Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1927, Page 17

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1927. WASHINGTON, D. C, REAL ESTATE l]fi : gnening —%taf HOME & GARDEN| 17 A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs G WORK IN PROGRESS BUILDING ACTIVITIES RETARDED |FINISHING V HERE TO STABILIZE CONDITIONS ON LELAND, MD., MODEL HOME dlEs Modern Construction Methods Employed in Building Exhibit House—To . BeReady October 23. | ! English Home Has Charm and Convenience timated Cost Is $14.000 for House Plan 276-S. |EACH BED CHAMBER Warnings of Over-Production Heeded an @Q}M‘Z 76 ‘j?[ Speculative Projects Virtually i Disappear as a Result. | el et DY DON S. WARREN. Heeding the warnings of ov cuction to be seen from figures the building industry here, as well as s of the coun- Vashington's building organiza- | 8 and private builders h degree th projects have v here, and as a v of local realtors, conditions a stabilized and a firmer tone dence in the local market. ] Following out conservative business practices, local builders for the most part have been finding buyers or occu- pants for new buildings, or at least carefully appraising the market, be- fore proceeding with new building proj- ects. This plan has been evidenced recently in a number of new business huilding projects, where builders, find- | ing a market for but two or three | story structures, have procesded with the construction of buildings of that size, holding up plans for additional stories until the market warranted their construction. A number of the large office build- ings recently completed or now being completed, which were projected last year, of course, do not come under this classification, and the principle also cannot be applied so definitely to the apartment class of operations, Tone Is Conservative. The. conservative tone, however, is especially noticeable in the construc- | tion of new dwellings, and here the | number of new houses, judged to meet the present demand for new homes, has fallen off heavily from the totals for previous vears. Permits for the construction of new | dweRings within the District of Co- lumbia during the first nine months of this year, according to the records of Col. John W. Oehmann, building inspector, ‘called for the erection of 1,457 houses of various types. One realtor who follows the housing mar- ket here estimates, on the basis.of present conditions, that the total of new houses completed in Washington this year will amount to approximate- ly 1,700, computing the normal fig- ure for a season not following a pe- riod of great production at about 2,400 houses. During the year 1926 there ‘were 3,295 houses constructed here, and the previous year the total was 4.400. Both these years, however, were known as years of unusually being in evi- el t s 1" M | $5.000. ¥ 5 ¥ 37w | Istory tile auto glass | street (lot 833, £5.,000. | avenue southeast (lot 21, square 5789), 0. concrete garage, nue (lot 1 A\Y George T. erect six 2-story brick dwellings, 372! square 1893). to cost $36,000. [R. C. Archer, | one street (lot 44, £1,500. { metal p | Brandywine street (lots | square 1675), to cost $350. Stonebraker, metal road (lot 802, square 1675, to cost $300 pap, builder; to erect one 1-story brick addition for office purposes, 62 H street northeast (lot 801, square 676), to cost $1,000. make repai! teenth street (lot 9, square 2800), to cost $1,000. Caw, builder; east (lot 24, $2,500. to erect bri addition, 1015 square 340), to cost | uilder: c reet (lot 7, owner; G. § ct one concrete 5503 Thiry centh street (lot 14, square 2933), to | cost $400. | owner and builder: architect: to erect | 57 I3 streot | square 463), to cost | owner and builder; | architect: to erect one 1806 L | to cost | Gedd shop, square 107), | Mrs. Anna C. Edwards, owner; Sum- mers & Lawson, architects and build- | rs; to make repairs, 2409 Nichols i to erect one 2. frame dwelling, 3810 Twent ond street northeast (lot 34, square , to cost $5,000. Philip Cronan, owner; to erect one 4911 Arkansas av 0, square 2026). to cost $750. Duniga ner and builder; Santmyers, architect; to 0 3733 Veazey street (lots 5 to 10, Alice M. Harris, owner and builder: . architect; to erect addition, 1342 U | square 237), to cost 2-story bri . Widmayer, owner; to erect two ate garages, 4215 and 4217 and G. one River R. B. Laskin, owner; George builder; ' to erect private garage, 4214 Meyer Herson, owner; William H. L. E. Breuninger & Son, owners; to it 5505 and 5507 Four- Joseph J. Senge, owner; M. W. Me- designer; James C. Richards, to erect one I-story brick 2237 Minnesota avenue south- square 5576), to cost tore, Morris Lipshitz, owner; Alexander MAY BE ISOLATED| i Graceful Exterior Is Simple| and of Good Design. BY L. PORTER MOORE, President, Home Owners' Institute. i | Fortunate is the home whose grace- | ful exterior is a simple and {urlhrlght‘ product of its good design. This Eng- lish home presents an example hav- ing this attribute in its best form; no raining after effects, no arbitrary placing of ornamen has bheen pel mitted to mar the charm which comesy| of its heritage, the mellowing centuries of development by predecessors of the “nglish countryside. The house is plan 276-S, and is from the bo of D. S. Betcone, architect of the Na-| tional Homebuilders' Soclety at cm-i Ine. | cago. Restraint has tempered the strength | of the English feeling displayed in the | design, while the incorporation of the | n requisites of conveniences | reful proportioning comvletes NING ROM 14°270 11587 dLIviNG 150 0" the picture as a_composite of dignity and good taste. The broken mass of the central body of the building lends in- terest. as can no feature placed like CHAMDBLR. IR ID A CHAMBER.. 15 0% 144 an_afterthought to the main plan. Viewed from the front, three defi- nitely differing planes meet the eye and gracefully frame the detail of the cen- tral entrance. The two main surfaces of the house are linked in harmony by the central door section, placed where the two arms or the L, whith the house forms, are joined. The resulting interfor layout is a| sensible cheerful arrangement. all connects main lower and coat closet. y room may be closed off at will. The stairway is lighted at the land- ing between floors by a high and wide double casement. The large window, giving on the rear, is an architectural detail of value by its unusual spacing and gives an unusual note to the rear elevation. Kitchen, breakfast room and dining room are a complete unit at one side of the house. Here the convenience j: apparent with a glance at the plan. Dining or breakfast room is but a step from the efficiently planned Kkitchen and offers the housewife her choice between the formality of the main dining room and the convenience, for hurried family meals, of the sunny lit- tle compartment at the rear. and 1 rooms, st > 2. A stone-flagged terrace at the rear nd the large porch entered from the living_room form practically two out- door living rooms. Upstairs each bed chamber occupies a complete corner of the house, slight- ly 1solating each from the other and assuring on sleepless nights that mov. ing about will not disturb other oc- cupants. | In the matter of actual space, the | cubage is estimated by Arthur Bates | Lineoln, consulting architect of Home Mr. Lincoln places $14,000 as the prob- ble figure for whi which pre- vail in the New York district. . Color Schemes Important. Valuable and ornamental as the dif- ferent components which make up a room’s furnishings may be, they are not seen in their proper values and the entire effect is impaired if the principle of composition has not been employed. In general, each article of furniture should correspond in style, color and the general feeling of its size to its companion pieces and to the room proper. The Leland. Md., model home, the fourth and last of the series of four demonstration houses erected in Wash- ington and its suburbs this year under the auspices of The Star and the Home Owners’ Institute, now is in the fin-| ishing stage of construction and is expected to he completed on schedule, 10 days prior to October 23, when it will be placed on public exhibition. This house, which is being erected for the exhibition by the firm of M. & | R. B. Warren, is one of moderate size and cost and is of the colonial | style of architecture, of stucco con- struction. It is located on a large plot at the corner of Leland and Elm streets, Leland, Md. While the place officially will not be open for two weeks vet, all interested in the better home movement now are invited to visit the place to watch the final phases of its construction. Specifications Are Rigid. The Leland model home, just as were the other Star exhibition homes, is the result of rigid specifications to insure proper building methods and the use of the best available building materials, points upon which the uitimate satisfaction and lasting quali- ties in so great a measure depend. Months before ground was broken for this house. it is recalled, the firm selected by The Star model homes committee to build this exhibition home was formulating plans for the housa. Sever and after con on over these, best features of the arrangement of the rooms. type of architecture, speci- | fications for building materials and | landscaping were incorporated into a ! final plan which was approved by The Star model homes committee. Simplicity Is Noted. As a result the home, now nearly completed, gives visitors impressions of homelike simplicity and attractive- ness, nding well back from the street in a grove of native pine and dogwood trees. Also, in keeping with the purposes of the better homes demonstration, special attention was paid to the construction of the model home "to insure a house of lasting quality. s The exterior finish of stucco is a “three-coat” job, with ths stucco ap- waterproof building paper, to a wal diagonally sheathed on upright fram ing of the best seasoned lumber. Foundations Protected. Very particular attention was pait to the construction of the foundatiog walls of the house to insure the plac against a damp basement. A specis drain tile was laid around the founda tion walls to carry off water thaj might otherwise have szeped into thy basement. A feature of the interior construo tion of the house is the plastering which is a three-coat job laid ovel metal lath. and is designed to pre vent shrinkage, which would havq caused the plaster to crack. Thy floors are a he: 7s-inch oak floor ing laid over a subflooring, with building paper between them. Al gutters and downspouts are rustproof a feature designed to obviate recurring replacements. When the house will be furnished throughout an equipped with all necessary moder fixtures and labor-saving devices an will be opened October 23 for ony month of free public inspection. CAMPAIGN FOR THRIFT ADVOCATED BY BANKER Formation of National League t{ Aid Economic Independence Is Urged. The formation of a nation:1 leagus to further the cause of economic in dependence in this country is advo cated by Orrin C. Lester, vice presh dent of the Bowery Savings Bank of New York Ci A nation-wide edw cational program to promote thrift i tal nced of today, says Mr. Lester. “There are said to be 20,000,000 filit crates in America,” stated Mr, Lester, “but no greater menace to modery progress exists than the 60,000,000 so cial and economic ‘illiterates’ who d¢ not know how to use their incomes in- telligently. We are a great people to boast t: aggregates, but of the $89,060,000,00t income of the American public we find that only $1,000 a family is saved, Of the millions in life insurance now is completed, plied over rustproof galyanized metal lath, which was nailed over heavy in force only an average of about $3,000 a family exists. high construction totals. The total estimated value of build- ing operations in the District of Co- lumbia during the nige months of 1927, as shown by building.permits, is computed at $29,025,645, while the cor. responding figure for the nine-months period of 1926 was about $53,000,000. The heaviest decline in building oper- ations this year is to be found in September, when the total estimated value, as reported in building permits, was set at $1.774,220. = Month-by- month totals this year are as fol- Io January, '$2905,755; February, $3.888.745; March, $3,42! 435,670: May, $3,522,725; J , 880; July $2,512,835; August, $3,596,940; and September, $1,774,220. Market Called Selective. Fortune, designer and builder: to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 5219 Gay street northeast (lot 17, square 5210), to cost $2.750. D. Rinaldi, owner: B. Trotta, builder; to erect one 2-story tile office, 2143 Georgia avenue (lot 800, square 3074), to_cost $1,200, Walter Gray, owner and builder; J. Daniel Trent, designer; to erect one | 1story concrete block dwelling, 5815 | Clay street northeast (lots 34 and 35, square 5274), to cost $2,400. J. Rosensk: owner; Kolodne &| to make repairs, 312 square Res. 10), to DOLCH 13°G=9:0" OVER 100 HOMESITE ACRES—TRULY A PART OF THE PARK SECOAD FLR % e e Plans From Home-Owners' Institute, Inc. (Copyright, 1927.) Massachusetts Park cost $300. John Vorkoefer, owner; Julius We- nig, architect; A. D. Brown, builder; to erect underground vault, marquise and repairs, 512 Twelfth street (lot Real estate kales activity may be |1 somewhat below that of other years, it is explained by real estate opera- tors, but the market is described as “‘selective” rather than “slow.” A con- siderable number of deals running into millions of dollars have been made, and the older and better established Teal estate firms report a steady de- mand for homes and other properties. Home buyers not only are numerous, they say, but many have readily and Voluntarily made cash payments. One firm recently reported the sale of four homek of the $45,000 and $50,000 class to cash customers during a period of three or four weeks, and other instances have been cite: Construction projects authorized in the District of Columbia within the past week, exclusive of Federal oper- rations, amounted in total value to $149.644, according to permits issued by Col. Oechmann. Of this figure, a total of $93,000 was for the construc- tion of 16 new dwellings of various types. Included in the new list also ‘were plans for the construction of § business type buildings and numer- ous repair and remodeling operations, Permits were issued as follows: Louis N. Orndorff, owner and builder; T. M. Medford, architect; to erect two 2-story frame dwellings, 4964 and 4960 Eskridge terrace (lots 1 and 2, square 1423), to cost $10.000, Peter A. Mertz, owner and buijder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 2914 Vista street northeast (lot 5, square 4339), to cost $10,000. James A. Donohue, owner; to erect ' stone retaining wall, 5831 Chevy Chase m}(wsy (lot 13, square 1863), to cost Elma A. Pierce, owner; J. fong, jr., designer; J. V. Wyvill, jr., builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling 105 Alabama avenue south- e?!l (parcel 201-76, square 5373) to cost Wil Harry Morgenstein, owner and builder; Morris H. Berkman, architect; to erect one 3-story brick addition, 613 Four-and-a-half street southwest (lot 828, square 496), to cost $1,200. Harry Blake, owner, architect and builder; to remodel residence into apartments, 1461 Rhode Island ave nue (lot 811, square 210), to cost £2,500. Claiborne Hunter, 6wner; William' Shiflett, builder; to erect one metal private garage, 627 C street northeast (lot 827, square 865), to cost $300. W. D. Goodman, owner and builder; 10 erect one brick private garage, 2814 | Thirty-fifth street (lot 21, square 1942), | to cost $500. Willlam D. Goodman, builder; A. L. Lillie, d one 2story brick and 2814 Thirty-fifth stre 19 to cost $12,500. owner anil! tile dwelling, t_(lot 21, squarc brick stores, 904 and 9 t (lot 1, square 561), to cost | 000, : T. Lindner, owner and builder; | J. Howlett, architect; to erect one av on street (lots square 1749), to cost $9,500. i W. T. Dreyer, George J.| Dreyer, architect and builder; to er one l-story frame dwelling, 1010 J- ragut street northeast (parcel 136-4, * square 3500), to cost $1,800. Ada E. King, owner; Delos H. Smith, architect; W Mooney, builder; to erect rear addition, 1518 Twenty-eighth | street (lot 272, square 1267), to cost | $5,000. | Oscar J. W. Scott, owner and! builder; R. C. Archer, jr., architect; | to erect garage in basement, 1804 First | street (lot 68, square 3107), to cost| $700 | New Zarin, owner and builder; | Jerael Diamond. builder: to erect two | 3story brick stores, and 2204 | Minnesota avenue southeast (lot 9. #quare 5576), to cost $5,000. J Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc., owners; Warren Spencer, architect and builder; erect one l-story brick dwelling, 1402 Douglas square 5871), to cost $2,850. to make repairs, 304 S street north- east to make repairs, northeast (lot 34, square 3570), to cost $1,500. R. Taff, builder; to erect one concrete (lot 20, square 484), to cost $350. George T. Santmyers, architect; 9, square 290), to cost $1,500. William Thornton, owner J. A. Melhy, architect; and to road southeast (lot 855, H. C. Carroll, owner and builder: oot 33, square 3570), o cost 1,5 H. C. Carroll, owner and builder; 1801 Third street Joseph Marino, owner; Theodore A. slock private garage, 914 Fifth street T. A. Jameson, owner and builder; 1807, 180! e rear porches, 1841 and 1843 Massac avenue southeast (lots 56, 57, 68, 7 and 74, square 1113), to cost $900. A Charming Home in the Highly 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. Main 8685 Desirable Grant Circle Section of Petworth— Fine Location for a Physician or Dentist NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. and WEBSTER ST. N.W. Nine Large Rooms—Two Baths—Large Garage Six Roomy Closets—Spacious Lawn Well Landscaped D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. 1319N. Y. Ave. Main 1267 Rear or western exposure of Star Model Home show- ing artistic sloping of gables and beauty of construction de- tails, STAR MODEL HOME Sponsored by The Evening Star and Home Owners’ Institute OCK CREEK PAR - ESTATES - IKE the facets of a perfectly cut jewel, every phase of the STAR MODEL HOME is a blending unit—the individual perfection of which lends its charm to the general effect. And, gemlike, the setting of this home is of paramount importance. The rare natural beauties of Rock Creek Park Estates form the background of the Model Home, But, as ideal as its immediate environment surely is, this home is situated in but one of the exquisite homesites in this hundred acres of home land loveliness, When you visit the Home this week—and its viewing affords a unique opportunity—you will find innumerable spots that invite the materialization of your home ideal. Rock Creek Parl tegrally a part of t| difficult to distinguish the Estates’ boundaries without the aid of a map. Broad expanses of natural landscape, wooded hills and verdant vales, spar- kling streams that their way to Rock Creek—know no man-made limits. to breathe a message of freedom from restraint and a perpetuation of peaceful- ness. That the homesite you select in Rock Creek Park Estates will ever re- k Estates is so in- he Park it is indeed murmuringly make The vety air seems main inviolate, will ever retain the beau- teous outlook it has today, is assured by a stringent code of protective re- strictions. great rarity—a country estate within the boundaries of the Nation’s Capital —a place that will never bow to the encroachments of “developers.” every facility that the City affords is immediately accessible, yet incorporated in a manner that does not detract from the beauty and general advantages of the Nature-endowed environment. For here is afforded that Here You Enter the Estates at 16th St. and Kalmia Road Office on Property, Adams 538 Telephone Main 5700 for an Inspection Appointment * . EDSON W. BRIGGS CO. Owners ONE THOUSAND ONE FIFTEENTH STREET, -AT . K Northwestern cor- ner of living room furnished in Early American motif. The Model Home is completely fur- nished by W. Mores & Sons,