Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1928, Page 15

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, FEDERAL BUILDING PROGRAM TO AID DISTRICT PROJECTS New Activity Develops in Local Realty - Market Following Plans for New U. S. Offices. BY DON S. WARREN. The great Federal building program The Southern Railway headquarters, now located in the Southern Railway | Suitable Material and| Skill in Adapting to Design Necessary. IPLAN SHOWN TODAY ILLUSTRATES IDEA now in progress in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue. which in itself will be of tremendous value to the de- Building, on Pennsylvania avenue, is jone of the largest concerns affected {by the Government program. To date no official statement has been made on velopment of the National Capital, is |po OWCH! SRICHORE 8% ol Ation as besinning to have definite effect upon | P 0% (oCation. but the {mpression @istinctly local real estate operations Not only will this unprecedented building program create unusual inter- est in real cstate in Washington. but the necessary removal of a number of large private concerns located in the area where Federal buildings are to erected has developed new business for is gaining ground in local business circles that the railway offices will not be moved from Washington. This be- lief and hope is growing despite efforts being made by other cities to obtain |the railway headquarters offices and | rumors that the officials of the com- pany had decided to desert the Na- local appraisers, consultants, property | holders and Teal estate salesmen. AU ). Want Southern Offices Here. D. C. Offices to Be Moved. The District Building and other city | government agencies now located in the 2 su area sclected for the sites for the Fed- new location within the District of A . several I%¢ | Columbia at a price reasonable and at- rivate organizations. must move 1o > £ Fww Jocations. With the exception of | tractive to the organization. The trade the tentative selection of the site for |organizations of Washington have sent the new municipal group of buildings. | communications to the Southern Rail- which it is proposed to locate in the |way pointing out the manifold advan- section north of Pennsylvania avenue | tages of maintaining its headquarters in between Third and Sixth strects. no | Washington, where hundreds of other announcement has been made by the |great sectional and national organiza- organizations affected as to where they ' tions have their home offices. will find new homes | Location of the new home of the rail- Manv lJocal real estate concerns long | way in Washington. %t has been pointed established here. it is known. have been |out. would prove of value to the organ- hard at work studying the needs of the |ization in another way. due to the fact organizations affected by the Govern- |that a great number of the employes ment building projects. and scores of [of the company now own or are buy- offers for new sites and the construc- |ing homes in this city and would suffer | tion of new buildings have been sub- loss should they have to move to an- | It is believed here that the Southern | today Railway will be able to find a suitable | qualities in an interesting manner, its | Features Given charded Common to All Homes for Decorative Uses. BY L. PORTER MOORE. Prosident, Home Owners Institute. Suitability of materials and skill in | adapting native materfals to the re- | quirement of architecture of foreign | derivation are probably the paramount | requisites of good design today, since | so large h proportion of our new homes | | are of European style. The plan shown as No. 206-S fllustrates these | designer having evolved from m.sum-ny; American materials a plan having the | distinction and grace of the homes of Spain, fittingly combined with Ameri- can attributes of convenicnce and com- fort. It contains 23.000 cubic feet. The architect is Harold E. Paddon of New York. Excellence of Design Noted. His design is noteworthy in its use of features common to all houses for decorative purposes. Thus the chim- ney of common brick is covered with stucco which reveals the brickwork in | interesting .patterns at the top. A | wrought iron ornament decorates one | side_in_ graceful relief. | Windows are skillfully treated so that they break up the expanse of walls into Enactment Based on in McChesney A " “The proposal now being considered in Congress providing for the licensing of | real estate brokers and salesmen doing LAW TO REQUIRE LICENSING OF REALTY DEALERS URGED Principles Set Forth ct Is Favored by District Assessor Richards. iWa.ithzkm as well as serving to set up | a new protection for the public. | In urging the enactment of a modi- | business in the District of Columbia, |fied form of the McChesney act for | along lines of similar acts now in force Washington, Mr. Whiteford pointed ou* in 20 or more States of the Nation. was | the fact that under present regulations | given the stamp of approval this week | attorneys and physicians have to pass wrenen (2 mitted. i other location on short notice. PLANS FOR TWO APARTMENTS AND 17 DWELLINGS ARE FILED Construction of two apartment houses | street (lot 849, square 514): to cost | . gistinction of the house. The rnln~‘ having a total estimated cost of more than $500.000 and of 17 dwellings of | various types to be located in the sev- | C. N. Norton, architect; to erect one 1- | i5r" hoads. eral sections of the city at a total cost | story frame dwelling. 3403 Brothers i .ian features for decorative ends is a exceeding $123,000 were among new place southeast (lots 3 and 4, square p,ronounced characteristic of this desi building projects authorized in the Dis- | trict_of Columbia during the past week | by Col. John W. Oehmann, building inspector. H The total cost of all new profects was computed to be $783.425. which, while | Jower than the corresponding figure for | $800. Charles A. Lohr, owner and builder: 6006) ; to cost $4.500. ‘Wooglward & Lothrop, owners; G. A. Fuller Co., builders; to build inciner- ator, First and M streets northeast (lot 806, square 673): to cost $300. Peretsky, Rosen & Siiver. owners, de- signers and builders; to make repairs, | predetermined pattern. A gate for the | garage driveway lengthens out the ap- | | parent lines of the house and mounts a wrought iron lantern on its masonry anchorage per. | Scattered about the exterior are bits jof wrought iron. spots of brickwork {and tiles, leaded glass and molded con- | crete ornaments which in the totality of their effect considerably enhanc of mnon-corroding material, are ished with drcorative conduc- The utilization of utili- pipes. e 1, which, in this respect, could easily be simplified. The downstairs layout permits the {large dining room to share in the radi- | lance of the fireplace which is placed opposite the opening between living and | dining rooms. the opening enhancing | the preceding week. is regarded as high | 3355' street (lop 42, square 624); 10 COSL | the scene of spaciousness in both rooms. | for this season of the year. ! Among permits issued were the lol-l wing: George Tomlinson, owner and build-, er: Frank Tomlinson, architect: to erect | one 5-story brick apartment, 3500 Thir- teenth street (lots 858 and 98, square | 2834): to cost $300.000. 1 G. G. Loehler. owner and builder:; P. L. & J. G. Loehler, designers; to erect | one 3-story brick and concreie elevator | shaft and make repairs, 1325-27 Four- | frame addition. 4836 Hayes treet north- | framing teenth street (lots 806 and 807, square ! 242): to cost $14.000. Herman Harbers. owner: Conrad M. Chaney. designer and bulider: to erect one 1-story brick addition. 3022 South Dakota avenue northeast «lot 813, square 4340): to cost $3.000. Shannon & Luchs Construction Co.. ©ovners and builders: 1% erect one frame | garage, 1320 Ingraham street (lot 117, square 2804): to cost $650.. * Ell & Kay Building & Investment Co., owners and builders: Louis T. Rou- leau, architect. to erect one 5-story brick and concrete apzrtment, 2800 On- | tario road (ot 463, square 2583); to! cost $225.000. i John M. King. owner and builder; J,l A. Melby, architect; to erect one 2- story frame dwelling, 3715 Twenty-sec- | ond street northeast (lot 120, square | 4242): to cost $4.500. Victor H. Scholz, owner and builder; to erect two brick garages, 6130 and 36 Thirty-second street (lots 52 and 53, square 2019); to cost $1,000. Victor H. Scholz, owner and buildes to erect addition. 6130 and 36 Thirt: 2019); to cost $500. Miss Sadie Johnson, owner and build- er: H. W. Turner, designer; to erect east (Jots 5 and 6, square 5149); to cost $600. . T. A. Jameson. owner and builder: to inclose rear upper porches, 2703 Sixth street northeast (lot 98, square 3637); 10 cost $300. Archle Savoy, owner and builder; H. W. Turner, designer; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 818 Kastle northeast (lots 27 and 28, square 5178); t cost $1.200 J. C. Phillips, owner and bullder; J.C. Connor, designer; to erect one 2-story brick store and «4elling. 2536 Wisconsin _avenue (lot 421, square 1300); to cost $5,000. John Sheahin, owner; R. E. Smith, designer and buflder; to erect one 1-story brick addition, 1214 H strect (lot 43, square 288; to cos)t $100. Woodward & Lothrop, owners; George A. Fuller Co., builders; to inclose side- A downstairs lavatory and two upstairs | baths give that modern convenience | | which only an adequate provision of | modern plumbing equipment can af- | ford. A large breakfast nook and en- trance vestibule, front and rear porches |and a terrace ‘which are out-of-door | second street (lots 52 and 53, square | rooms in themselves arc supplementary | | rooms of large value | The construction of the house Is in- tended to be that of conventional wood covered with rement stucco | | on galvanized metal lath. | Specifications Outlined. | Outline specifications as recommend- ed by Home Owners Institute to insure | the permanent livability of this home are as follows | | Masonry—Concrete footings under all walls, as shown on drawings. All foun- dation walls to be poured concrete or | concrete block made with cement. Con- jcrete to be mixed with waterprooofing | compound. Chimney of common brick (all flues lined, fireplace of selected (brick. Provide ash dump with clean- (out door in cellar | ! Carpentry.—All framing lumber shall be well seasoned and free from large | knots, efther Douglas fir or yellow pine California white pine for exterfor mill- work and interior trim: oak floors; steel bridging for floor joists. Interior A A. Clemons, owner and builder; M. | %2lk and erect temporary office sheds. doors and built-In_ kitchen cabinet ac T. Alpress, designs story brick addition, 3400 Prospect ave- | nue (ot 814, square 1204) to cost| $4.000. E. M. Willls, jr., owner and builder: | Grorge T. Bantmyers, architect: to erect four 2-story brick and tile dwellings. 2000-06 Thirty-seventh street (lots 457 o 459. square 1301); to cost $25.000. Willlam E. Fury, owner. G. N. Ray, architect; Willlam P. Lipscomb Co., Inc,, builders; to erect one 3-story brick and concrete public garage, 1514 Four- teenth street (lots 57, 58, 59 and 838, square 209): to cost 70,000. Peter Latterner, owner: to make re- pairs, 111 Pour-and-a-half street (lot | 25, reservation A): W cost $300. P. P. Nash, owner, designer and bullder: to make repairs, 706-708 O street (ot 8, square 423); to cost $500, Washington Cathedral = Poundation, owners; R. Willmer Bolling, bullder: to erect one limestone private ge. and 16. square 346). to cost $10,000 Charles A. Lohr, owner and builder; to erect one frame and stucco garage, 3403 Brothers place southeast (lots 3 and 4, square 6006); to cost $400, M. P. Freeman, owner and builder: 10 erect one brick garage, 3327 O stree (west 24 feet of Jot 139, square 1245) W cost $900. G. W. Absher, owner and bullder C. E. Phllllln, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 3301 Alabama avenue southeast (lot 13, square 5678); to cost $4.000. Y. W. C. A, owners; to make re- pairs, 20 E street (lot 814, square 630); 0 _cost $1,500. Harry Beldenberg, owner and bulld- er; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect brick addition, 1001 East Capitol street (lot 805, square 967); to cost $300. C. I Kaplan, owner and builder; to | make repairs, 3100 M street (lot 822, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues | square 1199 to cost §300, (parcel 4121, square 1922); W cost | $4.500 | William Butcher, owner and bullder; \:5 and R. C. Archer, Jr., architect; 1o erect one | . 2-story brick store and flat, 4323 Sheriff road northeast (ot 31, square 5096): o cost 85,000 A. E. Landvoight, ow A C. Warthen o erect one 2-swry brick and Ing. 4927 Thirtieth street (ot 7, square 2275): W cost $10,000. A. E. Lendvoight, owner and A C. Warthen Sons, buildes erest ome brick and tle garage Thirtieth street (ot 7, square 2295) st 8800 Bertha M Summers, owner: 1 make yeyuirs, 4612 Park place (ot,155, square 2050, W cost 8365 Horner & Joyee, owners and buliders Maurice Joyoe, designer, Vo erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 3616 Horner Place southeast ol 21, square 6091 1 rost 86,000 Georgevown University, D C vrs Lind & Burnham Co, New York ners; V. L. Golden, bullder; W one concrete ol glass green- and O streels ‘ 1526;, W Copt £ 400 ‘. Irving M Cashell, owner: George © Merin, desgner; Martn Bros, bld vio1) erect one 1-story eomerete biock Goy dumpital, 2128 1 wstreet (ot B30 biare T4y W ooel 85,000 Cupital View Jealty Co Pestie M. Brouks 2-stry brick Awelling Aol sirect ot 20 L 44 000 Lav, owner oviners and dvsigner; W 6200 sunre yurer & 10 Wlmer Bsolling mw 2 1y Htone Upton sireet (pareels square 22891, W U erect 24510 wid L8168 4 Pringle & Ar 1 Mk vaiy Arustae o s blder A 31 street portheast CRIG Y ons 84 480 Thmas € Meinnes 0 mikke vepsire ot 29, epusre 45 st g0 WO Chuning, owner Claigiinn West arehiiaet v Trame dwelling and butider U erect one 2444 Nevede 1993) . W et ner wnd baider yerith street Gt wor wnd baider, 1O wrohitart g ereet ope ) J ik ehoy wnd swre, 1301 L own- | o B0, | Jacob Weber, owner and builder; W. C. Nichols, architect; to erect three -story brick and tile dwellings, 613, 17 Nineteenth street (lots 29 1w 31, square 4528); to cost $10,000. WESTERN HOME TYPE. | Bullding Style | From Prafries. The Western, or praivie, type of architecture derives its chief char acteristics from the Western pratries on which it originated; the horizontal {elements in the design being heavily accented, as against the more usual practice of emphasizing vertical lnes such as I8 done In French and Eng- lish small home planning e Western type of home usually s ! bulit in square, box-like shiupe, the [ lovi-pitched and with u widely spread ing_overhang Detatl work 15 hewvy, and the win- [ dows carry out the squareness of L Lome o thelr own shape. They ure used with or without dividing muliions Draws Features er: o erect one 3- |Eleventh and P streets (lots 2. 3, 4, 5 required in detailed specifications. Stucco Work.—Exterior walls of three coats of cement stucco on metal lath, | as shown on plans. Final coat of | | stucco colored and textured as directed. | | Hardware.—Owner shall furnish all | | finis dware for doors and wi and_casework. The contractor will, furnish a correct list of hardware and ix to put it on in a areful, workmanlike manner, Al hardware on exterior openings to be | | of brass or bronze. | Casement Windows.—Steel casement | windows may be used at owner’s | option | Plasterin and Lathing.—Three-cont work over metal lath is recommended. A less expensive job may be obtained through the use of one-half inch of | | plaster “over fiat rib expanded metal | {Jath or wood lath. " Insulating lumber | | or plasterboard may be used If desired. | | " Roofing —Roof of slate-surfaced, an- | besttos or copperclad shingles, colors |y selected. Western red cedar shin- | gles at owner's option Painting.Strictly pure white lead | and linseed ofl In’ proper proportion, | with zinc oxide where desived, or a | | kood grade of ready-mixed paint shall | {be used. Interior trim to receive two good couts of flat puint and one con! | of flat enamel. Finished floors to be | varnished or waxed throughout as di- rected | Electric Work — Complete system of ctric wiring from meter to all out- | Jets, ineluding all panel boards, junc- | tion boxen and other Httngs. The n- | stullution must be I accordance with | the rules and regulations of the Na- | tionnl Board of Fire Underwriters Tile Work. —Tiled walls and wainscot | in bathrooms, with bullt-in china ae- | . | ¢ A complete system and ready to use shall be pro- L as shown on plans and In ac- L cordance with loeal regulations. Brass | piping for hot and cold water Dnes Gus or conl-fired hot-water heater, 1f | sewer connections are not avallable, use of reinforced concrete septie tank ix recommended | Wesley [ There is a touch « | gnarled and naked tre of Washmgton Leauty of this selective | | H | W. C. a sentry above every home in The Garden Spot gumrdians of the supreme I | Peights A artistry even in the es of winter that stand o yesidential community, nd A. N. Miller Reahrors h St Main 179 T ol vobew lioeves | Caiwd, | Lvine 2OOK I raseres | AASTLES BLD 20OM ! | 16-Tn 4 BLO ROOM. e - | TGS AP | (Plane from Home Owne Copyrizht 10K ) s s is likely to require more windows with- Small Houses Requxre plannmg f 1m i giveniiias anopeiacalel It is only through skill- the component parts that orderly fenestration or proper | w : As Well As Larger Structures;:fi"l:fimmn of |4cale can be maintained The art of designing and planning & | the relation of volds to solids and the | Simplicity in the sc small house is dependent upon the same | color scheme are essential. | mass is even more esse principles of good design as those which | The limitations in size of the small | larger house. are applied to a large house or even to | house offer problems which are not | into the limited space too max a work monumental in character. Re- |found in the house of greater dimen- |or features or to use many gardiess of how small the house may | sions. be, such elements as scale, proportion, plan. with the probable consequent which includes the mass of the whole, 'small divisions of interfor arrangement. and restlessness. Furn;s‘we(! by the Na(ionally Know: Firm of— W. & J. Sloane To Harmonize With the “Unique Type Architecture of e Morningside Drive and b FTER months of preparation, we are pleased to announce the completion of one of the moat unique and modern types of homen in the history of this organization. Perfectly situated on a !riungulnr corner lot, beauti- fully landacaped with shrubs and trees. Constructed of natural field stone, with slate roof. There are 8 lurur rooms, 2 well ap- pointed baths, a two-car garage attached to the house, with drive- way to street, and many other conveniences and unusual refine- ments, such an— L Owners and Builders e of plan and tial than in the An attempt to crowd | motifs varying | The forced compactness of the | types of dormers, gables or other archi- | tectural features only leads to confusion | y lo Reach: By Awtomobile or Bus, via Sixteenth Street, to Alaska Avenue, ue on Morningside Drive, to ldeal Model Home (near 13th St. end dlaska A & Breuninger & Sons | by Willlam P. Richards, tax assessor. ' Enactment of the license law sponsored | by the Washington Real Estate Board | also was urged by Roger J. Whiteford, | general counsel of the board, this week in addressing the Y. M. C. A. class in real estate. In an interview Assessor Richards de- clared he was in favor of the enactment of a form of license law for Washington that had been tried and tested and found reasonable and effective in other States. The assessor recently was asked by the District Commissioners for a report on the two license laws now pending in Congress, which had been and report. While not recommending either bill specifically, Mr. Richards | favored the principles contained in the led McChesney act, which is ponsored by the National Association of Real Estate Boards and which has been taken as the basis of the license acts now in force in a score or more States, as well as the proposed law sought by the local real estate board. Purpose of the Act Cited. ‘The purpose of such an act, Mr. Rich- | ards pointed out. would be not to regu- | late the real estate business, but rather | to regulate the type of persons allowed | to engage in reai estate practice in the | District. A law of this character, seek- | ing to permit only honest and reputable |and qualified brokers and salesmen to | do business here, he believed. would be | of value to the real estate business of The Triangle of —between Massachusetts Woodley Road. tion. Actual $10,500,000. improvements submitted to the city heads for study | and Connecticut Over 250 homes built and under construc- examinations before they are allowed to practice. in order to insure proper and ,ethical service to a community, and {that the Government has a right to | regulate persons engaged in business ;where the opportunity to do wrong is {great and where business is of a kind { that gives it a strict public interest. Point Stressed by Whiteford. Mr. Whiteford stressed the point. | however, that such a law should seek | to regulate individuals in a business and not the business itself. The ty of such a regulatory measure affecting real estate business, he said. is based upon the fact that in his relation to a client a real estate broker or salesman is in 2 position of trust in which he, in a large measure, may hold the client’s financial standing and credit in the balance. Un- der such circumstances. he stated. the State has the right to ascertain whether a man in such a position is one 0 be trusted with such obligation. Laws cannot make men honest. said Mr. Whiteford, but proper application of law may help to eliminate the dis- honest person and prevent him from entering into the business. The legitimate real estate men of 2 community do not desire the entry into the real estate business of incompetent persons or those of questionable repu- tation, but feel that every man or woman having proper qualifications should have the right to practice. he sald oposed law. the speaker Massachusetts Park Increasing Values Avenues and and home values exceed Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. Call for Literature and Li Middaugh & 1435 K St. N.W. ist of Over 300 Purchasers Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 For Public Inspection Sunday And Every Day Next Week—Hours 10 A M. Announcing the First Showing Of Our New Ideal Model Home In Breuninger’'s Shepherd Park 7520 Morningside Drive lock Street Turn lefe to 9 PM. Electric Refrigeration, Hot-Water Heat (silent antomatic oil burner), Colored Tile Baths, Massive Stone Fireplace, Beamed Ceilings, specially treated Walls on firat floor, Sanitary Kitchen (beautifully decorated), Pullman Breakfast Nook, Inlaid Lino- leum, Pittsburg Automatic Water Heater, Servant's Quarters, Cedar Closets, Imported Wall Papers, ete. You will find an in- apection of this fine residence a pleasing experience—and per- |Iu|ls the realization of a Iung \"\\'rialn‘d anli\u\. from Alaska W) Main 6140 “Builders of the Original Breuninger Hon