Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1927, Page 17

UNITED COMPANY GETS PERMIT $85.000 STRUCTURE HERE Application Approved While Plans Are Being Studied by Fine Arts Body—Other Projects for Week Total $212.140. Plans for the construction of a|and 516 Georgia avenue (lot 36, squm‘c‘ FOR two-story brick store and office build- ing on the northeast corner of Four teenth and E streets, just Cigar Stores Co. of America, long- term lessee of the property, this week were included in the new list of oper- ations approved by the District build- ing inspector. The cost of the build- ing was estimated at $85,000. Razing of the old buildings now on the site, which has a frontage of about 32 feet on E and of 150 feet on Four: teenth street, is expected to be ac complished soon, structure voluntarily have been sub- mitted to the Fine Arts Commission | to stucco exterior for suggestions as to exterior design. Tt is expected a number -of changes may be made in the building. Sub- mission of the plans to the fine arts body for review made by national officials of the cigar concern, follow- ing a suggestion to this effect by mem- bers of the public and private build- | ings. committee of Board of Trade. the Washington ‘The commission is expected during the coming week to |2 make its recommendations concerning the structure. Co-operation Is Praised. The act of the cigar company in asking the Fine Arts Commission to pass upon its plans for this building, which will be on a prominent site facing the great Federal building pro- gram south- of Pennsylvania avenue, anticipates a new zoning procedure proposed in a bill now being drafted for submission to Congress at the coming session. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive | secretary of the Park gnd Planning | o cost $300. Commission, who is engaged with others in drafting this measure, exX-|y “\yilliams, builder; to remod>l, 1713 | pressed gratification at the willingness \ i’ gireet (lot 803, square 154), to cost of the United Cigar Stores Co. in sub- mitting plans for the building to the fine arts body. Robert F. Beresford, chairman, of the Board of Trade com- mittee on public and private buildings, and others also commended the com- pany for its act, and said they hoped it would prove a precedent to be fol- lowed by others contemplating new buildings nearby Government struc- tures or large park areas. Permits Total $297,140. Plans for the Fourteenth street bullding were taken out in the name of the United Stores Realty Co., a sub- sidiary of the United Cigar Stores Co. ‘The value of all new building opera- Wons in the District, exclusive of Fed- eral projects,, g?roved during. the past week amibuhted, to$297,140, of which $150,500 was for construction of 16 dwellings of various types. There were plans.atso for nine small store bulldings dnd considerable, remode! repair work. g . Plans were revealed also for the con- struction of a one-st frame Sunday school building at 1811 Fexhall road for the St. Alban's Parish. Permits were issued as follows: Store and Office Planned. United Stores Realty Co., owners; Julius Wenig and H. G, Mitchell, as- sociate architects; James L. Parsons, Jr., builder; to erect one 2-story brick store and effice, 501 Fourteenth strect Qots 811 and 812, square 254), to cost $85,000. Mrs. M. 8. McCopike, owner; J. W. Whelan, archite: McConike & | ‘Whelan, buildets; to erect one 3-story [«cost $21,000. stone and tile dwelling, 2435 Kalo- rama road (lots 7 and 8, square “4502), to. cost $55,000. Fred W. Strobel, owner; to inclose | porch, 4406 New Hampshire avenue (lot 40, square 3247), to cost $300. Eudora B. Johnson, owner; Georgé T. Santmyers, architect; F. M. John- son, builde) vo 2-story brick 2815 and 281 Bellevue terrace (lots 10 and 11, square 1813), to cost $20,000. Eudora B. Johnson, owner; to_erect | two brick private garages, 2815 and | 2817 Bellevue terrace (lots 10 and 11, square 1813), to.cost $1,000. Mrs. Fannie L. Harward, owner Lewis Homes Mfg. Co., architgets; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 512 Cathedral avenue (lots 40 and 41, square 1449), to cost $10,000. Max Zitmore, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, archit to erect four 2.story brick dwellings, 818 to 824 Sheridan street (lots 12 and 11, square 2980), to cost $20,000. ‘William T. Betts, owner; George J. Fletcher, builder; to erect one brick garage, 4911 Forty-sixth street (lots 18 to 15, square 1572), to cost $400. ‘William T. Betts, owner; Rodier & Kundzyn, architect: George J. Fletcher, builder; to erect one 1-story | Architects’ President to Address| Forty-sixth | frame dwelling, 4911 street (lots 13 to 15, square 15 cost $9,000. Virginia Dien, owner; A. to s to make re- (ot 808, llam Hughes, builders; pairs, 12001202 G gtreet square 259), to cost $2,000. Three One-story Stores. B. D. Friedman, owner; George T. Rantmyers, archifect; Federal Con- struction Co., buil to erect three *1story brick stores, 1407, 1409 and 1411 T street (lots 504 and 33, square 205), to_cost $12,000. Mrs. R, P. Whitty, owner; J. A. Richards, builder; to make repairs, 925 Four-and-a-half street southwest (ot 1, square 499), to cost $2,200. John J. Cleary, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect one 2.story brick rear addition, 700 Second , street (lot 802, square 66), to cost $1,000, M. A, and J. R. Duffey, owners; John R. Duffey, architect and builder; to erect addition, 71 P street (lot 807, | square 615), to cost $700. R. Les Horton, owner and bullder; * Harry A. Brandt, archite but plans for the | above | evs; H. N. Brawner, jr., architect; to Pennsylvania avenue, by the United |erect one 1-story frume Sunday school | | | | | J. At-| kinson, architect; George J. & Wil-| | | | | F |of the Operative Builder: WASHINGTON, D. C, ), to cost $12.000. .’ Alban’s Parish, owners and build- building, 1811 Foxhall road (lots 800, 801 and 802, square 1350), to cost $2,000. A. Loffler Provision Co., owners and builders; to erect brick addition (parcel 168/5), to cost §500. ‘Woodward & Lothrop, L. K. Ashford, architect; George Fuller Co., builders: to’ repair warchouse, irst and M streets northeast (lot 806, square 673), to cost §3.000. Marie Douglass, owner and builder; | 11s of building and | pairs, 1641 Vermont avenue | (lot 803, square 309), to cost $300 Adid E. Cooper, : Green, builder; to make r Hamlin strect northeast (lot 4136), to cost $900. make rey Six-Room House Has TWO porches and Large Hall. | STUCCO EXTERIOR MAY BE COLORED Type Is Economical Build and Upkeep I at Minimum. BY L. PORTER MOORE, President Home Owners' Institute, Inc. A design thadt is really noteworthy in domestic hitecture has been achieved in th plan, which is No. 342-BTH. The house contains six rooms, two porches and a hall that almost large enough to bey classed a room. The steeply pitchied roof and bles are reminiscent of northern ance and illustrate a style that is rapidly coming into wogue in this erior walls are ftucco, which tinted and textared as desire Permit for Garage. to erect one | son street (lot 3500, . rchitect afid | brick and | n street (lot | ry R. Juffe, owner and builder; | . J. Atkinson, architect; to make | irs, 117 H street (lot 31, square 562), to cost $1,500. Miss Sawtelle, Galvin, builder; to " remodel street. (lot 13, square 115), $3,000. Millie Graybill Hunt, owner; to erect one concrete block private garage, 6628 First street (lot 15, square.3365), © Wire, owner, builder; to erect one, 2 tile dwelling, 3834 (fa I3 “owner; James J. 1925 N| to cost | Margaret C. Doherty, owner; George | ambaugh Construction Co. ers and builders; Julius Wenig, archi- ; to remodel, 2032 Q street (ot 822, e 1269), to cost $2.500. liam A. Hi owner; to erect brick retaining wall, 2443 Kalorama | road (lots 9 epd 10, square 2502), to cost $750. ’ Mary Simons and Emmannuel Scor- dos, owners and builders; to make re- pairs, 2118 G street (lot B, square 80), to cost $1,500. Mrs. T. Stevenhuysen, owner; E. F. Scott, builder: to erect one frame ga- rage, 2322 Branch. avenue southeast (lot 4, square 5679), to cost $500. John H. Davis, owner and builder; N. R. Grimm, architect; to make re- pairs, 2911 Thirty-fourth street (lot 40, square 2118), to cost $490. Additions and Remodeling. * John Marlow, owner and builder; R. C. Archer, jr., architect; to erect frame addition, 1127 Forty-eighth street northeast (lots 90 -and - 801, square 5158), to cost $2,100. 1. Meade, owner and builder; R. C. Archer, jr., architect; to erect frame addition,” 4301 Jay street northeast | (lot 3, square 5095), to cost $1,000. E. Roy Lewis, owner and builde Alvin L. Aubinoe, architect; to re- model, 908 and 906 L street (lot 83 square’ 370), to cost $6,000 Cafyitz Construction Co., owners and builders; H. H. Warwick, archi- tect; to erect three 2-story brick stores,and dwellings, 501 to 505 Ken- nedy Street (lot 812, square 3207), to Anne R. Athey, owner, architect and builder; to erect one 1-story frame dwelling, 5001 Sherier place (lots 25 and 26, square 1414), to cost $2,500. E. W. Keyser, owner; . A. Cook, builder; to make repairs, 816 Second street southwest (lot B, square 590), to_cost $600. Washington Loan & Trust Co., owner and builder; to make repairs, Fonr-and-one-half street south- west (lot 46, square 500), to cost $475. J. J. Willett, owner; to make re- pairs, 1133 Seventh street southeast (lot —, square §82), to cost $400. Cora M. Hunt, owner: 1o erect one | brick private garage, 310 Indiana ave- nue (lot 26, square 533), to cost $300. 1. May, owner; L. O. Beek, architect nd builder; to erect one 1-story con-| crete-block addition to dwelling 1434 | North Carolina_avenue northeast (lot 101, square 1055), to cost $400. William E. Poole, owner and builder; V. F. Beers, architect; to erect one | tory frame dwelling, 52 Milmarson | place” (lot 93, square 3384), to cost $5,000, MEDARY TO SPEAK. Operative Builders. Milton B. Medary of Philadelphia, ident of the American Institute of rchitects and a_member of the Na- pital Park and Planning Commission, will address the meettms ssociation of Washington next Friday noon the Carlton Hotel, Rufus S. Lus president of the association, announced today. Mr. Medary, speak on city development and the part which is played by the builders and developers. Furniture Important Factor. i Permanent furniture in the home | has the advantage of its name and gives an integral feeling to room deco- ration, tying in the room with its fur- nishings to their apparent mutual ad- vantage, Built-in hookcases, china closets, seats, sideboards, work tables, break- fast nooks, kitchen cabinets, ironing hoards, medicine cabinets and radiator incloseures are among the featureg which add to the value and attractive. ness of the hom |architect of Home Owner: it is expected, will || interroom openings, window | |fi undings indicates As the large of roof offers an unusual op- for the application of colos il probably’ be taken into ion when the wall color is ex| portunit; this fact consider: selected A fine living room with the fire- place occupying its center, has a re- essed porch and hall’on one side and a large, open porch with arched en- trances on the other. As you will see by examining the plan of the f floor, this room, together with the hall and ‘porch, is unusually large for a house of this size. and it is lighted from three sides. A family could do a heap:of living in this room. Behind this room is a dining room and kitchen with a convenient back porch. Access to the second floor is gained by a stairway in the hall, the space under which can be easily util- | ized for coats and storage. Upkeep Costs at Minimum. On the second floor there are three bedrooms of good size; all have com- modious closet spa and plenty of windows, insuring light and a good circulation of ai This house would be casy to keep clean and upkeep costs would be heid to a minimum. Further, the house is'of & type that is eco- nomical to construct. The house contains about 20,000 cubic feet. Acording to the estima of Arthur Bates Lincoln, consulting Institute, it can be built for approximately $12,000. Outline of recommended specifica- tions follow Masonry—Concrete footings under all walls, as shown on drawings. All foundation walls to be poured con- crete or concrete block. Concrete to be mixed with waterproofing com- pound. Chimney of common brick, all flues lined or construeted with in- terlocking chimney brick; fireplace of selected brick provides ash dump with ciean-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. Carpent; All framing lumber shall be well seasoned and free from large either Douglas fir or yellow California. white pine for ext rior millwork 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—All exterior walls fin- ished with three coats cement stucco. 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 fs to put it on in a careful, workmanlike manner. = All hardware on exterior openings to be of brass or bronze. Casement Windows Optional. Casement windows—Steel casement “’,indows may be used at owner's op- tion, Plastering and lathing—Plastering to be two-coat work if applied to in- sulating lumber of® plaster board, or three.coat work if wood or metal lath i aster base: finish coat of hydrated ged with plaster of pari: Metzl work—Gutters, leaders, down- spouts and flashing to be 16-ounce copper or No. 11 gauge zine. Roofing—Roof of slate, surfaced or copper-clad_shingles, to be Jaid in ac- cordance with manufacturer’s instruc- tions, asbestos cement or cedar shin. gles or cement tile, at owner’s option. Color as selected. Painting—Strictly pure whtie lead and linseed oil in proper proportions, with zinc oxide where desired, or a good grade of ready-mixed paint, shall 2 Interior trim to receive two good coats of flat paint and one coat of flat enamel. Finished doors to be varnished or waxed throughout as di- rected, Electrical work—Complete system of electric wiring from meter to all out- lets, including all panel boards, jun YOUR INSPEC to | i witviner | | First Floor Plan PLANS FROM HOME OWNERS' INSTITUTE, INC. COPYRIGHT. 1027. he Zoening FHAP o sovnom o . [row e comm] 1 IREALTY MARKET CONDITIONS : Second Floor. Plan Star: Model Home at Fourth Week The Star model home at Leland and | Elm streets, Leland, (Chevy Chase) | Md., the fourth and last of the series of demonstration homes grected in ‘Washington and its suburbs this year under the auspices of The Star, to- morrow will enter its fourth week of public exhibition. Great throngs of home-lovers visit- ed the place on the opening day and each ensuing day has brought large numbers of persons to study its con- struction, arrangement and furnish- ings. The house will be closed to the public following November 20, The Leland model home, a_stucco house of moderate size, English colonial in style, was furnished for the exhibition by W. & J. Sloane, in conformity with the general architec- tural style of the house. One of the prominent pieces in the tivinig room is a snallow wing Eng- lish «colonial sofa covered in tapestry |Jn shades of old rose and tan. The sofa is a halt-filled plece with down cushions. Another piece of the iving room set is a Portsmouth wing chair, a reproduction of an original, which covered fn embroidered linen, and tion boxes and all other fittings. The installation must be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, Plumbing—A complete system and fixtures ready to use shall be provided as shown on plans and in accordance with local regulations. Brass piping for hot and cold water lines. Gas or coal fired hot-water heater. Tile work—Tile work and wainseot- ing on bathroom with built-in china accessories. Heating—Steam or hot-water boiler, coal, oil or gas fired. Hot-air at awn- er’s option. Insulation—Throughout with insu- lating building board (or insulating quilting if preferred), used as plaster base on second floor ceiling, operates s roof insulation. TION INVITED 2402 WYOMING AVENUE N.W. Sunday. From Ten This detached brick Ge cated on one of the finest O’Clock Until Six. orgian style residence is lo- streets in Washington. De- signed by Thomas J. D. Fuller and built under careful supervi: and one that we take real on, it is, we believe, an outstanding opportunity pleasure in offering for sale. Houses in this fashionable section are rarely offered pub- licly and in this instance we are able to present a great bargain. The fitst floor contains 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 andh ome 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 a beautiful living room, with built-in bookcases and an open fireplace; dining room; sunroom overlooking a terraced garden; butler’s pantry; kitchen; electric refrigeration; coat closet, etc. On the second floor there are three master sleeping rooms, one having an open fireplace, and two baths with built-in fix- tures, sitting room and many large closets. The third floor contains three rooms and bath and a storage room. In the basement there is a furnace room with oil burner, laundry room and built-in garage. Offered at a Price Way Below Reproduction MOORE & HILL, Inc. 730 Seventeenth Street N.W, Leland to Enter : | of Public Exhibition| i | | another prominent plece is a Cogswell chair, a modern adaptation of an old | English chair, also covered in tapes- y. There is a little butterfly table | in mahogany with quaint turnings, which is set at the end of the sofa. | The living room lamps are of hand-| wrought fron with parchment shades | with typical old subjects worked into their decorations. On the floor is a | Turkish rug, with background of blue | and with predominating colors of rose, tan and soft green in the main design The dining room suite is of modern English_design, the base of which is of the Willlam and Mary period, hav- ing soft antique walnut finish. The floor covering is a Persian rug having a blue background and a’ serrated leaf design. The master bedroom on the second floor is furnished with a mahogany twin bed suite of eighteenth century colonial design of simple lines and having a soft colonial red finish. A second bedroom has been treated in the old New England style with a quaint single bed 1 cherry and maple, a typical early American chest of drawers, also in cherry and maple, and an old Dutch rocker covered in | old-fashioned green and rose chini The guest room is furnished in mahogany and maple. The suite is of American empire design. With this suite has been used a sleepy hol- low chair of a type unusually com- fortable. SURVEY SHOWS HOMES OFTEN KEPT TOO WARM Health Workers Recommend That Thermometers Be Used in Every Room. Many home owners dislike Winter because it brings with it the problem of keeping the house com- fortable. The problem of heating and ventilating is usually handled in a haphazard manner which is wasteful of fuel and even more disastrous to health. In order to meet the needs of the most severe weather, the heat | ing plant is installed with a capacity to heat the house to a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit when the out- side temperature is as cold as it is likely to become -in the particular region. This means that the house is overheated much of the time, often going as high as 80 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. o The health workers, physiologists and, hygienists have discovered after long experimentation that a tempera- ture above 63 degrees Fahrenheit:is detrimental to health. k. They recommend that thermome- ter be placed in every room to be ventilated, and urge that this be read frequently to see that the tempera- tur ced this upper limit Guud Taste in Furnishing. Good taste 1n furnishing: atest things need not have any relation to the size of one’s home. With an average of 50 real estate transactions being made here daily, as hown by court records, real estate | market conditions in Washington are {in a healthy state and a stronger tone is in the offing, in the opinion of James P. Schick, executive secretary of the Real Estate Board. In an address before the personnel of the firm of Hedges & Middleton this week, Mr. Schick made public the results of a study of records in | the office of the District recorder of | decds, which he believes to constitute | n of the present stability te business here and 1 optimism as to the During the past six months, Mr. Schick states, more than 8,100 deeds | have been filed with the recorder of | deeds—representing an average of | about 1,500 real estate transactions a | month or about 50 per day. | states the realtors’ sec- | v, the most encouraging feature of the situation is the fact that there |is definite indications that the number of deeds recorded during the month of November will be greater than the average for the past six months, judg- ing from the present trend of trans- actions aled in his® study of court Figures obtained from official reports of deeds recorded, he says, together with charts prepared on the basis of these records, indicate a remarkable upward trend since the { which the life low point in transactions which was SHOWN TO BE HEALTHY HERE Average of 50 Transactions Recorded Daily in Washington—Schick Pre- _ dicts Even Stronger Tone. noted early transaction: in September. Present he said, are nearly to the totals set during the months, when real estate business usually is at jts peak for a year. The board secretary found added encouragement in the amount of loans cn real property which has been placed in Washington during the past six months, During this period, he re- ports, a total of $68,000000 has heen loaned on property in the District of Columbia and for development pro- jects here, of which $16,000,600 was loaned by the larger life insurance companies of the country. This he in- terprets as an indication of the faith insurance concerns, which each year place millions of dol- lars investments on real estate, have in the stability of the real estate husines ashington. This confi- dence in Washington on the part of these national concerns, he points out, is particularly assuring in as much they reguard a stable market e to_the investment of their funds. Mr. Echick points to the fact that there has been more money in the savings, banks in the past six months than at any other time in the history of local institutions as an indication of the fact that the buying public is plentifully suplied with investment funds. o The metropolitan district of the Na. tional Capital, with its population of approximately 700,000 thus affords an excellent opportunity for business, he declares. | BY COL. iv“vc President the | | you"are, | too, is going to wait until the trad | tional nesting time before he under- f ¢ | JOHN REED KILPATRICK, New York Building Con- sress. Are you going to walt until next pring to build your home? Probably and doubtless yotir neighbor. kes the construction of the nest | which is to house his human brood. | | Following the blind lead of custom, homie builders as well as builders en- gaged on larger enterprises wait for the warm Spring sunshine before they put their steam shovels into the ground. i limate, is mainly re- onal idleness in the construction industries,” reports the committee which Secretary Hoover, ardent crusader for year-round con- uction, appointed "to investigate tuation. So, according to the best authority tradition rather than reason is respon sible for that seasonal inactivity which affects the 11,000,000 persons of this ¢ who depend on the | building for their living. | Not only carpenters, plumbers, labor- < and electricians are affected, but | Winter processes of felling lumber, ving stone, manufacturing brick, and the transportation | vibution of these and a hun- dred other commodities are affected by is seasonal haza y Jittle reason, in fact, exists for the curfent popular belief that Winter building is uneconomit. ‘A check-up on one company’s operation over the Winter months has disclosed that an average of but fourteen days' idleness a year is due to impossible weather conditions, The possibilities for Winter con- struction developed by engineering ex- perts are applicable to small house construction. As an instance a con- crete block foundation can be laid when the temperature is as low as 25 degrees above zero. If the foundation is to be concrete it can be poured when the thermometer is below freez- | ing provided the ingredients are heat- | ed” before use and further providi that a small amount of one of the s eral anti-freeze_compounds is mi with the cement. After the concrete has been poured it is well to cover the | wall or footing, as the case may be, with hay, straw, tarpaulin or tar pa- per to retain as much of the heat as ble until the concrete has taken | its initial set. 1t stands to reason that if you build when there is a surplus of good m CUSTOM IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SEASONAL CONSTRUCTION chanics the cost units and quality of workmanship will be- better than in periods where every one is competing for the services of even the mediocre craftsmen, ¢ For the home builder who sees the advantage of Winter construction the ideal plan would bé to get the shell of his house up before Jack Frost gets in his heaviest work. He would then find himself with a plenitude of mie- chanics to finish his house interior. With the roof on and side walls up, electricians can go ahead with wiring, plumbers can lay their pipes and set their fixtures in place, carpenters can lay floors and complete interlor wood- work, plasterers can mix and apply their plaster, painters can stain, paint and varnish where it is necessary. In addition to helping himself by getting his home finished with less ef- fort at a smaller cost and with su- perior grade of workmanship, the home builder who plans his operation for the Winter months can feel that he has been a factor in providing com- tinuous employment for the building workman. DISTINCTIVE NOTES SEEN IN DESIGNING OF HOMES Practically i‘verr. Nation Contrib- utes Special Features to Build- ings Erected in Own Zone. Practically every nation has some distinctive note to contribute to the designing of homes. Not the least in- teresting aspect of St. Moritz. the fash. fonable Swiss Summer and Winter re- sort, are the honies of the natives. Many have seen pictures of the in- terior of one of these homes. Besides their quaint charns, many Swiss houses are interesting to Americans for their beautiful and unusual wall treatment. Knotty pine, ignored and discarded by home builders in this country, is used and the knots made part of the decorative treatment. The walls and ceilings are finished with two coats of shellac, which is rubbed down and varnished. The beautiful satiny finish of the walls and the quaint carved decora- tions give a sumptuous air to the room: Far from being ugly, the pive lumber takes on a rare when used as it is in Swiss 516 Van Bure Distinctiveness—Added Improvements—and a Lower Price Than Any 32-Foot Front Detached Home Ever n Street N.W. Driye Out Ga. Ave. to Van Buren St. and Turn Left to Model Home The living room is 28x14 and all othr rooms proportionately large. Cedar-lined closets. Automatic hot-water ' heater. Open fireplace. Offered in This Section of the City