Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1929, Page 13

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, WITR SUNDAY MORNTNG EDITION S 13 B Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs A DISTRICT MAKES SUBSTANTIAL Jud ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN 1928 | chorts From Various Agenci_es Are Sum- marized by Dorsey W. Hyde. Jr.. Secre- tary Of Chamber Of Commerce. Substantial economic ‘progress was made by Washington during the past year, the outstanding factors in the general business situation being the Federal building program, recovery of real estate and building activity, in- creased salaries for Government em- ployes, which increased the buying power of the local market, .and the continued growth at a healthy rate of local industrial undertakings. This the finding of Dorsey W. Hyde, jr. sccretary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, based on a study of reports from ies con- cerned with various major phases of local business during the vear The Federal building program has gesulted in the condemnation of land and the starting of construction of the | much-needed new buildings to house various Government departments, Mr Hvde said. Former owners and tenants of this property are now seeking or Thave found new locations for businesses in other sections of the city, creafing new real estate business, he points out. Relates Business Condilions. Mr. Hyde, in a recent radio address fecounting changes during the past year, quoted from a number of organ- ization officials regarding business con- ditions in various lines. John A. Petty, secretary of the Wash- ington Real Estate Board, reported that speculative tendencies of a year and a balf ago showed recession. The rental situation, he said, improved consider- ably, and new facilities and services were introduced in homes and apart; ment_houses. industries and the important part | which they played in the business life lof the city has not been generally realized” Mr. Hyde sald. “In 1925 we were surprised to learn that local in- dustrics produced goods valued at more than $83,000,000. The Census Bureau now 1s collecting the 1927 figures, and through E. K. Ellsworth the chamber 'Rush H. Williamson's| Residence Pleasing Combination. MODERN TOUCHES MAKE IT LIVABLE Elizabethan Influences Evi- dent in Exterior Design of chlling. has received a preliminary report which shows that Washington's industries in | 1027 produced $99,279.276 worth of | manufactured goods. or $6.702.450 more than the 1925 figure. The figure, of | course, does not include the large num- ber of plants in nearby Marvland and Vireinia, which would bring the grand | total for the mctropolitan area to well | above $100,000,000. Salaries Increased. | | “The enactment of the Welch bill| increasing the salaries of Government | employes” has been another factor of | importance. Under this act, it is esti- | mated, according to John T. Doyle of | he Civil Service Commission, that the | al increase in compensation to Gov- ernment employes will amount to about $20.000.000. Recently it was announced | that requested salary increases for a | {1arge number of employes of the Navy | | Yard had been approved.” Mr. Hyde quoted from reports of | | Col. John W. Oehmann, building in-i | spector, showing that private building | | operations here during the past year | reached the total of $51,255.080, as "cnmpal’ed to the total of about $36,- !300.000 for the preceding year. | The chamber secretary also included | reports showing increased resources and | outstanding loans by building and loan | Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the Oper- | associations, in bank clearings and de- | ative Builders’ Association, reported | posits, in the net incomes of District | that there was a considerable relative ublic utilities, in retail trade by local increase in the number of apartments |department stores, in credit business, constructed during the year. | together with improvement in credit During the past year virtually 70 per | account payments; in insurance busi- eent of all new building was in the | ness, in automobile sales, in the busi- apartment class, while the correspond- | ness of electrical supply concerns, in ing figure for 1927 was 58 per cent. hotel business and in conventions held “The rapid growth of Washington's | here. HECHINGER PLANS BUILDING ON OLD CIRCUS GROUND SITE The old “stamping ground” for circuses and other itinerant shows on the tract at Bladensburg and Benning roads northeast is undergoing develop- ment as one of the new industrial and commercial sections of the city. Following the recent announcement of the decision of Sears, Roebuck & Co. to erect a department store there, Sid- mey Hechinger announced plans today for construction on a ten-acre section of the tract of a permanent home fol the Hechinger Co., building materials Construction of the new buildi 4 there for the Hechinger Co. according ® present plans, will be started next wear, after the yards now leased by the firm in the Patterson tract are re- quired for the projected new commis- sion market center and other purposes, it was_announced. Mr. Hechinger plans development on the Bladensburg road site of a perma- nent building as the company head- quarters and of yards for supplies. *The Hechinger building, he said, would be a fireproof structure and in Kkeeping architecturally with the Sears- Roebuck building, construction of which is to be started in the near fu- ture. Recently a new building was_com- pleted in this section for the Inter- national Harvester Co. of America. Also a part of second commercial property in the section has been leased to the Massaponax Sand The Triangle of Increasing Values a newcomer to Washington, which has established a new plant there. The site for the projected Sears- Roebuck building, consisting of five and a half acres, was acquired from the Hechinger, Properties Co.. the ne- gotiations being handled by the Albert M. Greenfield Co., of Philadelphia and the American Security & Trust Co., of this city, representing the former owners. . ELEPHONE COMPANY LEASES MORE OFFICES | C. & P. Takes Over 10,000 Square Feet Additional Space in Homer Building. The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. has leased additional office space in the Homer Building, Thir- teenth street between F and G streets, from the owners, S. Kann Sons Co. The additional space comprises 10,000 square feet, bringing the total to 30,000 feet in’the building. ‘The space in the building is used as offices for the directory, plant account- ing and statistical departments. Tractors are being used in breaking l?‘mli_1 for new farms in North Man- chu Massachusetts Park Not all of Washington's new and attractive homes are of palatial size or of tremendous cost. There are to be found here many of the more modes! size dwellings, interesting from an | architectural point of view and com- fortable in provisions for householders. One of the newer dwellings in the latter class is that of Judge Rush H. Williamson, special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, an English-type residence at 803 Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md. . This dwelling, illustrating a pleasing combination of brick, stained timber- work against a background of stucco and wide clapboard, contains many modern touches that make & house livable. There is a covered porch at the left, the roof of which is a continuation of the lines of the roof of the gabled bay at the front. The entrance of the dwelling, reached by a cement walk of curved lines, is at the right front of the building. There are Elizabethan influences seen in the exterior design of the house. Set Back From Street. The home is set back from the street on a slightly elevated lot on which stands a group of tall pines which pro- vides a pleasing bacl und for the house. Small shrubs here and there add softening effect to the perspective. A feature of the facade is the cen- tral brick chimney, ornamented by a bit of stucco work in the second story and which is capped by special brick- work design. A chimney pot is visible at_the top. From the front door entrance is into a commodious living room, running across the full width of the house, 21 feet. and having a depth of 13 feet 6 inches. The room contains, at_ the front, a large log-burning fireplace. Just inside the front door is a coat closet for the accommodation of wraps of guests or of members of the house- hold, if needed. The living room gives on the covered porch at the side. At the side of the room is a wide stairway leading to the upper floor. Dining Room in Rear. At the rear is the dining room, 13 feet by 11 feet 6 inches in size, which is reached through a wide arch. Double windows at the rear of the house pro- vide ample light for the dining room and give a view of the rear lawn. The kitchen, containing many mod- ge’s Home of Modest Size Is Comfortable| D. C. BUILDING OPERATIONS FOR WEEK TOTAL $209.215 |Largest Item Is Three-Story Addition to Apartment House at Connecticut Avenue and L Street. - Private bullding operations in the District for which permits were issued during the past week by Col. John W. | Ochmann, building inspector. had a total estimated cost of $209.215. con- siderably below totals for the weeks of December. The largest item in the new list of | work is the addition of three stories to | the apartment and store building on .the southwest corner of Connecticut ave- {nue and L street, the cost of which was estimated at $100,000. This corner! building, originally planned for nine | stories, is thus to be raised to the level | of the La Salle apartments.’ of which it | is a part, 130 feet, with setbacks. The | ‘Wardman Corporation is the owner. Permits were issued during the week also for seven dwellings and repair and remodeling operations, including altera- | | tions to the fashionable Metropolitan | Club, 1700 H street. Permits were issued as follows: ‘Wardman Corporation, owner builder: Joseph Boumer, architect; to| erect one 3-story addition on ory | { building, 1028 Connecticut avenue (lots | 23, 24 and 43, square 163); to cost | $100,000. 1 Plan Two-Stery Houses. | H. R. Howenstein, owner and builder; | E. C. Rowzee, designer; to erect two| 2-story” brick dwellings, 4001 and 4019 and Twenty-first street northeast (lots 2 and 11, square 4229): to cost $15.000. | S.'S. Kresge Co., owner and designer: | to make repairs, 434 Seventh street (lot 806, square 431); to cost $13,000. | Dr. C. E. Ferguson. owner; B. F.| Kemp, builder: Kenneth Vieth, d signer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelle ing. 1410 Delafield place (lot 9, square 2709) : to cost $12,000. Garden Realty Co., owner and build- er; to erect one 2'3-story frame dwell- ing. 5417 Nevada avenue (lot 20, square 1992); to cost $5,000. Susie Reinberg, owner; R. F. Gormiey Co., builder: to make repairs, 2811 Dum- barton avenue (lot 804, square 1240); to cost $5.000 Nathan and Anna Rome. owners and builders: J. A. Melby, architect; to erect one 1-story brick addition, 607 H street northeast (lot 62, square 859); to cost $2.500. Metropolitan Club. owner: DeSibour Conrstruction Co., builder; to make al- terations, 1700 H street (lot 829, square 166); to cost $5,000. Frame Dwelling. G. Wheatley Giles, owner and bullde! W. Giles, architect: to erect one 2- siory frame dwelling, 4428 Hunt place northeast (lots 32 and 33, square 5127); to_cost $4.000. Peter M. Dorsch, owner and builder; to make repairs, 639 S street (lot 95, square 441); to cost $2,000. Francis J. Hare, owner, designer ard builder; to trect one 1-story frame dwelling, 623 Croissant place southeast ;‘l'otsozs and 36, square 5466); to cost Texas Co., owner, designer and builder; to erect one 1-story concrete and brick service station. 3279 to 3281 " (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) Two Netw BHome s Aristocratically Located PRICED ern features, is at the right rear of the house. It is 11 feet 6 inches deep and 7 feet 6 inches wide. There is a built- in broom cupboard and specially de- signed kitchen cabinet. At the rear is a small service porch, with steps down to the rear yard. On the second floor are three bed- rooms, one 11 feet 3 inches by 9 feet 9 inches; another 13 feet 9 inches by 11 feet 3 inches, and the third, at the rear, 14 feet 3 inches by 11 feet 9 inches. The two latter chambers have unusually large closets. At the right the bath, 6 feet 9 inches by 6 | Edwards. of special interest to careful buyers Not s0 long ago a gentleman and his wife inspected a co-operative apart- ment home in Tilden Gardens and were most agreeably impressed with its many advantages., For his future home, however, Mr. X* wished to be assured of the sound- ness of the financial set-up and the quality of materials and workmanship in the building. A valuation expert and engineer, a recognized authority on the design and construction of large buildings, was in Wacshington in connection with the constriction of a new downtown building. § feet 9 inches. It contains a special linen closet. Each bedroom is a corner room, with windows on both exposures, assuring comfort through cross ventilation. The house was built by M. & R. B. Warren from plans by Harry L. the same type—of 8 rooms, 2 til In the 'HIS new brick detached center: room with open fireplace, a floor bedroom and storage room. To reach—Drive out Comn. Sunday for 1435 K St HIS development of unusual homes has met that already plans are under way to build six more homes of -hall plan home has a large livi dining room, a modernly equipped kitchen with adjoining pant tiled first-floor lavatory, a first-floor cloak closet, four large hed- rooms, adequate closets, two haths (one has a shower), and a - Realtors RIGHT Inspect Them Sunday 3813 UPTON STREET A NEW MODERN ENGLISH RESIDENCE . Devonshire Downs One-half Square East of Wisconsin Ave. such popularity led baths (one has a shower), a !luored gnic and special features—the kind you don't expect to find in a residence so reasonably priced. Electric Refrigeration, inviting large open fireplace, especially fine hardwood floors, metal weather stripping and slate roof. The garage opens on a paved alley, and the large lot on which it stands is 38x150 and is beautifully plented with many shade trees and fine shrubbery. Y Only $14,250_Terms e 3813 GARRISON STREET Best Section of Chevy Chase, D. C. L3 concrete living porch, a spacious a It is desirably located on a large lot on one of the highest points in this exclusive suburb. $21,500. Very easy terms! Ave. on Harrison Street to 3§th and south to Garrison and house. to Harrison Street, west These Two Homes are Open Inspection Main 2345 —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. Main 8685 This Engineer was employed by Mr. X* to make a detailed inspection of the plan, construction and valuation and to submit his report to Mr. X* before he made his investment. The engineer's report was entirely favorable, and today Mr. X* is an enthusiastic and highly pleased resident of Tilden Gardens. Our earnest wish is that every person for whom a home in Tilden Gardens would be suitable or desirable would make a similar careful inquiry and investigation of every feature of Tilden Gardens and of every phase of the co-operative apartment home ownership plan. Unfortunately there is still much lack of information, and in some cases actual misinformation, about co-operative apartment homes. As leaders in this particular field, our task has been to supply exact information and cor- reet many misunderstandings among those people whom we can reach. Not long ago a banker advised one of our prospects against purchasing a co-operative apartment. When we were given an opportunity to present the complete facts to the banker, however, he not only advised his client to pur- chase, but has since voluntarily sent two prospective purchasers to us. Distinctive Residence in Massachusetts Avenue Park Cinder Block Used as Backing For Stone .: Porter & Lockie Builder: Carl W. Markham Real Weather Protection Built in the Walls By Using STRAUB CINDER UNITS The high heat insulating value of Straub Cinder Units means greater home comfort in Winter and Summer, with fuel economy in Winter. May we suggest that you plan to visit Tilden Gardens today or tomorrow, inspect these attractive co-operative aparment homes (model apartment home charmingly furnished by W. B. Moses & Sons open every day), and permit us to lay before you all the facts as they really are? The more careful and pains- taking your investigation in every way the more assured will be your ultimate residence in Tilden Gardens. Arcl 6802 46th Street Chevy Chase, Maryland 10,850 Dignified Colonial Home in exclusive residential community. Six delghtful rooms. open fireplace, tiled bath with shower, bronze screens and garage. ally large side porch. Lot completely sodded and TILDEN GARDENS Distinctive Development of M. and R. B. Warren Building D-E Now Selling Phone Cleveland 6084 Permanence, fire resistance, and dryness are inherent characteristics of STRAUB BLOCK MASONRY. WASHINGTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORP. South Washington, M. 8528 Connecticut Avenue at Tilden Street There is a reason for this amazingly low pri; Come out and te. Drive out Wisconsin Avenue fto Leland Street. ‘just morth of Brodley Past on Leland Street one block to 46th Streel, or phone Wis- M. & R. B. WARREN Realtors Lane) *Name furnished on request.