Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1925, Page 13

REAL:-ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1925. REAL ESTATE. 13 BUILDING IN WASHINGTON SHOWS LARGE INCREASE $16.152.522 Above First Half of 1924. Advance of 82 Per Cent Puts District in Seventh Place. With a t t 48 for the | West, 416 per cent; Kingston, N. ¥ flrst six mont 14 the National 121 per cent; Lakeland, Fla., 224 per Ca al shows an rease in buildin cent: Louisville, 49 per cent; Miami, per cent over the corr 232 per Ohio, 84 per bt »d of 1924, This huge u that | cent per cent: is rapidly carrying Washington to- Pittsbu Portland, w he goal of r record-break- | Oreg per cent; St. Louis, 75 per ins vear in the Jing industry, | o St. Petersburg, 214_per cent; places it seventh ar & the cities of | Washington, 82 per cent; West Palm Nation in constr ties | Beach, 173 per cent: White Plains, 49 and Yonkers, 86 per cent. New York in Lead. per cent, IR - largest vol-, Yet if one does not need a spec when || The DO g Y0l ] room for the family's “talent and tem NEnchin imped o | 14be ¢ ame S184.385.040, | perament,” this destgn may be con gnEithe Gluee DE LBl Y i15250: 3 Detroit, | verted Into just a regular house, a 9 - onth, with_ony [Shs hilndelphia, $46.104. | home of delightful possibilities a An ead 5 Los Angeles, $83 57; .| In such a case the room now desig 2 Ak | Clevel $36.838,12 nated as the studio would make a Above 1924, | . 448 handsome library d the nook at the value of construction here for | ).442.113; 10, end could be converted into a con 1 t six months of 192 s 41; 11, Baltin servatory or sun room. (If one choss 1 ahead of the same period of 1. Pittsburgh, $ | this nook could, of course, he made 1 he first half vear of 1924 show Portlind, Oreg part of the main room.) Or this beau e 748,926 June as Cit § | tifu) room would make an ideal bed B June, 1924 16, room-living room for an invalid or L gton in v . nd, for the elder] rents of the owners atic being more than $4,000,000 be- 19, Lout: of the house, perhap: | hind the Natfonal Capital for the firs You will note this house we have 830 Denve $14,549, Rochester $14,614,800; ound period, acing 5,316,431 5, Minneapol REALTORS MAY BE GIVEN ion of 1 Al far volume of 1 ¥ the hout the country was | er the same period in it will be remembered, gain of 8 per cent over the first half of 1923 According to the national monthly | ¥ ing survey of S. W. Straus &| Before Applicant May from which Enter Practice. s were ‘ | LICENSE EXAMINATION | New Ohio Law Provides for Test| Studio or Not, as ‘You Want a House The Porch Has Been closed and a Third Bed- room Added Here. { A studlo house makes It extremely seems to suggest work ie kind or another lustrated today is an ideal one for | those devoted to such artisti - | deavor—the author or artist or musi has a it charm that | sting. It ttainment of | The design il cian, who must have a quiet, set-apart in | well lighted and attractive the house to call his own. place Deen permitted to: photograph for vou | follows the contovr of the wing | hillside lot. Therefore the studio part lis built a few feet lower than the Hving room and dining room. This would allow for a vaulted ceiling in the studio if desired;: though in this case the owners preferred to utilize | this extra height in a third bedroom above. | You will see bv the p he space designated for storage in 1he original design, as shown here in | ihe floor plan, Fas been made into a third bedroom b; utting in a dormer tograph that | | HOUSE PLANS FOR HOME PLANNERS 1 Al | merce, and Victor Mindeleff BETTER HOMES CONTEST PUTS WASHINGTON HIGH Capital Is Awarded Honorable Mention, With Calif .. Santa Barbara, and Atlanta Fir Washington Is given honorable men- | demonstration able. vas not tion among tl winners 1d leaders | in extraordina attendance in the ann Better Homes contest conducted the Bette Homes in| P, erica uncement s made this | the=period from May week by Dr. James Ford, executive di- | clusive ok part in the demonstration this vea he committee making the selectic e: Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the Rureau of Home Economics of the United States Department of Agricul- | ¢ ture; Mrs. Charles Bradley Sanders, a | on home furnishing; Dr.| Cumining, surgeon generai ates Public Health ice; . John M. Gries, chief of the Divi-|" sion of Building and Housing of the | United States Department of Com-| Washing: fes co-operating Barbara Better Home covered u wide range n's Ch mittee clude wor clubs, nicipal ton architect | { Homes The mitt Better San Luse a Barbara Ahead. Santa B the honor While At vided the § bara f b nta 00 first onstrations and ng fi and Sa winner of this first p ago, was awarded the $300 for the finest schoo! tration in 1 Santa Barb: ve second ne in previous vea Barbara local Better practice shown omes wery In Sant Homes chairman was Miss Pearl Chase, se ry of the Community fation. Five homes fvere |;'o 0 ¥l 1 inine six Santa Barbara by |gicned for occupancy nmittee, all of th and cost $6. obtained, the June gain in permits is window In the roof td give headroom anding examples of excel-| 5om house cost sped and plans filed In the 370 leading | provision for examination of all ap- | &ht and air. So in this house the | o ocime md cuctlaiings | yioved wection iaf h.(nm and towns of the country was | plcants for real estate broker's | celling of the studio could not be rooms, costing $3,800 and $6.200, were | demonstrate 1 exce 3 per cent over June, 1924. license is contained in the new Ohio | Vaulted, of course. | not furr Of the others, ore con. | the, direction of a Tendency Still Upward. | real estate license law, which will| It would be perfectly practicable, | tained six rooms and cos 09 i | T oR s The general tendency of building | 50 into effect July 16 ch appli- | however, if one chose or the lot de second, three rooms, and cost $1,344,|, All of the Atla Rctivities is distinc t the | cant is to be examined not only to | nanded, to build this house all on one and the third was located on a hill. (1omes were furnishec Jresent time, lled that | determine his knowledge of real es-|level, having the studio on the sume | White paint with green shingles, red and white aunings and soft green shrubs make this an alluring home. Have |side and contained three separate Dudget, drawn up to in January there was a_loss of 3.5 | [Ate practice, but also to establish [level as the remainder of the house. | you an artist in the family, or perhaps an invalid or elderly parents?—for them was built the right wing with its artments; this house cost $8,200. |average incomes ber cent; In Februar per cent; :‘l: “:"lr:“arny with real estate busi- | This house is of wood, but we have | splendid space and light and view. || e ublic: Intérest) apused, by the | (Contimusliion Saver id in March 13 per ce he dis. = R 2 seen the design worked out in metal ! tinet upturn began with . when | _The law provides that the State )i ih and stucco, and it s attractive | there was 2 in of T cent | T O a0t mthicy | indeed. Wood is the most inexpensive tly to save space. The closets are BANKERS ARE WARNED]wxrgx-d contest with Henry J. Mergler over April, 4. In May the gain ‘{‘-‘ “!_""‘"“‘ et s 5 ot = \a, | bullding material, of course, and with | amply large, and the bath directly \uz Cincinnati was 15! pei nt, so that with the | {90 ;f";‘i"“‘fi”“lfjl“‘d et et A [Eo0d design and a well thought out | over L:{m kitchen lowers the cost of | 1fi1flxr n.‘ A i}la}{{‘g.ln prPsldem‘dnr the une increase of 33 per cent there | 708 0 e Bl e O S axami. | color scheme it may be given a rich, | plumbing. OF |NDUSTR|AL TREND versity of Tennessee, urged that| was an ring | fOr the purpose of the frst exami | dignified appearance. The pure whita! The kitchen has been planned for bankers use their influence in c Pa o cent rst_such publication shall be made, | VANt In_this case Is relleved by |ecient work. Every necessity has | T bating centralization of industry. "1 V‘r‘ ‘1;;, 1 the canons adopted by )'“) \«lmn’xi ‘Nhn;p;:e: of g)r'uh.\ green, wl h n\lKh|( been introduced and articles of furni- T;‘L;l[”’“lr of ll\!-’lh_ ‘([JI' 4;”";’“‘]?0\!:,‘- 5 er of the over, cann: B o “Boards | Vel be a soft tan if you preferred. | ture placed with a view to saving| i i i J CISRE ORI DO k»-]n at ace \?:‘mi nasmuch ;\h-‘;{ ’r‘f.“‘,'.' mf\ a'ip‘f'rg s ;l(: “1(,0:1‘;“1}.‘1:\,,& a garden in the rear gives a |stepe. The dresser for dishes is close American Institute Urged to Fxghti,,\, aaricull Tt atsiricls: | the losses were confined largely to | Shall be taken as the bas 8 lovely view from the studio windows. | to the dining room door and the sink | 5 g Dr. Morgan compared Ohio and Pt oy e At ™ P New York City, where com tive | @Xamination A 2 D e s aie|l . /Cenvralization -of Factories. I LA Washington’s most beautiful residential sec of detached decline: v OIS, N o PR O iving room and dining room i 1 | 5 = P o yiore) wecoiilad s UtHE Iiehint together are spacious and convenient. | large pantry where supplies may be | Elects Heads. | he said, with many factories, || homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, of the excessive filing of bullding ZONING LAW UPHELD stored: | plans prior to the expiration of the tax-exemption laws on April 1, 1 Throughout the entire country there " has thus been a steady and consist- |, A decision of interest to all mem- o oun bers of the Natlonal Assoctation of o yoaplding, Activitles| Real Eatate Boards is that just hand- el g ed down by the Supreme Court of Minnesota upholding the valldity of Total $398,697,655. the Minneapolis zoning ordinance, The total of June permits fssued |Which excludes flat buildings from in the 370 centers was $398,697, certain areas zoned for single family [ become an addition to the main room. |changes, it is usually an easy matter s elevated to the presidency in ac-: compared w $299,356,049 in June, | residences. The decision reverses a|Or this space can be thrown with the to make it fit your own requirements. | cordance with a custom. 3. In regional activities the|former opinfon of the court porch, giving a wide verandah across | Since the prices of labor and ma-| payl B. Detwiler of Philadelphia th continues to outstrip all other | > A the entire front of the house with | terial so materially in different | elected vice president In & sections. The 12 Southe States : . fine effect. (Note that in this house | localities, we do not attempt to give | .. gained 93 per cent ‘.\Q‘»: fyr:me“,f‘:, Liquor on Ship Seized. | ch has been inclosed and be- | un estimate as to the cost of this de =SS vear. The East gained 28 per cent;| NEW YORK, July 18 (®).—A raid |come part of the house, as it were) | sign, but suggest that you consult procuring of the building plans of the Central States, 24 per cent and |by customs officers on the Old Domin-| The stairway leading’ up to the| vour local builder who can give you|this design No. 41, send a stamped the Pacific Coast region, 35 per, cent. [ion liner Robert Lee, Outstanding gains among the cities |rived from Norfolk, Va were: Akron, 116 per cent; Asheville, | the seizure of 14 bottles of gin. Ar- N. C., 201 per cent; Chicago, 2 man Goldstein, ship's barkeeper, was cent; Cincinnati, arrested and later fined $50. bus, 40 per cent; The amount of liquor seized was not per cent; Hollywood, Fla., 803 per cent; | sufficient to warrant libeling the ves- ansas City, Mo., 120 per cent; Key |sel, customs officials decided. which ar- resulted in Let Us Take a Look at the Roof ECAUSE out of sight, don’t let it be out of mind—for what’s going on up there—exposed to all sorts of weather—may be working a serious damage. Intelligent inspection is a safeguard—for if there is anything wrong starting—we’ll catch it in time to avert serious results. We’ll know after an investigation— what to do—and if we do it, you'll be permanently satisfied. ) Rose Roofs are reliable. / § Elegant Granite Residence 1315 FERN STREET N.W. (Just East of Alaska Avenue) | Tavatory on First Floor Screened and Weather- stripped Throughout Granite Garage [ \ 13 Rooms 2 Bathg Breakfast Porches and Sleeping 18-inch_walls and This distinctive, solidly-built home, with 18- It is offered at an Jarge porches is located on a lot 60 feet wide. extremely low price for immediate sale. Open for Your Inspection i Sunday from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. L& BreuninGeR & Soxs BUILDERS and REALTORS Colorado Builidlng —— Sain 6140 AGENTS The nook may form a reception room, in which case the door would be cut | Thus one may make a design con-| through from the porch fnto it in-|form to one's own needs. It is difficult | By the Associated Press. stead of into the living and dining | to find a design which will suit a fam-| KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 18.—The room. Or this nook could be con-|ily in every detail—unless, of course.|annual convention of the American verted into any one of several differ- ent rooms to fit as many needs—it is means a more expensive house. 80 |yesterday with the election of officers quite large enough for a study or a|select the design that comes nearest |inq the selection of Dallas, Tex., for child’s playroom: or the small parti- to your needs and, if the plan has|the next meeting. Bruce Baird tion could e left out and it would|been made with thought for of second floor i¢ in the extreme rear the and is as inconspicuous as it could be made, partly to avoid expense and detailed information as to the cost of and self-addressed envelope to your exact needs to be installed in|Real Estate Editor The Star. this design. For information as to the | (Copyright George Matthew Adams.) If You Believe in the United States—You Believe in Washington! THINK OF IT! ! 0 l For a Wonderful New . niy Semi-Detached Brick House $9,350 Chevy Chmase, D.C. Terms as Low as $750 Cash The Location Jenifer Street at 42d Street In fashionable Chevy Chase, D. C., at a price heretofore deemed impos- sible. Fine modern well constructed brick homes. Six well planned, light and airy rooms on two floors, h.-w.h., elec., floor plugs in every room, hardwood floors, large front porch, breakfast, service and sleeping porches, cedar closets, cellar under the entire house, laundry, pantry, large tiled bath with built-in fixtures. House beautifully finished, of highest type construction. Lots 100 feet deep. The loca- tion is close to the highest point in the Distriet of Columbia. OPEN SUNDAY AND DAILY UNTIL DARK Don’t Delay and Be Disappoiflted! Drive out Conn. Ave. to Jenifer St., thence west to 42nd St., or out Wisconsin Ave. to Jenifer St., turning east to the houses. E. : ING. . _ALL. LEX 813 15th St. N.W. | it 1s made especially for them, which | Institute of Banking closed here late | such | New Orleans, retiring vice president. | 0 available for the schooling |of every child for every $4 that Mis. | sissippi, which is not so well endowed | with industries, can invest in educa- {tion. Ohio has a similar advantage, | he stated, in money avallable for road | building and other public improve- | ment projects. Research Broadened. | Enlargement of the work of the In- stitute for Research in Land Eco nomiecs and F lic Utilities {s expec to be made possible through the affiliation which has just been agreed to with Northwestern University, and | through the removal of headquarters | of the institute from Madison, Wis., o Chlcago. 1 the city. pressed with the big livi first floor. additional cost. automatic storage heater, a TWO-CAR GARAGE to The Best Hedges 1412 Eye St. N.W, P e £ 3110 34th Street N.W. Situated just a few feet off Woodley Road, adjacent to the magnifi- cent new Cathedral, the English Village and very close to the Cleveland Park School. The location of this imposing new home is the finest in Upon entering the wide entrance hall with colonial staircase, you will be im- There are four large bedrooms, also an inclosed and plastered double sleeping porch and two fine tile baths. finished. Servants’ quarters can be arranged either in the attic or basement at no As evidence of its completeness, copper screens are furnished for all openings, Open Sunday After 2 P.M. | with six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues, Over 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $8,000,000. \Wooded vi lots, central and side homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front. Park Office, St. and Cathedral Ave. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED _1919!4 Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 o st aey war ng and dining rooms and the spaciousness of the entire A stair approach leads to the attic, which is hardwood floors throughout, inlaid linoleum in kitchen and match house. New Home Value in Cleveland Park ¥ ' & Middleton, Inec. Readltors Franklin 9503 e e S S A B "