Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 17

) REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, The betin WITR SUNDAY MORNINO EDITION g %fflf‘ " SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1920, |HOME & GARDEN | 17 D. C. BUILDING O 'FOR WEEK TOTAL $962.700 Five-Story Apartm $750,000, Heads List of New Projects in District. An expenditure of $962,700 for pri- vate building operations in the District is provided for in projects for which permits were issued during the past weck by the building dinspector, Col. John W. Oehmann. cost of the new list of work was well above the total for the preceding week. Included in the new list were plans for a five~story apartment house to be erected by Goldsmith & Keller at 5425 Connecticut avenue, having a cost esti- mated at $750,000, and 28 dwellings, among them plans for 12 two-story brick houses to be erccted by the ‘Wardman Corporation in the 1300 block of Rittenhouse street. 'ermits were issued as follows: Goldsmith & Keller, owners and builders; William Harris, architect; to erect one 5-story brick and concrete apartment, 5425 Connecticut avenue (lots 811, 812, 815 and 817, square 1869) ; 1o cost $750,000. Wardman Corporation, owner and builder; M. Mesrobian, architect; to erect twelve 2-story brick dwellings, 1353 to 1375 Rittenhouse street (lots 23 to 34, square 2789); to cost $72,000. J. B. Tiffey, owner and builder; to erect four 2-story brick and tile dwell- ings, 501 to 507 Oneida place (lots 136 to 139, square 3202); to cost $27,000. Plan Three Dwellings. ‘W. H. Hoffman, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect three 2-story brick dwellings, 1859 to 1863 Ingleside terrace (lots 155 to 157, square 2617); to cost $20,000. Robert Munto, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 5411 Chevy Chase parkway (lot 40, square 1993); to cost $8,500. Oscar Baum, owner; to erect addi- tion to building, 1734 L street (lots 800 and 801, square 161); to cost $28,000. C. C. Willard Estate, owner; Kolodne & Cladny Construction Co., Inc., build- ers; to make repairs, 1308 F street (lot 22, square 254); to cost $1,500. Arthur Carr, owner; O. T. & W. A. Carr, builders; Robert B. Carr, de- signer; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 4953 Massachusetts ave- nue (lot 48, square 1484); to cost $15,000. Aldridge White, owner; H. W. Tur- ner, designer; Thomas Dorsey, builder; The estimated | ® | C. Archer, jr., architect; to erect one | 2-story brick addition, 3045 N street PERATIONS {Predominating Influence of Palatial Dwelling Is Its Simplicity. ent House, to Cost TALL TREES ENHANCE VIEW FROM STREET 1018 Browning place - northeast (lots 26 and 804, square 5155); to cost $3,800. Max _Sugar, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1437 Iris street (lot 9, square 2739); to cost ,000. P. H. Willls, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4319 Reno rglodoo (lot 45, square 1966); to cost in Rear Sunken Garden Adds to Attractiveness of Grounds. One of the most impressive private residences completed in Greater Wash- ington during the past year is the capa- cious stone house recently completed for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Milans at 4 Chamberlin avenue, Kenwood, Md. Tudor English in architectural de- sign, the predominant feature of the @ C. E. Michael, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 1005 Savannah strect south- east (lots 800 and 803, square 5938); to cost $4,800. John W. and Jennie C. Caldwell, own- ers; S. W. Rucker, builder; to erect one 1-story brick and frame dwelling, 2736 Brt ve | exterior of this palatial dwelling is | By, Place southeast (lob 139, square | gynpiicity, 1t consists of a central C. G. Caughey, owner and builder; R. | {ransverse section with two great gabled wings at either end set out irom the main section as bays. The stone used throughout the facade development is variegated in color with gray and brown tones dominant, while the roof is slate of neutral color. The entrance is unusual, bright stone- work marking the outline of the door- way and the line of the gable above it. Leading to the wide stone terrace in front of the entrance are stone steps semi-circular in outline. The house is large, but set well back from the street as it is, its appearance is graceful and this characteristic is enhanced by several groups of tall trees whose slender trunks and branches stretch far above the roof of the house. Garage in Basement At the right of the expansive lot is a driveway leading to a somewhat de- pressed automobile yard and entrance to the three-car garage in the basement of the dwelling. At the left of the house is seen the heavy outline of a covered porch. Another attractive feature of the grounds is a sunken garden to the rear of the central portion of the house. The interior of the house which is in kceeping with the architecture of the exterior, contains many unusual fea- tures in design and apportionment, among them a billiard room and gym- (lot 812, square 1233); to cost $1,000. Robert Wanzer, owner; D. W. Moore, designer; Frank Crump, builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 714 Forty-ninth street northeast (lct 22, square 5148); to cost $3,000. Repairs to Cost $3,000. Palace Laundry Realty Corporation, owner; George N. Ray, architect; Wohlgemuth, jr., builder; to make re- pairs, 729 Ninth street (lots 810 and 811, square 405); to cost $3,000. dore Koblen, owner; J. D. Cobb, designer; E. E. Ward, builder; to erect one 1-story concrete block storage building, 1343 South Capitol street (lot 816, square 653); to cost $1,800. Robert F. Delaney, owner; Harry Salus, builder; to make repairs, 241 Virginia avenue southeast (lot 21, square 766); to cost $600. S. J. Hebron, owner: Willlam W. Dent, designer and builder; to erect one 1-story frame addition, 2402 Ainger street southeast (lot 10, square 5740); to cost $400. Sleeman & Shama, owners; to make repairs, 2421 Nichols avenue southeast (ot 27, square 5789); to cost $650. Howard S. Gott, owner; A. 8. J. Atkinson, architect; to erect one 1-story frame addition, 4917 Lee street north- lot 80, square B nasium of goodly size. "SC‘: ‘13 (')r‘z'me, o'n:}-zsii %m’{m& The wide front door of oak and a slid- Co., builders; to make aiterations, 437 | Ing grill door just beyond it open into & Eleventh street (lot 10, square 348); to | SPacious entrance hall (16x16) which to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, has a tile flooring worked out in pat- s terns or red, green and yellow tones, REAL ESTATE ANNALS PRINTS ARTICLES BY FOUR D. C. MEN Foyr Washington men have articles on subjects concerning real estate busi- ness in “Annals of Real Estate Practice of 1928,” a great volume published by the National Association of Real Estate Board for free distribution among its members, a copy of which has just been received by The Star. ‘The tome carries 1,243 pages of dis- eussion on all major phases of activity in the real estate field, including ad- dresses made before meetings of the association during the past year and other signed articles. Local contributors are William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of aviation, who discusses the relation of aviation devel- opment to real estate business; R. Bates ‘Warren, who gives pointers on the pric- 4ng of units in a tenant-owned apart- ment building; Waverly Taylor, who discusses services an operator should and should not give after a deal is con- summated, and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the Operative Builders’ Association of Washington, who describes the pur- poses and results of construction, sales and vacancy surveys made by the asso- ciation. Aside from the business the rapid de- velopment of aviation in this country has brought to real estate operators, aviation itself is being employed by real estate firms in their business, it is point- #d out by Mr. MacCracken. Use of Airplanes. “There are several real estate oper- ators in the United States already who .are using airplanes—and, I understand, ‘——very effectively—in showing their pro- :ecflve customer the property that they vant to sell him, and it is not always acreage property. They take their cus- tomers up and show them what they want to show them with respect to the development of the entire community, so they can get the relationship be- tween the property under consideration and the entire community as it is de- veloped. “For a long time,” he adds, “realtors have been using aerial photography. You will find them in many real estate offices. They ought to be in every real estate office that is interested in any appreciable amount of property, so that you can sit in your office and show Jour prospects on an aerial photograph just what his property is and what the develppment is that is going on around Mr. MacCracken declared that avia- tlon is here as a means of transporta- tion and communication, and as such it will affect real estate values both urban and rural, and that it will affect the ‘way real estate operators do business. Mr. Warren, in his discussion of the pricing of apartments, states that peo- ple buy apartments in very much the same way as they do theater tickets. ‘They will pay more for a theater seat in the center of the orchestra than they will for one on the side of the balcony, he finds. So it is in buying an apart- ment, he declares, since one apartment will be worth more than another of the same size in the same building, depending upon the floor on which it i§ Jocated and depending upon its expo- sure. He elaborates upon the point to and an all-wood beam and panel ceiling, which at once sets the tone for the whole structure. A wide staircase at the right end of this hal] leads to the upper floors, ornamented by an iron railing. There is an iron grill below the ascending stair hall. ‘There is other iron work ornamenting the entrance and steps down to the lower level of the living room in the left wing of the house. This room, 13 Mr. Taylor in his paper on “Service After the Deal” contends that the oper- ator must establish and make known a | | First Floor. CECIL APARTMENTS SOLD TO N. Y. FIRM Approximately $800,000 Figures feet wide and 30 feet deep, has as its most prominent features a great cut stone- fireplace, Wwooden beam eeiling and walsl finish in rough th:g plaster in a warm cream color. A door_opens on the side covered porch which in turn connects with the rear sunken garden. Dining Room Simple definite servicing policy if the builder is to render service intelligently and if the buyer is to appreciate this-pro- fessed service. 1 This policy, he declares, should cover the following four points of major im- portance: Conditions occurring, or evi- dent after occupancy, for which respon- sibility is to acknowledge by the builder; conditions for which responsi- bility is denied, length of time during | The dining room at the front of the which responsibility is assumed and |Tight wing of the building is finished conditions and manner under which |in & simple style similar to that of the service will be rendered. living room, and back of this room Mr. Lusk points out in his discussion | are butler's pantry, rear stair hall, ad- of building surveys that the operative | joining a breakfast room which over- builder, in judging the demand for |Jooks the rear garden, and kitchen, new construction in a particular city, [ Which is finished in green. must have highly ialized, “right- On the second floor at the front cen- down-to-brass-tacks” ter is a large sitting room with built-in boakcases and open fireplace. It is finished in the same style as the main rooms of the first floor. The three bedrooms and one guest room on this floor are panered in interesting new designs and the woodwork, of red gum, has a light brown finish. Th~ master bedroom in the left wing and the guest chamber have private baths, while the two cther bedrooms in the left wing have a bath between them. At the extreme rear of the right wing is a den with a splendid view of the sunken garden. On the third floor, in the left wing, is the gymnasium, 18 feet wide and 30 deep, which has a hardwood floor. There are also on this floor two guest rooms and bath and two maids’ rooms and bath. i ‘The billiard room is in the finished basement, where also are provided space for the three-car garage, laundry room and storage quarters. ‘The house, erected for Mr. and Mrs. Milans by the Kennedy-Chamberlain Development Co., was designed by A. H. Sonneman, local architect. Earle Basement Is Rented. ‘The Cosmos Theater Co. has leased to Raym(md Lurba and Bernard Lurba spacelin the basement of the Earle Building, northeast corner of Thirteenth and E streets, occupied by a restaurant and kitchen, for five years beginning January 1, 1929, for a total rental of $27,300, according to papers filed with spec information to guide him, and to avoid guessing that a demand exists for his proposed product. An operator planning a group of de- tached frame houses in a certain sec- tion of Washington, for instance, he said, wants to know how many such houses selling for a price that would place them in competition with his houses were built in that section during the past year, what they sold for, how long it took to sell them, the number remaining on the market, etc. Mr. Lusk described in detail the work of the Operative ilders’ Association in gathering vol ous statistics of this type here. F. H. DUEHAY BUYS EDWARDS BUILDING Owner of Woodward Block Intends to Erect Addition on New Plot. ‘The Edwards Building, former home of the firm of the late John L. Ed- wards, and later of its successor, G. M. P. Murphy & Co., stock brokers, and which adjoins on the east the in Transfer of Two Proper- ties to Investors, Sale of the Cecil Apartment House, on the southwest corner of Fifteenth and L streets, and the one-story busi- ness building housing the W. D. Camp- bell Furniture Company, which ad- joins the large apartment structure on both Fifteenth and L streets, was con- summated this week with the record- ing of the transfer of titles by Ward- man to the Real Estate & Trading Co. The new owner, a New York concern, will hold the properties as an invest- ment, it was reported. The_total con: Are Offering For Sale 1205 Girard Street Price $10,750 Three-story, 9 room and_ bath brick—steam heat, electric lights and garage, Three Fireplaces Open for Inspection Representative on Premises J. Dallas Grady- 904 141h St. N.W. Main 6181 Office Open Daily Until 9 P.M. Woodward Building, Fifteenth and H streets, has been purchased by Francis H. Duehay, owner of the Woodward Building, it was announced this week. ‘The property, it is understood, will be razed in the future to make way for an addition to the Woodward Building. The building was acquired from the Edwards estate, the sale being negoti- ated through the trust department of the Riggs National Bank, trustees. The consideration was not made public. the recorder of deeds this week. “Long-Term Leases” Is Subject. “Safeguarding the Interests Involved in Long-Term Leases” will be the sub- ject of Walter C. Schmidt of Cincin- nati before the property management division, National Association of Real Estate Boards, January 23, at the an- show that the pricing of an apartment 35 not merely a mathematical problem. Woodley Road. Over 250 ho tion. Actual $10,500,000. Middaugh & 1435 K St. N.W. The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and improvements and_ Ny 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 ESTABLISHED 1899 nual business meeting in Birmingham, Ala., January 23, 24 and 25. —— Massachusetts Park mes built and under construc- home values exceed Dignified Colonial Home in screens and garage. sodded and attractively landscaped. investigate. Drive_out Wisconsin Avenue to consin’ 2875. Shannon, Inc. Main 8685 . 6802 46t Street Chevy Chase, Maryland 10,850 Six delightful rooms, open fireplace, tiled bath with shower, bronze Unusually large side porch. Lot completely There is a reason for this amazingly low price. Lane), turn east on Leland Street one block to 46th Strect, or phone Wis- M. & R. B. Realtors exclusive residential community. Come out and Leland Street (just morth of Bradiey WARREN actions was reported to be approxi- mately $800,000. The Cecil Apartments is a seven-story structure containing 76 apartment units. The properties sold by Wardman have a frontage of 153 feet on Fifteenth street and 106 on L street. Harry Wardman, Thomas P. Bones and James D. Hobbs of the Wardman organization recently -exercised ‘an op- ' years. - ate them. ferent, Second Floor. Legend—First floor: L. R, living room; D. R., dining room; H. hall; Br. R, breakfast room; B. P, butler's pantry; S. H., stair hall; K., kitchen; L., lavatory; C., coat closet; V., vestibule; T., terrace; D., dumb waiter; ¢., laundry chute, Second floor: C!, chamber; S. R., sitting room; G. R., guest room; B, bath, and Cl, closet. D, den; P, porch; S. H., stair hall; tion held on the property, acquiring it from Mary Sherman McCallum, and resold the property to the Real Estate & Trading Co. Weaver Bros.,, Inc., of this city acted in negotiations. . A Danish scientist is producting dried milk in sheet form, which he claims will keep without change for several Detailed Visit Tilden of apartment for inspection. char Gardens now, while every style, size and arrangement home Model home gly furnished through the courtesy of W. B. Moses & Sons is open every day until 9 p.m. TILDEN GARDENS 1928 CONSTRUCTION VOLUME HIGHEST IN HISTORY OF U. S. Contracts Let on New Building and Engin- eering Work in 37 States East of Rockies Totaled $6.628.286.100. ‘The 1928 construction volume was | the total for the preceding month and the highest in the history of the coun- try, according to F. W. Dodge Corpora- tion. Contracts let on new building and engineering work in the 37 States east of the Rocky Mountains during the past year reached a total of $6,628,- 286,100 ‘This figure was 5 per cent ahead of the total for the year 1927 and it was 4 per cent in excess of the total for 1926. The previous high rec- ord had been held by 1926. The terri- tory covered in the 37 Eastern States represents about 91 per cent of the country’'s total construction. ‘There was $432,756,300 worth of con- tracts let on new construction work during December. The above figure was 8 per cent below the total for No- vember, 1928, and there was a drop of 9 per cent from the December, 1927, record. Analysis of last month’s con- tract record showed the following im- portant classes of work: $178,323,100, or 41 per cent of all construction, for resi- dential buildings; $80,194,000, or 19 per cent, for public works and utilities; $66,772,600, or 16 per cent, for commer- cial buildings, and $38,247,900, or 9 per cent, for industrial projects. Contemplated new work was reported in_this territory to the amount of $725,178.800 during December. This figure shows a drop of 22 per cent from the amount reported during the preced- ing month and there was a loss of 27 per cent from the amount reported during the month of December, 1927. Building and engineering contracts were awarded last month the amount of $51,962,100 in the Mid- dle Atlantic States (Eastern Penn- sylvania, Southern New Jersey, Mary- land, Delaware. District of Co- lumbia and Virginia). The above figure was the highest December con- tract total ever recorded for this area. It was 14 per cent ahead of the De- cember, 1927, record, but there was a decrease of 5 per cent from the total for November, 1928. Last Month’s Record. Last month’s construction record in- cluded the following items of note: $19,605,700, or 38 per cent of the total, for residential buildings; $11,784,800, or 23 per cent, for commercial buildings; $7,066,700, or 14 per cent, for public works and utilities, and $4,975,100, or 10 per cent, for industrial projects. During the past year there was $787,- 672,800 worth of new construction work contracted for in the Middle Atlantic States, being a gain of 9 per cent over the amount contracted for during the year 1927, New contemplated work reported last month in this district reached a total of $135,142,300. This figure was 22 per cent less than the total for November, 1928, and there was a drop of 2 per cent from the amount reported in De- cember, 1927. December construction _contracts amounted to $138,340,700 in New York State and Northern New Jersey. Last it was 7 per cent greater than the total for December, 1927. During the year 1928 there was $1,814,316,800 worth of new contracts let on new building and engineering work in New York State and Northern New Jersey. When the above figure was compared with the total for the year 1927, there was an increase of & per cent. New England Loses. The New England States had $28,« 222,900 in contracts for new construce tion work during the past month. The above figure showed a loss of 8 per cent from the total for November, 1928, and there was a loss of 9 per cent from the total for December, 1927. December construction contracts let in the Pittsburgh district (Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky) amounted to $39,093,800. ‘This figure was 35 per cent under the total for November of last year and there was an 8 per cent decrease from the December, 1927, total. The Central West (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Southern Michigan, Missours, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ne- braska) had $120,459,500 in contracts for new building and engineering work during the past month. The above fig- ure was 11 per cent below the total for the preceding month and there was a decrease of 27 per cent from the total for December, 1927. During the past month the North- west (Minnesota, the Dakotas and Northern Michigan) had $3,828,000 worth of new construction work start ed. The above figure was 34 per cent under the total for November, 1928, and it was 74 per cent less than the total for December, 1927. December construction contracts in the Southeastern States (the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Tennesse¢, Alabama, Mississippl, Arkansas and Louisiana) amounted to $33,895,900. This figure showed an increase of 14 per cent over the November, 1928, total, but there was a loss of 31 per cent from the De- cember, 1927, record. Texas had $16,953,400 in contracts for new building and engineering work during the month of December. This figure showed an increase of 28 per cent over the total for December, 1927, but there was a drop of 12 per cent from the total for November, 1928. Realtors Broadcast Invitation. The convention committee of the Real Estate Board of Birmingham, Ala., broadcasts every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, at 8:55 o’clock, a five~ minute announcement to realtors throughout the United States and Can- ada, inviting them to come to the an- nual business meeting of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Birmingham, January 23, 24 and 25. The iln\'ltntlnn is broadcast over station month's total was 2 per cent ahead of WAP! A Different Kind of Home On a Different Kind of Plan! NLY on the most pretentious estate would you find a landscaped garden and grounds, with the towering trees, like the grounds in Tilden Gardens. Only in the most expensive dctached homes would you have exposure on three sides, assuring such an abundance of clean, sweet air and happy sunshine. Only in the finest homes would you encounter. fireproof construction, real oak floors, plentiful closet space, modern conveniences of every sort in both equipment and service—such as are offered you in the delightful apartment homes in Tilden Gardens. description would be inade- quate—only by personal in- spection could you appreci- Tilden Gardens is truly and distinctively dif- Different, too, is the plan by which you may enjoy all of the excellent advantages of Tilden Gardens, the select community of co- operative apart ment homes. rather than rent—and yet this ownership actually involves a smaller monthly outlay (exclusive of a modest first payment) than the rental of an apartment at all approach- ing Tilden Gardens in its location, environ- conveniences. instance, an apartment renting elsewhere for from $150.00 to $175.00 may be owned for a total monthly pay- ment of but $122.00, of which §61.00 is a saving, an invest- ment, leaving an expense corresponding to rental of but $61.00. There are no extras. May we give you the ment, comforts and is available detailed facts? Distinctive Development of M. & R. B. Warren Connecticut Avenue at Tilden Street Building D-E Now Selling Phone Cleveland 6084 You own, For EELEU LU LRl C gk