Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1928, Page 13

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D20, The Zoening Fhae SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1928, _— HOME & GARDEN ' 13 SECOND STAR MODEL HOME | WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW English-Type Residence in Shepherd Parkgcomp“' in Plan. Eco- Is Completely Furnished—Has Many Unusual ‘Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the sacond of the model homes sponsored this year by The Star, located at the ‘corner of Moy ide drive and Juniper street, Shepherd Park. will be thrown | center feature of this hall. Features. 1 The second floor hall 1s unusually spacious. and & window seat, whose at- tractively located glass window looks out on the front of the house. is the A linen open to the public for a month of closet has been built in this hall. Tt inspection and study. The_house, built for the exhibition | lights, by L. E. Breuninger & Sons, will remain | open daily from 10 am to 9 pm through September 15. Al interested | in modern home construction are in- vited fo visit the house tomorrow or any day during the ensuing month. This home is completed in all details, and is furnished and equipped through- out with all the latest fittings making for comfort in the modern hom: house has been completely furnis by a group of Washington firms who are specialists in their various lines. House of English Type. e is of an Englis | signed in the office of L. E. | Breuninger & Sons. with Clarence M Woodward as consultant. It is located | on a commanding elevation, with a view across the hills and valleys of Rock The lot has a frontage of Morningside drive and 130 feet on Juniper street. The house is approached from the sidewalk by a Tustic, meandering stone walk with fic stone steps which lead to a stone terrace in the front of the entrance. s stone terrace is finished in red, n and purple flagging set in cement The house itself is built of rustic| atone secured from nearby quarries. | The color of the stone varies from deep browns to light grays. These walls are | 18 inches thick. being backed up with | hollow tile to make them waterproof. | A mottled slate roof of Renaissance ! style covers the main house and garage. ‘The house itself is built in an el-shape. and is of the center-hall type. The living room and dining room are on opposite sides af the hall Following the English style. the house and garage are planned together. being a single unit instead of two separate buildings. This combination makes for An attractive exterior elevation. and has many advantages in planning the interior. 1In addition, the garage is readily accessible from the house. but 1s not of the so-called “bui) type. New Interior Features. | ‘The interior of the home reveals many | new and unusual features. The main entrance haliway is 8 feet wide, and at the back of this hallway is a lavatory finished in bright green tile. At the left of this main entrance hall is the arched entrance to the living room, and off of this room is a sun room, which contains 14 windows The sun room and living room. being thrown together in this manner. makes a space of about 25 by 19. and which is therefore large enough to accommodate every piece of furniture that ‘is desired to place in the modern living room At the far side of this room are| Prench doors which open onto the drive- | way. Another feature of the living| moom is a large stone fireplace with a| mantel over it. The | | with is a double-door closet, with automatic and has compartments for blankets and linens, as well as shelves for towels. In this closet is found a clothes chute, leading direct to the basement. One of the most unusual rooms of this house is the study. or trophy room or den. It may be used for any of these purposes. or it may be used for a library. This room is entered off of the stair landing. and is about 19 ‘feet square. It has & massive stone fireplace n the wall and a vaulted type of ceil- ing with heavy beams which run to the ridge of the roof. This room h: been finished with rough texture walls, and has been furnished with worm- eaten chestnut furniture, in keeping the English atmosphere. Tt is open to the outside on three different sides. Imported Wall Papers Used. The three bedrooms are finished n imported wall papers and furnished in the latest of modern furniture. T master bedroom. with its private bath and dressing room, is finished in pale pink tints, the woodwork being painted in two colors of buff and pink. The bath is finished in pink tile. and the dressing room has an attractive powder table set in it and a large mirror is in the door. This room has three ex- posures. The two other bedrooms on the second floor are of unusual size, and are connected by a large bath, which is finished in blue tile On the third floor is to be found a spacious child’s play room, here on rainy days children can play within the home without disturbing guests On this floor also will be found a tre- mendous cedar room, with built-in compartments, where rugs, blankets furs and all other Winter apparel of the family can be stored. A maid room, or a spare bedroom, is also lo- cated on this floor, and has its private lavatory. The basement of this home is as complete as any other portion of the house. The walls have rough finish plaster, and the floor is painted in a gray tone. The cellar has complete laundry equipment. Also there is room here for the new type heating plant. with a green-jacketed boiler The house is completely wired with two separate electric circuits, one for lighting and the other for power. Power outlets are provided for the basement washing machine, for the oil burner, for the electric ice machine and for the electric dish washer. Storage closets and a servants’ tollet are also provided in the basement. The grounds about the house have been attractively landscaped by J. H Small & Sons. By building the garage next to the house a large space was left available for a garden, which has been planted with evergreens and Thi_s | nomical in Construc- | e 'ALL FIVE ROO—MS LIGHT AND AIRY RCd C]’\lmncv Rfld GVCC\" Shutters Lend Attrac- tive Touch. RY L. PORTER MOORE. President, Home Owners' Institute. Inc Dainty in appearance, compact n plan and economical in construction this five-room colonial bungalow. fea- | tured todav as plan No. 323-8, is onc that will appeal to those who prefer th small house of modern design. It is the work of Whitman S. Wick, architect, ¢ Middletown, N. Y. where a house of this design has been erected. It tains 19,150 cubic feet Here is a little house that would by perfectly suitable in almost any settiug in any section of the country. Cedar shingle: to the weath recommended for { con- Windows are well placed to supply light and air to all rooms. Abundar and location of closet space mark t design. Kitchen and bath. which placed side by side, simplify the plumb. ing installation. The arrangement is Wick. Roofs, except the porch, are also | such, however. that the kitchen adjoits shingled the dining room and the bath adjoins A chimney of dull red brick and green | the master bedroom. The living room is shutters are features of the house thai (at the right front of the house, with en- add to its-appeal. Note how light and |trance from the front veranda through simple are the porch details, yet how |a small entry. The plans call for a fire- correct they are in relation to other de- | place and built-in bookcases in the liv- tailing in the house SIMPLE LINES LEND DIGNITY TOKENWOOD STAR DWELLING Simple lines of dignity are distin- guishing features of the third 1928 Star model home being erected at the corner of Kennedy drive and Chamberlin avenue, Kenwood, Md.. which now is in an advanced stage of construction “Ginger bread” embellishments, un- | necessary ornamentation and ex a- nt decoration which often blight houses otherwise well built are absent in this demonstration home, whica achieves its appeal through its dignity Here we have a large brick Colonial house of the Jeflersonian period. built in an “L” shape with a large rectan- gular section forming the outline of the front portion of the dwelling. Carrying out the Colonial style of the Outstanding features of the exterior | house, the walls of all first floor rooms are the large two-story circular portico | and the halls of the upper floors are to at the front with its four columns. two | be finished in a combination of paint pilasters and ballustrade, all painted |and wall paper set In large panels { white: large solarium on the left side | marked by moldings. |of the house, the woodwork of which Doors of white pine with Colonial style | | has been painted white: wooden blinds | panels now are being hung through the or shutters of Colonial style which are house. They are one and three-fourths | now being hung on the windows: and | thick | the two double Colonial chimneys. each |are provided for in recesses under win- 112 feet wide. which rise from the side | dows and soon will be fitted into place | walis of the house. Also there is a large | and covered with shields that virtually bay window on the right side of the | will conceal them from view. house, in the dining room. and three | This house will be opened for public dormers in the front of the roof, which | inspection September 16. |add interest to the outlines of the house. graded in a circular form in front to conform to the lines of the streets. A winding brick walk set in herring- bone pattern and laid over a concrete | base is being built from the right front of the lot to the portico. leaving the wide expanse of the front lawn un- broken. A gravel driveway to the garage at the rear of the dwelling is | bullt at the far left side of the lot The plastering of the walls of this three-story house has been completed | and carpenters now are busily engaged | in_completing the trimming out, while other workmen are engaged in laying | the colored tiling in the four bath- | rooms in the house. On the other side of the entrance SOruUbS, and a garden seat has been | ol is tn " ™ placed at the far end, with a flagging To this reom e e T GAUANCE | walkc leading directly to it ‘from the 100 obvious from the entrance hall | French doors leading off the living securing privacy for the dining room. T room has a bay window on the| front (or west) elevation. with an at tractive window seat, under which the radiator for this rooni is concealed Both the dining room and living room are exposed to outsifie light and air by ‘windows on three sides. The walls of the main entrance hall. the living room, the sun room and the dining rcom are finished in a rough texture plaster. These walls h been painted in two tones Has Modern Equipment. The kitchen. pantry and breakfas aicove of this home are unusual. The itchen has the most modern, up-to- the-minute equipment. It contains an electric dishwasher and drainer b into the sink and finished in 2 bright green color. ‘The entire kitchen wood- work is finished in two tones of green Attractive soap cupboards are placed over the sink. Along one entire wall of | the kitchen are built-in cabinets and | dressers. The kitchen is luyplled with | & green enamel gas range of type. with heat oven regulator and warming ovens beneath. Between the kitchen and the dining room are the pantry and breakfast al- eove. Here is located the pantry cup- boards and also the electric refrigera- tor. The breakfast aicove table and benches are a bright green, and cur- tains of green glazed chintz to match | are hung at the windows. The kitchen | door and garage door practically adjoin. | making the garage easily and .eadily sccessible tn the house. The garage| B for two cars, and is room of the house. The service vard. which has been inclosed with a lattice fence. provides space for the drying of clothes. A bluestone driveway leads from Juniper street to the garage This model home may be reached by driving out Sixteenth street to Alaska avenue, to Morningside drive, then left into the drive to Juniper street, BALTIMORE BUILDING PERMITS SET RECORD Contracts in July Are 70 Per Cent Greater Than for Same Month of 1927. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE. August 18.—July broke all previous records in Baltimore for construction contracts. according to a Teport of the building inspector's office. Contracts amounted to $7,532,000. and the latest | were 64 per cent ahead of June and 70} Woodlev Road. per cent above July, 1927, Analysis of last month’s building record showed that commercial building led residential building. amounting to $4,533.900. or 60 per cent of the total. Residential building amounted to $1.- 924.200. or 26 per cent, and public works and utilities had a total of $586,500, or 8 per cent During the past seven months there was $39,762,000 worth of new construc- tion work started in Baltimore. as com- pared with $33836.100 for the corre- sponding seven months Jast year, the increase being 18 per ecent Fa Unusually Large Property in the Northeast Section Suitable for Boarding School, Sanitarium or Hotel The spacious grounds of the place which constitute nearly 20.000 square feet, have been graded in the past few | other landscaping work and this has served to further bring out the charm of this Colonial dwelling. The house is set at an angle with both Cham- berlin avenue and Kennedy drive and faces on'a wide curve in the sm'ee% at | their intersection. The lawn. rises about 6 feet above the street |level in front of the house. has been between Massachusetts tion. Actual ; $10,500,000. | days in anticipation of the sodding and | and Over 250 homes built and under construc- improvements Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. THE BUILDER APPEARS. | A new trade publication called the Builder, containing news and editorial discussion concerning the contractor, builder, architect and material and | equipment factors, has made its appear. { ance in Washington | | ‘The Builder. to be fssued monthly. is | | published by the Builders and Manu- Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values Connecticut Avenues and and home values exceed Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Middaugh & 1435 K St. N.W. 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Main 8528 Colonial Bungalow Has Wide Appea Plan No. 323-5 ~— HALL — KITCHER LRI ED LA WI R DINING LA noxie LIVING ‘XM LRE AT 38 o IIPRIVATE BUILDING PERMITS ‘ FOR WEEK TOTAL $914.930 | LR | New Wing and Alterations at Emergency Hospital Represent Largest Single Improvement in District. Private building operations in the | District of Columbia are continuing at a good pace. Plans for new projects approved by the building inspector dfr- ing the past week call for a total ex- penditure of $914,930 and provide for a number of interesting new develop- ments for Washington. Permits were issued to Emergency Hospital for construction of a new wing fo the east of the building, nine stories high and costing $195,000, and for the addition of four stories to the nurses’ home to the west of the hospital build- ing, and for alterations and repairs to the main building having a total cost estimated at $150,000. S Plans for these improvements, which were announced some time ago, were| J. B. Higdon. owner and builder drawn by A. P. Clark, jr., architect. W. S. Flager, architect; to erect fl};r, Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, active pro- | 2-story frame dwellings, 2020-24-28-32- moter and builder of “Embassy Row"” |36 Douglas street northeast 4lflLS‘ 20, on Sixteenth street, oblained permit|19, 18. 17 and 16, square 4213); to for the construction of a four-story | cost $20.000. brick and stone embassy building at C. L. Tankersley, owner and builder: 3155 Sixteenth street from plans by George T. Santmyers, architect: to Maj. George Oakley Tottcn. jr.. archi- |erect five 2-story brick dwellings, 1219 | tect. It will cost about $125,000. | to 1227 Holbrook street northeast (los q |36 to 90, square 4072); to cost $25,000. Secares School Permit. Herbert Baruch, ov,:mfi-é S. (!3 Wei; Rev. Thomas G. Smyth obtained a more, designer and builder: to erec permit for the construction of a two- |One 2-story frame dwelling, 1447 Flor2] story private school costing $125,000, |street (lot 8, square 2737); to cost $9,- at 3733 Patterson street. Permits were issued as follows: Emergency Hospital, owners: A. P. Clark, jr., architect: A. L. Smith Co., builders; to erect one 9-story brick and_concrete hospital building, 1709 New York avenue (lot'803, square 170); to cost $195,000. Emergency Hospital, owners; Arthur L. Smith & Co., builders; to erect one 1-story addition entrance hall, one 4- story brick addition to nurses' home and make alterations and repairs, 1711 New York avenue (lots 804 and 805, square 170); to cost $150,000. | Mary F. Henderson, owner; George ! Oakley Totten, jr, architect; William P. Lipscomb Co. Inc., builders; to | erect one 4-story brick and stone em- | bassy, 3155 Sixteenth street (lot 861, square 2673); to cost $125,000. Rev. Thomas G. Smyth, pastor; Mil- burn & Heister Co., architects; J. A. Richards, builder; to erect one 2-story stone and cinder block school, 3733 Patterson street (lot 3, square 1863); erect six 2-story brick dwellings, 4201- 03-07-09-13-15 ~ Thirty-seventh _street (lots 13 and 7 to 11, square 1896); 0 cost $69,000. Plan 2-Story Dwelling. Henry H. Mille, owner: Waddy B. Wood, = architect: Consolidated ~En- gineering Co., builders; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 2521 Thirtieth street (lot 16, square 2199); to cost $40,000. International Harvester Co. of Amer- ica, owners; k L. Wagner, Inc., builders; to erect one 1-story brick service station, 901 Bladensburg road northeast (parcel 151-26, square 4491): to cost $57,000. 00. Robert C. Kraft, owner and builder: B. F. Meyers, designer; to:erect three 2-story brick and tile dwellings, 1301, 1305 and 1308 Montello avenue north- east (lots 87, 86 and 85, square 4064); to cost $12,000. John Carter, owner and builder: to erect one concrete block garage, 12°2 Girard street (lot 79, square 2859): to cost $500. Permit for Greenhouse. John Hays Hammond. owner; Lord & Burnham, designers; Warren Spencer, builder; to erect one 1-story concret greenhouse, 2221 Kalorama road ( 194, square 2526): to cost $3,000. H. L. Thornton, owner; Doran S Platt, architect: E. H. Davis Co., builc- ers; to erect one Z-story frame dwellin~ Van Buren street (lot 19, square 3273); to cost $6,000. F. Emanuel, dner; R. H. Brown, de- signer; Jerry Maiatico, builder; to erect one 2-story brick addition and make re- pairs, 135 B street southeast (lot 822, | facturers’ Exchange, which has head-{ change, is editor of the publication. quarters in the Bond Building, Four- teenth street and New York avenue. The Builder is in R. H. Johnson, secretary of the ex-!tains 32 pages. Radiators throughout the house | | ® b A / ¥ kY i\ Wesley Heights COMMUNITY that is composed entirely of Homes designed in ac- cord with a definitely planned effect —suited to the wonderful natural envi- ronment, which furnishes the background —and Miller-Built, which insures integ- rity of construction. Surrounding all is the protection of strict regulations; and careful censor- ship. There is prestige to resi- dence in Wesl(y Hev‘ghts Homes of varying sizes and fypc! rCfld'\' {Df i“!pec'lofl; W. C. and A. N. Miller Owners and Developers 1119 Seventeenth St. Decatur 610 e form of medium size and the first issue con- o _cost $125,000. Walter A. Dunigan, owner and build- er; George T. Santmyers, architect; to Exceptional Values in Chevy Chase $10,950—Fully detached, new, 6 large rooms, tiled bath with built-in shower, large covered living porch, in stucco construction with garage tc match. Complete in every detail, including open fireplace and screens. Reason- able cash payment and $77.50 per month. We believe this home is comparable with houses $2,000 higher in price. square 732); to cost $4,000. Chanides Brothers, owners; J. E. Soh!, (Continued on Fourteenth Page. GG G e $11,950—Detached, new brick home, large corner lot, in ex- cellent section of Chevy Chase, beautified with large trees and abundant shrubbery. English in architec- ture, convenient in arrangement and commodious in size of rooms. Living room of unusual proportions with log-burning fireplace. Large porch with concrete floor. Full tiled bath with built-in tub and shower. Garage. Compare this home with any property you have seen up to $15,000. $11,250—Charming detached clapboard home on large cor- ner lot, 70x122;, on prominent boulevard in Chevy Chase, nested in luxuriant shrubbery, with two-car garage. No coal or ashes to shovel, as efficient oil burner does the heating. Six well planned rooms with large closets. Open fireplace and screens. Reason- able cash payment and $80 per month. Can you afford to rent when purchase plan is so easy® Investigate. &EE s < vekg For inspection of these properties. come to Exhibit House, 6806 44th Street, Chevy Chase, Maryland. Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Leland Street, turn east on Leland Street three short blocks to 44th Street. then morth ene block to Exhibit Home, or Phone Wisconsin 2875. M. & R. B. WARREN Realtors America’s Smartest Colony of English Group Homes A VILLAGE IN THE CITY NINE MINUTES FROM DUPONT CIRCLE TR T TR T T T I'he owners and developers of Foxhall Village are not trving to see how many houses they can build and sell within a vear, but are sincerely endeavoring and have made wonderful prog- ress in building a colony of an outstanding character to which the Nation’s Capital may point THREE BATHS | SHO' $10,250 to $17,750 There ds, perhaps, no other section of Washington which contains such interesting homes, having the mellowness and charm of age. as those which Drive west on Que Straet 1o Wisconsin Avenue. north one block o Reservolr Road. west to Village. Make left-hand firn al 44th Street with pride, composed of homes where real art is incorporated mn the architecture, and by cre- wing such a colony attract a oment: : \‘I yshal Some of the purchasers have said that they had no idea of buying a home when they rode through Foxhall Village, but realizing that it like the old English still Tin zering in their memories, which they had seen, or read about so many times, of quaint homes and iteresting terraced walls all grouped together. in such a natural way, they at once felt that here their ideal of a home awaited them, in this “Village in a City.” was villages class ‘of people who not only appreciate, but insist upon a first-class community of first- class houses occupied by first- class home owners one meets with in Greenwich Parkway, Surrey Lane and Que St., in Foxhall Village R BT T T T S B SR Why Has Foxhall Village Been Se Successiul ? Most people are impressed with the size of the development, the interesting plan of streets, the harmonious grouping of the houses, the delightful color schemes of the exterior and interior and the pleasing com position of brick, stone, stucco and half timber: last, hut not least, the whole place is one of good taste A 7 T T T T A T 5 T 785 1 T Sauntering through the streets Foxhall Village at night, while life is dormant and busi- ness (quiescent, 15 a ume ”l-l' unexpected beauties of architec ture unfold themselves, and one hecomes imbued with a spirit of romanticism and feeling of rest. Mellow lights, softly gleaming through the casement windows. invitingly speak of comfort and hominess within, of Owned and Developed By OSSEHELPS Main 9300 1417 K Su