Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1929, Page 13

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C wiTh S0NDAY MoRNTNG woiTION [ @hg @nfinlng %1&12‘ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920.| HOME & GARDEN | 13 DISTRICT TO GIVE ZONING DATA UNDER NEW SYSTEM Official Statements Will Be Issued Free of Charge to All Interested Partics Through Taliaferro’s Plan. BY DON S. Official District Government s tions on properties involved in real estate transactions will be issued | . WARREN. tatements as to the zoning restric- free of charge to all interested parties who take advantage of the plan, under a new service system, proposed by Commissioner Talia- ferro and approved this week by the Zoning Commission. Commissioner Taliaferro, in outlining the system to The Star, expressed the belief that the plan, which is to be instituted shortly, will prove of seal benefit to property owners by providing a definite means of understanding as to what restrictions zoning places on prop- | erties about to be bought or sold. The Commussioner, who is a member of the Zoning Commission, is hopeful th; of this new transfers. Action Follows Long Study. Decision to institute this new service comes after an extended study of the matter. which was started by the city head when statements, repeatedly made by property owners before the Zoning Commission, indicated that when they purchased holdings here they did not thoroughly understand the application of the necessarily rather complicated zoning regulations. Under the new the Zoning system, Commission_executive office. upon ap- | will | plication by interested parties, search the zoning maps and regulations. write on an official form the then exist- ing zoning restrictions. This work will be done by an employe of the zon- ing office. It then will for accuracy by another employe of the office, and finally will be re- checked by Maj. Donald A. Davison. Assistant Engineer Commissioner, the executive officer of the commission, who will initial the statement. This state- ment. while not in the form of a cer- tificate, but still bearing the weight ot an official report from the District gov- ernmental agency. then will be available to the applicant for this service. Might Enlarge Staff. Title company representatives, real estate salesmen or brokers, or persons individually interested in buying or selling real estate, will be able to obtain this service once a week or even daily if needed. subject only to the limitations of the time of employes of the zoning office. If there is real public demand for the service and the present staff is inadequate to handle the work, Com- missioner _ Taliaferro _indicated that probably there would be an appeal for an enlargement of the stafl to carry on this and the many other duties of the zoning office. p Recently, when Commissioner Talia- ferro threw out a definite suggestion that title companies and real estate of- fices include a statement as to zoning in title certificates or in sales contracts. o nuber of men in these lines of busi- ness approved the purposes of the plan. but_ doubted if it would be feasible un- Jess the District set up some definitc. accurate and easily obtainable form of co-operation. This led Commissioner Taliaferro to draft the new system, which was adopted | Stoever, Carl ©. Ret oL and Wav- | at the executive meeting of the Zon- ing Commission Tuesday. Maj. Davi- son has been directed to draft the final wording of the form to be used in thiz work. GARAGE AND SALES FIRM LEASES ENTIRE BUILDING Steele Co. to Occupy Eighth Street Property for Period of Ten Years. The Steele Garage & Sales Co.. Inc., has leased the entire building at 418-20 Fighth street for a period of 10 years, it is reported by Boss & Phelps. The Robin-Thompson Co., Knoxville, fTenn., handling photographic_supplies, has leased the store at 1104 Ninth street for a period of three years, and the J. M. Garage Co., handling repossessed cars, has leased the building at 607 Massachusetts avenue for three years, Boss & Phelps also report. Indorse Grn(ie Mark;ng. A strong recognition of the new sys- tem of grade marking lumber, as advo- cated by the National Committee on Wood Utilization for the protection of the consumer in specifying his lumber purchases, was voiced by the American | Institute of Architects at its annual meeting held recently in Washington. be checked | at local title insurance companies will make liberal use system for the benefit of those interested in property SCHOOL BROADENS * COURSE IN REALTY District Y. M. C. A. College Adopts Forum in Lieu of | Elementary Lectures. ducted by the Y. M. C. A. Coliege of | the District of Columbia each vear. under auspices of the Real Estate Board, has been broadened for the approaching Fall season oV adapting a real estate forum in lieu of the eclementary real estate courses of previous years, it is an- nounced by Dr. James A. Bell, director of education of the college. In developing the idea of a forum in real estate, Dr. Bell said he felt the services of the Y. M. C. A. would be| available in a more desirable and prac- | tical manner to those engaged in real | estate work, and at the same time this | feature would offer much of interest and value to property owners and in- vestors in real estate. Differing in both detail of arrange- ment and content, the forum will be conducted on a more advanced plane than the lecture courses heretofore | given by the Y. M. C. A, Dr. Bell said. | The development of modern methods or real estate practice which will be | | will not only deal with theory, but will embrace actual business getting ideas. John A. Petty, executive secretary of | large enough to be used as a reception | er; the Washington Real Estate Board, | will serve as chairman of the forum | place with a wood mantel of original|to 40 Twenty The fireplace is faced with | (lots 55 to 64, square 4517); to cost one | and lead the discussions. For several Petty has conducted the | es in real estate at the | Y. M. C. A He will be assisted in the | activities of the forum by others prominent in real estate ci cluding William_J. Flather, jr.. F. Stoever, Carl G. Rosins Roger J. | years Mr. lecture cours | erly Taylor. Opening on October 8 with a talk by the chairman entitled “Funda- mentals of the Real Estate Business.” the forum will meet every succeeding | Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock un- til the middle of December. BALTIMORE’S TAX BASIS. Total for Ensuing Year Is Esti- | mated at $2,100,000,000. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, _September 28 —The taxable basts of Baltimore for 1930 will exceed by about $58,716,572 the basis for last year, according to Elmer T. Jones, chiet judge of the Appeal Tax | Court. It is expected that the basis for 1930 | will be approximately $2.100,000.000, as | compared with $2,041,283,328 for last | year. Of the amount last year real estate furnished $1,159,254,936 and per- sonal property $882,028,329. The rate of taxation for 1929 was $2.38. It is believed that this year the rate may be reduced 5 or 6 cents per $100. _————— Higher Ceilings in South. Ceiling heights are usually greater in the South than in the North, pre- sumably because they are more com- fortable in warmer climates and on ac- count of custom. You Must See These Homes to App Sample House Now 5702 Colorado Ave. (Between Madison Attractively reciate Their Many Features Open for Inspection N.W. and Montague Sts.) Price Easy Terms Semi-detached Bricks—Beautiful location. most convenient. ex- ceptionally well planned, finest con: struction, four bedrooms, two batis, open fireplace, cheerful breakfast room, large attic, Frigidaire, pantry, with complete kitchen, garage. CARL H . SMITH Owner—Builder Insurance Bldg., 15th & I Sts. N.W. tional 1046 6806 47th Street, Or Any Broker Chevy Chase, Md. NEW, ALL-BRICK DETACHED COLONIAL HOME Corner Lot, Nearly V3 Acre Paved Streets and Sidewalks OMPLETE in every det screens throughout, inlaid li ail, including garage, bronze oleum on kitchen floor, open fireplace in living room, landscaped lot. #11,950 Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Leland Lane), turn east on Leland Street Street (just north of Bradley o 46th Street, then north 2 blocks. M. & R. B. WARREN Wisconsin 2875 The real estate course of study con- | Washington | lecture | Maj. John McDowell and H. L. Willett, Jr.. Buy Houses. ROOF AND FACADE LINES DIFFEREN [Materials of Structures in Development Also Are Varied. An illustration of row houses that are not “row houses” ‘in the formerly | | generally accepted sense is seen in the | | English group dwellings at 1616 and | | 1618 Forty-fourth street, Foxhall Vil- lage, which have been purchased re- cently by Maj. John M. McDowell, | U. SE. A.and Herbert L. Willett, jr., | director of the Gorgas Memorial | | Institute, respectivel | The feature of these adjoining hous that makes them “group” houses rath | than row structures is that roof and | facade lines are differentiated so as to | give each building a different aspect, materials employed in the facades are varied and the layout of the separaie houses also is varied. Comparatively New Development. This treatment of what once was called the Tow house is a comparatively new development in operative building | construction in this country. These two | dwellings are part of the Gloucester- shire group on Forty-fourth street, the designs for which were awarded a “dis- tinguished” rating by the Architects' Advisory Council, composed of mem- bers of the local chapter of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects. | _The design of both houses is English The McDowell home has an all-Colonial brick facade, however, while the second and third stories of the Willett home | are finished in stucco and exposed tim- berwork. Gable lines of the two facades also offer striking difference. The front door of each house is of battem design, two and a quarter inches thick, and resembling the heavy studded | doors of old English castles. One of | the features of the house at 1616 is the | large brick bay on the front, which is mounted with a parapet fall, the roof | | deck to be used as a sun porch. This | overlooks Foundry Branch Valley to| | the east. | Living Room Layouts Differ. ! ‘The living room in each house is 20 | | by 17 feet, but the layout differs The | dining rooms of the two houses are 15!, the underlying purpose of the forum |feet by 12 feet, and they also have dif- | Fifteent] ferent shapes. | | There is a vestibule in each house | | hall. The living room has a large fire- | design. | Sienna _marble, having tones of goid. cream and tan, Through an archway | | one goes from the living room into the | dining room, which has triple windows | and an all-glass door leading to a rock garden at the rear. | The woodwork is a copy of that in a | house in Georgetown which is 150 years | old. The living room, dining room and master bedrooms all have a chair ra.. ' in the manner of early American and old English houses. | Each of the two houses has a fire- proof studio room over the garage, & brick structure with pitched roof at the rear of the lot. The studio is ap- proached by way of a wooden bridge running from the second-story porch of the hous Cold-Storage Room. On the second floor are three bed- rooms and two tiled baths, each with shower. There are two linen closets on | this floor. On the third floor are twn bedrooms, one studio and a tiled bath | and shower. There also is a large cedar | closet. The kitchens have china closets and dressers running from the floor to the ceiling. They were specially designed | to fit the walls of the kitchen in each house and are built in. The doors of the cabinets are of wood. | There is & cold-storage room in the | basement which has a ceiling height o § feet, e houses were purchased from Boss & Phelps, developers of the vflfi::, were designed by James E. Coo) 4 & 3404 Garfield St. \ FOR SALE by Owner: Beautiful 9-room home in best residential section just north of Ma Ave. off Cleve- land Ave. Living Room, Dining Room. Sun Parlor, Pantry, Kitchen, 4 spacious Bedrooms, 3 Baths: Billiard Room and Maid’s Bath in Basement; 2-car Garage. Oil Burner, Kelvinator, Elec- tric Refrigeratol Awnings, Metal Weather Stripping, Screens, other modern conven- iences. Priced exceptionally . with terms to suit. Phone OWNER K\Cleveland 317 7/,{ PHILLIPS BUILDING Fifteenth and K 927 Fifteenth Street N.W. * THIS modern twelve- story office building low, facing McPherson Square has just been entirely renovated and g redecorated. . . . All out- side Single rooms at $17.50. Three- room suites as low as $52.50. rooms. * H. L. Rust Company 1001 15th St. N.W. M. MecDowe!l, ute, at 1€16 and ‘Plans for $750.000 Apartment, 26 Homes and Other Buildings Are Approved by Inspector. | New private building projects for Washington having a total construc- tion cost of §1,021,282 were approved by the District building inspector dur- ing_the past week. | The new list of work included plans for a $750.000 apartment house, 26 private dwellings and store and other projects. Permits were issued as fol- lows: Cafritz Construction Co., owners and builders; Harvey Warwick, architect; | to erect one 8-story brick and con- crete apartment house, 1301 to 15 h street (lots 29, 35, 823 to 829, square 211); to cost $750.000. | James N. Hughes, owner and build- George T. Santmyers, architect; to| erect ten 2-story brick dwellings, 522 | -fifth place northeas! $45,000. | Brick and Frame Dwelling. Hedges & Middleton, owners and builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect: to erect three 2-story brick and frame dwellings. 3704 to 12 Yuma street, (lots 85 to 87, square 1891); to | cost $22,500. W. C.' & A. N. Miller, owners and | builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to | erect one 3-story stone, brick and| frame dwelling, 4853 Rockwood Park- way (lots 3 and 4, square 1512); to cost $19,600. W. H. Hessick, owner; A. S. J. At kinson, architect; Lee Turner, builder; | to erect one 2-story concrete and brick addition to garage, 1000 D street south- | west (lot 9, square 353); to cost $16,- |G 000. Brick Store Building. D. A. Shulte, Inc., owners and build- ers; A. S. J. Atkinson, architect: to | erect one 2-story brick and stone store building, 1119 F street (ot 804, square 320); to_cost $15,000. E. T. Lindner, owner and builder; J. M. Gleason, designer: to erect one 2 story brick d irty-ninih | Chevy Chase D.C. homes near schools and stores Priced to Sell | ing, 5304 Broad Branch road (lot 30, Foxhall Village Group Homes Are Distinctive . S. A, and Herbert I, Willett, jr.. director of the Gorgas Memori: | 18 Forty-fourth street, respectivel Stdr Staff Photo. SCHWAB LEASES 1108 F STREET | Rental Totals Approximately $300,000 Over 17- Year Period. 'WEEK'S BUILDING PROJECTS | street (lot 5 and north 15 feet of lot 4, | square 18 : to cost $1 00. Peoples Drug Stores, Inc., owners: E S. Haislip, builder; to make repairs and alterations, 505 Seventh street (lot 35, square 436); to cost $10.000. George 1. Willis, owner and builder: | William T. Lamar, architect: to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 5316 Nevada avenue (lot 86, square 1990); to cost $8.000. | Harry L. Thompson & Russell T. Woodfield, owners and bullders; W. B.| Honey, architect: to_erect one 2 brick dwelling, dot 12, square 1995 Gasoline Station. G. W. Forsberg, owner and builder; S. J. Atkinson, architect; to erect 1-story brick gas station, 601 N street, southwest (lots 1 and 800, square | 20000 01 oC on this street are 473): to cost $8,500. i | the following: Mangel's. Ine., 937-939 Joseph Freeman, owner and builder; | F street; Grand Palace Valet Shop. 940 L. W. Giles, architect; to erect two 2- | F street, made by Mr. Bangs in connec- story brick dwellings, 2326 and 2328 | tion with Shannon & Luchs. Inc.; Hu; Minnesota avenue southeast (lots 50 and | ler's-Schulte, corner store in National , square 5560): to cost $8.000. | Press Building; Barbara Stone Stores, Charles A. Daly, owner;: Thomas F.| Inc. 1115 F street: Berger Stores, Inc.. Jones. builder: to make repairs, 1118 | 1117 F street; Emily Shops, Inc., 13 and 1120 Connecticut avenue (lots 831 | F street, and Peoples Drug Store: and 832, square 163); to cost $8,000. 1119 F street G. C. Tower and C. L. Hotthaus, ers and builders; to erect or brick and frame dwelling. 5. enue (ot 31, square 1992); $7,000. Broad Branch Road Homes. E. M. Willis, jr., owner and builder: Seorge T. Santmyers, architect: 1o erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling 5305 Broad Branch road (lots 31 and 802, square 2026): to cost $7.500. E. M. Willis. jr., owner and builder: George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwell- Business property at 1108 F sirect has been leased by Schwab, Inc., from Mrs. Anna C. Purrington of New York. for a period of 17 vears. at a total rental of approximately $300.000, it was reported today by H. Clifford Bangs, realtor. The new lease, supplanting he existing lease, which had three years yet to run, was at an increased rental. The premises are improved by a four- story, marble-front store building. The consummation of this new leas adds to the leasing activities on F street which thus far this year have been marked. Mr. Bangs reports that those handled through his office have a total rental consideration of approximately $2,620.000. 2002 WISCONSIN AVENLU NEAR MT. ALTO HOSPI1 Splendid detached house, 9 rooms. 2 baths (4 hedrooms). hot-water heat and electricity. 1wo elass-enclosed porches. lot 133 feet on Wisconsin Ave by 425 fee deen. open fire- places, screens. children’s play house in the rear: detached garage Perfect Condition Very Reasonable Rental to cost Consult Shannon & Luchs, Inc. square 2027); to cost $7,500. 1435 K St. NW. Nat'l 2345 & _Middleton, _owners _and ued on Fourteenth Page.) Massacruserts Park ‘West of Kalorama -Across Rock Cresk. Mass. Ave. entrance at 30™ St. One Square east of New British Embassy The National Cathedral on west 3?21 Morrison St. $11,500 7 rooms (4 bedrooms), tiled bath, lavatory, sleep- ing porch, l-car garage. ONE SQUARE FROM CONN. AVE. 3549 Patterson St. $12.,750 7 rooms (4 bedrooms), large tiled bath, built-in garage. NEAR BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH AND SCHOOL. Patterson Street runs east from Chevy Chase Circle. 6200 Broad Branch Road New brick center-hall Golbaial, Tivoomis (A Hed: rooms), 2 tiled baths, 2- car l:ujh-in garage. Large lot. PRICE REDUCED. MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE. OPEN SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inec. 5520 Conn. Ave. Cleve. 2300 Rental Agents Sites for Individual Homes Priced from %150 per sq.ft. up Within 2 miles of White FHouse Location and contours can never be dublicated in heart of Washington again- Prices anad Data from= MIDDAUGH AND SHANNON In 1435 K St. Nagess 307 West Bradley Lane Opposite Chevy Chase Club Grounds : $14,950 On one of the most prominent boulevards of Chevy Chase, this new brick home, surrounded by shade trees, contains six care- fully planned rooms and two tiled baths. There is a large side porch and floored attic. Of course, there is plenty of closet space, screens, and & garage. Open for Inspection Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Bradley Lane. turn west to prop- erty. ‘or out Wisconsin Avenue to Bradley Lane and east to provertv, or vhone Wisconsin 2873, M. & R. B. WARREN IS ®)1 S/ A 'LICENSE . LAW DESIGNED - TO REGULATE PERSONNEL Measure Is Broad and Comprehensive in Reaching Through All Phases of Realty Problems. BY JOHN A. PETTY, Executive Secretary, Washington Real Estate Board A study of the real estate license law, proposed to Congress re- cently by the Washington Real Estate Board, will disclose the %act that it is designed to regulate the personnel engaged in the real estate busi- ness as distinct from regulating the business itself. In this respect, it is very broad and comprehensive in scope. It specifically prohibits any person, firm, partnership, co-partner- ship, association or corporation from acting or assuming to act in the capacity of a real estate broker or real estate salesman without firs: obtaining a license as such in accordance with the provisions of the law. Being designed primarily to reach man unless he is actually employed by those actually engaged in the ordinary |a real estate broker or about to enter practice of real estate brokerage, as a whole or partial vocation, certain ex- | ceptions are enumerated. The provi sions of the law do not apply to any owner of real estate performing any cf the described acts in reference to his own property, nor to any lessor in re- | spect to property leased by him, when | such acts are performed in connection with the management of the property so owned or leased, or the investment therein. | Other Exceptions. | Other exceptions include persons act- ing under a power of attorney in spe cifically stated instances, attorneys-at- law performing their duties as such, re- ceivers, trustees, administrators and ex- | ecutors when acting as such, persons acting under the order of any court and duly licensed auctioneers. In defining a real estate broker the |law sets up_as acts of a real estate broker selling, buying. exchanging or leasing real estate, or the offering or ne- gotiation, or any attempt so to do, for others, for a compensation or valuable consideration. ~ Likewise it defines = real estate salesman as any one em- ployed directly or indirectly by a real estate broker to perform or attempt Lo perform any of the acts above described No license can be issued to any sales- Between Grant and Sherman Circles 4507 lllinois Avenue Concrete Porch Frigidaire Weather Stripped Garage Opern Al DiaySunday $9,750 Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bldg. Nat'l 6799 F Investment Bldg. CENTER hall plan brick residence offered at a most salable figure by a naval officer who has left the city. The grounds have a combined front- age of 192 ieet on two strects. Reached via Mass. Ave. OPEN 1412 Eye St. _ to 34th Ave, or take Conn. Ave. to Cathedral Ave., then west to property. $21,500 SUNDAY Redltors the employ of one. On the other hand no license can be issued to any indi- vidual real estate broker unless every one in his employ coming under the definition of a real estate salesman is also licensed as such. Reaches Through Business. Firms, partnerships. co-partnerships associations or corporations can only ob- tain a license when every member or officer. who is actually engaged in the brokerage business thereof is licensed as a real estate broker, in addition to the requirement_that a salesman’s license (Continued on Fourteenth Pa 6312 Georgia Street Near Connecticut Ave. $12,950 This new, fully de- tached home of stone, brick and stucco, simply must be personally in- spected that you may realize its charm and appointments. Similar to our 1929 Star Model Home in Leland. The rooms are large with cross ventilation in every room. Open fire- place in living room, bronze screens, garage and beautifully land- scaped lot. Drive out Commecticut Ave- nue to Bradley Lanwe, turn right (east) ome lomg block to Georgia Street, then turm left two short blocks to prop- erty, or phome Wisconsin 2459. M. & R. B. WARREN HOMESITES in nore Ferrace . Eliot Middleton REALTOR Met. 2827 Beautiful Corner Brick Home Overlooking the Cathedral 3311 Cathedral Avenue N.W. Corner 34th St. Wide center entrance hall, 4 bedrooms, id's room and bath, br room, large concrete living porch, two-car Dbuilt-in garage and all con- veniences. St., north Cathedral then 1o ALL DAY HEDGES & MIDDLETON, INC. Franklin 9503