Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1929, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. PULETSONS BUY ROCK CREEK OWE Large Stone House at 2434 Belmont Road Is of Early American Design. Capt. W. D. Puletson, U. 8. N, and | Mrs. Puletson have purchased as their new residence the large stone house at | 2434 Belmont road, directly overlooking Rock Creek Park, it was announced to- day. The property was acquired from F. M. McConihe & Co., Inc., builders, through the office of Randall H. Hag- ner & Co. This costly dwelling, erected from plans by John J. Whelan, local archi- tect, is of early American design of rather formal character to its outline. It is constructed of local fleld stone of 2 variety of colors and has a tile roofing. Interior Carries Out Design. ‘The interior desigw carries out the old Colonial feelnig of the exterior. The design of the lighting fixtures reflects the period before the coming of elec- tricity. From the large entrance hall there is | a handsome Colonial stairway to the upper floors, having a large window on the landing above the first floor. The dining room, living room, entrance hall and library are marked by wood cor- nices. The dining and living rooms open onto an extensive garden to the rear of the building. The central motif of the zarden is a large reflecting pool. Has Seven Bedrooms. Other provisions of the house include seven master-size bedrooms with four baths, four servants’ rooms with two baths, kitchen, butler's pantry, serv- Mtiembers: Gt the SaBuTty AN BN ap- proved by the board.of trustees of Cath- olic University. The building would be located on the university campus. Plans for the new building will be|in every period of architecture, a new way has been evolved to decorate the framework of the doorway. Even now, although a house may be designed in any one of the popular styles, or per- haps in the modern manner, each door 111 R St. N.E. * Newly Decorated and in Beautiful Condition Throughout PRICED FOR QUICK SALE : *7,450 Six nice large rooms, tile bath, hot-water heat, a garage and every convenience you may desire. Very close to two car lines, two graded schools, the new LANGLEY JUNIOR and McKINLEY HIGH. Easy Terms OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY HOOKER & JACOB ants’ dining room and first-floor lava- tory and dressing room. In the basement are laundry, boiler room and a two-car garage, which has its entrance from the street, reached by & gradually sloping driveway. E— CODES ARE TABULATED. Bixty-Seven Cities Report No Building Revisions for 20 Years. The Bureau of Standards is dis- tributing coples of a building code and plumbing code tabulation to building officials and others who request it. The Teturns show 858 cities and towns hav- ing builing codes and 840 cities and towns having plumbing codes. Of these 281 reported that revisions of bullding codes were under way and 191 were revising their plumbing codes. Sixty-seven cities reported that their building pdes had, not_ undergone a major revision for 20 years, 85 for 15 years and 159 for 10 years. Over 200 eluud‘mrwd ;l‘unldue of the recom- men pre) by the building code committee and half this number reported use of the recommendations on plumbing prepared by the subcommittee on plumbing. Electricity’s Growing Use. In 1918, the average household in this country used 272 kilowatt hours of electr: energy per year, but this has steadily increased. In 1920, the figure was 349 kilowatt hours; in 1922, 359; in 1924, 378; in 1926, 404, and in 1928, 459, an increase of nearly 70 per cent for the 10-year period. At the same time, the a price of resi- «dential electric service has declined from 8.3 cents per kilowatt hour in 1918 to 6.55 cents in 1928. —38 fine rooms —2 beautiful tiled baths «—oak floors throughout =-beautiful fireplace —breakfast porch ~—sleeping porch —cedar-lined closets «-landscaped yard ~FRIGIDAIRE and built-in garage. ONLY $13,950 On Very Reasonable Terms @ hall plan. garage. 1418 Eye St. N.W. the finest location in Washington and a handsome new 8-room brick home complete in every respect? I 2635 wnS hapiro, 1630 ALLISON ST. Beautiful Corner Residence Over- looking Rock Creek Park 9 rooms—2 baths ‘18,500 One of the choicest locations in the exclu- sive Upper 16th St. Section. pointed home—condition like new. Nine large rooms, two baths, brick construction, two side porches, gas furnace, Open Sunday 10 to 9 N LSansbury Exclusive Agents Residence at 2434 Belmont road, which has been purchased from F. M. McConihe & Co., Inc., by Capt. and Mrs. W. D. Puletson. THE - EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1929. IBENEFIT DERIVED BY OWNING HOME Establishes Credit Standing Obtained in No Other Way, Realtors Claim. The owner of even a small home has a credit standing that he cannot attain in any other way, the National Asso- clation of Real Estate Boards ints out in its weekly story for the public. The assoclation backs up this asser- tion with statements from organiza- tions that extend credit with care in six large cities. Describing credit as an important factor in defining the position of an American family in the community, the association states that credit may be needed for the convenient purchase of household necessities, that it may be needed to finance an interest in bus- iness, or it may be needed to finance an emergency or disaster. “We havé many evidences that, of people living in detached houses, the one who is buying the home is sought after as a prospective purchaser more than the one who is merely renting it,” says F. E. Parker, vice president and general manager of the Merchants' Credit Bureau with headquarters in Detroit. Regarded as “Imperative.” “It has become imperative that we secure this information as to whether the applicant is buying the home he is living in when we are compiling a re- PLANS $200,000 HALL drafted shortly. used as a residence for members of the faculty. France Has Relics of “L’art Nou- istic_style,” so called, is the last few years. As far problems in “I'art nouveau” were being turned out by the students in the School of Fine Arts in Paris, designed in the first decads century in which the forms of decora- tion are very much like the work being FOR USE OF FACULTY . Construction of a $200,000 hall for ‘The building would be “MODERN” FOUND OLD. veau” From 1900. It is a mistaken idea that the “modern- product of ck as 1900 One may see in Paris today buildings of this [ ROSss==rHE BUSINESS PROPERTY LEASES We Specialize in Finding the Right Location e BRENT Estab, 1907 LFS 1417 K St. National 9300 CONSULT MR. Ezhibit Home Woodley Place Open Daily Until 9 P.M. BE SURE TO SEE THESE HOMES SUNDAY A perfeetly ap- Center- Nat’l 5904 AL to his home. DISTINCTIVE DOORS. Entrance Regarded as Most Im- portant Part of House. BY CAMERON CLARK. Man has always adorned the entrance Down through the ages, Nat. Press Bldg. Several Different Types end Finishes Builtsin Garage Exhibit Home: 4123 13th Place N.E. A Comparison Will Satisfy You of the Very Unusual Value Charles M. Wallingford Builder & Owner N.W 1010 Vermont Ave. | {LACOMMUNITY OF SATISFIED HOMEOWNERS / N\ DETACHED AND SEMI-DETACHED Built on Large, Beautifully Landscaped Plots Priced 75 SOLD! 40 Locations Left 6 rooms Tiled baths Reln(ohmed concrete front es porel “ Real open fireplaces Latest wallpaper and electric fixtures Large closets 3 Cedar lined First floor coat closet with TO INSPECT—Drive aut then north en 12th St. to Taylor St.. then on Taylor St. to 10th St. to hi BREUNINGER & PHIFER 1103 Vermont Avenue Ave. to 12th St. N. E. Your O ~—to Select Your Home in Our Beautiful Brookland Development * Thirteenth Place and Taylor Street N.E. . (Just South of Michigan Ave.) An Exclusive Neighborhood of Detached, Seml-Detached and Group Homes Priced as Low as Homes in & Row ’ UNSHINE IN MICHIGAN PARK ALL BRICK HOMES N $9,850 Un_ COMPARE THESE FEATURES T |')orl.. thvig d{l’lw lc‘nu m;rdmluslog‘,! there- has some individual peculiarity which | fore, whlle 16 would not disparage Takes It different from others. There | the credit standing of the renter as a 18 perhaps no part of the house that | Whole, yet if the credit applicant does an owner is more critical of than its | OWn OF is purchasing the home in which doors. There may be many bad fea- | he lives, it has an over! cing effect in tures about the design of his house, buf he will forget them if his house has a pleasing entrance, ‘This trait has, to a certain extent, forced the architects to lay particula stress on entrance design. It is sur- prising how many possibilities there are in this simple feature. This variety is brought about by some owners re- quiring shelter from the rain, others an extra barrier against the wintry winds, while some require only a door and a lantern. * designs. Metropolitan 2663 pportu $ix and Seven Rooms Cement Porches Paved Alley in Reag . National 2990 A Homes full mirror door s;o;ichlly finished Qutside pant utside N mmm:'mfi' Standard Plumbin Brick garage, car Furred walls Extra large lots; concrete alley er R. I. Ave. or Michigan hardwood fixtures hold any North Main 7713 . New English-type countryside homes of 10 rooms, 3 baths and 2-car garages. Open Sunday 7516 16th St. Representative on Premises. passing judgment upon the application. Concerning the home owner, the Stix, Baer and Fuller Co. of St. Louis in an additional report says: “In extending credit we always favor the thrifty in- dividual who is acquiring a homestead, even on the installment plan, or who is accumulating in the bank for such & purpose. An equity in real estate is considered an incentive for credit grantor.” Entitled to Consideration. ‘The small borrower who owns his home is entitled to immediate consider- ation from his banker, says Frank F. Brooks, president of the First National Bank of Pittsburgh. ‘The very process of acquiring a home educates a family so it can assume responsibilities of credit, says L. E. Wakefield, president of the First Na- tional Bank of Minneapolis. “Credit standing very largely depends upon the financial circumstances of the individual, but in general, the man who owns his home in the community has an advantage when seeking credit for the reason that he typifies to the credit man a certain solidity and “stay- put” atmosphere which is absent in the individual who is living in somebody else's property,” says William O. La- Favre, vice president of the First Na- tional Bank of Boston. HOUSE BUYING PLAN. Safe Price Suggested as Based on Income. A house, completely finished, costing two and one-half or three times one’s annual income is reasonable, and the carrying charges per month should not exceed one week's income, says the Home Owners’ Institute. Thus, & man with an income of $4,000 a year and good prospects, with no unusual financial obligations, may safely plan on a home that will cost, when completed, $10,000 to 12,000. . ‘The new 1930 license plates for Ari- zona will contain a letter to denote the county in which the machine is reg- istered, acdording to reports. Individual the | wood for the Winter.” REAL ESTATE. “YOU CAN MAKE IT” PAMPHLET AVAILABLE 0dds and Ends of Lumber Put to Advantageous Use by Home Owner. In moving into the new house, the owners are always delighted to find a generous supply of odds and ends of lumber in the basement. “Very thought- ful of the contractor,” a home owner says. “This will make fine kindling But now comes the National Com- mittee on Wood Utilization of the De- rtment of Commerce and tells the e owner that there are better uses for this lumber. “If burned as kind- ling,” the committee says, owner will receive $1.00 to 19 of fuel; but if turned into any of the 1,200 articles which the committee has developed, the home owher may get 10 bcgnso] times the service out of this ma~ al.” Under the title, “You Can Make It,” this committee has prepared detailed plans of articles for e use, which can be made from such odd bits of lum- ber, and from old wooden boxes and crates. Here, for instance, ispa trash bag-holder, patterned after the elab- orate mafl sack support used in posj offices; but in this instance it is mad from an old crate. Plans have even been developed for a work bench made of old boxes, also a tool chest, toys, gar- den equipment, and so on. We must not forget a miniature bridge for a boy's electric train. There are other interest~ ing items for the average house, such as informal bookshelves, footstoois, magazine racks and even a reflecto- scope. “You Can Make It” sells for 10 cents a copy. It may be secured from the Government Printing Offi¢ brick home. .. The owner, and beautiful decorative large trees. 1418 Eye St. N\W. AS sFown by the cRart pubNshed last woek, the sound financial advantages in buying & co-operative apartment home in Tilden Gardens, briefly, are theses FOR a rented apartment, in 6%2 years you pay exactly the same total amount as you pay at Tilden Gardens, $13,650%; BUT in the same period in a rented apartment you have agcumulated nothing, while at Tilden Gardens you have accumulated a saleable equity of $6,200%; AND in the rented apartment, after 6l% years you continue to pay $175.00 per month or more, while at Tilden Gardens your payment is reduced to $89.90% per month, GET all the facts about co-operative apart- ment ownership at Tilden Gardens, and inspect the most attractive Model Homes. 9 pm. Charmingly s Moses & Sons. TILDEN GARDENS, Home Development of M. and R. B. Connecticut Ave. at Tilden Street. Cleveland 6084, Open until furnished by W. B. Co-operative Apartment Warren, Telephone HIS beautiful detached residence was built for the owner and in- corporates a number of in- teresting features that dis- tinguish it from the average speculatively built house, offers one of the most desirable homes in the upper 16th St. section at an unusually attrac- tive figure. . . . The exceptionally fine condition give a most pleasing first impression of a home that is thoroughly livable and perfect in its ap- pointment!. There are eight spncious rooms, two baths, first floor lavatory, shower in basement, panelled walls, Frigidaire, attic over entire house, slate roof, 2-car brick garage, deep lot with several OPEN SUNDAY UNTIL 6 P.M. Drive out 16th St. to Varnum, turn left one and one half square to house. J\C . arfifiuw Exclusive Agents 1719 VARNUM ST. now desiring a smaller treatment of the house Nat'l 5904 *Example used Is apartment of 6 rooms and 2 baths, renting elsewhere for c’md-uuly s per month, purchasable in Tildew Gardens for reasonable initial payment and 5136.40 per month. 31