Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1928, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, | [ l]E gnzning %fafs_wmo‘\\’. SEPTEMBER 99 1928. HOME & GARD N'l 17 |0 A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs 'PRIVATE BUILDING PROJECTS STAR MODEL HOMES DIFFER WIDELY IN PLANS AND SIZE Thousands Have Visited Four Sites to Study Details of Construction, Materials and Furnishings. Delay in completion of the resurfacing of Bradley boulevard | | west of Wisconsin avenue, the | | main entrance to Kenwood, Md., has caused a second postpone- ment of the formal opening of | | the third 1928 Star model home | | there and also of the fourth and last_of the series of homes, in Foxhall Village. Thus Washing- ton will have an extended time in which to visit the houses prior to | | the formal exhibition of each house. ‘The Kenwood dwelling, located at the corner of Kennedy drive | | and Chamberlin_avenue, will be | opened October 7 and remain on | | exhibition through November 3 The model home in Foxhall Vil- lage will be opened the first week | | in_November. The Star model home at the corner of Morningside drive and Juniper street, Shepherd Park, which was opened August 19, will be closed tomorrow at 9 p.m. | The model homes demonstration be- | 4ng sponsored this year by The Star in co-operation with the Home Owners’ Institute and local builders now is| nearing the half-way mark. Several thousand persons interested in home ownership and modern construction methods have inspected the four dem<J onsiration dwellings. i The demonstration has served as a means of graphically illustrating meth- ods_foliowed in the construction of modern houses, their furnishing, equip- ment and decoration and hundreds have visited the houses to study them during warious phases of their development. ‘The four houses differ widely in con: ception, materials, size and anchi- tectural plan, offering opportunity for contrast. The first of the series was erected by the Aurora Hills Homes, Inc., 4n Aurora Hills, Va. It is a modest size English cottage with some Nor- man influence, of brick and stucco con- | Basement Garage Is Large Enough for Two Automobiles. RCOF LINES FIT HOUSE TO PLOT| shortly before the opening early next | month. It is replete with interesting features. One of the most unusual is the type of base for the first floor. In order to assure permanence and sta- bility to the large house -structure, a heavy concrete base was laid for the first floor. This also serves as an ef- fective check on any possible noise and | dust from ;hl‘!bdase!mcn}:. where, of | course, are located the heating plant ; and other service equipment. It is alsg | President Home Owners Institute, Inc seen as an element of safety to the| Designed for construction on a plot occupants of the house from a fire in | that slopes to the rear, plan No. 328-S, | the basement. Hishitwe day, has bes it | The exterior of the house is featured | “TiCh We feature today, has been built at Shado-Lawn, Hastings-on-Hud- | by a large semi-circular portico, run- ning to the roof line of this three-story | son, N. Y., as a Home Owners Institute | dwelling; a spacious solarium on the | model home. Containing 29,250 cubic | left side of the house and a large oricl | feet, the housc has seven rooms and | window in the right, broad-faced | two baths, including a studio type liv- double chimneys at cither side of the [ing room, with basement garage big house; green blinds of colonial pat- | enough for two cars, and a porch and tern on all windows and a_two-story | large storage space on the second floor. | porch at the left rear of the house. Much larger than it appears to be The kitchen is ultra modern in plan | from the front, this house is of modified and equipment, having cross ventilation, | Colonial —architecture, semi-bungalow | ample light, mechanical refrigeration, | type. Sleeping chambers and bath up- carefully planned cupboard, large | stairs, should a small family desire to | kitchen sink in light green color, which | construct this plan, need not be finished | is equipped with a mechanical dish |until the extra space is required; initial | washer, and other up-to-date fixtures. | building cost could, in this way, be Two-Car Garage. [ Eogacer. | . In the event that the second floor is | The garage, which has provision for finished but the needs of the family two cars, is reached by a driveway at are such that the larger room is not the far left of the lot. In front of the | needed for use as a sleeping room, it | garage has been laid a large concrete | may be furnished as a billiard room. terrace where several cars may be ten This room, being roughly 12 by 13 feet, porarily parked, a convenience for vis- | is large enough to accommodate a home itors of the occupants of the hom illiard table, which would give pleas: The model dwelling in Foxhall Vil- Second-Floor Room May Be Utilized for Billiards or Sleeping. BY L. PORTER MOORE, RITCHEN DINING Room 2 8 | ant diversion to each member of the lage row is in the finishing stage, as the interior trimming is being painted or stained. The chestnut trim of the first floor is being given a natural finish to tone in with the straw color of the rough texture sand-finished walls on this floor, while the second fioor wood- work is being given an ivory color paint. The third floor trim will have the urusual finish produced by the ap- plication of ivory paint, over which is being laid a coating of brown paint famil Sweeping roof lines emphasize the | slope of the plot and help to fit the | house to its site. Variegated field stone | gable with stucco and half timber above s a good detail, as is the entry door. | Stone is also used for the chimney above the roof, for the porch floor and for the fireplace. Exterior walls are of gray and roof is of variegated green cross-grained cedar shingles. | | “studio living room is of generous Serr_liiBungalow Is Designed for Sloping Lot ililard Room or 74 CHAMPLR 2'ant 5£.COND FLOOR PLAN Private building operations for the District having a total estimated cost of $495994 were approved during the past week by the building inspector, Col. John W. Oehmann. The largest project in the new list provides for the construction of a six- story brick and tile apartment building for A. Joseph Howar at 720 Third street, at an estimated cost of $175,000. Plans for the building have been drawn by David L. Stern. The list of new projects includes plans for 5 apartment buildings, 16 dwellings of various types, remodeling and repair work and a number of busi- | ness structures. Permits were issued as follow: A. Joseph Howar, owner and builder; David L. Stern, architect; to erect one G-story brick and tile apartment, 720 | Third street (iots 801, 826, 827 and 828, square 529); to cost $175,000. | Breuninger & Co., owners and build- | ers: George T. Santmyers, architect; to |erect six 2-story brick dwellings, 4303 |to 4309 Thirty-seventh street, 3638 | Windom place and 3639 Warren street ! (lots 8 to 10, 11 and 7, square E-1892); to cost $60,000. | Agnes L‘lHCh' owner' and builder; to erect one ‘metal private garage, 321 | First street southeast ‘lot G, 6 to cost $300. | Shannon & Luchs, Inc., owners, and |Shannon & Luchs Construction Co, ! builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect: to erect one 2 square LAST WEEK TOTAL $495.994 Largest Approved Construction Plan Is Six- Story Apartment Structure to Cost $175.000. George T. Santmyers, architect; Sh. non & Luchs Construction Co., builc ers; to erect three 2-story brick apart ments, 2603 and 2605 O street and 14( Twenty-sixth street (lots 78, 79 and 77 square 1262); to cost $40,000. S. Kann Sons Co., owners; Gramercy Contracting Co., Inc., builders; to mak repairs, 1217. F street (lot 804, squar 289); to cost $4,000. P. M. Johnson, owner and builder George T. Santmyers, architect; t erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 281 and 2816 Thirty-ninth street (lots 1 and 15, square 1806): to cost $30,000. Helen H. Riley, owner and designe: J. Hulin, builder; to erect one 2-stor tile addition and make repairs, 124 Thirty-fourth street (lots 88 and 89 square 1221); to cost $1,200. Robert Munro, owner and builder Gilbert L. Rodier, architect; to erec | two 2-story brick dwellings, 618 an 622 Fern street (lots 20 and 19, squa’ 3176); to cost $16.,000. Little Tavern Shops, Inc., owner; ¢ E. Locknane, designer and builder; * erect_one 1-story concrete block stor 814 E street (lot 11, square 407); cost $2,000. Capt. Albert Souter, owner; to m: repairs, 514 Twenty-first street (lot 1 square 104; to cost $300. _ Norman C. Rogers, owner and c signer; Edward R. Carr, builde: erect one 2-story stone dwelling, Rittenhouse street (lot 801, sq ment, 1410 Twenty. quare 1262): to cost $15.000. Shannon & Luchs, Inc.. owners; size, with fireplace situated in unusual 2010): to cost $16,000. Mattie B. Morris, owner: Maur'c Joyce. _desig] and_builder: to erec |~ ~(Continued on Eighteenth Page) which is then brushed down, leaving | only a trace of color to modify the ivory | base. The walls of this floor are of struction, The second house, erected by L. E. Breuninger & Sons in Shep- herd Park, is a large English residence | basC. The walls of native stone and stucco. n nish. v “The third model home in Kenwood is | The two-car garage at the rear of |and baths is such as to simplify the & great colonial house of the Jefferson- | the lot has been completed and work plumbing installation. In the kitchen | plumbi period, , which is | now is proceedin; ing | there is a four-foot wainscote of colored e : 8 o0 an_ interesting | . “with built-in tile accessories; both private garden in that portion of the | h buil Clous plot, on which stand numerous |rear yard between the houseand tho | 2ths are finished in the same manner. House Is Completed. | be Drased. fageing an meavnee il | house. A folding breakfast table and The opening of this house, originally S. | benches are in the kitchen. One closet, scheduled for September 16, was post- | bath. | stone Bench and probably a stone bird | fitted with . drawers, is lined W poned to October 7 to await completion | The paving in front of this house manner at one end, and ceiling of wood, with stout beams two feet apart run- ning _ cross' Location of kitchen Building material showed little change in the general price level, lumber adi- vancing and brick and paint matery declining, with cement and structu steel remaining at the July price leve: | heater, 9.65 per cent; heating, 5.69 per | gust, compared with 98.3 for July, an‘ cent; tile work, 4.29 per cent; electrical | increase of over one-half of 1 per cent. and fixtures, 2.77 per cent; paint- | Compared with August, 1927, with an index number of 95.2, an increase of near] h wor |ing and decorating, 4.91 per cent, and ccial equipment, including linoleum, gas range, breakfast set, cedar closet, screens and shades, 3.44 per cent. Ma. terial and labor costs total $17,690. TI house with plot 50x100 feet is priced to sell for $22,500. PR.ICE‘S GOIN(;UrP. With every hom. completed so'd—and no fnished house ready to be shown this Sunday, we call your attention to the | aromatic red cedar. A hot-water heat- of the repaving of Bradley boulevard is installed. A complete in order that visitors might reach Ken- wood by this main entrance. The house, however, has been structurally completed for two weeks, and visitors may reach it by driving out either Connecticut or Wisconsin avenues, turning left into Dorset avenue to Ken- mnedy drive, then right to the house, at the corner of Chamberlain avenue. has been laid and next weck work will | %, System o be started on the sidewalk. In the |SVSlem Of electric wiring with numer- center of the street is being developed | Sy ponvenience outlets is a feature of Wholesale Costs Continue Upward a government parkway, which will en- hance the outlook of this house. Visitors may now inspect this house. which is scheduled to be ofened the first week in November. It may be reached by bus or street car to Foxhall Village, or by driving out Q street, The Kenwood house will be com- | Reservoir road. turning left on Fort pleted in all details with the installa- | fourth street to Q street and then right | j the house. Good in| design, construction, mate- rials and equipments, tire percentage material and labor costs for this model home are as follows: Excavation, 3.81 per cent: foundation and masonry, 20.37 per cent; carpentry and millwork, 34.56 per cent; sheet metal work, 1.98 per cent; steel casement window and glaz- in August, Survey Shows. The trend of wholesale prices con- tinued upward in August, according to information collected in representative markets by the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics. The bureau’s computed on prices in the year 1926 »: weighted index numb-r | Prices range: from fact that many homes in this delightful new community have been sold from fplans. You will find it a real ‘pleasure to inspect the c/lnrrniwig homes 0.49 per cent; metal lath and plas- | the base and including 550 commoditic 3 ’ 5 ter. 8 per cent; plumbing and water or price serie Anids 80 989 Tor oAt : . B $11950 to $14,500 | . ¢ on Hunt Ave., and, from $16.500 up. on Langdrum Lane, tion of furniture, which will be placed ' a half block to the house now under construc- tion which at this time offer the opfpor- tunity to incorporate features that meet your individual re- quirements. Locétion of Garage Has-Big Influence i On Attractiveness of Home Surrounding‘s Massachusetts Park Home garages are always of interest picturesque charm, is found an excel- because of the architectural and other | lent place for using some favorite flow- problems and opportunities they pre- | ering vine. The garage that is locatcd sent. A writer in Building Age advances | in the rear, away from the street, allows some pertinent suggestions, a few of | a freedom in the matter of planning 4008 LELAND STREET CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND which are reproduced below: In relation to the appearance of the home, the garage ordinarily may Le said to have three possible locations. ‘The most common one, of course, is that which places it in a mor2 or | remote corner of the rear garden., where | it is but little exposed to street view. Another frequently selected, where the | home utilizes a corner lot, is the one which gives it frontage on a side street. in which instance it naturally comes ir for considerable prominence. And th= | third location is that which makes if an attached or built-in feature of the house. In the last it may or may m In any one of these positions, how be prominently revealed to public vie: ever, whether it be one of street promi- | nence or not, the garage has a very | considerable bearing upon the appear- ance of the home as a whole. Even | where it is relegated to a far corner the back yard it deserves to be made a pleasing and enhancing contribution to the attractiveness of the garden plaa‘ of the grounds, and where it fron upon a side street or is an attached | part of the house its attractiveness is especially important. | In the designing of the garage, and | also in the planning of an effective | garden setting for it, lie interesting pfi | If the architecture of the | house is to govern, the garage perhaps | may be in the English style, with steep | roof lines and half-timber decorated walls; or it may instead carry out the | Spanish motif, with red or brown til> roof, arched doorways and the various other characteristics of the type. I* may be founded on the French-Norman | influence, with perchance a weather- vane-topped tower; or again, like the !} house to which it belongs, it may find | ) its inspiration in the various American colonials, the Italian, the Moorish, or some other style. | The garage offers opportunity for an attractive scheme of garden planting | about it equal to that offered by the ! building itself. Indeed, since it is: usually even more closely associatei with the rear garden, it would seem especially to invite effective treatment | in this respect. At least, it ought to be ; banked with flowers or shrubbery, and | perhaps also to be attended by a tree or iwo. Her #AsUse This Coupon, SAVE $500 to $2.000m~ BEFORE YOU BUILD.: Get This Book T contains 144 pages of auractive home. plainsour finan and money “Honor Bilt” methods. SEE OUR HOMES SHOW Open Daily, 8:30—>5:30. Saturdays Included Sears, Roebuck and Co. i 706 Tenth St N.W. 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