Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 37

MODEL LEE HEIGHTS HOME VIRGINIAN IN TYPE Model House Harks Back to Earliest.CoIonial Period in Period. BY WARD BROWN. Architect for For those who desire u home with the architecture traditionally in keep- g with the early colonial history of the country, The Star's model home at xb Heights., Va., will be partic Rarly attractive This house, which is being erected by Ruby Leo Minar and designed by Ward Brown, embodies all the ele ments of a typleal Virginia colonfal Much effort was made to plan his house to fit the surrounding land pe and to represent the historical fitions of early Virginia residences This model residence is a six-room frame detached house designed along stuple lines that tractive. Its old-fashioned 1 Imost flush to the ground; its fenced-in garden and general design all hark back to early years of American history Atmosphere of Quiet is iparative size the landscape pli &n atmosphere of qutet The dem on house paved highway, the stra is near trolley and e Inside the house modern eq planned the ki sets and laundry ment. The house will with electric refrige eating plant will be ofl_burner Features that still remind ons of the old Virginia days are found in the brick-floored entrance porch and the covered porch at the side with its old-fashioned piliars. The windows are placed opposite each o sides of the large living ro one can stand on th f and look through to th terrace in the rear. UL large fireplaces, one in the living room and one in the master bedroom. Th fireplace in the master bedroon - recessed with on each side T'he other closets are large and roomy. The floors upstairs as well as down are to be of red vak. 7The bathroom 18 tiled the the base be equipped ion and the fueled from an close Importance of Approach. In studying this problem the first question for the architect to decide was the relative importance of the main avenue of approach as compared to the best o on of the house and grounds. regardless of approach As developed. the e ice is not.from the main street, but from a secondary street. This affords the hest light and Yentflation, th considered more important factors than how the entrance was an ble. It was also known that the south garden could be made beantiful outlook. In this house the arrangement of: rooms is ideal Of special interest is the main plan which shows the - arrange ment of the h that of the entire lot_as f how- is desir the lot inside of four stal the adjustment of the grou The resu is frequeni!y to accor desirable expense in their accom- whicn might just as well have been avoided Tu this ground plan, which is the first gen study, and which will be followed by detailed ions, there is A& public lawn, a private garden, a garage space and a service vard. The garden is to the south and east, with the garage forming a northern protec. tion; the service vard is to the north. screened by the garage and the house. 1t will be noted that no effort was mada 1o hide the garage back of the house, entailing a needlessly long roadway. It is not necessary to hide any such element in a composition. There is nothing more charming and the loss of the NModel House i Virginia. | jcompanionship of her family 5 ment | o | e, | light you would probably either leave | them in the white plaster, which al- HOMES SECTION. | picturesque than the New England | groupings of houses, woodshed and {barn, all connected in rambling fash- ion. Here a picket fence serves to connect the building into a composite whole S e Connection. A definite service connection is pro vided from the street to the kitchen door, not passing through the garden, but around the garage. Likewise the | garage is set buck far enough from the lot line to permit of tree enframe ment | Especially interesting in this scheme |is the use of different levels. When zrades permit, such levels have as | kreat possibilities as the intermedlate jevels in a house. The placement of & house on w terrace, as in this case, lalways gives added dignity and fit | ness. Details of the progress on this house will be given from time to time. NEW DEVICES CUT HOUSEWIFE'S WORK Abundance of Hot Water and Many Electrical Appliances Boon to Housekeepers. Modern invention has converted the 0ld tasks into pleasures turn the modern housewife can em ploy some labor-saving device to do {her work qu! and give her the freedom to enjoy her home and the Power wash | electric irone: vacuum cleaners, ete., are now recog nized as essentinl appliances in every well conducted home. RBut even pre eding these in fmportance is plentiful iot water at the turn of the fancet | This prime requirement enables the { home manager to better organize her work and reslize the full benefit of her anical equipment. [t completely |rounds out her establishment and { makes her home equal 10 the demands of her family and the needs of her friends In brief, it glves her a homa in which she can take an abounding pride and to which she can invite her guests with assured confidence that her hospitality will be complete in_every respect. To have abundant hot water al- ays on hgnd is as necessary as heat and good lighting in every well managed home. As the first and last essentinl of the day, hot water i3 indispensable for all personal com- fort. And in laundering, cooking and cleaning It is the primary req- usite The white. crisp tablecloth you spread, the gleaming silverware and dishes that you set upon it, and your many other articles of elegance de- mand the use of pure hot water to keep them in perfect readiness. The magic response of the auto- matic gas water heater provides this prompt and bountiful hot-water service. el BACKGROUND OF ROOM MOST VITAL IN PLAN | Wallpaper Should Be Well Chosen to Assure Charm—Many Kinds Can Be Picked From. The background of a room usually is not considered of much importance, for the simple reason that a good background does not intrude itself upon one'’s attention. But if you did not consider the back- ground of your rooms in an fmportant ways creates a cold, startling con trast for the furnishings, or you would carelessly select for them most any sort of wallpaper. When you cannot redecorate your sall home every year or two, it is better to go slowly in choosing the new wallpaper. even though it is so inexpensive. Keep in mind, however, that. us you do not want to have walls of your home resemble those in the homes of your friends, vou must to a certain extent assert your own independencs. Many kinds of decorated wailpaper are extremely beautiful and are per- fectly appropriate to use in some rooms. But If vou have a great deal of color and design in vour furniture, More Than Half the Star Model are built Homes in part with Building Matermals from Fries, Beall and Sharp Co. 734 10th St. N.W. 4th & S 6th& T Sts. N.E. Sts. N.E. Main 1964 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON s DL€, SATURDAY, THE STAR’S VIRGINIA MODEL HOUS Patterned after a typlcal Minar at Lee Heights, Va. NATURAL LINES KEPT IN DESIGNING OF HOUSE Detached Home Fitted Into Sur- roundings at Wesley Heights. Pront and Rear Attractive. The manner in which the Georgian detached house at Wesley Heights, which forms a part of The Star's Model Home Demonstration, has been fitted to the natural contour of the ruxs and draperies. and have some genuinely beautiful paintings which alwavs must use, you should choose & paper with no design at all other than a cloth or mottled effect, or one with a very subdued and small convertional design. Tts color should be elther a neutral or nearly neutral shade or a soft. tone, blending in with everything else in the room. The twotone papers are charming for some rooms where a subdued de- sign on the walls is correct. Those have a ground of delicate shade, per- haps e beige, and their design is very conventfonel and of & shade deeper. | land is worthy of the attention of all visitors to the project. An effort was made to save trees and the beautiful natural landscap- The house has been so built 10 fit into the gen- with harmony. The front as well as the back of the house is appropriute to the gen- eral development of th.e neighborhood After many years women as bicycle racers have come back in England, ‘where & recent race meet brought out 12,000 spectators. JUNE 26, FAST-GROWING CITY IS HELPED BY STAR’S MODEL HOMES WORK 1926. Washington Has Increased by Leaps and Bounds .Since War—Campaign Designed 1o Keep Building in Harmony With Ideal of Beauty. BY RICHARD L. CONNER. Assistant Beeretary of the Board of Trade Let your thoughts turn back « few years to the troublesome days just prior to and following the World War! Picture to your mind again the chaotic conditions which developed throughout the country, and particu larly in the city of Waushingto Almost over night, so to speak, the city nearly doubled in size, as the great influx of war workers -both men and women--invaded Wash- ington. Housing and living conditions be- came very acule—in many cases intolerable. The demand greatly ex- ceeding the supply, rental property immediately advanced to alnost un- Government activities i vy to a standstill private building operations, so thae it was hnpossible to relieve the tremend- ous congestion and high-price reign to any appreciable extent. Living conditions in general kept pace with the raise in rents, but the increase in wages and saluries did not increase proportionately. Then the “own your home” idea was advanced and thousands of people who had never entertained such a thought be. came enthusias Iy in accord ther with. Why no onstrated to them that they could purchase and own their own home for practically what it had been costing them for rent; nany instances the expense of purchasing was nut as great as renting Demand Continued Great. ‘Then came the armistice, and, with hostilities over, er attention was then given to providing accommoda- tions for the many thousands who had been forced to endure inadequate accommodations. The demand for homes, however, was 80 great at this time that very little thought and consideration to the style and design of architecture could possibly be given new projects. It was a case of building as rapidly as possible In 1t was clearly dem- | | | | | MODET. | i order 1o relieve the deplorable situa- | tlon. Row after row. subdivisions of detached and semi-detached dweliings, apartinent houses and hotels sprang up literally over night in every sec tion of the city and suburbs and the acute wituation was at last somewhat relieved. With the signing of the treaty of peace, thousands and thousands of patriotic citizens who had come to Washington to glve their mite so that Old Glory might continue to remain untrampled, wended their ways home- ward and everybody expected to see Washington return to its quiet, digni fled, pre-war status. This was quite a natural sssumption, but such was not to be, as the Capital City con tinued to grow steadily in tion, bullding industry and financtal strength. Today our very latest esti mates credit Washington with « popu lation of 528,000 in round figures. To convince sume who possibly may not be aware of our v's growth, it only need be sald that valuations of build- ing activities during last month (May) totaled $5,260,255. Jor the year 1925, figures on’ buflding projects reachied & total of $85,000,000 und the sum total for this vear is expected to exceed that amount. With the recent creation of the City Planning Commission. greater thought than ever hefore is being given 1o the question of home bullding from the standpoint of service. modernity and cost of construction. with the thought upperniost of maintaining the esthe. tic beauty and atiractiveness of the Aty as a whole The Evening Star Newspaper Co in now engaged In sponsoring a “better homes” demonstration. The object of this laudable project is to offer to the general public concrete illustrations of what can be accom- plished by the employment of archi- tectural, building, and landscape ex- perts, combined with a thorough study HOMES SECTION. | thused popula- | 37 jecta either completed or neariniz ¢ pletion under the auspices of The Evening Star Co— row houses detached and semi-detached brick ana frame dwellings. ‘The supervisory committee of The Star's demonstra- tion recently completed a tour of in spectlon of the various projects and all the members were greatly en- over the types. general de signs and architectural beauty of tha homes. Hope and belief were expressed that these model houses would provida « standard for future consiruction oper ations in Washington. To demon strate to the people just how homes can and should be built from the standpoint of beauty, attractiveness and utllization 1s of course the pri mary reason why this “hetter homes project is fostered. It should be borne in mind, however, that any in dividual, group or corporation may constract a repiica of any of these model homes for exactly the same price as it s costing The Star Co Congraulations and _commendation should be given The Star for foster- ing such u worthy undertaking. ROOF OF SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE FINELY PLANNED The outstanding seml-detached model | teenth and Upshur treatment of the roof. In thess two residences tha usual flat roof has been eliminated and instead the slop ing roof, which gives distinction and dignity, has been used. In these roofs there is ample space | for air chambers as well as other | rooms. The roofs have been so de | desizned as not to be a waste of Apa at an additional expense. | Each house has a distinotive ap peara that comes from prape archit al design and supervisior the least of which not the planning Decorators Important A decorator is always ready to as slst in any work. from a stmple pshade in a small housa to 2 complete house, where all his know! edge and resource are called into play. The decoralor 1s & consulting spe clalist in the fleld of interior design feature of the houses at Thir streets is the is root of all conditions entering into a build- ing project. At this writing there are nine model homes construction pro- and arrangement, just as the asah! tect in the fleld of architectural de- sign and construction. These Star Model Homes being built with an ber This (zgméer stops heat ... stops cold... quiets noise . .. adds strength ... shuts out wind...resists mois- ture...saves money. THESE HOMES, featured by The Washington Star, will be Summer- cool, Winter-warm, stronger and quieter. "he owners will save money. Each is a thoroughly typical American home, built in accordance with American standards of taste and comfort. The owners of all three of these houses are building with an amazing heat-stopping lumber! For they realize that wood, brick, plaster, concrete, etc., do not effectively keep sun heat from beating in ér furnace heat from leaking out. This lumber is Celotex. It is not cut from trees, but is manufactured from the long, tough fibers of cane into broad, - by Ward Broun and erected destgned by Rudy Lee Minor ot Lee Heights, Va. Celotex used as sheathing, replacing wood lumber and providing the insula- tion needed b ack strong boards. the wood exterior. Celotex resists the pas- sage of heat and cold many times as effec- tively as wood lumber, masonry and other wall and roof materials. Tt shuts out wind and moisture—quiets noise. Y they choose ‘ this insulation. Celotex was selected by these pro- gressive home builders because it offers material. advantages found in no other building Unlike ordinary insulation, Celotex is not an extra item in building. Wherever used, in the walls, roof and ceiling of a W. T. GALLIHER & BRO., Inc. 30th and K N, ; Washington, D. C. West 2370 BETHESDA LUMBER CO. Bethesda, Md. m Rtar model Rouse in Wynneeood Park,mear Sil ver Epring. designed by Percy C. Adams and erected by the Btambaugh Con structlon Co. Celoter used as sheathing. replacingvood Tumber. Star model home designed by Victor Mindeleff and con- trueted by L. E. Brueninger & Sons at the intersection of ‘hirteenth Street, Alaska Avenus end Hemlock Street, Wash- ngton. Celotex used in attio for roof insulation and interior Bnish. house, it replaces one or n 10re other mate- rials, and actually saves money. Smaller, less expensivi keep Celotex houses wa after vear their owners 25% ¢ heating plants rm. And year will save from to 35% of their fuel bills! These great advantages are available right now for every home, new or old. No one can afford to build or buy a house today without full knowledge of Celotex. Let us tell you more about it. W. A. MIDDLETON CO. Brentwood, Md. SILVER SPRING BUILDING .SUPPLY CO. s Silver. Spring, Md.