Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1929, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, he Foenin g %iaf' SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929. HOME & GARDEN B LAt @ Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs BETTER HOMES COMPETITION ENDS TOMORROW MIDNIGHT More Than 3,000 A rchitects, Draftsmen and Students Submit Plans to Share in $29.000 in Prize Awards. Midnight tomorrow brings to a close | the 1929 national better homes archi- tectural competition conducted by the | Home Owners’ Institute and sponsored by The Star in this region. The con- test”is the largest of its kind ever at- | tempted, with more then 3,000 entries. | including architects, drafismen and | architectural students, competing for & series of prizes totaling $29,000 offered for the best plans for small dwellings. This climaxes the first phase of a pro- | gram destined to place at the disposal of the home-seeking public a vast array of beautiful home designs, and to give these prospective home owners a new conception of artistic values and A Xkeener appreciation of good archited- ture. In addition to demonstrating an & national scale heretofore unknown the economic advantages of using first qual- ity, nationally advertised materials and approved methods of construction for the prize-winning and honorable mention designs, emphasis will be placed on equipments and furnishings making for the utmost in convenience, comfort and economy. Among other outstanding features is the fact that the plans are designed especially to meet the needs ting in various sections of the United States, such as climate, topography, vo- cational activities and local preferences, all factors which influence housing. Compilation of materials and labor con- struction cost data is another factor of importance. Looks to Future. The houses as built will anticipate the requirements and demands of the owner | of tomorrow in that they will overcome | most of the shortcomings characteristic of present housing. They will be ade- quately wired for electric service, in- cluding radio and telephone; they will be rust-proof and resistent to fire in| high degree; walls will be crack-] two baths, double garage and laundry chute will be provided; a built-in incin- | erator will eliminate the unsanitary | garbage bucket; basement -space will | be utilized as billiard room, den or| rainy-day playroom; laundry, sun room, breakfast alcove are also included. These are a few of the elements which will| cause these dwellings to set up a new ! housing standard. | Shortly following the close of the competition announcement will be made | of the prize winners in each of the 13| regions into which the United States has been divided for the purpose of this contest. The 13 regional juries of award will meet early next month in the re- glonal headquarters cities to bestow a total of $19,500 in prizes, three $500 awards in each region. The recognized leadership of the ar- chitects who have agreed to serve on the | n‘mnnl juries of award is a remark- able testimony to their interest in bet- ter homes and to their confidence in the constructive purposes of this na- tional competition. ‘The jury for the Washington district. which is listed as “Region 3,” is headed by Prederick Vernon Murphy, dean of the School of Architecture of Catholic University. The personnel of the jury has not been completed, but four other members have been chosen. They are Samuel H. Kauffmann, representing The Star; Horace W. Peaselee, president of | the local chapter of the American In- stitute of Architects: Louis Justement, a prominent registered architect, and | ‘W. C. Miller, local builder and member | of the Washington Real Estate Board. | Regional Juries. ‘The memberships of the other regional Juries follow: Region 1—Sidney Talbot Strickland, chairman; M. Gordon Allen and Stan- ley B. Parker, all of Boston and each & member of the American Institute of | Architects; F. W. Norris, Boston Real | Estate Board; Vincent E.'Squiers, New- | ton Center: ' Joseph Kenney, Boston, | and P. Irving Schwartz, representing | the Boston Herald Traveler, the spon- | #oring newspaper. | Region 2—Raymond M. Hood, chair- | man; Arthur C. Holden, Roger H. Bul- | lard, Ely Jacques Kahn, Prederick L. Ackerman, C. S. Peabody. Harvey W.| Corbett, Julius Gregory, Arthur Loomis | Harmon, all of New York and each a member of the American Institute of | Architects. | Region 4—A. Ten Eyck Brown, A.T.A., | irman; arili, jr. &on, Boa! Hal Hentz and Alfredo | architects; John J. Thomp- president Atlanta Real Estate rd; Thomas K. Wyndham, Lyda Nash and Loyd A. Wilhoit,. representing | the Atlanta Constitution, the sponsor- ing newspaper. | WARREN STREET HOMES Region 5—Albert Kahn of Detroit, Mich, - Fellow, American Institute of Architects, chairman. Region 6—George Fox, chairman; Frank B. Meade and Munroe Walker Copper, jr., all of Cleveland and each a member of the American Institute of_Architects. Region T—George Awsumb of Mem- phis, Tenn.. American Institute of Architects, chairman. Other Judges. Region 8—John A. Holabird, chair- | man; C. Herrick Hammond, John W. Root, Russell S. Walcott and Edwin | H. Clark, all of Chicago and each a | member of the American Institute of | Architects; George F. Nixon, Chicago | Real Estate Board; Thorwald Nielson, | Chicago; Samuel A. Marx of Chicago | and H. W. Beardsley, representing the | Chicago Dally New. 1‘ Region 9—L. Baylor Pendleton, chair- | man, A. I. A.; Benedict Farrar, A. I. A, | and ‘Marcel Boulicault, architect, all of St. Louts. Region 10—J. W. Northrop, chairman; J. S. Staub and P. B. Brisco, all of | Houston, and each a member -of the American Institute of Architects; Hugh Potter, president of the Houston Real Estate’ Board; O. Thompson of | Houston; Joseph Mertz, also of Houston, and Loy W. Duddlesion, representing | the Houston Post-Dispatch, the sponsor- | ing newspaper. | Region 11—William_E. Fisher, chair- | { man; Frank Frewen, jr., and Merrill H. | Hoyt, all of Denver, and each a mem- ber of the American Institute of Ar- chitects; L. F. Eppick, Denver Real Estate Board; Allen True of Denver and Charles E. Lownesberry, represent- ing the Denver Rocky Mountain News, the sponsoring newspaper. Region 12-A—Jamieson Parker, chair- man, president, Oregon Chapter Ameri- can Institute of Architects; Harold W. Doty and Walter E. Church, both of Portland; Forrest P. Barrett, Portland Real Estate Board: Donald H. Drake, Miss Hazel Robb, both of Portland, and ‘Wallace L. Wharton, representing the Portland, Oregon Journal, the sponsor- ing newspaper. Witmer Heads Group. Region 12-B—David J. Witmer, chair- man, a member of the American Insti- tute of Architects; Plerpont Davis, pres- ident, South California Chapter, Ameri- can Institute of Architects, and Myron Hunt, all of Los Angeles; Preston ‘Wright, Los Angeles Real Estate Board, and K. P. Lowell, both of Los Angeles. It is doubtful if an equally distin- guished group of architects was ever before banded together in one compe- tition. How wholeheartedly the leaders of the architectural profession are in. terested in this competition and the desire to improve housing for families on small incomes is evidenced by the number of fellows of the American Institute of Architects gnd Beaux Arts architects who are serving on the various juries. Notable also is the fact that Jamieson Parker of Portland, Oreg.; Pierpont Davis of Los Angeles, William E. Fisher of Denver, J. W. Northrop of Houston, L. Baylor Pendle- ton of St. Louls, Horace W. Peaslee of ‘Washington and Hal F. Hentz of At- lanta are all presidents of local chap- ters of the American Institute of Archi- tects. It is significant that Mr. Ham- mond, the national president of the American Institute of Architects, is serving as a member of the jury of award for region eight, of which Chi- cago is the headquarters city. The chairmen and two or more mem- bers of each local jury of award are architeéts who have been selected for each jury in co-operation with Henry H. Culver, president, and Herbert U. Nelson, executive secretary, National Association of Real Estate Boards. In each region the co-operating news- paper has suggested one member. An interior decorator or a home economics cxpert, or both, complete each regional jury. Raymond M. Hood, chairman of he national jury of award, has ap- proved all those selected, as well as lh(mdwho compose the national jury of award. Newspaper Sponsors. As pre-eminent as the architects and the realtor-builders who are co-operat- ing in this competition are the 13 sponsoring newspapers. The complete list includes: For region 1, Boston (Mass,) Herald Traveler; region 2, New York Times: region '3, The (Washington); region 4, Atlanta ( 3643 WARREN STREET Exhibit Home Furnished by W. B. Moses & Sons Open Every Day Unt‘fl 9 P.M. SPACIOUS Living Room—Ope: Rear Porches—Built-in —Frigidaire—Bright, Spacious Fully Sodded and Landscaped. See these homes today. Drive out Wisconsin t to 37th St.—or from Conn. Ave. turn west on Van Ne, then north to Warren St.—or phone Cleveland 4472. Buslt and Sold by M. and R. BB. WARREN Ave. to Warren St., turn | with a modern hot-water heating plant, | | participate in the building program hyi Star | realtors further plans as to the con-| Garage—Two Tiled Baths with Shower—Commodious Closets— Bronze Screens—Inlaid Linoleum—Built-in Cabinets House Was Built to Usc' All of Available Space. |LOT PRESENTS COOL | AND INVITING SCENE| Rear Yard Is Covered| Abundantly With Trees, Plensingly Landscnpcd. The attractive English home at 4511 Elm street, recently purchased by Frederic M. Nettleship, was carefully planned with a view to making use of all available space. This house, located at the intersection of Elm and Forty- h streets, was designed by Harry L. Edwards and built by M. R. B. Warren. The lot on which it is situated pre- sents an invitingly cool picture. The | rear yard is abundantly covered with | large trees and is pleasingly land- | scaped. Exterior Is Typical. The exterior of the home is typi- cally English in design with a green roof, mission green half timber work | and cream colored stucco, offering & harmony of colors. The lower story is built of red tapestry brick. There is a spacious concrete porch on the front of the home. On the first floor is a living room 23 feet long by 13 feet 6 inches wide, with an open fireplace at the east end and attractive bookshelves on either side. A coat_closet has been provided just to the left of the main entrance way. Directly to the rear of the llving room is the dining room, 12 feet 6 inches long and 11 feet 6 inches wide. The windows are placed to command a beautiful view of the rear yard, and yet at the same time there is ample space | for the placing of furniture. Large Kitchen and Pantry. Adjoining the dining room and con- necting with it by a double door is & modernly equipped kitchen whick is 10 feet long and 7 feet 6 inches wide, opening into a pantry large enough to make possible numerous shelves and space for the installation of a refriger- ator. The floor in the kitchen and pantry is covered with embossed tile inlaid linoleum. A service entrance leads from the pantry to the rear walk. A stairway from the living room as- cends to the second floor, giving en- trance to & hallway which connects the three bedrooms. The two largest of the sleeping chambers are 14 feet 3 inches long by 13 feet 6 inches wide and 13 feet 6 inches long by 11 feet 9 inches wide, respectively. The third bedroom is 9 feet 11 inches by 9 feet 6 inches in dimension. This room may als be used as a den or nursery. The bathroom is conveniently located at the head of the stairway. The largest bed- room contains two closets and each of the others one. There is a cedar closet opening into the hall for the storage of woolen clothing. A large airspace has been built be- tween the second-floor ceiling and the roof to insure complete insulation from temperature extremes. The basement runs the length and breadth of the house and is equipped laundry trays and a servant's toilet. An areaway leads from the basement to the rear yard. ‘The whole house has been equipped e Constitution; region 5, Detroit (Mich.) Free Press; region 6, Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer; region 7, Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal: region 8, Chicago (Tll.) Daily News: region 9, St. Louis (Mo.) Star; region 10, Houston (Tex.) Post-Dispatch; region 11, Denver (Colo.) Rocky Mountain News: region 12-A, Portland Oregon Journal, and region | 12-B, Los Angeles (Calif) Times. In addition, 17 newspapers are expected to | sponsoring the construction of prize- | winning _designs in their respective cities. The total circulation of these 30 newspapers is over 4,000,000 At the meeting of the twenty-second annual convention of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards, held in Boston during the past week, L. Por- | ter Moore, president of Home Owners’ i Institute, discussed with prominent | struction of the pri: nning designs. m North Cleveland Park + n Fireplace—Double Fully Cellar—Large Lot, St. to Reno Road, |Attractive English Home Carefully Planned Living Reon 23t cnw Concatra. Pones Ber oom [T Ao moon T s Yecon (Loom f The opening of the sixth and last of | the series of Star model homes, sched- uled for tomorrow, has been postponed | | & week. Due to its size and massive ‘consl.mcnon. the builders, Edson W.{ Briggs, Co., found 1t impossible to com- | plete this dwelling in the time first! | allowed. The house, by far the largest and most pretentious of the series, is located at East Beach drive and Redwood ter- race, in Rock Creek Park Estates, just opposite the park. It is executed in gray stone in the Cotswold manner and | | resembles the farmhouse of a country gentleman of the fifteenth or sixteenth | century. | "During the past week work was rushed and today all the actual con- | | struction is finished. The final touches, that do much to give a home its di tinctive appearance, alone remain to be | applied before it will be ready for the furniture. i The flooring of oak has been laid since last Saturday and the process of | finishing and polishing it is now under | WEEK'S DELAY IN OPENING OF SIXTH STAR MODEL HOME ¢ ‘Massive Structure in Rock Creek Parl Estates Resembles Fifteenth or Sixteenth Century House. ‘way but probably will not be completed ntil Monday. All the woodwork has been done and the interior doors swung. Throughout the house the door facings and doors are of chestnut, as are the floor boards around the base of the first-story walls. The front door is of dark oak, at least three inches thick, and paneled. Exemplifying the ex- pensiveness of the materials used throughout the structure are the doors of the garage. These also are of mas- sive oak, almost as thick as the door at the entrance to the house. Since the garage is built for thres cars and has three broad archways, six doors are re- quired. Spaciousness Impressive. Upon approaching the house one !s at once struck by its spaciousness. The lawns carry out the same effect. The front yard has been dotted with shrub- bery and evergreens, while in the rear a formal garden, surrounded by a hedge, has been laid out adjacent to the large side porch, dfmm which it is reached a (Continued on Eighteentt Cleveland Park New Two-Bath Brick Homes EXHIBIT HOME 4108. 38th St. Corner Upton St. OPE ALL DAY SUNDAY Nowhere will you find greater values than are offered in these finely appointed, brand-new all- brick homes. They are exception- ally wide, affording big rooms with an abundance of wall space—two complete tile baths—big breakfast end sleeping porches—lots 33 feet wide with effective planting—brick garages and other features seldom found in new homes priced as low as with numerous electrical convenience | outlets and & radio plug has been bullt into the living room wall. The lighting fixturss and hardware harmonize nicely with the green mi: sion finish of the first floor and up- stairs hall, while the bedroom fixtures have been installed to match the ivory and colored trim and wallpaper. A Real Home to Appeal to Home Buyers Two - story brick and frame center-hall Dutch Colonial, slate roof, built-in garage; 8 rooms, 2 baths, finished attic. All first class. No foolishness. The price and terms are posted in the house. See the House and be Your Own Judge * Wilisms' Lane vy Chase, Just_ OM Conn. A Open Daily W. T. Wire, Owner-Builder 15 Aspen St 3 R T the O tion of Massachusgtts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Waqodley Road. tion. Actual $10,500,000. Over 250 homes built and under construc- improvements : Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall and home values exceed homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. 1435 K St. N.W. & MODEL HOME 1349 Iris St. N.W. Designed under the auspices of rative Builders’ the District of Columbia. Associa- ESTABLISHED 1899 Main 8685 Reached via Wis- consin Ave. to Van Ness or Upton | street, then east one square to 38th | Street. 1412 Eye St. N.W. Realtors $13,250 Only 2 Left See Them This Sunday HEebpces & MIDDLETON, INC. Franklin 9503 A splendid home, thoroughly well built, in the finest section of Petworth. Big lot—137 feet deep—ample space for a garden. Concrete strects and alleys. De- tached garage. 617 Gallatin St. N.W. UNTIL Showing IN SHEPHERD PARK The Ideal Home Community Charmingly Furnished By W. B. Moses & Sons Recreation Room By Health Equipment Co. OVER one hundred homes are already built and occupled in this beautiful subdivision. In the architectural design and on through every step of the construc- tion our homes embody the results of years of building experience. Come Out Tomorrow: Drive out 16th St. to Alaska Ave., to Morn- ingside Drive, turning left 2 blocks to Iris St. Open Every Day Next 2 Weeks 10 AM. to 9 P.M. G Preuninger S Sons 211 Investment Bldg. Main 6140 Washington's Oldest Established Builders 1319 N, Y. Ave. Baths with built-i tory. Al of 1l tioned. Thi payment and econvenient 100% eo-operatively Home is open for i Other days inspection by Place. Adams 9900, $8,950 D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. owned by most de ;:“ le. spection all day Saturday and Sunday. OPEN EVERY DAY AND EVENING 9 P.M. Terms like rent make it possible to own this home with the money you mow pay as rent. National 1267 DUPLEX APARTMENT Quite Unusual in Arrangement, Decoration and Finish N one of Washington’s most exclusive buildings, in the Embassy Section, just off 16th Street, there is a home that will appeal strongly to a person of distinctive and dis- criminating taste, It is a Duplex Apartment (two floors), con- Entrance Foyers, a Drawing Room, a Di itchen, Four Bedrooms and two Colored Tile tubs and shower rooms are There is a unique Fireplace, Mirrored Window, n Colonial China Closet and many other attractive features that must be seen to be really appreciated. innovation in homes can be purchased on the CO-OPERATIVE PLAN by a very reasonable first nd an extra Lava- acious and ideally propor- The entire building is able terms. appointment. The address is one of prestige, 1661 Crescent Enter Crescent Place at 2400 16th Street—or phone M. and R. B. Warren 925 15th St. N.W. National 9770