Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 32

\TODEL SECTION FRENCH ADOPTING U. 5. HOME PLANS American Conveniences Ap-| peal to Other Nations. Says Architect of District. HOME BY A L. HARRIS, 1 Al ' District | | g0 a Munieipa! Some time told an inte bullding of rance. Fre se areas with ouges, containing ience: ooms Frenchman ting story about the i the ited areas of proposed by | vel W conven- | citizens. | vigor- | differ d lived | 1 was so determined that the governm was notitled th people would not accept the dwe After cons ahle tion. ernment tinally mined build houses as plan When they | were complets moved into the me they were e duced to§ houses. v modern sanitary ete. The protested bailding h in which they i const dete o a s so enthusiastic about | wt the 1 not be in wrn to the former type ..rJ b, change These unu: Ame Ideas Spread W.HC L Fle pal semi-detached model homes are located at Thirteenth ng and constructed by Walter Vaughan THE EVENING ILDETACHED American house building, American | fdeas and American ideals of housing and house equipment are permeating | vhole of Burope. American homes 1sses are vule, much conventent and muc better - of Europe. Thi due to the de and newer S civilizati Nowhe time in good livin to so 1 there Home country conves ing of unces. than : congidered how world and at mankind have en obtainable in the United States. | as practiced in this | s arrangement and | ind the furnish- | BY W. H. I. FLEMIN( | caving appli. | ATchitect for The Star's Mode! Semi-detached | Houses never been bette present time. When it is many men are devot ing their ire tine to the produc. tion of compact, completely equipped houses. vou cannot wonder at the re sults ol Result of Compe! In the smaller types of houses much credit for better housing conditions is due to the real - operator and investment builder. vied with each other maximurm number of conveniences at the minimum expense. They have de- ! veloped floor plans which utilize space to the best possible advantage and have introduced features whic added to the usefulness and attractive- ness of the ho without dispropor: tionately increasing the cost. It is a fact that the interior of the house has received wre thought than the terior. W this is true, and no ¢ will_begrudge these men any of the credit that is due them. there is much that may still be done to improve this type of t Exterior i Group in Michigan Park, Row Houses—Cost of 1 oon hor The purpose of the semi-detached houses built part_of The Star’s demonstration at Thirteenth _and | { Upshur streets northeast is to afford | more light and air and greater feeling | of space than in possible in a row | | house. This, on aceount of a neces- | garily greater lot frontage and greater | outside wall area. means a more costly home than a row hi of the same | shape and > floor area and cubiic contents, 1 the houses of this type being built igan Park one will find that nd disposition not only of | ient within the house but | ‘en houses has been | | fected to such an ex-| tent that each and every element is | of ample size and yet of the minimun size that produces the feeling that it | is ample, without a square foot of | space. They have been studied | with the greatest care for comfort and | convenience, in the disposition of the | parts, in providing wall proper position for furniture and | fixtures, and the various appliances | and contrivances that eliminate useless | g0 has also made great {effort for occupants, strides, hut there is room for| The model houses occupy the north study. particularfy in the row house.|east corner, thus affording an east, {reatment of the individual unit | gouth and west exposure for the cof ‘ ts for little in this type of house | ner house. careful consider has been | The front dvor enters directly to the grouping the entire!the living room. which is not part for in the composition of the larly objectionable, and is offset by t real interest is given to the |larger living room than would individual umt possible with a hall entrance. 1t is possibic to a type of development b application of the house should be pl ing lin By setting houses back much more variety could be obtained and more attractive lawns could be developed. Detachéd Houses Studied. Detached houses are also receiving e rr | the spact | studied and p into | given "u- row, E be | Living Room Large. | ! The living room is 15 feet 2 inches, iby 17 feet. From the living room one !looks through wiae openings through | the dining room and rear glass-in- closed porch into the garden beyond, | thus giving a_feeling of greater space | {than the walls of the building would indicate. On one side of the living| room is a fireplace with ample flue | careful study, especially with relation |and ash pit opening. The facing and to the most desirable exposure. It |hearth are of brick, with a stock wood | i8 no longer considered necessary to|mantel of good design and the inside place the main rooms on the street | of the fireplace is lined with firebricks. front. hine, provailing breczes. | The hearth is depressed slightly below cutlook over a garden. view of a river [the finished floor, thus permitting wax- o landscape often determine the lo-|ing of the floor without marring the cation of the principal rooms. It is|hearthand washing of the heurth with- better to place the kitchen on the jout marring the waxed floor and street front it thereby it is possible toobviates the eventual lowering of the provide more pieasing conditions for | floor from the hearth on account of the important_rooms. shrinkage. The fireplace is flanked on lopment in connec- | both sides by low windows, affording any building or groups of |an outlook in two directions for the should receive the most care- [added enjovment of those who are on. Much may be add. |seated before it. Opposite the fire hitectural design by a [place is ay in the plastered well studied lundscape setting. The | Wall giving access to the stairway to converse it also true. A good house | the second floor. may lose much by the lack of a proper | On the landing at the foot of the and adequate seiting. E stairs s a_cont closet with mirrored | What chit s distin.(door and u light. The stairs three| guished y It is the j@nd a half feet wide in the clear, have | proper ay ‘all the elements | the generu! effect of ampleness. of a building Any buildin of First Floor. be it cotta to be well de signed must tal| A feature of the first floor is conditions 'st b {porch to the rear of the dining room, o arranged on in | which is finished on the inside with all of its part ‘and | plastered walls and ceiling. Cisement ans | windows on three sides furnish a use- build- ' tul space overlooking the garden and the porch could be used as a break- sitting room or for flowers, This porch extends floors, finished the same fon both flours and heated. \The kitchen is equipped with a | cablnet, zas range, one-piece enamel ron sink with drainboard, back and | swinging faucet, and reirigerator, hich i iced irom the covered kitchen ch, w outside stairs 1o gard e second tloor accominodates four bedrooms with closet space and bath | room and the rear glass-inclosed porch are in- i pich can be used as sleeping porch dinal,, g Two of the hedrooms to this| vigorou ful cons ed to the - Feature . o that, it will in’ the most direc manner, direct as 1« one part of nd economic he inimum ti the p ended. S so the v ts windows when assembled shall present @ pleasing and harmonious whole, economical 1as 1o mount | fast room, us desired through tw Need of Pleasi De ' 2 Eye. ¥ access hy ther wied attempt to's0 o the various requiretnents of a b that they wiil not only serve th tical purposes which the tended, but will also be expre: manner pleasing to th A bullding may bullt; it may hav alr; it may be w all ‘the physic that which n at it s not It is gra hetter homie and thoro together a produce the best idc and the opera througho uaration of actual builds been most su The Stur its public spirit; the ers deserve to b their broadr titude and the a thought- be substantially | oyble hed and the fourth a single plenty of light and | b4 “he bathroom has a window on | heated and satisfy {pa” guiside wall, a built-in_tub with Lneeds, but af it lacks {gower above, white tile floor and kes it pleasing to 100K | wainscoting. and a built-in white rehitecture {enamel iron medicine cabinet. The ng Lo se 5| | be The Star nscientiou 1o gather talent to combine | 1de ed | wad vadlable: whic will of investment b The See This Perfected Qil Burner IN THE Hedges & Middleton Star’s Model Home 35th and Mass. Ave. BAKE Automatic Oil “In Washington's Finest Homes” anifes; pe the pro he plans of factory descrves great credit for | investment build- congratulated on generous at- architects deserve credit for the spirit of unselfish help- fulness and interest in the problems undertaken. It is to be hoped that the work begun will be fruitful in similar undertakings in the future. STAIRWAY AT SIDE. Plan Allows View Through House | on Massachusetts Avenue. houses, has ! in_the ! id Mas- | aced so Tnstead of model house sachusetis that it will face the front door and form the main part of the hallway, | it has been placed to the side of the | hall in the middle of the house, thus | making possible a center hell plan, | with a splendid vista from the front | door through to the back garden. The stairway in this house is not minimizeds It is a beautifully curved URNE Wallace Engineering Co. | witk HOMES GIVE as Compared With Usual Construction Greater. house is heated with hot water and is equipped with an automatic water heater. In the basement is an 18-foot garage, bullt largely under the rear glazed porch and occupying less than one- fourth the basement under the main portion of house. The garage' is served by concrete runway with slight incline to the street in the rear. At the opposite end of the basement from the heating boiler is a two-piece laun- dry tub, with ample window light. The whole basement has a concréte floor and is amply lighted with outside basement windows. y Must Justify Cost. In approach the prob] designing a ser hed ha the point of exterior appearance, a neighborhood where the market for house of low cost, the matter of expense is of prime consideration and the greatest care must he exercised that every element which would in- s se the cost must he well jus in be treated as the front, naturally quires a more expensive exterior a row house, and in ma “tions. on account of limited market condition: the builder is ipelled the simplest roof construc: This usually results in roofs of a|mer | single pitc almost flat, with effort at adornment on the front, and on a whole results square box effect with no pa interest in the sky line. are a demonstration of wh done with common brick in facing walls as subsiitute for face brick With a mi arch and red by mixed { int colored a T surprisingly color and tex much less with + slight street in a rather rich buff pleasing appearance ture is obtained at a than would possille face ment is possibiy and appropriate Jitecture chosen This type of w more _harmonious with the style for the modei hc with some other types. In the mode! house it was decided to add to the cost of the house in order to demonstrate what could be done with the roof treatment, with the purpose in mind that such an expendi- ture would be justified and ciated by the prospective pus for the reason that in a climate such as prevails in Washington during four months of the year it is important to have a large air space ventilated with cross drafts above the second floor ceiling to make that floor as comfortable as possible during the warm weather. With a skyline broken by gables and chimneys in a pleasing relation, an effect can be produced which is impossible with the flat roof. box-like type of house, par- ticularly where a number of such houses occur in a single block. Advantage of Rear Porches. A similar argument was advanced in regard to the rear porches, which in this case were entirely finished inside and outside with casement win- dows on three sides, affording attrac- tive living places where the occupant can enjoy a view of the garden, the out-of-door air and sunshine accessi- ble from both floors of the house. These porches also present an attrac- tive view from the rear and sides and effectually screen the kitchen porch so that the latter can be seen only directly from the rear. The result is that the houses are virtually all front and the four sides are equally attrac- tive. With the trees which have heen carefully protected, the garden fur nishes an admirable opportunity’ and Star Model Homes West Virginia Ave. & Queen St. N.E. North of Florida Ave. and 9th St. Built by C. H. Small & Co. These homes will be completed July 10th and ready for occupancy. Built with the same workmanship and quality that has characterized our homes for years, we will be proud to PROPER LIGHT, AIR AND SPACE| itied. | This type of house, in which at least | ace in its| three-fourths of the exterior wall must | re- | than | icular | that they These houses | houses—they are 1t can be [ matchless institut and | ¢ than it would be | STAR. WASHINGTO INTEREST IN MODEL HOMES IS GREAT | (Continued from Page Twenty-nine.) i Architect Outlines Advantages Afforded by Model | it e oy ieh ot e 'l‘lm\" | the Washington tk e to plead the t is to be. ause of hetter dwell They are to declare what {be done. Whatever they teach, w {ever they make known of the mate. rial on a few hundred feet of earth, with the familiar materials of house build ing and with such outlay of money as the individual can afford, will be so much on the credit side of the seeing band who are responsible for | them It needs be said the architects and builders that they do not pretend or suppose that they have attained to final perfection in these houses. They believe, and with good reason, that the houses represent the zenith of what is known today as it.applies to the building of houses in such |places as these occupy and within {the compass of cost which they de | scribed for themselves. They have no r that a generation or a century or any span wf time will make their work “seem anything less than good. But they do expect and knowledge will grow and the re ment of art and craft incre that future generations of 8 will be able to surpass them, even as have surpassed the achievements tever has heen of the houses. whatev ¥ noted of th fineness, has heen un: {true to the subject if it has given the thought to the reader that th e of them, will be a sigr of the man of means, man of culiure, lets latter be seen and leaves the fo to be inferred, or disregarded of slight importance, so these hous make 1o parade of their exclusiven thut they do declare to the eing ey are meant to be more than meant to bhe those ns which houses | shelter and conserve, and also in some sort mold and develop—that they are |meant to be American homes. | Never was one stone set upon an- |other for a worthier purpose. It is | something new for homes to be built |to the end that makers of other homes |shall see them and be stimulated by them to build better in their turn. For |that is one of the reasons. Rarely has anything more timely been un- dertaken, and the attention shown to the work to this time, and the visible results already achieved, make sure the proposition that it is destined to fulfill the highest expectations of its author and its sponsors. STONE WORK EFFECTIVE. Detached House Shows Proper Blending of Colors. The stone work on the colon tached house which is part of Star's model homes demonstration at Thirtyfifth and Massachusetts ave- nue, has been given much attention, The stone was gathered from three quarries so that a proper blending could be made. The best workmanship possible was | employed to lay the stone, and the result has been a beautiful exterior on the house. The stone work goes completely down to the concrete foun dations and forms the main part of | the garage and basement walls be. sides the superstructure. of the size has heen Colonial de. inducement for the planting of foliage and flowers. The remaining problem was to de- sign the house in good proportions and pleasing outline and arrange the windows and doors in such a way as to give proper wall space on the in side. To the casual observer the ex- terfor is given the appearance of a single house, but on_closer observa- tion reve two individual ance. Gallaudet Park - display them to the public. Turn north at Florida of Gallaudet College. Main 6861 923 12th St. Main 183 structure, which comes into promi- nence from the middle of the house and provides a charming and attrac- tive addition to the artistic planning of the residence, Realtors—Builders 925 15th St. N.W. anl n | wonders which can be wrought | STAR HOMES PONT The | and Upshur streets. They were designed | | houses, | cach with an equal claim to import- | 1 ave. and- West Va. ave., just east H. Small & Co. | shown by various groups SATURDAY. left to right: Maj. R. A. Wheeler, former Assistant Engineer Com- Horace W. Peaslee, secretary of ti Tustitute of Architects. Lower, left to righ tary of the Operative Builders’ Association of the Disrict of Columbia; Ger- teude Morrison Fisher, personal representative of demonstrati JUNE 26, 1926. Star Ideal Home in The fdeal home being bullt the auspices of The Star by W. A. N. Miller in Wesley Heights is very rapidly approaching completion This Georgian home doue in the style of an Annapolis colonial house is of | brick resembling the old hand-made ck with sanded surface and bonded together with a light 1fiortar joint 1 % exterior of the house is pract | rally completed at this t the rough grading having been ge iy done and the terr formed for the rear or garden side, with the exception of | the f the front ent m..; way znd the sun dial, which is to be erected on the south wall of the house | above the rear door to the garden The slate has not vet been placed | upon the roof, but this is expected to | be done at once On the inside | plastering has oak floors have he the trim has be civcular stairway is at th ing completed. This circular | way arising from the entr one of the mosi beautiful features of | the building, being a_continuous spiral from the first to the second floors, | | with a niche on the stairs for decora- | | tive purposes. The third floor of the | building, which ix to be one large | C. & under i of reen the b the | completed, the v laid throughout, | erec 8 he =1 tola « SECTION. Wesley Heights Is Rapidly Approaching Completion that may be used for a ball- library, is entirely finished off, the painting’ work having been comp! -, All of the work on the second floor, except the finishing of the floors and the finishing hardware, is done, and the cel work is finished. The pa v has begun his work h and another week will probably the completed residence, except furnishings The spec room room or co the 1 features of this home which T ar wishes to eall to the attention of its readers are: The large room on the top floor previous!: mentioned. the master's bedroom the second floor with private batl the circular stairway above referred to, the servant's quarters provided the ground floor, and the ideal ar rangement of the kitchen an pantries, These featt ones which make this house different from the others in The Star's demonstration and the modern adaptation slonial style, illustrating & does the quiet simplicity and perfect symmetry of line, make this ho one which is very worthy of insper tion by those who desire to acqua themselves with the better types of American architecture GOOD WORKMANSHIP LENDS TO APPEARANCE | Row-House Demonstration Has Ex- ceptional Exterior Ef- fectiveness. The row house West ce of the project at | Queen | the ex- | exterior substantfal appe demonst Virginia avenue and street northeast is given by cellent workmanship on the of these homes. { The attractive Fiemish bond style | of laying the exterior brickwork has been used and set off with white ion ton Chapter, American usk, executive secre- e Star in organizing the WAY TO OWNERSHIP Houses Nearly Erected.s Benefits of Demonstration | Are Pointed Out. (Continued from Page Twenty nine.) Murphy and Nathan C. Wyeth. This committee, together with the design- ing architects, considered each project thoroughly from an _architectu standpoint and from the standpoint of the suggestions and experience the builders, The result was that every possible amgle in connection with the erection and designing of the houses was ¢ idered. It was thought by those in ch; | that the public should be given an op. a wide & As a result the (wo row houses projects were authowized three detached houses. in the city « various sizes, a semi-detached group a community group of three and a | detached model surburban house of moderate size in nearby Maryland and Virginia. With these varied styles of houses every person has heen’ given every opportunity to see and study | during the course of erection and | upon compfetion the particular type | of home in which he ix especially in- | terested | portunity to view types of houses. n Mind. In the question of designing the | houses, the location was kept in !uA\nlv} No effort was made to design an im- | practical but grand-looking house that | would be out of keeping with sur-| rounding neighborhood. The type of residence governed its style and the | general contour of the land was con- | sidered. | In the erection of the houses every | effort made to build the houses | on a financial scale commensurate With their size and type. No attempt | was made, for instance, to place ul“ tractions in the row hou. that would only be expected to be found in a mansion. The projecis are intended t be practical and a standard for re- production, It was zed from the start by all those concerned that if the demonstration was to be of any | value it must not be prely a display of gaudiness and trick equipment, but rather through the study and co-op-| Location Kept | eration of the buiiders and archite an improvement on pre it plar and | construction that can be of actual value and help not only to the home owner and prospective home owner, but to the builders and architeets themselves A great deal of interest has been The proj- ects have had the indorsement of the Washington Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the Operative Builders' Association, the American Institute of Architects, the | building inspector, the municipal ar- chitects and a grent number of pri- vate citizens and men and women en gaged in the professions that enter into home development and beautifl- cation ‘chool children in the various tech nical classes of a number of the lo schools have made tours of the homes, e stone. This has given a ve i tive and sturdy appearance row-house project he The interior pla porches, the method various household equipment service requirements in a small dwell- ing are shown to perfecti group of model homes of t ind. to ! as well people. The publi model home: pr tion that ix the re effort, energy, study and conferences on the part of the leading architects, builders business men their own co number of other I find in these ctical demonstra- of weeks of 1 large back the ning. the of placing Automatic Gas Storage Water Heater has been installed in the UNUSUAL DESIGNING MAKES ATTRACTIVE HOME Italian Style Community Houses Aided by Rare Refine- ments. The ¥ group of model houses being erected at Fifth and Longfellow streets northeast are un usual because of their design, This group of three houses has been designed in ITtallan architecture « style that has not been used muc heretofore in Washington for sma houses. 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