Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1927, Page 15

REAL ESTATE GRANADA TERRACE MODEL HOME CONSTRUCTION NOW COMPLETED Furnishings for Star—bwelling in Lyon Village Will Be Placed Next Week; Floors Being Scraped. Today marked the completion of every phase of construction on The Star model home on Granada Terrace, Lyon Village, Va. This demonstration home, the sec- ond of the series of four being spon- sored this year by The Star and the Howne Owners’ Institute, will be fur- nished, draped and appropriately deco- rated next week, preparatory to being officially opened for public inspection on August 28. This week the oak floors were care- fully scraped and a coat of wood filler was applied. Then a coat of clear white shellac was applied, and this was given a heavy surfacing of clear varnish to bring out the natural beauty of the selected oak used in the flooring. The wrought-iron stair rail, with its decorative scroll work of graceful design, was also placed in Pposition Electrical Fixtures Tn. All of the electrical fixtures were put In this week. The main electrical fixtures are in harmony with the Mediterranean type of architecture of the house. They are of hand-wrought iron, dark, except where the metal glints through on the hammered sur- faces. The simplicity of the Italian country houge style is followed out in the de- slgn of the hand-wrought iron fixtures which hang from the ceiling of the living room, dining m, hall and vestibule. These are suspended from wrought-iron _chains. Around the awalls of the living room and dining room are double candle brackets, also of hand-wrought iron. The breakfast room is lighted by a single pendant, covered by a parchment shade, hand- painted, in a ship design. The light for the tiled terrace porch 4s provided by a cast-iron, rustproof lantern with Spanish grilles over glass panels, hanging from a wall bracket of cast iron. This is in keep- ing with the iron grilles over the ves- tibule window and the iron-grilled bal- cony at the front window of the mas- ter bedroom, on the second floor, and tends an effect of ancient Mediterra- nean atmosphere to the front exterior of this modern home. Every room in the house was plen- titully supplied with floor plugs for floor lamps, electrical appliances and special lighting needs, there being from two to five plugs in every room. The rooms of the house are provided with entirely adequate lighting facli- ties of a highly decorative and artistic nature, without undesirable prepon- derance of intense illumination. Landscaping Completed. This week also marks the comple- tlon of the landscaping of th odel home. This part of the wofk, so wvital to the exterior appearance of any new house, was under the direction of W. F. Sunderman, resident land- scape architect of Lyon Village. In order to give just the right touch of color to the grounds surrounding the model home, flowering plants in blcom were carefully planted in most advan- tageous positions without disturbing in any way the present blooms. Well planned masses of evergreen shrubs are located against the house founda- tions, and other shrubs have been placed at the corners of the lot, thus giving the house a setting of beautiful green lawn, broken by the interesting lines of the curving walk and framed in the green of appropriate and well chosen shrubbery. Large numbers of people are now daily inspecting the house, with most outspoken enthusiasm of the artistic effects of the old Mediterranean type of architecture of this house. Next week it is planned to have the house completely furnished and deco- rated by W. B. Moses & Son. Route to Virginia Star Model Home To inspect the progress of work on The Star model home being built in Lyon Village, Va. the following routes may be taken: Starting from The Star Building. at Elev-nth street and Pennsylvania by automobile. follow the to Georgetown and the Key Cross the Key Bridge and the right at the Washington Dominion _ station into the Lee Highw A few minutes on the Lee Highway will bring you to Lyon Village. Just beyond the Lyon Vil- lage office, on the other side of the highway, is Granada Terrace. The Star model home is the structure now building on the Terrace: overlooking the Lee Highway. Bridge. turn_to & Old ENGLISH DESIGN POPULAR Foreign Type of Home Is Much in Demand Here. There is a great vogue in America today for homes designed on the Eng- lish order. The style is particularly popular with builders of both small and large suburban homes. Rough-textured stucco showing broad, irregular trowel marks, in com- binations of half-timbered work, brick or stone; sharp-pointed gables, over- hanging storles—these are the unmis- takable outlines of the English home and hall. For decoration there is often seen the pargeting introduced by the Italian craftsmen who came wandering through England in the early six. teenth century. Here and there plain panels are beautified with a rough- cast pebble dash in varied hues, or perhaps with a design in low reliof. Soft colors, buffs, tans and grays, prevail in this English style. For both the characteristic working and the distinctive coloring of English de- sign stucco has a perfect adaptability. The shades and tones obtainable in American brands of stucco are the soft hues which only mellowing time brought to the English. And as for the texture, a broad, heavy-handed troweling brings out in stucco the English character. Home Deserves Care. Your house is one of your greatest assets, Its tmportance as an invest- ment alone warrants the best of care. Unprotected wood weathers and de- cays. Paint protects it by forming a tough, flexible, waterproof film over the surface. A well painted and cared for house maintains its value and desirability as a residence long after a neglected house has crumbled into dust. WESLEY HEIGHTS STAR HOME EXHIBIT CLOSES THIS WEEK ashington public, house- ective home owners and ed in the better homes movement, during the ensuing week will have their last opportunity to visit the Wesley Heights model home and inspect its arrangement, decora- tion and method of construction. This demonstration house, the first of the 1927 series erected under the auspices of The Star and the Home Owners’ Institute, Inc., one week from tomorrow will have been on public ex- hibition one month and will be closed for private use. The house, started all carly in April, was completed July 30 | and was thrown open for public study the following day. During the month hundreds of per- sons have passed through the place and each day found a stream of vis- itors looking over the grounds of the place as well as the Interior. Due to the laying of sewers Cathedral avenue, however, this ave- nue to the Wesley Heights develop- | ment has been closed for a period of 1wo months, and access to the com- munity is to be had by way of Tunlaw road from the north and Ridge road from the south. To reach the house from The Star Building, Eleventh street at Pennsyl- vania avenue, it now will be neces- sary to drive north to Massachusetts avenue and turn left through town, INSULATION NEEDFUL. R | Material Developed That Adequate- | ly Governs Home Temperature. in| out past Wisconsin avenue to Ne- raska avenue, then left down Ne- ivenue past American i turning left into Tun| which leads eastward to inters: Cathedral avenue below the portion which now is torn up for the exca- vation work. Turn right on Cathedral avenue and continue to Forty-fourth street, thence left to Hawthorne street, then right one block to Forty-fourth place. The model home then is one block to the left, on Forty-fourth place, on the right-hand side of the street at the end gf the block. The street number is To be completely modern the home | must be insulated. The science of building has developed a which does not add b building, but which makes i r to heat in Winter and which keeps it cool in Summer. The home owner is becoming edu- cated to this fact—millions of dollars are being spent to educate him to it, and he is buying or specifying insula: tion when’he builds, | LARGE SIX-ROOM * BUNGALOWS ' Takoma Park, D. C. Large Shaded Lots Oriental Finish Exteriors Huge Kkitchen contains dixuop ing breakfust wet, large cabinet refriks . hroom ‘closet d service o Tio-w. heating plant improved Mueller control. wny other features. Most convenient and best wection of Beautiful Takoma Park One block to 14th and Hth St Stores, schools and vark nearby Exhibit Home No. 6707 4th St. N.W. Built and for Sale by L. Thornton, Realtor wenty Years Speclulizing in Takoma Park Proverties 6900 4th St. N.W. Adams 5254 cars material | WASHINGTON, D. C, Americanized Features pl'omise Relief {Or Severe L;nes. WINDOW AND PORCH PROMINENT IN PLAN Curved-Top Doorway With Sloping Roof Lend to Exterior. BY L. PORTER MOORE. President, Home Owners' Institute. Inc. The home builder will find a novel ion in the side porch of the oth- er ere Inglish type house fea- tured today as plan No. 271-S. Anoth- er relieving note is the dormer window on the second floor. By means of these modifications the designer of this house has given us an Americanized version of the English type, so increas- ing its comfortable, homelike quality and at the same time sacrificing none of the dignity. The curved-top doorway, faced with common brick, thescasement windows and the sloping roof lend grace to the exterior, which i3 of stucco with wood- faced gable ends. Vines might be trained, for the sake of privacy, over the screened porch. Evergreens would lend distinction to the entrance. A back porch is another convenience. The home contains five major rooms. The entry hall is large enough for use as a coat closet. It leads into dining room and living room, both of which are spacious. The kitchen is adapted to every modern convenlence. Above stairs the ample closets are a feature. The dormer window, if sup- plied with gay pillows, would make a cozy reading nook, The fact that the floor contains only two bedrooms assures their spaciousness. According to the estimates of Ar- thur Bates Lincoln, consulting archi- tect of Home Owners' Institute, the house contains 15,000 cubic feet and may be erected in the vicinity of New York for approximately $9,000. Outline of recommended specifications follows: Masonry—Concrete footings under all walls, as shown on drawings. All foundation walls to be poured concrete or concrete block mixed with water- proofing compound. Chimney of com- mon brick, all flues lined. Provide ash dump with clean-out door in cellar. Incinerator—Built-in incinerator in- stalled in chimney with receiving hop- per door located in or near the kitchen for disposal of garbage and trash. Carpentry—aAll framing lumber shall be well seasoned and free from large knots, either Douglas fir or yellow pine. California white pine for ex- terior mill work and interior trim; oak floors. Steel bridging for floor joists. Interior doors and built-in kitchen cab- inet as required in detailed specifica- tions. Stucco work—aAll exterior walls fin- ished with ‘three coats of cement stucco on metal or lath. Finish coat colored and textured as directed. Hardware—Owner shall furnish all finishing hardware for doors and win- dows. for closets and casework. The .contractor will furnish a correct list of hardware and is to put it on in a care- ful, workmanlike manner. All hard- ware on exterior openings to be of brass or bronze. Casement windows—Steel casement windows may be used at owner's op- tion. Plastering and lathing—Three-coat work over metal lath is recommended. A less expensive job may be obtained through the use of one-half inch of plaster over flat rib expanded metal lath or even wood lath. We suggest you obtain alternate bids on metal lath and wood lath, Insulating lumber or plaster board may be used if desired by owner. Metal work—Gutters, leaders, down spouts and flashing to be 16-ounce copper or No. 11 gauge zinc. Roofing—Roof of slate surfaced, as- bestos or copper clad shingles, colors as selected. Western red cedar shin- gles at owner’s option. Painting—Strictly pure white lead and linseed oil in proper proportion, with zinc oxide where desired, or a good grade of ready mixed paint shall be used. Interior trim to receive two good coats of flat paint and one coat of flat enamel. Finished floors to be varnished or waxed throughout as di- rected. Tile work—Tile work and wainscot in ll;nthruom with built-in china acces: sories. West of Georgia Avenue 1109 Allison N.W. GRCVER-ImiIt brick home, 20-ft. wide on a lot over 150 f¢. deep. Six immense rooms, tiled bath, hot- water heat, three large porches, hardwood floors, screens, outside pantry. condition. shrubber arbor. RAGE. Open Sunday 2to 6 P.M. Entite house in perfect Big yard with beautiful fruit trees and grape- TWO-CAR BRICK, GA- Do not fail to see this home Sunday, it will be sold quickly at this bargain figure. N. L. SANSBURY CO., Inc. 1418 Eye St. N.W, Main 5904 he Foening Stae (o e "2Tx N> ATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1927. Roof and Interior Exterior construction of The Star model home which is being erected in Rock Creek Park Estates as a feature of the better homes movement here entered the finishing stage today with the starting of the work of laying the slate roofing of the house. Slaters’ felt this week was applied on the sheathing of the roof, and over this will be laid the slate shingles, which will be of a variegated wave-line tex- ture, forming a distinctive feature of the place. ‘With the sheathing of the roof of the house, continuation of the interior decoration was made possible, and a corps of plasterers were set at work. Third of Series. This demonstration house, the third of the series of four which are being sponsored by The Star in the interest of better house construction and more extensive home ownership, is to be completed by September 24, and will he thrown open for a month of public inspection, heginning Sunday, Septem- ber The “Estates” home is located on Orchid street, one block north of Kalmia road. Interesting exterior work, which will tie in with the landscaping work, which goon will be started and which will form a fitting background for it, in addition to the structure of the house proper, completed during the past few days, it was pointed out today by the 1dson W. Briggs Co., builders of the model home. HOME & GARDEN| 15 NEW ROCK CREEK STAR HOME APPROACHES FINISHING STAGE Work Remain for Builders—House Is Third in Series of Four Structures. will be covered with a pergola and half of which will remain open. On the interior the metal lathing has been applied, and the plasterers are now plastering the walls and ceil- ings. The first, or scratch, coat is now on to the metal partitions and side walls. This initial coat is trow- eled hard to the surface, so that it pushes thoroughly through to the metal, forming a key. After 24 hours, when it has set up, the second, or brown, cod is brought to a perfect plane use of a straightedge drawn over the surface and screeded to the corner beads. After this the walls will be ready to receive the finished, or white, coat, which is of lime putty, to which has been added plaster of paris as a hardener. At this stage of construction it is now apparent that a great deal of thought has been given by the archi- tect and the builders to construct a home which, because of the many novel and convenient features, will minimize the work of a housewife or servants and add to the comfort and enjoyment of the occupants. In the business world the successful man recognizes the necessity for the f modern equipment and labor- z devices, and if this principle s in the world of business to se- cure a successful home life with a cheerful’and peaceful atmosphere, it is pointed out, the me thought and care should be given by him to see that his home is likewise equipped. BLDRMOM nzx140 DINING R@M 6110-0 =3 FIRST TLDR PLANS FROM HOME OWNERS' INSTITUTE. INC. BIDR OM JlLex100 SECOND TLAR * COPYRIGHT. 1027. ROOF IS LAID ON STAR HOME AT LELAND: Rapid progress is being made on ‘The Star model home which is being erected in Leland, Md., and during the past week the house was com- pletely framed in and the roof was laid. This house, the fourth of the series sponsored this year in Washington and its suburbs by The Star and the Home Owners’ Institute of New York as a demonstration of the benefits of home ownership and the value of good construction and cz located at the corner of Elm and Te- land streets in the northwest subdi- vision of M. & R. B. Warren. The Leland model home is of the Colonial style of architecture and will offer interesting contrast to the other three 1927 model homes, one of which eful planning, is | FRAME FINISHED is of the English cottage style, one the Italian mission style and the third of the French rural design. Construction of the Leland home is going forward a little ahead of sched- ule and there is every indication that it wlll be completed, furnished and equipped throughout and ready for pubiic inspection beginning the middle of October, Only the best of materials are being used in this and all the model houses in an effort to show home buyers and builders that only through use of such dependable materials can the best re- sults and lasting satisfaction be achieved. TInsulating materials are being applied so that the house will be warm in Winter and cool in Sum- mer months. Proper insulation, it is 22707 Avams Mill Road, .3 Just North of 18th and Columbia Road N.W. An Ideal Location At entrance to Beautiful Rock Creek Park onty $51.00 Per Month Living Room, Dining Alcove, Kitchen, Bedroom and Tiled Bath OPEN EVERY DAY 2707 Adam N.W,, Inc. s Mill Road, | pointed out, serves to reduce the fuel bills by keeping cold air out of the house In cold geather. o Fence Increases Pride. When you enclose your property | with a fence you satisfy some of the | most fundamental of human instincts —the pride of possession, the desire ‘for privacy and freedom within one's personal domain, the yearning for greater beauty in home surroundings, the passion for economical upkeep which characterizes even the most | garage, from which will be hung an | will support a smaller wooden gate, On the left of the house a driveway runs from the street to the entrance to the garage at the rear of the house. Retaining walls of stone have been laid along this driveway, and the walls have been attractively topped with a row-lock of brick. There are two small brick gateposts at the street entrance of the drive and two large posts at the end of the ramp to the Route to Rock Creek Park Estates Home To reach the demonstrattion house, drive out Sixteenth street, passing by Alaska avenue, to Kalmia road; left on Kalmia road one block to Orchld street, and then one block to the right on Orchid street. Another route, slightly longer, is through Rock Creek Park to (Beach drive. = continuing erly to Kalmia road, Orchid street. e ornamental wooden gate, shutting off view of the garage from the street. Leading from the garage to the rear there are two more brick posts, which through which entrance will be af- forded to the garden at the rear of the house. FEach of the brick pillars will be topped with a one-half round ball of cement ornaments. Terrace Porch Completed. A terrace porch of stone set in cement also” has been completed at the rear of the building. half of which . Floor Color Important. Why mar the effect of pretty fur- nishings with a commonplace floor? Rooms are much more livable and radiant when the floor plays its part in the color scheme. Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Wood- ley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $10,500,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 1435 K St. N.W. wealthy real estate owners. New Home in Leland, Chevy Chase Maryland, With Garage, $13,250 4525 Stanford Street This new brick home is one of nine homes just being completed—other homes in this group as low as $9475. We sincerely believe this is one of the most attractive group of homes we have ever offered at the price. Splen- did location—large lots, with immense shade trees. Completely equipped, including shades, screens, garages—yards sodded and beautified with shrub- bery. Paved streets, cement sidewalks, absolutely all modern conveniences —one block from car line, bus line, and stores—convenient to the Chevy Chase High School, under construction, and the Chevy Chase graded school. Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Stanford St. (Stan- ford St. is one block north of Bradley Lane). Turn east on Stanford St., one block to property. Open alilfiay Sunday B WARRE Wisconsin 2763 —and every evening on week days until 9 P.M.