo- bile and gun play in a lodging houu. ‘The police said five of the men signed confessions that they had held up seven subway or elevated stations and stolen half @ dozen automobiles. In addition the police expressed the belief that the men were responsible for & series of cigar store hold-ups. F. D. ROOSEVELT IMPROVING. EASTPORT, He.. September 10— ‘The Wndl(lfin of Franklin D. Roose- ul!. former assistant secretary of the who was threatened with pheu- his summer home near here, { -hw- xud‘;_u.l improvement, hi phy- 11 quite e tn leave tor rk, N. Y, next Tho “total volume of contracts let in the territory covered by F. Dodge Company during the first eight months of this year has been 10 per cent greater than the average for the first elght months of the preceding five years. Contemplated new work reported from January 1 to September 1, 1921, has amounted to $3,202,731,000, which is more than doubie the amount ot contracts awarded in the same period August building contracts in the middle Atlantic states (comprising gouthern New Jersey, eastern Penn- sylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and North and South Carolina) amounted to $37,918,000, an increase of 44 per cent over July. ‘The Auxun total was divided as follows: $11,693,000, or 31 per cent, for public works and utilities; $11,044,000, or 29 per cent, for residentiai build- ings; $5,602,000, or 15 per cent, for educational buildin; $5,622,000, or 14 per cent, for business bulldings. From January 1 to September 1, 1921, the total value of contracts awarded in this district has amounted to $324,269,000, which is 5 per cent greater than the average for the first eight months of the pr.cealng five years. During_August, 1921, contemplated new work was reported in this dis- trict to the amount of $51,320,000, bringing the total amount of contem- plated work reported for the year up la $490,042,000, which is more than double the amount of contracts awarded during the same perlod. U. S. EMPLOYES GATHER. Delegates Arriving at New Orleans for Annual Convention. REPORTS VIRGINIA SALES. Walter O’Hara Makes Several Deals—Sees Good Fall Business. A number of sales in near-by Vir- gvnh real estate are reported by alter O’ who also predicts a good business outlook for the fall market. ong the sales were a : ;’room lflllél -nd' thirteen acres of land near arcroft, sold to B.llph W. E. w{he&lley. W of six rooms, situated on a IM 92 by 205 feet, at Veitch Sta- tion, sold to Mrs.;Mary R. Gunjon. Seventy-three acres, located on Seminary road, near Balleys Cross Roads, Fairfax county, sold to P. Carley. Modern eight-room house acre, locaf on main road, sold to L. V. Knott. ix-room home on Birch street, Clarendon, Va., sold to M. H. Rei- chart. Six-room bungalow. with improve- d an aliston, ments and one-half acre, located in Penrose, Va., sold to H. L. Wilson. Six-room home on corner of Brooks street _and Arlinglon asenus, Bar- cr;!l. Va., Bolg Lo Il; B. ly. ive-room _ bungal garage, located on main road nenr Hatfleld, Va., sold to Arthur Smith. Three-room cottage, located on Fairfax street, Barcroft, Va., sold to Miss L. V. Krauss. Several vacant lots also sold as follows: Three lots in .Arlington Park, Va., to Caroline Scheiber; four lcts to E. S. Bonsall, two lots to E. Lloyd two lots to Mary E. Hutchin- Lot at Plerce Station, Va., sold lo Wlllllm E. Cartwright. ¥. |CHILD TO VISIT ITALY PORTS. ROME, September 9.—Richard Wash- burn Child, United States ambassador to Italy, will start shortly on an American destroyer for a tour of in- spection of the ports of Italy. After- ward he intends to visit the Italian battle fields of the late war. OWN YOUR HOME— ~—HO; ME YOUR OWN tor Who specializes in City and Suburban Homes, can show you how to own {onr own home. If you are in the market to buy ie il pay o to consult the JARRELLS' SALES DEPART- e O A Chevy Chase, D. C. 3808 Jocelyn Street A Home for Particular People in Beautiful Open and Lighted Until 9 O’Clock NEW ORLEANS, September 10.—|BE Members of the executive board and of the members and resolutions com- mittee of the National Federation of Federal Employes are arriving for the Aitth annusl convention of the or- ganization, which will be held here from Monday to Friday of next week. President Augustus B. Harrls and other members of the local union held an informal reception all day for the visitors. Luther C. Steward of City, national president, and E. J. Newmyer of Washington, D. C., were among_ the first arrivals. More than a hundred delegates are expected for the convention. INSPECT 1319 & 1321 21st N.W. Hardwood Finish Large South Porches 20-ft. Front Room for 3 QGarages 8 Rooms, Bath and Attic OPEN DAILY H.R.Howenstein Co. 1314 F Street N.W. “The Best Homes in Takboms Park.’’ Maat of our former offerings have 1d,. many new ones: e o Wili "buy & five-room. house iy T01T. with 15,000 square. feet of ground, block from car line. Water 1o house. Electric lights. $1,000 3 bungalow, umm Il loulcd. arge rooms, it 'iuu. S A rionn buy: yme: ukiea..m.. very fine in a ll#o llthm bungslow, with sl It lased; hot ' water heat, ok Ew'r; improvements. _Latge ot Ve el two ot bungalow rooms first floor, with second floor. House o elevation, very O 0608 " ropms. Rollow tile con o e 0K fioors, all ‘modern im- ‘B06-Bangalow type, 9 rooms, tw s. oak Soors, garage, poultry Bouse, and garden space. Near Dis- hollow tile, ele- ehbstnut, T4oT60—8even _ rooms, 3 ground, near Takoma. e ughter 'lll! and septic tank; garage. "@fi _lltl! Ild Gl OI- of the side. Several N"dl DGI. $500 to oo o Lillie & Hendrick 23 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park Ool. 10188 e After office hours oall Gol. $08.W You Would Be Proud to Own This House Entirely Detached With Garage MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Must be seen to be appreciated. Will sell on extremely easy terms. Priced very low 1321 New York Ave. D. J. DUNIGAN Homes of Unusual Type —in a location of excep- tional attractiveness We Urge You to Ifimt These Spanish Villas on Macomb Street Cleveland Park—at 33rd Place for hot water. They are built on a terrace—with home in rear—entered by wide alley. You'll find they contain everything you have pictured in your fancy as homey. They will appeal strongly to your artistic taste—and equally as strongly to your investment )udgment. They are the most complete Homes that can with everything of convenient equipment and arrangement that can be conceived of. Nine attractive rooms, including the unique breakfast and sleeping porch-rooms. andsome fireplaces; work; two elegant baths; plenty of big closet: rated sleepmg rooms; llght and airy attic, completely floored ; high and dry cellar—with toilet—hot-water be designed— fully fitted kitchens; superior wood- s; cfiectwely deco- heater and separate *heater double garage for each $16,500--519,500--522,500 —are the astonishingly low prices— Open for inspectlon every day and evening—with one of our representatives in attendance. Take Chevy Chase cars to Macomb Street——xt's just a step to 33rd Place. Harry A. Kite Owner and Bullder Phone Main 4846