Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1930, Page 17

000000000000000000000080000000000000000000000000000000000600000000000000000000000¢ - ] WASHINGTON, D. C, FIFTH STAR MODEL HOME 'OF STURDY ENGLISH DESIGN ' Wesley Heights Building to Be Commodious,| Dignified and Unusual in Service. Commodious in proportions, dignified in character and unusual in service and entertainment facilities, the fifth of the series of model homes being sponsored by The Star this year in co-operation | {1/, with the Operative Builders’ Association, will be a sturdy house of English design to be erected by W. C. & A. N. Miller on a half-acre site on the southwest corner of Garfield and Forty-fourth streets. | This model home in Wesley Heights will be constructed of local | granite with half timbered effect in The roof will be of old English tile shin- Elizabethan period style. gles in the darker shades of red. with brick of a character blending ‘The dwelling has been planned for the builders by Gordon E. MacNeil, archi- tect, the design being approved by The Star model homes committee which is composed of Monroe Warren, president, and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary, of the Operative Builders’ Asocisation; Louls Justement, past president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects; Maj. Donald A. Davison, as- sistant engineer commissioner; Wilmer J. Waller, president of the District Bankers’ Association; Alfred H. Law- son, president of the Real Estate Board; and a representative of The Star. Porte Cochere Garage. One of the numerous special features of the house will be a porte cochere garage through which the driveway passes, making it possible for an en- trance to be made to the house proper from the garage into the main hall of the house. This is designed as a specia! convenience in times of inclement weather. ‘The main entrance to the house is to be h a charming oak door- way into & spacious and magnificent hall which will be approximately 10 feet wide and running the ful depth of the house. The stairhall will be ad- jacent to the entrance hall, thus add- to its feeling of spaciousness. A coat closet in the plan is placed conveniently adjacent to the front door and is of ample proportions. Stepping down from the main hall through an arched opening, one will find himself in a spacious living room floor space and and ventilation from that room. Through a doorway of the fireplace, one may old fashioned eonservatory house ts may be well kept ter months. Through Pposl'e side of the fire- access to a winding stairway leading down to an unusual Tecreation room in the living portion story. Room for Receration. ‘This recreation room will carry out the idea of an old English inn,” with ideal pl:e:‘ for .:u‘:mgn‘t and enter- tainmen gues! an; Returning g Y0 | street (part . At great bay with three ‘windows, overlooking the terrace and Tear door dining room leads to a small breakfast for family use. A serving pantry ds. {2 the southeast corner of the | 53¢ e second story to carry out the | The chimneys will be topped off with the red tile roofing. PLANS APPROVED FOR T4 DWELLINGS Cost of Projects for Which i Permits Were Issued Dur- ing Week $249,750. Construction of 14 private dwellings in the District is provided in plans ap- proved this week by the building in- spector, Col. John W. Oehmann. The total cost of all new projects for which permits were issued this week was es- timated at $249,750. Among permits issued were the following: . P. J. Nee, owner; J. J. Whelan, De Sibour Construction Co., builders; to erect one 3-story brick and tile dwelling, 2855 Woodland drive (lot 45, square 2200); to cost $40,000. Mrs. Deming Jarves, owner; J. W. Kearney, architect; ‘W. Bolling, builder; to erect one 2-story tile and stucco dwelling, 2834 McGill terrace (lots 26 and 27, square 2200); to cost ,000. 2 ‘William C. & A. N. Miller, owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 3-story stone, stucco and frame dwelling, 2830 Forty-fourth street (part_lots 29 to 34, square 1615); to cost $30,000. Max Gorin, owner and builder; ‘T. Santmyers, architect; to erect three 2 brick dwellings, 4322, 4324, 4326 Thirteenth place - east (lots 54, 55 and 56, square 3974); to cost $21,000. C. W. Morris & Son, owners and builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect; to erect two 2-story brick dwell- ings, 3703 and 3705 Windom place (lots g:mlnd 55, square 1891); to cost $16,- Thomas J. Lane, jr., owner, designer and builder; to erect two 2-story brick flats, 1331 and 1333 Twenty-second street (lots 229 and 230, square 69); to cost $15,500. Louis I. Greenberg, owne: Santmyers, architect; builder; ing, lots 804 and 805, 2256); to cost $9,000. Gulf Refining Co., owners, and builders; to erect one 1-story k and concrete gas-filling station, 2 ana 4 New York avenue northeast (lots 37 and 38, square 670); to cost $8,000. ‘Washington C $8,000. F| PFisher, owner; A. Jeffery, de- ted between the breakfast room the kitchen. Here may be dressers of sufficient capacity to store | ' the cl.z‘lnt, ;gv‘e:vlre “dlflm ):mx linen as woul required for a house of this character, as well as provi facilities for cleant and caring for the silverware and . kitchen is one of the most at- tractive rooms in the house. There is a gas range placed in an alcove provided with a ventilator to carry off fumes of the cooking. One wall is lined with dressers, sink, broom closet and re- frigerator for & kif . There is ample space table which may be placed in the center of the kitchen. There is Of Course We'll Build Another House as Good . . .. But It Can’t Be Priced as LOW! 4317 Elm St. Chevy -Chase This Colonial Red Brick and White Clapboard Home was started when building costs were at their lowest, on ground pur- chased seven years ago . .. and it’s priced accordingly. Six spacious, well proportioned rooms, tiled bath with shower, open fireplace, inlaid linoleum on kitchen floor, covered side porch, garage to match house. Cross ventilation in every room. Large lot containing nearly % acre, with 90foot frontage on paved street. Grounds beauti- fully landscaped with fine shade trees. When you see it you will be happily astonished at the price of $11,750. Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Leland Street (just north of Bradley Lane), turn east (right) three blocks to 44th Street, then north (left) two blocks to prop- erty. Phone Wisconsin 2875 1to9 PM. and R. B. WARREN 90000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000600000 M. AING | enthy sireet (lot 829, square 319); to to cost $1,900. to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 3733 Twelfth street northeast (lot 18, square 3926); cost $5,000. Andrew D. Loffler, owner; T. F. Jones, bullder; to make repairs, etc., 124 Elev- Peter, . Boryer, ider; to erect one l-story brick addition, 2926 P’Wl (lot 218, square 1258); to cost Joseph Sansalone, owner; G. A. Mari- | nari, builder; to make repairs, 240 First | street southwest (lot 820, square 635); | W. G. buile ‘ Chevy Chase, D. C. $13,500 5413 Nebraska Ave. New brick and weatherboard Colo- nial. Six rooms, tiled bath, extra lavatory. Many special built-in features. Stairway to floored attic. Built-in garage. A property you should see with- out delay. OPEN SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co. orporated Cleve. 2300 First Showing CHEVY CHASE g D. C. $10,750 New Detached Home Built-in Garage Chumln,lv situated with & frontage of 44 feet on Popu- lar Military Road, just off of :!ndnl:vu)onklnl Nebraska Ave. ving room with 'place, model kitchen with complete built-in unit, double tile drains .lnd lino- ary s, bullt-in ' garage and covered concrete - front Porch, 3232 Military Road Drive right from Conn, Ave. on Military Road aboui two blocks to home and our sign. Open All Day Sunday We Are Conviaced— that this property will sell immediately due to its low price. 3.E. Bonglags Co. 1621 K St. N.W. lnl.ri.dll-l 5678 ALTORS First Showing square |o| he benin WITB SUNDAY MORXINO EDITION g giuf' SATURDAY, MARCH * STURDY ENGLISH HOUSE IS FIFTH 1930 STAR MODEL HOME The largest and most costly of the series of model homes sponsored this vear by The Star in co-operatlion with the Operative Builders’ Association, which is being erected at the southwest corner of Garfield and Forty-fourth streets, Wesle y Heights, by W. C. and A. N. Miller, from plans by Gordon E. MacNeil. APARTMENT GIVEN ADVISERS’ APPROVAL Structure at 4000 Cathedral Avenue, One of Quadrangle to Be Com- pleted in Five Years. ‘The design for the large apartment building being erected at 4000 Ca- thedral avenue by the Westchester De- velopment Corporation, at a cost esti- mated at $1,000,000, has been com- mended by a jury of the Architect's Advisory Council, a voluntary service organization sponsored by the local chagim of the American Institute of Architects. The apartment building is one of a large quadrangle of buildings which the corporation plans to erect over a period of five years on the 28-acre tract lying between Wisconsin avenue and Glover parkway. ~Harvey Warwick is the architect for the project. ‘The jury of the advisory council also commended plans for the dwelling | to be erected by Frederick Atherton at 2416 Massachusetts avenue, at a cost estmated at $90,000. Wveth & Sulli- or.| van are the architects. Plans for the following buildings were approved by the jury: Two dwellings to be erected at 7115-19 Ninth street, designed for the Columbia Con- struction Co. by George T. Santmyers, to cost $14,000; a store building for - 1707 Pennzylvania avenue, designed for Goodman Co., Inc., by Wil- , to cost $15,000, and A wide and varied appeal will be found in the model homes program sponsored this year by The Star and the Operative Builders’ Association due to the five houses of contrasting size, type, cost and location included in the series. The first of the,series is a Colonial dwelling of white brick construction, being erected by Shannon & Luchs, Inc.,, at 6502 Maple avenue, in the new forest section of Chevy Chase. ‘The second will be an English group dwelling of three stories being erected by Waverly Taylor, Inc., at 1509 Forty- fourth street, in Foxall, having an out- look from the rear over Foundry Branch Valley. ‘The third model home, the smallest of the series, will be one of a group of five English brick houses being erected at 2004 M street northeast, in the Shel- burne community, by Baer & Scholz. ‘The fourth will be an English coun- try-side type of dwelling of distinctive style and plan being erected by the A real estate business will be - ducted under the name of Edith 8. B. Wright at 1812 Twenty-fourth street, 1t was announced today by Mrs. Wright, formerly a member of the firm of Mayo & Wright. Announcing that this com- pany had dissolved, Mrs. Wright sald she would have associated with her in the new organization Mrs. John H. Magruder, Mrs. Rutherford Bing- ham, Mrs. Thomas M. Knox, Mrs. J. to | Earlston Tropp, jr., and Miss Wilhemina Jones. p—— Massacauserts pA West of Kalorama -Acvoss Rock Creek. Magss. Ave. entrance at 30™ St. One Square east of New British Embagsy The National Cathedral on west Sites for Individual Homes Priced from *Lso per sq.ft. up Within 2 miles of White House Location and contours can never be dublicated in heart of Washington again- Prices ana g’-fiw‘:g Y eA Cozy Home With cAll the Charm of Early Colonial Days 4510 Ridge S 5, t. (Chevy Chase) $11.950.00 For the first time you are offered the opportunity to buy a home in Chevy Ch gem at a reasonable price. e that is a true architectural he decorations are reproductions of early Colonial days—you will be charmed with the effect. Modern in every detail, yet quaint and homey. It contains a large living room with open fireplace, dining room, well equipped kitchen and pantry, 3 bedrooms and tiled bath with shower; garage; lot 50x125. To inspect—Drive out Conn. Ave. to Bradley Lane, turn left (west) 3% squares to 311 West Bradley L ane. Representative will divect you to property directly in back. Open, Heated and Lighted Until 9 P.M. Daily and Sunday M. & R. B. WARREN Wis. 2873 3950 Conn. Ave. |Scope and Variety to Feature Star Model Homes This Year North Washington Realty Co. on a tri- angular wooded site at Fernway and north of Kalmia road and east of Six- teenth street. The last of the series, the plans of wrich are announced today, will be a Locust roads, in the Northgate section | REALTY MEN TO HEAR ARCHITECT AND BUILDER ‘Waverly Taylor, architect and builder, | president of Waverly Taylor, Inc., will address members of the sales managers’ section of the Washington Real Estate Board at its next meeting, Thursday, |at 12:30 o'clock, at the Ambassador Hotel, it was announced today by J. Wesley Buchanan, chairman. 29 1930. proved real estate. Mr. Cromwell came to Washingtoa six weeks ago in connection with other business matters to learn among other things what actions were being taken in revision of the tariff, and while her: became interested in Washington real estate. While out-of-town capital has been invested largely in Washington. real estate, special interest attaches itself to the purchase made by Mr. Crom- well since this is his first major in- vestment in improved property. “I have traveled over the country considerably in my work and I have been offered investments in buildings from Los Angeles to New York,” Mr. Cromwell said to the representative of The Star. He added that the very fact that he had invested a large sum in local property bespoke his faith in the future of this city. “Aside from my interest in oil lands,” HOME & GARDEN| B-I CIL MAN ON VISIT HERE BUYS $3,750,000 BUILDING Confidence in Capital’s Future Prompts Investment, Says Joseph Irwin Cromwell of Southwest. BY DON S. WARREN, Real Estate Editor of The Star. Joseph Irwin Cromwell,' having made millions of dollars in the oil-production industry in ‘the Southwest, came to Washington te make his first investment of considerable size in the form of imi= ‘Mr. Cromwell yesterday signed contracts making him the owner of the Shoreham Building, 12-story office structure at the northwest corner of Fifteenth and H streets, in the financial center of the National Capital, the consideration being placed at $3,750,000. Faith in Washington’s future as a headquarters for offices financial and industrial organizations of national and internation scope led the oil operator to investment in local improved prop- erty, he told The Star after negotiations had been closed. he said, “I have invested in no im- proved real estate of any moment. My purchase of this building here is my first major investment of this character,” The Shoreham Building was acquired in negotiations conducted through the office of McKeever & Goss, local reale tors. The building was erected by the ‘Wardman Construction Co., the strud- ture being started about a year ago. ‘The building construction was financed through the office of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey of this city. . The 12-story building has matn facades of limestone. It has a contest of 2,180,000 cubic feet. The building has a frontage of 137 feet on H street amd of 120 feet on Pifteenth street. It was designed by M. Mesrobian, architect of the Wardman Construction Co. d ‘The structure is divided into (Continued on Third Page.) REALTY FIRM TO OPEN | | palatial stone and half timber house, being erected by W. O. & A. N. Miller at the corner of Garfield and Forty- fourth streets, Wesley Heights. It will be the most costly in the series. Mr. Taylor will speak on colonial, English and Mediterranean styles of architecture. The meeting will be a luncheon session. Mr. Buchanan will preside. HERE ARE VALUES Unequaled on Today’s Market 4012 Third St. N.W. A beautiful six-room box type home with seven large rooms. The living room is 20 feet deep. Redecorated throughout, including new inlaid lino- leum on the kitchen floor. The location is ideal. $6,500.00 4441 Fessenden St. N.W. A semi-detached brick home in choice location where values are daily enhanced. Six large rooms, tile bath with shower and built-in fixtures. Garage. Easy terms. $8,950.00 1347 Shepherd St. N.W. Most desirably located just off Fourteenth St. Per- fect condition throughout. Six large rooms. Open porches. Hollow tile garage. $9,750.00 Open for your inspection Sunday NATL. MORTG. & INV. CORP. 1004 Vermont Ave. National 5833 1326 Hemlock St. N.W. A Breuninger-built Home in SHEPHERD PARK This Dutch Colonial Brick and Tile Home contains 7 large rooms (den)—2 colored tile baths (shower) —is situated on a high, large, deep || and well landscaped lot (70x161)— garage to a wide paved alley—ezxcep- tionally large living room (fire- place)—large kitchen with breakfast nook adjoining—cross-ventilated bed rooms, screened, weather stripped; oil burner—paved streets — entire house in perfect condition—owner leaving city—price concession to im- mediate purchaser. Open Sunday from 10 AM. to 6 PM. Drive out 16th St. to Alaska Ave. to 13th & Hemlock Sts. Turn left on Hemlock St. to this home. After Sunday—Call Mr. Smith, National 2040. LG BreuningerS Sons « Ime. 211 Investment Bldg. National 2040 ‘Builders—Realtors Giauclly Trics- Jlhsog il Here are M- B9 s50 45 £/7 500 it natoral Leaitica - 250 000 29 F6Q ooo. Wlart tlesllig o Sty G DIRECTIONS . . . Drive out Sixteenth Street to Alaska Avenue and Disttict Line; watch for large Sligo Park Hills sign; turn right at this point . . . following arrows. Sales office, 7900 Georgia Avenue. Shepherd 2400. In Modern Decoration—T he Trend Is Definitely Toward PERIOD DESIGN HETHER good taste is inherent, or is some- thing that may be acquired and developed, the fact remains that good taste in interior design, decoration and furnishing is more $revalent in American homes today than ever before. It is largely expressed in the recognition and adaptation of Period designs. Period design, however, means something more that well selected and tastefully arranged furniture, hangings and objets d'art. To secure the correct “ style and atmosphere requires a sympathetic or at least adaptable background in the design and archi- tectural decoration of the rooms. For whether your taste runs to the ultra- modern sophistication of angles and planes, or more conservative and graceful lines, it is as difficult to EbvormateSpiniihsosrvelibyiscasyagatinebhiot Basks ground that is distinctly New England Colonial as to closely associate a Cromwellian chair with a Louis Quinze table. Recognizing this definite trend toward consis- tent Period design in construction, decoration and furnishing, M. and R. B. Warren have created in the Sedgwick Building at Tilden Gardens an authentic EARLY GEORGIAN HOME Done in the Queen Anne Style | { You will be delighted with this unusual and perfectly harmonized blending of the artistic with the practical. Structural design is by Parks & Bax- ter, Architects, and furnishings and decorations by W. B. Mos: ns. The Exhibit Home will be ofen for inspection every day during the com- ing week from one unti] mine fum. TILDEN GARDENS Co-operative Apartment Homes of Charm and Beauty A Development of M. and R. B. 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