Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1929, Page 13

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, EXHIBITION TO BE HELD HERE OF WINNING HOUSE DESIGNS| Chamber of Commerce Tenders Spacc for D{splay of Drawings in Better Homes" Competition Conducted by Star. Arrangements are being completed | tor a public exhibition here of all prize- | whose designs will be included in the winning #nd honorably mentioned | exhibition, are: Olga Vanture, Oceana, house designs submitted in the national| Va.; Rob L. McKaughan, care North- hetter homes architectural competi- | rup & O'Brien, Winston-Salem, N. C: tion, conducted recently By the Home |Norris 1. Crandall and George H. Owners’ Institut~ and sponsored in this | Riggs, care George Washington Uni- reglon by The Star | versity. Washington; Herbert W. Rath- Targe photographic rcproductions of | sack, 2032 Belmont road. Washington: these drawings, together with floor |Henry I. Gaines. 501 Public Service plans and different. clevation sketches | Building, Asheville, N. C.; Edward T. of the houses. are being prepared, and | Dunlop and Arthur B. Farnham, 4415 these will be shipped to Washington in |@Q street, Washington; Robert N. Du- the near future for the local exhibition. | laney, care Northrup & O'Brien, Win- o | ston-Salem, N. Louis R. Moss, 816 sl el | Connecticut avenue, Washington; Sid- The Chamber of Commerce of the |ney L. Day. 203 First Huntington Na- Tnited States has tendered the use of | tional Bank Arcade, Huntington, W the large room on the first. floor of the | Va.; Thomas M. Boyd. 51 Fink street, national headquarters of the organiza- | Wheeling, W. Va.; T. Bancroft Peach, tion. on H street at Connecticut avenue, | Newark, Del. for the loca! exhibition. The date for!| F. Dano_Jackley, 1200 Standard Oil the exhibition will be announced later | Building. Baltimore; Z. T. Hamiltor, and the public invited to make a study 2803 Twenty-sixth street northeast. of the plans. | Washington; Willard L. Humes, 402 Included in the exhibition will be the | Mitchell street. Salisbury, Md.; Mat- 39 regional prize-winning designs from | thew T. Shaffer, 2005 W. Cary stre among which the three grand prize de- | Richmond, Va.; George F. Hobson and signs were sclected. The three winning | John Heitmann, Fort Humphreys, Va ; plans in The Star’s area, which includes | Carl Walter Roes, 119 Clarendon ave- the District, Delaware, Maryland, Vir- | nue, Pikesville, Md.; Eugene Back, Box ginia, West Virginia and North Caro- | 381, Mount, Airy, N. C.; Louise E. lina, were designed by Samuel J. Col- | Sholtes, 3827 Garfleld street, Washing- lins, Staunton, Va.: W. N. S. Pugh,|ton: Lloyd C. Mayers, Box 415, Peters- Baltimore, Md., and Forrest W. Coile, | burg, Va., and Terry W. Gibbs, Box Asheville, N. C. 1922, Asheville, N. C. Other entrants in The Star's area.| ASKS APPROVAL OF PLANS FOR APARTMENT BUILDING Clifton Manor Corporation Applies for. Permit to Erect Structure at Esti- mated Cost Plans for an eight-story brick apartment, office and store building to be erected at 2514-16 Fourteenth strect at a cost estimated at $176,500 were filed with the District building inspec- tor this week by the Clifton Manor Corporation with an application for a permit for the project. . Building permits for projects having an estimated total construction cost of $333.881 were issued during the past week by Col. John W. Oechmann, build- ing_inspector. The projects approved included plans for the $300.000 new plant for the General Baking Co. at 2148 Georgia avenue. for a three- atory brick convent at 1618 Monroe atreet, for 43 private dwellings in va- vious sections of the eitv, and other work Permits were issued during the past week as follows: $300,000 for Bakery. General Baking Co.. owners; C. B. Comstock, architect; to erect one 3- story brick bakery and garage building, 2146 Georgia avenue (lots 53 to 56, square 2877); to cost $300,000. Rev. P. C. Gavan, owner; Murphy & Olmsted, architects; R. P. Whitty Co Inc., builders: to erect one 3-story brics convent, 1618 Monroe street (lot 824, square 2609) : to cost $63,856. Emmons S. Smith, owner; G. N. Ray, architect; Henry Barruat, builder: to erect two 3-story brick dwellings, 2214 and 2216 Mascachusetts avenue (lois 43 and 44, square 2511): to cost $40.000 Emmons S. Smith, owner; G. N. architect: Henry Barruat. builde erect one 4-story brick dwelling. Massachusetts avenue (lot 10 cost $40,000. ect six 2-story brick dwellings, 1213 1223 Owens place northeast (lots 174 178 and lot 801, square 4060); to George 'T. Santmyers, architect; % rect six 2-story brick dwellings, 824 wo i;u Concord avenue (lots 136 to 141, owner and builder: tmyers, architect; ‘2 eost $30,000. Cooley Bros., owners and builders: square 2989); to cost $30,000. Boss & Phelps, owners and builders; Coo) itel five Chery Chase, Md. 6712 North Central Ave, 5 room bungalow on paved sireet Lat 50 f1. by 150 f1. A REAL BUY EASY TERMS Yo reach property: Furn right from Conn. Ave. on FEast Thornapple St. Continue across Brooke- ville Rd. one block and surn left to house. OPEN SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co. Ine. 5520 Conn, Ave. Cleveland 2300 ' CHEVY CHAS HOME 131 HESKETH STREET In the country club section, and adjoining the grounds of the Chevy Chase Club. Pleas- | ingly situated on a large won- derfully Jandscaped site is found this popular type, true period home—special millwork, wrought jron fittings, hewn beams, mold pillars, mettowee stone recep- tion hall floor, all combined with every latest feature—yet the jce is its most popular and K:pte-tve attraction. Open to 9 P.M. Drive west from Chevy CI Cirele agnolia Parkway sbout 100 ft., ..m-hn"n‘t Fesketh St. twe blocks to home. J. E. Douglas Co. Realtors 1621 K St. N.W. | I 1 i Met. 5678 !i || 42, square | of $176.500. [story frame dwellings, 4331, 4335, 4330, 4343 and 4347 Brandywine street (lots 53 to 57, square 1649): to cost $25,000. L. E. Breuninger & Son, owners builders; H. L. Breuninger, architect: to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 7537 and 7541 Fourteenth street (lots |23 and 29, square W-2774); to cost | $23.000. | ““Waple & James, owners and builders: !L. T. Williams, designer; to erect four ;Q-Stnrv brick dwellings, 5809 to 5815 Fourth street «lots 27 to 30, | 3291): to cost $20.000. Triangle Motor C owners: & Garreut. buflders:’ fo_erect_one 2- (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) COMPANY TO BUILD square Skinker GROUP.OF HOUSES| Structures Will Be Erected in“ Woodley Park by Sans- bury Firm. A new residential development of group and semi-detached houses will be erected in the near future in Woodley | Park on a tract of 55000 square feet of land just acquired by N. L. Sanbury | Co., Inc., from the Wardman Corpora tion, it was announced today by the Sansbury company. - ‘The site for the new development. is located on the south side of Courtland | place, west of Twenty-ninth street. The | consideration paid for the site was re- | ported to be approximately $100.000.| The consideration was in a cash p: ment and equities in a number of r dential properties in scattered sections of the city held by the Sansbury con- cern. Hoface G. Smithy of the Sansbury company said today plans are being prepared for the new development, which will consist of between 20 and 25 houses of the group and semi-detached * d | right end of the hallway. 20-6%-¢% 0% % o% %0 % 4% % X XXX XTI XD XIRI XX L Gaufle Built Into Front Wing. / [BRICK WALLS MARK Comparatively Narrow Lot to Meet Contest Rules. The place held by the automobile in this modern age is frankly recog- nized in the house design by Samuel J. Collins, member of the American Institute of Architecis, Staunton, Va., which was one of the three prise- winning designs in The Star’s area in the national better homes architectural competition. In this plan the gara on the ground level is placed squarely on the street facade in the house. The house has an L-shaped layout. with a large gabled wing extending to the front of the main section, and the t, | garage for two cars is bullt into this front wing. Heavy, paneled doors form i | the basement story facade of the wing. The upper stories projected over this feature in English style, with the ex- terior of this part of the gabled wing being an ax-hewn half-timber work and stucco. The exterior walls of the remainder of the house are of cinder block faced | with over-burned common brick, to be whitewashed or painted. Brick retaining walls mark the bound- aries of the front yard and the en- trance driveway to the garage. The entrance walk to the main entrance to the house is at the left of the prop- erty, leading to a stone terrace before the door, which is recessed in the wall of the main wing of the house. The dining room is placed in the front wing over the garage, while the great living. room is across the rear of the house, overlooking a rear garden. This plan gives greater privacy to the living | room by placing it in a section of the house removed and shielded from the noises of the street and also giving it an_attractive garden outlook. A large hallway runs across the house. separating the dining room and the living room. The kitchen is at the It opens into a breakfast nook and pantry at the right of the dining room. On the second floor are three bed- rooms and two baths, and in the base- ment, in addition to provision for the garage, are plans for a large game room, laundry and heating plant. In accordance with rules of the archi- tectural competftion, this house was de- signed for a comparatively narrow lot. The house would have a totalof about 30,500 cubic feet. 12 BRICK DWELLINGS | ARE TO BE ERECTED English Style Buildings Will Be and Q Streets. Boss & Phelps will proceed shortly |, with the construction of 12 additional two-story brick group dwellings of the English ‘style on Forty-fourth and @ streets in Foxhall Village. The houses will be erected at 1536-54 Forty-fourth street and at 4000-02 Q street. The operation has a cost esti- mated to total $106,000. BUYS HISTORIC SITES. 1408 and ;‘loiafl'h_s'r’}! Pur- chased by F. Cuniberti. Fernando Cuniberti, prominent bank- er of this city, has just purchased. through the Georgetown office of J. Leo Kolb, 1406 and 1410 Thirty-fourth street. These houses are very old and have interesting histories, one of them hav- ing been occupled continuously by one family since 1864. Mr. Cuniberti plans to recondition the properties, retaining the original lines of architecture. YARD BOUNDARIES House Was Designed for he. Foenin WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION I CBULE: Living & ..,k_ " Ty, Se-Thaia0 e WHouse design by Samuel J. Collins, Staunton, Va., one of the th National Better Homes Architectural Competition. the Home Owners’ Institute, which conducted the competition. ChiLoReLns { Pray ROOM The designer was awarded a Prize Design Shows Importance of Auto for Two Cars Is » prize-winning plans in The Star's area in the | $500 prize. The plan is copyrighted by | DISTRICT BUILDING CHANGES " URGED FOR SAVING OF TIME FOR NEW HOME SITES g %iflf‘ SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925, |HOME & GARDEN| 13 MONTGOMERY COUNTY SITE BOUGHT FOR WOMAN'S CLUB Fall Opening of Property Is Planned by National Organization of Promi-. nent Social Leaders. Extensive property of the Montgom- ery County Club, locatzd on a high elevation along Bradley boulevard in Montgomery County, has been pur- chased from the Bradley Hills Syndi~ cate for the National Woman's Country Club, a new organization, including many women soclally prominent, it was announced today. ‘The consideration in the transaction was not made public. The property was purchased in the name of the Edith May Cummings Corporation. Mrs. Cummings, a prominent Detroit real estate operator, is a member of the new women'’s social organization. ‘The club is to take over the prop- | erty and a gala Fall opening of the home of the organization now is being planned. The clubhouse. erected a number of years ago for the Montgom- ery County Club, has not been used by that organization for some time. The club huilding. a brick structune of low, rambling architectural style. contains with other features five con- | ference, card and dining rooms. each with a fireplace, a mezzanine floor with | balcony overlooking the first floor. an | Old English grill and a roof garden. Plans are being laid for the prepara- tion of a nine-hole golf course on the property and for the building of a large swimming pool nearby the club building. Announcements sent out this week by the club organization lists the fol- lowing as members of the board of governors of the club: Lady Isabella Howard, wife of the British Ambassador to the United States: Mrs. Charles | Francis Adams, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; Mrs. Robert P. Lamont, | wife of the’ Secretary of Commerce; Mrs. Willilam E. Borah, wife of the Montana Senator: Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Edith May Cummings, Miss Nata- lie Sumner Lincoln, Mrs. Frank Mon- dell. Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. T. A. Scott Thropp. Mrs. Walter R Tuckerman and Mrs. Henry Priee | Wright. i - . “Territorial Sunday” was recently nh- | served at Essex, England. and all ter- ritorial battaliens attended church. Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut Over 250 homes built and under construc- Woodley Road. tion. Actual improvements $10,500,000. \Vooded villa sit Avenues and and home values exceed es, 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. 48-ACRE TRACT SOLD - A determined petition for better pub-'study they will save the public a great’ Land Involved in Deal Lies Be- lic service from various de 'ments | having to do with building operations to | | avoid loss of time now said to be wasted at the District Building as builders or developers go from one department to |another and back was flled with the, | District Commissioners this week by the Operative Builders’ Association. ‘ The bullders’ organization strongly Added to Group on Forty-Fourth |protests that under the ‘present ar-lation. In some de) rangements persons seeking approval ofl various phases of their projects must travel needlessly back and forth be- een departments. . “These trips make messenger boys out of the builders or their employes,” the petition declares. Since “time is money” to & business ! man, the association asks relief be | granted by better co-ordination of the | departments relating to building proj- | |ects. Attention is called by Rufus S. | Lusk, secretary of the Operative Build- ers’ Association, that there is now a pneumatic tube system in the District Building which might be used in reduc- ing lost time by employing it in | sending fee payments for services to the proper collector. | Waste Often Spoken Of. The petition states, in part: “Many members of this association have often spoken of the time lost in | transacting business at the Dumez| Bullding owing to the somewhat hap- | hazard arrangement of the various de-| partments and offices. It is often a ‘matter of hours in transacting business which should be done in a few minutes, and we believe that if the District Com- missioners will give this matter serious oafealoeoedoidsifrafaioaioaoadoedradrodrafrairadoadodeddss And Now—Only 2 Left! 3641 Warren Street, 0 s % % o%. 0‘00. L 00'0 0.0 oo *! o room 19Y%x15Y feet, fireplace. . .bright, ch 0 o 2X % % 3 a5 with inlaid Linoleum, K3 " % e 3 K3 o 2> tiled baths with shower 90 %o o o o3 o3 3 o % spacious, daylight built-in. _garage, 3 ot 2> %0 % T2 XS able terms. P s 2 e S R A g R A R e aa s N R R > Oo % % %0 ofo oge oo efefeads o 0 e | | dining room, model kitchen idaire, built-in cabinets, three well-proportioned bedrooms, commodious closets, two fully with outside exposure), bronze screens, rear porches on first and second floors; large lot, fully sodded and landscaped ... 813,750, with very reason- DON’T CHANCE! North Cleveland Park section is almost Six rooms, charmingly ar- ranged. . .spacious living open eery Frig- ous in the detail (Boih finish, flooring, w. cellar, Wisconsin Ave. Ave. turn west Reno Road, turn M. and R. B. WARREN Telephone Clewflnnd 4472 steady increase in property values in this TIn architectural design these homes are appealingly unusual and distinctive. You will sense their departure from the stereo- typed at a glance. And the high Warren standard of quality construction is obvi- Bv all means inspect these two remain- ing homes today or tomorrow. Drive out cast to 37th Street; or from Connecticut MISS YOUR St %0 o%% I <2 oo} Here is an opportu- nity to secure one of the choicest homes in North Cleveland Park. The location is ideal, heing just north of old Cleve- % o o0 o0 ofe &3 jand Park, between Connecticut and Wis- consin Avenues. - A ool s % xIx3 > assured. 0 % o% % bo® %% %° % XD s of interior woodwork alls and general finish. XERTXD S to Warren Street, then on Van Ness Street to right to Warren Street. oradradradrafradrodrafrairadeddesdy deal of time and vexation. “At the present time ten different departments which are related to bulld- | ing are located on five different floors, on all four sides of the building. It is, necessary for a builder or his subcon- tractor in most cases to transact busi- ness with all of these departments whenever he wishes to start a new oper- partments a fee has to be paid. All payments of fees must be made at room 120, on the first floor, and it is often necessary for a builder to stand in line to make a payment of perhaps only $1 for some permit in the building department. ng are some of the con- ed on Sixteenth Page.) tween Murdock Mill Road and Forty-Sixth Street. A tract of 48 acres of land lying along Massachusetts avenue between Murdock Mill road and Forty-sixth [ street, opposite Spring Valley, has been sold by the Loughborough Develop- ment Corporation to a local investor represented George Hunt. The consideration was not made public. _ | ‘The transaction was handled through | the offices of the Allan E. Walker Co, | Inc. and the James J. Lampton Co. | Construction of a new subdivision of | dwellings is to be started there shortly. FIVE completed homes in Washington's fore- most development of mod- Exhibit home 1335 KALMIA ROAD daily erately priced homes are ready for your inspection. Prices $18.750 up . . . Fur- nished exhibit home open and Sundly until nine p.m.—To reach, drive out to end of 16th, turn right on Kalmia Rd.. or out Alaska Ave. and turn left on Kalmia. L LS + ansfiur GHMBANY INC. g Owners—Builders 1418 Eye St. N.W. Nat’l 5904 Come Out to Sligo Park Hills and Live Among the Trees ¢ ungs with ether things Living in SLIGO PARK HILLS is not expens leoted commanity of familic e ink of & m i Dl LLS reaily has Mode, tached Large Woeded Homesites, $1.400 Up out Sizteenth Street to Alaska DIRECTIONS . Drive Avenue and, District Line: watch for large i *‘turn_ right at_this point . . Office, 7900 Georgia Avenie. Tows, " Saies * K. Brooke Lee, Pres. amilies having ter-hail, brick Col jomes. $9.150 Up, Sligo Park ing_ ar- int . Shepherd 2400. P. Blair Lee, Vice Pres. Curtis Walker, Treas. RCHITECTURALLY tion to the Capital's skyline, Washington's newest office building stands pre-eminent in its many advantages offered the professional man or business firms of the better class schedule will reveal that most buil Space now available in up. with several choices YOUR H.L.Rust Compan 1001 15™ St.N.W. NAt1 81 houses we have ever built. popular Star Model Home in with cross-ventilation in every room. detail, including open firepl ding is actual economy. INSPECTION an outstanding contribu. the reasonable rental cy in the city’s fore- units of from one room of exposure and outlook. INVITED Similar in floor Leland, the roog Com ace in living screens, garage, and beautifully landscaped street and sidewalk. $11,950 Drive out Conmecticut Avenne to Bradley Lane, turn right (east) I long block to Georgia Street, turn left two short blocks to property. M. & R. B. WARREN Wisconsin 2875 or 2489