Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1928, Page 17

zngniltg %iaf‘ SATURDAY, l;(‘T()RER 20, WITR STNDAY MORNING EDITION & GARDEN REAL ESTATE HOME WASHINGTON, D. C, 19 The A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs ENGLISH GROUP HOUSE AWAITS d Downtown Office |PLANS LABOR DEMONSTRATION FURNISHING AND DECORATION' e Buildings Rent AT IDEAL HOME EXPOSITION e e “Bob and Betty House™ = = Ao g ; [ i Survey Finished J:ourth and Last of Series of Model Homes Weas Rare Attraction: | 4 TN "2~ ! = at New Ym’l( Sl’low. ,COPPER i SHINGLES l Compact Home Economically Frame .Washington Real Estate Board Sponsors Competitive Test for Construction Mechanics. Operative Builders Find $2.085 Per Foot Is Average Rate. | Sponsorecl by Star Is Structura“y | Completed. ‘The Operative Builders' Association, The English group house at 4422 Q|carrying out the dominating color for atreet in Foxhall Village, the fourth and last of the series of model homes spon- sored this year by The Star, structurally | was completed during the past week | and now awaits only the furnishing and decoration to make it ready for the month of exhibition to begin Novem- ber 4. Thus, with two weeks remaining before the house is opened formally to ' the public, the builders, Boss & Phelps. | have ample time to plan and execute the furnishings and decorations. Drap- eries, rugs and furniture purchased for the house from W. & J. Sloane are to be placed during the coming week under the general direction of Harry K. Boss. Already numerous pieces of per- manent equipment have been placed in the house. An all-metal kitchen table has been provided, and this week the green and white enamel kitchen range was set into position. Other features of this modernly appointed kitchen are specially designed cupboards for dishes, pots and pans and other kitchen pre visions. There is a place for the du: mop or broom. In the cupboards als is a built-in ironing board that can be swung easily into position. In the breakfast nook. between the kitchen and dining room, a breakfast 52t has been built into place, and at the inner end of this room Is located pantry cupboards and a mechanical refrigerator of late model. The kitchen floor is covered with tile- shaped linoleum in two shades of green, THOUSANDS OF VISITORS VIEW this room. USED IN ROOFING | through the office of its executive sec- | retary, Rufus S. Lusk, has completed & | A series of competitive labor demon-| hibits of materials, equipment and in- strations are heing arranged in connee- Exterlorly, the house now appears 25 Three Bedrooms With Bath finally completed. The front vard has ; been graded and sodded and the front| 2 Toilet Are Located in Space Upstairs. cement sidewalk laid. The front vard | is marked by brick retaining walls at either side of the lot. The retaining | walls make possible a perfectly level | {lawn here, though there is a decided (lopfi to the street. Also adding Interest to the yard is the double terrace effect | given the front of the yard. | 6 mically de- The house is unusually large for a| TS compact and econo e group dwelling. this being the center signed little house was ex S one of nine being completed on the | the “Bob and Betty House” at the “Own BY L. PORTER MOORE, President, Home Owners Institute, Inc. south side of Q street. On the fir lifs I} | Bl i survey of rentals prevailing in various downtown office buildings, based upon the average square foot rental in the buildings | The highest rental noted in this sur- ! vey, which included 32 buildings, was | $3.10 a square foot and the lowest was | found to be $1.00. The association | found the average rental to be $2.085. | In a number of the buildings surveyed | there was space rented to the Govern- | ment. This was not considered in fig- floor is a spacious living room across | the front of the house, a dining room, breakfast nook and kitchen, while on the second floor are four bedrooms and | |two baths, both fitted with shower cquipment,’ and two bedrooms, an_un- usual studio room and large cedar closet | and bath on the top floor. Also there is a two-story porch at the left rear of the house opening off the | dining room on the first floor, and a rear bedroom on the second which |would serve for a sitting porch or | sleeping porch. It is screened | At the rear of the lot is a 2-car |garage. Between the garage and the house has been developed & neat and interesting English garden. Here are to be found combination gravel and flagging walks, English box, English ivy, arborvitae’ and other plants sur- | rounding the central feature, a stone | |bird bath. At one side of the garden |i1s & stone bench. A lattice fence runs | along either side of the rear yard. | KENWOOD STAR MODEL HOME The Star model home located at Kenwood, Md. which has attracted thousands -of visitors to study its stately outlines and mansionlike provisions, will enter its third week of .the demon- stration under the sponsorship of The Star tomorrow. Each day during the past two weeks streams of visitors have passed through the house and spacious grounds, noting features of the large colonial dwelling which it be employed in other o o B ' Srecied e n by the Kennedy- Chamberlin Development Co., will re- main open daily from 10 a.m. to § p.m. during the next two weeks. house and its grounds contain The # wealth,of new ideas in house construc- | tion, pianning, equipment and decor: tion. One notable feature is the con- ;:‘re':flbuo 10; the en:re area of the irst floor, and over which the finis] e y base a vy , set upon the heav: foundation walls of the house, IIV!L{ great rigidity to the whole structure, It also serves as protection against noise and dust from the basement and as a barrier to a fire which might start in | the basement. Another feature which is of special | convenience to the occupants of the | house is that the garage, a constituent part of the house, located at the ex- treme rear of the building. is connected with the main wing of the house by a covered porch. Thus it may be reached in inciement weather without causing | | one to go out in the rain or smow. | _The garage is reached by a driveway running in from the far left side of the | spacious grounds, and as the drive ap- | proaches the garage it broadens to form & large place where a machine might be_turned about. The house may be reached by driving out Connecticut avenue to Bradley lane, | then left to Wisconsin avenue and con- tinuing west along Bradley boulevard. to Kenwood. The house is located at the corner of Kennedy drive and Chamber- HIIT‘:VEI';‘II& e house also may be reached b driving_out Connecticut avenue ty Chevy Chase Circle, turning left into Grafion street to Wisconsin avenue and then continuing west on Dorset avenue | to Kennedy drive, then right to the | house. HOME CONSTliUCTION GAINS WITH PERMITS FOR 52 HOUSES Dwelling construction. projects in the District continued to increase during the past week, when the' building in- spector issued permits for the erection of 52 houses, the largest number for any single week for several months. The total estimated value of all new | operations here, with the exception of Federal work, was -$459,380, which is considerably below the figure for the preceding week. The Wardman Constniction Co. took out permits for the build!ag of 12 dwell- ings in the 700 block ¥f Tewkesbury place and for six dwellings in the 6400 block of Eighth street, having a total cost of '$90,000, Plans for the con- struction of a $55,000 house for Mrs. James G. Wentz at 2841 McGill ter- $ race were approved, and Oscar Baum obtained a permit for a three-story store bullding at 1737 L, street, to cost to $51,750. i Permite Issued. Permits were issued as foliowa: ‘Wardman Construction Co., Inc., owners and builders; M. Mesrobian, architect; to erect twelve 2-story brick dwellings, 707 to 720 Tewkesbury place (lots 43 to 54, square 3163); to cost $60,000. Wardman Construction Co., owners and bullders: M. Mesrobian. architect; to erect six 2-story brick dwellings, 6417 to 6429 Eighth street (lots 55 to 59 and 73, square 3163); to cost $30,000. ‘Walter R. Muir, owner and designer: ‘Herfurth, ir.. Inc., builders: to erect ‘wor'2-story brick and tile dwellings, 310 and 312 Fifth street southeast (lots 24 and25, square 844); to cost $10,000. Mrs. James G. Wentz, owner: Mi George Oakley Totten. jr.. desig Bruce E. Clark Co., builde: p one 2-story brick dwelling, 2841 McGill terrace (lots 32 and 33, to cost $55.000. Robert E. Ellsworth, owner and bullder; John A. Melby. architeot: to erect three 2-story brick dwellings, 3426-30-34 Seventeenth street (lots 810, 100 and 814, square 2620); €24,750. Inc., Plan Three-Story Store. Oscar. Baum, owner: architect; Lewis Engineering & Con- struction Co.. builders: to erect one 3- #tory brick 1737 L street, (lots 800 and 801, square 161): to cost $51.750. Henry Herbert. owner, architect and biflder" to erect two 2-story frame cwellings, 3725 and 3729 Twenty- fofirth street northeast (lots 22, 23 and 24, square 4294); to cost $12,000. 1. W. Bittner, owner and builder, New Windsor. Md.: E. F. "lark. to erect } square 2200); | Julius We. ig. | R dwelling, 7712 Twelfth street (lot 44, square 2958); to cost $10,000. Hiram K. Green, owner; Henry J. Connor, designer and builder; to erect |one 2l5-story brick and tile dwelling, | 3818 Livingston street (lot 28 and on | half lot. 29, square 1858); to cost $6,100. | W. M. Morris, owner and builde ,George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect. | four "2-story brick and tile dwellings. {3707 to 3713 Windom, place (lots 56 to | 59, square 1891); to cost $32,000. Frank M. Junghans, owner; Robert | | P. Tiffey, designer; J. B. Tiffey, builder; | to erect one 2-story brick and tile | dwelling, 1601 Trindad avenue north- ;e;.s;na)ot 19, square West 4076); to cost | Floyd P. Waggman, owner and| | builder; to make repairs, 1714 New !H-mpxhl.r;sgenne (lot 70, square 153); cost §: a8, owner: L. J. Todd, | Your Home Exposition” in New York City. Tt is intended for concrete block | and stucco construction, the roofing material being copper shingles, with sheet copper over the entrance doo way. The simple grace of the house’s | exterlor lines is largely dependent on | | wring the average rental for the build- | 1 ng. The nighest average rental per | square foot was found to be in the sec- tion bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, | Eleventh street, New York avenue and Fifteenth street. The average for this | section was computed to be $2.13 per i!lon with the ideal home exposition, to be held under the auspices of the Washington Real Estate Board at the Washington Auditorium October 29 to | November 4, Waverly Taylor, chairman of the exposition commitiee, said today. This special feature of the expoci- tion will be participated in by mechanics | of various trades identified with the | building organizations represented in the board’s membership and will not only show actual construction methods but illustrate the skill and efficiency that is required by mechanics engaged in the various branches of the building | industry, he said. Brick masonry, carpentering. lathing and plastering and painting have been selected by the committee for the com- petition, one branch to be demonstrated | each night. Those entering the compe- tition will perform on the s age of the | end gables and the roof with the body of the house. The front facade is sym- metrically plerced with door and win- the painted batten shutters. The arch- itect is Milton Dana Morrill, and the plan 1s No. 723-BTH. The interior layout, while simple, is most unusual. It has eliminated every possible partition and cutoff in the interests of easy care. The entrance is front and by a group of three windows at the side. This makes an excellent and charming little combination room |as reception rooms, sun room or airy porch, as may be desired, and is bound to be a popular spot with the entire family because of its sunny, light aspect at any season of the year. The living room and dining alcove are run into one long room, giving a pleasant sense of spaciousness to the vista through the complete length of the house and simplifying the problem of providing good sized rooms in a s£mall home by eliminating one of them. ‘The kitchen is a model of housekeep- ing efficiency with its cabinet, stove, drainboard sink and dish closet. ranged conveniently along one wall. The sink, here, directly faces the pleasant out- look into the rear garden and gives the wqman working at it & cheerful view. | which will do much to lighten the dull job_of dishwashing. Three bedrooms, bath and supple- mentary toflet are provided upstairs. Each bedroom has the cross ventilation and ample light which the design pro- vides in abundance throughout the en- tire house. Additional attic space under the high-peaked roof could be finished off later if desired, as there are large win- dows in each end gable which admit ample light and air. The actual cubical content of this home is 20,280 feet. While intended for stucco, concrete block and copper shingles as the chief materials, the home might be built for about $1,000 less than the $12,000 estimated by Arthur Bates Lincoln. consulting archi- | tect. of Home Owners' Institute, in the intended construction if frame built. directly to a glazed porch, lighted by | the glazed door and windows at the | the skillful proportioning of the large | dow openings, which are accented by | Finst Froor Praw 118 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS APPROVED| Advisory Council Sanctions Proj-| ects for Dwellings and Other Structures. Architectural designs for 18 dwellings | | and other projects have been approved { by juries of the Architects’ Advisory Council in meetings held this month in the office of Maj. Donald A. Davison assistant engineer commissioner in| charge of 7oning. Plans were approved Thursday by a | jury composed of H. P. Baxter. Delos | Smith and Albert Speiden as. follows: Dairy to be erected at 4515 Wisconsin | avenue, designed by the York Machinery Co.:. dwelling to be erected at 1316 Iris street, H. L. Breuninger, architect, |and 12 ‘dwellings, 3845-6% Beecher | street, George T. Santmyers, architect. | | e ——————————— The Triangle of Massachusetts Park Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- tion. Actual $10,500,000. improvements Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall and home values exceed homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 1435 K St. N.W. | | 05 4444 Que St (South of Reservoir Road) AMERICA'S SMARTEST COLONY OF ENGLISH GROUP HOMES A VILLAG CITY. Nine Minutes Prom Dupont Circle A Prede Non-competitive Development ONE OF OUR FO PURCHASED ON £500 AND Open Daily and Sunday 9 Until § All enamel gas ranges: unusual ar- E IN THE termined XHALL HOMES CAN RE CASH PAYMER oF £100 PER MONTH | square foot. 3 The average rentals by buildings in | this_section, Mr. Lusk reports to run as follows: $1.38, $1.43, $1.60, $180, | 51.82, $1.85, $2.00, $2.10, $2.50, $2.52, $2.75, $2.85 and $3.10. | “"Average rentals by buildings studied |in’ the section bounded by New York and Pennsylvania avenues, L street, Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets we found to be as follo | 8175, $1.80, $1.85, $1 152.25, $2.34, $2.40, $2.50, The average for the section was $2.07. | " Average rentals by buildings in the section bounded by Pennsylvania ave- |nue, K. Sixteenth and Seventeenth | streets were reported as follows: $1.60. $2.00, $2.02 and $240. The average for the section was $2.00. PLANS LICENSE LA W. Secono Froor Prax D Arkansas Real Estate Group Draft- ing Legislation. A projected real estate license law for Arkansas, following the lines of the legislation already adopted for pub. lic protection in 22 States and one Can A jury composed of Louis Justement, H. P. Baxter and L. P. Wheat recently approved the following plans: For a| dwelling at 4930 Butterworth place, de- signed by Gilbert L. Rodier: dwelling. 3001 Garrison street, designed by | Horace Peaslee; dwelling at 2910 Glover driveway, designed by Robert F. Man- ning, and two dwellings, 4303-07 Reno | road, George T. Santmyers, architect. | Plans for the apartment house being | erected by Goldsmith & Keller from | Plans by Willlam Harris at 2440 Six-|jyre of deeds, mortgages and contracts feenth street were approved recently by | and of the duties of a broker to his Jury pomposed of Victor Mindelefl | clients and customers, the Tllinois Ass and Louls Justement. | ciation of Real Estate Boards urge | amendment of the State's real estal license law to provide for the examina- tion of applicants for registration on their knowledge of these principles. Hint on Concrete Work. the Arkansas Real Estate Association. Holding that the State should not grant certificates of registration as real estate brokers to any person who does not have knowledge of the rudimentary Office Space Increased. The Capital Title & Guarantee Co., | which recently opened offices in the | Chandler Building, 1427 T street, has | taken additional space on the second floor of the building, it was announced | will not adhere permanently to old con- today by the leasing department o Shannon & Luchs. Inc., which nego! ated the lease. The company alread: after concrete has “set.” Ordinarily the only way to secure perfect monolithic | occupied one of the two stores and the | construction is to continue the worl rear of the ground floor of the building. ' without stopping until it is finished. SUNDAY UNTIL SPACIOUS house in a matchles residential exclusive Kalorama Heights « « « now ready for your in- spection. Twelve rooms, fve baths and first floor lavatory. Liviig rawie I e lons Buak stairway. Frigidaire. House approximately 65 feet deep. Garage for three cars. Lot 50x160. Conservatively priced—and one of the few homes now avarlable in this noted section. town . environment— 2132 WYOMING AVENUE NoLeSansbury Owners 1418 Eye St. N.W. Main 5903-4 adian province is now being drafted by | ¥ principles of conveyancing, of the na- (£ It is well known that new cement crete; it will not effect perfect cohesion | Auditorium at a definite time cach night and a committee of leaders in the build- ing field will be selected to act as judges. Each competitor will be supplied with a given quantity pf materials and the necessary tools, and upon signal the group will proceed to construct a sec- tion and each section will be designed to fit in so that a composite section of a home will have been completed at the close of the demonstrations. The fact that the mechanic of today is highly trained, performs skillful serv- ice and holds an important position in connection with home construction will clearly be demonstrated, according to Mr. Taylor. Heretofore home expos tions held in various parts of the cou: try are generally restricted to the e ¢ V 3 g 4 ’ bA H % g 4 H ¢4 b4 1 % g Drive west on Gra Chase Circle two Open Until 9 P.M. cidental home services. So far as it can be learned. Mr. Tay- lor stated, no effort has ever been made to demonstrate the actual construction of a home, thereby bringing into promi- nence the skill and importance of labor. For this reason considerable interest has already been aroused in building and labor circles in connection with this innovation, which will be one of the out- standing attractions of the exposition. NEW BOLGIANO SEED ° STORE TO COST $80,000 Farm and Garden Supply House ¥§ Started on Salvation Army Site. Construction of the new home of the P. W. Bolgiano seed store has been | started on a site at 607 E street, the former location of the Salvation Army | headquarters. The new building, three ;slnrifl high, 1= to be ready by about | February 1 ‘The building. designed by Milburn- Heister & Co., will contain about 12,000 square feet in its three floors and basement. It is being constructed by | R. P. Whitty & Co. The cost of the whgle project is estimated to be about $80.000. ‘The company now is located at 915 E street »\m\\m‘\“‘\\\\“(\\mfi“m‘\m“; Chevy Chase Homes By DOUGTLAS Distinctive—Charming Four Different Period Designs Overlooking Chevy C Beoutifully Landscaped Sites Very Enchanting Approach Six to Nine Large Rooms Side and Center Hall Entrance Two-Car Detached Garages hase Club ! That Please Prices Exhibit Home 125 GRAFTON STREET In Exclusive Section Two fton St blocks from Chevy to home. 3. €. Douglass Co. Realtors-Builders 1621 K St. N.W, Frank. 5678 Distinetive Group Homes of Cinder Block Stuccoed & Face Brick Architect. Wm. Harris Builder, Rogers M. Fred rangement of kitchen dressers; Sani- tas on kitchen and bathroom: inlaid linoleum; new noiseless Frigidaire: one-piece porcelain sink: imported English wall paper; bullt-in garages: iron fences; paved streets; shower baths: Pembroke bath tubs: Oregon fir joists: Long Bell clear white oak floors: birch doors, white pine trim: steel columns and beams: bronze cop- per screens throughout, “Standard Screens” MADE IN WASHINGTON WINTER PRICES Estimate Furnished Free 927 15th St. N.W. Frank. 1174 Three Bedrooms and One Bath to 4400 ELM STREET CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND $11,950 lot. many tre shrub- Straub Cinder Units This adaptable masonry material has re- peatedly demonstrated distinet construction advantages for all types of buildings of any architectural styie. Permanence, fire-resistance and dryness are inherent characteristics of STRAUB Block Masonry. WASHINGTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORP. S. Washington, Va. Five Bedrooms and Three Baths $9,850 10 $16,500 Offices Saul Building 925 15th St. N.W. rooms Inspec New corner detached hrick, large bery. Cheerful rooms of unusu i Tiled hath wit shower. Fireplace, sereens, large cement porch. Paved streets and sidewalks. Garage. Truly an exceptional value. Attractive terms. Within Walking Distance of Western High School, New Gordon Junior High School and Fillmore Graded School. S T PHE DOSZLHFS Owners and Developers 1417 K St. Main 9300 Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Leland Street (just north of Brad. lev Lane). Turn east on Leland Street three short blocks to 44th Street, then north to property. M. & R. B. Warren, Realtors Open Sunday and Daily Until 9 P.M. Phone Wisconsin 4034, Day or Evening. Drive west on Que Street. to Wisconsin Avenue, north one block to Reservoir Road, west to Village, make left-hand turn at 44th Street. Several desirable at very reasonable rents, Hon invited. B. F. SAUL CO. Main 2100 925 15¢th St. N.W. . 8528 T R T A A R A T