Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1928, Page 13

REAL ESTATE HUNDREDS VISIT STAR MODEL HOUSE OPEN AT SHEPHERD PARK Interior Plan Is as Eff- cient as Exterior Is 5 Artistic. | Plan No. 324-S Wnteresting Feature of Home Is Its Furnish- ings. Executed by Group N |KITCHEN COMPACT: | PLENTY OF LIGHT Demonstrating the active interest of | of the bedrooms, as well as being artistic s o i as] { and pleasing to the eye. gesidents of Greater Washington in| ™, Gining room is furnished in a smodern home planning and construc- | wainut finished suite, while the living Yion, hundreds of visitors this week | room pleces have been specially select zms((‘d through The Star model home | and are of many unique and unus the corner of Morningside drive and | designs. | iper street, Shepherd Park, which orrow will enter its second week of I:;n\ng l‘\lcflvfi and pfln‘r\' Are Arranged to Save Many Steps. Fittings Harmonize. BY L. PORTER MOORE, The droperies and wall President Home Owaers' Institute. Tne sitors in- | been selTied to harmoniz A n is the realization of large stone and stucco | other in each particular bedroom. On | ¢fforts g the English cottage unday and between | the first floor, where the walls are of a | t¥pe of archile to a comparatively a study of | rough texture finish and tinted in a ow lot without s B tone, the draperies have been | and f paper have with cach stream of v selected to harmo: with the re ‘”‘"”" hepherd Park model home, | of the walls. The den or trophy iy e demonstration | has an unusual type of drapery which | mber ex pecially for ¢ The Star by L. E. Breu- | is in keeping with the atmosy Sons, will remain open to the | this room. Wall papers in the b hrough September 15. The are all imported. The is open daily from 10 am. to | was in charge of George F George E. Cornell, jr. Both the lighting fix The house 2n by Lee Perry and contains approxi- feet cet in length by d on a 40-foot an_abundance of eway, lawns and readily n building mat stucco, forge ommon brick rangement is as effi- rior is artistic Ge ned Tooms and are provided. An 7 system enables one to of many electrical labor which add so much to the en- >t home owning. The house may be reached by d | country. The fixtures of wrought iron. hamme: keeping with the Furnishings a Feature. of 1 eresting features of the . which was exe- work was done by the L. C city under the direc it on house was ass and placed by D. S. Pool, Inc., of Was! ngton The den or trophy room on the se ond floor has been fitted out with worm- | tures which in keeping eaten chestnut furniture of a design | home and pictures which in keeping with the English atmosphere | placed. The home was ca of this room which has a vaulted ceiling | over after all fittings were in & ano and with heavy beams running to the | pictures were placed at appropriatc ridze of the roof. The bedroom furni- | points throughout the house. This work ture was all specially selected for the | was in charge of Mr. Seabold of the Thouse and ! Vierhoff Galleries. of the most important ecorating any home is to hay DOWNTOWN PROPERTY | Kitchen Is Compact. tchen in this plan will be of nterest to the s compactly ar ght and cros alcove, conventently situated with pantry and space for the refriger- | ator within reach, eliminate much g Kenwood Model Home Nearly Ready e B oo qaray fte | The Lucy Lou Shops. Inc, a New he second floor ge bedrooms | york concern operating 36 women's ap- and spacious closets demonstrate what | parel re ast taken = BB o can be with a well planned house erty For Exhibition. Starting September 16 g b done with a well planned nous ase on the business property tures an individual shower. separate | yodeling operations, a néw shop will be from the tub. both with modern acid- | ppaned resisting enamel fixtures. ¥ | "'The lease, negotiated by the chain A short flight of stairs leads to the | 4 10¢ ! SpREtIent. of! (Wenvir Eront door.” wilon ‘opong |Store leasing department of Weaver ishing stage, will be completed and | jeft sie of the lot, has been laid to which provides privacy | BroS- for the owners, S. Kann Sons, is seady for furnishings during the first | planting of flowers and shrubs which | fof the living room. There is a coat | (OF & consideration of approximately K e $100,000, it is announced. L 4 ineee will & g earance to cl n the ent har- week in September, it was announced | Will give an appealing appearance closet in the entry The praperty Jeased is & part of the it o A3 bofers e ¢ ving room runs the entire width | Martin store. The building has a front- i iy i e the house, 21 feet, and has a depth f 24 fect and a depth of 108 fect ¢ Ve 0] ng ti le ork i e e el P A e b e e 13 feet. A stairway to the second | and has four floor: for a month of public inspection begin- s . floor” rises’ from the left side of the | Weaver Bros. also announce the clos- ning September 16. Thus there will be | mogern styie, the baths are S Bty g i gl s room. There is a fireplace, in the |ing of negotiations for the leasing of ample time following completion of its | colored tile. ‘A large bath off the dress. dle of the right side of the Toom the first floor at 804 Seventh street by eonstruction for the planning and exe- | ing room adjoining the master bedroo: oor plans of this house are illus- | Edward Ziger, who will open a women's cution of its furnishing and equipment. | on the second floor has walls of bl ted on page 17 apparel shop there September 1 Sodding of the spacious lawn about | tile a fioor of red tile and blue green | fixtures, with cronium plate fittings second bath on the second floo walls of pink tiling and red floor till while the third bath on this floor | nearby the maid's quarters at the rear |15 of white tile on walls and floo: ! bath on the third floor is of white til 'ALONG REALTY ROW News Briefs | tiling in black and white design nd __ || Embossed tinoleum of harmonious re = | and green stones, in tile design. Js be : | I e kitchen and break{ast rooms ‘m‘flm“fi;gfifima‘:“sfig‘;nfijrm kitchen sink. which will have a tose sece! St v | built-in_electric_dishwasher, will be in trade on the Washington Stock Ex ghange. together with & description of el oo T Kitohen' range between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and various classe: <] { e g which each company has outstanding | Decorators this week also were at Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- and Khflxrehnonm-eachothepr.‘ismn- :‘rnr‘l;tvi‘arfiggmflr;gxg;fmirgi";lgi:" “T!;? tion Actual improvements and home values exceed tained in the third edition of “Facts an t g $10,500,000. \Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall e ok LW ton Securities,” | front and back stairs were completed ,000,900. 0 villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front which recently was published by y_s};,.and the spacious window seat in the Call for Literature arid List of Over 300 Purchasers | Booker & Co. investment bankers of | Sun room was finished and painted an Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. this city. ivory color, conforming to the style of TABLISHED 1899 1435 K St. N.W. S. Kann Sons Co. Rent Building at 1217 F Street to Lucy ‘The St model home in Kenwood. | the house completed today, 3" ‘whilch ‘now % in ah advanoed fin- crete driveway to the garage at e i e rear of the house, Tunning from the Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values ‘Statements concerning approximately the main trim of the interior. e e . T tOck A large mumber of visitors alreads bond issues outstanding are included in i place to inspect the the booklet. The third editicn of “Facts | I work on the hous The home Seponc : an be reached by driving out either {0 Pigures” s considerably larger than | Gopnecticut. or Wisconsin. averiies 10 e Bradley lane. turning left into the lane john A. Petty, executive secretary and ' 2nd then intc Bradley boulevard to treasurer of the Washington Real Estate ' Kenwood Board, Inc. some time ago pur- chased a suburban home in Virginia, this week was elected president of the newly organ- ized Livingstone Heights Civie League. The league, ich is to be i corporated, oxchall l/illa America’s Smartest Colony of English Greup Homes A VILLAGE IN THE CITY 2 preserve| of Liv- WURUAUGUR g about com- improve- v w0 en- the exer- « the fran- se among qualified vot siates Nine Minutes From Dupont Cirele $10,250 to $17,750 Drive wert block tn Reser 2t 44th Street, John A. Petty Mr. Petty 1e. north one r Road, v turn make Alban Towers, mammoth apartment house located at the corner of Wiscon- sin and Cathedral avenues. opposite the | Washington Cathedral, which now is ing completed by Baer & Scholz, will ned tomorrow for preliminary in- . 1t is announced by Prank Bell the property management depart- the B F. Saul Co. The Saul 3 Bedrooms have.the management of the SBCdI‘OOHH new bullding 2] g v - 4456 Que St. N.W. ervoir Romd s0ld to a local investor pen e aw Co. for a consider- Bunday 10 [ to be appro transaction of Weaver Bros. and property has a front- 1% £ ximately s handled g B 2 feet and & depth of 956 feet |B2 quickened sod building of the lestro ted we shall remain or 2 total price noour present are shamed by the old. The study ad of the Phelps Mills Gibson [ work of forme e h present achievements and cager to build in the spirit that prod and Rock 1 seating between th xteenth street ington Rapid | 77 vice preside c, I8 VRCALi at’ Berryville V Springs, W. Va | He expect o Washington | Of the 14 homes nearing completion on i' shortl the Royal Crescent 8 have been sold. Would bl Dillon and you be interested in seeing the remaining 6? K:] | oined the sale | | eninger & Bons XL 8 t the sales depart dieton, Inc.. now Pa., will return BOSSTEHELPS OWNERS AND DEVELOPE 1417 K St willlam E brick and 2839 Allenc Jes K 1d the Enghish v located @ Main 9300 O YO B i ‘I"fi__iu SO i i S A m@r@@mmn«mfifi conditions during July con- d ied much the ng of the Summer, S. W. Straus re- | stationary in July (NEW EXHIBIT HOME LET TO CHAIN STORE v o e @GR ZEOENTNY SR o v | B T 1928, HOME & GARDEN | 13 House for Narrow Lot Is of "Cottagé Type Labor Conditions Unchanged. ports. As far as the building industry was concerned there was no marked turbance between contractors and same as at the open- craftsme ; wage 5017 5th St. N.W. JUST OFF KANSAS AVE. ‘8,950 A well spacious bedr oo tastefully decorated. RENT-LIKE TERMS D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. Main 1267 1319 EN of vision who gauge their business and homeinvest- ments ahead of the day’ need appreciate the sound merit of co-operative apart- ment residence and owner- ship. It is not a new idea: over in Europe there are families now living in units of residential buildings which their ancestors purchased more than two centuries ago! M & R B WARREN Pioneer Washington every proven home- making convenience— Open Every Day Till 9 P.M. [FIVE-STORY APARTMENT HOUSE ; PLANNED ON SIXTEENTH STREET ‘Suites to Range From st'ngle Room and Bath to Six Rooms, Two Baths 1o construction of a five- teenth street, a depth of about 212 e e fect, and also has a frontage of about 150 feet on Kalorama road. Th in modern Amer- . There will be > bay on either side and a tower center of the Sixteenth hich will be ornamental It will be five stories high. apartments will range in size L L one room and bath to six rooms, ted in the near | t aths and kitchen. Plans call for for the development, | development of a formal garden on one n juired by Goldsmith & Kel” | side of the building and a children’s has a frontage of 76 feet on Six- ) b2 o 4 teenth street, dian Hill Park, and i ical tely ith of the French em s 1 corner of Kalorama road. wer d today by Goldsmith & Kel- Washington b r 1 apartment structure, which T been de r2hitect, is scales were practically o Cinder Block and Stucco Residence in Kalorama His. Rodier & Kundzin Architect Carl Markham Bl Splendid Residence or Simple Cottage Profit Alike by Straub Cinder Units Permanence, Fire-resistance and a high degree of Soundproofness guar- antee safety and eliminate annoyance in homes built with Straub Cinder Units. Ask for Details Washington Concrete Products Corporation M. 8528 designed andt home—three m s—includes N. Y. Ave. South Washington, Va. Tilden Gardens Connecticut Avenuve at Tilden Street It is rather the adaptation of an old principle to the con- ditions and requirements of modern home life. In Wash- ington TILDEN GARDENS illustrates the practical pos- sibilities of blending artistry and beauty with quality and comfortall at moderate initial cost and remarkable cconomy of maintenance and operation. The MODEL APARTMENT HOME is kept open daily until 9 P.M, Furnishings by W, N, Moses & Sons Ruilders of Co-Operative Apartments Connecticut Avenue at Tilden Street Phone Cleveland 6084