Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1925, Page 17

REAL ESTATE. DRAWINGS SOUGHT FOR ARTS EXHIBIT Chapters of Institute of Arch-| itects Asked to Submit Meritorious Designs. The 55 chapters of the Institute of Architects, American located nine regional districts. will be asked to select and forward drawings, plans and perspectives of the representative exam of tectural art, as wel landscape chitecture and ual sculptures and other architectural accessories, to the Architectural and Allled Arts exhibition to be held in York from April 20 to May he action was decided at a m fng of the exhibition committee of the forthcoming exposition held on The v exhibits ass the jury in the chapter £ their origin, each distr lotted a certain space, before forwarded for exhibition. i lieved this action will result fn an unusuall comprehensive exhibition of the v finest Ameri- can architecture, covering the entire country. The exhibits thus secured will be merged with the fortleth 1 exhibition of the Archi- tactiral Fataiiniot DlwiT oK States Aim of Exhibition. The Ar bition wil orative in most archi- ural League e architecture, dec sculpture -and land- The Architectural edals of honor in ture architecture, e, and in design in native in- Works in cape archi ward, t ted by means of ographs or models of works in exhi- be adequa drawings, executed ' work paint and sculpture, to be eligible for award, must be actual paintings and actual sculptures, and not con- merely of photographic repre- ations; works in native industrial art, to be eligible award, may be made In any of the crafts decorative Half Mile of Space Required. The entire exhibition, 1_exhibits from il o one-hal mile of o a height of 101 including the borders framing the exhibits, It was also decided to feature mmall homes and accessories on the fourth floor of the Grand Palace during the exposition. While primarily in the interest of archi- tects and to illustrate architectural prog small home building, it is be d the showing of drawings, photographs, perspectives and mod- els of attractive little homes will be eagerly sought out by the public including the 10 countries, Shagreen Cnmes Back. Centuries ago in ancient Persia the | aried and polished skin of the Chinese shark was much in vogue as a dress |t product of st and it went by the name green. Its manufacture is now revived and, in addition to the een for which the Persians it may be obtained in vari- It is r colors HETHER you are to build down _the of hard is is the place to learn the gent ine lumber facts Buy Here—Save Money E— Yost & Herrell, Inc. Lumber and Millwork 11th and O Sts. S.E. Lincoln 1216 70 Blggest Home Values Ever Offered pictions of | Central | used also for | £s for gold and silver ware. $516,500 PROPERTY TRANSFERS SHOWN Hartung Reports Transactions in All Classes of F-alty in District. A large turnover in residential properties is shown in recent sales listed in the office of William K & Co. ¢ sales include residential, apart- business and building proper- he aggregate turnover amounts 00, according to Mr. ”Artung les include $415 Oakwood Terrace, | M. Rutty 1436 Park road. a store with apart- ve, was sold to an investor. d and the District line. 1 residence was purchased o by Frank W. Connor. 3 et was sold to an in- | t e e for home purposes. 3228 Cleveland avenue was sold for Samuel Perry to E. P. and Martha L. Rust. This residence was recently- ompleted is in Avenue Park. 2511 to 17 H streef, sold for W. . Duvall to Clarence J. Poland. This property consists of four brick resi- dences. 27 U street northeast was seld for B. and hate II sold to E. B. Nolte to V. avenue, a busi- ness structure formerly occupied by the real estate firm ory and Cobb and L. Gibbon W real estate broker. This property consists of a two-story limestone front building containing a » business office on the ground floor and smaller offices above. This property was sold to The Radio Corporation of America for White. N. L. Sansbury Co. represent- ed the owners. Lots 3 and 4 in square 4055 were sold to Clarence H. Small for trustees of John H. Wright, for building pur- poses. 4912 Wisconsin avenue was exchang- ed for 516 Sheperd street Baer transferring 4912 Wisconsin ave- nue and Rosa A. Brill transfer 1516 Sheperd street. The She: street place is & residence; the consin avenue property was | chased with a view to remodelling into a store and apartment 101 Fourteenth street and 3220 and 3222 Wisconsin avenue were sold to Clarence E. Hooker. The property on Fourteenth street, at the corner of Fourteenth and Irving, with ap- proximately 100-foot frontage on | Fourteenth. 3220-3222 Wisconsion avenue are apartment houses contain- | Ing 24 apartments of two, three and four rooms and bath each. 1315 Clifton street, known as The Hartford Apartment house, contain- ing 16 apartments, was soid for F. Clarke to a local investor. How Balloons Began. From the Scientific American Montgolfier, the famous volunteered to air his wife's gowns one day when she had to leave the house. While engaged in this task he noticed that, when filled with hot alr from the fire, the gowns began to rise upward. | He was keenly interested, and by the time his wife returned Montgolfler was ding up little paper balloons, and balloonist, him famous. QU B T Downtown Apartment New Modern Building 1210 12th St. N.W. One room, dressing room, a real kitchen, bath: unusual features. Open for Inspection B. F. SAUL CO. Main 2100 925 15th St. N.W. 5" St. N.W. | Convenient to the Conn. Ave. car line; an excellent 3- story brick in fine condition, containing 10 rooms, 2 baths, electric lights and steam heat; price includes shades, screens and awnings; lot 18x90 with ample room for garage. Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. SELLING FAST David A.| bur- M| s beginning the inventions that made | THE EVENING - SALES TOTAL $234,500, IN WEEK, FIRM REPORTS Transfers of Real Estate Include Residential Properties in Vari- ous Sections of District. Despite the adverse weather con- ditions an active, seasonable market is reported from the office of W. C. and A. N. Miller in a list of recent sales aggregation approximately $234,500. The 4transfers are of residential properti:s and include the followIng: George L. Farnham purchased 2943 Macomb street. Willlam A, Slade purchased 3425 Ordway street. C. Pelhamus purchased 5304 irst street. This sale was made in conjunction with Arnold & Co. Joseph N. Ellis, jr., purchased 4017 Thirteenth t northwest. The follow sales were made in Wesley Heigh Robert S, Perry purchased 4418 Lowell street. This sale was made in conjunction with Boss & Phelps. Col. and Mrs. R. L. Hamilton pur- chased 3114 Fourteenth str, Frank F. Nesblt purgiased 4314 Cathedral avenue. This f'ile was ne- gotiated with the office of Glover & Flather. Mrs. Florence J. Freeland purchased 4409 Lowell street. Mrs. Caroline T. Hayes purchased 4404 Klingle street. Charles R. Hollis purchased Cathedral avenue. Howard G. Nichols purchased Lowell street. Bernard A. S Cathedral aver Byers M. Bachman purchased Lowell street. William N. Sturtevant purchased Cathedral avenue. . D. Appel purchased 4521 Lowell street Ruth W. Waddil purchased 4331 Klingle street Frederick I Lowell street. James F. Nolan purchased 3118 Forty-fifth street northwest. The sale was made In conjunction with the office of \ukeuer & Goss. 4310 4413 th purchased 4343 4429 Bartlett purchased 4425 PLEDGE ECONOMY AID. Bituminous Mine Owners to Back President’s Program. Support + dustry in tration poli bituminous coal in- ying out the adminis- of economy was pledged 1t Coolidge today by the ment relations committee of the National Coal Association. Pointing to the President’s recent address to heads of the Government departments, the committee in a res- olution declared there were ‘too many Federal bureaus” and urged their elimnation to bring about lower taxes” and better business conditions for all. 3701 Sixteenth Street || New Apartment Building, in a de- Creck Park. Cozy, comfortable and attractive apartments of combination living roon:, dressing room and built-in bed, breakfast room, built-in china closet, kitchenette and bath with shower—$57.50. Large living room, reception hall, dining alcove and kitchen, bedroom and bath_with shower and built-in fixtures—$77.50. 24-hour switchboard and elevator service. ent Ml".zlr _Adams 6010 Home Seekers é Inspect This Sample House ' 314 K St. NE. i Open All Day Sunday | Representative on Premises ! 'Seven Large Rooms and | Bath | (4_Bedrooms) i Hot-Water Heat i Electric Lights : Lot 154, Feet Deep Newly Papered and Painted Throughout Immediate Possession Price, $8,250 Terms | J. DALLAS GRADY 322 Maryland Bldg. 1410 H St. N.W. Main 727 Cor. 106 248 Sts. NE. (Brookland) 2 Types to Select From 5 and 6 rooms and bath each; every known modern ; hot-water heat; electric in every room; Pittsburg automatic heater; large cellar; wash trays; attic; front porches; built-in refrigerators; ironing boards. convenience ; open fireplaces lights; floor plugs rear porches; Open for Inspection—See These Sunday JOSEPH C. ZIRKLE NN Realtor 203 Colorado Bldg. R . Prices Range From $8.250 to $8.850 Builder and Owner {lightful location overlooking Rock |f STAR, WASHINGTON, |18 PROPERTIES SOLD IN MANY SEGTIONS Real Estate Firm Lists Transfers, Recently Made, Totaling $235,750. Xighteen transfers, including resi- dentlal, business and building prop- erties, are reported among the recent sales from the office of Hedges & Middleton The values of the transfers placed by this firm at $285,750. list includes the following: 3521 Davis street, Massachusetts Avenue Helights, recently completed by Hedges & Middleton, was pur- chased by Harold R. Young. Elmer McD. Kintz purchased from a local investor 1478 Monroe street. 115 Wooten avenue, Friendship Heights, Md., was sold for Claude . Woodward to Frank B. and Dorothy S. Germon. 1444 Spring road, bullt by Winfleld Preston, was purchased by Frank Goldsteln from W. E. White, 3540 Davis street, corner of Thirty. sixth street, was purchased by Clara E. Barry from a local builder. Elizabeth Ehlshlager sold to Frederick S. Emmons a two-story business building, 1459 P street. This property consists of a large store room, seven-room apartment and a large brick garage. A building lot on Idaho avenue near Woodley road was sold for Charles C.%Glover to Robert E. Lang- ley. Dr. Prentiss Willson bought 2940 Albermarle street, recently completed by H. P. Huddleson. 3547 Holmead place was sold for are The Wesley Heights EXCLUSIVE HOMES Inspect Them Sunday To Inspect Wesley Heights By motor—Drive out Mass. Ave., oross over Wisconsin Ave. and turn to left into Cathedral Ave., which leads to property. By trolley— Get oft at Wisconsin Ave. and Macomb St. and take free bus to Wesley Heights. Exhibit House Open Daily W. C.and A. N. MILLER REALTORS 1119 17th St. Main 1790 Price, $9,750 Inspect Circle, are an buyer an assured future. I Alexander W. Bruce to James M. Shertzer. A building lot on Thirty-third place, Massachusetts Avenue Heights, was purchased by Helen I. Burnett trom J. Philip Herrmann, A residence at Illinols avenue and Decatur street northwest, recently completed by the Morris Cafritz Co., was purchased by Herman and Anna Rosenbaum. Mrs. Alice K. Chace, 1707 Twenty- first street northwest, from the American Security & Trust Co., trus- tees. 3401 Prospect avenue, Georgetown, was acquired by Esta G. Shelby from E. D. Campbell, who acquired a par- cel of ground for subdivigion on West Virginia avenue northeast. This tract contains approximately six and one-quarter acres. Myer M. Stern sold to Richard F. Irwin two building lots on Garrison street near Forty-first street, Chevy Chase. A six-room and bath residence, 709 Newton street northwest, was sold for Anna Rosenbaum to a local in- vestor. * C. H. Small purchased from Robert H. Bouldin and others, a building lot located on Thirty-fifth street, Cleve- land Park. His One Exception. From the McKendree Review. ““At least once in my life I was glad to be down and out.” “And when was that?” “After my first trip in an airplane.” 1o B Jllinois Ave. N.W. B Colonial Homes contain- ing six large rooms, tiled bath, spacious pantry, hot- water heat, hardwood floors, sleeping porches. Servant’s toilet in cellar, Sample House o. 4914 IIl. Ave. N.W. @ FLOYD E. DAVIS 5 Realtor 7th and E Sts. S.W. Main 353 ——— e 2 T TR ([ T T [ TR ([ ! The Best Buy in Petworth Easy Terms Sunday These modern homes, adjacent to the new Sherman outstanding value and guarantee to the Deh:ription with sh to & wide alley. Unusual Value! | Exhibit House | 725 Kennedy St. Location Unsurpassed! and 721 13th St. N.W. 3§§nmAT | Charm You--- —in these new Kite North Cleveland Park Homes—is their liveableness. “just houses”—but considerately planned and carefully constructed HOMES__in a neigh- borhood in which because it Remember they that means in the expense. most convauent Our Mr. Hamilton at 4301 39th St. to these Homes. consin Avenue. Sl. NN B N PTR80S 4 B g, Six large cheerful rooms, hardwood floor: piece white enameled sink, enameled gas range and kitc er. concrete front porch, ten-foot-wide rear porc Maoy other atiractive features. Three spacious porches. across entire front of the house. fast porch across the entire house, also a large || sleeping porch. Icspect at your 8rst opportunity Buy a James Martin Qualit; JAMES MARTIN REALTY CO. electricity, hot-water heat, ooe- cabiget, tiled’ bath lot 142 feet deep Sample House, 510 Decatur St. N.W. Open Daily and Sunday Until 8 P.M. Shapiro-Katz Realty Company Owners & Builders Main 9111 Greatest Home Buying Value in Washington! 707 to 727 Kennedy St. N.W. brick houses, with neat ious living room, i bath with buiit-in tub and shower. Cement front porch large break- Oa 140-foot-deep lot to alles. TO INSPECT Take 14th street car, get off at Tth and Kennedy streets, or take any 9th street car get off at’ Kennedy street and walk east to houses. =Built House and Be Happy Will They are not you will enjoy living— is one of Washington’s most attractive locations. are Kite-built, and what saving of future upkeep Good size—six excellent rooms—perfectly appointed bath, and separate garage. Sample House, 4315 39th St. Appuhngly priced—with terms that are Open for Inspection Every Day and Sunday is in_charge of the Park Office If you wish a special appointment, phone him at Cleveland 1490. Motor out Conn. Ave., ing into 38th, or take Wi National Cathedral at Windom St.—it’s but a square There is through car service via Wis- west on Albemarle St., turn- Ave. car to )ust bcyond the Built, Owned and For Sale By % Harry A. Kite (Incorporated) Member Washingtpn Real Estate Board Phone M. 4846 SATURDAY, JANUARY T ol |_| Petworth |_| | 31, Business Property About 9% Gross Investment Substantial building, located in the downtown section ; 50-ft. front; lot contains 3,671 sq. ft.; leased to a responsible tenant until 1928 for $200.00 per month, including all repairs. Price, $40,000 Thomas J. Fisher & & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. Main 6830 . joj———u| REATL ¥ 17 [——|o|c——jsl—| 865 Van Buren Street NW BRIGHTWOOD Detached Two Family Bungalow 5 rooms and 1 bath on first floor. 4 rooms and 1 bath on second floor. Two-car Garage. OPEN SUNDAY L€ Breuninger & Soxs BUILDERS and REALTORS Colorado Bulding —— Main 6140 e e S ———Ee——— | m | Sixteenth Street and Blagden Avenue Twelve Large Rooms. Four Baths. Two Lavatories. Beautiful Shrubbery and Shade Trees. Open Sunday From 2 to 5 L& Breuninger & Sons BUILDERS and REALTORS 706 Colorado Bldg. 3-Car Garage. Main 6140 oogggEs oee y % 8¢ ) Roomy Closets M odera(e Q V4 ) ¢ 1013 @ 15th St. Wlth Many Iceless Refrigeration Soundproof Floors Showers in Baths Built-in Beds (optional) NOW Ready for Occupancy To Inspect, Scz Manager on Premises L. S FRISTOE @@@@fi@@@ % %69% nnouncing A Splendid New Eight-Story Fireproof Apartment Building On Magnificent Sixteenth Street Ll Qi @5‘ Features Includmg-— Radio Attachments Central Incinerator Cafe in Building 24-hour Service Oil Heating Plarft A Moderate Rentah Mam RENTAL AGENT D