Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 17

wmeros, o, ONE: Foening Shat, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930. HOME & GARDEN | B-1 BUILDING OF STAR HOMES SHOWS STEA Public Exhibition DY PROGRESS to I;e—g—in April 27 When First Model House in Chevy Chase Section Is Opened. Construction of the five dwellings which will be sponsored this year by The Star in co-operation sociation as Star model homes now with the Operative Builders’ As- is in full swing and already prom- ise is seen in concrete form of the interesting modern dwellings that will be open to the public for inspection during the Spring and Summer. Public exhibition will begin April 27, when the first house in the | series, erected by Shannon & Luchs, Inc., at 6502 Maple avenue, in the forest section of Chevy Chase, of exhibition. The other houses Each house will be furnished for t| Dwelling Nears Completion. The Chevy Chase dwelling now is in | the finishing stage, all of its construc- | tlon being completed and leaving ample | time for the landscaping, additional | finishing touches and furnishing prior | to_the opening late next month. | ‘This is of colonial style, with modifi- | cations to suit present-day require- | ments, and illustrates the principle of suiting the dwelling to the particular | site for which it is designed. It is of two stories, with large finished third | story. Above the ridge of its roof tower & number of tall, graceful trees, form | a framing for the dwelling. To the | rear is a hillock thickly covered with trees and nea: to the rear of the | house is a small stream, which is bein® Prepared as a part of the landscaping | treatment. | ‘The exterior of the house is of brick, painted with a white oil preparation that presents the appearance of the old colonial brick home whitewashed, with Just a trace of the red showing through. One of the special features of the is the man's room, or den or library, at the rear center of the house, | opening off the living room and adjoin- ing a rear porch, this being designed as a place especially for the use of the man of the house, where he may read in peaceful seclusion or where he may carry on correspondence or business affairs at home. Kitchen Unusual Feature. Another unusual feature is the kitchen, which is replete with modern conveniences and which is especially designed to lighten and expedite house- hold duties. There is a large doubie sink under a rear window—a sink with two basins and two drainboards. Then there is a folding breakfast set on the opposite wall, with table and seats that can be conveniently folded out of the ‘way into the wall. In one corner is a cold closet, where foodstuffs may be stored away from the warmth of the kitchen. Another feature is a fan to draw cooking fumes out of the kitchen. The second house in the series, an ‘English group dwelling, being erected by ‘Waverly Taylor, Inc., at 1509 Forty- fourth street in Foxall, now has been roughed in, Tevealing the general out- lines of the house. This model home will be placed on exhibition about May 11. ‘This house will be of three stories, of English architectural treatment, with gabled dormers projecting from the frontal side of the roof, heavy lintels lald in the brickwork above windows and some half fimber work showing in thie facades. One of the special features of this house will be the “doubled front” char- @ater of the house, provided by the spe- eial attention given the rear yard and rear elevation which overlooks Foundry Branch Valley, east of Forty- fourth street, which is+to be developed s a part of the park system. ‘The Foxall model home will have a doubledeck rear porch which will be screened. - The porch will have sturdy su columns which will be rough hewn in keeping with- the English style ©of the development. ‘This house is one of a group of eight which have been planned as a unit, the design of the houses being varied while the same general architectural style is employed throughout. Third About Complete. ‘The rough construction work on the third model home, which will be one of a group of five small, inexpensive English row houses being erected in the " Shelbourne section, at 2004 M street | bury Co. mnortheast by Baer & Scholz, also is about completed. ‘The house, the smallest and least ex- pensive in the series, will have a brick exterior and will be simple in treat- ment with a noticeable absence of * -bread” ornamentation. There will be stucco and half timber work in the second story about: the series of windows while & covered porch will run wirtually across the width of the house. At the rear there will be a bouble- ideck porch which will be screened. The will have six main rooms which ve been out with special atten- CHEVY CHASE $14.750.00 Just Off Conn. Ave. Charming English-type brick and stucco home, in ® most excellent location. situated on Wonderfully landscaped lot of wide frontage. Every mode Teature, including _open fir place. two tile baths, war: model kitchen _ equipment. Rardwood floors, fioored attic Drive out Conn. Ave. to Tay- Tor 'St and our sign. 3 Taylor St. OPEN TODAY AND SUNDAY 3. £. Bounlass @o. Ateitory 1621 K St. N.W, Metrop. 5678 Md,, is thrown open for a month will follow at subsequent -dates. he exhibition. tion to convenience and ‘comfort in a home of this size. Construction of the fourth 1930 model home now is under way by the North ‘Washington Realty Co. on a large tri- angular site at the corner of Fernwat and Locust roads in Northgate, a block north of Kalmia road and a biock and a half east of Sixteenth street. The house will be distinctive in plan, being so designed as to get maximum use of the attractive triangular site and at the same time to combine such utility in the shape of a capital Y. y will be predominantly English, but will be widely different in design from the Shelbourne or Foxall homes. Many Attractive Views. It will be unusual in that the slllr‘ well will be near the center of the out- line of the house, providing easy access | to all rooms, most of which will have | three exposures, due to the thres-wing | character of the outline of the build- ing. g'l"l’l\e house has been so planned that it will present ttractive picture from different views about the triangular lot, so that there is the most attractive possible vista from each of the main | rooms and making possible suitable landscaping on all sides of the prop- erty. Construction now is being started by W. C. & A. N. Miller on the last of the series of model homes, which is to be the Jargest and most costly of the five demonstration dwellings. It will be a large stone and half-timber house at the southwest corner of Garfleld and Forty-fourth streets in Wesley Heights. It will be te with unusual fea- tures, ranging from different floor levels in various rooms, a library located over the porte cochere garage, a recreation room of old English style located in the living portion of the basement and a speciai utility room for the housewife located on the second floor, convenient to the bed rooms. BUYS MARYLAND AVENUE PROPERTY Site Containing Modern Filling Station Purchased by Shell 0il Co. Business _property at the southeast corner of Pourteenth street and Mary- lany avenue northeast has been pur- chased by the Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Inc., which redently entered the local field, for a consideration of ap- proximately $200,000, it was announced today by Theodore M. Judd and W. R. Pearce, who handled negotiations. The y is improved by a filling station, said to be one of the three largest in Washington and the largest in the northeast section of the city. It was purchased from Rier Bros. The corporation is reported to be acquiring & number of other sites here, to be an- nounced later. —_— TAKES NEW POSITION F. G. Clendaniel Becomes Associated ‘With Shannon & Luchs. F. George Clendaniel, for three years connected with the firm of N. L. Sans- ., has become associated with Shannon & builders, it was announced today. He will specialize in property in the forest section of Chevy Chase. has twice won the Mr. Clendaniel home-town speaking contest for asso- ciate members of the Washington Real Estate Board, this year and last year. Breu Completel By: D. S. Pool. n Sunda 4309 Jenifer Street CHEVY CHASE = Brand - new, entirely detached all-brick home ile bath, oak floors throughout, open fireplace, every f convenience and garage. Ope E Unparalleled Value Only $10,500 Reached via either Conn. or Wis. Aves to Jenifer St. Starts Tomorrow— evtn_t: A great 37 years of se ton people . . . modern home-buildin, that makes this home This residence is one of the most unusual and most practical planned homes we opportus have ever bui ture, center-hall plan, 3 bedrooms, 2 colored tile baths (shower), large front concrete porch, so a porch off dining room—every room ex- Ily large with wall space for furniture ptio arrangement. one of the most unusual features. situated on a (65x115) with the city. L& Breuningers Sons 211 Investment Bldg. Draperies by Amos MecDevitt | 2-story brick dwelling, Luchs, Inc., realtors and | Shepherd Par Display Home BULDING PROECTS L85 N WEEK Plans for New Dormitory for| Georgetown Included in List Approved. Building projects in the District hav- | ing a total estimated construction eost | of $782,465 were approved during the past week by Col. John W. Oehmann, | building_inspector. | Included in the new list of work | were plans for the five-story dormitory | building for Georgetown University, to be erected on Thirty-seventh street be- tween O and P streets, at a cost of | approximately $700,000, and plans for | nine priyate dwellings. Permits issued included the follow- ing: ‘Gtorgc(own College, owners; Emile G. Perrot, architect; Charles H. Tomp- | kins Co., builders: to erect one 5-story stone, concrete and steel dormitory, Thirty-seventh street, between O_and P streets (parcel 28-5, square E. 1326); | to cost $700,000. Two 2-Story Dwellings. Edward Jacobson, owner, designer and builder; to erect two 2-story brick and frame dwellings, 5700 Chevy Chase parkway and 3701 Northampton street (lot 812, square 1865); to cost $15,000. Frederick B. Mills, owner, designer and builder: to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 5700 and 5702 Fourth street (lots 191 and 190, square 3263); to cost 14.000. W. C. Kremkau, owner and builder; Charles E. Dillon, designer; to erect one 1415 Holly gtreet (ot 2, square 2138); to cost $12,- W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 3-story brick and frame dwelling, 4315 Hawthorne street (part lots 39 to 45, square 1621); to cost $10,000. R. F, Philpitt, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 3811 Twenty-fourth street northeast (lots 9 and 10, square 4296); to cost $7,500. John P. Moore, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story stucco and shingle dwelling, 2409 Branch lv(nu!! southeast (lots 17 and 18, square 5688) ; | to cost $5,000. G. W. Chase, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 1-story brick and tile dwelling, 6203 Piney Branch road (lot 57, square 2941); to cost $5,000. Repair Work Slated. Sanitary Grocery Co., owners; Pringle Construction Co., builders; to make re- pairs, Eckington place and R streets northeast (lot ——, square 3576); to cost $2,890. Philip Ferrara, owner; J. Bryant Smith, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick and tile addition, 481 C street southwest (lot 808, square 492); to _cost $2,200. F. A. Tschiffaley, owner; Slattery Iron Works, builders; to make repairs, 1211, 13 and 15 H street northeast (lots 309, 310 and 311, square 1004); to_cost $1,600. Dr. O. E. Howe, owner and builder; to erect addition to store, 601 H street (lot 800, square 453 cost $1,000. REALTY COMPANY OPENS CLARENDON, VA., BRANCH Boss & Phelps’ Office to Be Under| Direction of John F. ‘Webster. A branch office in the Arlington Title Co. building opposite the court house in Clarendon, Va, for the transaction of | a general real estate business in the Northern Virginia area has been opened by the firm of Boss & Phelps, local realtors and builders, it was announced today. ‘The office is under the direction of John F. Webster, who has been identi- fled with Boss & Phelps for the past seven years and who for the past two years has represented them in connec- tion with first trust loans made by the John Hancock Life Insurance Co., for whom the firm is the local loan corre- spondent. Belief in the future of Northern Vir- ginia lead Boss & Phelps to enter that field of business directly, it is stated. The company was founded in 1907 by Harry K. Boss d H. Glenn Phelps. About two years later, Ben T. Webster, then salesmanager, was admitted to the partnership, which was again expanded last year by the addition of three other employes. ninger’s ly Furnished 1368 Iris St. N.W. Drive out 16th St. to Alaska summarizing Breuninger’s rvice to discriminating Washing- co-ordinated in keeping with the featuring a price most impressive savings It. All brick,. English architec- The large basement clubroom is The home is large, well shrubbed corner lot a view that is unsurpassed in National 2040 classic architectural features. Work of Plans for the building were announced The American Security & Trust Co. as it will appear when the 10-story addition, seen at right, is completed to the morth of the present structure of clearing the site of the new structure Is to be started next week. The George A. Fuller Co. has the building contract. last month. BUILDING AVERAGE IS UP IN FEBRUARY Survey in 290 Cities Shows 18 Per Cent Increase in Dwelling Construction. ‘The total estimated costs of all build- ing operations for which permits were issued during February in 290 cities of 25,000 population or over was $108,513,- 996, while the January permits totaled $113,335,288, the Department of Labor reports. This is a decrease of 4.3 per per cent. However, considering the rel- ative number of days in each month, the daily average for February is above the average for January. . Permits issued for new residential buildings during February showed an increase of 18 per, cent over those is- sued during January in these 290 cities. There were 8,785 families provided for in the new dwellings which will be erected under the February permits, compared with 6,972 families provided for in new dwellings for which permits were issued in January. This is an in- crease of 26 per cent in February, com- with January. P residential bulldings were the only class to décrease, comparing the February with the January permits. The decrease in this class of building was 19.4 per cent. Additions, alterations and repairs showed an increase of 4.4 per cent. BALTIMORE FEARS LOSS FROM PARKING SPACES Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 20.—Tearing Gown of old buildings in the downtown section to make parking spaces for au- tomobiles is beginning to cause city offi- clals some worry because of loss in tax- tion. b g?flmnruy a lot. is considered more valuable when “improved.” "]Buut the multiplicity of the automo- bile is changing this to some extent and owners of property, where the buildings are antiquated, are finding it to their advantage to raze the old b t_parkin, Splendid Offerings At Low Prices 723 Fern Street 95 —NEAR WALTER s9’ REED HOSPITAL, in a square of detached homes. A decided bargain in a 2-story and attic up-to-date property. There is a living room across the front of house, with open fireplace; hardwood $oors throughout; hot-water heat; electric lights and large closets. The lot is attractive and there is 2 GARAGE. Terms of $500 CASH and convenient monthly payments will be accepted. Drive out Georgia avenue and turn east on Fern St. 1910 37th Street ss 75 —IN BURLEITH, y a convenient and attractive section of English cottage-type homes, near West- ern High School, graded and junior high schools, bus and car lines. Also close to new Georgetown Medical and Den- tal School. A charming 6-rdbm and bath, modern home in first- class condition. Flowers and shrubbery in front and rear yards. Paved street and alley. Very reasonable terms. Drive out Que St. to Wisconsin Ave,, north: one block to Reservoir Road, west to 37th St. and right to property. In Chevy Chase, Md. 113 Oxford St. A Detached English Cottage Type of Unusual Beauty Owner leaving city. Priced unusually Jlow for this type of home. You will surely be charmed with this exquisite bit of architecture with its aged brick walls and sloping slate roofing. The interior is done in excellent taste with Textone walls and fine oak floors. TWO BATHS with shower; sun room; a charming living room with unusually attractive fireplace: OIL. BURNER and FRIGIDATRE. 2.-CAR GAR- AGE to match. Lot 55x150. Landscaped to effect a setting worthy of the charm of dwell- ing. Drive out Conn. Ave. to Oxford street and east to 2nd block. Open All Day Sunday BO2SEGHELPS Bujlders—Realtors 1417 K St. National 9300 EXTENSION OF DRIVE | TO D. C. LINE SOUGHT | Would Link Highway With Mary- land Road Leading to Silver Spring. | Extension of Beach drive along Rock |Creek Park from its present terminus |at Kalmia road to the District line, | from which a further extension to Sil- |ver Spring is said to be planned by | Maryland authorities, is being sought | by Montgomery County interests, it was |announced today by Maj. Brainard | Warner, jr. Maj. Warner said that Senator Ty- | dings of Maryland next week should | foster an amendment to the District budget bill providing an item of $37.- 500 for this work. This will be sup- ported by three of the Montgomery County commissioners, Maj. E. Brooke Lee and himself, Maj. Warner said. The argument is made that this con- nection with Silver Spring would pro- vide an additional traffic connection, relieving somewhat the congestion on Sixteenth street and Georgia avenue. Bond Demnfi Increases. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 29.—The mar- ket for real estate bonds is taking on renewed life, according to local brokers. This improvement is due directly to the easy credit situation, which is respon- sible for the betterment of other classes of securities. Bullding operations are getting under way and indications are that activities in that industry will in- crease as Spring progresses. ‘The Unitde States exported more than $4,000,000 worth of toys last year. ~ 4510 Ridge St. gem &t a reasonable price. days—you will be charmed Wis, 2873 AssAm West of Kalorama -Across Rock Creek. Mass. Ave. entrance at 30™ St. One Square east of New British Embassy “The National Cathedral on west Sites for Individual Homes Priced from ‘Lo Within 2 miles of White Houge Location and contours can never be dublicated in heart of Prices and Data from= Mbdemiciievery dutell; contains a large living room with open fireplace, dining vocsn, well enigned: kitchen and putry, Sthatlrocnincunl tiled bath with shower; garage: lot 50x125. To inspect—Drive out Conn. Ave. to Bradley Lane, turn left (west) 3Y% squares to 311 West Bradley Lane. Representative will direct you to property directly in back. Open, Heated and Lighted Until 9 P.M. Daily and Sunday 5 M. & R.B. ARCHITECT URGES LESS ORNATE TYPE More Effective Ornament Use Is Obtained by Contrast, Designer Says. The present trend of architecture in the United States is toward the more sparing and more effective use of or- nament, according to Louis La Beaume of St. Louis, a member of the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects, who attributes the cause to the rediscovery of the age-old prin- | ciple of contrast. | “Even before the modern fury burst |upon us we were becoming more tem- | perate in the use of intoxicating orna- | ment,” declares Mr. La Beaume. “There is nothing essentially pew in this tend- ency toward moderation. It may in | our” case, like prohibition, be a reac- tion from excess, but the principle of moderation is older than Noah. “Though the architect builds with opaque materials, he uses light to paint | his building by means of shadows, and in the composition of these lights and shadows, by means of buttresses and plers, voids and solids, lurks the ulti- mate beauty of his design. “Each element is as important as the other and each must serve with the nicest tact to enhance the effect of the other and to culminate in the harmony of the whole. Ornament is no extra- | neous or superfluous detail to be used Lo;]lhs!lmed fromg at will. It is inevit- | able. | ‘“The first test to be applied in the | consideration of any ornament or deco- rative feature is the test of necessity. We mean, of course, esthetic, not utili- tarian, necessity. “Ornament must blossom naturally, inevitably, at the right time and place. It must be what we call appropriate, in perfect harmony with the theme out of which it grows.” MAJ. TOTTEN ARRANGING ARCHITECTS’ CONGRESS Local Institute Member Is Chair- man of Group Planning for Budapest Convention. ‘The Twelfth International Congress | of Architects will be held in Budapest September 8-14. Participation of the architects of the United States is being arranged by the American section of the permanent international committee, | of which George Oakley Totten, ‘Washington, a member of the Amer can Institute of Architects, is secretary. AIR GROUP ’LéASES OFFICE | National Aeronautic Association Locates on Dupont Circle. ‘The National Aeronautic Association, U. 8. A, Inc, leased for three years the offices located above the Du- pont Circle branch af the Riggs Na- tional Bank, at the corner of Massa- chusetts and Connecticut avenues, it was announced today by the real es- tate office of Edith S. B. Wright, which handled the transaction. p—— userts Park per’sq ft. up W;-hingren 3gain- eA4 Cozy Home With cAll the Charm of Early Colonial Days (Chevy Chase) $11.950.00 For the first time you are offered the opportunity to buy a home in Chevy Chase that is a true architectural he decorations are reproductions of early Colonial with the effect. yet quaint and homey. It WARREN 3950 Conn. Ave. —_—— W. Oehmann, building inspector, in safeguarding the public. ries’ provision for 16 service. construction. Practice Condemned. This practice, to which the District resorted because of an insufficient number of building inspectors, was con- demned by Maj. Davison, Col. Oehmann and Engineer Commissioner Ladue as well as by members of the House Dis- trict subcommittee on appropriations as an unsound governmental policy. Maj. Davison reported that District officials had no knowledge of any case in which this system lead to any de- parture of building code regulations in building qipenuom leading to acci- dents, but in supporting the request for additional Inl(i}eclor.s he pointed out that such additional personnel would eliminate possible violations of the code which might conceivably result in a disaster. He told the committee: “Each large project now which is un- der way has an inspector employed by and paid by the owner to see that the building code and the plans are com- plied with, ‘Will Pay All Inspectors. “This man, it is true, must be ap- proved by the inspector of buildings of the District before he goes on the job. But, nevertheless, the minute inspec- tional work is conducted by an employe of the owner of the building. That has lead us into so many difficulties that we have decided to ask for an increase, so that the District of Columbia will here- after be paying all the inspectors who are imspecting for the District in the interest of safety. “That accounts for the inclusion in | the engineering inspector’s list of five of | :h:e:"' employes which the budget al- ey ‘When approved, the additional build- ing inspectors will be employed so that the new system, ending the employment $7,950 $750 Cash A Perfect Gem of a Home Stone Front Six Rooms Tile Bath Two Porches Screens Weather Strips Fireplace 1704 Conn. Ave. Pric OPEN The Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Group. B Drive out_ Que turn at 44th (9" nefeivolt Rd% Vest “tg Vil 8 %o Model R D. C. BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICE TO BE IMPROVED District Budget Bill Provides for 16 Additional Employes for Greater Efficiency in Department. Major changes are in early prospect in the building inspectiony division of the District government, designed by Ma,l.K Dor?:lcd A. Davison, assistant engineer commissioner in charge, and Col. John to make possible greater efficiency e District budget bill, approved this week by the House, car- \addiuonnl employes in the building inspection This, Maj. Davison explained today, will enable the District to put an end to the practice of having building inspectors on large projects employed and paid by thg building owner, rather than the District, to see that building code requirements are followed in such of private inspectors, can be instituted with the opening of the new fiscal year, July 1, Maj. Davison said. Kerosene Helps Cleaning. A few drops of kerosene added to the water will increase the brilliancy of the window glass when washing. Chamois and old newspaper are excellent for glving a final polish. Ndaaaa s t it L ) —3524— 13th Street N.W. Just North of Park Rd. - Unquestionably the best buy in a 3-story brick Colo- nial anywhere on the heights. Recond: d from cellar to roof an tip-top shape. Wide Colonial ‘front porch, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, tiled bath, running water on third floor, back stair- h.-w.h., elec., hardwood screens, metal weather strips and fine rear yard to public alley. Be Sure to See This One Sunday! PRICED TO SELL! OPEN SUNDAY Nl Sanshurs 1418 Eve St. Natl. 5003 1464 Ogden Street $75 Per Month 1 Just North of Park Rd. Between 14th & 16th Hot-water Heat Electricity Laundry Trays Lavatory Perfect Condition Nice Lot Possession Open Sunday 11t 6 Schwab, Valk & Canby Potomac Its Quiet Beauty Will Charm You COME OUT TO Foxhall )/il?age America’s Smartest Colony of English Group Homes A Predetermined, Non-competitive Development Distinctly in a Class by Itself 4,5 AND 6 BEDROOMS, 2 AND 3 BATHS, EACH WITH SHOWER Range $15,950 to $24,500 Model Home, 1612 44th Street DAILY 3 1 up in Foxhall Village has been given the highest award within the giit of the Advisory Council of the American Institute of Architects. Houses valued as high as a quarter of a million dollars have been built and some are now under course of construction in the City of Washington which have not been given as high a rating as those in the SSEILELPS e HOME OF Creators and Exclusive Developers of the Village i N e ake lome on West _side.