Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1926, Page 15

IDEAL HOMES DEMONSTRATION COST ESTIMATED AT $400,000 Further Details Given of The Star for Promoting the Construction of Model Dwellings in Nation’s Capital. MODEL HOMES RADIO TALK. | The Star's | | explanati model homes der brodacast at 3 over tatlon W' mond A. Wheeler, Commissioner demonstration. In order to convey to the public! every detail incident (o good constru , tion, beautiful architecture, landscap- ing and furnishing, the ideal homes demonstration being sponsored by The Star will require an expenditure of ap imately $400.000. large sum will represent the spproximate amount that it will ulti mately cost to locate, plan. build and fnish the model homes. The builder: furnishings, etc.. are expending this | amount of money so that the people of the Natlonal Capital may be wiven a | really useful demonstration that will not only result in « serles of attractive houses of the types popular here, but | that will serve as a practical ideal that | will be desirable and worl ble in every ! 1espect A vast amount of time, study and work that will represent numberless conferences and considerable personal effort on the part of the architects and builders will insure to those who visit these homes that every detail of mod ern construction and ever house- | hold requirement will have been con- | sidered i Progress Is Outlined. | Since the initial meeting last Sat urday of the nine builders and nine architects, a considerable amount of | work has been done preparatory to | the drawing up of the final deslzns. The architect assigned to each par- | ticular location has visited the site | with the builder who is to erect the | house, and has studied the various | problems of his particular commission. | In some cases several trips have been made by both the architect and | builder. | Yesterday the nine architects met | the architects’ advisory committee of the Washington Chapter of the Amer ican Institute of Architects, under the chairmanship of Hora Peaslee, | and presented preliminary sketches of | their designs. Each of these sketches | vecefved considerable study and the | advisory committee made numerous | suggestlons. Three of the sketches submitted are to be revised and will ' brought before the advisory com- mittee for further discussion. Architects Receive Praise. 1 Considerable praise has been given the architects for their unselfish atti- tude in bringing their plans before the committee for suggestions and discus sion. Praise also is being given in all quarters to the builders who are show- ing every desire to abide by sugges- tions of other builders and architects. The whole attitude on the part of those who are taking part in the dem- REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. € Y Movement of This Colonial Residence. onstration indicates that they are in-| tent on producing a model that is the | result of combined effort and co-opera- tion rather than thelr own particular pet idea. | At present all attention is being | ‘en to the prover planning of the The design and practical plan- | House of Paul F. Brandstedt Has Center Hall Plan " as Chief Feature. ning of a residence is equally as im-| The simplicity of the design and portant as good location and good con- al plan of the home of Paul struction. A well built house in andstedt, 1424 Hamilton street good location that is not designed to | outstanding feature of its at- meet modern requirements and con- | tractiveness. ditions is not worth much. | " The house is not pretentious in size. {but it gives every evidence of expert | planning and a keen desire for the Many things have to be considered | comforts of a modern home on the by the architects, the site, the neigh- pol' of (he owner borhood, the cost and type of bullding, ;" The architectural style is in addition to the economy and.the aD- | Phe entire scheme of the residence i pearance of the house. To design a|typical of the early colonial h house that has no Umit of cost is sim-| Naw England and represents the 11 ple, but to demonstrate to the public | Jitional nrchitecture of early Amerd that they can have beauty and practi-| “The ylanning of the re cability ‘in the design of houses for|, gistnct absence of those with moderate or limited means | and jio. frame constrt is a problem that requires much Study | lines and vivid whitness give and which the nine builders and archl- | ingication of hominess and family | re now preparing to answer. | effort will be made to plan Hall Cost and Type Considered. simp B Big Feature. the homes so that it will rl-sull‘{n les The n » plan of the ho is orls of t\lver‘lhi“l‘»‘:‘l‘;“”‘ :“‘h[ evolved around a large center hall. e eehond. " the | This hall gives an atmosphere of agem of the household. ~The|gpaciousness on entering the house, landscaping commensurate with the | ;TACHIIERS OF CHLEIE the heuse. cost of the house will be worked out | ¢ ane CE ROOC Wn Vrbeh L9 to prove that even in the least exXPen- | conter hall is reached by a short flight sive row house attractive [onttay intely after euntering dens may be had. and the combined [ }o ooy, Tt tuns Sear through the attractiveness of the whole may be of house and insures acees sto every part nefit to the community i Le { the residence without the necessity |of passing through any one room to zet at another. The stairs. of dark treads, run over the front entrance, |leaving the south end free for access | to the terrace and thus affording | full view into the garden beyond. The house has plenty of window { space. w;n.»n not only affords ample 7 2 ghting facllities, but assures a very Beresford, $30,000 house | S e TR the SHitEs lexnosch ¢ 1se | fine vie: (Hedges & mnddleton | sides of the residence. The dining s B room windows to the east of the bulld ing are placed so that they will be Architects and Builders Paired. The architects and the builder: paired for the various locations are: 3 $11.000 fr P. C. Adams, to be erected at the Stambaugh Con p Ward Brown, $: frame house to be erected by Mrs. Ruby Lee Min: in Lee Heights, V Robert I to be erected b; at Thirty-fifth setts avenue. Victor Mindeleff, $15.000 frame 3 lousa 1o be srecied by L E. Breunin, | Just above the sideboard. “giving u | | Csons ot ihe. intersection’ af|Yery charming and novel arrange ment. The kitchen convienient, trance. Alaska avenue, Thirteenth and Hem- lock streets. Delos H. Smith, 000, brick house to be erected by W. C. and A. is well arranged and and has a service en- sak with broad | i | | e exterior of structure is ttractive. The red brick of the | nney contristing vividly with the white exterior decorative scheme of the ho The portico gives a very IMposing appearance 1d the green shutters set off the color scheme in good style In the rear of the house is a garage built to conform th the details of the homie Plenty of closet space is provided and one of th ctive the open tirepla in the som. which is of ample size and wel set off with oak paneling. The in or decorative scheme is carried out in dark wood Particular attention has been paid to the metal work of the house. The roof is metal nd the flashings, eaves, etc., have received much study The lavout is own in the accompany- ing plans. Albert L. Harris. now municipal irchitect, is the designer of the house. | Mr. Harris is & member of tho archi tects’ advisory committee of Washington Chapter of the Amer Institute of Architects for Tk ideal homes demonstration the in N. Miller at Forty-fourth place and| Hawthorne street. | W. H. I. Fleming. semi-detached house to be erected by W. Walter Vaughn at Thirteenth and Upshur| streets northeast. 1 G. L. Rodler, community house, to be erected by Walter Dunigan in Marfetta Park - J. Wilmer Smith. $7.000; row house to be erected by C. H. Small & Co.. at West Virginia avenue and Queen street northeast. 1 Louis Justement, $9,000. row house 10 be erected by Cafritz Construction Co., on Decatur street between | - - Fourth and Fifth streats. Safety Also Menaced by Church architecture in Amer DROP IN BUILDING | PERMITS IS SHOWN Bliss Estate Authorized to Con- struct $150,000 Eight-Story Brick Hotel. Although clerks in the office of the | building inspector were kept busy this week making out permits for projects of minor value, their records ow that only 28 permits for jobs lued at $1,000 more were issued. Their records also show a decrease of $74.925 under last week’s total, which was §498,325 for 35 permits. The total for this week is $423,400. The Alonzo Bliss Estate is credited with the largest permit and the only one which went over the $75,000 mark. This company is authorized to build an eight-story brick hotel at 43 B street to cost $130,000 Other Prospects Listed. Other new construction or altera- tion projects valued at $1,000 or more, authorized by the building inspector or his representative, are: Frank Cicero, to repair, 442 and 444 Rhode Island avenue; $1,800. D. S. Block to repair, 1768 Q street; $4,000. Fquitable Realty Co., to build three frame dwellings, 3717-21 South Dakota @venue northeast; $4,600. D. C. Gruver, to build two brick dwellings, 1435-37 Shepherd street; $18,000. C. C. Willard estate, to repair, 1822 L street; $5,000. L. H. Russell, to build, 3434 Porter sireet; $10,000. Willtam Bralove, to bulld, 1744 Web- | ster street; $20.000. Willlam Bralove, to erect private garage, 1744 Webster street; $1,000. | G. N. Mas, to build two frame| dwellings, 12335 Yuma street south-| east; $2,000. | G. N. Mas, to build dwellings, 117 and 121 avenue southeast; $2,000 $22,800 Construction. two frame Mississippi | Little & Marshall, to build four frame dwellings, 6001 Second street and 1 5 Peabody street; §22.800. | F. R. Jelleff, to repair, 6 street: $1.000. i F. A" Blundon. to build four brick | dwellings, 3203 to 3209 Porter street: $20.000. J. Woltman, eet; $4.000. J. Wolfman. to erect private ga- rage, 1416 Irving street; $1,000. to repair, 1416 Il-\'mgl H. A. Allen, to build, Tenth sireet morthe: $7.000. American Tce Co., to build, 1200 Upshur street; $5,000. W. F. Brenizer, to repair 3407 K street: §6,000. Frank King. to ect private garage, 720 Girard stree€: $1,300. g H. Thompson, to repair 1203 Pennsylvania avenue: $6,000. 0il Company Improvements. Penn Oil Co., to build, 729 Four-and- 8 half street southwest; $6,000. Penn Ol Co., to build, Bowen and Naylor road southeast; $7,000. J. M. Johnson, to build two frame 1 and 5611 Nevada ave- 00. Achterkerechen. to repair 1 1207 G street northeast: $1,000. Bau & Scholz, to build a four-story brick apartment, 3707 Woodley road; $60,000. 475,000 Miles of Road Surfaced. ‘The United States Department of Agriculture reports between 450,000 and 475,000 miles of surfaced roads in the United States, yet poor roads ave still prevalent in many States. About 40,000 miles are added annually of various tvpes. Brick roads are among the best. The world rubber crop in 1915 w £1,000 tons, from which it advanc 10’ 134,000 iu 1916, 530,000 iu 1913 and R SRS | the property from the Fox Realty Co. PENN GARDENS SOLD: |and unsafe,” Llbert M. Conover, di | rector of the bureau of architecture {of the Methodist Episcopal Church $2,000,000 WORK PLANNED | S5ciis, “fechodist, Eviseopat Chourch, 21 bishops and 478 district superin tendents and made public by the Eleven-Story Building to Be Erect- ed at Twenty-first Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. American Institute of Architects. “Certain calamitous results on ac count of inefficient architectural serv- ice” moved the church bureau to issue a national warning against irresponsi- ble architects and cut rates. Responsi- ble architects, Mr. Conover asserted, are reluctant to enter into church buflding because of the difficulty of competing with “influence.” “Cases have come to our attention where architects promised to plan a building of certain capacity,” says his memorandum. “After the building was constructed, it was found that the rooms were inadequate. A Sunday school room would be marked on the architect’s sketches as having capacity for a certain number. Crowding Necessary. “Every Sunday school worker know that a department room requires a cer tain number of attendant or it One of the large real estate transac- tions of the year took place yes- terday, when Morris Cafritz took over cwnership of Penn Gardens, at Twenty-first street and Pennsylvania avenue. Glving in exchange apartment houses on Spring road. Mr. Cafritz will erect on the site of the Penn Gardens a $2,000,000 11-story building. The Penn Gardens property has been the subject of much discus- sion during the past few years, and there has been many predic- tions as to the ultimate develop- ment of this property, which takes up more than half a biock. A consider- able controversy ranged around it for while in regard to its zoning and re- lted in its being zoned for an 11- story building. Ar. Cafritz purchased will be impossible to do effective work. The architect ir dicated the capacity that would be possible only by placing the pupils close together in chairs making the use of tables or divislons into class groups impossible. ““The same is true of church auditori- ums. When it is stated that a bullding will care for a certain number of peo- ple, one must immediately raise the question as to how many square feet, or how many lineal feet of pew space and the $2,000,000 improvements will be an extensive addition to the recent large developments south of this loca- tion extending down to the Speedway, ‘which has involved the erection of a number of large apartment houses. Woolworth Building Held Eyesore. In a contest held by a London news- | is provided for each sitting. paper the Woolworth Building was| ““We recently saw the wall of a $300, held to be one of the seven syesores|000 new church building of another of the world. denomination lying in ruins because it Massachusetts Park Washington’s most beautiful residential section of detached homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, with six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral aventcs. Over 200 hom:s from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $8,000,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d St. and Cathedral Ave. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED_ 1899 Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 Ty T B e e Avnpremnd 3529 Porter St. N.W. : A DISTINCTIVE SEMI-DETACHED EIGHT- room home. The house is new, and is a striking example of the highest possible attainment in com- pleteness of detail and beauty of construction. There are four bright bedrooms; complete tiled bath with built-in tub and shower, large living room with open fireplace, spacious dining room, glass-inclosed breakfast porch, Frigidaire outside pantry, oak floors, storage hot-water heater. There is a brick garage. Your inspection will convince you of the exceptional value of this home. . PRICED UNUSUALLY LOW Open Sanday 2 to 6 N. L. SANSBURY CO., INC. 1418 Eye St. N.W. Main 5904-5 T IR threatens to become “ugly. inadequate | « > € | so square feet for each | UGLY CHURCH ARCHITECTURE THREATENS TO PREVAIL IN U. S Having Work Done by Irre- sponsible Parties, Willing to Do It Cheaply Says Institute’s Report. h W sufficient ¢ ht of wrehitect de. roof zned an t ch which I saw. The tower f (hi< one had (o be torn down and rebuilt in r to carry the weight of the bell Ian, announcing himself as architect, was utterly deficient in engineering and did not employ on his staff a competent engineer. He sold his services to these churches, how- ever, much to their sorrow and added expense, Architect Referce “The architect is a referee. During the planning and construction of t building. questions constantly - as to materials to be used, the composi. tion of mixtures. and <o forth. The architect is the one to whom all such questions are referred. fe is responsible for seeing that the builder meets every requirement implied in the blue prints a- tions. In certain cases that have come to our attention. the construetion cor pany prepares the plans or empinys e one to do this issed upon by a man known as the rchitect, but actually in the employ of the construction company question is “This, of course, is to the ad ntage of the construction company. The own er is left without an advocate and sometimes must go to the expense of employing additlonal arc hitectural service for his own protection. Need- less to say, this is contrary to the ethical code of the American Institute of Architects. “The matter of recommending an architect involves considerable respon- sibility. Unfortunately for the cause of church building, several architects who have been successful as clever Just completed; beautiful Spanish residence, built of stucco tile roof; over hollow tile, with red Sixteenth street, high above th It has four large, airy bedro floor, with servant’s room and bath on the third floor and lavatory on the first floor. Attractively finished in true Spanish style inside and out. This house can not be duplicated for the price at which we are authorized to sell it. See this house Sund. 10 AM. and 9 L€ BreunanGer &Soxs 706 Colorado Bldg. 4 the | | i BEAUTIFUL HOMES IN THE CAPITAL i SLLEDING Popctt MrrTERYS FTUDY First Floor. MasTERYS - Srr—Room Second Floor. | salesmen have come short of giving |the church the service required and | desirable. ~ Too often churches are e mment of cheapnes ural service and material. and d unsafe buildings, chitects it is highly rour own require architectural sery !in a waste of space ugly, inadequate a In dealing with important to know ments as related to “In this respeci the Bureau of Ar | chitecture can be of service B {knowing the requirements of the | church, its history and aims, and hav- |ing a famillarity with the practice of architecture, the bureau is enabled to bring about’the combination of effort necessary fo satisfactory solution of the building problem. - . Forests can exist only where there is & Summer temperature of 50 de- Eoes and an annual rainfall of 30 o8, I i AR St. N.W. situated just west of e city. oms and two baths on the second between .M. Main 6140 results | COMMITTEE APPRAISING LARGE ST. PAUL AREA The appraisal committee of the St Paul. Minn.. Real Estate Board is App ing for the coun as sessor’s office a section making up ut one-half of the city The appraisal is expected to result in adding to the city's tax rolls thou- mands of dollars representing increased values, since the property to be ap. prafsed is that has had a rapid development in the past few years. Paul and for Ramsey County, in which the city is located, is now be- ing done by the St. Paul Real Estate Board's official appraisal committee, If* you believe in Young Man, A Fine N Even if you haven't can so arrange it that and pay for it like rent. Jenifer Chevy Chase, D. C. These are very well built semi-detached brick homes, containing tile bath with built-in fix in a section of the city | All appraisal work for the city of St. | HOME & GARDEN RECORD BUILDING CONTINUES; JANUARY FIGURES SET HIGH MARK 48 Per Cent Increase Over First Month in 1925 hown for 37 States East of Rockies—Decrease From December, 14 Per Cent. Record construction volume con-| fn the Middle Atlantic States (easterr tinued through January and contracts | Pennsylvania, southern New Je awarded in January in the 37 States Maryland, Delaware, District of Co east of the Rocky Mountains (which | lumbia and Virginia) amounted to include about 90 per cent of the total | $34.649,900. This was a decrease of 4 construction volume of the United | per cent from December, but an i1 | States) amounted to $457,138,600, the | crease of 60 per cent over the preced highest amount ever awarded in the|ing January. The month's record | opening month of any year, according | included: $20,1558,500, or 38 per ce) {to the F. W. Dodge survey. The in-{of all construction,’ for residentia | crease over the preceding January was | bulldings: $4,460,300, or 13 per cent 48 per cent. However, there was a|for commercial buildings: $3,497,500 decrease of 14 per cent from Decem ber, the normal seasonal decrease from December being only 5 per cent. Last imonth's large total included a $50, 000,000 power plant in New York City, or 10 per cent, for industrial bu. and $1,735,160, or 5 per cent, for publ works and utilitie: Contemplated new work reported fu the Middle Atlantic in Janua: which brought New York's January|amounted to $101,0; n increass contracts up to a third of the entire | ©f 33 per cent over ount re contract volume of the 37 States. ported in December of 14 pe Analysis of the January record|Cent over the amount reported i «hows the following important items:| January of last vear $190,847,000, or 42 per cent of all con January construction contraets struction, for residential buildings; | the Pittsburgh district (western Penn $04,676,500, or per cent, for us. | Sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and trial and power plants: 00, | Kentucky) amounted 1o $38, or 16 per cent, for commercial build- [ This was a decrease of 11 lings: 922,200, or 12 per cent, for [ from December and an i 2 | public works and utilities: and $13..| PeT cent over Jur 1346,200, or 3 per cent, for educational | The month’s record 100, or 35 per cent of ; ential build for { buildings. | Contemplated new work veported for the_ 37 es last month amounted . to §$851,590,300, only 6 per cent under | $7.034,600, or the record amount reported in Decem- | WOrks and uti ructio 254.1 buildi ber and 26 per cent more than the r commercial butldinge amount reported in January of iple: Emoy 3 rict in Jar TR ; 00, a dec New York State Work. from the amount r January construction contr ini| ber and of 24 per New York State and northern New | amount reported in Jersey amounted to $195.463,000. the | Year third largest monthly total on record having been exceeded only in August |and December of last year. The Jan- uary total was swelled a $50,000,000 contract for an electric power plant | &R States (the Carolinas, Georgla |in New York City. There was an 8| Fiorida, Tennessee, A | per cent drop from December and & o e |76 per cent increase over the preced ing January. Last month’s record included: § 482,600, or 39 per cent of all con. tion, for residential buildings: b |602.000, or 32 per cent, for industrial| % and power plants; $35,878300, or 18| Public work Iper cent, for commercial buildings, and $9,165.600. or 5 per cent, for public works and utilities Contemplated new work reported in January amounted to $204.305,000, 32 per cent less than the amount reported in December, but 42 |per cent more than the amount re- |5 Jheror o | ported in Junuary of last vear. it | Building and engineering contracts | yiq. ) | month's “re $62.-1 35 per cent were all o Conter for the Scut amounted to $1 of 1 per cent ove | awarded in New England during the | * toamiruction j month of January amounted to $25.- | 4}, fea | 589.600. This was a decrease of 25 | Towa. & iccons | per cent from December, but an in- | gine G | crease f 6 per cent over January of | The month’s record 2 4,000, or 48 per of all construction, for resident buildings; $3.144,000, or 20 per ce for commercial buildings £4.0 or 19 per cent, for industrial bulldings, a $1,179,5 5 per cent, for soc; and recreational projects. Contemplated amounted to a decrease of January |in last month's re for New I nuary merciz $7,175.300 amoun! 1 per | per cent bui - cent over the amount reported in De- | @1d $4.651.800, or 6 per cent, for ed cember 55 per over the |cational bui amount reported in January of last Contemplated new work reporie for jan year. Last month's construc Don’t Let the Cost Worry You | —we’ll arrange the pay part { to your wutmost convenience. ion ! IXING the roof isn't a whim. but a vital necessity if you have proper regard for your property—and to delay only means that a bad matter is growing con- tinually worse. 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Ave. to Harrison St., west to 42d St., thence north to houses, o1 Wisconsin Ave. to Jenifer St., turning east to houses. Sample House Completely Furnished by W. B. Moses & Sons Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. ALLAN E. WALKER & CO., INC. 813 15th St. N.W. Main 2690