Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1930, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. 1223 Owen St. NE. The last home in this beautifully developed Trinidad Section— where substantial construction is combined with artistic planning, and every up-to-date feature is included. Tapestry brick, containing 6 large rooms, tiled bath, three large porches, garage. Hardwood floors and trim, paneled walls, har- monizing fixtures, Street and Alley Paved Low Price and Terms Union Trust Building Dist. 5246 Or Any Brok 14 Blocks From Chevy Chase Circle 3428, 3502 Patterson St. N.W. Two new beautiful detached brick homes to select from. Each has reception hall, 6 rooms, 2 baths, porches and garage; each house of a different architectural design. Located in a high, exclusive restricted neighborhood and close to churches, schools and car line. Prices, $13,250 $13,850 Open for inspection day and night JACOBSON BROS. Owners and Builders 1616 K St. N.W. Phone Dist. 2126. Clev. 3353 Wis. 2916 1246 D St. N.E. $7,250—Terms Al abgaitod il ern, 6-room home, in a most desirable and convenient residential section. It is a colonial front porch style with hardwood floors and trim, double rear porches, rear yard and %-car garage on paved alley. This home has been com- pletely renovated and is in excellent condition. Open All Day Sunday J. Dallas Grady District 9179 1010 Vermont Ave. N.W. DESIGN PRAGTICAL |Present Generation Cares Little for Tradition, as Skyscrapers Reveal, 1 BY WILLIAM ORR LUDLOW, Pellow of the American Institute of Arehitects. a4 Is mod‘eh:nhuu vmuctal:-’ soon to lgneo prevailing st; colonial, Elizal n, Italian Renaissance now belong to the past in this country and a few years hence will | they simply indicate buildings that are | old fashioned? Shall we soon refer to them with the complacent superiority with which we mention Victorian Gothic, French mansard, cupola and band saw architecture? Now, this is & very interesting ques- tion to most of us, and an exceed! important gquestion to those who_ are about to build, or who are anxious about the sale value of their homes or other buildings. ? Cares Little for Tradition. | | ,, In attempting an answer, let us admit |the fact that the present generation | cares little for tradition. We are be- |1t | ginning to do things now more because | they are reasonable than because “we |{always have done them that way.” To | be sure, it leaves us in a position of un- | certainty about what we shall be doing tomorrow, but, after all, adventure is the only way of progress. ‘We must admit, too, that in this “ma-| chine age” efficlency is making us more materiaiistic and less responsive to such intangible things as sentiment, tradi- tion, beauty. These new standards have | even now affected nearly everything— business methods, habits, customs, ethics, religious views, music, art, all in P’uur or less degree, and that they will affect our architecture is quite sure. Architecture Revolutionized. Indeed, one has but to look at our recent skyscrapers to see that the ar- chitecture of our big buildings has not only been affected, it has been revolu- tionized. We have proven that it is not necessary to borrow the old clothes of previous generations to cover an en- tirely new creation—the steel frame building. ~We have designed office buildings that are truthful, logical and beautiful; that have no trace of colo- nial, Elizabethan or Italian. Moreover, in our big bulldings we are beginning to replace the small units like brick by materials in large units | such as sheets of non-corrodible chrome | steel, hl‘fe wall boards for plaster, | light, hollow plaster blocks for brick or tile, re-inforced concrete in great slabs for terra cotta blocks. Already, therefore, the skyscraper of today bears no resemblance even in style to high buildings of only & few years ago, and the .skyscrapers of & few years hence will bear no resemblance to the sky- serapers of today. It is quite sure then that we are in the midst, perhaps only at the begin- ning, of an eraa of change, and what is happening to our large buildings is likely to happen to our smaller build- ings. In fact, we are quite sure to use in our smaller g8 many of the new materials from our | large buildings. New Products on Market. height impose, nor have the require- ments of the house changed as greatly as those of the office building. But every day new materials and new forms of construction are being put on the market and new are demanded such as the Overloong C Chase Club Price Drastically Reduced New residence at 6312 Georgia street, which has been purchased by Mr. and builders. Mrs. Charles N, Jones from M. & R. B. Warren, The house is & com- bination of sione and half timber treatment in its exterior plan. room and larger windows e It seems quite sure also that a few years from now the slow process of sending a lot of lumber to the site to be cut and fitted laboriously by a gang of carpenters to make the frame of a house, will be replaced by the less ex- pensive shop production of light steel members, cut and fitted in the shops, sent to the site, a steel frame complete, and erected in a few days time by a few especially skilled erectors, It seems quite sure that we shall use in our house large units like wall boards, to do away with the traditional three coats of plaster, that our floors will be in a single plastic slab instead of small boards, that our roof coverings will no longer be of little shingles put on by hand at considerable expense, but of ::eet meh;‘ of durability and Ppleasant design or of large ‘compo- sition or slabs. o We may say then that there are these major factors that we must reckon with in any attempt to answer our question as to the passing of present architec- tural styles—the disregard of tradition, the efficiency of a machine age, the in- troduction of new materials and new methods of building and new housing requirements. That these will change both our arcihtecture and our construc- tion are without the shadow of a doubt. Having admitted all this, let us pause a moment, however, to remember that there is, fortunately, an element that enters into the design of a home that the methods of the big bullding and a machine age will never destroy. The home is not primarily built to pay dividends, and the sentiment about “home” is not dead yet by any means. Witness the htousands of individual homes being erected all over the coun- try even in these hard times. The “family” siill means something and as long as it does, the design of our homes is not going to be levelled o the utilitarian box that some would have us believe. In making the 3 efficiency and iconociasm will never wipe out that kind of sentiment that opposed to materialism makes life worth while. IMPROVEMENT SEEN IN REALTY BUSINESS National Association Executive Makes Prediction Before Mortgage Bankers. Consistent improvement in the real estate business from now on is the prediction made by Herbert U. Nelson, executive secretary of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards, fol- lowing the recent annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America, held in Detroit, Mr. Nelson addressed the meeting on “New Uses for Real Estate.” He reports that the convention was well attended and that the feeling of the country’s leading mortgage men toward real estate projects is one of confi- dence. “From. the meeting as a whole it was apparent that overfinanced and speculative building has been pretty thoroughly eliminated and that funds for needed projects are now available for financing sound developments,” Mr. Nelson reported. Real estate market activity for Au- gust is indicated by the figure 69.6, according to the index of real estate market actlvity compiled monthly by the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards. te .. The index is based upon official re- ports of the total number of deeds re- corded in 63 typical cities throughout the country. Real estate activity' for the year 1926 is taken as the base year in computing the monthly figure, o Rodman Street Home Sold. George C. McIlhenny has purchased the :.ta\e Tesidence at 3026 Rodman street. The rogeny ‘was acquired from Ralph J loward, through the agency of H. G. Smithy Co. The house contains eight main rooms and two || baths. Homes Built to Last Substantial Construction a Feature 1708 C Street N.E. Facing the New 160-Foot Boulevard Seven large rooms, with a tiled bath and shower. MODERN BUILDING BEAUTY ELUSIVE, EXPERT DECLARES Belongs to Spirit and Sim- plicity Rather Than Elabo- ration Is Keynote. ‘This is & mechanical ), and we have means at our for creat- ing landscape effects of which the old designers never dreamed. With steam shovels, dynamite and large tree mov- ers, & new landscape can be produced in a few months. No doubt we partly succeed in obtaining this effect of age anc¢ charm at once, especially if our design is good. Beauty, however, is an elusive thing and is not easily cap- tured, an expert declares, It belongs to the spirit. Simplicity, rather than elaboration, is its keynote. The old New England house over- topped by a great elm tree and with & large lilac placed to soften the lines of the buudi-ngl & simple picture, but, like any work df art, it is satisfying as & design. It has charm and character. The fussiness of many small or large trees and shrubs different in shape, texture and color is entirely absent. The old dooryard garden inclosed by a picket fence with the house as a background, is another type of good design. It also is quiet and satisfy- ing. The garden, the house, a few trees and flowers are one in design. The flowers along & direct walk of brick or gravel from gate to house may tumble over themselves in colorful profusion, yet they do not crowd, and the whole effect is (‘ukt and beautiful. It is & long step from landscape pic- tures of this kind to the gardens sur- round an old Italian villa. Built on a hillside with many terraces, walls, fountains and parterred gardens, one naturally thinks of it as anything but simple in design. It is, however, a quiet, restful picture, although it may be a very rich one in effect. The vari- ous terraces, garcen and water features are related to the . The dominating plant feature will be the great cypress trees. You will not find a varlety in either trees or flowers, Althoulh the total effect may be one of grandeur, it is, nevertheless, one of simplicity in design. Its many parts relate as well to the picture as a whole as do the parts of the old door- yard garden to its house. h have charm and character. Both use plant materials, stone, water and other features in such manner as to make each a beautiful design. There is no relation in size, type or use, but there is & very definite relation in de- sign. In other words, this beauty does not THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road N.W. Living Room, Dining Room, Bed Room, Kitchen and Bath ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION WIDELY KNOWN LEADERS ! TO ADDRESS CONVENTION ' Officials of National Association and Detroit Lecturer to Go to Lynchburg. ‘Three widely known realtors have ac- cepted the invitation of the Virginia today in by LeRoy E. Brown, jr, president of the association. Leonard P. Reaume of Detroit and Herbert U. Nelson of Chicago, president and secretary, respectively, of the Na- tional “Association of Real Estate Boards, and Guy W. Ellis, Detroit realtor and a lecturer on salesmanship are the three TS, The “On to Lynchburg Committee” is ltrlvin&w win the attendance cup of fered the board having the largest centage of its members present in ratto to the number of miles traveled to the convention city, UNIONS CON.TROL WORK A study of about 400 sgreements of bull:l‘:' trades :’i:::mm"h“" ut:. the provisions _gover: e praci of union members doing outside work, usu- ally referred to as “contracting,” shows that this practice is very generally rec- ognized by the building trades unions as unfair to the legitimate employers. Many collective agreements specifi- cally prohibit contrac or provide for definite control of the conditions under which the individual worker may undertake outside work. Such provisions were included in practically all of the agreements of the clrpenf:n. electrical workers and paint- ers, an in a large number of the - o Dlasterers, ;g:t.'. INSPECT _TODAY 1928 L St. N.E. $125 Cash Priced $40 Monthly $ 537 5 Includes | Al Interest HODIRV all-brick OColonial homes with tile bath, hard- wood floors, 2 larse 3 bullt-in white porcelain l-m tubs, extra large Kitchen, restrict- unity. h, dry, most convenient _location. Feke M 8t Cars o 16th and W NE, walk 2 squares no: or B G by and nings for inspection Harry A. Kite, Inc. 1019 15th St N.W. National 4846 Bve- 133 Hesketh St., Chevy Chase Overlooking Chevy Chase Club Toiale A ot closet d8ine oo LieaTusy siooreConAle of Mirine sta > co m, 3 2 ‘maid’s room, rear hall and ulenh{m. alcove. . o second has four well arranged bed rooms, two baths, § larse has den, 3 larss storave hall. All al r screened and weather-st: L T i a0 o S gt et o Bt Open Saturday Evenings ‘Till Dark and All Da; WILLIAM K. HARTUNG C DON’T FAIL TO SEE L o opzzfrlziwor CAFRITZ LIFETIME HOMES Farragut St. N.W, At Kansas Ave. Near Sherman Circle 5 SOLD Easy Terms Like Rent 1 Sample House, 418 Farragut St. i 20 ft. wide, 32 ft. deep, covered concrete front porch, |2 covered rear porches, 10x20 ft. ¥ 6 Large Rooms | Black and white tiled bath, built-in tub, shower and ! fixtures, daylight kitchen, completely equipped, electric ' refrigeration, large cellar with laundry trays, toilet, artistic decoration, cedar closets, hardwood floors and trim through- out, bronze screens. Sodded lot, 1421/ ft. deep. Garage. Come Out end Inspect Them Today Critically Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. ive out Ga. Ave. or Kansas Ave., east on To reach property—Dri jsud i~ » CAFRITZ LIS K Ouwners ond Builders of Commuilities Dist. 9080 Artistically finished with hardwood trim and floors, panel- led walls and harmonizing fixtures, A beautiful white kitchen, with Frigidaire and inlaid linoleum floor. Spa- cious screened and open porches, Built-in garage, Paved alley. Beautiful rolling lawns. New Restricted Section Adjoining Eastern High School ' Prices and Terms Very Reasonable R. E. Kline, Jr., Owner 718 Union Trust Bidg. Nat'l 6799 Or Any Broker Te Inspect—Drive North from 17th and East Capitel Ask the Family Who Owns One! 3 Wi OIS b o 1601 to 1619 D St. N.E. It is a well established fact that a JAMESON BUILT HOME stands in a class second to none, and also that over fifty per cent of our new opera- tions are sold to friends of our satisfied home owners. These new homes are carefully designed and only selected materials are used in construction. Built by white union labor. An inspection will prove their real value. Frigidaire and Garage. with each house Price Only $7,975.00 THOS. A. JAMESON CO. 906 New York Ave. National 5526 Only One Left New All-Brick Detached Home 3319 Fessenden St. N.W. (One Block East Conn. Ave.) An attractive, unique floor plan, with three bed rooms, two baths, attic, cedar closets, porches and two-car garage. This corner home i ultra-modern, and every detail in construction is of the best. Open All Day Sunday—Week Days 4 to 9 P.M. Wm. 8. Phillips, Builder Phillips and Canby, Inc. Nadl. 4600 Investment Bldg. RS 3110 NEWARK STREET CLEVELAND PARK Newark Street, Cleveland Park, needs no introduction to Wash- ington’s diplomatic, society and professional sets, and the cholcest spot on this beautiful street, the crest of the hill rising from Connecti- cut Avenue, is the site of the house here pictured. The house itself combines unusual charm as & home with rare qualities for enter- taining. Six master bed rooms, 3 baths, & soreened second floor Tear porch as large as the average living room. The beamed reception Toom is 20 feet wide, the living ruom 30 feet long. Construction much above the average, that of a careful scientist building for permanency. ‘The deep garden with its perennials and fine trees, and the view over the wooded estates to the south are features which cannot be ignored, Price Just Reduced to $40,000.00 Meaning a Cut of $10,000.00 LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER - 1407 New York Ave. N.W. National 1166 REAL ESTAT See Our Charming Exhibit Home at 15 NORTH MANSION DRIVE WYNNEWOOD PARK “VILLA CARMEN" A beautiful Spanish bungalow, containing six rooms, two baths, breakfast room, singular porches, garage and ample closets. Copper screens, metal weatherstrips, draperies and an electric refrigerator go with the home, Furwished by House & Herrmann Grand Piano by De Moll Piano Co, OPEN SUNDAYS, 10 AM. to 10 P.M.; Daily, 3.10 P.M. To inspect: Motor out Sizteenth Sireet Extended to District Line, turn right on’ mew boulevard which extends into the Colesville road and goes direct to the home. Thos. E. Jarrell Co. 721 10th St. N.W. REALTORS National 0765 4210 Jenifer St. An Amazing Value in Chevy Chase, D. C,, at the Price of $9,500 Detached Dutch colonial, modern, in good condition. On wide lot, over 140 ft. deep, beautifully landscaped. Big living room and many other features, including garage. West of Connecticut Ave. Open Saturday Afternoon, 3 Until Dark And All Day Sunday BOSSEILELPS " 1417 K st Envxronment —plays a large part in the happiness and success of your ily. Are you fortifying them against the future by giving them the advantages of a Real Home now—and at the same, time assuring their financial position in the years shead? A home of this kind is available to almost every family of moderate means—if they will but seek it, o 1319 Shepherd St. N.E. Amid the most satisfying surroundingi d yet within twenty minutes’ ride of the heart of our business and shop- ping districts, Available on Most Reasonable Terms Center Entnnca H.n Two large side porches, 9x22 ft. Lots, 40 ft. wide, Built-in ga: Pantry with window. Three bed rooms all with access to porch. Open fireplace. Choice of natural or old ivory and mahogany finish. Come Out and See for Yourself Charles M. Wallingsford Builder and Owner 1010 Vermont Ave. N.W. SPLENDID CORNE Near Lincoln Park Priced for Immediate Sale $7,850 144 Kentucky Ave. S.E. Overlooking Government Park Open for Inspection All Day Sunday and Daily from 2 P.M. til 9 METZLER—Realtor 1106 Vt. Ave. DEcatur 5800 Sundays and Evenings ADams 0620