Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1928, Page 17

WASHINGTON, D. C, @[’hg zntnlng %iaf’ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1928 | HOME & GARDEN| 17 WITR SUNDAY NORNING EDITION |AH STAR'S MODEL HOME EXHIBIT ENTERS LAST PHASE THIS WEEK Housc at 4422 Q St., Foxhall Village, to Be Opened Tomorrow for Month's Inspection. b The model home demonstration spon- | Entrance to the house is through a gored this year by The Star in co- |heavy oak door of dark stain finish operation with local builders and the | in the exterior, over which is a stone Home Owners’ Institute will enter 1L;;1imrL The door opens into a small final phase tomorrow when the exhibit | entrance hall which leads to the large house at 4422 Q street, in Foxhall Vil- | living room running across the entire lage. crected by Boss & Phelps, will be | front’ of the house, which is 33 _feet opened to the public for a month of | Wide. The pleasing tone of the finish i e . natural color w g is house. the fourth of e Hhrey (ihe Woodwork in this room. At the 8 an English group house of Bree | right of the entrance is the hand carv- stories containing 10 main vooms, three | o4 pannister and uprights of the stair- baths and full-size finished basement, | case Jeading to the upper floors, while which overlooks a large Government | at the left end of the living room is reservation in the center of Q street be- | 5 reproduction of an old English fire- tween Forty-fourth street and Surrey | place, with hand carved wax finish oak lane : | mantel and stone base. At either side The dwelling will be open daily from | of the fireplace are built-in_bookcases, 9 am. to 6 pm. throughout the cn- |also is natural oak finish. The dining suing month. during which time the (room at the right rear of the house public is cordially invited by The Star |is reached through an arched opening 1o inspect its arrangement, landscap- [ and to the right of this room are the ing, furnishing and decoration schemes. | breakfast room, furnished with specially During the past week the house has | designed and constructed breakfast suite Been furnished under the direction of [and the kitchen, which is replete with Harry K. Boss and decorators of the |modern equipment. firm of W. & J. Sloane Co. The feature of the facade of the house is a great gable and bay in the upper two stories, which overhangs the first story in old English style. The gable is of stueco and half timber work while the main body of the dwelling is of colonial brick. In the first story there if a serics of four windows, with trim peinted white which lends con- trast 1o the dull red of the brick. The upper two stories also have a series of four windows at the front. Brick Retaining Walls, Marking off either side of the front ot are brick retaining walls with curved top lines fitting into the contour of the double-terrace effect at the front of the property, which give a graceful appear- ance to the rather high lawns at the dront. The retaining walls have posts at the lower and upper termini of the terrace on which are set stone balls on ®quare stone bases, which are similar to the much, larger stone balls which cap either side of the main brick fa- rgade of the house. Lending an old time English feeling to the house are large moulded clay chim- ney pots set on the chimney at the gide of the building. The rear yard is an outstanding fea- ture of the property, where a neat English rock garden, having as its focal point a stone Bird bath, surrounded by flagging and gravel -walks, flowers and shrubs, has been developed. A stone bench is placed at one side of the rec- tangular garden, while at the rear is the wall of the two-car. garage, which has three recesses in which have been built lattice work. Here, later, will be planted climbing rose bushes which Wwill add color to the garden. Fences Insure Privacy. Privacy is provided the rear garden by high lattice fences, which have beg congtructed on brick and concrete yetdning walls at either side of the fear yard. ‘There is a small service porch off the kitchen, while at the other side of the building is a two-story screened porch, with access for both the dining room and 2 second-floor bedroom. The lower level of this porch has steps leading down to the garden. The kitchen is fitted with modern cooking range, specially designed cup- boards. The kitchen floor is covered with inlaid tile linoleum of green color. There is an all-metal kitchen table under one of the two cupboards. In the breakfast room are cupboards under which has been placed a large me- chanical refrigerator. Four Bedrooms on Second Floor. On the second floor are four bed- rooms. The master bedroom at the left front has a private bath, with shower, and in the rear center is an- other bath with shower equipment. On the third floor off the top of the winding staircase is a large cedar closet. At the front of the third floor is the most unusual room of the house, a large studio or lounge room, the vaulted ceiling of which shows lines of the gable and the hip roof. An old English ship lantern hangs from the peak of the ceiling. At the left rear of this floor is a bedroom connected with the studio by an open archway. There is another room of modest size at the right rear of this floor which is being furnished for an office or study. The basement of the house is of model finish. The walls are of face colonial brick, which gives an unusually neat appearance to the full size base- ment. The floor is cemented. There is a large cold storage room at the right front of the basement, while at the left. front is an oil heat- ing plant. At the left rear is an oil tank and under rear windows are wash basins. At the right rear is a lavatory. ‘The landscaping work was executed by R. Rodman, Friendship, Md., while the house was designed by James E. Cooper of the Boss & Phelps organiza- tion. TELLS PLAN TO BAR ‘EXTRAS’ IN BUILDING!| Home Owners’ Institute Official | Urges Careful Architectural Su- pervision of Specifications. BY ARTHUR BATES LINCOLN, Home Owners' Institute, Inc. As soon as a man signs a contract with a builder for the construction of , his home his friends rally around him | and counter his optimism on the fine | contract he has just closed with the | dread cry “wait until you see the ex- tras.” What are the facts on the ques- tion of extras? There are two sides to this question, Just as there are with every other ques- tion, There has been much propa- ganda against the “extra? based almost entirely upon the premise that all extras are “hold-ups.” Where plans are carelessly drawn gnd _specifications loosely worded the fleld is ripe for an mnscrupulous contractor. With full knowledge that the house cannot be built as called for by plans and specifications, such a man will fig- ure how to obtain the contract. Step by step as the house goes up the owner has to pay for this extra item, that addition and those other essentials to the safe construction and proper finish of his home which were not required trict interpretation of the plans and be added by the contractor without extra remuneration. The safe- guard against this deplorable prospect 15 to build only with plans and speci- fications prepared by an experienced | architect. There is little said about the other gide of the question, but it is an im- portant one for the home owner. The plans and specifications may be com: Plete to the last nail, absolutely assur- ing the owner a sound investment. A home is built to live in, however, and OPERATIVE BUILDERS WILL LIST VACANCIES Semi-Annual. Survey of Apart- ments to Be Started Next Week. A survey of vacancies in apartment houses in certain sections of the Dis- trict will be started by the Operative Builders’ Association of Washington following election day as a means of enabling builders to judge the demand for new apartment housing, it was an- nounced today by Rufus S. Luck, ex- se sections to be included in the survey, which is made semi-annually, are bounded by Wisconsin and Connec- ticut avenues, north of Connecticut Avenue Bridge; Petworth section and Sixteenth street, north of Park road to the District line and east to First street; Fourteenth street on the east, Rock Creek Park on the west and Park road on the north; Fourteenth street on the west, First street on the east and Park road on the north, and other sections ih the northeast, southeast and south- west sections of the city. ‘The association’s survey will consider the number of apartment units and the | percentage of vacancies, the size of the apartment units, whether the buildings are served by elevators, if the buildings are new or old and if there is a resident manager employed. Realtor to Study Farms. | George H. Payne, Omaha, has been appointed chairman of the special com- | mittee of the National Association of | Real Estate Boards to make a study of present. general conditions surrounding the indi of agriculture. ghould incorporate all the conveniences | ing which the owner considers ble. ith an inexperienced eye not train- ed in reading plans and therefore liable | understand, the owner may often k that some feature he wants in- cluded and only learn that it is not when the construction has reached the e when such an item should be‘ in. § 1is is a ticklish stage in the build- t the fair-minded owner Wwill 5 appreciate that the builder cal be expected to add an item requi ing additional cost and labor without uneration. It is a question for the to decide whether the item is 1o him the cost proposed by the der for its inclusion in the house. STUDY APPRAISAL ETHICS| Real Estate Men to Have Confer- Subject. posed canons of ethics to govern aisal of real estate and a pro- posed detailed definition of standards practice for the professional real will come before a ? the National Asso- ek R ate Boards at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, November 8. The be of the executive com- the appraisal division. The division, through a special com- mitf is now drafting provisions to complete its code of ethics for real es- tate appraisers, a major portion of ence on which was adopted by the division at a meeting held in connection with Lhe‘ association’s annual convention in Louisville, Ky., in June of this year. A judge at Edmonton, England, re-| man earning! vear cannot afford to own flnl cently $2500 a Rujomobile, decreed that a i | Section 4. Colorful Cement Tile Of Durable Quality Used in Roof. SIX MAIN ROOMS AND SUN PARLOR Located on Corner Plot, With Light Assured From Three Sides. BY L. PORTER MOORE, President Home Owners' Institute, Inc. Built in Fernwood Park, Nutley, N. J., as a Home Owners' Institute model home, the design offered today, plan No. 334-S, contains six main rooms, bath, sun parlor, sewing and breakfast rooms. with a finished attic. It contains ap proximately 32,000 cubic feet. In design the house is of modified colonial architecture, with base course al first floor exterior wal's developed in brick and second floor walls finished with siding. Colorful cement tiles have been used for the roof, all sheet metal work of which is of rustproof copper. Occupying as it does a large corner plot, living room, sun room and dining room have the advantage of light from three directions. One enters the large size living room directly from the front door. ‘The room arrangements are such that pleasant vistas are had from this floor through sun and dining rooms. ‘The decorator will have rare opvor- tunity to show ability in furnishing these rooms, as they lend themselves to a variety of furniture arrangements. On the second floor each of the three bedrooms has cross-ventilation. Be- sides a closet in each room, there are two closets, one cedar lined, in the upstairs hall. Finished basement is large and contains space which may be used as a card room, den, play room or workshop. GIVEN D. C. REALTOR R. C. Zantzinger Is”Honored by National Association of Real Estate Boards, R. C. Zantzinger, member of the firm of O. B. Zantzinger of Washing- ton, has been appointed a member of a special committee of the farm lands section of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards to seek spe- cific application of the realtors’ code ethics to farm land brokerage and co- lonization move- ments. The committee is to make a report at the annual mid- winter meeting of the association at Birmingham, Ala., in January. John Guingrich of Hoopeston, Il., is chairman of the special committee which is to draw up a proposed code covering situations which arise in the sale of farm land properties, and defin- ing the special ethical responsibilities of the dealer in farm lands. Other members of the committee are Ben F. Faast, Eau Claire, Wis; J. R. Gaut, Amarillo, Tex.; L. L. Taylor, Dodge City, Kans.; F. C. Krieg, Billings, Mont., and Fred M. Clarke, Chicago, Il R. C. Zantzinger SATISFACTORY LOCATION DIFFICULT IN INDUSTRY It is difficult for a new industry to secure a satisfactory location without being subjected to many hampering in- terferences aside from the tendency of property owners to exact exorbitant prices when they know their sites have been chosen as preferable. This same difficulty applies to operating industries desiring additional propetty areas. This is a statement of the site prob- lem as it affects an industry brought before the industrial property division of the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards, in session in New York City this week. The statement, made by the president of an industrial cor- poration having plants in every section of the United States and having con- stantly before it the problem of plant expansion, was quoted directly in an address by E. Vernon Clark of St. Louls, former chairman of the division. Consideration of a projected site in tion, but without a flurry of rumol values, is one problem which confronts | any enterprise which is planning to re- Jocate or to expand its manufacturing plant, the industrial executive pointed Chevy Cl 4400 STANFORD STREET f $11 Just north of the Chevy Chase Club grounds. exceptional bargain in an unusually well planned home hollow tile and stucco construction, in exclusive Section 4. 950 We offer an of stone, Six_large rooms, oak floors, open fireplace, tiled bath and large closets. Garage to match the home. Redecorated ) Street, and west one-half block to throughout. Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Bradley Lane, west two blocks to Maple Avenue, north two short blocks on Maple Avenue to Elm property. M. & R. B. Warren, Realtors Open Sunday and Daily Until 9 P.M. Phone Wisconsin 2375—Day or Evening 12-STORY OFFICE BUILDING COSTING $2.500.000 PLANNED Structure Will Be Erected Upon Oold Shoreham Hotel Site—Sunday School Permit Issued. Plans for a 12-story effice building, to be erected on the northwest corner of Fifteenth and H streets, on the site of the old Shoreham Hotel, were filed this week with the building inspector by Harry Wardman, owner. The struc- ture. to be known as the Shoreham fi}‘ldmg. has an estimated construc- cost of $2,500,000, in addition to | the value of the land and equipment. Work was started this week on the | new addition to Casualty Hospital, cost- ing about $200.000. which will provide quarters for 100 additional beds. Con- tract for the building was awarded to the Wardman Construction Co. Private building operations in the District for which permits were issued during the past week by Col. John W. Ochmann, building inspector, have a total estimated cost of $628,138. The largest single project in the new list of work is the construction of a three- story brick Sunday school building ad- joining Calvary Baptist Church, 719 Eighth street, which has an estimated nue - (lots 40 and 814, square 2507), to cost $90,000. | 'W. W. Vaughn, owner, designer and | builder; to erect three 2-story cinder- block dwellings, 1015, 1017 and 1019 | Taussig place northeast (lots 111 to 113, | square 3890), to cost $16,000. Eudora B. Johnson, owner; George T. Santmyers, architect; F. M. John- | son, builder; to erect four 2-story brick | and tile dwellings, 2816 to 2822 Thirty- | ninth street (lots 11 to 14, square 1806), | to cost $36,000. American Ice Co., owners and build- icrs: C. Leslie Weir, designer; to erect brick and concrete ice tanks and make | Tepairs, Sixteenth and E streets north- |east (lot 56, square 4544), to cost $35,000. George & William Hughes, ‘nnd builders; A. S. J. Atkinson, archi- | tect; to erect one 1-story brick storage building, rear 1239-41 Twenty-fourth | street (lots 12 and 13, square 36), to | cost $1,500. | $14,450 Dwelling. owners cost of $214,000. The building has been | the light of full and accurate informa- | | which would disturb normal real estate | Kitehen wouee Roow b = First Ploor Tiaw Star Model Home At Kenwood Open ‘ Massachusetts Four More Days Park The Kenwood Star model home, located at the corner of Kennedy drive and Chamberlin avenue, will be open to the public under the sponsorship of The Star- through ‘Wednesday of next week, when its month of formal exhibition comes to a close. ‘This house is a large, three-story Colonial dwelling of the Jeffersonian period of architectural design, set in a large plot on which stand ever- green and dogwood f{rees. It may be reached by driving out Connecticut avenue to Bradley lane, then left through the lane and Bradley boulevard to Kenwood. It may be reached also by driving out Wisconsin avenue, turning left into Dorset, avenue to Kennedy drive, then right to the house. It is open to 9 The Triangle of Increasing Values ; —between' Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- tion. Actual improvements and home values exceed $10,500,000. \Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots froms 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. This advertisement is addressed to 12 MEN They are offered a chance to share in the purchasing of the most unusual Homes that are making Home buying, History. Long’fellow Street - N 3 \\ Between lst and 2nd Streets N.W. And each Home contains six well arranged rooms, all three of the bedrooms have large closets. The tiled bath is equipped with built-in tub and shower, pedestal washstand and lavatory. Both rear porches are 10 feet wide and the front is improved with a steel reinforced concrete porch. These Homes are on a large lot with a garage at the rear. Priced from 7,950 v MODEL HOME, 115 Longfellow Street Is hested and lighted daily. Direction: Your inspection invited. Drive out Georgia Ave. to Longfellow Street and turn east on Longfellow Street to 2nd St. CYRUS IMMON Investment Building O OO OT OIS designed by Arthur B. Heaton and will be constructed by Skinker & Garrett. | New Building Plans. Included also in the new list are plans for 32 dwellings of various types and repair and remodeling work. Permits were issued this week as follows: Calvary Baptist Church, Extension Association, owners; Arthur B. Heaton, architect; Skinker & Garrett, builders: to erect one 3-story brick addition for Sunday school, 719 Eighth street (lots A, B, C and 809, square 429), to cost $214,000. ‘Waverly Taylor, Inc., owners; Waverly Taylor, jr., architect; Waterly Taylor, Inc., builders; to erect nine 2-story brick dwellings, 1601 to 1617 Forty-fourth street (lots 19 to 27, square 1327), to cost $90,000. Dr. and Mrs. Camp Stanley, owners; Smith & Edward, designers; Harry F. Boryer, builder; to erect one 3-story brick dwelling. 2372 Massachusetts ave- W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 3-story brick and frame dwel- | ling, 4900 Indian lane (lots 17 and 18, square 1512)), to cost $14,450. | . Joanna Jeffery, owner; A. Jeffery, ar- chitect and builder; to erect one 2-story | frame dwelling, 1430 Otis street north- ; east (lot 15, square 4003), to cost $5,500. | " Eastland 'Gardens, Inc., owners and | builders; to erect two 1-story frame dwellings, 4210 and 4218 Meade street northeast (lots 30, 31 and 26 and 27, square 5100). to cost $4,000. Eastland Gardens, Inc., owners and builders; to erect two 1-story frame dwellings, 1204 and 1205 Forty-second street northeast (lots 54, 55, 11 and 12, square 5100), to cost $4,000. Station to Cost $5,0 Lord Baltimore Filling Stations, Inc., owners; T. J. O'Connell, designer; to erect one 1-story brick gas, service station, 1108-12 Eleventh street south- (Continued on Eighteenth Page.) Consider Quality and Economy and You’ll Choose a Home in GloverPark MOST homeseekers are either apartment dwellers who de- sire the privacy and independence of a home of their own or cotemporary home owners who desire improved liv- ing conditions. Both classes insist upon the latest in mod- ern comforts; durable construction with minimum upkeep; wholesome environment, quick, convenient access to down- town—and most important—a home they will be proud to own at a price that is not prohibitive. We believe the at- tractive new homes now available in Glover Park will meet the requirements of the most discriminating. Many are sell- ing before completion and there MUST be a reason. But satisfy yourself—see the homes and their ideal surroundings- Sunday or any day until 9 p. m. Prices Begin at $9,275 Frigidatre 6 and 7 rooms 2 and 3 porches Built-in and detached garages Cedar closets Hardwood floors Brick fireplaces e Model kitchens Artistic fixtures Tasteful finish English style architecture All-brick construction Large landscaped lawns Paved streets and alleys Exhibit Home 3833 Beecher St. The entrance drive is at 37th St. and Wisconsin Ave. B. H. GRUVER 927 15th St. Main 2670 Designed by Jas. E. Cooper Architect T Boss & Phelps Owners and Developers America’s Smartest Colony of ‘English Group Homes STRAUB CINDER UNITS . Used in the walls of this home to increase weather protee- tion and give greater home comfort by eliminating sound transmission through the walls, WASHINGTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORP. South Washington, Va. M. 8528