Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1924, Page 17

."REAL ESTATE. BRICK OF QUAL FORUSE IN FACING Chicago “Common” Va- riety Held Effective, Espec- ' ially in Small Homes. | 1t i expected that a considerable Percentage of mew structures will em- | ploy as facing material the ver H-‘ tractive brick which is known as Chi- cago common brick. Builders usually think that this is 4 fine material to use where nobody would see it Outside of the Chicago market, too, those who build to sell would be greatly interested in what is being done in | other place in the utilization of ti s | economical and ver effective material for facing pury Iy in the | bullding of small and inexpensive | 1t is rather odd that It shou a bo necessary to point out the entire appropriatene of usi mon brie ' The old historle brick buildings of this nation are, without exgeption, faced Jith the ‘better qualit€ of common | hrick that weére suppiied to the job. | necessary go abroad ion. but we could me th 0 old brick buildings of “ngland, Northern Ttaly and Holand as wonderful examples of common by design and construction nd sucly we of the present Dardly hope to equal. A ve proportion of the brick building in ikl -l\.l“-l\ll‘hln'i\ at the present time fuced with the most approj selected from th, non. livered to the . Rated Solld Building Unit There s here betw, brick. Commen coustruetion_indu; building unit of burned « natural face., whereas face brick face roughened or otherwise tr 1 effect in te effects can nat- with fac brick. anufacturers can sup- or combi tion of col- and any texture desired. Some of most Deautiful brick buildings in built of face brick, so 1. but we must not lose sight t that when properly bond Jeint, ) brick. obtained t ow fe tl furthe or competi ick and common 4 in ¢ know, has ™ ture 800,000, be broken and pried apart, and the cost of manufacturing them would have been much greater than the cost wanufacturing ordinary common The hitect, therefore, took left of the ck kiln and remainder of the L just ordinary common Chicago brick. The brickwork is strikingly effective and satisfa TV, . In the meantime, to br architect happened to be visiting a Chi- | tention of Chicago architects to the cago common brick plant about three |y wly discovered possibilities of this A Kiln of brick had been | material, an architectural competition is, the firing temper-|for a fireplace in this brick had been rried too high—as conducted and participated in by many together and had | leading Chic hitects. While the n brownish color | numbe of igns submitted w which the itect was informed | pather disappointing, it _ obviousl. would not he tolerated by the pur- | brought the of Chicago Chasers of this product. Inasmuc nmon_ bri attention of the there was no market in sight them, pal architects of the 7 they were considered spoiled brick and ovement toward its us were belng thrown aw as waste into here result. pit. The architect suggested | tent swith brick in the ordi- the " plant superintenderit that he | nary traditionu the bricks a d down a few hundred brick to the n staggered 'k company office and have them | most interesting p i up in sample pancls. This jover the front of building. A few and the beautiful cffect produc. ot e e houses have been these bricks was so striking that | treated with 1 some are manufacturers began to look around great ma- for a market for the particular kiln ble design- of brick that had been struck. of the possi- “Sample Panels” Attract. A number of how g con- templated by the Chi ousing As- sociation. The architect for this de- lopment, after seeing the sample anels, décided that he could use a reat many of these brick, which bad been dubbed “Dearborn brick.” It wWas not thought practicable, howe into the business of n bris at that tim oW that the brick wer when taken from the Deing day with com- facing material is quite the at- nd out, giving - of light and shad in their ele- vation: “Rediscovery” Hafled Momentous. time looked would give him wanted to get. isit a brick ng to the stuck together kiln and had to spening he 1 ‘“Absolutely” MUST BE SOLD Vacant—Possession at Once 3105 19th Street Northwest A Ten-Room and Two-Bath House. Mt. Pleasant Bargain. Owner Must Sacrifice Only $2,000.00 Cash Required OPEN FOR INSPECTION SUNDAY, 2 to 6 P.M. N. L. SANSBURY CO,, Inc. Everything in Real Estate 1418 Eye St. N.W. Phone M. 5903-4-5 WMember Washington Iteal Estate Board R e BEAUTIFUL NEW DETACHED HOUSE N SIS, R e . 1605 VARNUM STREET N.W. Just West of 16th Street This home is of pleasing design and contains man; unusual features. 9 rooms, 3 baths, including servant’s room and bath. Large attic with cedar room; and 2-car brick garage on end of deep lot. Street and alley paved. 1ts attractive location, its generous room size and the liberal size of the lot combine to make this home livable and convenient. for Your I ion Ev d Eveniy o T Mg i B> Sy S Price and Terms Given Upon Request L. E. BREUNINGER & SONS MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE BOARD - 706 Colorado Building Main 6140 e R 2 O . 2 otel Corporation has purchased thix seven-xtory from Harry Wardman. It ix located at 1620 R xtreet northwest. annon & Luchx, rooms, kitchenett out and piled away as waste, b manufacturer wanted to him by this pile of brick, as he rather ashamed of them, but to astonishment Mr. White informed that that was the very brick he been looking fo lished the vogue o NEW FIT k Harvard bri | TING Two Types of Same Runner Made, One Heavier, Other Lighter. A curtain fitting has simplified the hanging of window I pery. runner are ntial new, made, one heay to take curt signed for thin fabric on the sam runners travel along a metal rail, is sufficiently flexible to be bent to low the contour of any window. slighetst touch sets the runners in ging or pulling s ife of the curta Spring stops are th the runners so that the place@ where required to get ticular effect In draping Windows which open either be fitted to a br: which is fixed to the window frame. £0 moves independently of the wind ror brass roc n be fitted at the and bottom of the windows. inward Wl thus was es THE EVENING STAR, ilding, and bath each, e propert brought ia the neighborhood The hurry him had tab- SIMPLIFIES HANGING OF CURTAINS Are greatly dra- Two distinct types of the same T and more fol- The mo- reo in is par- can swinging arm, nd ows. top ‘WASHINGTO. WILL REDUCE COST Department of Commerce Gives Specifications for Proper Construction. Stmplification of building standara; In the opinion of members of the con- struction industry, may be expected not | only to bring about better construction practice s but eventually to cheapen Dbuilding costs. Rules for building chim- neys, as set up by the United Stat Department of Ceromerce, are interest- Ing to the home buflder and to the con- tractor ilustrating what Is being done in the direction of standardization. Some of the most important of the: specifications, as given by the depait- ment, are as follows: 1. Chimneys shall not rest upon or be carried by wooden floors, beams or brackets, be hung from wooden rafters 2. Chimneys shall be built upon conerete or masonry foundations prop- erly proportioned to carry the weight imposed without danger of settlement acking. 3. The walls art of a chimney, nor, form a walls of the shall be ‘securely bonded into of the building and the fluc lined the_s: s an ind dent chimney. Flues in party walls shall not extend beyond the center of wall, and theil nently indic of the wall wall less all be used himney. Such [ not project tha face of brick but the tion shall be on exposed I ted twelve, inches port @ cor- beling shall 5 from o t | “Iat Roof. built at leas flut roofs und two feet above the of peik roofs and shall properly capped with stone, terra (st iron, or other approved m but no such capping shall de- the required flue area { himneys built of bri | cone: block or hollow bu i x imneys having solid brick walls thick, shall be lelay fiue | a1 be not less inche: o throughout liniug. = linings than three-fourths of an imeh thick and shall be made for the purpose and adapted to withstand high temperatures and the r from burning Il have joints struck sme wsonry shall be built | flining as it is| insid round the bottom of smoke ts of fir the ent A st in . be well Todded reinforced ly am The walls shall be not fourts of an inch thick | lined with fire-clay flue linings may be omitted, walls of the chimney be six inches thick. en I flow read horizontally. ss than thre and shall he lining, or the provided the not less than HOME SALES ANNOUNCED. in Columbia Park | . J. Dunigan Lohr, 641 In Lig : Henry | an Jenkins, of Petworth SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1924 ROBERT F. FREER. BUILDING ENIGMAS SUBJECT OF PARLEY Washington to Be Represent- ed in Conference to Be Held in Chicago. Many problems affecting the man- agement of large bufldings, including office structures and apartments, will be discussed at a conference of the National Assoclation of Bullding Own- ers and Managers to be held at Chi- cago January 29 and 30. The Washington Association of Building Owners and Managers 1 sending three delegates to the con- » three men left Wash- ington today to be present at the be- ginning of the conference on Monday. They uro Rok *. Freer, president; and Ch; treas Locals Hold Annual Meeting. The local Asociation held its an- nual mecting this week and elected the following officers: Robert I . president; Frank L. Averill, Vice president; Robert L. Me- second vice president; David arrick, secretary-treasurer, and the following directors for three- year terms: Pleasonton C. Bowie and David A. Baer. The other directors are Gos: . Patterson The retiring officers of th tion are Robert L. McKeeve dent; ¥ Poston, first vic dent; Charles H. Ruth, s treasurer; Robert ¥. Freer, director, and E. L. Brady, director. Planning Among the t the conference planning service zation maintains to have resulte mes MeD. t Willis and Serviee, Topic, discussed re the building’ which the organi- and which aid in saving thousands <t of construction; sunti tion prob- regional conferenc the annual conven- tion to be held at Colorado Springs rext summer. In the Charming Subdivision We Offer for Sale Homes In our new addition That will answer all your requirements. Solidly built, and finished to satisfy most any one. - In a location that is without competition. Six Large Outside Rooms ‘This section is built up of hundreds of new homes, and is a community by itself Good Streets and Deep Lots to Wide Alley Transportation Equal to Any in the City Exhibit House "320 Webster St. N.\W. Open md Lighted Today and Sunday Until 9 P.M. 'To inspect take 16th Street bus to Grant Circle or 9th Street car marked Soldiers’ Home to 4th and Upshur Strects; walk north to Webster Street. 1319 New York Ave. N.W. D. J. Dunigan Phone Main 1267 ! 1923, Y. | [xommeer araemmee novse souw | [STANDARDIZED FLUE T g1 BUILDING SOCITIES * SSETS SHOW GAIN $3,000,000 -Increase by Those Under Supervision of Controller of Currency. Gain of nearly $3,000,000 in assets within a year by the twenty-threo building associations in the District under the supervision of the con- troller of the currency s shown in the controller's annual report. At the close of business June 30, total assets were $37,589,000 compared with $34,879,000 as of June 20, 1922, The associations show in their re- ports to the controller that they had at the close of the year 14,309 bor- rowing and 37,896 non-borrowing j members or depositors. This report also shows that the operating expenses for the year were only $128,408, which is one-half of 1 per cent of the total assets. Reports of the secretary of the United States League of Local Build- ing and Loan Assoclations show that during the year 1822-23 the gain in membership surpassed the record of all previous vears and amounted to more than 1,000,000 members, and that the assets were increased nearly one- half a billion dollars. The increase in membership for the year was 1,- , or about 18 per cent, and the ase in assets about 15 per cent, amounting to $451,76/ Building and loan associations have been brought prominently hefore the public by reason of the increasing demand for funds for home building. peE e o COLORED SHINGLES GIVE ROOF FINE APPEARANCE Two or Thr;hndes Often Blend- ed With Pleasing Effect, Though One Is Attractive. In the better class of residence the architect and the builder find wel- come variety possible for the roof through the use of asbestos-colored shingles. Although in many in- stances 2 single color alone is used, the artistic effect being secured through the natural silhoueting of the thick butt or proken edge pat- terns, or agreeable varfation is ob- tained by the use of two or three colors from a range of six. Natu gray, pearl gray, slate black, browx Indian red and ‘Tuscan red wide variety of metallic color ba resulting effect on to s shingle IS permanent tie an be depended up to the passerby, r exposure to the foce: ather. Mixed color asbestos sh 5 durable, practically indestruc roof that will not burn, rot, warp, or check, and never requi either painting or repziring. They are made entirely of selected asbes- tos fibre and portiand cement, scien- tifically colluided and finished under the proper hydraulic pressure. The colored ash are made in standard thickness. shapes siz as well as the extra thic brol edge patterns. WILL HOLD‘CADET TESTS. The United States o announced acompetitive for appointment ¢ dets and cadet gineers, beginning April 7, 4. Examinations will be held in several luding Washington. t guard has examination ow the original beauty of the | split, | REAL ESTATE. ELASTIC PRIMER IMPORTANT ITEM Paint Base Is Used to Seal Porous Substances and to Stop Suction. Care in the preparation of walls for their coatings of paint is highly neces- sary if the best final results are to be obtained. The preparation of the wa by proper application of elastic wall primer becgmes an important operation. Elastic 1 primer {s used to seal very porous surfaces—In the language of the painter, “to stop suction”; to facilitate brusling properties of first coat over surfaces which are quite porous; to pre- vent lime burns. The ordinary wall will not require any -sealing other than that afforded by the undercoat, but walls where the porosity is greater than usual require a product which will seal the wall and reduce the suctiofi. This by applying a coat of the straight, or mixing it with the pa be used on the next coat. The is the more desirable method in that the addition of material used on : sequent coat tends ditions to amalgamation b coats. However, there ar: where a straight priming coat has i advantages, especially on an_extremel porous wall, or where the wall is new and additlonal precautions are to be taken to prevent lime burns. Yor porous walls it is well to add a primer to the first coat o that the liquid portion in the paint is increa: and it is possible to brush the paint more eazsily and sufficiently without having it penetrate the wall too easily If the paint penetrates too quickl cannot be applicd evenly will not show brush mark The followipg suggestions apply to the use of clastic wall primer: 1. For the sealing of fresh walls where protection against lime burning is desirable, use a coat of elastic: wall primer straight. - 2. For the sealing of walls which arc porous, the addition of one to two quarts’elastic wall primer per gallon of undercoater or flat wall paint. 3. On walls which ver: Ay be Miecessary to use primer straight—as a scaler instances porous it FILES BANKRUPTCY PLEA. izabeth Bonner, proprietor of the ¢ Scull beauty parlor, at 308 building, ts her debts s he miles of improved streets. Inc between Connecticut Ave., Road (Cathedral Ave.) Over struction. Actual i] $5,450,000. | : < homes, with lots from 50 to 1 Middaugh & | Member Washington d o that it | 0 S5 CO0PERNITS FORD.C.BULDINGS Wenger Bros. to Erect Apart: ment House on Kalorama Road for $300,000. Building permits issued by the Dis. trict mmissioners during the wecl aggregated in value $544,000. The largest in-the list was & permit te Wenger Bros. to build a $300,00¢ apartment at 2230 Kalorama road Other permits follow: H. S. Wright, to build, 704 Alabamg avenue southeast; $5,700. J. A. Wise, to erect garage, Garfield street; $1,100, Howard Pickett, to build houss o 45th place northeast: $1.000. A, Jeffer, to build, 2507-07 street northeast; $12,00 Jow Puglisi, to repair northwest; '$4,500. Garage to Be Erected. Richards, to erect Jersey avenue southeas A L. Becker, to build, ston street; $10,000, Davidson & Davidson 8614 13t . H streel J. A to repair 808 & Sharp C , 1800 4th strect northeast; Warren, is Vesta to build fou street north d 2838 Myrtle 00. ion Jobs. 1d garag ir 1819 M street er, to build, 3107 west; $14,000. to build, 3420-3422 £14,000. 14, 5520-2524 to build, 626- northea “Hol northwest d Benning avenue ne Other Constru mon, to b theast; $4 H. Small & Co., Quehec stre 1217 Massachusetts Park An cxclusively residential scciion of detached homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, with six ludes what remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values Mas achusetts Ave. and Woodley five million feet of land sold. !| Over 150 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- improvements and home Wooded villa sites, lots and ¢ values exceed ntral and side hall 15 feet front—Park Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Road). Shannon, Inc. Established 1599 Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Heal Estate Board. If You Believe in the United States—You Believe in Washington! Two Unusual Homes in Chevy Chase Open Tomorrow for Inspection No. 5303 41st St.—Just North of Jenifer St. ===Very beautiful detached house on lot 50x130 ft. rooms, tile bath appointment of the fine modern residence. in and shower and first floor ti Moderate lavatory, together very desirable location; 7 with every price and attractive ter No. 5314 41st St.—Just North of Jenifer St. Price $2.850. xcellent 6-room and bath brick, completely renovated, redecorated, with h.-w.h,, elec., sleeping porch and built-in garage. Termus. Don’t Fail to See These Houses Tomorrow! Moderately Priced Houses in Every Section Colorado Ave.—$11,000—Only 7-room and bath brick; 4 bed- rooms, h.w.h, elec,, front and rear porches, necessary. hardwood floors; screens; space for another house. See it at once. Rock Creek Church Road—$12,000—Kennedy- built; 3-story, 8-room and 2-bath brick feet wide; 5 bedrooms and sleeping porches, front and rear porches, h screens, dition. Terms. Best Mt. Pleasant section—$13,500—Price re- duced for immediate sale; completely reno- vated; 10-room and 2-bath br porches; 2-car garage; remarkably low price for house in that section. Close to Soldiers’ Home Park—$9,850—De- lightful 6-room and bath, with Nokol h.w.h., elec., hardwood floors; fron sleeping porches; fine Terms. Jocelyn St.—$14,250—7 rooms and bath, de- tached, h.w.h,, elec, built-in garage; hard- wood floors, screens. Lot 60x100 feet. 813 15th St. N.W. Owner must sell. h.w.h., elec.; 2-car garage; fine con- condition ; $1.500 cash tive hollow- rooms, 2 ), hardwe every fi did condition. lot 40x90, with 22 and bath floors, h.w.h., ardwood floors, tures. Mass. Ave. bath, porch), h.w.h., ick; h.w.h, elec, Near 16th an ing porches. t, breakfast and tion, in mo: garage. Experienced Near 14th and Gallatin—$18750—Very attr ile detached 3-stor baths Northwest Pa detached detached hardwood floors; on small cash payments. bath, brick; h.w.h r An_especially attractive proposi- desirable location. residence ; 10 (0 bedrooms and sleeping yod floors; screens, haw.h, elec,, ne modern improvement ; splen- Terms. —$10.250—Delightful 6-room house, with hardwood large closets with lights, con- crete porches, large lot and other unusual fea- Heights—$21,000—8 rooms and (5 bedrooms and sleeping elec,, front and rear porches, ar garage. Can be sold $13.950—8 rooms and front, rear and sleep- d Upshur ele: representatives WHO KNOW ‘WASHINGTON will take you to see any of AiE AND &S INC: these properties, or our listings which will be sure to meet with your requirements. or will sclect others from Member of Washington Real Estate Board Southern Building Main 2690