Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1928, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. €, he Ty erin SUNDAY MORNING EDITION s g gtaf' SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 19%8 |HOME & GARDEN| 17 I_,A Home-Owning Aand Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs 50 CO-OPERATIVE APARTMENT EXPERTS TO CONVENE MONDAY Group Will Hold Second Day’s Session in Philadelphia; Third and Final in New York. tion will arrive here tomorrow and Mon- day morning. The program for the day includes an inspection tour of a num- ber of Washington structures, including the larger co-operative buildings, the Washington Medical Building and other structures built or financed on a co- operative plan. There will be a luncheon meeting at the Wardman Park Hotel, followed by a second inspection tour of local build- | ings _and the banquet session at the | Mayflower Hotel. The executive com- | mittee of the division will meet at 4 | o’clock. | Hold New York Session. ‘What the co-operative apartment de- veloper must do to organize the legal structure of his building enterprise so s fully to safeguard these new owner- | ship relations will be an important sub- | ject before the division at the business | meeting of the full membership of the division to be held in New York Wed- | nesday. Washington will be host Monday to more than 50 co-operative apartment experts from various sections of .the eountry, who are coming here for the first day's session of the “tri-city” Fall meeting of the co-operative apartment division of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. R. Bates Warren, member of the lo- cal board, who retires as chairman of the division January 1, will preside over the convention. which, following its ac- tivities here Monday, wil adjourn to meet in Philadelphia for the second day's sessions, and then continuing to New York for consideration of business matters. Members of the Washington Real Es- | tate Board and local bankers interested in real estate are invited to attend a banquet session to be held here at the Mayflower Hotel at 7 o'clock Monday evening, as one of the principal local events, it was announced today by Stucco. Brick and Stune Combine to Make Ifl‘ teresting Facade. SIDE VIEW GIVES COLORFUL EFFECT Brick Chimney, With Un- usual Note, Forms Cen- tral Feature in Front. BY L. PORTER MOORE, President Home Owners' Institute, Inc. This English house has an appeal founded on well balanced design and proper use of materials. Cement stucco, brick, stone and siding combine to achieve an interesting front facade, while the low-sweeping roof in varie- gated color shingles gives a colorful ef- fect to the house as viewed from the side. The designer is W. H. Beardslee of Hackensack, N. J. Its six rooms and bath are efficiently laid out in an inte- rior containing 20,000 cubic feet. The plan is No. 315-S. It has been constructed at West En- Chairman Warren. Between 75 and 100 guests are expected to attend this ses- sion. | Two Principal Addresses. Robert . Beresford, local architect and past president of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and Rufus S. Lusk, execu- tive secretary of the Washington Opera- tive Builders’ Assaciation, will make principal addresses at the banquet meeting Mr. Beresford will discuss modern trends in apartment house development, and Mr. Lusk will speak on apartment building in the National Capital, report- ing on a survey made by his association of the apartment situation here. Out-of-town delegates to the conven- PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS ENHANCE VALUE OF ADJACENT PROPERTY Parks, playgrounds and other recrea- tional features not only provide out-of- door enjoyment to citizens of a com- munity and add to the beauty of a city, but also bring about tremendous enhancement in property values adja- cent to or nearby these facilities, it is | pointed out by William Butterworth, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Industry generally is alive today to the bea ng recreational opportunities have on the location of their factories, ke said, quoting this query from a ques- tlonnaire sent to a chamber secretary In a large ¢ity by a big manufacturing concern which was. considering locating there: “What recreation facilities are there for my 900 employes, of whom 250 play golf®” Not only does recreation bring econo- mic benefit to industry, but it increases land values, Mr. Butterworth declared in s statement on the relation of rec- reation to a city, published in a re- cent issue of-the Nation's Business, | ehamber organ. Parks Enhance Values. | “It has long been recognized that | ks enhance the desirability of near- y land, thus yielding more taxes to the municipality and boosting the sales y to the owner,” 3 is true because m!e are willing to pay for sunlight, ity of surroundings, the opportun- ity to enjoy wholesome exercise, & sensl of space, and contact with things of nature.” Mr. Butterworth referred to a report on the actual value in dollars and cents of the park system of Essex Coun- ty, N. J, in 1916, and quotes the fol- extract concerning four of these parks which was published in the New- e propert immediatel ““The proj Y ly adjoini the four parks named was nsussedni‘g 1905 for $4,143,850 and in 1916 for $29,- 266,000. an increase of $25,122,150, or 606.3 per cent. At the same time prop- erty in the same taxing district and perhaps not wholly outside of what may be called the park influence, was assessed in 1905 at $36,606,907 and in 1916 at $111,531,725. & gain of $74.924,- 818, or 204.6 per cent. In plainer words, while the property adjoining the parks has more than six times in value, property in the remainder of.the Chevy Chase Homes By DOUGLASS Nathan William MacChesney. general counsel for the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will address the division on legal aspects involved in co- operative building developments and will lead the round-table discussion on the subject. Mrs. George Draper, Dreslde{m of the Architectural Clearing House, Inc., New York. will show slides of recently erect- ed New York co-operatively owned apartment structures, illustrating the way in which the interior decorations and the furnishings of such a building become an essential part of its archi- tecture. Mrs. Draper is general consultant on organization. architecture, decoration and advertising of real estate building developments. same taxing districts has about doubled in value. “If the increase in valuations adjoin- ing these parks has been the same as in other property in the same taxing districts, and no more, it should have | Perl been $8,453.454, leaving an increase as a result of the parks of $16,668,700. The fortunate owners of this property have been enriched by this large sum beyond what they would have been had the parks not been established. “But this is not all. The.cost of these four parks was $4,241,540. The increase is enough to pay for them four times. The cost of all the parks in the coun- ty was $6929,625.47—say $7,000,000. ‘The increase of property adjoining these four parks alone, beyond what it would have been if the parks had not been constructed, is sufficient to pay for all the parks in the county 2.4 times, and the increase from the other parks in the county, while not so great in pro- portion, is undoubtedly much more than their cost. The increased revenue to the county is already sufficient to pay the interest and sinking fund charges on the bonds issued for park construc- tion and almopt the entire cost of the annual maintenance.” The city of Montreal is reported by he City Parks Association of Phila- lelphia to have acquired 164,504 square feet, of land—that is ,about 34-5 acres— at a cost of $82,252. In the center it | laid cut a small park and bounded it by streets. The area taken up by the park and the surrounding streets was 82,466 square feet, or 1.9 acres. | city then sold ince of 82,005 square feet for $99,032, reaping a net profit of $16,780. Set Aside Parks. Recently the directors of the regional plan of New York and its environs pub- lished the results of their study of the effect of park systems and playgrounds on the values of adjacent property. “Perhaps there is no better proof of the increase in land values than the new movement among real estate sub- dividers,” the report states. ‘“Encour- aged by the pioneering experience of | J. C. Nichols of ‘Kansas City and the | late William E. Harmon of New York, | hundreds of real estate men are now | setting aside parks, playgrounds, golf courses and other recreational areas for Iof hey have found that they can di- the permanent use of the purchaser of | glewood Hills, N. J. The brick chimney, given an unusual note by the rough stone quoining near the bottom and the chimney pots at the top, forms the central feature at the front of the design and is balanced on one side by the chapel entrance with decorative doorway and on the other by the gateway under the eaves which gives onto the rear yard and crtrance. Both gateway and doorway are em- bellished with forged iron hinge straps and handles. while flanking the latter are a forged lantern and a matching mail box, marked at 1 in the plans shown on this page. The electric push button here may also be given a deco- rative value by equipping it with a forged escutcheon. Interior layout of the first floor achieves good sized living and dining rooms, sun porch and kitchen within comparatively small dimensions. A (Continued on Twentieth Page.) “SQUATTER RIGHTS” OLD. China 4,000 years ago had “squatter rights” legislation. ‘The Sumerians over 4,000 years ago fixed the hours of labor and rest Municipal burglary insurance was in force 4,000 years ago. Freight rates and physician fees were fixed; contractors’ liability was fixed. In England in the year 1200 there were minimum wage laws. No cart wheels in London could have iron rims and prices for hire were fixed. Mu- nicipal officers could not be brewers, bakers or. keep vehicles for hire. Bar- ber shops could not open on Sundays. There were also building code and tene- ment house laws affecting party walls, front stoops, roofs and rain gutters, light and air, fences and so on. vide the cost of the space set aside and add it to the asking price of the lots. ‘The added value of the lots returns their money to them_and. at the same time provides a fine sales argument for their property.” payments buy your own home. Here 1319N. Y. Ave. Architect Notes Elevator Service As Factor Limiting Building Heights With the maximum economic height of an office building for the average ground space up to approximately 40 stories, the further advance skyward awalts solution of the same problem that exists in city streets—traffic con- gestion. This is the statement of William F. Lamb, New York architect. The prob- lems of actual construction have been solved, he points out. But there is a point beyond which elevator service presents too many difficulties. Either service is inadequate to suit the hurry- ing passenger, or too much valuable space is taken up by additional ele- vator shafts. Mr. Lamb adds, however, that there may be valid reasons for exceeding the “maximum _ec¢onomic height." “Ad- vertising value is a frequent considera- tion. With exceptionally large ground spaces there may be portions in the center of a building, left in darkmess, which can be used economically for extra elevator shafts,” he states. “It has been necessary to compute this height because of the tremendous values of land. Architects have had to figure just how high a building should go to bring the maximum net returns. “Individual cases vary, but, on an average, we have found that the most efficient_height .for a -building is. about 25 stories. It is at this height that A bullding generally pays the greatest OPEN EVENINGS TWO GROUPS OF Dunigan-Built Homes IN PETWORTH 621 Delafield N.W. & 5014 Fifth St. N.-W. TERMS! A small cash payment and monthly g like maybe less, than you now pay to the landlord, will rent, hardly more, is your opportunity. D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. Main 1267 rate of returns on the cost of con- struction. “But where the land is extremely valuable it is desirable to go higher, so that the additional rentals, even though proportionately less, may be ap- plied to increase the return on the total investment, including construc- tion and ground cost. In average cases the net returns continue to increase up to about 40 stories.” BUILDING ART LAUDED. No generation of men has ever wit- nessed so animated an exercise of the art of building as the present, Louis La Beaume of St. Louis, a director o ;lhed American Institute of Architects, inds. He declared “it is highly probable that architecture will sooner or later become in America, as in other civil- ized states. & subject of intellectual as well as esthetic concern.” REALTY BROKERAGE LICENSE STUDIED Draft of Proposed Maryland Law Stbmitted to Trade Organizations. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 1.—A tenta- tive draft of a real estate brokers’ license law for Maryland, to be introduced at the coming session of the Legislature, is being submited to real estate organi- zations throughout the State. The tentative bill, which is being sponsored by the Real Estate Board of Baltimore, is designed to define, regu- late and license real estate salesmen, to f | create a State real estate board and to provide a penalty for the violation of 1ts provisions. The draft, which is broader than the majority of license laws now in effect, is said to embrace numerous points ad- vocated by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Massachusetts Park 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 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. APPROVED BY Plans for the construction of Consti- tution Hall, monumental edifice, to be erected at 311 Eighteenth street by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, adjoining Memorial Continental Hall, were ap- proved this wek by the District build- | ing inspector, Col. John W. Oehmann, and work on the structure now is ex- pected te proceed rapidly. ‘The building is planned as an audi- torfum and library and will constitute a new element in the *show places” of the office of John Russell Pope, archi- {tect, it will be two stories and base- |ment, and has an estimated construc- tion cost of $1,200,000. The structure is by far the most | costly of local building projects. for which permits were issued this week, the total estimated cost of which is ausz,«a, exclusive of Federal opera- ons. Permits Issued. Plans were approved also for the erection of a five-story brick dwelling for the American Storage & Transfer Co. at 2801 Georgia avenue, to cost $87,000, and 17 dwellings of various types. Permits were issued as follows: National Society Daughters of Amer- ican Revolution, owner; George A. Ful- ler Co., builder; office of John Russell { Pope, architect; to build one 2-story {and basement auditorium, 311 Eight- eenth street (lots = to 14, square 173); to cost $1,200,000. G. W. Chase; to build one 2-story brick dwelling. 7204 Seventh street (lot 18, square 3176) : to cost $6.000. John Albert Hunter; to build one 2- story brick and tile dwelling, 5326 Broad Branch road (lot 24, square 2037); to cost $14,000. American Storage & Transfer Co.; to build one 5-story brick building, 2801 Georgia avenue (lots 22, 23, 810, 811, square. 3057); to cost $87,000. A. J. Howar; to install elevator, 722 529); to cost $4,200. building, 731 Elev CONSTITUTION HALL PLANS D. C. INSPECTOR Building to Cost $1.200,000 Will Constitute New Element in Show Places of Capital. to 728 Third street (lot 801, square remodel into brick th street southeast (lot 22, square 974); to cost $20,000. Trinity Towers: to install two ele- vators, 3017 to 3029 Fourteenth street (lots 12 and 13, square 2849); to cost $13.000. W. C. & A. N. Miller; to erect one 2-story dwelling, 2900 Glover driveway (lot 77, square 1620): to cost $12,168. H. L. Thornton; to erect two brick Katie A. Boone; the National Capital. As dedigned by dwellings, 511 to 515 Van Buren street (lots 3 and 6, square 3194); to cost $10.000. Bessie G. Collier: to install motor, 1805 to 1809 Columbia road (lot 800, square 2548); to cost $1,000. Plans Dwelling. J. A. Absher; to erect one 2-story dwelling, 2218 Thirty-second street southeast (lots *5 and 36, square 5654) ; to cost $6,000. John M. King Co., Inc.: to erect three 2-story frame dwellings, 3905 to 3909 Twentieth street northeast (lots 14 to 17, square 4227); .to cost $12,000. Charles D. Sager; to erect one 2-story dwelling, 436 Twenty-fourth street norstol-aeast (lot 10, square 4523); to cost Garden Realty Co., owner and builder; Willlam Lamar, architect: to erect one frame 2-story dwelling, 5421 Nevada avenue (lot 21, %square 1992); to _cost $5,000. N. L. Sansburg Co., owner and builder; Louis R. Moss, architect: to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 3538 to 3542 Porter street (lots 106 and 107, square 1956); to cosi $15,000. N. L. Sansburg Co., owner and builder; Louis R. Moss, architect: to erect two brick private garages, 3538 to 3542 Porter street (lots 107 and 106, square 1956); to cost $1,000. N. L. Sansburg Co. owner and Continued on Eighteenth Page.) ONE SQUARE WEST OF ivory, 4 bedrooms, 2 full with houses much higher in price. M. & R.B. 6902 MEADOW LANE Chevy Chase, Maryland $21, All brick, center hall colonial, beautiful paneled walls in old baths, extra lavatory first floor, fireplace, screens, built-in garage, and commodious floored attic. Comparable Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Leland Street, turn west one block to property Realtors Open Saturday and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Phone Wisconsin 4034 CONNECTICUT AVENUE 500 WARREN il B ‘ J: | Y%e ROOF LINES of Foxhall Village The visitor to Foxhall Village will be impressed with the beauty of the roof lines and the similarity to the houses of Old England, where real beauty is achieved by careful planning and the use of per- manent building material. This similarity has been secured by building all roofs of the finest of blue gray slate . : ¢ Genuine Bangor Certificate Slate Whether you intend to buy or build, it will pay you to investigate these homes. ?| | BANGOR SLATE ASSOCIATION 3. €. Douglags Co. : e | Realtors-Builders I.:xhibi; Hc;me,'125 (E;a/tqn Delightfully Different OUGH S HOMES are the acme of construction and are most excellently located just <outh of and over. looking the Chevy Chase Golf Club: offering the greatest variety of choice in architecture and size—there being Moorish. Old English. American Colonial and English Cottage types, with six rooms and two haths to nine rooms and three baths, each with two-car garage. Open Until 9 P.M. Drive west on Grafton St Chase Circle two blocks from Chevy to home. THE EVENING STAR MODEL HOME IN FOXHALL VILLAGE. OPEN 9 AM. to 9 P.M. EVERY DAY. Foxhall Village is a predetermined, non-competitive, non-comparative development, distinctly in a class by itself. The homes range in size from 3 BEDROOMS AND BATH to 7' BEDROOMS AND 3 BATHS and PRICES from $10,500 TO $21,500. Drive out Que St. to Wisconsin Ave.. turn right one: block-to. Reservoir Road and left.on- Reservoir .Road to<Village. Make left-hand-turn. at 44th-St. Or-take Burleith-Foxhall Bus at Dupont Circle to Village. Frank. 5678 FOXHALL VILLAGE OWNED AND DEVELOPED BY BOSS & PHELPS (FOUNDED 1907), 1417 K ST. MAIN 9500 All voufs in Boxball Village were Washington, VS S S ) W)