Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1926, Page 17

REAL ESTATE. LEE HEIGHTS MODEL ™" \\'oisteis oF consruCTION :£ THE ] and east on Decatur to the ro.xr‘h . H. Small houses at avenue and Queen Co east on Pennsyl- pund the Capitol to strect northeast [Vania_avenue, Maryland avenue northeast, to Eighth To Bmlders, Prospective Purchasers and Others i\, nonh on Bihih 1o Fonds Vs L avenue, Roof Started, General Lmes‘ Apparent, Construction De- ! i | T'he various hou now being con- tails Still Visible. | structed under the pian of the ideal home demonstration sponsored by The Star have now reached a stuge where they will he great value to all those who desire to visit the various projects. To the prospective home purchaser and builder and all interested in the Detterment of homes, these nine | projects now in wvarious stages of progress will prove extremely ia- structive. v roblem that en- ters into the construction of a resi- dence from the row house to s on The » Heights, gned by architect, Ruby Lee 8 ashington beinz erected by enclosed. The is on and over the wide weatherboarding the old Virginia homes, ‘fl"!h d s are closely followed. The | Fésidences, Y oo { dati L. > is now ample it \‘”llhl(l}d(» e rtunity to the various for @ few finishing | JORRCU T, Tndicate the well de- © two freplaces. one In the | signed and well built home. District U roin the | Uhlials, architeets, builders and 3 fhose with a large knowledge of building have expressed interest in ouses, a visit to which will | the layman plenty of oppor- {unity to learn of house construc- tion. home is entire ion sheathis Routes to Model Homes. | The directions to the various proj- | ects follow The best way to reach the Breuning- | er detached homes at Thirteenth | street, Hemlock ng from The Star office, on Pennsylvania aven ight out venue, just , north on on the ite from t's de- ise by | picket | He family | Lo Lafayet teenth street to . above Walter Reed I AI\\L« avenue to He N. Miller fourth place hey Will Prove Instructive in Various Phases of House Planning. chusetts avenue; setts avenue to Thirty-fifth street. house at Lee Heights, Va.: on Pennsylvania avenue to M street; | ang at the right to the Lee Highway und | feilan proceed two and a half miles to the [y Lee Heights off Church or Fairf non statio bifice, v minutes. The Stambaugh Construction C detached house in Wynnewood Park | sf th Brookfield pike, Colesville pike to the property, Wynne- wood Park, neur Silver Spring, Md.|on Rhode Island avenue to A bus running out Sixteenth street | street, marked “Four Cornel vey visitors to this site. transfer to this line. To reach the row houses at Decatur between Fourth | and Fifth streets: Pennsylvania street, Vermont avenue, out Vermont avenue | can be to Sherman avenue, out & nue to New Hampshire avenue and | of the recent decline out New Hampshire avenue to Grant Circle. avenue, to Sherman Circle, from Sher- | too appurent, | ined will o detal of its heen covered up and it is possible nterested in home-build hemselves how @ house ind to inspect the wid the quality of the | d Fairfax and Penn setts avenue setts thence west on Cathedral avenue to Forty-fourth | Block on For | thorne street bus, leavin also um ke visitors direct to Wes: reet, from The Pennsylvania ave- || 50 W to Twenty-second street; north Twenty-second street to ) northwest on ) avenue to Cathedral place, and south one irth place to Ha The Wesley Heigh ventieth and P streef Middleton detached | rty-fifth stregt and Mas. avenue to West Virginia | north on West Virginia avenue north- east six blocks to the property. An alternate route would be to go | north on Eleventh street to K, east == on K street to Eighth street north horth on Eighth to Florida ave- a avenue, one block wvenue and Six west_on Massachu o ‘the Ruby Lee Minar detached | t0ocmert Vi iy The Walter Dun Longfellow & t on M street to the Key Bridge: | pennsylvania avenue to Iourteenth ss the bridge ,into Virginia: turn | sireet; north on Fourteenth to Long- street, east on Longfellow street to FIfth street and the site. A e. By bus: The Falls | Fourteer e o e enth street car will goto Fifth directly opposite The AT | lock s ) ! to Tee. Hioights eve I block south to Fifth and Longfellow 30 | str The W. cated at Walter Vaughn houses, lo- Thirteenth and Upshur ts northeast, can be reached by be reached by going 5 ng the Brookland street car at ¢ Pennsylvania av e to Eleventh anidl G streets, three blocks street, north on Sixteenth north of The Star office. Get off at 4 avenue, out Alaska avenue to | Twelfth and Michigan avenue north- istrict line; continue on to the | east thence east on the| By auto go north on Eleventh street to Rhode Island avenue, east First on First street to Michigan avenue, past the Soldiers’ Home and the Catholic University, continue on Michigan avenue to Thirteenth street \fritz operatiof of |and one block north to the site. " also will con- All busses Proceed west on R Twelfth | Judging 1 to | security the drastic decline in N in trade X rproduction erman ave- | seems to have been the chiel cause in commodity prices. Sentiment was too optimistic From Grant Circle to Illinois | the first of the year: now it is pessimistic.—Moody’s Investors’ Circle to Kansas avenue, to De-' Service. avenue to north on Twelfth street EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, finance the given in 1 association's Practice, 1 of Owning Priced Home, {and Kennedy streets, then walk one | Moffett of Minneapolis. .- .C Announces Other Recent Publications. rd: SATURDAY, PAMPHLET OUTLINES HOME -BUYING PLANS Realtors’ National Association Also | ”"u ry Brigham, \\h of Community Industrial " by Charles P. Wood of Am» Yor City. senting Industrial Advantages v,” by Robert M. Yeomans, To- ge pamphlet recently | ational Assoclation of | y v reprint from the | 138t MAY 8. 1926. Othér pamphlets recently issued by the national ass clation are: “Small House Bosten. e Bonds,” S. First Mort Minneapolis. ate Licen: rislation,” Joseph K. e 1arm land Dealer and the tgage Banker,” ¥. C. Waples, C Rupids. srepuration of Copy for Newspa Construction,” by | moderate Brittain, Chi- | banking situation and rates for money |in | continue favorabls factor: tical Organization, Inc. REAL ESTATE. ON SUBDIVISION PLOTTING “Real Estate Board Activities, 1du cation ‘md Finance,” by I, U. Nelson, *hi —_— 4 Its Legislative Contrul, Heights and Other Topics Dis- cussed at Conference. cial Services to Board Mem. by Richard Endicott, jr., of St. Petersburg, Fla. “Real Estate Education,” by H. U Nelgon, Chicago. Building { | | The plotting The present outlook is for a further | o recession in prices. Production should at high leveis for the present dence to support a mild recession o later is developing. Despite decline in | stocks and weak commodity prices the immediate outlook 1s for sustain- | such pl modity sl Jntinue | trolled by law, v Evi- | fornia member tion of Real | State-wide two-day ference just conclude: Lo: ed business activity.—United Busi- | onference was called by the Cali ness Service. | fornia Real Fstate Association. T MBS T T {took up building setbacks and the | auestion of building heig tion is_oc- | tion of how . The | be limited, t metropol Accumu- | principle of zional pl: | proper rn ety s Boards planning cor shoult e motor bus Economical finfi& ¢ Luxury LOMES The beautiful Tile Walls and Floors in The Star’s Model Homes are luxurious indeed. but cost less in the long run because they are EVERLASTING. A more healthy stabi curring in general conditions. participation Babson Statis late cash now for futur: in the stock market.- Marble—Mosaics—Terrazzo Tiling—Ceramic—Fireplaces UNITED STATES TILE AND MARBLE COMPANY, Inec. 1553 9th Street N.W. 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