Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1930, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D110, he Fy ening Staf, sumay SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930. BUILDING NEWS B—1 Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs LOCAL REALTSRS TO TAKE PART IN TORONTO SESSION W. C. Miller and John L. Weaver Among Directors, and Donal L. Chamberlin and John A. Petty Among Speakers. Boards, to be held at Toro; A GROUP a local realtors will take prominent roles in the annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate nto, Canada, July 9, 10 and 11, it was announced today by the Washington Real Estate Board, as arrangements were being completed for the local participation in the cenclave. The association, having a me mbership of about 700 local realty boards throughout the United States and Canada, will consider a host of questions affecting the construction and real estate business and will take action on numerous proposals involving new rules of conduct and activity by its thous: W. C. Miller and John L. Wea: ship of the convention program board of directors. Donal L. Cha: tary of the Washington board, will Washington also has been en- tered in the annual advertising and publicity contest. This con- sists of an exhibit of advertising and publicity conducted by mem- ber boards throughout the coun- try, a committee of national ad- vertisers selecting the most meri- | torious for awards. Spokesman for Washington. Mr. Chamberlin has been selected as | the spokesman for Washington in the national “home-town speaking con- test,” which is one of the outstanding events in the social program of the ‘convention, In this event realtors, rimed for the test, will vie for the lonor of making the best oration cham- pioning their home towns as the best. Mr, Chamberlin was winner of a simi- lar contest conducted last Winter by the local board. A series of advertisements featuring the advantages of Washington as a city. ands of individual members. ver will have a part in the leader- as members of the association’s mberlin and John A. Petty, secre- address sessions of the convention. BULDING PERMITS INGLUDE 23 HOMES Week’s Report of Inspector Represents $231,490, Out- side U. S. Projects. Plans for construction of 23 private | dwellings were included in new building | | projects in the District which were ap- Dwe]ling in Northgate to Be on View Three Weeks. FIFTH OF SERIES BUILDING RAPIDLY Many Attractive Features in English House Recently EVERAL thousand visitors made an inspection of the| fourth 1930 Star model home, an English-type dwelling of unusual design, finishing and floor plan, located at 1325 Locust road in Northgate, during the| past week. | This dwelling, built by the North Washington Realty Co. from plans by Parks & Baxter, | model homes committee, will re- main on exhibition tomorrow from 10 am. to 9 p.m., and each ensuing day during the succeed- ing three weeks. Meanwhile, interesting progress is being made in the construction of the | fifth_and last of the series being spon- sored this year by The Star in co- operation with the Operative Builders’ Association, by the firm of W. C. & A. N Miller, at the corner of Forty- fourth and Garfleld streets, Wesley Heights, which will be ready for exhi- bition during the latter part of next | month. Second Exhibition Week. The Northgate model home tomorrow | approved in detail by The Star| View of part of the dining room of the North the public. The knotty pine paneling of this room is the house between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m., daily. gate Star model home at 1325 Locust road, which now is open fc one of the features of the house. Visitors are invited to inspect Thousands Visit Fourth Star Model Home 120 RULE AGAINST RADIO NOISE | teenth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and K streeet. | was found to be 534 REALTORS TO GIVE BUSINESS PROPERTIES LEASED FOR 853 YEARS | Twenty-Six-Month Records Show $11,218,559.85 Involved in Area Between 7th and 17th and Avenue and K Street. EASES of business properties in downtown section of Washing- ton which have been officially recorded here.during the 26- month period from April 26, 1928, to June 20, 1930, number 120, have a grand total of 853 years and 9 months to run, and in- volve considerations totaling $11,218,559.85, according to a survey an- nounced today by Rufus S. Lusk, Inc. ‘The downtown area studied is bounded by Seventh and Seven- The number of all leases, the consideration involved and the number of years to run actually are somewhat greater than the count shows, it is pointed out, since it is known that some leases are not filed with the recorder of deeds. The total number of leases recorded throughout the city T While the survey as to leases has not been completed and all interesting details, therefore, are not available, it was found, Mr. Lusk reports, that the longest lease recorded during the period studied was the property at 720 to 724 Seventh street, leased by S. S. Kresge Co. for a period of 50 years, The largest rental consideration in this survey was found to be involved in the lease taken by Parker-Bridget Co. in the Wash- ington Building, at the intersec- tions of Fifteenth street, New York avenue and G street, calling for a consideration of $1,215,000 for a 21-year period. The number of leases on F and G streets in the area studied and recorded during the 26-month A “SALES DRAMA" Two New York University‘ Professors to Present Edu- cational Demonstration. A novel “sales drama,” illustrative of six fundamental principles of sales- manship, will be presented before a which were published by the locai | Proved during the past week by Col. will enter its second week of exhibi- | DWELLING PLANS large assemblage of local, Virginia and Maryland realtors in the ballroom of the Willard Hotel next Thursday after~ period was 34, running for a grand total of 330 years and nine and a half months, and having a board some months past, will comprise the local exhibit in the advertising con- test. These attracted national atten- tion when they were published here, and a number were reproduced with favorable editorial comment in the Na- tional Real Estate Journal, official or- gan of the national association, it is inted out by Alfred H. Lawson, pres- dent of the local board. Mr. Miller, a past president of the Jocal board, who is a director of the national body, will preside over all ses- sions of the home builders and sub- dividers’ division at the convention, in l&u capacity as chairman of that sec- lon. Mr. Weaver will have a part in the direction of the convention as a past president of the national association and as a member of the board of directors. Members of Delegation. Included in the delegation which ‘Washington will send to Toronto July 7 are Waverly Taylor, H. Clifford Bangs, Alfred H. Lawson, John A. Petty, Fred A. Hessick, R. Marbury Stamp, R. C. Zantzinger, Thomas E. Jarrell, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Judd, W. C. Miller, John L. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Jones, Donal L. Chamberlin, Dr. George M. Sharp. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hough- ton and Worthington Houghton. Petty is scheduled to discuss a Board Can Do to Improve Market Conditions,” at a meeting of the realtor secretaries’ division. A compafion speaker on the same pro- gram will be Perry O. Powell, executive secretary of the Milwaukee, Wis., board. The secretaries’ division also will consider the question of how a real estate board can assist owners of real estate to secure lower taxes and sup- ply information important to the own- ers of property through organization of property owners’ divisions in local real estate boards. CITIES RERORT ON WORK May Building in 288 Reaches $169,732,311 Total. Reports received by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States|erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 5457 | Department of Labor from 288 identical cities having a population of 25,000 or over show the estimated cost of total building operations for the month of May to be $169,732.311. Permits issued for residential build- ings in these cities show a decrease of | 5 per cent, comparing May with April. Decreases were registered in residential butlding in five of the seven geographi- cal districts. Non-residential building decreased 9.4 per cent. However, four of the seven districts showed increases in_this of bulldin See This Today $11,500-00 Lowest in Chevy located st priced new house Chase, D. C, the corner of Military Rd. and Nebraska Ave.; thi an artistic, Eng- -designed home; spacious g4 room, with wood-burn- fireplace, opening on large e porch; charming dining room. A very modern kitch- en with a dandy breakfast alcove, 3 splendid bed rooms, roomy bath, access to attic, bui garage. A complete aits your inspection. See this today. A. G. Hughes Realty Associates 1427 Eye St. N.W. Nat'l 8744 Can You Imagine | John W. Oehmann, building inspector. | Exclusive of Federal developments, the | new list of work had a total cost esti- | mated at $231.490. Permits issued i | cluded plans for the following opers tions: Southern Construction Co., owners and builders; George T. Santmyers, ar- | chitect: to_erect seven 2-story brick | dwellings, 315 to 331 Peabody street (lots 79 to 85, square 3289); to cost | $42,000. J. Tiffey, owner, designer and builde to_erect four 2-story brick dwell , 1318 to 1324 Webster street northeast (lots 5 to 8, square 3976); to cost $28,000. E. M. Willis, jr., owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect four 2-story brick dwellings, 2209 to 2215 Thirty-eighth street (lots 658 to 661, square 1301); to cost $22,000. Mitchell Quick, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 3701 and 3703 Jenifer street (lots 25 and 26, square 1873); to cost $16,000. McDowell Bros., owners; A. 8. J. At- kinson, architect; Morrison Bros., build- ers; to erect 2-story brick gas service station, 5332 Wisconsin avenue (parcel 26/80, square 1658); to cost $15,000. Martin McInerney, owner and build- er; J. H. Abel, designer: to erect two 1-story brick stores, 2329 and 2331 Pennsylvania avenue southeast (lots 39 and 40, square 5560); to cost $14,000. Rebecca Cook, owner; Gilbert Miles | Ramsey, designer; to erect one 1-story | stone ‘and brick gasoline filling station, 6419 Georgia avenue (part of lot taxed as lot 804, square 2975); to cost $11,500. John J. Pemfrey, owner; Thomas M. Medford, architect; M. Cladny Con- struction Co., builders; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 2108 I street (lot 837, square 77); to cost $9.450. O. T. and W. A. Carr, owners and builders; Willilam A. Carr, designer; to erect one 2-story brick, stone and frame dwelling, 4925 Massachusetts avenue (lot 49, square 1484); to cost $9,000. Young & Oppenheimer, owners and builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 1615 A street northeast (lot 800, square IlON); to cost $7,500. | George T. Santmyers, architect; to | Nebraska avenue (lot 5, square 2025) to cost $7,500 | P. H. Willis, owner and builder George 8. White, designer: to erect on ory brick and tile dwelling, 496 | (Continued on_Third_Page.) Chevy Chase, Md. $11.950 12 Blackthorn St. In a perfect location. Just south of the Co- lumbia Country Club. 5 doors west of Conn. Ave. Center hall plan. 7 rooms, including sun par- lor, lot 70x120, with trees, flowers and shrub- bery. Out-of -town owner has priced this property to sell. OPEN SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. 5520 Conn. Ave. Cleve. 2300 for Only $8,500? House, 26 ft. by 31 ft. Two_story, detached. Washingion water and sewer. Weatherstrips and copper screens. First floor: Living room with fireplace, spacious dining room and kitchen, bed room and tiled lavatory. Lot 50 ft. by 125 ft. Garage to match. Gas and electricity. Oak floors throughout. Second floor: Two roomy bed rooms and sew- ing room, large tiled bath. FIRST SHOWING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY From 10 A.M. Until 9 P.M. 224 VIRGINIA AVENUE, LYON PARK (Nearby Virginia) To reach: Drive across Key Bridge and up Wilson Boulevard to Virginia Avenue (at Texaco gas POSEESS 1417 K Street NW Arlingion Title Compary Building Clarendon, Virginia station), thew turn left to property. ELPS ational 9300 rendon 2345 D 2 e e, |adjoining a screened porch overlooking J. Dinger, owner and builder; | tion. It is located on a large, trian- gular lot one block north of Kalmia road and two blocks east of Sixteenth street, in a wooded section which is a part of the colonial Blair-Lee estate. It may be reached by driving di- rectly out Sixteenth street to Locust road, one block north of Kalmia road, then right for two blocks on this road to the house, which is marked by The Star model home signs. Features of this eight-room house which have attracted special attention are the knotty-wood panel finish in the dining room and part of the liv- ing room, about the sturdy old Eng- lish-type fireplace; the inviting, cool, Summery atmosphere created by the whitewashed brick exterior construc- tion; the cheerful appearance of the service yard about the rear entrance, which really constitutes a cozy flower garden; quaint ofl-pot-type colonial electric fixtures which furnish light for the main rooms of the first floor; the efficient arrangement of the rooms, most of which have three exposures; all main rooms connecting with the central halls on both the first and sec- ond floors, and the den-like library or man’s own room back of the winding staircase in the first floor, which is fitted with private lavatory and built- in bookcases, one section of which con- | ceals & secret compartment large enough to contain a small private safe. * Built in “Y” Shape. ‘The house is bullt in what may roughly be described as a “Y” shape, which | makes possible maximum utilization of the triangular lot. On the first floor are entrance lobby with an adjoining coat closet and a powder room, a cen- tral stair hall, dining room, living room a wooded section to the rear, library or man’s room and kitchen. On the second floor are three large bed rooms and two baths and a small bed room over the den. In the basement are the | maid’s quarters and bath, boiler Toom, built-in garage and storage space. An outstanding example —highest standard of modern construction—painstak- ing care to every detail—careful selection of interior character decorations emphasizes throughout. Ten rooms, th tion room with fireplace, sun parlor, two-car garage. Wonderfully it of ground. wooded lot, Open Sunday 11 to 6 Schwab, Valk & Canby 1704 Conn. Ave. Chevy Just North of Chevy Here you enjoy the den, trees, etc. Come in and see the R New Center-Hall Colonial Residence in Massachusetts Avenue Park 3215 CATHEDRAL AVE. Chase Home 4508 RIDGE ST. MAY SOLVE BUILDING PROBLEM‘\ Apartment and Other Structures With Courts for Air and Light to Be Relieved. Adoption by the District Commission- “Experiments carried out in the psy- | ers of a new regulation forbidding radio | Chological laboratory of Colgate Uni-| fans, under the penalty of fine or im- versity, in which the effect of noise on| h the working efficiency of four expert prisonment, creating a public nuisance typists was measured, showed that un- by running their sets unreasonably loud, | der quieted conditions the increase in may have the effect of minimizing a Speed amounted to 7.4 per cent for the problem which has been faced by prop- | fastest typist, while the average energy erty management concerns, builders and | expenditure of the four persons was architects. | reduced nearly 30 per cent.” Builders have struggled in the past —_— with the problem of making maximum use of lot areas in erecting apart-| ments, and yet to plan the layout of buildings to give as much space as pos- sible in courts between wings. Aside from providing for the necessary amount of light and air, it has been a problem to arrange courts to allow a minimum of noise. Apartment house managers at times are the recipients of insistent com- plaints from some tenants about “the conduct of others in running their radio sets full blast” into the wee small hours. The new ordinance, some observers be- lieve, may bring relief to apartment property owners as well as to private individuals. The Department of Labor joined in Building Permits Issued. Special Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE, June 21.—Building | | months of this year by the bureau of | buildings totaled 7,422 and involved $14, 229,700, compared with $12,597,200 for the' corresponding period a year ago. | The customary 20 per cent for under- | valuation is not included in the totals. | | | Our word “post” is derived from | the upright timber which was a con- venient object to which to attach pub- | | lie notices, whence the verb to post. GIVEN APPROVAL Architects' Advisory Council Passes| on Projects for Two Veazey Street Structures. Architectural plans for two dwellings | to be erected at 3633 and 3635 Veazey street by Everett S. Beall, jr., owner and designer, have been commended by the Architects’ Advisory Council. This | rating indicates the bellef of the coun- cil that the plans meet exceptionally | well the standards which should be | maintained for private buildings in the National Capital. | The jury, which consists of members | of the local chapter, American Institute of Architects, also has approved as “meeting the standards which should be maintained for private buildings” in | permits granted during the first five | the neighborhood concerned, plans for | committee consisting of Morris Cafritz, the following: | Eight dwellings to be erected at 4444 to 4456 and 4445 to 4457 Faraday place by Boss & Phelps, designed by John W. Kearney: dwelling for 1332 Locust road for R. and B. R. Denton, designed | by V. O. Chase; dwelling for 1710 Kal- mia road, Edson W. Briggs, owner and designer; and five dwellings for 2216 to 2224 Thirty-eighth street for D. C. Gruver, designed by George T. Sant- myers. e e mea ueneenscary s | ¥ € € CEEEEEELE LR Lo reressk this week in a news release, recounting | the injurious effects of this bugaboo of | congested city life. It states: | “The fact that unnecessary noise pre- sents a serious problem is receiving in- creasing recognition from various indi- viduals and organizations. It has been shown that excessive noise reduces effi- clency and that the practical effect of the use of quieting treatment for work- rooms or the elimination or lowering of the disturbing noises has been an in- crease in output or a reduction in the number of errors. EEEE 7. QULIRLIREIEE 57 S 77 - of a true Colonial home and refinement ree baths, lavatory, recrea- 7 N approximately 10,000 sq = < (GGG RG I Z Potomac 0830 Chase Country Club Heasures of yard, gar unusual treatment of the Three bed rooms, six closets on second floor. $12,250.00—Easy Terms—Lot 50x125 For investment, your home is situated in the heart of present and future substantial develop- ment. We lower material and construction costs without cheapness to you whenever it is possible. For a home of this type we offer you full value for every dollar you invest. Three other homes of pleasing dasign are now nearing completion. To inspect—Drive out Commecticut Avemue to Bradley Lane, turn west on Bradley Ave., thew morth on East Ave. ome block to Ridge St. i et Come Out Sunday—Open Daily Until 9 P.M. M. & R. B Reliable and Dependable Operators Tel. Wisconsin 2873 Lane three squares to East SN . WARREN 75 » Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Columbia Country Club and turn left (west) on the new Bethesda-Silver Spring Highway 4 | sales efforts by the two professors, who noon, it was announced today by John | total rental consideration of A Petty, executive secretary of the |$7,055,704.32 Washington Real Estate Board. The program, given under auspices of the local board, will feature Profs. R. C. Borden and A. C. Busse of the New York University. Arranged as an educational demon- stration, the dramatization of actual Chevy Chase Corner $14,500 Four Large Bed Rooms— Detached Garage—Lot 60x125 A very imposing corner home in a setting of fine shrubs, hedges and trees. Large re- ception hall and living room with open fireplace; model kitchen with furnished break- fast nook; four bed rooms and sleeping porch; full width cov- ered front porch, maid’s room, ' outside pantry, hot-water heat, hardwood floors, etc. 5501 Nevada Avenue (Corner of Livingston) Drive_right from Conn. Ave. on Living- ston St. two blocks to home and our sign. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY ¥. £. Bouglass Con. Realtors 1621 K St. N.W., Met. 5678 are widely recognized as sales special- ists, will Jepict in “life drama” the cor- rect and incorrect methods of selling, Mr. Petty reports. Members of the Real Estate Board of Baltimore and the Alexandria, Ar- lington, Fairfax Real Estate Board have been invited as guests of the local realtors to attend the sales drama, which will be followed by a general sales discussion. Alfred H. Lawson, president of the Washington Real Es Board, wiil preside and introduce the principals in the drama. Arrangements for the event are being handled by a special chairman; Milton F. Schwab, J. Curtis Walker, Horace G. Smithy, L. T. Gra- vatte, R. L. McKeever, Wilmot W. Trew, J. C. Weedon, jr.; Charles D. Sager and David E. Barry. In addition to the committee the fol- lowing have been appointed as ushers to handle the seating: Paul D. Crandall, Raymond G. Koenig, Jacob Roberts, George L. Bunnell, Carl G. Rosinski, Donal L. Luxford, L. C. Leigh, Jamos | A. Sullivan, jr.; Richard D. Stimson. ' (4 'gaa/owérooé A WARREN DEVELOPMENT INCHEVYCHASE 7 v v v ally IN what is gener- recognized as the most desirable resi- dential district of the National Capital . , . directly in the path of the northwestward deve lopment of Washington's finer homes one short block west of Connecticut Avenue, adjoining the Columbia Country Club... MEADOWBROOK ... a beau- tiful tract of 70 acres of land . . . the old Laird and Watkins Estates, in Section 4 of Chevy Chase . . . mon’ Here, after many ths of painstaking preparation, is being constructed an outstanding group of homes of charm and distinction . . . care- fully cons one block property. to planned, beautifully designed, sturdily tructed, embracing every modern con- venience and appointment . . . but withal, moderately priced . . . Because of the mag- nitude of the undertaking, Meadowbrook is to be developed in sections . . . the first area S8 t end to be improved comprises a group of heautiful homesites in the southern of the property . . . five attractive homes are nearing completion, and the first will be ready for inspection beginning to- day at 1 p.m., and all day every day there- afters o May we invite you to be among the first to see what will un- doubtedly be Washington’s finest develop- ment of moderately priced homes? . . . Temporary Office, 4606 Leland Street, Chevy Chase, Maryland. David J. Howell & Sons, Engineers; Parks & Baxter, Architects; John H. Small, 111, Landscape Architect Telephone Wisconsin 2764