Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1929, Page 15

HOME & GARDEN 15 REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. €, Q/I]B énfining %iaf' SATURDAY, MAY 25 1929. WITR SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs STAFF PREPARED TO EXHBIT | . : ' : FIRST OF SIX STAR MODEL MODEL BESIDENCE TOMGRRGW | LIISTIOT Comfort Indicated in English Home ™™\ Reapy FOR VisiTORS Star and Operative Builders Sponsor Dis- ewion RSO Two of Serics Nearly Completed—Work 11! play of Home of Modified French | - | progresses Rapidly on Other Pair. Style in Kenwood. ; S Last Is Little Behind Schedule. |II"|”|| BRICK AND STUCCO USED FOR DWELLING ""‘"‘ paint on the brick walls, which absoil, up to a certain point, the coloring. The lawn, both front and back, has been sodded and a number of cedars have been planted around the house. rear, however, that is par- attractive. Here a tiny has been introduced on_the a ravine constructed. Both With the opening of the first of the scries of six demonstration homes sponsored by The Star and Operative Builders' Association but a day away, two of the others arc nearly com-|It is the pleted, work 1s progressing satisfac- | ticularly torily on another pair, while the con- | streamlet struction of the remaining one is 1a;Ailflnd and ging a little behind, The Star model!banks of the ravine are sodded and homes committee found on a tour of | ACross it is a rustic bridge of split inspectlon Friday. | logs.Rough stone steps lead down to The committée consists of Monroe the bridge on either side. Unbarked Warren, president of _the Operative saplings arc uscd for hand rails. The Builders® Assoclation: W. J. Waller, | Water is crystal clear and its bed s of The Kenwood model home sponsored | cabinetmaker. Opposite has been placed by The Star and Operative Builders'|a sofa, covered with figured peach-col-| Association will be placed on exhibition | ored chintz, to match the draperies. | tomorrow. In anticipation of the(Two early American lamps stand on| : erowds expected it has been arranged | tables on clther side of the sofa, d'nl;u 10 have a staff of six persons to con- | furnishing of the room is completed by | & duct those interested in better homes| two wing chairs, one covered with ‘House Stands Out Promi through this modified French provincial | brown satin and the ofher with green| oo olu from Background of Green Woods. | V//4 style dwelling. damask, on which has been laid a con- In addition, a limited number of | trasting pillow of rich red. This room. booklets descriptive of the house will | taken as a whole, gives an impression be distributed. The pamphlet, explains | of color and life without being bizarre. | all the features of the exhibition home, - and contains as well pictures and direc- Dining Boom Described. The English home at 3017 Cortland tions for reaching the other homes sponsored by The Star. In it are articles written by Horace Peaslee, president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects: Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District. and Don ‘Warren, real estate editor of The Star. Route to Home. The home may be reached by driving out Wisconsin avenue, past the Mary- Jand State Line to Dorset avenue. which is marked by a large sign pointing the way to Kenwood: west on Dorset avenue to Kennedy drive. where there is an arrow indicating the direction to the model home, which is about 500 yards north of Dorset avenue on Kennedy drive. Another route leads out Con- necticut avenue to Bradley lane, in Chevy Chase. Md.; west on Bradley lane | 10 Kennedy drive, which also is marked by an arrow pointing toward the exhibi- tion house, and then south on Kennedy drive to the home. ring the past week the house, which was built by the Kennedy-Cham- ‘berlin Development Co., has been com- pletely furnished and decorated by W. B. Moses & Sons’ department store, at Eleventh and F streets. ‘The general period of the furniture and arrangement is eighteenth century, although this is not strictly followed. The decorator has been allowed to se- Ject those pieces which best fitted each individual room while maintaining the general tone of 200 years ago. ‘Walnut-Top Tables. ©On entering the house one comes first into the reception hall, which contains & pair of Sheraton console tables with walnut tops and mahogany bases. Over each hangs an early American mirror, while on the one nearest the door are two plain hammered iron candlesticks and a brass Japanese tray. An eight- eenth century table for the telephone rounds out the set into the living room, the first object arresting the gaze is a large, ‘vividly-colored oil portrait hung on the opposite wall above the fireplace. This picture, painted by H. E. Burdette, was taken from the exhibit of the Associa- tion of Washington Artists in Moses’ store, where 75 or 80 pictures by local artisis are being shown the public. On the left of the entrance is a baby grand piano and a Duncan Phyfe chair of crotch mahogany with swan-shaped arms. Under the rear windows is a mahogany wing table, modeled after those executed by the same master The dining room, on the other side | of the central hallway, has been treated in a more subdued manner. Here an | attempt has been made to get away from the idea of a stereotyped dining room set. The table and chairs are of mahogany, the latter being ladder- backed, and are typical of the eight- eenth” century. There is a Sheraton sideboard and two console tables. On the sideboard has been placed an old French tole serving tray and three or- |namental glass vases. A glazed wall- | paper screen shields the door of the | breakfast room from view of the hall The draperies are of toile de jouy with |a “crackle print on a background of | yellow. room is furnished in typical Frencl provincial style with a walnut bedroom set. There are twin beds, a bureau and a vanity table and a chaise lounge of blue. A small pattern damask in soft blue has been used to cover the secats of an odd chair and the bench to the vanity. Between the beds is a tele- phone table, on which rests a blown- glass bottle lamp. The wall is broken by only one picture, an early American print The windows are framed with plain blue glazed overdrapes of chintz, with cretonne ruffie edges to match the fringe of the bedspread of rose-colored satin. ‘The den. the only room on the second floor whose walls are not papered, is painted green. It contains a powerful | radio, housed in a mahogany cabinet: a two-cushion seat covered with a soft brown striped material, a wing chair, a mahogany drop-leaf table and a beauti- ful Sheraton writing desk of mahogany and satinwood. Two end tables and an antigue Duncan Phyfe chair complete the furnishings. The draperies are of brown figured linen. | - The second front bedroom is furnished for either a boy or girl. In it are a sin- gle bed of ruddy mahogany. a chest of drawers, over which is hung a Chip- pendale mirror; a ladder-back chair of mahogany and a plain blue boudoir chair. In addition there is a table. and above it is another Chippendale mirror. The hangings are of yellow glazed chintz with a fluted blue edge. Guestroom in Rear. The guestroom is at the rear of the house. The atmosvhere of this room is slightly different from the others. All the colors are softer. The floor is cov- ered with a_taupe carpet, as are the (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) This new Apartmet is now ready for occupancy--- | On the second floor the master bed- | | place in Woodley Park, built by the Wardman Construction Co.. and Te- | cently purchased by James F. Salkeld, | demonstrates the distinctive appearance | and interior comfort which can be at- | tained in this type of house. Built of brick and stucco it stands out prominently against its background | of the green woods of Klingle Vallcy. | Stonework around the front door and | a white cement uncovered porch con- st pleasingly with the brick of the ory walls. n unusual appearance is achieved by the sun parlor with a spacious slceping porch above it. forming a wing on the ight. side of the house. Atop of this | ction, a white balustrade is another | evidence of the originality displayed by | | the architect. The interior follows the center-hall plan, Entering through the hall one turns right into the living room. 20 feet, long and 13 feet wide, off of which opens the porch or sun parlor. which is 12 by 21 fect. = On the other side of the house is the dining room, two feet shorter than the living room and of the same width. Directly in rear is a butler's pantry of | ample size and adjoining it is a large | | kitchen containing the most modern | | equipment. | Returning to the hall, one ascends | to the second floor by a straight stair- | | case. Here also a hall divides the house. Directly above the living room |is tihe master bedroom. which is 18 feet long and 13 feet wide. A door | from this room gives entrance to the | screened sleeping porch, 11 feet by 20 | feet. | The smallest of four bedrooms on this floor is directly behind the master bed- | room. 1t is 10 feet square. On the other side of the hall is a front room, 13 feet by 18 feet. The remaining bed- | chamber is 9 feet 6 inches by 13 feet. At cither end of the hall i€ a bath- room. There is another bathroom as well | 25 three other rooms on the third fioor. The basement contains a servant’s room | and bath. A two-car garage is built into the house. Both heating and re- | trigeration are automatic. Sewi;el at leomrhrk. Piney Branch road ard Aspen street, Rev. William E. La Rue, the pastor, ! will speak tomorrow at 11 am. “Making Theology Interesting.” i ASHINGTON offers no finer location than the one selected for Park Tower Apartments, overlooking the city from its high elévation on Meridian Hill—in the 9400 block of 16th Street. This is the fashionable dip- lomatic district of Washington, and the apartment P house itself adjoins the magnificent French Embassy and is directly opposite Meridian Park. g s Meridian Park (so called because it marks the zero of the Washing- ton measure of longitude) is in the process of becoming one of the loveliest 1 Under the direction of the Fine Arts Commission the ground is being laid out into terraced gar- and most interesting spots in the United States. dens, pools and water cascades, the like of which has never before heen seen save in some of the famoiis old villas in and near Rome. Park is one of the most notable landscape works Meridian in this country. Theaters. clubs. churchee and neighborhood shopping districts are all mearby. Park Tower containe 80 apartments. apsttmentsiafions rosmand bath tohonsskenping wuitssiof six xoomsi(thres of which are bedrooms), two baths and porch. ENJOY THE MANY SPECIAL FEATURLS: Electric Refrigeration (on building meter), Radio Outlets, Ample Electric Floor Qutlets, Modern Baths with Showers, Full-length Bedroom Mirrors, Electric Washing Ma- chine and Clothes Dryer in Basement, Incinerator, Switchboard, Two-pas- senger Elevators, One Service Elevator, Screened Porches, Windows and They vary in size from bachelor Doore are screened and metal weather stripped. Awnings, Garage Facilities. VERY REASONABLE RENTAL SCHEDULE 1438 K Btreet SHANNON . & LUCHS Managing Agents vice president of the District of Co- | lumbia Bankers' Association; Horace | Peaslee, president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Archi- | tects; Ben T. Webster, president of | the Washington Real Estate Board: | Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant | Engineer Commissioner, and Rufus S. | Lusk, secretary of the Operative Build- | ers’ Association. | sand. Many large trees shade this potential baby playground. which {s shielded from view of the street by the slope of the terrain. The interior of the house is to all intents ready for occupancy. It has been equipped with bronze scree: lighting fixtures and kitchen necessi- ties. Window shades are in place, and cven clothes hooks have been screwed | its data, using 1926 as a base year upon | Teason the former series is mot com- At the Takoma Park Baptist Church, | 4 TOWER APARTMENTS Sixteenth Street Inspect This New Modern Building Now by dames ¥. Salkeld. APRIL REAL ESTATE |OWNER SELLS BUILDING ACTIVITY INCREASES TO BROOKINS INSTITUTE S Purchase Price Quoted at $95.000, Advance of $15,000 Over That Paid Three Years Ago. The building occupied by the edi- torial and publication office of the | Christian Science Watchman, located at 20 Jackson place, has been sold to Home at 3017 Cortl: | the Brookins Institute of Economics, | by the owner, John V. Dittemore of | Boston, Mass. The purchase price was | quoted at $95,000, representing an ad- vance of $15,000 over the price paid for this property three years ago. The sale was made through the office of Randall H. Hagner & Co. Coincident with the sale, the Chris- tian Science Watchman leased from the Brookins Institute for a term of years the entire second floor of its new building at 16 Jackson place, consist- ing of two suites of 12 office rooms, for occupancy June 1. Indicated by Figure 85.7, as Com- pared With 82.3 for March Deeds in 64 Cities. April real estate activity is indicated by the figure 85.7. according to the| statistics compiled by the National As- | sociation of Real Estate Boards from | the number of deeds recorded in 64| cities from which the assoeciation draws 3518 PORTER ST. now *19, 750 FL'R.\'[hHED Cleveland Park exhibit home. Detached brick—8 rooms, 2 baths, first floor lavatory, oil burner, electric re- frigeration. Brick garage. Lot 130 it. deep. A, vhich to compare activity from month | to month. The figure for March was | 82.3. | This is the eighth index figure to be | computed by the association in the new series. Formerly the association com- | plied index figures based on deeds alone, but on all transfers and_convey- | ances in the cities reporting. For that | parable with the present one. The revised monthly index from Jan- uary, 1924, to date is as follows: . 1935, 1926.¢ 1927. 1928. 1928 97. 100 913 836 872 | 100 303 827 s ion 917 10 3 100 100 1924 January ... 979 35e L Smoonabasa Open Daily Until 9 P.M. . Sansbury CQMPANY INC. Aoommmma aamoRn0Rn 1418 Eye St. N.W. Nat’l. 5904 *Activity for each month of 1926 is taken as the norm of activity for that month. 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. ARK 1603 Elm Street, Chevy Chase, Md. What a Home for Some Fortunate Couple! HIS charming English type, all-brick house in the new section of Chevy Chase, contains 6 rooms and tiled bath with built-in chower. Each of the two large Bedrooms hax a wide and deep lighted closet. The coty open fireplace in the 23.foot Living Room lends a cheery note. Hardwood floors and bronze sereens throughout, of course. There is a large covered side porch, and a de- tached stucco Garage. The lot, 60x110 feet, is entirely sodded and landscaped, and there are shade trees in the rear yard. . $11,97 Drive out 2440 = Convenient 9 Terms Wisconsin Ave. to Leland St. fust he- redley Leme). turn east on Lelend to then morth two blocks to property —or phone Wisconsin 2875. M. and R. B. WARREN finto the walls of the closets. | Green metal lights have been swung LELAND DWELLIN on the porch on each side of the front | door. Entering through the simple | A charming, shady and compara- | POrtal, one finds himself in the living | tively secluded yard has been developed | Foom. It is papered with a model pat- | in rear of the small colonial home at#| tern in which buff and pale reds, greens | 4309 Elm street in Leland, Md.. which | #nd blues predominate. In the center was bullt by the firm of M. & R. B.|of the ceiling is a brass spider-shaped Warren, and is to be placed on ex- | chandelier having five lamps. hibition June 2. _The dining room is illuminated by This house, which is the most| Similar chandelier with five clectric modest in size of the series, is exccuted | candles. The draperies throughout the in painted reclaimed brick and white | first floor are of figured cretonnne hung clapboard. Little Temains to be donc | on ornamental rods of wrought iron. in the way of finishing, with the possible | _On the second floor_the lighting 18 exception of another coat of white (Continued on Sixteenth P: Wampshire barie : ted to th 1y that 1s Washington™ ‘Dedicated to the Beauty that is Washington s - THAN $12.50 PER ROOM A $70 Apartment for $47.25 Delsghtful Corner Apartment wsth a beautriful outlook—kitchen, dining room, hving room, bedroom. bath, reception hall, big closets and electric refrigeration. After a cash payment of only $7635 you can become the owner of this apartment, with a total monthly out- lay of only $47.25. It has a fair rental value of $70 per month. PER MONTH Figure for yourself how soon you'd SAVE your cash payment of $765. This is a sample of the many op- portunities in all sizes of apart- ments to be found only at Hampshire Gardens For further information and floor plans apply to— Hampshire Garden Development - Corporation Edmund J. 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