Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1927, Page 17

: Fheni - REAL ESTATE WASAINGTON, D. C, :,Df,fi!ag S X{,/ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1927. | HOME & G:\RI)FNll 17 A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs LOW COST FACTOR IN PLANS AIRPLANE VIEW OF PROPOSED CIVIC CENTER SITE 26 NEW DWELLINGS INCLUDED FOR PROPOSED CIVIC CENTER ' — : ’ : - vty IN WEEK'S BUILDING PROJECT $3000.000 Held Limit of Price for Sug- i : et : : Y e £ o0 : : Residences to Cost $174550 Amond gested Site on North Side of T s e e et B - g PRy 9245725 Permits Approved—Figure i e i ; - 3 ) . S . for Period Shows Heavy Decline. pennsy 1\'ania Avenue. BY DON S, WARREN and £0,000,000 for the ace n " 3 A% < would b @ > b 9, i 2 1e District this w the pur A ;i * B, s i i g by the building inspect n thoug 73 : g Foi y 2 T, 3 AR y 4 W. Ochmann. total for high 1y Ny 2 . x % Gl i g P cost of th 1« compu ,, inder the pres » i F G o - ' included in the ne oms de on the 60-40 i - / i ¥ 2 operations in the for the pis \ the sub . & oy > L5 ceding we costs between ruetion have Z nection that th me and not in even though the ildings be not crected 3 ent that Congress anthor A 2 : dvance of such a fund from ¢ - e : . ) » were approved for the o Tomvking, owner site, Maj. Atkins said HES R0 i o % 5 3 . S o , V bui v ning ved that provision could | Fo g < 2 ¢ . » N | B " € s 1 > math the annual District bud Z 3 < : 1 t T bl e line it is proposed to erect the new zroup of municipal buil magnificent In design and proportions, and in ] only tentative sketehes | keeping with the great Fede s to be developed south of Peensylvania avenue. The view was taken lool ast from Seventh street | ment house for A cost t t met Fifth st < & | and Pennsyl a avenue toward the € nd Senatg Office Building. T he proposed site runs from Third to Seventh street and from the avenue to 12000, to be loc i i northe el 131/100, square 36 Site Has Low Valuation, et aatate out has | W eareet; 4 na aud Indiana avenues. In the background can be segn the Union Station, Congressional 'y, new Aecacia Life Building, District ary to condit n many of | it has heen impossible=to estimate the | Supreme Court Building and other f Building Permits Tssued numerous es of th d | total attractiv this developn ent iow va comparatively K tion of downtown pre construction of ste 1 and h street northeast ind builder; H. C. i e e e tion Co ers: ta cost of the building enterprise. Rermits webe lsaned s e one v brick and tile store platmaer Broteded Vi 5 W e 2 | ARCHITECTURAL LINES — TAXATION ON LAND IN DISTRICT ARCHITECTS APPROVE |, fiuties y S ore i it 0 et i, B the Washington municip sup ne \v vears to come and to provide e el Helgang e e e i e el ' valtne o | P it somnnt fo pite | IMPORTANT IN BUILDING, TR EBLED IN PAST SEVEN YEARS| OFFICE BUILDING PLANS i 5 o7 s ourt it s Bt S, e ¥ low valuation in con « it and parks south of Pennsylvania | Embellishments Noted Which Add high value of ¢ . d cost somewhere in the re 2792), to cost $8.000 property While property wiehl »d of $40.000.000. This cost | to the Livability and Attractive- on Site of Franklin Square Giles. architect: Jacob Dodd il¢ o ot gl the better developed downios i the meoponet wiie would | An Increase From $6.400,000 In 1920 to ok to erect one brick ¢ Mth, S e b Advisory Council Indorses Project| (o cost $10.000. =~ ; ; K Creek Ford road (parcet Rlod in ¢ il e ber it ness of the Home. 809 Forty-fourtk northe 6] penak ot ”;'H““" (ot B s D Donmment wavins O L1t 15 rrequently e oase that wher $19.000.000 1n 1927 Reportc& by Assessor. | rine for the e office bullding A 4 M. R Yorlon and M. Goldman, property in the proposed eivie ce first huilt e of the | huild G e e site has been virtually statjonary Would Increase Values. fEwt oo 1 limitatlons pre Personal Property Levy Doubled- ; suiare el arteenth | erect one (:5‘1”_ 520 3 buil value, is with the exception. T G e e (ng course, of the two or three mo section srould have a tremen. | Cibellishments which later . SaRCeion : S buildings to be found in this area dous effect on the values and charuc- | o (“”"" e Aty o d e wisony N 8 wner Store Building Planned. A study of asessmenis on DrODEVtY | tor of nearby . ., | €88 of the hous Taxes on land he District of Co-1 of real estate. 1, Maps, « our > cotng 1d er; to er Rarage ( er of nearby private developments, Taxes on land in the District o of real estat faps, givin n S Pty .on 1. B. Sim b S i this section in comparison with | " ¢ile opinion of Mr. Richaras and a the past seven years| dary lines, aren and distinctive num- |- & N 2 Park road (lot 77 v - A Btaceyy other downtown squares substantiates | oipare interested in real estate. Such S bers to each holdin ). Descriptive 1 this point. Land in the area proposed | , vajuable and beautiful group of data of buildir ving character and p of local inve S the site for the civic center is di- | pyiigings naturally would result in enue derived from taxes on personal | dimensions, cubic feet, cost and other tes Warren and ided into six squares, contain boosts in the value of adjoining and property during the same period has | information. 3. Sales, under nor ownir parcels of land, the present tc | ety gisoparty. Mc. ‘Richards points conditions, offers and monthly and | ians for this huilding also were 4 ey . designer sessment of which, accord | out, and this in turn would eventually yearly renfals. 4. Unit values i By he Pine: Arte: Commis:| 4 2 b Landis. owgers and -byllder AL TETENEL: ures of the tax assessor, amounts bring about better and more modern wrchitectural which hest | tax assessor, declared Monday eve-| joid" o¢ ‘ditterent depths, 3. Fac approved by the Iine A. H. Bellman, d to erect one ' (Continued on Pa ineteen.) $5,387,087. In marked contrast to this | puildings in this general section, in |1CNds itzed to th 1 of the shut- | pine i cture before the Y. M. C.| for various classes of buildings, that | S0 i op roving the archi f . the 1 assessment placed on that adequate enue might | t€r is the conolial, bu Proportion | A class in real estate which is con-|is, the value per cubic foot or the e m ‘r"“ H")’i‘;u( Eithe Excih property virtually the same | Yo Gerived from such property on the | PErmits, shutters are auite as appro- | iucted under the auspices of the|value per square foot of floor space, | LC(Ure Of KAl oo the meeting bac - ort A B O ana il | clyes foom sy s priate on any modern adaptation of | \Washington Real Estate Board, 6. Asis Bill experiencs an|Lon AR B BRUIE. S meant o teenth streets. E and H. streets. ) Sx Ditheils s Wash. | design. o i s PR i embers of the council present a \is principle was s n in Wash : ] uge increase in taxation on | knowledge arising from many vears the meeting were Frank Upman, Louis HARATEs oiliiy ut mroubte to thal jo s Drncinle was shown 1 Wesh.|“Crie” colontal shutters ‘may 'be of | lang wis Spote i he. folaning . | ooy 1609 arlsing from many yoars It | the meeting were Frank Upman, Loul assachusetts huge figure of $70 70. or nearly ! ine the erection of Union Station -and | either the Louvre type or the solid|ures presented to the by Mr. | with experience and jud S e BE g ey Lo g > times that of the proposed site for | tne development of the plaza to the |Pnd of batten construction, usually | Richards: Tax on land, 1920, $6.400, i S ‘ it Clivke Wasegaman and Maj, Vi . pitol. While land bordering on this | Pierced with some sort of character-|go0; 1923, $9.400.000; 1936 5,312,000 R arcnamily. concaced : m B R ; e Par S squares tion prior to such developments ic design. Diamond, cr I and 1927, more than $19,000,000. € pe “’ “i”‘)“_" t d ome. ' Li Bl c s market value of about $1 per|tree, candlestick and many other de-| The boost in the tas 8. tlaclogedl by Jhie capituli- | Ch B, ety 5 Square 490, c $380,743 aterward the price Tose to §4|SI&ns symbalic of the colonial era are | property, accordi - ass o e e Tils wdulg . - for the I 3,5 for improve S8 ner recalled by As- | Popular and appropriate, but an indi | fzures, has been i ] R e B e e . c . cheliihein, SF ey £ s b: 2quATe | secnor . ubsequently a | vidual design is probably b Thus H00.000; 1923, $4,000,000 % difficult_matter to consider the REALTY ACTIVITY DROPS. 1. containing 51 for | number of and more costly | one householder has pierced his shut:| 000.000; and 1927, $6,000,000. Sisne i e venthl andl wbacpercen: Sl i The T"angle of [ncreas"‘g Values Jand, $348,200 for improvem . with | puildings were cted near Union ters with the outline of a sloop, as he The tax data was presented to the | %€ 10 use in capitalization. S 5 s 2 ~ . & total assessment of $1,362,922; square | Station, th including several hotels, | i8 a vachting enthusiast Y. M..C. A. real estate class :hy Mr, | the \yuuiu.«,x;l: mm‘._x which assessments | Decline in Deeds Reported for 11 || —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Wood- 533, containing 45 lots, $255. for There is, of cours not a reat ex- Probably the only considerations to Richards durin the course of his Jec- | 2 bulit. ost of construction, rents t N 1ti » ley 202 ( 3 oS 1 C S 11 e is, se, 1 tichard . s timore. ey Road. Over 250 homes built and under construction. land, $310,600 for improveme; | panse of private property immediately | be watched in the matter of installing | ture on the methods cmployed Here | leases, condition and adaptability of Monthsltn BE il . . el e e & tola] mAmRGAEDL OF 1206; reser. | Dajoming. the site of the. proposed | shutters are good construction and A | In Assessing Draperty for taxatlon and | MMDEovements, alL enter inlo the fir | special Dispateh to The Star .~\5(u.\] improvements and home values exceed 310,500,000. vation 10, containing 81 municipal center. Judiciary Square | propriateness. Appropriateness takes | the many factors that enter into as }“‘_'”\” value of real estate. Sale BALTIMORE, December 17.—Deeds |} Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots for the !and, $455.800 for improve- | jies just to the north, containing the in the matier of tasteful adherence to|sessment matters. Sales in a com- | ar€ concrete expressions of the valuedand assignments filed at the Land [} £.000 25 40 300 feet front ment itk total “assessment of | District Supreme Court, the District | truth. ~For instance, the familiar |munily are the hasis upon' which as- | drinses alemenis. SWhetl ‘sules; dre nsord Office continue to indicate les- | 4 Di¥EaR JUCIRICEL RO $1.04 quare 459, contai ] 2 s and the old Pension |abomination of individual shutters at-|sessments of property are computed, | Missing values are determined by an{gened activity in rvealty here | = s lots, for land, $186 - im- | Office. jon lying to the east | tached to the outside window in . |but there are other factors including | Xamination and comparison of ay | (onveyances recorded during the | Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers provements, with a total assessment | of the site would be la ged | grouped unit is one of the most com. | rents, leases, cost of buildings, build-| of the above elements. | 11-month period ending November 30 of 522173, 1 square 460, co - | by enlargement of the ¢ ds | mon evidence : of lack of discrimina- |ing data and future utility, he said, | = Although the assessor may have | numbered 21,578 During the same = ing 12 $ 568 for lan 82, E now contemplated and by the|tion in home decoration. It is ax- which enter into real estate values, |data derived from a multituc of | time last vear there were 23,602 deeds B Tt i o o B L o T | e e e s e e o ldaau annon, Inc. ment of, $1,028.368, mikin ind | (nion Station from Pennsylvania | tation should have its foundation in ence on the final assessment figure. | comes from sales made under condi ting 2.024 fewer conveyances dur TAB ED 1899 total assessment _ for h e of avenue. »od 1 One shutter on the ont 1P Tassifl tions hercinbefore explained. Sales | the current year X & " $5,387,087 This leaves the area to the west of | side of the unit can serve no possibia | . ervonal Property Classifled. Hove thatnatire of commetition'1n the| . Tast year thers were:27:829vmort-| 1 1485 1KE St NoWM: Main 8685 £9,000,000 Limit Planned. venth strect, already improved by purpose. The assessor ught out the follow- | jnvestment of capital. They ave al es recorded, contrasted with 23,012 4 e building 1 the section north nz points in his lecture: bid for revenue, each investor striving . There were 1.834 conve: Plans now being prepared for the | and east of Indiana avenue. In this Personal property may he considered | 1o place his money on the hest and |ance moftliconinened Sith 1.9 consideration of the s ion, mot far from the proposed to fall under three classes—the first,| safest income-paying basis. 'in the corresponding month of 1926 and subsequently of Cong civie center site, one large new office tangible personal property ich as vided the city heads indor m, | building now is being erected; the household furniture, which is assessed call for the appropriation Con | new home of the Acacia Mutual Life Reporte From Over U. S. Show ouly where above $1.000 in value gress of a fund of between $5.000,000' ¢ ¥ 5 Second, intangible personal property | - — Increase in Production. h includes money and credits, An embr shment ¢ sort which may seem. offhand, non-important is lumbia it of outside blinds or shutters, | h treb) n volume while the rev nowadays more u tion to architectural t d in terest than for their or 1 purpose Shhrotentiin Trom Stotms been doubled, William P. Richards, ] Aesigner: D. & Son. builders] Mrs. Reta 1 or > to erect one N te b'ock and tend garag 1 p brick store. 323 Carroll street (lot 38, Sherman avenue (lot 92, square 2893), | Suuare to cost $3,000 to cost $300 Harry wyne, owner and builder: Azain last week the order files of | ; (nates of Aloglsor Ry iy Legislation to Regulate New Buildings the organized lumber industry of the |Srelent standing for, a Lot of) United States revealed a substantial | punks trust companies and public . margin of gain over the preceding |eryice corporations, based on the | Near Pul’)llc Developments Reoffered week and also over the corresponding %8 earnings, or what may be right- period of last year, according to tele considered a franchise ta | 9 iphic reports received today by the | [ivapy person, trustee and corpora N f National Lumber Manufacturers’ AS-|{jon having the above classes of prop- The bill to reg 3 t and | struction, have been submitted to the sociation from 469 leading lumber | oty must make a statement to the as- | exterior des and « 1 »f | Commission of Fine Arts and approved | mills, Shipments and production were | ¢acsor once a year and swear to the buildings in the ) ) by that commission as involving no|also ahead of those of last year. |pomectness of the same. Personal | 1 within f L , 10 | reas ly avoidable impairment of | Compared with the immediately pre- | prot N Do Sotrmed, s or park, wit . ting | the public values dependent upon said |ceding week, production was about | by & hoard of three assistant the beauty yiublic developments | public building or public park, park- |the same. with some decrease in ship- | feym the. best information from unsigh v 1 r | way or reservation, and the erection |\ments and a good gain in new b Fr R e L those mot in } - t « or alteration of any building so located |ness erty is difficult to equalize and roundings, this v v 1o )l conform to the pla S0 ap In the softwood lumber industry,|,ren hard to collect. and the admin- | n’ Congress nator psteac oved. production Jast week was about the |istration of such assessment in the Minnesota t provides also that the Fine Arts|same, with a heavy decrease in shib- | various States has grown so ineflicient The measur r to t ne | Commission shall report its approval |ments and a notable increase in new |that many of the States have abol- which was pre t th s or disapproval of building plans with- jlbusiness. There were increases in a1l |shed the tax on intangible property sion by Senator S « in 30 davs, or, if failing to report, its | three items—particularly heavy in|and substituted an income t red to the Senate ¢ »- snproval shall be assumed. The com- |orde when compared with the cor Real estate is assessed annually at buil ¢ T )il | mission would be empowered to de: ronding week a year ago. In the |its fair market value and the rate on | the indorser nate certain classes of cases which it | hardwood operations ther e. ap- | the same is determined each year to he National ¢ v wlieves may be exempted from ap |Parently, decreases m productin and |such an amount as will afford suf Commissic ' 1 by the commission without prej ;y'”\l‘”"l‘ ’I”\” and \’:H!» .‘;m,‘. ,lfl |\hr | 1t revenue to meet )mumwnmns 2 ¥ Shipste ‘ e prope to public interest. This provi |NeW business column this week. Ap- ppropriations made by Congress G — / S s i “hereafte i t " n would be to reduce the number | Parently, last week's hardwood move: assessment of real estate in the E = 3623-9( Van I\ess Street the erection o . ‘ 1<es requiring the study and ap |MeNT was below that of the corres: | District of Columbia passed the bi BTt ilaing within tr o pral b (e congmission. ponding week of 192 tiondollar mark o July 1 of this 4114 38th | Columbia 7 on of whic ; S ottt o Gl A el udba s iing nis , N h Cl l d p 1( front upon or t d w P e i e Two Residences Sold. el fl i SRR (Just below Van Ness Street) ort evelan ar feot of any publ i R Aper ADIroyal of A AL g R. A. Jones, 511 Te Sttt Be ’ ; o park. park R . n. . he areas affected hy the new | b, < o8 , : e Rules for Assessments. k : S gl Sl Juthe s purchased the ho et v il e | Ana e uitabe explamation: | SUIhetst has purchased the house| |t fr MOSSEER L ort Jdevelan ar S ————————————— Four paring applieations for por | and M. T. Collins, 1235 Randolph | making of assessments it has ey | T Iaye s e Soayitenik AuoeREQURAC s ldinzs within such area sreet ’\w-ulm’m has ‘bought | necessary to ot p'\'l"":"”'”" ”‘l"‘:' Any one would be proud to possess one of these Rans sents the second two. which will be Built _|the house at 619 Somerset place, | cated by lines of verience and to Y | Fort Stevens. HBoth dwellings were | bring into play various scientific help, fine, new brick homes. James E. Cooper, one of Washinton's most Two MODERN KITCHEN IS HELD TRIBUTE TO THE HOME e or oo aman fCon- | Ehe allicy, 1 ST Look them through carefully this Sunday—from "‘"‘,Z’\”f kot el i Sold BIG A!D TO HOUSEWIVES FROM PEN OF SATIRIST NEVEY T 3 S cellar to attiec—you will see why Hedges & Middleton elevati one of hest in the entire at nspeet y. These homes were de have rightfully earned such an enviable reputation Hixerioe bV an: Nows Bicesh thrad hiaeis siak ot o Bureau of Standards, or via Wisconsin Avenue just in modern home building. Notice the grade of floor- R Gl T e Rl ing—the fixtures—the hardware—the wall coverings B ey —in fact, you will find everything as good as can be sterior and a_spacious floor plan that you would found in the most costly homes. T e s e e P construction as well as the artistic detail of interior Six Rooms—Full Bath—Tile Lavator) A e el s originality and g A most pleasing atmos- S 2\ Saves 1.000 Steps Daily and Other- H. L. Mencken Declares Family Benefite, Iz View Abiding Place Is Not Mere N wQSIQ)) %B [gh tg L% Bhservars Transient Shelter. Do Bl 27 B & to the home from the pen ken, famous American ' —T]'\e Incomparable—— molisher of cant, is a e but its sincerity must disputed. Ho says: mHERE is .that indescribable chal_rm Its essence lies in its perma all-pervading in Wesley Heights that : ; e Fepeari iy ,::f"wf;’:“‘. ',",;,l',d art conceived, but which it could :“,,”r‘”‘\ 1 el nat R e b iy U T ‘]'N""l"]""\'\I‘,"‘I"h[ff"m‘"”"“I':, never achieve alone. er ”"';T‘r,‘. n 4 hkinie nd | museum m'v‘u people; t Eive it | Back of the gems of designing g’cnius in indefinable air, separs it from | roatize work ¢ : 1 other homes; as one human face is . J lie the matchless beauties of nature— Maed dgr) Bl atiers, S5 18 making it truly “the Garden Spot of Wash- ma commensurate With & moderate income. We features onvenlan « refuge from the world, a treas- one of Phide e house, a castle and the shrine of e : Open Sunday Until 9 P.M. 10 to 6 i Gropiey et unihs tonkiemuitien ¥ i il ‘“‘;' M0 st “ Hedges & Mlddleton, Ine. || Schwab, Valk & Canby SRR W. C. and A. N. Miller i J. Brooks recently purchased a' Realtors ch the fip s " vew. Home. located at 413 Delafield |5 Realtors 1412 Eye Street Franklin 9503 1704 Connecticut Ave. Potomac 830 e e ¢ treet from the Cafritz organization enhance its Gegres, L SAT 57 W 2 Big Breakfast and Sleeping Porches pharss: - Herer Iafan ouial; opposiin |k iooho e The location, too, is most desirable—within one block of iy prautiuly ‘couipper’ e "buthe, incliiug car service—near neighborhood stores and close to both pub- A ercih Gl 13 A open lic and parochial schools. Reached via Wisconsin dvenue to Citomatic” water heater Van Ness St., then east one square to 38th St. Open e uidderd’ oujecive fas been oitay o Vs n on S v 18 pleasing to the eye, comfortable to live m, spacious sensibly plannéd. combining every essen- You Should See Them Sundav ual convenience with, the hichest” standurdof *con- noderate - price. —and on Z0 2 DD <h e Petworth residence contains s B AN AT A D A A 3 | main reoms and is colonial in design. £y @55, B B LIS IVELY