Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1930, Page 19

s REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. REAL ESTATE. B3 WASHINGTON HOME 10 BE PRESERVED $50,000 Has Been Raised foré Purchase of Farm Near Fredericksburg. Through the Virginia Committee of the George Washington Foundation, it 1s announced that approximately $50,000 has been raised for the work of pur- chasing and preserving the Washington homestead farm opposite Fredericks- burg, where George Washington passed his boyhood and youth. Present plans are to dedicate it during 1932, the bi-| centennial year. Definite plans for the dedication and date upon which it will be held will be left to the National Bicentennial Com- mission, which plans to include the ceremony in the official program of the bicentennial. Col. H. 8. l(lmberly of the commission is expected in Fred- burg in the next few days to r on the plans with members of the Virginia Committee. every dollar received has contributed in the North, mem- h-: of the Virginia Committee stated, A movement is just getting under way to_enlist the help eof Virginians. It was to this farm George Washing- ton moved as n boy of 6, -nd there he grew into young manhood. It was the ly l:mefly left to him by his father. er resided there for 37 years, and his father and one sister died while the 11 was residing there. It was sold in 1772. Scene of Cherry Tree Incident. Tt was on this farm, according to Lewis Willis, playmate and first cousin mother’s favorite colt_and nish dollar across the Rap- | commmu N. my. Chester B. Coolrick, Mrs. C:rl Mel- R. Walton Moore and Harris, REAL ESTATE BOARD CONDEMNS PRESSURE SELLING PRACTICES' (Cqntinued Prom First Page) ' mortgage, ml 1 ‘hat large | Bumbers of Individysi mhdd.lnl m.hor-tmmmf without centralized 16th and Columbia Road N.W. One Room, Reception Hall, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration Residence at 112 Hesketh street, Chevy Chase, Md., sold recently to Fred W. Schneider through Bess & Phelps, realtors. remains a blot on the community until such time in the years to come that the city grows sufficiently to create a need for its development. Oftentimes the city grows around such blighted areas because of the difficulty one would ex- perience in attempting to purchase the nrvperty a8 an entirety for the e:xryln. on a substantial develop- men ‘The Washington Real Estate Board for a number of years continually has DC'.Ched' in Beautiful received complaints in connection with | treatment of buyers and prospective buy- | ers in these high-pressure promotion | schemes, yet the prunoten are always| skillful enough to operate in such a manner that they are within the law. The board lnnrubly advises extreme | ;7 caution in the purchase of lots under | such conditions, and makes available to inquirers sufficient fundamental in- tormn.lon to guide them in their in- SHEPHERD PARK $19.750 9 ROOMS 3 BATHS 2-CAR GARAGE HOME PURCHASED BESIDE GOLF CLUB, Fred W. Schneider Buys Two-Story Residence From Boss & Phelps. Fred W. Bchneider has purchased the two-story home at 112 Hesketh street, Chevy Chase, Md., it was announced this week by Boss & Phelps, realtors. Located on a hrg Jot just off the Chevy Chase Golf Club grounds, this home 1s of all brick construction, de- tached type, with tile roof. the house include a large livis openlng to an inclosed solarium through French doors filnkl:’ a mantel. The kitchen is equipped with modern appli- ances. rooms and two bath rooms, one includ- ing a shower. The floors are of clear white oak throughout. A two-car brick garage is provided. TWO HOMES PURCHASED Annie C. Cullinane and William P. Corcoran Are Buyers. The two new brick residences at 3628 and 3630 Windom place, Cleveland Park, bullt by Wenger Bros., have been urchased by Annie C. Cuilinane and room Features of | The home has three large bed | | UNIVERSITY CLUB BUILDING ADDITION TO COST $245,000 (Continued From Pirst Page.) dwelling, 731 Second street northeast | (lot 816, square 752); to cost $300. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone | Co., owners; 8.J.Prescott Co., builders; to make repairs, 722 and 730 Twelfth | street (lots 22 and 23, square 288); to ‘cm $800. Randall H. Hagner, owner; T. F. Colller builder; to make repairs, 2339 Massachusetts lvenue (ot 14, squpre 2517); to cost $300. John T. Flood, Wll!l'. L. W. Giles, ‘architect; Louls Yudelevit, bullder; to erect one 2-story brick addition, 1010 Fifth street northeast (lot 33, square 806) ;o cost $500. William Dufty, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, architect; to make repairs 1130 North Capitol 'street (lot 816, aqunre 620); to cost $300. Baker, owner; G. F. Gardiner, lfl.lllde’l, to make repairs, 1208 Thh‘- m‘tmn‘ street (lot 825, square 245); to cost Mrs. Fannie Scalla, owner; G. W. Hollowell, bullder: to make repairs, 1858 Mintwood place (lot 181, square 2550); to_cost $690. B. F. and J. D. Payne, owners; J. D. Payne, builder; to make repairs, 5727 Thirteenth street (lot 37, square 2935); | to cost, $450. | illiam P. corconn it is reported by | . G. Smithy Co, Delegates from foreign countries at- tended this year's National m;huy‘ Congress at Mexico City, Mexico. 7704 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE N. W. (3 Blocks South of t-hu Road—Reached .via 16th Street or Alaska Avenue) ! ety and i1_mot Samiter-hetl homs of brisk -.nnun- mmgh&wu . parisen. Search the sity snd you w lue equal and lflll” »t n. M his exceptional buy at your earliest OPEN. FOR INSPECTION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ALFRED T. NEWBOLD 5626 Conn. Ave. Clev. 1948 It Is a Rare oxna ‘A Village i America's Most 17 K St Moore, builder; to erect brick and tile | DECREASE IS SHOWN cline of 16.2 Per Cent—Wash- | ington Project Listed. —_—— Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United comparable cities, of 162 per cent in estimated of the bulldings for which permits were ' issued in August as compared with July. Total indicated expenditures for all m ‘were issued for these tben was a decrease tial building cent. According to permits issued du we! new 25. mu-m»&':n":tnmmcm gymnasium versity to cost uuoooo. and for an additional laboratory bullding at Yale to cost -$700,000. Permits were issued in Cambridge, Mass., for two hulldlnu n. mrvlrd University to cost $435,000. rmit was issued in Albany for |Yubl|l: school building to_cost :'monoo the Borough of the Bronx permits Treat to Visit 32 in the Cfly Seven Minutes From Dupont Circle Unique Colony of About 200 Homes of Genuine Elizabethan Architecture o} 1606 44th St. Furnished by W. and J. Sloane New York and Washington = OPEN 9 AM. to 9 P.M. REACH — From Dupont Road and west to the Village. south tum at Forty-fourth Street. Created and Developed Exclusively by BOSSEMELPS National 9800 IN COST OF BUILDING |5 S | Reports for 291 Cities Note De- r cent in this | A According to reports received by the [ ¥ States Department of Labor from 291 |000. for s, publc wgding or & In Okmom. City a permit was issued for a building (for the oklnhom- Gas & Electric Co.) to cost nearly $1,300,000. contract was let for a puhlh "utilities bullding in mm. to cost $500,000. Brick Residence Sold. W. N. Wright has purchased brick rmldenceml: 50 8 lh'.l!k IG Il a- ced by . which handled m tnnneum ‘The mfl‘mm was bought from Selden M. ="t EXPERT TO DISCUSS POWER IN INDUSTRY New York City Engineer Will Ad- dress Real Estate Conference in Detroit. How great is the importance of power plant Jocation s it was formerly. change, he maintains, is due to the great network of transmission lines, the | supplied by large steam and hydro gen- erating stations st frequent intervals, , | serving all the most important sections of the country and making compara- tively cheap power available to all classes of industry. - Outstanding Values! NEW HOMES 7=Room Home 4 Bed Rooms 8=-Room Home Semi=Detached '8,750 9,650 Modern in All Details—Equipped With Frigidaire. On Lots 140 Feet Deep—Flenty of Room for Garden and .Flowers. Sample House 416 Jefferson St. N.W. Open Sunday and Daily Until 9 PM. Drive Out 13th St. or Goorjin Ave. to Jefferson St., Then East to Houses. THOS. A. JAMESON CO. BUILDERS and OWNERS 906 N. Y. Ave. Nat. 5526 YOU’LL FIND YOUR IDEAL in a HOME—and HOME OWNERSHIP in TILDEN GARDENS Location Tilden Gardens is located: on Connecticut = Avenue, between Tilden and Sedgwick Streets, just south of the U. S. Bureau of Standards, only a few minutes’ drive from downtown Washing- ton, yet aloof from the dust and din of the city. The three-and- one-half acres of lovely land- scaped gardens and grounds are now in their full autumnal glory. LIVING ROOM Living moom 196" a0 By Room "'.0% 1" Conveniences Residents at Tilden Gardens enjoy the advantages of the best of individual houses and every facility and service of the smart- est apartment hotel. There is glrage space bereath every uilding. In the Club Building there is an excellent Dining Room, hotel rooms where your guests may be accommodated. a highly competent manager and staff for the entire development, 24-hour switchboard service, etc. BED RoOM ®-0" x12-3° stavice service LIVING RoOM - e -2t ey noom w45 186" BED Room 120" 12%y" Livine Room 190" 11w LIVING Room gy PINING Room 20" et Remember___\'nu can buy your own co-oper- ative apartment *home for a moderate cash deposit and monthly payments as low as $42 per month, plus maintenance charge—ACTUALLY LESS THAN RENTAL for a SIMILAR HOME. Apartment homes of 3 rooms and bath to 7 rooms and 2 baths are now available and ready for occupancy in the new and final building. Inspect them now—and also the two Exhibit Homes so attractively furnished by W. B. 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LIvinG Roon W » 1-o® FE.conomies Twenty per cent more usable floor space than in comparable individual house; many - econ- omies through group construc- tion and operation; no losses from vacant apartments, no un- collectible rents, no excessive managing overhead, no expen- sive redecorating nor repairs for frequcntly shifting tenants, no landlord’s profits—all these en- able you to save half your rent while living in ideal surroundings. R