Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1929, Page 17

enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION -~ g %taf‘ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1920, |HOME & GARDEN | 17 WASHINGTON, D. C, ¥ I]B éin T PRIVATE BUILDERS SPEND $475,000,000 IN 11 YEARS Industry Here Provides Housing for 206,000 Sim‘(‘; War, Lusk Tells Trade Board. Apartments Lead. The private building industry in Washington since the war has| added to the physical stature of the National Capital buildings of | all classes having a total estimated cost of $475,000,000, Rufus S. Lusk, | secretary of the Operative Builders’' Association, told the Board of Trade this week in discussing new trends in construction here. | Enough housing units have been constructed in the District in | the past 11 years fo provide for 206,000 persons—or for a city almost | the size of Atlanta, Ga., he pointed out. While this would seem to be almost too much new housing for | Washington's growth, analysis shows it is approximately the amouny needed, he concluded. Since the war, the population has increased approximately 180,000. Buildings housing some 25,000 to 30,000 have been razed during this same period, making the total of supply and demand about even, he said. Polnting out that since the war there |~ almost every other city, from living in houses to apartments, Mr. Lusk stated: Sixty-one Per Cent in 1929. |“L" SHAPE OUTLINE “Before the war only one-third of the | home units built in Washington were | avartments. This changed in 1928 to, bout 70 per cent apartments and 30 | per cent homes. During the first 10| months of 1929 about 61 per cent has| been apartments and 39 per cent in homes. This change is due to many| factors, Among them are the servant problem and stringent zoning regula- tions, which gradually are preventing | the erection of group homes, and hence low-priced homes. “In 1920 65 per cent of the population of Washington lived in row houses and 141, per cent in apartments. Since that | time 40.8 per cent of the construction | has been apartments an ~ only 24.5 per cent row houses. This clearly shows| that people are not moving from row | houses into detached homes, but into sapartment houses. Finest Homes in Nation. “The finest homes on the average of | any city in the country are built in Washington. The average building cost of houses in Washington during 1929 | has been $7,800. This is due largely to the excellent building code, which re- quires the highest standard of con- struction. Also Washingtonians as & class are accustomed to and demand more in their houses than people of any other city. Homes must have the most modern heating and plumbing equin-[ ment, hardwood floors. numerous elec- | trical outlets and all those other mod-| ern conveniences which lighten the work | of the housekeeper. “It 5 reasonable to expect in the future there may be large apartment developments outside of Washington in Maryland and Virginia. The buildings will be rather tall, thus giving cheaper construction costs and more desirable apartments. The buildings will be set in large park-like surroundings among | beautiful, landscaped grounds which perhaps may contain a golf course. Conveniences to Be Provided. “Every convenlence, such as barber | shops, beauty parlors, stores, etc., will be provided in these distant develop- ments. They will be similar to country club residences. Also there may be home developments in which the inte- rior of blocks will be treated with gar- den effects and individual garages on each lot would be eliminated by placing the in one end of the block. “It is impossible to develop within the District of Columbia the type of | rden city such as is now being built ?I: Radburn near Paterson, N. J. This is a town built for the motor age. No individual home or artment house faces the motor highway. The houses are built around cul-de-sacs which are courts about 200 feet deep and 60 or 70 feet wide. In this way there is obso- lutely no traffic in front of one’s home. | Ideal for Children. “This makes an ideal place for chil- | dren to play and when they go to school | they wlrk along paths and cross under the motor highway. It is possible to go anywhere in the town without ever going across a street. Such a develop- ment is possible some little distance from Washington, but it is necessary for the builder to have control of a large | area and lay out the streets and the blocks in an entirely different way from the gridiron street plan of Washing- | ton.” WILL SHOW CONCRETE. | Demonstration Planned by Univer-| sity to Cover Three Days. Bullders of Washington and vicinity will review at first hand the newer | methods of controling concrete quality | at a series of meetings to be held at Corcoran Hall, 725 Twenty-first street, November 19, 20 and 21, according to an announcement by George Washing- | fon University. J. W. Kelly of Chicago | will conduct the lectures and demon- stratfons, which are sald to be of a| simple, practical nature. All who are interested are invited to attend. | Topics to be discussed include the | ,selection and handling of materials, | proportioning, batching, mixing, trans- finishing, curing and $350 CASH—$59.50 MO. | PRICE, $8,950 SEMI-DETACHED You'll save money if you secure this practic: W home in one of the best Northwest locations. Home con- tains 6 fine rooms, sleeping porch With an extra dining porch: oak floors out. wood- fireplace, | b and . _one-plece | beautitul electric fxtures and Ga- | rage. 427 MARIETTA ST. N.W. One Block North at Sth and Madison Sts. n and Lighted Until 8 P.M. or Phone Natipnal 8952. An Unusual Opportunity i to ' Purchase a Lovely Home P Y Y for $11,500 No. 3609 34th St. Vacant A bright. comfortable, livable elght- room home--in perfect condition throughout—4 bedrooms, sleepin & porch, attic, all conveniences, built- ¢ Excellé: environment-—just a moment's wa to John Eaton School. Open Sunday 11 to 6 Schwab, Valk & Canby 1704 Conn. Ave. Pot. 0830 | site at 5 Thomas Circle, | builders; CHURCH IS 1SSUED Building to Be Placed at 5 Thomas Circle at Cost of $500,000. Permit for the construction of the National City Christian Church on a the cost of which is estimated at $500,000, was is- sued this week by the District building | inspector, Col. John W. Oehmann. The structure has been designed in the of- fice of John Russell Pope, architect, and will be erected by the George A. Fuller Co. The site now is being cleared for the building. Private building operations here, hav- ing a total estimated cost of $755,420, were approved this week. Included in the list are plans for a $60,000 brick convent and retreat house to be erected for the Franciscan Sisters of the Atone- ment at 4000 Harewood road. Permits are listed as follows: National City Christian Church, own- ers; office of John Russell Pope, archi- tects; George A. Fuller Co., builders; to erect one 1-story stone, brick and con- crete church, 5 Thomas Circle (lots 52, 90, 803, 804, 805, 819 and 820, square 212); to cost $500,000. Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, owners; Murphy & Olmstead, archi- tects; Geary-Johnson Construction Co., builders: to erect one 2-story brick con- vent and retreat house, 4000 Harewood road northeast (parcel 122/13, square §-3665) : to cost $60.000. - Washington Investment Co., owners; A. B. Heaton, architect; C. Wohlgemuth, | Jr.. builder; to erect one 1-story brick | and stone bank and store building, 306 to 312 Fourteenth street southwest (lot | 8, square 265): to cost $40,000. | D. J. Kaufman, owner; A. B. Mullett | Co., architects; R. P. Whitty Co., Inc., builders: to erect one 2-story brick store building, 833 Fourteenth street (lot 811, square 250); to cost $29.820. J. B. Tiffey, owner and builder; Rob- ert P. Tiffey, designer; to erect four 2-story brick dwellings, 410 to 416 Onei- da place (lots 168 to 171, square 3265); to cost $28,000. Church Ts Owner. | St. Agnes' Church. owner; A. H. Son- | neman, architect; E. A. Pessagno Co., to ecert one 3-story cinder- block and stucco dwelling, 46 Q street (lots 57 and 212, square 615); to cost $15.000. Henry M. Shook, owner; Julius Wenig, architect; D. F. Swab & Son, builders; | to_erect one 1-story brick and terra cotta dwelling, 3921 Military road (lots 7 and 8: square 1750); to cost $13,000. American Ice Co., owners and build- ers; to make repairs, Twelfth and V streets (lots 5 and 801, square 304); to cost $10,000. M _B. Swanson, owner and builder; C. N. Norton, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 5515 Nevada avenue( lot 24, square 1995); to cost $8,500. Emily C. Billingsley, owner; George ‘T. Santmyers, architect; F. M. Johnson, builder: to erect one 2-story brick dwell- ing, 5439 Nevada avenue (lot 33, square 1892): to cost $8,000. ‘W. P. O'Brien, owner and builder; H. H. Harrls, designer; ', erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1. -, Massachu- setts avenue northeast (lot 46, square 965) ; to cost $8,000. NEW BRICK HOMES Marietta Park 5811 7th St. N.W. 7th at Nicholson 8 rooms, bath, shower, extra lavatory, built-in garage and every modern improvement, including electric refrigerator. OPEN SUNDAY and every day from 2 to 9 Hooker & Jacob Natl. Press Bldg. Met. 2663 Ofen This Afternoon and All Day Tomorrow 401 Rosemary St. Chevy Chase, Md. oo ey CO’OH;G’: 9 r. 3 b.,‘ detached brick fwme; Tot 100105 fe. Attrqctr’ve’y Priced SHANNON- & LUCHY] Exclusive Agents ‘U nu Sual‘Homc Neal‘ Chevy Chase Circle Purchased. LENDS TO INTEREST | Wide Porches Marked by Supporting Columns, With Arches Between. An interesting combination of English and Colonial architectural lines is seen in the unusual house recently com- pleted at 5609 Grove street, to the west of Chevy Chase Circle on a part of the | old Kirkeside golf course, which was| acquired recently by John Davies of the firm of Woodward & Lothrop, from Hedges & Middleton, Ing | The house is of an “L" shape outline, | lending interest to the roof lines and | gable ends, yet it has the center hall | typical of the Colonial dwelling. The | main_entrance, distinctly Colonial, is rectangular bay or tower development at the front of what other- wise would be the juncture of the lines of the two wings. ~This is surmounted | by a railing which adds to the Colonial aspect of the house. Other exterior features are a: wide front and side porch, marked by white supporting columns ' with arches be- tween, a large three-sided bay that juts from the front of the main wing of the building, employment of wide clap: boarding in the gable ends of the right wing of the dwelling and the color scheme of the windows, with sashes of white and shutters of a dark green. The living room is located to the left of the entrance hall and is 15 feet wide by 23 fect deep. It has a fireplace of appropriate design. ord_privacy to the dining room this was placed to the right of the hall at the rear of the buflding. This room is 12 feet by 24 feet and has a large bay window overlooking the rear lawn of the operty. | The dining room and the entrance hall both have access to the porch, through double Prench doors. The kitchen, which is fitted with 5 cess to the dining room through a breakfast nook. It also connects with the main hall. On the second floor are two bedrooms 16 by 16 feet and a third measuring 13 by 17 feet. There are two tile baths. The third floor is insulated and finished as a clubroom. The trim throughout the house is of red gum and the floors are of clear white oak. ‘The house was erected from plans by James E. Cooper. ., _builder. A provides the setting group of homes offered in recent years‘in a mod- erate price range. . . A, | cfanfbuy | [] CORTLAND PLAC English™Mom LEADERS DECLARE CAPITAL NEEDING MORE INDUSTRIES Problem of Employment for Future Generations Held Difficult of Solution Without Addi- tional Commercial Enterprises. Real concern is being voiced by civic leaders of Washington over the need for industrial expansion in the National Capital as a means to making the city more self-sustaining. Positive evidence of progress made in recent years brings gratifi- cation, but the question of the sufficiency of employment for the fu- ture generation still i$ raised. .., .The problem has a very definite relation to real estate in this city of homes.” If employment is inadequate for the increasing population how can the coming generations own the attractive homes that planning officials wish to be added to local developments? is a pertinent question. . ; Heads of local trade bodies, Senator .Capper, chairman of the Senate District committee, and city government officials bespeak proper and adequate industrial development in the National Capital in the handbook issued by the Chamber of Commerce in connection with its recent industrial exposition. . These leaders favor no industrial ucts increased from $73,107,85¢ to plants of a twe that would become |$90,389,537.” 5 a blight on the Federal City, but de- | Senator Capper, in declaring his clare for industry expansion adequate | personal and official interest S the in the New home of John Davies at 5609 Grove street. SURTAX URGED FOR LIGHT. REALTORS ABE‘NAMED;COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS Air Around Skyserapers. A skyscraper should not be taxed on the basis used in taxing nonskyscrapers, but a surtax should be levied for the extra light and air enjoyed by the higher _structure, according to Henry Mandel, head of the real estate and building investment companies that bear his name. “The present system of valuing land | and bulldings for tax assessment pur- | poses is more out-of-date than the horse car,” says Mr. Mandel in the cur- rent issue of the Real Estate Magazine, journal of the Real Estate Board of New York. “The skyscraper and the super tower are extending their dom- ination over the city. They are confis- cating for their own use and profit a glutton's share of the city's strictly Iimited quota of sunshine, open air and natural light. “Their owners utilize valuable nat- ural resources which belong to every- body to ‘bring them millions of dol- lars of additfonal rent each year, and they do so gratis, at the expense of neighboring buildings of less stature, which in the process are condemn:d to perpetual confinement among the shadows “The higher a building towers above its neighbors, the higher the rent, the more sunshine and air is taken from its neighbors, and the more the latter suffer through lessened marketability of the space they have to offer. | Action Taken at Conference in| J. Wesley Buchanan Announces ‘ i ol | | , | Bullder Would Also Levy Taxes on 1 ON NEW COMMITTEES | 0.K.’S DWELl_.lNG PLANS| Office of Assistant Engineer to sustain the city's growing popu- lation. Two Aspects Presented. “Washington's record of industria growth during the past few years pre- sents both favorable and unfavorable aspects,” Dorsey W. Hyde, jr, secre- tary of the chamber, declares in the handbook. “The actual figures, as given by the Census Bureau, refer to the five-year perjod from 1923 to 1927, inclusive. During that period manufacturing plants ‘decreased from 600 to 503 in welfare of Washington, states: ‘As well as a beautiful city we al want an efficient one. This means that the city cannot perform all of the functions expected of it if it is to re- main merely the seat of government. It cannot be gainsaid that industriai productivity is just as necessary in Washington as in other communities which do not happen to be the Nation's Capital. ““There often has been expressed the fear that if industry is to be welcomed into Washington the esthetic develop- ment of the city will be retarded. But Appointments for | Year. J. Wesley Buchanan, chairman of| the sales managers’ section of the Washington Real Estate Board, an nounces the appointment of the fol- lowing new committees for the year: Standard forms, Joseph A. Herbert, jr., | chairman; Alfred A. McGarraghy, W.| F. Schwab, chairman; J. A. McKeever | and M. P. Canby; new house operations, 8. E. Godden, chairman: William M. Throckmorton, Paul Ryon and Charles H. Hillegeist. . ‘Appointments were made public at a | meeting“of the section Thursday when Carl G. Rosinski, realtor, outlined mod- ern methods in negotiating and closing business property leases. This work has | become a specialized branch of real| estate business, he said. | The speaker cited the increase in values of downtown business properties | as an indication of the sound future | growth of the city. | skyscrapers command top-notch prices | for their bright, airy offices, with long | The | range view. Commissioner. Plans for three dwellings have been | “approved” by the Architects’ Advisory Couneil, following a study of designs at a meeting in the office of Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, in charge of building and zoning work. The jury is made up of members of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, who serve voluntarily without pay. The jury approved the design for a dwelling to be erected at 3600 Patterson street for Mitchell Quick, builder and designer: for a dwelling at 5101 Tilden street and another at 4914 Glenbrooke road, for W. C. & A. N. Miller, designed by G. E. MacNeil. Building Units Shown. A well designed building should ex- press on its exterior the general scheme of its plan. That is, the larger units should be indicated in the design. In this way each building has fts owp In- dividuality and the elevations ghow the particular reason for its being. QT RS in WOODLEY PARK CLOSE-IN location unsurpassed in Wash- ington in both exclusiveness of environ- ment and convenience to in-town activities for the most distinguished . No effort has been spared in achieving the combination of practicability and charm that lends these artistic homes such outstandmg distinction. . . . Brick construction with stone trim, slate roof, concrete front porc}\ with rough hewn timber columns; large. rear porches, open fireplace, attic, electric refrigera- tion. two-car built-in garage. . . . Thre: squares north of Wardfi\an Park Hotel, two west of Conn. Ave., convenient to John Eaton and James F. Oyster schools. Creek Park. PRICES RANGE FROM §15,750 Adjoining entrance to Rock Exhibit home 2914 Cortland Place, open dasly 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Drive out Conn. Ave. to Cathedral Ave., two sq. west to 29th, one sq. north to Cortland Pl. and left to houses OC, Qa ns é unry Oreners CO\N_QP/NY INC. Builders this by no means is so. There alreaqy are in operation here many industries which not only are no detriment to the setting in which they find themselves, (Continued on Twentieth Page.) number; wage earners decreased from 9823 to 9,519; wages increased from $14,795,722 to $15,668,655; cost of ma- terials used increased from $32,870,254 to $36,098,635, and the value of prod- AssACHUSETTS [PArK West of Kalorama -Across Rock Creekc Mass. Ave. entrance at 30™ St. One Square east of New British Embassy The National Cathedral on west Sites for Individual Homes Priced from *150 per sq.ft. up Within 2 miles of White Fouse Location and contours can never be dublicated in heart of Washington again- DPrices and Data from= MIDDAUGH AND SHANNON Inc, L1435 K St. Nagess : B Country Club Atmosphere a smart home . . . only $14,500 Jg\ Detached, tile roof, all-brick home. Cen- ter-hall plan; 8 rooms, 2 tile baths, hot-water heat, gas, electricity, electric refrigeration, built-in garage; paved street « « . in fact all the usual conveniences *found in an exclusive neighborhood. \E’ To Get There: Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Dorsett Ave., just beyond District line, turn left to homes. Or out Conn. Ave. turning west at Circle on Grafton St., which brings you to Wis. Ave., right at the main entrance to Kenwood . . . Dorsett Ave. On Kenwood’s Main Entrance from Wis- consin Ave., leading to Kenwood Country Club. Also in the vicinity of Chevy "~ Chase, sional and Bannock- burn Clubs! Congres- Sample House, 520 Dorsett A Open Daily and Sunday Till 9 P.M. Brodie & Colbert, Inc. 1707 Eye St. N.W. Natigonal 8875 4407 Elm St., Chevy Chase, Md. $11,750 New England Colonial' in design, with fagstone walk, charming running stream with rustic bridge, and many trees on beautifully landscaped lot. Near new Chevy Chase High School. Six perfectly planned rooms, built-in garage, bronze screens, open fireplace, i linoleum on kitchen floor, lats of closet space. This Home Should Be Personally Inspected Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Leland Street (just north of Bradley Lane), turn east two short blocks to 45th Street and morth two short blocks to property. M. & R. B. WARREN WISCONSIN 2875 Day or Evening e R R R R AR A A A R R R S S A AR S R R A A 5 S SSSNN SRR IRNNN NN N A SRS A