Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1927, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D, 10, he gnfining %filf S‘\i'ff—mn SEPTEMBER 17T, 1977, HOME & GARDENI 17 A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs , NATURAL BEAUTY OF RAVINES PRESERVED BY HOME BUILDERS Massacl'msetts Park Section Affords Fine‘ Example of How to Treat Contours of Rolling Wooded Lands. Thie 10 hoins ornershin BY DON S, WARREN. One the outstanding and con vinein, wions of the value, hoh financ; esthetic ¢ preservation and utilization of the ural heauty the con £, forested Jand developed as dential area is to he found here i Washington in the Massachusetis Ivi Park sectic between Connecti cut and Massachusetts avenues south east of Woodley road Here is a comm hundred or more homes tis perhaps the on ol the Districi, ver to he ed s a distinet vesider T after four or five years of active buildinz of homes, many of which are numbered amonz the most costly and pretentious of in the Na tional Capital, one finds th rustic appeal of the land retained and even made more strik the introduc tion of the house winding road way and man made fens. ) A New Area at Hand. Tome builders of today are givi more and more of making use building sites, selection of architect ural designs that fit well 1o the setting and to the proper orientation of the house to get the best persp tive. These results are showing It attent of the n to matters contour of in the more recent developments of com- munities. Certainly the day is gone when development concerns and in. dividual home builders, as a general practice, ruthle graded down hills and filled in valleys in order to make possible the placing of more houses on a given area of land. While, of | course, there are some sections where grading and filling are essential and where there is but little natural| beauty to be saved. progressive -build- | ers now are realizing the benefit of | making the maximum use of natural | contours, and a definite trend in this | direction is each year becoming more apparent. This is one of the first impres gained from a study of the Massachu- | setts Park section. A part and pa of Rock Creek Park. which it adjoins | on its southeasterly border, this com- | munity is one of deep ravines steep hillsides covered for the most part with a heavy growth of sturdy | trees indigenous to this soil. The ex- | tremely heavy grades created difficult engineering and architectural prob- lems which, if improperly handled, would have created a jumbled effect. Section Generally Secluded. Although within a two-mile radius | of the White House. this community | 3= set apart and secluded from nearby | sections and perhaps many of the housands who daily pass the section | n Massachusetts or Connecticut ave- nue are unaware of the development that has taken place there in the past several vears. Entrance to the park from Massa- chusetts a%enue is through Thirty second street, a tree-lined road which at once gives an indication of 1tk character of the communi Passi by the unusual French chateau-like | formal Lehr residence and the large | English home of Scott B. Appleby, on descends by a steep, winding road into the ravine through which runs Nor- man Stone drive, and then climbs to the next ridge to Woodlawn drive. The homes here are of widely dif- ferent architectural style, some Geor- gian, Colonial, Italian or French in mode, but with a majority having fea tures of the English cottage. Driv | | rapidly through the section one | gathers impressions of high-pitched gables reaching up into canopies formed by the great arms of tall | graceful elms and oaks, of heavy stone | chimneys, oriel windows, heavy mul- | lioned windows, great chimmey pots, vine-covered walls, thatched and tile roofs, spacious, green lawns, trim stone walls buttressing the grounds | about the homes, having broken top lines and interesting semi-circular stairways, and, ahove all, the rustic atmosphere of the place. Many Formal Gardens. Closer inspection reveals many of the more intimate details of the archi- tectural styles of the houses, slate roofs of uneven texture, windows and doorways with deep reveals, urns on | gate posts. formal gardens and flower- lined walks with sweeping curved | lines, diamond leaded glass window panes, medallions and shields on and arched win- | facades of the hou dows and doors Fach home is a study in itself. each one presenting some new and un- usual feature in the development of its design, the manner of its placing te or its landscaping plan. )y the most unusual treat- ment of the entire- community fs the way these houses, the| majority of which are of considerable | proportions, are set down on the steep slopes of this hillside ion or instance, one dwelling now under con- struction is placed on a site that drops | steeply from the street level, necessi tating the placing of the main en trance on the second floor lev with an entrance hs 1 great stair way leading down into the living room, di ing room and other main floor quar- ters. In many instances, the rear portions of the houses afford the most attrac tive pictures with ing rooms or If You Are Looki at Low 64 ally b ains 6 rooms Priced Under hst rare opportunity whic 706 Colorado Bidg. {ing room. dining | feature of the home is a | the basement under ‘he library. Real Worth SE 6 7th Reasonable Terms Come out and inspect this home Sunday. Open 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. o€ BreuninGeRr & Soxs Realtors porches opening onto courtyards or lawns from which a vista s to 1 had of the tops, roads or rav ines many feet below. In other in. stances, the houses are set high on hizhsides above the level of the streets ing almost 1 impression of ecastle like dwellings fome of Norman Oyster, The home of Norman Oys the <on e former District Comr mer. is an fllustration of the latter, standing on a high point. well back from the street at 2707 Thirty-second | street. This large house is of the Eng lish T wotype and has been given a rather detailed treatment Striking featnr of the facade « the house e lar b Vv munllioned windows, with malded stone cross pieces, which Lave heen carvied hish on the sides | of the house. An elahorate oriel win dow overhangs the pointed arch of * entrance and it in turn is sur monunted by large shield reminis- | cent of olden times. The oriel window | hias a molded stone top that is hroken into machicolated form simi lar 1o the familiac broken lines of the castle cornices, | Bach of the two massive chimneys | rising ovposite ends of the house | have large chimney pots expos view and th chimney i stone work of eac d in with stucco of the building. Stone walls execu in_intrizuing patterns lead from the treet by a number of gradual rises o the entrance of the house and the left of the place a garage drive way sweeps up. to the rear of the home. The grounds about the house are spacious and well landscaped to balance the size of the house, An English Type Ho The home of Herbert J. Woodland drive, a modified English country house type, adapted to Amer- ican ‘conditions and environment, nestles down on its unusual site on the sloping terrain between Wood- land drive and the lower level of Nor- man_ Stone drive. many feet below. Set down on this plot, on a level abont 20 or more feet helow Woodland drive, the great size of the house is some what hidden and through the spread- rms of overshadowing trees the is broken by the dark, deeply recessed roup windows afford an effect hoth unusual and appealing. Arborvitae, rows of graceful poplars and cedars, winding, flagstone walk and the landscaping add to the effect of th place, but the greatest interests in th exterior sies in the beauty of the grounds at the rear of the houst which, bevond a series of terraces and wn, fall awey precipitantly tow orman Stone drive. The xreat ¢ rom, inclosed ve da and paved terrace on the south of the house thus overlook both a man- made lawn and natural forest area. Not far from the Adair house the home of Edwin . Perot, an Eng- lish tudor residence of three stories having an exterior finish of rubhle stone of variegated color and size and a roofing of heavy is odd zes and thickness, or which add to the pleasing rural feeling of the style. The entrance door, attractively trimmed with neat limestone, opens into an unusual lobby which is one floor below the level of the main floor of the house. Access to the main floor iz gained by an imposing stairway lighted by a two-story Gothic window with leaded glass amber in color. An indi- cation of the costly apportionments | of the interior of the house is gained from the great library which is paneled from floor to ceiling in and which has an ornamental pl ter ceiling, stone mantel and hook- cases built into the paneling of the walls. The drawing room, which ha rough hewn oak beam ceiling and walls finished in rough plaster, over- looks a garden at the rear of the house. Another feature of the place is a woven wood fence of chestnut saplings imported from Europe which stands to the right of the front en- trance and tones in with the land- scaping. Other Attractive Places. The home of Senator Wadaworth in the southeastern part of the com munity, directly overlooks Rock Crezk Park south of the Connecticut Avenie ridge. Tt is well secluded from the street and gives a picture of a large home of Italian mode almost complete- Iy covered with vines. The grounds. which contain many great trees, a carefully landscaped. The home of Enugene A. Smith, at 2101 Woodland drive, presents a rustic effect with its unusual lines brown, weathered shingles, part of which are in their natural stats, with some of them dipped. . Rough'hewn timbers of the entrance porch add to the genaral effect. Interior features of an unusual character include paneled oak walls and the tile flopr of the re- ception lobby, which is carried into both the lounge and dining room. The library has an old English oak floor ing. which is secured pegs. The paneling of the walls are of quartered oak. athskeller in liby Mussolini recently issued a general order to the house wrecking concerns of Rome to cease carrying off the um for prosaic use in specula e building. ng for a Home of a Price E St. N.E. home that 1 bath an is now in periect all moders improve- $7,000-0 Th h you should not mi. Main 6140 | at e painted stone walls of the house. | oak | nd | with wooden | Another ancient brick from the ruins of the | stem recently in-| Real 1 ue in its ng an im The sales index ated by the Washington tate Board, which is uni function in this city, is pro portant feature of the board's activi- | ties. Scores of -inquiries are being made for information from these files by members of the board, James P. | Schick, secretary, said today. The system was somewhat of a stu- | pendous undertaking, as it required full details with regard to every lot | | and property in the District of Colun bia. The compilation of this work | |showed that there were more than "MILLER BUYS FARM LAND.! Manager of Firm of Accountants Makes Big Purchase. J. J. Miller of Bethesda, Md., who | is manager of Ernst & Ernst, public accountants, has purchased two tracts of farmland in Howard County, Md., having a total cost of approximately $30,000, according to an announce- ment here today by R. B. Farquhar, jr., real estate operator. The land is about 475 acres in size and has a frontage of about one mile on the Patuxent River, and also hor- | ders on the State road to Baltimore Ellicott City for ahout a half mile. | Two hundred and fifteen acres of | o, | the land was acquired from T. Thompson and others, and the re. | acres purchased from Although the majority of us do not stop to think of it, fire is always “just around the Ccorner” in our everyday lives. It becomes a fiend. a dealer of death. only when people 'Sales Index Sy_stem Prcr)vesr Valuahle In Worlf of Q C. Regl}istate Board 180,000 pieces of property in the Na- tional Capital. A filing index system, with cross referenc is maintained, and every ale and transfer of ownership is checked by special clerical force with the court records, and further check is maintained with the records kept by the District of Columbia. Mr. Schick expects to work out many interesting ch. and analyses of the various phases of real estate matters here from the files, which will provide Iy, monthly and yearly comparative figures to work upon, BUILDING COST SHOWN. Analysis Discloses Where Dollars Go for New Home. builder's building dollar goes is based |upon actual construction costs of nine houses varying in price from $9,100 to $23.000 and averaging $15.000, Of every dollar expended: Total in a $15.000 housa For excavating. grading, 1.8 cents $270 | For masonry. .4 ¢ .. 1410 For carpent 4.080 For roofing. 810 For flashings, tors. 0.7 cent....... 105 For ‘plumbing, 0.5 cenis 1.305 ‘or heating. 7 cents. .. 1050 electric and’ “fixtires 2.7 centa 5 hardware. % ‘cenis.. For painting and_glazin; For screens. 0.9 cent. wiring Total for construction For landscaping. 3 cents. . or builder's profit. 9.4 chitect's fee. 4. For financing, 1.6 cents. or are indiffernt. Fifth and Kenn concrete ‘fflnf Porchefi enameled sinks, pantrie trays in cellar. Lot 20, Paved street and a"ey. Realtora Twenty feet wide, six spacious rooms, tiled baths. built-in mbe. in refrigerators, hot-water heat, kitchen cabinets, automatic storage heater, servant’s lavatory Sample House 513 Kennedy $9.500 Open and Lighted Unts] 9 P.M. Floyd E. Davis Company tal INSPECT edy Sts. , one-piece s with built- and wash x1421 feet. Terms Arranged 733 12th St. N.W. HILLSIDE RESIDENCES IN MASSACHUSETTS PARK Upper, left to right, are the homes of Scott B. Appleby, Jr. at 230k Thirtieth street and Norman W. Oyster, The construction of The Star model | home being erected on a commandir site in Rock Creek Park Estates e tered its final stage today, with corps of mearly 30 workmen, repre sent the various building trades and landscape developers, busily en- gaged in placing the last finishing tonches on the house and its spacious gronnds his house, the third of the series »f fonr he sponsored this year by and the FHome Owners’ In-| The Star itute ownership encouragement to hom ind the building of hetter land more beautiful dwellings, will I completed by next urday, and is expeeted all will be in readine for the month of public exhit which will begin the following September 25, I Atiracts Attentic The * model home, a mod ern rendition in stone, brick and stueco the English and French rural co type of design, already has at cted considerable attention, | ind many home lovers have inspected its features during the weeks of con- struction. The hou is located on Orchid street about one square north of Kalmia road Workmen_this_week _are_installing m | day, | e states” ‘ OF HOMES IS STRESSED | Just as Easy and as Inexpensive as Is Fantastic Adornment, Writer's View. | | It is just as easy and just as in-| expensive to have a home which is| 1 efully decorated as it is to h one which is fantastic and unattra | tive. While definite rules cannot be | 1aid down, you may find a briet state | | ment of general principles will help second stree Thirty \ Will Remain Open Through Coming Week Large crowds of interesied visitors |against to in- | continued during the past weel speet The Star Model Home on Gran ada Terrace, Lyon Village, Va., which Au- was placed ‘on public exhibition gust 28. The house, an example of {the Italian country house type, will | remain open from 10 a.n | through the coming week . to $:30 p.m. any of the visitors have voiced | praise for the attractive scheme of decoration employed in the prepar i g RS I K171 | stur this house, as well as for its v _construction and furnishings. Lyon & Fitch, Inc., builders of the house, during the past few dys have erected flood lights in front, are used to throw the m: of the structure into tion arp | the w vou. An authority writes: “Good taste is always a higher and | afer standard t mere fad or | shion. It ou passing fancy and is never fr 0od | taste rests on the laws of harmony, which do not changs “simplicity is a cardinal principle— | stick to simple color combinations. A scheme which is simple is most likely | to be pleasing.” If you would have (he utmost wear out of your paint, choose warm tints Va., dark hackground 1ting a strikin, home is relative enter of downtown Washin three miles from the \Wh a being onl | e g o] | rather than those of cold hue. Tints f ) s gt { based on the reds, hrowns and blacks proximately one mile of travel H i 1 o . | are, generally speaking, the m du rd over the e Highway Iibe: Shiok: tavaree: the. Hig able. ays, slates and browns wear | | from Key Bridge to Cherrydaje and | ory Well and at the same time give | |the Washington Golf eand Country | 115{eful. simple and_ pleasing eftects. | Club, passes within 100 feet of the] , A house set closely among the trees e s :\mw'v.} 3 », st in l\\h\(r'nr light rulms‘_ . as he d colors do not contrast! ton'& perurban cars of the AMling-| wumiciently with surroundings. White, | strest and Pennsylvenia: avenns. or | ToWeyer, may be a poor color it e which | the Washington & Old Dominion nry wails | wa velief | to house is located in a smoky locality. | Under “these conditions pearl gray | would give more satisfactory service. | In selecting the color scheme for Rail from Rosslyn, also may be taken ach the home. DYERS AND CLEANERS Silver Spring to Serve as National Headquarters. Already the headquarters of many national business, professional and re- liglous associations, the National Capi- another home for organization having a membership throughout the when buildings now heing ected on Georgia avenue at the cor- of Falkland drive, Silver Spring, are completed for the Natfonal As ciation of Dyers-and Cleaners of the United States and Canada. The home office of the organiza- tion formerly was located in St. Louis, and when growth of the association made a new headquarters necessary the building committee selected a site here where two buildings are be- ing erected. The offices of the asso- ciation, temporarily located in the Mills Building, will be transferred to the new home the latter part of next month, according to an announcement here today. This trade association has a total membership throughout the United States and Canada of approximately 1,650 in dry cleaning and manufac- turers of cleaning plant machinery and equipment. The business offices of the headquarters will he under the direction of Ivan M. Tull, general manager of the association. The headquarters also will a school of dyeing and cleaning crafts. manship, in which several hundred master tradesmen will be trained each year. an ing, will he in the charge of C. C. Before You Dec1de to Buy or Renew Your LCESC These Groups of Homes Concord Ave. at Third St. Six spacious rooms, tiled baths, built-in tubs, concrete front porches, enameled sinks, pantries with built- in refrigerators, hot-water heat, “kitchen cabinets, automatic storage heater, servant's lavatory and wash trays in cellar, built-in garage. Sample House 5513 3(1 St. $8,950 Excepting Corner Hubbard. It will open about October 1 Main 352-353 | INCREASE IN RESOURCES | PLAN BUSINESS HOME| FOR BUILDIN Association Erecting Buildings in | Returns From Association Show ' tal soon will see the establishment of | 14 per cent over the preceding year. | the exterior of vour house, consider the colors of your neighbors’ homes. Seek for harmony. G AND LOANS' Gain of 14 Per Cent, Reaching Total of $6,280,000,000. | Returns received from building and loan associations for 1926 Indicate an increase in total resources of about This means that the total savings of nearly ,000 building ociations in the United States L to about | $6,280.000,000, an for the || ley Road. Over 250 homes vear of $770,000.000. The membe | of these ociations is now r - . 0000 A e af s 1400000 || Wooded villa sites, lots, central | families are | members and | assisted more than 530,000 families. members during the vear. |} from 75 to 300 feet front. It is estimated that over 2,500,000 | now payving for their| homes through these associations. In | 19 they financed the building or| purchase of 500,000 homes for their | during the last year | Middaugh & . ! Modern hathrooms express indiv-|| 1435 K St. N.W. | iduality with colors in tile and | marble. house | This school, to be called | the Institute of Dyeing and Clean. | | | TASTEFUL DECORATION | ROCK CREEK STAR HOME IS NOW IN FINAL CONSTRUCTION STAGE ‘Workmen Busy With Last Details of Hand- some Rural Cottage—Landscaping Is Carefully Planned. electric lights, kitchen fixtures. hard- ware equipment, and are carefully completing all the ork whic adds the finished and polished effect to a home. The house will be furnished for the exhibition by the firm of W. R. ses & Sons. While the furniture will not be moved into the house until all other workmen have completed heir tasks, representatives of the firm alveady are studying the prob- lems of curtains, hangings, pictures and needed pieces of furnitire, to the end that these features may e in keeping with the ch v and at- mosphere of the home. Throughout the furnishings the keynote is to he one of simplicity with dignity. Landscaping Features. Outside the house a group of work- men, under the direction of Miss Itose Gre landseape architect, are com- pleting the planting of trees and shrubhery and the installation of a den at the rear of the pool in the ess that has in recent Briggs the property in all details, Saturday, on m the pre on the place dson WL of rady by vade the and owne will 1 out, 1 time. To reach the demonstration drive out Sixteenth street, pas: house, by Alaska avenue, to Kalmia road; ieft on road one block to Orchid street, and then one block to the right on Orchid street. Another ite, slightly lon is through Rock Creek Pa to Beach drive, continuing northerly to Kalmia road, thence to Orchid street, DINING ALCOVE IN FAVOR Feature in Constructing Small Homes Becoming #opular. A feature that is growing in faver for smail homes is the dining alcove. In appearance the dining alcove sug- gests a_double pew or two settees fac- ing each other with a narrow table be- tween them. Its origin is probably Dutch. But is adapted to any mod= ern kitchen or can be slipped in be- tween the living room and kitchen. If the seats have hinged covers, there will be additional storage space for lin The breakfast alcove can be fur- nished and decorated in such a way as to be a picturesque addition to the small home, It permits the house- keeper to serve meals with fewer steps use it is so close to the kitchen. le the dining alcove fulfills the purpose of a dining room, yet it does not take up the same amount of space, Problems in Home Building. The problems which confront the man who would build his own home re not confined to structural featur important as they may be. There are | very vital questions of design, and one | of the earliest which must be settled | determines the mass of the house. This takes precedence over the choice of details in determining a good design. Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Wood- built and under construction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $10,500,000. and side hall homes, with lots Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 Old Clev ela 3406 Lowell Street Exclusive Agents 1704 Connecticut Avenue. o Pl Overlooking the National Cathedral & Panoramic View of the City The Only New House Available in This Delightful Suburb Unguestionably the most complete new house The first floor contains spacious entrance hall, on the market, and one that cannot fail o immense living room with colonial fireplace. at. charm . the prospective home owner. Just com- tractive_dining room. sun porch with southern pleted_and ready for immediate occupancy. A exposure. breakfast nook, complete lavatorss a true Colonial so much admired for its simpiicity kitchen modeled “after Good Housekesping. ~The of design. Utmost care in plan and detatled - ond_floor containe four splendid bedrooms. terior_appointments indicate unusual forethought vo complete tile haths, large inclosed and , for family comfort. The high character of ihe heated sleeping porch. Large attic over the ! adjoining properties and _residents of this com enlire house and observation balcony over the I munity has established it one of the most sleeping porch, commanding a view of the es | J| ~ desireble home sections of 'Washington. The tire city and as far as the Potomac Rixer. Fe | John_Eaton pablic school is one square away, tures include _oak floors lnmuth! o 1 the Cathedral s just two blocks, ‘car and' bus screens, slate’ Toof. colonial brass. electrical fix Jine a stone's throw. Lowell Street is sitnated tures, ‘automatic water heater. hot-water heat- I one square ahove Woodley Road, a quiet street ing system. Maid's room and bath, daslight I where traffic is reduced o a minimum. cellar.” Garage. e | Open Sunday for Inspection—1I0 to 6 P.M. Schwab, Valk & Canby