Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 13

AWASHINGTON, : < i o WITR SUNDAY MORNING EDAIN The Foening Star. e HOME & GARDEN FIRST 1929 MODEL HOME OPENS TO PUBLIC WITHIN TWO WEEKS Interest in Six Projects Constantly Rising.| Construction Is Ra The fast approaching opening of the 1920 model homes demonstration, spon- sored by The Star in co-operation with the Operative Builders’ Association, has brought numerous inquiries regarding the forthcoming exhibition of the six houses, indicating a live public interes in the program. The first of the six Touses will be thrown open to the pub- | lic two weeks from tomorrow. ! Meanwhile, construction and final preparation of the several houses is going forward rapidly and all will be | Teady for demonstration on. announced | dates from present indications. Eflth{‘ house will be fully equipped and fur- | Tished before it is placed on exhibition. The demonstration will be staged un- | det the dircction of The Star model | homes committee, which will make an inspection of each house before it is opened to the public. The committee inciudes Monroe War- ren, president of the Operative Builders' Assoclation; W. pidly Now. J. Waller, vice presi-} Going Forward |an ocrasional clinker brick placed here | |and there to heighten th> OId English effect, | White plaster is being applied to the | walls and being sized. The electric | wiring and plumbing have been installed. | The finish flooring of oak was laid last week and the glass fitted in the window frames. Foundations have been laid for the covered front porch and the flooring of both the upper and lower rear porches have been completed. -One of | the features of the house is these back porches. The supporting pillars are adzed and treated with an oil prepara- | tion which creates an effect of age and | protects the wood from decay. The attic is ready for the heavy com- position insulating boards which will keep it cool in Summer and warm in Winter. The slate roof is being placed over a base of metal sheathing which will pro- | vide an unusual protection from the | Randolph Leigh - Will ‘ Occupy Dwelling in Fairfax County. COLONNADED FRONT PORCH IS FEATURE Arrangement Was Studied to Take Advamage of Extensive View. A new house fashioned after a popu- | Jar old style is being erected on a farm | of about 60 acres located in Fairfax | County, Va., about a mile from Chain | Bridge, recently acquired as the future | residence of Randolph Leigh, director of | the National ‘Oratorical Contest. The old farmhouse that formerly stood on_the site, built in Colonial days, was situated on a knoll of ground about | a quarter of a mile from the Fairfax | road and commanded a view Yhat was | practically a complete cyclorama, most | of which was included in the boundaries | of the farm. The new dwelling, a large Colonial 'Colonial Home Going Up on 60-Acre Farm “Flying” President D 3SP BY DON S. WARREN. Harry H. Culver, the “flying” presi- dent of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, paid Washington plane tour of the country, and in addi- tion to addressing local realtors on the a hasty visit this week on his third air- | work of the national body in elevating | LEADER OF REALTORS URGES REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW eclares District Needs Act to Protect Members as Well ublic. | sites, before salesmen and brokers may obtain license to conduct real estate | business. In all cases, applicants must show to the satisfaction of proper of- ficlals reputations for honesty in prac- tice. - It cases of unethical or illegal ac- tivities are proved license may be re- | voked. =~ President Culver of the national body. business standards and the effect avi- | which is composed of about 700 real ation is having on real estate, strongly | estate boards throughout the United urged enactment of a real estate license | States and in Canada, made a new de- law for the District. | parture as head of the association in ‘Washington, for its own good, should | conducting activities of the organiza- |fall in line with the 27 States which|tion to a large degree from his desk have enacted laws for the licensing of | in his private cabin airplane. He now brokers and real estate salesmen, pro- |is completing the third of five cross- viding a positive check on the opera- | Nation airplane tours to visit each local Uon of shysters, he declared in an in- | board. erview following an address before the | Dyring the past 12 months he has g;;hl',"fr'f'h?::;‘ Estate Board at Ward- : traveledlby!nir a total of 7€,onda‘smues. The local board has proposed L e e e ment o the aoan proposed enact- | around the world, without a forced law as| i vi - sponsored by the national association, landing and without accident. He es with some modifications suiting it t tablished his office in his airplane in weather. Home Being Erected for Randoiph Leigh i Fairfax County, Va. 0| order to be able to visit each local :%cl:\le co‘?:ifl;:’r:_& but as vet it has not| hoard while at the same time conduct- dent of the District Bankers' Associa- | tion; Horace Peaslee, president of the | structure featured by rooms of com- modiousness and a great colonnaded local chapter of the American Institute | of Architects; Ben T. Webster, presi- | dent of the Washington Real Estate | Board: Maj. Donald A. Davison. As- sistant Engineer Commissioner of the District, and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the Operative Builders' Association. I Kenwood Sm;' Home I The interior decoration of the com- modious home, built on Kennedy drive in Kenwood, Md., by the Kennedy- Chamberlin Development Co., has been | nearly completed and when the floors are finished and portions of the spaci- | ous grounds, not yet sodded, are covered | with grass, it will be ready for the furniture that is part of the display of | each of the model dwellings. The color scheme of the inside walls is one of the outstanding features. Ex- | treme care has been exercised to have | every shade blend harmoniously so that | each room has a character that is with- out a jarring note. All the walls and the ceiling of the | first floor are of a decorative finish | “troweled on” and covered with an apricot glaze that catches and_softly reflects the light without glare. In dif- ferent lights the apparent shade of the walis changes from almost a light yellow | to_a rich orange. The halls of the second floor have been treated in the same way but the bedrooms are papered and the woodwork of each is of such a shade to carry out the general color scheme. The rear yoom is of a pale blue, the paper of one of the front rooms is a spotted buff and the master bedroom is done in_apricot spotted with small blue stars. Between this room and an adjoining bathroom is a clothes press painted an apricot color. The floor of this bathroom is of black and white tiles in a checkerboard pattern and the walls are of large | white tiles half way up and the other half is of plaster covered with the | dfig walk of large irregular stone flags leads from the roadway to the front door which is set well back on the large dot. The doorway of this French provincial style houge is arched and bordered with stone. The door is plerced with a leaded glass window. The floors of the interior are being ! scraped and sanded preparatory to their | final treatment which will bz done next | week. A wrought-iron balustrade runs along the stairs to the second fioor, similar but more ornate than the ons on the side porch and that which rims the | rear porch. Leland Dwelling The first coat of whitewash has been placed on the reclaimed brick of the | first story of the smallest of the model | homes being erected by M. & R. B.| Warren at 4509 Em street, Leland. Md., | and_the-second and final coat will applied sometime this week. This house is of Colonfal style, with the first floor built of reclaimed brick | and the upper portions of cream- | painted clapboard. While work on the outside of the house has been delayed somewhat by rains, progress has con- tinued on the interior phases of its development, bringing out more and more its attractive, homelike features. A cement walk from the sidewalk to On Rowland Place The interior of the fifth house of the model home series at 3307 Rowland | | place is being lathed and’the rooms are being marked off. This home is of the | Colonial type and is being built by Wil- liam C. Sterrett. It is located in the | Richmend Park section of Cleveland | Park. The opening date has been set | for June 16. ‘The house is of brick and stone con- struction with a large Colonial covered porch, for which the foundations have been laid, on one side and brick chim- neys rising on either side from the ridge of the heavy slate roof. Fireplaces in both front rooms on | the ground floor have been built of | clinker composition. The rear porches, both upper and lower, have been floored. At Rock Gables Located on a site adjoining the thick- ly-wooded section of Rock Creek Park at the corner of Redwood terrace and East Beach drive is the last of the| model homes in the order of their| opening. This_house, which has been named Rock Gables by its builders, Edson W. Briggs Co., is the largest and most pretentious of the series. It is fash- joned after the Cotswold manner of gray stone and many gables, It is yet in the elementary stages of construction. ‘The walls, which are of great thickness, have been completed and the levels of the floors outlined. The rafters are being erected which will support the heavy roof of slate shingles. Grading will be progressing soon in preparation for th~ lavish landscaping planned. There will be a large formal garden to the rear. CITY PLANNING EXPERTS TO ANALYZE PROBLEMS J. C. Nichois, Kansas City, Mo., a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and formerly chairman of the assoclation’s city plan cormittee, will speak at the twenty-first annual con- ference on city planning. to be held in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 20 to 22. Mr. Nichols' subject is “The Development of Outlying Shopping | Centers.” He is a member of the Na- tional Capltal Park and Planning Com- mission. An address on “Some Problems in New Planning,” by Louis Brownlow, municipal consultant to the City Hous- ing Corporation, New York City, and formerly a Commissioner of the Dis- trict of Columbin, deals with the ques- tions confronting the realtor. Alfred Bettman, a member of the Cincinnati, Ohio, City Planning_Commission, will speak on “Trends in Platting Control— Acquisition of Public Open Spaces and Building Lines,” and Robert Whitten, a city planning consultant of New York City. wilF have as his subject, “The Traffic Analysis and Forecast in Its front porch, is being erected on part of the foundations of the old farmhouse and will have its same outlook on the varied landscape of the extensive acreage. Simple Design Decided Upon. Inasmuch es the house will be viewed from a distance, a design of ut. most simplicity and directness was de- cided upon. The motive of a two-story colonnade was selected. Mount Vernon similar sitnation. As designed by Robert F. Beresford. Washington architect, the details of the finish of the new house are being exe- cuted in a manner characteristic of the Colonial Virginia_ architecture. The arrangement of the plan of the advantage of the extensive view. The plan also is in keeping with the tra- ditions of Colonial Virginia. The staircass is gencrous in width and affords easy ascent. The rooms are similar in proportions to those of Colo- nial dwellings. The four bedrooms on the second floor are each of sufficient size for all furniture required without crowding. Ample closet space is pro- attic. There is a servant'’s room and is An example of this motive used in a‘ house was studied especially to take | The entrance hall 1s broad and long. | vided on the second floor and in the | bath in the basement, which at this DiKike Roow | raak . i 2446 BELMONT RO AD Two Blocks Off Massachusetts We offer FOR SALE this spactous residence just completed: . It is attractively designed, has a beautiful garden at the rear, and faces directly on Rock Creek Park. Its setting amid large forest trees is incomparable. Avenue An inspection of this property will convince you of its unusual charm and adaptability. Thru the courtesy-af Geo. W. Reynolds the house is furnish- ed with occasiondl, pieces_of genuine antique furniture. ‘Open for Inspection Sunday. from Ten to One and Three to Six Daily from Three to Six For particulars consult . McCONIHE & COMPANY, INC. Builders & Ouwners i 1009 Connecticut Avenue Main 2424 a small porch of the same material has | been laid, as have the cement runners | of the driveway leading to, a detached | garage of mauve stucco. | On the side porch lattice work has | been placed between each of the two sets of three wooden posts which sup- | & port the roof. & The laying of the finish flooring has | just been completed. The bathroom on the second floor has been fitted up with | modern fixtures including a medicine cabinet and shaving glass. The walls are of white tile and the floor is of a | ¥ There is a | black and white pattern. large cedar closet in the hall. The property is to have an informal garden at the rear with a small stream as a featura, in addition to the shrub- bery planned for the front lawn. This house will be opened May 26. The fourth of the 1929 series of Star model homes is being erected by L. E. Breuninger & Sons on Iris street near Merningside drive. While this will not be open to the public until June 9 the main structural work and much of the interior finishing have been completed. White plaster has been applied to the walls and the foundations laid for the rear porch. Grading of the ground has been_ begun, following out the plans of the landscape artist, which call for a Jarge garden with walks of concrete and broken flags, shrubbery and stone benches. The entrance to the garden will be through French doors leading from the dining room onto a flagstone terrace. ‘This terrace will be inclosed by treilis of Colonial design insure priva One of the remarkable features of the dwelling is a wing on the east side which makes possible a Toom midway between the levels of the first and sec- ond floors, lighted in the front by a gabled window. There are three win- dows at the rear. . The roofing of slate shingles of frregular shapes, colors and sizes is Dbeing placed on the third of the series of model homes which is being rapidly constructed on Forty-fourth street at the foot of Q strect in Foxall by Waverly Taylor, Inc. This house, which is house | f just emerging | FROM ACTUAL PHOTO MODEL HOME 4420 QUE ST. (Northwest) Furniched by W. & J. Sloane OPEN 9:30 AM. to 9 P. THE VILLA ure they enjoy in looking forward to the ng. wxn . BOSSERPHELPS sunme | CREATOR3 AND DEVELOPERS OF FOXHALL VILLAGE. | to Wisconsin Ave., Drive West on Que St Reservoir Rd., West to Village. RS frequently ccmment on the pleas- watching the construction and group, as cach group is different and more interest- The Future of oxchall Villa Was Never Better 3¢ | A Predetermined Non-Competitive Development Seven Minutes From Dupont Cirele. AMERICA'S SMARTFST COLONY OF ENGLISH GROUP HOMES 3 Bedrooms and Bath to 6 Bedrooms and 3 Baths. FROM ACTUAL PHOTO completion of every new North One Sauare to Make Left’Hand Turn at 44th St. FROM ACTUAL PHOTO suring ample sunlight and air. ‘The living room and dining room will be finished with a low wainscot and | will have a plaster cornice. Oak floors | will be used throughout the house and all radiators in the first story will be concealed. The house will have very substantial 7l |\ Secerine I | rorcH, 20518+ CHAMBER, | 106" K" CHANBER 2 8vis point is entirely out of the ground, as- ! construction throughout. Six-inch studs | | are used in the exterior walls and pine floor joists are employed. Exterior walls are insulated against loss of heat in the Winter and protection against ex- ternal heat in the Summer. The insula- | tion boarding also serves as plaster base. Colleges Have Realty Courses. According to the most recent figures, tabulated by the department of educa- tion of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, 190 real estate courses are offered in colleges and universities. Of these 116 are given in the regular full-time day program; 54 are evening courses dnd 20 are offered through ex- tension divisions. CHANBER £aar Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Woodley Road. tion. Actual $10,500,000. Over 250 homes built and under construc- improvements and Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall home values = exceed homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Middaugh & 1435 K St. N.W. Shannon, Inc. Main 8685 ESTABLISHED 1899 eAnnouncement ARK TOWER APARTMENTS 2440 Sixteenth Street CAdisiningt the' Foonshi Brbissyy Now Open for Inspection Apartments of One Room and Bath to Six Rooms and Two ments have porches. June Ist. Baths. Most apart- Ready for occupancy Manager on Premises SHANNON - & LUCHS Managing Agents 1435 K St. NW Main 2345 509 SOLD OUT THREE WEEKS Because WE GIVE 100, VALUE 1417 WHITTIER (Just Off 16th) EASY $ 1 4, An enviable location just vet away from the noise of beautiful home with many homes for which you may have often wished. cious, sunny rooms, three large attic with cedar locker. 750 TERMs off 16th Street. Convenient, the busy thoroughfare. A refinements of the coveted Nine spa- baths, ample closet space, Wall safe in the master bedroom, ventilating fan in kitchen, breakfast porch and kitchen covered with U. S. rubber tile. ving room is most attractive with open fireplace ‘and iron casement Maid’s room and Garage. windows. heater. - bath, instantaneous water Open daily until 9 P.M. National Mortgage & Investment Co. Main 5833 Cougress conclusive action in | ing business of the national association, | In his plane he has a desk with Three Major Benefits. | cufficient cquipment for his use, maga- Passage of a license law, the head |7ine racks. thermos bottle and wall of the national realtor organization de- | basket for lunches, a bed, separate com- clared, would have three major benefis cial effects. These, he said, are: 1—*“It would be of value in protecting the buying and investing public from {;eal estate dealers guilty of sharp prac- ces. 2—“It would redound to the whole- some benefit of legitimate real estate brokers and salesmen by increasing pub- lic confidence in the licensed broker or | salesmen, 3—“It would provide 2 means of weeding out of the local real estate field, those operators found either unqualified to act as agents or brokers for property owners or buyers.” With the enactment of a license law for Pennsylvania, a total of 27 States have laws based on the model code drafted by the national association as a result of demand of its members for protection of the reputation of real estate ‘business generally from the ef- 4 iences and | partment with modern conven is piloted running water. The plan by Lieut. James B. Dickson. Aviation Proves Boon. The real estate man who cannot see the tremendous effect aviation is hav- ing and will have on real estate, he said, is very short sighted. Aviation is proving a real boon to many cities, he believes. Not only are landing fields needed to spot the entire country, he points out, but areas about airports are being taken up as sites for hotels, resorts, sites for light manufacturing activities and other purposes. Discusing aviation generally, he said: “Air transportation is not in the near future, it is here. But the best plancs | of today will be a “kite” in three years compared with the huge liners flying from coast to coast, carrying 100 or | more passengers. “The air industry has reached such proportions that it is commanding the enthusiasm of capitalists all over the world—new companies being organized (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) fects of the unscrupulous operator. Make Intelligence Tests. In some States intelligence tests are required, in addition to other prerequi- NORTH CLEVELAND PARK 3645 WARREN ST. happy medium is the key to eon- tentment in many things. The location of your home, for in- stance. To be near enough to the city to avoid a “splendid isolation,” —and yet far enough away to avoid the dust, din, and grime of urban ac- tivity. Such an ideal location is offered in the Warren Street Homes of M. and R. B. Warren in North Cleveland Park. Many special features, every modern convenience, add to the de- sirability of these homes. Semi-de- tached, 6 rooms, 2 tiled baths, priced at $13,750 and $13,950. Be sure to inspect the MODEL EX- HIBIT HOME, furnished through the courtesy of W. B. MOSES & SO! i open from 9 am. to 6 p.m. every day. ve out Today or tomorrow, either from Connecticut Avenue through Van Ness Street—or from Wisconsin Avenue through Warren Strect—or Phone Cleveland 4472. M. and R. B. WARREN Sulgrave Manor | 5130 Conn. Ave., Chevy Chase, D. c.?| Apartmcnt convenience combined with hominess We've designed the apartments in Sulgrave Manor to be real Homes—equipped them with every convenience (including electric refrigerator, operated at owner's expense) ; planned on generous lines that give roominess and airyness—with inclosed or open porches. Everything has been done with lavish excellence —and the very best of service is maintained under direction of resident manager. . 2 and 3 rooms, kitchen, dining alcove, bath, foyer, etc. $75 Up! Inspection without obligation invited B. F. Saul Co. 925 Main 2100 from the rough construction stage, ls‘ 1 vermont AVe' 1.)lh st. ene of a group of nine dwellings of the | 004 B - English type. It is of rough brick with . SO T O O I T ORI