Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1929, Page 13

! REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, he witR SUNDAY MORNTNG EDITION zngning %1&?. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1929. HOME & GARDEN 13 FIRST STAR MODEL HOME OPENING SCHEDULED MAY 19 Book Showing Pictures and Plans of Dem-~ onstration House Will Be Given to Inspection Visitors. Three weeks from tomorrow, May 19, the model homes demonstration of 1929, sponsored by The Star and the ‘ashington Operative Builders’ Asso- clation, will be formally opened to the public. At that time the first of the 8ix carefully planned dwellings of widely varied size and design will be placed on exhibition and at succeeding dates the other five will be thrown open to the public. The demonstration will con- tinue through July, each house remain- open for a month. The six Star model homes now are well under way, finishing work now be- ing in progress on those which will be ready for the exhibition next month and the others also showing an ad- vanced stage of construction. A new feature in the program this year will be the publication of a book of Star model homes, now being pre- pared under the direction of Rufus,S. Lusk, secretary of the Operative Build- ers’ Association, which will include pic- tures, floor plans of the demonstration houses and discussions of the purposes of the demonstration, that of promot- ing development of better homes in keeping with the beauty of the National Capital. The books will be distributed to visitors at the various model houses. Inspection Planned. Before the demonstration is formally opened the Star model homes committee will make a careful inspection of each house to pass on the finished product. This committee consists of Monroe ‘Warren, president of the Operative Bullders’ Association; W. J. Waller, wvice president of the District Bankers’ Association; Horace Peaslee, president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects; Ben T. Webster, resident of the Washington Real Estate ; Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner in charge of building and zoning, and Mr. Lusk. ‘The six model homes are under con- struction _in Kenwood, Md.; Leland, Md.; on Forty-fourth street in Foxhall, in Shepherd Park, on Rowland bplace in Richmond Park and in Rock Creck Park Estates. Kenwood Star Home Finishing touches now are rapidly be- ing placed on the first of the series of ‘model homes being erected on Kennedy- Co. and sodding of the wide scaping lawns of this house, which is suggestive of the French provincial style, are well under way, giving a colorful und to the structure. Arbor vitae, junipers, cedars, red asalias, roses, forsythia, lia and other flowering plants are set nicely in the grounds, and an additional marked feature will be flowering cherry trees of the which has made the ‘Tidal Basin ‘They will be in both the lawns and al the parkway. of ultra-modern Recent rains have delayed somewhat the finishing work on the exterior of the Star model home at 4509 Elm street, Leland, Md., but progress has contin- ued on interior phases of its develop- ment, out more and more the attractive, homelike features of this house, the smallest and least expensive of the series of demonstration dwellings. All of the interior trimming work likely will be completed within a few days. The brickwork for the fireplace in the llvworoom has been completed and the nial mantel, which is in keeping with the architectural mode of the house, will be put in place shortly. Next week, also, cabinets will be in- stalled in the kitchen and linoleum will be laid. Plumbers and steamfitters have about completed their work. The house ‘will be opened for inspection May 26. The rains recently delayed the prim- ing coat on the reclaimed brick used in the first story of the dwelling, and when this has been done, in the next few days, the bullding will present more of its completed picture, with the white walls forming background for the dark shutters, subdued color of the roofing and the setting of trees in the rear of the OPEN SUNDAY FOR YOUR garden at the rear, with a small stream as a feature, in addition to the shrub- bery planned for the front lawn, it is | announced by M. & R. B. Warren, the | builders. ‘The interesting English dwelling, one of a group of nine being erected by | Waverly Taylor, Inc, on Forty-fourth | | Street, in Foxall, south of Q street, | which will be the third of the series, | will be opened for exhibition beginning | June 2. This house now is just emerging | from the rough construction stage, with the slate roofing nearly finished, the brown coat of plaster laid on the interior walls and all general structural outlines completed. Grading of the lawns in front and rear will be started shortly, and after the white coat plaster has been laid on the interior walls the face brick of the large fireplace in the living room will be set up. Next week the covered front porch will be started and the flooring and other finishing operations on the double-deck rear porches will be under way. ‘The rear facade has been given un- usual study and will present an inter- esting picture. Rustic English brick of deep red colors will form a back- ground for the living porches of adzed timbers, stained, like those at the front, in weathered brown and soft green. Flower boxes, shutters and the garage doors in soft sage green will lend add- ed charm to the rear facade. Hedges will serve to designate the property lines and the entire rear gar- den will be sodded. Garbage contain- ers, sunk below the level of the ground, will practically eliminate this unsightly necessity, while the rear brick garage wall will be extended to form a screen, behind which will be placed necessary ash and trash containers, usually eye- sores. Removable cl-iics trees will be part of the rear garden equipment. With finishing work now in progress on the brick colonial model home being erected by L. E. Breuninger & Sons on Iris street near Morningside drive, in Shepherd Park, preparations now are being made for an early start on the formal garden to be developed in the rear yard of the property. A landscape artist has laid out plans for the garden, which Wwill have walks of concrete and broken fllql. shrubbery and stone benches, and allowing space for lawn and flower plots. The en- trance to the garden will be through Prench doors leading from the dining be started within a few days, shaping up the setting for the house. will be opened for ex- ‘The house is situated on a lot having frontage on Iris street of 62 feet and depth of 132 feet. It contains seven main rooms, which will be fitted with many m conveniences and labor- saving devices. One of these is a radio antenna, strung above the ceiling in the third story, which will be con- nected with a radio set in the living room, or den. H a a The fifth of the 1929 series of Star model homes is being erected by Wil- liam D. Sterrett at 3307 Rowland place, in Richmond Park. This is a large three-story colonial house of a combi- nation of cut stone and whitewashed brick facades, with a large colonial cov- ered porch at one side and with large brick chimneys rising from either side of the ridge of the heavy slate roof. While this house will not be thrown open for public inspection until June 16, the main structural work has been completed and work is in progress on the inner phases of its construction. The slate roofing has been laid, and with studding in place, marking the outlines of the rooms, the house is ready for the lathers and then plasterers. Plumbing and wiring of the house 2lso has been done and a concrete floor has been laid in the basement floor. Due to the rather steep slope of the lot to the rear, giving a ground- floor aspect to the rear of the base- ment, it was possible to develop an interesting clubroom in the left rear section of the story. A finished oak flooring will be laid in this room, which This | broken by of which will be Other features of the house, as designed by James E. Cooper, are heavy stone chimneys at either end New Home of Mrs. Kath- eriflc Ferrcl‘o Nea!‘ Rock Creek Park. OAK TREES AFFORD PLEASANT OUTLOOK Balustrade of Main Hallway Is Made of Hand- Wrought Iron. One of the interesting and attractive new residences of Washington is that of Mrs. Katherine Ferrero, a large, three- story house in the English archi- tectural mode and of a combnaton of stone and stucco with exposed timber- work, which recently was completed at 5018 Sixteenth street, on a site having an outlook on Rock Creek Park to the west. The house, which is an illustration of the designing of a dwelling to con- form to its setting and location, is occu- pled by Mrs. Ferrero and her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Crestes Garcia. Mr. Garcia is an attache of the Cuban embassy. Set well back from the boulevard and presenting an effective picture, it is surrounded by stately oak trees on a carefully landscaped lot having a front- age of 117 feet on Sixteenth street. The foliage of nearby Rock Creek Park adds to the background. At the south edge of the grounds a wide private driveway of bluestone, hedged by Lom- bardy poplars and flower beds with ap- propriate shrubbery, leads to the large two-car stone garage at the rear of the house From the garage a direct entrance is made into the large main hall of the house and the living room can be en- tered also directly from the driveway tures elsewhere in the basement. Here will be found one of the four large fire- places which the house will have. The clubroom, as well as the other rear rooms of the dwelling, will have a view of the terraced garden in the rear yard, which runs down to Rodman street, and of the wooded valley below, which conencts with Klingle Valley. Rock Gables Rising on a large site at the corner of Redwood terrace and East Beach drive, overlooking the nearby wooded stretches of Rock Creek Park, is the sixth ‘and last of the series of Star model homes. Fashioned after the so- called Cotswold manner, this large English stone house is the largest and most pretentious of the six, giving va- riety in size, style, arrangement and treatment from the others of the series. Rock Gables, as the house is called by its builders, Edson W. Briggs Co., now shows to fine advantage the low, sweeping lines of its style, with the roof three large stone dormers at the front and large gabled wing at the right and a large wing at the right housing a three-car garage. ‘The slate roofing, of rugged charac- ter, of random widths and graded thicknesses, will be unusually heavy, in keeping with the rugged sturdiness of the exterior walls. Ornamental arched -top doorways mark the garage entrance, the doors of paneled chestnut. exterior of the of the main roof, deeply set series of mullioned windows and the low-set en- trance of carved limestone, with suffi- cient “reveal” to give shadow and color to the picture. Lavish plans have been drawn for a large formal garden at the rear of the house, which will connect with a wooded section which serves as part of the back d for the house. This work will be carried out under the direction of Rose Greely. €15 A DAY” Visit RECREATION ROOM In Model Home at 1315 Iris St. N.W. Built by L. E. Breuninger & Son Heatm equement C CHAS. G. GRAVES, MGR. Lobby 15—Investment Bldg. Metropolitan 4269 will be separated from the service fea- in Cl tion, wi Side-en three b Brick and stone construc- ingly individual in design. arrangement. corner residence eveland Park O ith tile roof—strik- trance, center-hall Nine rooms, aths, first floor lav- AND DAILY INSPECTION atory, oil burner, electric refrigeration, cold storage room. Brick garage for two cars. . . Combined frontage of 207 ft. on two streets. Stately shade trees, ter- raced lawns, beautiful shrubbery. $23,750 34th AND: PORTER . Sansbury NL S CQMPANY INC. 1418 Eye St. N.W. Owners-Builders Nat. 5904 Attractive Residence Is of English Mode 3 Home of Mrs. Katherine Ferrero, recently completed a t 5018 Sixteenth street by L. E. Breuninger & Sons. by a stone porch. This arrangement of garage and driveway location is de- signed as convenient access for guests when entertainment is in progress. The house is approached by a long, meandering stone walk embedded in concrete, leading to an open stone en- trance terrace from which the large en- trance hall is reached through a stone, arched doorway. A heavy oak door has iron hinges and is appropriately set with leaded glass. Hall Extends Through. The large hall, extending the full | depth of the house, has a double level, the rear portion being two steps lower than the front. Through a heavy mir- rored door one enters direct to the ga- rage from the back of this hallway. Located in the rear hall is a large cloak closet and first-floor lavaterv finished in green tile with fixtures to match. To the left of the hall is the living room, 22 feet by 14 feet, which has rough plaster walls finished in deep cream color. This color scheme is car- ried out in all the walls on the first floor. On the east side of the living room is a large open fireplace, with mantel of Englich gothic design. The woodwork in this room, as throughout the house, is of natural walnut color rubbed to a satin finish. Adjacent to and part of the living room is a large glazed semi-circular solarium, entered through a broad archway. To the right of the hall is a spacious dining room having an unobstructed view of the large front lawn and Six- teenth street. The dining room is serv- iced from the large kitchen with its modern conveniences through a butler’s pantry and service pantry combined. All shelves are gless incased. The serv- ants’ entrance is located in the rear of the kitchen. Hand-Wrought Balustrade. From the main entrance hall a wide staircase leads to the second floor. The balustrade of the main stairway is of hand-wrought iron, after the style found in the old Spanish homes in Cuba. The handrail is of hand-carved walnut. ‘The electrical fixtures of the living tion. Actual $10,500,000. 1435 K St. N.W. Architect fuel economy in Winter. South Washington, Distinctive Residence in Wynnewood Park, Md. Stone, Brick and Stucco, Backed by Cinder Blocks A. H. Sonneman The Stambaugh Construction Co. 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 Permanence, fire resistance, and dryness are inherent characteristics of STRAUB BLOCK MASONRY. WASHINGTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORP. room, dining room, halls and solarium are of heavy cast bronze of English gothic design. The second floor contains four bed- rooms, each having a large, convenient closet, and two ideally appointed baths, finished in colored tile. Servants’ quarters with bath and a large cedar room are located on the third floor. Prom the first main stairway landing one enters the den. It is located over the garage, which is attached to and is part of the house, The floor of the den, as well as the floors of the entire house, is of 7-inch oak, impregnated with wax. The walls and ceiling of the den are of rough cast plaster finished in stippled color effects. Half-exposed beams of worm-eaten chestnut are placed in the ceiling extending to the ridge of the roof. On the west wall a large open fireplace, which extends the full height of the den, is constructed of natural field stone. Book shelves are conven- iently built into the wail. Steel cross and bearing beams sup- port the entire structure. The basement walls of stone are 18 inches thick. Stone walls to the second floor level are 16 inches thick. All walls above the base- ment are furred to make the house un- usually comfortable in all seasons. The basement contains a large hot-water furnace and an automatic water heater. ‘This home was designed by Henry L. Breuninger, with C. M. Woodward as associate, and was built by L. E. Breu- ninger & Sons. ZONING PROB'LEM ARISES. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 27.—Restrictions on the new type of group houses are |9 cited as an extremely difficult prob- lem in the zoning question to which no satisfactory solution has yet been offered, according to officiais of the R&Tl}.l‘ mbo:eun?;rd of Bal:lmore‘,"m e T co-opera! a commission which u"«flf up a new zoning ordinance to take the place of the present one, which was declared unconstitutional by the Court of Ap- peal Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- improvements and home 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 values exceed Main 8685 Builder M. 8528 BALTIMORE BUILDING CONTRACTS RUN HIGH City Reports 7 Per Cent Increase During March Over Pre- vious Month. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 27.—New con- struction contracted for in Baltimore last month reached one of the highest March totals on record in Maryland. Work totaled $6,438,100, doubling March, 1928, and 7 per cent higher than Feb- ruary, 1929. Last month's contract total included the following: $2,648,400, or 41 per cent of all construction, for residential buildings; $2,159,900, or 34 per cent, for commercial buildings, and $606,- 400, or 9 per cent, for public works and utilities. ‘The March construction record brought the amount of new building and engineering work started in Bal- timore since January 1 up to $18,106,- 300, compared with $10,566,600, for the corresponding period a year ago. The increase was 71 per cent. i Church of the Transfiguration. At the Church of the Transfiguration the services tomorrow wlll be holy com- munion at 7:30 am.; morning prayer lndn sermon, 11 o'clock; church school, m, ‘With the National Capital as the cen- tral theme of its convention here this week at the Mayflower Hotel, the Amer- ing recommendations of its board of directors, went on record favoring a | number of projects of far-reaching effect on both private and Government developments in the District. Among these were recommendations for a restudy of zoning in the National Capital, with special attention to re- striction of the height of buildings and | the witaholding by the Zoning Commis- sion of permission for any superstruc- tures on buildings above the present miximum of 130 feet with setbacks. This resolution modified an action recom- mended by the board of directors of the institute urging that the present maxi- mum of 130 feet with setbacks be re- duced to 110 feet without the setback provision for the upper stories. Other recommendations urged great expansion of the park system of the National Capital, including indorsement of the C: ton measure for ican Institute of Architects, in adopt- | ARCHITECTS FAVOR RESTUDY OF ZONING PROBLEM IN D. C. American Institute Also Urges Greater Expansion of Parks System in National Capital. penditure of $16,000,000 for addition park sites; development of the Wash ington water front; and enactment c the Shipstead-Luce measure for regula tion of the character of buildings nea: public buildings and parks. About a year ago a move was made t have the Zoning Commission reduce th maximum heights of bulldings to 11 feet, but the commission rejected th proposal, adhering to its former ru! allowing buildings to go to 130 feet wit! setbacks above the 110-foot level, an: permitting towers and spires above 12° feet, with special approval by the com mission. ‘The institute also adopted a resol tion recording “its appreciation of th work of the various chapters contribut ing to the development of the Nations Capital, especially the sustained effort of the Washington architects in main taining, in co-operation with the Dis trict Government, a weekly jury for th review of plans for private bufldings (Continued on ¢ A\ A VILLAGE IN THE CITY section of Washington which AMERICA'S SMARTEST COLONY OF ENGLISH GROUP HOMES. FOXHALL VILLAGE | Seven Minutes From Dupont Circle. AR Ty w777 7o A _PREDETERMINED 'NON-COMPETITIVE DEVELOPMENT. 3 Bedrooms and Bath to 6 Bedrooms and 3 Baths. There is, perhaps, no other ontains such interesting * homes, having the mellowness PROM ACTUAL PHOTO. MODEL HOME 4420 QUE ST. (Northwest.) Purnished by W. & J. Sloane. Price, $15,500 Open 9:30 A M. to 9 P.M. wich Parkway. 'y Que St. and 44th St., in Foxhall Village. Drive West on Que St. to Wisconsin Ave., North One Square to Reservoir Rd., West to Village. Make Left-Hand Turn at 44th St. and charm of age, as those which one meets with in Green- Surrey Lane, $10,500 TO $18,500. BOSS & PHELPS CREATORS AND DEVELOI OF FOXHALL VILLAGE. 417 K Main 9300. Rose Brothers Put the Roof on the New Willard It's significant that in practically all the important construction in Washington during the last third of a century the roofing has been done by Rose Brothers—and you don’t have to look for the reason beyond the won- derful service the roofs are giving. The first modest cost is practically the only cost when Rose Brothers do the work. CompPANY! + North 847, 848