Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1925, Page 13

REAL ESTATE THE EVENING S8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925 REAL ESTATE. * 13 CAPITAL BUILDING BOOM ' 'U. S. BUILDING ACTIVITY | IN APRIL SETS RECORD IN PACE WITH LEADERS| i o |A Studio Plan for | , ———— ————— _ PR : ; Washington Is Eighth Among Centers of | An Artist’s Home | \i L e o Contracts Show Gain Qver Last Year in Construction Activity in Country. 3%0“ e vo H.lhme; Nearly All of 36 Eastern $6,534,344 Value of April Work. | Lot, This Design Can Be Studied in Survey. Adapted to a Level B With a total value of construction in STONE Si the District of $6.334,344, last month |y e Site. 1imost equaled July, 1924, the leading | Repaire ... 3 nth in building "activities of the = AVS o Y S L N SNO The April volume of building con- | started in New England during 1he tracts in the United States was the | past four months has amounted to rgest monthly total on record. Con 1.900. which is an 1% per cent tra®~ awarded last month in the 36 1 = over the correspo | Eastern States (which include about | seven-eighths of the total construc AtIaLs Btaten: tion volume of the country) amounted This was an increase | Construction started last month fs nt over March and 13 per |the Middle Atlantic Statex (easterm cent over April of last year, accord- | Pennsylvania, southern New .Jersey | ing to the F. W. Dodge survey. Maryland, Delaware, District of Ce Last month’s record included the|lumbia and Virginia) amounted fo tollowing Important ftems: $256.414.- | ,100. This was a drop of X per )0, or 47 per cent of all construction |cent from March and an increase ni - residential buildings: $95.432.400, 29 per cent over April of last veas {or 17 per cent, for public works and | During the first-four months of thi | utilities; $63,96%,900, ser cent, for | vear new construction has heen start- | commercial buildings: $46.567,900, or 9 |ed in this district to the amount of per cent, for industrial buildings, and | $179,902,500, an increase of 25 per cen $33,154,600, or & per cent, for educa- | over the first four months of 192 tional buildings Construction star last month the Southeastern States (the Car h— CONCRETE © houses have come into great he enormous building boom in the e s 192 | popularity lately and there is feason Capital that has been evi 5 this. In the first place, stucco is Difeven aince the ;‘:fi.""{{‘"xt\'.l.{ this ; 0 | inespensive, it can be colored any ‘de- | Jtinuously among the eizht leading | Re 500 | sired shade, and it is, to a certain ex of the country in construction | tent, fire-resisting. Stucco can be ap ivities 00 | Plied to . hollow tile, con Practically every week since Janu 00 | crete bloc monolithic concrete v 1 the office of the building inspec- e . 100 | walls: me structures on met tor has granted permits that have METAL |al lath or stucco board. The cost of totaled over $1,000.600, and lately they Y =15 25101 cco Is said to be about 3 per cent 1ave been hovering around the $2,000. 7 ood type of construc- | w00 mark FRAME. | tion. It nd substantial | The month of April with its total ) S0 l0oKing and its wearing qualities have ,334,344 exceeds that of March by | R proved it deserving of recommenda ost $1,000.000. Not only has the | Gara = 47 | tion value of construction increased, but =y Almost any color can be reproduced | April saw 212 more projects author MACHINERY. by the use of dry mineral cold which | linas, Georgia, Florida Tennesses. ~d than-the previous month. Last [ Motors 1 e on the market. The coloring mat _ i « Total construction started during|Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and month 1,164 construction jobs were | FigEators 4:900 | ter is mixed thoroughly with the sand X 5 o ¥ " the first four months of this year has | Louisiana) amounted 1o $50.X13.400. inthorized, as compared with 952 dur S until a_uniform color results: this is v U o N, amounted to $1.623.540,000, compared | This was less than 1 per cent over ng the previous month Totals B 341 | then mixed with the cement. Cement 3 ? R e Gt i with $1.515.043.200 for the first four |the preceding month and about & pel N an be finished in any color or 3 452 < - - | months ‘of last vear. The gain is a|cent under the total for April, 19 Washington Eighth. | ‘e, such as smooth. stippl e Sver'T per tont. OF the $108.|Total new construction started In thep The following shows Washington | you; or with small pebbles—in the | 00,000 Increase to date this year,|States during the first four months as compared with of the leading | manner known to the trade as pebble | £52.000,000 represents the gain in pub- |of this year has amounted to $189 o v linregard to hullaing: activi. | Cluea of the country. inpoint oftern bh. Then the roof of the house can lic works and utilities projects 1020900, “which is an ‘increase of 4 e R eties hat are | Struction’ during April | be stained in any tone to harmoni = In addition to the big gains in ac- | per cent over the first four months of o oA A e W s el g eve retyaiioh| 1, Newilork 'PLE £102 | witht the cement walls tual work started there is also a big |last vear 1 z 1 e Chicazo | This house was designed to be built | & in prospective work Contem arger, and ave for the most part great Philadelnhia gain prosk Midwest SR Elkial Gontork ailad | on a side hill and to meet the require plated new projects reported in April Oné Srkna: Bifatanate eatieakol Los Angeles 1 | ments of an artist who wished to live amounted to $760.657,600, an increase | he April total for buildinz con, QA P Q SN NN AL Yo § 8 K SN Total Construction. shington now stands eighth among the 253 leading cities of the ! e in the country L.?.l desired a studio : |of 25 per cent over the amount re- |tracts in the Pittsburgh district (west- y vela | uhder s rbot wi Juse % of last ve ern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohlo of apartment houses at a cost of | uhder the same rbof with his hou ported in April of last vear rn Pennsy £2.088.000. e s : | Though the interior can easily be re 2 E and Kentucky) was $97,804.800. This 3 This is a tremendous jump Baltimore s | arranged, of course, to fit the needs of . BED New York Work. was 7 per cent below the very high in apartment construction when com Seattle % : 3 @ pared with the six buildings erected |12, Boston. P. ¥ _ any one else. Because the house is 4 building contracts in New | March figure, but 63 per cent over e I D InE e I3 eiitanicen X5.03 | built on a hill the studio room can b ‘. ate and northern New Jersey | April of last vear. Last month’s build Bk euiou=irionths ouisy 20073 | dropped four or five steps. thus givinz Tt 0§ 000, This was | ing volume brought the total of ne While the amount of money ex-|id s the high-vaulted ceiling so necessary - an incre 1 Der: cont oy ekmEannl [Consttuction stavted (rony Jamunny pendad. niithe lGonBeIGtion of weal. Milwaukes | to an artist’s workshop and attractive 1 2 but it was 22 per cent under the total | date up to $289.446.800. an increase nf dences in April was $2.390,200, or Yonkers. N | in any house. If the room is not need [ : for April of last vear. Last month’s (70 per cent over the first four months Slizhtly less than the outlay on this | Rechester 3 | ed as a studio, however. the house can contracts brought the total of work |of 1924 tvpe of construction in March Minneanolis Rt | be built with the floor all on one level started during the first four months mstruction started in April in th AR e 220 Portiand. Ore 203 300 | The room will then be the normal of 1925 up to $300,442,800, a decrease tral West (Illinois, Indiana. lov toial value of the new housing ] paiias . MAENS | piont and can be used as a living Of 29 per cent from the corresponding | Wisconsin. Michizan.’ Missouri. Kan fecteaiin ihe cify Inatmontiwas 31 Kaneae Gy Mo B room. This would do away with the | ’ % E 8 5 2 . beriod of 1924, - sas, Oklahoma and Nebraska) amou read. In Mavch the value of apart- five steps (shown in the plan) that lead vou aren’t an artist, don’t you fret—this house will serve your interests yet. Throw the nook and studio together,| PETOT @0 P00t b4 hqing contracts | ed to SI5TE65.200. being the ments and residences erected was Total own to the studio. although such lit a splendid living room results. Off the dining room. then, the other nook becomes a reception room or den. Three | ° ) (0 $39 774,100 The | monthl 1 "on record for £3.222.000, in April it was $4,678,200. 4 e s ¥ = ] - 3 - £ bl St evel™ d e el 5 e T et e ok $1 450500 Ha)aus to tle irrezularities add little to the ex steps down to the living room, if vou are building on a hill; or “on the level” it will do just as well. over the preceding month | trict Apri either the studio or e s\ Chustuicton (Contimued ment-house construction last month. .18 per cent. Total s s - avs up here and &0 underneath the group of windows D OA loan associations in the United States {n anaivsis of buiding lasc montt | DIES IN JACKSONVILLE | e iere: the uncxpected passages. | n the kitchen BUILDING AND LOAN i et eine” et Guimen « shows that $5,983.2 of the grand " pe 1 Ind »olis, h as a the built-in cupboards in all sorts of * - Assoclation, in India is. with a L s s Lulllingsian At S L i ven @ Lok | Upelakex (Hare doe twe Badreou. & CONTROL IS URGED gt over, sitounom: the ome of " was in repair work. As might Yol Wallace. of Jacksonville.] so enchanting bath and a large storage room. In | Omaha, with assets over $33,000.000 e expected the Northwest section | pp" ¢ "\ Lumber of years secre.| As the plan now stands. the living | order to save expense and not devote the Buckeye State of Columbus, Ohio Massachusetts the city proved the largest field for | fn’ of the ' Florida Association of | and dining room have heen thrown | 1o, much useful space to the stair _ with assets over $29.000.000; the Home buflding “activities. This section of | peij Estate Boards and chairman of | into one. creatinz one spacious room g : Savings and Loan Co., of Youngstown Park the city absorbed $4,586 of the | he cecretaries’ division of the Na-|instead of two small ones it was made as inconspicuous as pos- | D-C. Man Tells Baltimore Realtors ohio, with assets over $25.000,000; the ar| total for the month. The Northeast| jon.; sssociation of Real Estate| If the studio as shown is not to be | sible. A stairway can be made the 2 Railroad Co-Operative Building and in second with a total of $1,068.300. | poiqe “died suddenly at Jacksonville |used for this purpose. but is desired as | most interesting feature of the house Needs for Supervision of Loan Association of New York. with | Sontheast third with a total of |\l 30. Mr. Wallace died at a |a sitting room, then the room indicated | but in this case it ix not needed for = assets over $17.000.000. and many . . L 5 3 z 316,600 and Southwest fourth with | mesting of the Jacksonville Real{on the plan as the dining room and | picturesque effect and, therefore, hus Associations. others over $10,000,000. including the | Washington’s most beautiful residential section of detached 1 total of £12,000, he repair work. | priiate Board, of which he was secre- | living room could be used for dining | been made as unobtrusive as possible Perpetual Building Association of | - sl illi 5 frrer s o e while considerably less in value, ran | 200" Pe™i0a just finished reading @ | purposes alone, as it is near the kitch-| The planting could be made semi T Washington. He also spoke of the || homes. Containing seven nnlhon feet of forest-covered land, in the same proportion in respect to | repor en. A door could be cut through be- | formal around’this tvpe of house, as = ¢ building’ and | Penefits of a State league and affilia with six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of the various sections of the city Mr. Wallace's work in the advance- | tween the dining room and living room | there is just a touch of dignity about fate AURGIVIARIN ;“ i ‘”"l' :“—'-‘"‘r‘.,..n with the national organization T . l f l . v l Of the new buildings erected 3 o el eatate business and | on the froni side of the house I this | the design which would lend ftself to loan assoclations and the passage of | The State of Maryland has no State | The Triangle of Increasing Values were brick, 2 stone. 3i concrete, 1 labors for recc on anc e I e Mook by ihe porch | a bit of formality. However, gative|sound laws governing such bodies was | o peryision or State league and is not ST e tile, and 105 frame. Tswenty-four strue- “...c',,,‘,,\" of eal e e J( ha i\,.w\i.i‘.. wulnh\‘»nlx’hn( little reception | shrubs and flowers should e wads he | advocated by C. Clinton James of | Sehtib Alon B Sott natiane rzanisa. || —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues. tures were razed : e for the past two vears heen | reom. It would also make an excellent | used. They grow better and are more | Washing on at Jthe semimonthls |tion. and. while Baltimore is known |} Over 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under cou- Analgals ¢ ing- | carsted m wmder a Bandicap of Sovere fden. or even serve as a chila's play jat tERe NSRRI Baltimore at the Fmerson Hotel last | (Rroughout the country as the city of |} struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed An analysis of the building in the | lllness that threatened and finally | room Since the prices of material and la- | I homes and building associations. the = - 5 ity during the Tast month foilows e ite. Dueing. the week pre.| The nook at the end of the studio | bor vary so materially in different lo- | Tuésday. More than 750 guests at. [ poriel AR e or more such || $8,000,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall S * | eeding his death he had spent days|was created for the storing of the art- | calities we do not attempt to give an | € ded the lunc !mnnr \;1 \’h as held | b dies has less than $4.000000 in || homes, with lots from 30 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d Cr e ... |and nights in consultation with mem. |ist’s large canvases. but this could be [ estimate as to cost. but suzgest that under the auspices of the building and | 54qe(¢ S d Cathedral Avi Doilnre yover Value | Ders of the Florida Legislature and | thrown into the main studio by remov- | you consult y focal builder, who | loan section of the board. This sec - t. and Lathedral Ave. Repairs with representatives of Florida reall inz the partitions can, zive vou detailed information as | tion hw‘lnvlm about 135 of ;%h‘; more g r | - i Gt al | ing e SER S o] I e O e et meeds 1o be | than 900 assoclations in Baltimore| One of the hobbies of Queen Marie Sones state boards draftng a real estate| The Kitchen is small in size. but i to i your ex _ O [ Ticense _ bill designed ~greatly {o|well arranzed that it is compleie. | installed in this desizn City of Izumania is the collecting of per 1 aug annon nc. Garaes 221130 | yirensthen. the present Floridn real| There in @ large pantry and dresser| For information as to the procuring | Mr. James spoke or (he aublect fumery boitles and it is said that the 9 iations 21080 | fate license law. The bill, already | for dishes on the wall nearest the din. | of the building plans of desizn No. 41| "How to Huld Up and Operaic a Ten |late Empress of Russia. who also.in ESTABLISHED 1899 50:000 | introduc N | For voom. %0 that no unnecessary steps | send a stamped, addressed envelope to | to_ Forty Million Dollar Building and |dulged in a similar fancy, presented - . 000 s canas ned to curb mis-| need be taken in setting the table or | the Real Estate Editor of The Star Toan Association 116 gave them a |her with 4 large assoriment of the || Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 f st A work table coul atthew A f history of the la building and valued at $25,000 <t_month’s building was the erection 5 3 The New York Life Insurance Company Announces the Appointment of Randall H. Hagner & Company As Their T4 iRttt SRR R R iR thtRth LR tRtRth Mortgage Loan Correspondent for Washington, D. C. and Outlying Districts RHRLARsRtRRR G hthththshbAthRtR Rt th 1321 Connecticut Avenue % - R R R R R R R R R R SRR R R MR R R R R R R R R R SR R R LR R R R R R R R R R R th R R R R R R R AR Rt LA Lh