Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1928, Page 17

;fi REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, The Foening Shae e " STAR'S KENWOOD MODEL HOME DRAWS THOUSANDS IN WEEK Third of Demonstrat sonian Colonial Week on Several thousand persons interested in home ownership and modern con- struction methods this week were at- tracted to The Star model home at + Kenwood, Md., which last Sunday was opened to the public for a month of inspection. This is the third of the meries of four demonstration buildings being sponsored this year by The Star snd the Home Owners’ Institute.. Visitors found many points of notable interest in the stately outlines of this large Jeffersonian colonial house, its anthentic colonial furnishing and dec- pration and in its equipment, which is ! of the latest type available. The house, located at the corner of &Kennedy drive and Chamberlin avenue, will remain open daily from 10 am. to 9 pm. through the first week in WNovember. It may be reached by driv- ing out Connecticut avenue, turning feft into Bradley lane to Wisconsin @venue and continuing west on Brad- ey boulevard to Kenwood. From Chevy Chase Circle. The house also may be reached by friving out Connecticut avenue to ( Chevy Chase circle, turning left into Grafton street to Wisconsin avenue, ghen continuing west through Dorset street to Kennedy drive, then right to $he house. ‘The Kenwood house, situated well Pack from the intersecting streets on large site spotted with evergreen and ood trees, is of mansion-like pro- portions. It contains on the “first floor ® center hall, large living room with en adjoining solarium, dining. room, breskfast room, kitchen and pantry. On the second floor are a master bed- foom with an adjoining dressing room nd bath, two guest bedrooms with Cnths adjoining and two servants’ rooms « @t the rear, over the two-car garage, which is a constituent part of the Shouse structure. On the third floor are ka boy's and a girl's bedrooms, a large fbath with a cedar closet of unusual size, lin addition to a great storeroom open- ¥ing off the boy’s room. Unusual Walls. One of the special features of the house is the unubual wallpaper, which N Fs& selected to conform to the archi- ctural style of the house and its urniture. The wallpaper of the living room is @n large rectangular panels surrounded by borders of painted wall in a color toning in with that of the paper itself. ‘English out-of-door scenes are pictured din the paper of this room. The kitchen is finished in green, in- ubing the specially designed cup- ards, kitchen range and colored tchen sink, which is fitted with a late ‘model of mechanical dishwasher. ‘The paper of the master bedroom is f a new design called the ‘“growing p” type, depicting flowers which ap- ar to be growing out of the und. e flowers are on a neutral base, mhich gives a good background for the fpccasional shoots of stems and flowers. < In the bathroom of this bedroom is @nother new design in wallpaper, being of an amethyst shade and of flower \esign. The fixtures of the bath are in The Triangle of < befween Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- Actual improvements and home values _exceed $10,500,000. 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 tion. Middaugh & 1435 K St. N.W. ESTABLISHED 1898 Museum Building, University Architect, Albert Kahn, Detroit, Mich. Al back-up and partitions Straub Cinder Units; classroom walls painted and hallways plastered with Y-in. thickness of plaster, For Larg Building STRAUB CINDER UNITS Specified With Confidence and Used With Success Being permanent, fireproof, largely eliminating the noise nuisance, Straub Cinder Units are equally desirable in large institutional buildings or the simple home. ion Dwellings, Jeffer- Type, Ends First Exhibit. a shade of blue which gives an unusual appearance to the room. The wallpaper of the front guest bedroom is of a colonial floral design in | conventional pattern, and the other | guest bedrogm, which is furnished in |modern art” style, is done in restful shades of green. ’ “English Chintz.” The girl's room on the third floor hes an English chintz paper, the de- sign being taken from an old cloth |print said to have been popular at the time of Queen Anne, while the boy’s | room is of a “medallion style,” with |a Louis XVI on a corduroy stripe base, | which is a reproduction of an old French paper, it is explained by the builders, the Kennedy-Chamberlin De- velopment Co. The exterior of the house and its spacious grounds also provide interest for the visitors. There is a fwo-story semi-circular portico at the front, a large solarium painted glistening white at the left of the house, an oriel window at the right side and at either side of the main wing of the house is a great double colonial chimney. A brick walk, laid in herringbone pattern, runs to the portico from the far right side of the lot, while the driveway to the garage is laid at the extreme left side of the property, thus leaving a wide expanse of unbroken lawn in front of the house. ‘The property was landscaped by John H. Small and the house was furnished for the exhibition by Mayer & Co. BUILDING FOR MONTH BREAKS ALL MARKS | September Witnessed Greatest Vol- ume of Construction Ever Handled, | | | September witnessed the greatest volume of construction work ever handled in the United States during a single month, according to statistics just compiled by the Associated General Contractors of America. The figures, covering all types of building end based upon shipments of construction materials, show last month’s total to be 9 per cent greater than the previous high mark, registered last June. In announcing the new record, D. A. Garber, Washington, D. C., general manager of the contractors’ national organization, declared “the enormous activities of recent weeks bring virtual assurance that 1928 will be the great- est building year this country has ever seen.” ‘The total value of construction opera- tions of all types this vear will prob- ably be more than $8,000,000,000, Mr, Garber stated Massachusetts Park Increasing Values Shannon, Inc. Main 8685 of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. e or Small Operations Are dampproof and Front Entrance, With Gable and Chimney, Is Attractive. DESIGN PERMITS EFFECTIVE COLOR Seven Rooms, Well Lighted Attic and Many Features Are Provided For. BY L. PORTER MOORE, President, Home Owners Institute, Inc. Because his plans always prove pop- ular and economical with home build- ers, we offer today, as Plan No. saxfi another design from the board of Davi S. . Douglass, architect, of Hartford, Conn. This design, of English derivation, has seven rooms, two baths, extra lavatory, pantry, sunroom, open porch and two- car attached garage. Attic is well lighted, with windows at both ends. One or two sleeping rooms might be finished in this space, or a billiard table could be installed there. The house contains 35,800 cubic feet. A combination of materials is recom- mended for the exterior; these in- clude common brick for the first floor and stucco with half timbering for the second, with shingles on the second floor rear elevation. Front entrance, with gable and chimney, is an attrac- tive combination. Chimney in itself is a good detail. Treatment of roof gives the house a close-to-the-ground appearance and permits of effective use of color, which would be entirely appropriate not only for the roof of this house, but also for the second floor sidewalls of the rear elevation. Such treatment would add to the fire safety of the building. Deco- rative shutters, hardware in suitable pattern, with lanterns and mail box, and common brick pillar at driveway lend further interest to the exterior. Lavatory off the stair landing in the entry hall marks the design as modern. Placement of fireplace and bay window in living room, which is of generous size, suggests interesting furniture groupings. Sleeping chambers are of good size with ample closet space. Second bath is very convenient. Access to the attic | may be gained by continuing the main stair upward. LR APARTMENT HOUSE SOLD TO E. J. EMERICK The four-story apartment house located at 1835 Sixteenth street has been sold by Eugene A. Smith to E. Jackson Emerick, it was announced to- day by the firm of McKeever & Goss, which handled the transaction. The consideration was not made public. The building contains four apart- ;’mnts, each unit occupying an entire loor. surprisingly been higher than WASHINGTON . CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORPORATION Main 8528 South Washington, Va. [ v nTeHER Spacious Home Plans of English Derivation Mastare. CHAMpER P CHAmMBER s House construction projects lead all other types of building activities in the District for, which permits were issued during the past week by the building inspector, Col. John Oehmann. Plans were approved for the erection of 39 dwellings of various types, to be located in the several sections of the city. The total cost of all new operations, exclusive of Federal projects, was esti- mated at $541,050, which is considerably below the figure for several weeks pre- ceding. ‘The Cafritz Construction Co. obtained permits for the erection of 10 two-story houses in the 400 block of Allison street, to cost $80,000; D. C. Gruver revealed plans for the construction of 12 two- story dwelling in the 3800 block of Beecher street, to cost $72,000, and Charles H. Tompkins obtained permit for the building of a $70,000 home at 3001 Garrison street. Permits were issued as follows: HOUSE CONSTRUCTION LEADS IN ALL BUILDING ACTIVITIES erect seven metal private garages, 3845 to 3857 Beecher street (lots 1071 to 1077, square 1301); to cost $1,200. Charles H. Tompkins, owner; H. W. Peaslee, architect; Charles H. Tomp- kins Co., builders; to erect one 2-story stone dwelling, 3001 Garrison street (parcels 59-33 and 59-18, square 2280); to cost $70,000. F. W. Bolgiano & Co., owners; Mil- burn-Heister Co., architects; R. P. Whitty Co., builders; to erect one 3- story brick warehouse, 607 E street (lot 32, square 456); to cost $38,000. Stanley E. Haney, owner and builder; Willlam R. Lamar, architect; to erect one 3-story brick addition to stores and apartments, 2076 Wisconsin avenue (lots 800 to 802, square 1298); to cost $35,000. Witt & Mirman, owners; A. S. J. Atkinson, architect; H. A. Brandt, builder; to erect two 1-story brick ad- ditions and make repairs, 2501 Penn- D. C. Gruver, owner and builder; to! sylvania avenue and 2507 Pennsyl- : W\ ’ Whether you rent or whether you buy, You pay for the home you oceupy.” ~Warren vania avenue (lot 800, square 14); to cost$20,000. W. G. Irvin, owner and builder: George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect four 2-story brick dwellings, 1843- 49 Ingleside terrace (lots 147 to 150, square 2617); to cost. $30,000. L. E. H , owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story stone and tile dwelling, 2136 Branch avenue southeast (lot 1, square 5667); to cost $18,000. Alfred T. Newbold, owner and build- er; C. N. Norton, architect; to erect one 2-story stone and frame dwelling, 5109 - Thirty-ninth street (lots 41 and 68, square 1851); to cost $20,000. G. ' W. Fosburg, owner; York Ma- chinery Co., designers; Lee T. Turner, builder; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dairy, 4515 Wisconsin avenue (par- cel 35-144, square 1770); to cost $35,000. Hugh Thompson, owner and builder; A. Raymond Eno, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, street southeast (lot 57, square 5602); to cost $6,000. Salvatore Stasulli, owner and build- er; W. B. Honey, architect; to erect one 1-story brick gasoline station, 1735 Benning road northeast (lot 803, square {4511); to cost $3.000. + (Continued on Eighteenth Page.) After 15 years of writing check stubs like this every month you own an imposing collection of otherwise worthless rent receipts. For the next fif- teen years you continue to pay the same or a higher rate, and so on, indefinitely. rapid fashion. the original purchase price. & Sons and open until 9 P.M. every day. Ma ailable for inspection? After the same period of writing check stubs like this every month you own a $13,780.00 apartment home, without adding one cent to your monthly out- lay for “rental.” And the time rolls around in a For the next fifteen years, and ever thereafter, you should pay only $37 per month operating expenses, equivalent to rental. You are your own landlord. TILDEN CALDENS Distinctive Development of M. & R. B. Warren Connecticut Avenue at Tilden Street—Just of the South Bureau of Standards In the meantime, you are steadily acquiring a substantial equity on which you can realize by sale just as if you owned a house. In five years, with your initial and monthly payments, this equity will amount to over $5,200, There are no restrictions on the resale of your apartment other than those that are set up to carefully guard the value of your property. The social and financial status of each prospective purchaser must be satisfactory to the group owners of the building. On all resales of Warren Co-operative Apartment Homes to date, the average selling price has . Just another of the many reasons why an increasing number of farsighted people are getting the facts about the Co-operative Apartment Homes in Tilden Gardens and inspecting the model apartment charmingly furnished by y we welcome you soon, while each size and arrangement Building D-E Now Selling Telephone Cleveland 6084 Office on the Premises SATURDAY, ,OCTOBER 13, 1928 1309 S |% . HOME & GARDEN Will Be Opened A formal English garden, neatly planned and carefully executed, was virtually completed in the rear yard of The Star model home being erected by Boss & Phelps at 4422 Q street, in Fox- hall Village, bringing this unusual Eng- lish group house one step nearer to completion, in preparation for its open- ing to the public for a month of exhibi- tion, beginning the first week in No- vember. During the past week also work was started on the landscaping of the front lawn, while work proceeded on the fin- ishing of the interior of the house itself, now already in an advanced stage. The formal garden in the rear of the house is rectangular in shape, and con- sists of a central feature of a stone bird bath, surrounded by a lawn cut by narrow walks of a combination of ir- regular flagging and rubble stone and spotted here and there with plantings, including barberry bushes, English ivy, English box bush, three trim arbor- vitae, set against the inner wall of the two-car garage at the rear of the prop- erty, and other plants. Around the bird bath, the focal point of the garden, is a circular walk, from which radiate walks to the rec- tangular walk bordering the garden. At one side of the garden is a stone slab bench. Privacy is provided by the construc- tion of a high, heavy lattice fence on either side “of the rear yard, superim- posed on retaining walls which mark NEAT ENGLISH GARDEN AT STAR MODEL HOME NEARLY FINISHED Foxhall Viliage Demonstration House to Public First Week in November. to be done to the trimming. The breakfast set has been completed and set into place in the breakfast room, at the rear of the house, overlooking the rear gardcn. The basement of the house has.s finished appearance to an unusual de- gree. The foundation walls are of brick of the same type as used in the exterior walls, and have been white- washed to add to the brightness of the room. 7The basement has a cement flooring. - In one corner of the base- ment is located the heating plant, in another ‘he reserve oil tank, and in a third is a large cold-storage closet. A lavatory is located in the fourth corner of the room. Three wash basins are located under the windows at the rear. Steel columns and beams, which give yreat strength to the house structure, are to be seen in the basement. The columns run to the third floor and :elms are the base for each of the loors. INVESTMENT FIRM PURCHASES BLOCK Duryea Building Is Bought by Stockwood Co. for the boundaries of the lot. ‘The landscaping of the rear lot is carried to the wide board gate to the alley, along .the side of the garage, carrying the same neat appearance of the garden to the rear service entrance. During the past few days the front yard has been graded and brick re- taining walls have been constructed on either side of the lot to take care of the varying levels of the land on the two adjoining properties. A double terrace is being developed in the front of the lot to add to the appearance of the bank abutting the front public sidewalk. A concréte walk has been laid from the brick porch to the street, and recently the public side- walk and the pavement of the south side of Q street, where is to be devel- oped a Government parkway, were com- pleted. The floors of the house were scraped during the past week while carpenters secured moldings in place in the great living room, one of the last bits of work terior lines. Chase Circle two 1621 K St. N.W. Value- Asserts Exhibit Home 3833 Beecher St. N.W. N AND LIGHTED DAILY OFEN AL S B. H. GRUVER 927 15th St. N.W, $400,000. The Stockwood Investment Co. has purchased from Mrs. Emma J. Walter the two-story business property known as the Duryea Building, on the north- east corner of Connecticut avenue and L street, it was announced today. ‘The transaction was handled jointly through the offices of Randall H. Hag- ner & Co., Inc., and Story & Co., the latter representing the purchaser. The sale price was understood to be approxi- mately $400,000. The property has a frontage of 54 feet on Connecticut avenue and 112 feet on L street and contains about 6,170 square feet. The building has a limestone front. It contains shops and stores. A new liner, the largest ship afloat, will be more than 1,000 feet in length, with a tonnage of over 60,000. Chevy Chase Homes By DOUGLASS Period Designs O\'ERLO()KING the Chevy Chase Club Grounds, Homes represent the finest in char- acter of constriction and harmonious blending of numerous pe- riod designs, each a true reproduction in interior decoration and pleasing ex- ‘the Douglass in the In Exclusive Section Two Open Until 9 P.M, Drive west on Grafton St. from Chevy home blocks to 9.6 Douglass Co. Realtors-Builders Frank. 5678 Itself in— GloverPark A Model Community of Modern Homes—at Moderate Prices In Glover Park you may enjoy the beauty of distinctive archi- of a select neighborhood at prices that are not prohibitive. Homes are of flawless all-brick baths with shower, tubs, ete.; beautiful brick man- tels with Radiant heaters, ar- cm&;. nxw;eo and tasteful deco- raf and finish are the outstanding merits, . 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