Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1926, Page 22

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENIN STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, 3 REAL MAY 22 ESTATE, PROGRESS IS MADE IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE _STAR’S MODEL HOMES WORK ADVANCES ON MODEL HOME Stairway Completed and Up- per Floor Trimmed in Alaska Avenue House. work o The smonstration house on Alaska and Thirteenth has pid progress under the ef. L Breuninger & Sons. rcase is now eompleted, af- \ccess to the up- trimmed throoms, and floor for in departure from the | tile_ ordinarily accepfable to all undeniably imparts an h of atiractive color arden-surronnding house last week street comfortable which riso 1 is now o two wall 1y wed with colored re This tional white may not bat it ional tou whick now mpletion of the east covered the space in its \fforded the op he inside of the 1 commodious cedar closet, ed throughout with a lin: fragrant ved cedar. —This should prove a t con ~ on the second floor, supple- large square cedar closet Perhaps it .is unwise uch publicity to the a wall safe, will be addi by being con hanging clothing. wchind the ure ie huilt into anoth- | These uneasiness feel concerning sets in this house. mway with any ipants ‘might les first story ide the the walls in inated. in om. by the zned mantel. finnked on French s opening nd extending to the a_small wood erown mold While the full effect of ement cannot now be the absence of the color of the 1 clear a o completion AfTord: I rooms the liv I porch, with w in | built by | : rommunity group of The Star’s ideal homes demonstratios W i. L. Rodier. This project was the last of the demonstrat! WESLEY HEIGHTS MODEL HOME FIRM Even Soil Underneath, In- terior Walls and Roof Marked by Solidity. In the construction of The Star's Georgian detailed model house in Wesley Heights, desigried hy Delos H. Smith, architect, and now being erect- ed by W. . and A. N. Miller. build strength and durability. Before the foundations were buily the soil itself was tesied and found firm and solid ntain the loads to he put upon . The concrete footings were then poured wide and fhick to make a proper base for the brick walls. All the brickwork has heen set in cement and thordughly honded, that bearings for floors and roof are g started and N Iora!ed at I"{Hh xml lA z(v v Automobile Routes to Star Model maodel | ginia east. may street avenue at designed by The routes to the various home projects are as follows No. 1 stucco home heing Breuninger & Sons Thirteenth street J. Wilbur street northeass street to6 Florid block south: Virgini Virgin site to Eighth north on_ Kighth avenue. thence one on Flovida avenue to West avenue, proceed on West avenue six blocks the Queen street, The colonial | erected by L. | at Hemlock street, jand Alaska avenue tor Mindeleff, may ing directly out designed by be reached by go Sixteenth street to Alaska avenue just above \Walter Reed Hospital. north on Alaska ave nue to the intersection of the three sireets, where the property is located. Neo. | To reach the W. (. & A. | property at the southwest Hawthorne street and I ce. go wesi on Pennsylv e to Twenty-second street, wenty-second street 1o Mas avenue, northwest on \Ma avenue 10 Cathedral avenue Cathedral avenue to Forty-fourth place, thence south on Forty-fourth nace one block to Hawthorne street [ he Miller house. designed by Delos Smith, of Gregorian style, i he | built of brick. No. 8. group consisting « ‘ted by Walter tta Park at Fift streets, designed b L. Rodier, may be reached h north on Sixteenth street t avenue. northeast on 1venne 1o Georgia avenue, the =outh 1o Longfellow stree Longfellow street to Kift where property is houses will he of the sem The 14 house munity er | 2 Longfellow N. Miller corner of riy-fourth nia ave north on, chusetts | on chusetts west on hese de and feature a ‘“three-in-a-row" house embodying Italian architectur No. 9. The \W, Walter Vaughn houses, d gned by W. H. L. Fleming, at Thi; Homes Outlined in Convenient Form Queen street north- Smith, he reached by going east on K on A Cal located. | ched and community group style. | type of .| continuous down to the native earth. | All rafters of the roof are tied not PLASTERERS AT WORK {2tk tins hesiee. Sveinrite o ON STAR MODEL HOME support for the att These rafters must be he: | i In this connection it is pointed out Colonial House at Lee Heights, Va., | that the requirements for any roofing : material are permanency as well as Nears Completion—Many water-tightness. Where the material chosen has a life of only a few years. Visitors See It. the cost of repair and upkeep consti- hl | tutes &' wasteful drain upon the i | t pocketbook; but with a good slate roof well flashed, the matter of upkeep may be practically forgotten, it brought out by the builders. “The plasterers have come on the {ioh at The Star model home. which < heing erected hy Ruby Lee Minar t Lee Heights, Va. Lathing, which was started last Monday, was entirely | completed vesterday. allowing the hiwork on the first coat of plaster to Y | & at once V| The electiicians and plumbers did 9 the “roughing-in” an their work du; ing the week. another feature of the construetion which had to be out of the way before the plastering hegan. The second coat of paint is on the house and the garage, the brick porch | floor has been laid and the attractive the interior partitions are as firmly buflt as the exterlor walls, and each bears a part of the total load. Lum- ber for partitions and floors is placed 50 that end wood is in hearing wher- aver possible, for the shrinkage of a timber sideways is great and must be guarded against, so that the finished building may not show cracks and sagging floors. When a firm structure such as this has been erected the finishing en velope of plaster and wood trim may be completed with good results. but without the proper substructure the final result is bound to he inferior, however ornamental it _ma o n| 4. | h lines of a completed residence are he- | coming apparent. Tt will be possible to do the grading about the house next week. The landscaping then will follow. °| " Many persons have shown their in- S the architect. in desizning the house, home by their ers, the first considerations have heen | hxK A Visit to this house will show that | surface to walk on. It may be noisy, or it may be qulet: it may be tiring to walle on, or it may be resilient and comfortable; it may be treacherously slippery, or it may be vielding to the COPPER FOILS LIGHTNING. The best protection against light- ning 1s afforded by the copper light- ning rod installation. For the ordi- nary dwelling. however, the best pro- tection against a lightning belt is a copper roof, with copper leaders and gutters properly connected and grounded. Copper is_the, best conductor of | electriclty. The capper lightning rod or the roof-gutter-leader-to-ground combination affords the best possible protecifon against lightn Copper will not 1 Therefore | used as above, once installed, it will | | provide adequate ° protection from | | lightning as long as the home stands. | Corrodible metals, besides heing | greatly inferior conductors of slectric- | ity, are certain to ruat and like as not | fall you just at the time vou need | them most. i ment given only by | s . d esigns. | Persia to Make Paper. The Persian government has de. | cided to expend not more than $400.- | 000 for the purchase and building of a | Tiling — government printing planl Pmablllhm last vear. | New Inurelt in Floors. . i Only in recent vears there has heen awakening a new interest in floors, After all a floor is more than a mere | " 4 At Every one interested T'he Star’s Model Home at l.ee HHeights, \ of compliments already on the quality Marble — Mosaics — eramic — Fireplaces | LEE HEIGHTS, VA. home building is invited to inspect the progress of its construetion. tread: it may be easily roughaned, full of cracks, insanitary and hard te kee) clean, or it nay ha smooth. witheut : always sanitary and easy w n spick-and-span order. The Finest Homes in America— Are incomplete without that srlnt of refine- tiled walls and floors. Breakfast rooms, porches, kitchens and bathrooms are made artistically beautiful | by the use of tile in its varied colors=and Terrazzo UNITED STATES TILE AND MARBLE COMPANY, INC 7 1553 9th Street N.W. Potomac 519 You Are Invited to Inspect THE STAR’S MODEL HOMES \We have received many followed the lines of the small homes that were built frequently in the Colonial days of Virginia terest in the model inspection from_time to time as con- truction prog Ward Brow! Its type of architecture i< old Virginian and it is being built to last as long as some of the old \'irginia hnrm < that were hmlt many vears ago and are still standing today. . See the Model Home today or tomorrow and then inspect it again when it is completed and decorated and when it has been further beautified by the No. 3. The Hedges & Middie designed by Robert is ot | colonial type and will be built of stone. | hirty-Afth teenth and Upshur streefs northeast may be reached by going out Vermont avenue to Thomas Circle, northea on Rhode Island avenue to Thirteenth street northeast, thence nerth on ‘Thirteenth street to Upshur street where the houses are to be erected.! These houses are of the English cot- | oodwork, a med of the silities of such indeleff, the archi- . is taking special | This house is located street and Massachusetts avenue. It may be reached by going west on Pennsylvania a\-~nue to Twenty-| home. tect for this hou interest in the working out of these | interior effects, as well as of the garden, with reference always to the unifving of indoors and out. for which this project affords exceptional opportunity WYNNEWOOD PARK MODEL HOME RUSH ED| Rapid Progress Made in Con- struction—Second Floor Trim- ming Now Under Way. the pace set at the start, tion of The Star'’s model near £il- s proceeding rapidly to he cement floor in the finished. the concrete - of ,the porch of the garage is in place, is completed, and the on the floor is Continnin ormation of visitors, who invited to inspect the house & v time, the following de- seription of the work vet to be done follows: The entrance steps and’ plat- form are to be of brick and the wood- en porch columns rest on cement bases t v of decay i with outside blinds. standing trim is to be of \\IlllP pine finished in enamel. Tha fireplace fac ing and hearth wi he colonial brick. The finish flooring of the first floor will be clear white oak. The have oak tread; white balus and hrown mahoc handra A ms is the chitect nul the | Conatrietion the stairs tors., . Staml builder Huge Engineering Contracts, engineering let in the The in eonstriction contraets Tnited States since the year iz approaching the hilllon mark and continues to show a gain over last The mo tracts inclnding consty from <um invelved vear. let, ction 0 al 1 to date a total of corresponding period Of the sum in- voived went WHERE CAN YOU FIND A “Four-Bedroom Brick Home With a large Side Yard #An a Community of Open Spaces At a Modesate Price? MICHIGAN PARK 13th and Upshur Sts. SUNSHINE HOMLS Have a Tiving Room feet by 17 feet Four Bedrooms Dining and Sleeping Porche Lots, 32x100 Over,-100 Sold 1 Telephone or Call for Booklet W. Walter Vaughn Potoy 15 Bullder - Owner Rizgs Semme Dupont 1 The interior northeast on Vermont avenue to first of the | value of con- | classes of | 874,000 | second street, norti. on Twenty-second 'A8€ “’|‘° <1unle—\~ srvlp street to Massachusetts avenue. north | west on Massachusettx avenue to SUBURBAN RESIDENCES | Thirty-fifth street. to the site. No. 4. The detached frame house to he erected in Lee Heighs. Va.. by Ruby Lee Minar was designed by Ward Maddux, Mnr-h:]l Mos:hx,uM Brown | This is a typical Virginia style res Report Increasing Popularity | dence. To reach this property go west | on Penns; ania avenue to M street | west on M street to the Key Rridge | Increasing | eross the bridge into Virginia, turn to| yesidential property is the right to the Lee Highway. proceed | Maddux. shall. Moss 213 miles to Lee Heights. in annonncing recent sales of close t No. 3. p,000 ‘The house being erect Wynne. | ! wood Park, Silver Spring. Md.. hy the Stambaugh Construction Co. is of | colonial style, designed by Percy ¢ Adams. This home may be reached | by going directly north on Sixteenth |} street to Alaska avenue. out Alaska avenue to the District line, continue ! north on Georgia avenue extended | o known as Brookville pike: thence east on the Colesville pike fo the site in | Wynnewood Park. No. 6. of Outlying Districts. popularity of suburba h of this firm, Edgemo and Garrett Park. Included in the list of reacent pu through this firm are 1. ¥. house in Battery 8. Foster, lots in Fdgemoor; Luetzenkirchen. bungalow in Ba y Parl H. Hites, house in Ba ¢ Park: 1L D. Heaton, et northeast; ty. lot in Battery Parl rence Pilsbury, 1203 Holly street: Mrs L. G. King, oiain Battery Park The Cafritz Construction Co. proj- | L. Leitch, house in Garrett Park; U ect consists of a row of houses in ban AMacMillan, house in Garre varied designs. giving each one an|Park: Joseph H. J. Nestor, house i individuality all its own. These|Garrett Park: D. G. Bissett, house i houses were designed by ,Louis Juste- | Garrett Park: Col. Dabney Maury, | ment. They are being erected at De.|in Edgemoor; I.. M. Grant, house | catur between Kourth and FifthBattery Park; Winfield Preston, streets. To reach this site proceed|in Battery Park: W. C. Beck. house i Park; Capt. awthorne ¢ lot In Garrett Park: J ¢, jr.._house in Garrett Park | 1da avenue, continue north on Florida | | avenue 1o Sherman avenue, out Sher. | He: man avenue to New Hampshire| | avenue, turn northeast on New Hamp | shire avenue to Grant Circle, from | Grant Circle go north on Tlinois | avenue to Sherman Circle, continue | north on Tllineis ayenue o Decatur | past on Decatur to The site. l’lpenng-—l’amtmg—Awmnxs There is no fob you want done too ama for us to handis. Awnings carefnlis m | and reconditioned. Estimates cheert | siven——reasonable prices. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 1 henses being on West Vir “I'he group of coloni | il by small How o Avoid a Costly Third Mortgage HROUGH the use of permanent materials, it is possible to avoid &x- cessive upkeep and mainte- nance expenses which are a never ending drain upon the owner of the poorly con- structed house. R FFor that reason it is ine economy to have vour house roofed with a Marriott Slate or Tile Roof. These roofs are fireproof, and ever- lasting. Wil have roof: choracteristic Marviort. Irom the dollars-and-cents standpoint, a Marriott Roof will enable you to escape from the heaviest of burdens —the third mortgage of ex- cessive upkeep and mainte- nance. WILLIAM H. MARRIOTT SLATE AND TILE ROOFER 2909 O Street Northwest Most of the zales were in three communities under control Battery Parl i Park: w 1156 Morse Miss Louise Daugh- Capt. Law- | Tots M% BOUGHT IN NORTHWEST; 4 reported by | & Mallor: k . t t s. tt n n n | Tots | } ni i wly ISCRIMINAT- ING well -known builders recom- mend Fries, Beal and Sharp Service plus courteous treatment. It is significant that we were chosen to su-pply the gen~- eral building materials in more than half of The Star's Model Homes. Fnes, Beal and Sharp Co. 734 lOth St. N.W. 4th and S:Sts. N.E. Sth and T Sts. N.E. Mni. 1964 landscaping that is planned. Inquire at l.ee Heights office for 1 ocation of M Drive Out Tomorrow Lee Mighway and drive 205 miles to Lee Helghis tnen right enl Honse.” ears to tuke e Rey Bridge AV nte b od 2 Developer of Lee Heights on the Lee 1405 New York Ave. bility, environment and See oite of the de- tached Model Hr.mcn sponsored -The . Evening < tar, carefully constructed by us on this tract, s Inspect the new, recently completed 8- room detached home at— 7602 Alaska ‘Avenue Open From 9.4 .0 706 Colorado Buildmg will Realtors Shepherd Park Be a Community odel Home. Highway Main 1144 Location Prestige and Construction Quality Superb sites for the comprise ‘this tract unrivaled for accessi- finest type homes location prestige— Many model homes will be built in Shepherd Park. Our selection by The Evening Star as builders of one of their de- tached model homies is an endorsement of the proven practicability of Breuninger building activities. Inspect today the sample home at— 7707 13th Street N.W. M. 109 PM. Other Breumnger-bul)t homes are under construction here. They will soon be completed. Visit here today. Drive out 16th Street to Alaska Ave: nue, thence to 13th Street. & Breuninger & Sons Or phone Main 6140 Ideal- Homes