Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1928, Page 13

REAL ESTATE e v o GHE Zpening Stae { A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washing OPENING OF KENWOOD HOUSE | POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 30| chaving ofriBiraid]ey Boulevard Causes| Delay in Exhibition of Third Star Model Dwening. r model home | through the Kenwood section with River Y h was to have| foad. thus providing a new short cut | 7 from the downtown section with the place Sey 16, has beeh Gongressional, Burninz Tree, Bannock- postponed to September 30 because of burn and Kenwood Golf Clubs. of | During the repaving of Bradicy boule- od | vard visitors may now reach the Ken- it | wood model heme by driving out Con- | officials in | necticut avenue to Chevy Chase Circle, | tion. | turning left into Grafton street to Wis- > month, hOWeVer. | sonsin avenue, then west on Dorset | been completed | ayenue to Kennedy drive and right to | mooth 10adway | the model home, at the corner of Cham- bout 2 berlin avenue. [ Style Is Colonial. dley b This model home is a huge house con- v bou d now is being structed of Colonial style brick and hav- | on of the Maryland | g a Jarge two-story semi-circuiar por- State Roads Commission, which expects | tico at the front entrance. The outline to have the work completed, at least as | of the house is featured also by a large far as Keawood, by the end of the|solarium on the left side. opening off month. a commodious living room: an oriel | House Now Completed. window on the right side of the house, | The Kenwood model home, the third [8iVing an_added appeal to the dining | of the sc ur being sponsored | Toom. and two great double chimneys | this year in and near Washing e S 1s completed in all details, with the ex-|the high walls of this thre ception of a bit of painting here and | dwelling. boulevard and Riv story on, now | at either side of the house, topping off | of the house i fas Thre | HOUSe HaS Threc Ma]‘Ol’ Attributes. OVERHANG GIVES UNUSUAL EFFECT | Largc Living‘ Room and Fire- place Are Popular. Features. BY L. PORTER MOORE President, Home Owners Institute, Inc. [1’Hmfltifulutm,mI Designed in what is one of the popu- |} .W i > l‘) lar small home architectural styles, the '!WJ’ /) Dutch colonial, this house has three | |f/}i# major attributes which have made it | {|/l%¥ popular with home builders. The first is an exterior that is pleas- | ing to a large number of persons. Wide | | siding, brick chimney and ter | ATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8§, ey 1928, HOME & GARDEN l 13 ‘Dutch Colonial Exterior Is Pleasing gy | {l J entry door and gable over it, and the overhang of the second story all tend to create the pleasing effect. Second is the size of the living room, which extends across the entire front | A room. such as this, 27 | by 12 feet. is unusual in a small dwall- | g Log-burning fireplace and stair- | ton and Its Suburbs OPERATIONS COSTING $451.200 APPROVED DURING PAST WEEK Building Inspector O.K.’s Plans for $200,- 000 Apartment at 49 I Street, 18 Dwellings and Other Projects. Plans for the construction of a $200.- Inue (lots 800 and 801, square 1971); to | 000 apartment house to be erected at 49 | cost $35,000. | T street, 18 dwellings of various types owners and builders; to erect Cooley Bros., and sizes and numerous remodeling and repair operations were approved this | week by the District building inspector. The total cost of all new work. exclu- sive of Federal projects, was estimated at $451,200. | The I street apartment house is to be | erected for David L. Stern. owner, de- | signer and builder. and will be five sto- | ries high. of brick and tile construction | Permits were issued as follows: | David L. Stern, owner, designer and | builder: to erect one 5-story brick and | tile apartment building. 49 T street (lot | 801. square 622): to cost $200.000 | _ William E. Shoemaker. owner: Sears, | | Rocbuck & Co.. designers: M. F. Payne. builder: to erect one 2-story frame | dwelling, 3524 Sherrier place (lots 62 and 63, square 1449): to cost $5.000. Benjamin E. Skinker. owner: A. S. J Atkinson, architect: Skinker & Garrett. | builders: to erect one 2-story brick and terra cotta gas station and erect canopy ver gas pumps 4444 Connecticut ave- ' George T. Santmyers, architect eleven_2-story brick dwellings. 1918 to 11938 Thirty-eighth street, lots 32, 31, 30, 29, 28. 27. 26, 25, 24. 23 and 22, square 1310); to cost $35,000. Young Enterprises, owners and build- ers; George T. Santmvers, architect: to erect one 2-story brick apartment, 2124 | Eleventh street (lot 22, square 303): to | cost._$10.000. Washington Railway & Electric Co., ,owners: to revlace brick with concrete retaining wall, alley between Fourth and Fifth and T and S streets (lot 40, square 3615): to cost $1,000. Penn Oil Co.. owners: to erect retain= in wall, 2715 Pennsylvania avenue (lot 803. square 1194): to cost $1.000. } Thompson & Lane. owners: Allen C. Minnix. designer and builder: to erect one 1-story brick public garage. 2015 L street (lots 101, 102 and 104, square 100): to cost $14.000. Benjamin __Ourisman. _owner _and (Continued on Seventcenth Page.) 4 there, and is ready to be furnished and| In Kkeeping with the Colonial style | way to the second floor further enhance e decorated in preparation for the forth-| of the hor the walls of the first-|the charm of this room. coming public exhibition floor rooms are finished in panel effects. | hird is the practical layout of the | ‘month. however, this large | which are papered, the remaining por- | yooms. which i% such as to simolify ial house in the Jeffer- | tions of the walls being painted in | hoysekeeping and provide good light i T (COCCTT (e (i - n Southern col fonian pe: may be reached by vi | avenue, which leads to the from | Wiscensin avenue at a point near wher Grafton street intersects with the ave- nue. Dorset bevond Son U.S. Supreme Court Throws Zoning ReguIation Out in Massachusetts Case\ itors via Dorset | colors of the papered portions. | A copper color predominates in the | paper in the panels in the dining room, | while the living room paper depicts Eng- |lish out-of-door scencs. Old-fashioned | enue recently was extended |stage coaches are pictured in scenes in | sot and now connects | the paper in the center hall. States Supreme | for a soap factory. In giving its opinion pproved the | the Supreme Court cites as pertinent 1 principle | the fact that the owner of the tract of Fuclid | before the passage of the ordinance had cr of sub- | outstanding a contract for the sale of i it will refuse to up- | the greater part of Lis land, part of it a 7oming ordinance which is “un- | only in the rest:icted area. for the sum | of 563,000, but hat becase of the son- Lo National As- |ing restrictions the purchaser refused | the Natlonal A |to comply with the contract. T ates further the opini r to whom the case ori While the United Court has emphatical const °r Co., and in a num case of Nect e. Mass. Here tt c ng the Supreme Ju de of the land in question for 1setts, held that the ial purpos because with reasons there would not be ade- quate return on the amount of any in- r to interfere vestrient for the development of the 1 rights of | proverty Supreme Court nevertheless | t clear that it upholds the gen- 1 vrinciple of zoning. “We quite agree * *.* that a court health, | shuuid not set aside the determination the | of pu lic officers in such a matter un- {125 it is clear that their action ‘has no bridge | foundation in reason and is a mere char- | arbitra or irrational exercise of | " the opinion statesi se of Euclid v | e A > . the court states that ™ " Plumbing Prices Drop. July wholesale prices of standard plumbing fixtures for a six-room house, s collected by the Department of Com- inance in respect to a property merce from Teports of 12 representa- cted to residential purposes but ad- | tive manufacturers and wholesalers, jacent to unrestricted property in use [swere $100.09, as compared with $100.90 for an automobile assembling plant and ! in June and $103.17 in July, 1927. 7 HOME ) ( NEW EXHIBIT HOME ) 5017 5th St. N.-W. JUST OFF KANSAS AVE. 8,950 Tiled Bath 8,9 Built-in Fixtures g Three Porches Roomy Clcsets relation to public or general welfare, ccneeded to be con that decision. was br: t to set aside the ing measure tional with Three Bedrooms Rent- Like Terms D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. Main 1267 1319 N. Y. Ave. Concrete Streets ¥ ¥ ( Open Every Day Till 9 P.M. J CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND PRICE $13.950 Exhibit home worthy of vour serious consideration, built of the best material= that money can buy, constructed under the strictest specifi- corner lot, which is a masterpiece in the art of tances permit us to offer this home at a price catior land he Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Leland Street, turn left on Leland Street 4 squares to property. M. & R. B. WARREN, REALTORS Wisconsin 2763 Evenings and Sundays, Wisconsin 1034 Office OPEN TOR INSPECTION UNTIL 9:30 P.M. cent being shown. for last month w trasting with $19 This large ga! substantial Yorl d of architectural design |subdved greery color to tone in with the | apd qjr in all portions of the house Benjamin Driesler. jr.. registered New York architect. designed this home, | which is plan No. 326-S: it contains 20,500 cubic feet, divided into six rooms and bath. This design has been bilt a number of times in Long Island. For a newly married pair of young folks with a fondness for entertaining their friends this design would be ex- cellent. The vogue for modernism tak- en up by the vounger set could find ex- | pression in the exterior color scheme | selected. To start with, the shingles recommended for the Toof are procur- able in a variety of hues: brick also come in many shades: siding and trim and decorative shutters, they are added. may be pgnted to please. | Living and dinlng rooms are almost ideal for entertaining. Open porch pro- vides additional space that might be used on Summer nights for bridge tables, as lightine would be easy to ar- | range. Two of the three bedrooms, if the family is small, might be used as guest chambers. Additional space for recreation would be easily available in the basement. A7 BUILDING DECREASES. for the month of July this year, 25 reported to R. G. Dun & Co,, are a little below those for June, as case, but com- | n the returns ease of 23.4 per The estimated cost of new building $237.951,000, con- o T 759.300 in July, 1927 | Ceniral, Western and Pacific Coast due principally to a | States being above last year's and more increase in Greater New |than offsetting declines in the New The outside cities also show an | England, Middle Atlantic and Western increase, the figures for the Southern, secfions Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —Dbetween Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- tion. Actual improvements and home values exceed $10,500,080. 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 Main 8685 1435 K St. N.W. New Auditorium of Surratsville Public School Upman & Adams. Architects Smith-Gaskins, Builders For Fire-Safety VWith Economy Siraub Cinder Units With this modern building material you get perior masonry at less cost. Insulation is built into the wall. Permanence: and the utmost in fire resistance is obtained. WASHINGTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORP. South Washington, V Main 8528 <3 £ uwmunmmmmlnlunm\u:fi_ | $163,928,500, which is i N I L TTE T DI Wi U b The total for all outside centers is|above the figures in the same 149 per cent|last year. (] Chevy Chase Homes By DOUGLASS HE better built homes of nationally advertised products in the most exclusive section of Chevy Chase —varied in design. construction and size—on large beautifully land- - - scaped sites. The Choice of Chevy Chase EXHIBIT HOME 125 Grafton Street Drive west on Grafton St. from Chevy Chase Circle two blocks to home. 3. €. BDouglass Co. Realtors-Builders e 1621 K St. N.W. Frank. 5678 Attracting Renewed Attention—Tilden Gardens Throngs of Visitors Admire This New Double Building on the Sedgwick Street Frontage ARGEST among the units yet completed in this seleet apartment home colony, the opening of the Secdgwick Street building has aroused wide comment and has drawn many intcrested guests to the MODEL HOME. The development of this unique community has now reached a stage where it is possible to apprehend more accurately the magnitude and beauty of the ‘operation, and more espe- cially the gardens which surround the several buildings. These latter constitute a distinct feature of the colony, and are without a pare allel in or around Washington. Given a modern home with three separate ex- posures, all commanding lovely vistas of land- scaped grounds such as these, and the average family is loath indeed to consider the troubles and expense of house maintenance and oper= nllinn. It is a real education to visit and study the— MODEL APARTMENT HOME with furnishings by W. B. Moses & Sens Connecticut Avenue at Tilden Street M & R B WARREN Pioneer Washington Builders of Co-Operative Avartment Homes Phone Cleveland 6084