Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1925, Page 15

REAL ESTATE. BALTIMORE’S BUILDING WORK SLOWING DOWN $500,000 Decline Noted in.Permits Issued in July as Against Same Period in 1924. BALTIMORE, August $.—Building operations in Baltimore, as indicated by permits granted last month, are slawing down. New improvements, additions and alterations, for which permits were issued in July, totaled $3,647,400. The figures indicated a decline of approxi- mately $500,000 in comparison with the valuation for the corresponding month of 1924, when the total was $4,165,560, and a loss of about $800,000 in comparison with the total for June of this year. Home construction, the leading fea- ture of buflding operations in the city sipce the first of the year, also shared In the decline. Only 310 dwelling per- mits were issued in the old city and new annexes during the month, the valuation being $1,421,000. permits for 629 houses, at a valuation of $2,390,000, were granted. REALTY IR SILES AE S50 Residence Demand Active Throughout Summer Period, This Firm Reports. The continuance through the Sum- mer months of considerable real es- tate activity is shown by a report just made by the firm of Boss & Phelps. This concern reports cur- rent gales which total $262,600. A summary of the property trans- fers follows 3 Stella” McCalla Sands pur; chased a detached stucco home at 13 Grafton street, Chevy Chase, from C. A. Lindsay. A frame house at 130 Seventh street northeast was sold to Richard H. Rhine, and J. E. Bigger purchased 2505 I street from Cooley Bros. Frank A. Ernst became the owner of a large frame residence at Somer- set, Md., occupying a large lot and having four bedrooms and two open fireplaces. E. F. Phillips was the vendor. A two-story brick home of colonial style of architecture, with three porches, at 424 Kenyon street, was sold for Ben Jenkins to Willlam I. Streett. . L. E. Bratton purchased a detached brick residence at 2716 Thirty-sixth place from Borden & Newbold, and a six-room and tile bath row brick home at 1202 Longfellow street was sold to Ella K. B. Jones for George J. Dona- ue, A two-story brick residence at 520 Crittenden street, with front and rear porches, was purchased by Mary A. Shugrue from Robert Munro. John J. Ward bought a detached | four-apartment house at 1226 F street from Eldred H. Buchanan scar P. Court east of the Piney Road branch k Creek Park, a very attractive home at 1412 Taylor street was sold to_Anna Sheer for Alfred Klein. Marie Grafflas purchased a two- elght-room and two-bath house street, with a two-car hollow- | F. Maloney; No. 1414, from Eva M. Talbert;|liam A. Hess for B. H. Gruver; No. and a house at 1326 H street south-[1415, to Shirley S. Ashton for sold to Mrs. Catherine Ken-|Edward M. Willis,” jr.; No. 1423, y Frank E. Benter. {to Emma C. Price for Edward M. A hed frame residence at 1212 | Willis, jr.; No. 1413, to Leon C. Delafield street northwest, with nine|Root for Edward M. Willis, jr. e e (LA L L LA L H L1 L L L L 2 L LT TV FE 2 L LT P 002 T L0 Ol Shelbourne “Master-Six” Homes WHERE ELSE IN WASHINGTON SO MUCH HOME FOR THE MONEY? $7,950 Sample House, 1821 M St. N.E. Open Daily Until 9 P.M. (Furnished Through Courtesy Nachman Furniture Co.; Ine.) rooms, was purchased by D. V. Murphy_from John R. Berg. John H. Wade became the owner of a two-story brick house, containing six rooms and bath, with two-car ga- rage, at 712 Morton street northwest, buying from Willlam A. Mulligan. A detached home at 5707 Thirty- second street, Chevy Chase, two baths and built-in garage, was sold for Dana G. Munro to Col. Lawrence S. Miller. Virginia Burke bought a large lot in the northwest section from Charles H. Taylor, while a modern two-story home at 1418 Shepherd street was sold for Solomon H. Byron to Quirino Fioravanti. A seml-detached brick residence at 1610 Varnum street northwest, con taining eight rooms and two baths, was purchased by Ethel J. Crawford from St. George R. Raby. A house at 1156 Abbe east, constructed of hydraulic pressed brick, with bulltin garage, hardwood floors and double floors, was sold to W. Foster. Six brick street northeast,o | were sold as Louis L. Geiger for Edward M. Willis, jr; No. 1418, to S. B. Jones for E homes on Orren ping 20-foot lots, No. 1409, to George A. Wilson Company (Four Squares North of 15th and H Sts. N.E.) 18th at M N.E. Lincoln 381 The Renter N occupant of the average modern, well equipped apartment of 3 rooms and bath pays more than $55 a month. But even with that as a basis of comparison— In 5 years (60 months) the tenant would have paid his landlord $3,300.00. THE RENTER PAYS MORE AND HAS NOTH- ING TO SHOW FOR HIS MONEY BUT A PACK- AGE OF USELESS RENT RECEIPTS! This comparison is made on. one type of apartment. in the same proportions on any of our two, three, four and five room apart- ments. Take your own case! Sit down a few minutes with a pencil and see In June | place north. | to Wil At less cost can B WARDMAN’S 1009 CO-OPERATIVE APARTMENT HOMES “ORIGINALITY” IS CALLED EVIL IN ARCH- ITECTURAL DESIGNING (Continued from Thirteenth Page.) In our dress today we are modern. We should not think of wearing a Roman toga or Gothic robe. The irrational idiosyncrasy of mod- ern times is the assumption that each kind of problem demands a particular style of architecture. Through preju- dice, the assumption has become so fixed that it is common to assume that if bullding a church or university we must make it Gothic; if a theater, we must make it renaissance. One man wants an Elizabethan house, another wants his house early Italian. It would seem as though the serfous study of character were no longer necessary. Expression in archi- tecture, forsooth, is only a question of selecting the right style. The two classes with which we must contend are those who would break with the past and those who would select from the past according to their own fancy. Neithes is right. Style in its growth has always been governed by the universal and eternal law of development. One style has been LOCATED IN BEAUTIFU! Columbia Park 7th AND INGRAHAM STS. N. W. 5235 7th This handsome brick home has a real front porch, siz large rooms and bath with many new features large breakjast and sleeping porch, good size kitchen and pantry; deep lot to alley. lines. Take 14th Street Car Line —marked Takoma—get off at 7th st., walk 2 blocks south to home, or 9th st. car to D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. 1319 N. Y. Ave. N. W. The Purchaser N occupant-owner of a 3 rooms and bath apartment home makes an initial deposit of $760 and thereafiter pays only $38.44 monthly. In 5 years (60 months) the purchaser would have paid $2,306.40 and the initial deposit of $760, making $3.066.40 in all. THE PURCHASER PAYS LESS AND GETS A VALUABLE REAL ESTATE EQUITY, MORE THAN HALF HIS APARTMENT BEING PAID FOR! how many apartments your rent has bought to date! 1430 K Street Visii. the Exhibit Building at 55 M Street N.W. OPEN' DAILY AND SUNDAYS FROM 9 AM. TO 9 PM. Phone Main 8516 EDMUND J. FLYNN Authority on Co-operative Apartments Representing the Wardman Organization evolved from another and this evolu- tion has always kept pace with the progress of the political, religious and economic spirit of each successive age and of: Jocal craftsmen. Cites Evolution Laws. The laws of natural selection and of survival of the fittest have shaped ihe history of architectural style just as truly as they have the different suc- cessive forms of life. Only the most radical changes in the history of civifization, such as, for ex- ample, the dawn of the Christian era and of the reformation and revival of learning, have brought with them correspondingly radical changes in architectural style. We could trace two distinctly para- lel lines—one the history of civiliza- tion and the other the history of art. Tllugtrations of this could be multl- plied at great length. Compare a workman of today building a_Gothic church, slavishly following his detail drawing, with a workman of the fourteenth century doing such detall work as was di- rected by the architect, but with as much interest, freedom and devotion in making a small capital as the architect had in the entire structure. Perhaps doing penance for his sins, he praised God with every chisel ‘'one of It could be made stroke. The details of the capital might have been grotesque, but »a"BUY A DUNIGAN “ALL BRICK” HOME I_I L] The Money You Pay In Rent WILL BUY THIS ATTRACTIVE DUNIGAN BUILT HOME See This Home - Tonight St. N. W. Convenient to 2 car Ingraham st. and walk east. Main 1267 FIVE MAGNIFICIENT BUILDINGS Largest Co-Operative Apartment Development South of New York A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF SELECT NEIGHBORS New York Avenue, First and M Streets Northwest there was honest life in them. To imitate such a capital today, with- out that life, is affectatio. Now, a Gothic church is bullt on a financial system of striving for profits under keen competition. Craftsmanship is accordingly lacking. The best Gothic work has been done and cannot be repeated. i Predicts New Renaissance. I belleve that we shall one day rejoice in the dawn of a modern renaissance, and, as has always been the case, we shall be guided by the fundamental principles of the classic. It will be a modern renaissance, because it will be characterized by the conditions of modern_life. It will be the ork of the renais- sance architect solving new prob- Carmody Hills, Only $2 Down and $2 Monthly ; for a $100 lot No Interest Over 500 lots sold— many houses and bunga- lows under " construction Over 4 miles of streets raded and being used. ne look means a lot. 0. B. ZANTZINGER 10th and K Sts. N.W. Call Main 5371 TR Ty e Chevy Chase, Md. W. Bradley Lane Overlooking the C. C. Club Grounds attractive ne w frame construc- Etion, consisting of 7 Erooms, all modern im- £ provements, hot - water £ heat, lot 50x114. . $13,500 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. Main 6830 An £ home, T T e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1925. lems, adapting his art to an honest and natural treatment of new ma«‘ terials and new conditions. not also be unconsclously in- fluenced by the twentieth century spirit of economy and by the appli- cation of his art to all modern industries and speculations? The life of ar epoch makes its im- press upon its architecture, It is equally true that the architeciure of a peopde helps to form and mold i Will he 'REAL ESTATE. character. If there be beauty in the i 5 plans of our citfes and in the bufld- Retired Esum Army. ings which adorn our public squares First Lieut. James P. Jervev. ji, and highways, its influence will make | Corps of Engineers, who has been ug itself felt upon every passerby. der treatment at Fitzsimmons General Would that we might learn a les-| Hospital, Denver, Colo., has besn son from the past—that modern arch- | placed on the retired list of the Army itecture, wherever undertaken, might |on account of disability incident to the more worthily tell the story of the|service. He is-a son of Brig. Gen. J dignity of this great epoch and be|P. Jervey, retired. and was graduated more ‘expressive of our cotempora-|from the Military Academy in June | neous life! ON TOP OF THE |\ CIRCLE 4TH& bathroom. concrete front proch, artistic iron trimming. Breakfast Sleeping porch. Deep lot to paved alley D. J. DUNIGAN nc. porch. @ JUST BUILT AND READY FOR YOU TO MOVE IN TOMORROW, IF YOU LIKE DUNIGAN “PETWORTH” 6-ROOM “ALL-BRICK” HOMES LOCATED TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF GRANT CONVENIENT TO CARS AND BUSSES Inspect Tonight or Sunday A Low Price for Quality Homes Built of attractive brick. Sunlight dinng room. I'hree large bedrooms. SR A9 3NE9, 3\ A ASOBLOSL ARLN®). CITY—WHERE IT’S COOL AND HEALTHY | & AT NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE BUCHANAN STS.N.W. Six large, sunny rooms Cozy, spacious living room Perfect kitchen. All-white Daylight cellar. Hardwood floors. Large Spacious lawn. Shrubbery St 1319 N. Y. AVE. MAIN 1267 LOdS ALNVILI SNOLONIHSVM SI HLIYOM.LAd SRR L Y AT bright dining salon, a You other attractions. Czevy Chase THE HOME OF HOMES Selections b 41st and Legation Sts. HIS charming Dutch Colonial home occupies a prominent corner loca- tion just a few squares west of Connecti- cut “Avenue, with many of Chevy Chase’s finest residences surrounding it. Among its many refinements are the at- tractive center hall entrance, the oak floors throughout, the eight exception- ally large rooms, the two full tiled baths with marble shower in one, the fine elec- tric fixtures and tumbler switches, the lavatory in basement and the large garage reached by private cement drive. On inspection, you will be as- tounded that a home of this quality and 3t (i - East Brz.ldley Lane the right is pictured one of a group of six de- lightful new dwellings situated on East Bradley Lane just across the Brookville Road. They are pleasingly designed in a semi-Dutch Colonial style of architecture, one of their outstanding features being the large, built-in porch at the side. occupies a roomy lot 50 by 150, and contains a very large living room with cheery open fireplace, a Each home roomy kitchen with out- side pantry, three inviting bedrooms with full tiled bath, numerous large closets, artistic electric fixtures, hot-water heat, oak floors, lavatory in basement and will find these exceptional homes surprisingly low priced on terms that any rent- payer can meet! Two of them already sold. : OPEN SUNDAY AFTER 11 AM. LEADERS FOR 18 YEARS IN THE SALE OF HOMES FOR INDIVIDUAL OWNERS location can be sold at the reasonable figure fixed and on such attractive terms! OPEN SUNDAY AFTER 11 AM. w West Virgilia St. RE is a real find! The owners must leave Washington at once, and have fixed a price on their home that is unusually reasonable for a residence of this location and quality. The home faces south on Virgilia Street just a few doors west of Con- necticut Avenue above Bradley Lane. The grounds are beautifully laid out and have a frontage of 75 feet, with private drive to a large two-story garage building accommo- dating two cars. The house contains seven large rooms and tiled bath with extra lava- tory. It is a very livable dwelling, with great stone fireplace in the living room and a delightful side porch with cement floor. + The heating plant is of the NOKOL type, very cleanly and eco- nomical. SEE THIS HOME SUN- DAY. ANY TIME AFTER 2 PM. —_—————————