Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1930, Page 17

NEW HOUSES OF WORSHIP HELP BEAUTIFY CAPITAL Churches Built During Past Three Years Involve Cost of More Than $6,000,000, Overshadowing All Other Types of Enterprise. improvement of the National Capital during the past three years has been made by the erection of church edifices in ‘Washington, reoresenting total expenditures during ‘that period of more than six millions of dollars. * This enormous amount of construction in one particular field, Q HUGE contribution to the structural development and physical which represents more than 30 cl pleted or planned, is shown in the records of the District building in- spector for the past 36 months. At the same time, the building inspector’s office reports that church development during the past two years has far overshadowed any other type of institutional enterprises in size and worth of proj- ects undertaken. Leading the list of important | morial and worship edifices, which em- | brace practically every church denomi- | nation in Washington, is the develcp-} ment of the Washington Cathedral, | mational base for the American Episco- | ral Church. Although far from being | completed, construction work on the | group of buildings that comprise the Cathedral, located on Masnchuse{ts; Avenue Heights, just south of Wis- | consin avenue, has gone ahead steadily | during the several years since it was | first planned. | Development of a new college unit, a exypt of the Cathedral proper, a school of the Cathedral foundation and other additions during the past three years at the Cathedral has constituted an undertaken expenditure of approxi- mately $1.000,000, or 2Gsut one-sixth of the total church consiruction work for the period, records of the building inspector’s office show. As funds be- come available, work on this national church and its affiliations is expected to continue for several years to come. Other individual church buildings underteken during this same period in- elude the new St. Paul's English Lu- theran Church at 4900 Thirty-sixth street, representing an undertaking estimated to cost ultimately more than $625,000. This church is being con- structed from plans drawn by the de- signers of the Washington Cathedral. The National City Christian Church, completed last Summer on a site ad- jacent to Thomas Circle in close proximity to the downtown area, co sidered by observers as a marked a dition to the beautification of the Na- tional Capital, was erected at a cost of approximately $600,000. Other church enterprises for which permits to erect were sought during the past three years include the fol- Jowing: Lord Memorial Baptist Church, Sixteenth and Monroe streets north- east, $450,000; Mount Pleasant M. E. Church, 3145 Sixteenth street, $116.- 000; Metropolitan Baptist Churcl Sixth and A streets northeast, $100,- 000 (addition); Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth "and Fairmont streets, $200,000; Fourth Church of Christ Scientist, 3505 Sixteenth street, $450,000; St. Paul's Vestry Sunday school, Rock Creek Church road, $99,- 000; St. Alban’s parish house, 3001 Wisconsin avenue, $55,000; St. John's M. E. Church, 2303 Stanton road southeast, $25,000; Parish of St Stephen Church, 1525 Newton street, $187,000; Church of the Pilgrims, 1516 | P¥ Twenty-second street, $250,000. Lincoln Memorial Congregation ‘Tem- ple, 1703 Eleventh street (Sunday school), $80.000: University Memorial Church, 1800 Sixteenth street, $207,- 600; Lutheran Church of Atchemert, € U street northeast, $100,000; Calvary Beptist - Church, 719 Eighth _street, $214,000; _St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 527 Kentucky avenue south- east, $50,000; St. Gabriel's Catholic Church, 25 Grant Circle, $250,000; Western Presbyterian Church, 1908 H street, $140,000; First Colored Baptist Church, 705 Sixth street southwest, $40,000; Central Presbyterian Church, 1472 TIrving street (Sunday school), $90,000; St. Paul's M. E. Church South, 4700 Thirteenth street, $30,000; Christ Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Gal- Jatin streets, $70,000, and the Metro- litan Memorial M. E. Church, Ne- raska and New Mexico avenues, $270,000. In’ addition to the above, plans were filed with the building inspector this week for a Church of the Latter Day Saints at Sixteenth street and Colum- | bia road, the cost of which was not in- | dicated. The church is a Mormon | organization. | ———— BALTIMORE REALTORS PROTEST TAX RATE | Reassessment in 1931 Asked, as Operators Claim Valuations Are Overstated. | | Bpecial Dispatch to The S ‘ BALTIMORE, December 6.—A re- | quest for ssessment of real estate | values throughout the city in 1931 was made this week before the Board of | Estimates by a committce of the Real Estate Board, headed by C. Philip Pitt, the secretary. “The request is founded,” Mr. Pitt said, “on the conviction that property in Baltimore is now assessed at from 100 to 150 per cent of its value and | that this increased tax burden is fall- ing chiefly on the owners of small| homes throughout the city. “We should like the city to adopt the | pan which was suggested by the Com- mission of Efficiency and Economy. ‘That was to substitute for the present | plan of assessment a new organization. | Under that the city would be divided into 19 districts and an assessor and | an assistant assessor would be placed | in each, their appointment being Pplaced on some other plan than politics. “That plan was approved by the Ap- | peal Tax Court. But, in spite of this' approval. nothing was ever done.” Chevy Chase, D. 3705 Harrison Street Northwest : 1, Block West of Conn. Ave. @ Center hall plan Colonial home—5 bed rooms, 2 baths; breakfast nook, oil burner, built-in garage, ideally situated on wooded lot having 85-foot frontage. Open Sunday 10 AM. to 9 PM. W. C. & A. N. Miller 119 17th St. NW. Dec. 0610 . hurch projects undertaken, com- REALTORSCTECA N PROPERTY DEALS Romances of Small Fortunes Related to Stimulate Interest in Land. A school teacher in New Orleans, the postmaster of Toms River, N. cabinetmaker in Chicago and a tailor in White Plains have made profits run- ning as high as 50 per cent on the money they invested in the land. says the National Association of Real Estate Boards in the ninety-fourth of its se- ries of articles for the public. ‘These little romances of tiny for- tunes may encourage others to invest in the land, the realty association says. “In the year 1908 Miss Nellle Weams, school teacher; dismissed her class one day, went to a realty office and pur- chased a vacant lot in New Orleans. For this parcel Miss Weams paid $390. Of course, Miss Weams waited a long time. Possibly she could have sold the property earlier for less than the final figure, but in 1926 Randall Legeai paid Miss Weams $5,600 for her lot. “A_ Chicago cabineimaker made 331-3 per cent on his investment in a period of three months. Buying a lot in Chicago for $1,500, Alfred Johnson sold it to G. Sandguist 90 days later | for $2,000. The cabinetmaker put up only $1,000 in this deal, intending to | pay: the balance later, but he sold in the meantime. “A tailor in Whité Plains, N. Y, bought a corner lot*in 1925, for com- bined business and residence purposes, for $28,000. The section developed as the chief retail business street of White Plains. Less than five years after the purchase the tailor leased this property for 21 years, with an option of two 21- year renewals, at a rental for the first 21 years of $138,000, or $6,752 a year. Six per cent interest on the original $28,000—supposing it had been inyested in some other way—would be $1,680 year, but Mr. Projansky receives nearly four times the 6 per cent inter- est. “B. W. Havens, postmaster of Toms | River, N. J., purchased a corner in his town for $9,000 in 1924. In 1928 he sold | the property for $21,000, store rentals | having carried the structure during the entire period.” Realtors Plan Service. BALTIMORE, December 6.—Arrange- | ments are now being made by the apartment house section of the Real Estate Board to adopt a code of ethics based upon the Golden Rule. The | group is composed of apartment house owners, operators and agents who cons trol the better class of houses in Baltimore. Christmas Savings Checks L this a happy Christmas for many people. l’I‘}'l()l]!af'lds Savings Fund for 1931. They find this an easy way to accumulate money. There's another way—even easier—to accumulate money. Tilden Gardens, and other Warren co-operative apart- ment projects, pay an amount which is LESS than rental for a similar apartment home, but of this monthly payment THEY SAVE AN AVERAGE OF ONE-THIRD In 'hc PlSt few years thefie Peopl€ hflve ?ccum“lflted t}lousanas payments, or any other sacrifice. In the few cases where they have been forced to sell, because of leaving the city, death in the family, or other cause, THEY HAVE RECEIVED, on the average, MORE THAN THEY PAID FOR THEIR HOMES—and this at a time have already BOLIVIAN FINANCIER BUYS MODEL HOME Senor Abelli Obtains Fifth and Last of The Star’s 1930 District Exhibits. Senor Luis O. Abclli, Bolivian states- man, author and owner of mines, is the purchaser cf the 1930 Wesley Heights model home, sponsored by The Evening Star_in co-operation with the Opera- tive Builders’ Association of the District, it was announced-today by W. C. & A. N. Miller, builders. Public display of this pretentious home, the fifth and last of The Star's 1930 series, was concluded late last month, ‘The new owner of the model home, a | structure of .sturdy English design, characteristic of the Elizabethan pe- riod, is at present engaged in work for the Bolivian government at Lima, Peru. Senora de Abelli and their two children, Luis, jr., and Crystal Eloisa Abelli, will occupy the home imme- diately. Home Is Comprehensive. ‘The dwelling, located at 2830 Forty- fourth street, on the southwest corner of Forty-fourth and Garfield strees, is constructed of local granite with half- timbered effect in the second story. The roof is of old English tile shingles in the darker shades of red, while the chimneys are topped with brick of & character blending with the roof. Garage facilities are proviced in a| built-in porte cochere type structure, through which the driveway passes, | making it possible to enter the main | hall of the house from the garage. Carrying out the Tudor Gothic m—; ditions, the influence of the period has| been expressed throughout the interior of the dwelling, especially in the living room, hall, dining room and master bed room, while the library, located over the garage, has been done in early American cherry and maple. A Georgien style has been developed in the guest| room, while the boy's room has been done in provincial and the girl’s room in Late Geoigian. Recreation Room Is Unusual. An interesting feature of the house is the recreation room, in the basement, reached by a doorway at the side of a gigantic fireplace in the living room. A winding staircase leads to this room, which carries out the idea of an old English_inn, with a rugged fireplace and a floor of terrazzo. ‘The first-floor plan includes in addi- tion to the living and dining rooms a sr-aller room intended for the use o(‘ the family as a breakfast room. There also is a serving pantry located between | this room and the kitchen. A powder| rcom and lavatory also are located on | the first floor. The library is reached from a landing midway between the| first and second floors. A vaulted beam ceiling and open fire- place serve to express the English| Gothie feeling in the master's bed room, on the second ficcr. Two baths, three| bed rooms, one dressing room, in addi- | tion to the master’s suite of bed room and bath, are provided on this floor, | while on the third floor are two maids’ rooms and bath. Accommodations for a chauffsur are provided in the base- | ment. Dosble.Front English Group Homes FOXALL Six and Eight Rooms, one, two and three baths. $10,950 to $15,050 Model Home, 4400 Volta Place N.W. “WAVERLY TAYLOR. Sz 1982 K STREET | L _NATL 10, . AST week thousands of Waehingtonians received their Christmas Savings Checks—a big }lelp toward i'naldng started Owners of co-operativc apartment homes in when prices generally were falling. Inspect the two Exhibit Homes, attractively furnished by BB Mores 8 Sons' (ohin iy unt) O5ensy. iwil oriie s to give you ALL the FACTS regarding this easy way to save. TILDEN GARDENS Connecticut Avenue at Sedgwick Street, Just South of the Bux‘. A Warren Development Telephone, Cleveland 6084 their Christmas T SUNDAY MoRNTNO The Wesley Heights 1930 Star model home at Forty-fourth and Garfield streets, purchased this week by Senor Luis O. Abelli of Bolivia, who shortly will make his home here. STRUCTURE IN GOTHAM | WILL HELP BUSINESS| Employment of 4,000 Workmen at | Wages ‘Totaling Over $6,500,000 Expected in New York. Evidence of how a& large building construction project aids general busi- ness conditions, through use of mate- rials and employment of labor, is seen in data made public today concerning the City Bank-Farmers’ Trust Building, being erected in New York City. ‘This structure, the tallest stone- faced building in the world, rising 1,248 feet above the financial center of Gotham, will be completed early next yeat at a cost of $18.000,000. A total of 27,000,000 pounds of stone was needed for the building, this amount being equal to 385 separate car Toads. George A. Fuller Co., builders, announce the stone work and carving cost $1,500,000. Construction of the building will in- volve, up to January 1, employment of 4,000 workmen at wages aggregating more than $6,500,000, and - the pay roll at the time of completion is esti- mated at $7,500,000, providing employ- ment for a total of 5,000 men. Foxhall Village Adjoining Georgetown On the West—Only 10 Minutes from City 8 and 6 Bed Ropms 3 Tiled Baths Large Studio and Lounge Rooms $17,750 TO $24,500. ‘The village has been planned and the homes designed in such a way that it will just nautrally grow old gracefully. Model Home, 1606 44th St. Open 9 A.M. Until 6 P.M, BOSS & PHELPS, M7 K St NAtional 9300 Drive out Que st. to Wis block i W . u of Standards NATIONAL REALTORS MEETING IN MAY, 1931 IBaltimore Convention Dates An- nounced—Directors Meet Prior to Big Gathering. May 27, 28, 29 and 30 have been named as the dates for the Twenty- fourth Annual Convention of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards, to be held in Baltimore, Md. Headquarters will be the Lord Balti- more Hotel. The association’s board of BUILDING FOR 1930 NOW §27.404 452 Private Construction in Dis- trict in No;/emher Adds $1,477,220 to Total. Building enterprises for which per—‘. mits were issued during the month of November, excluding Governmental en- terprises, reached a total wvaluation of $1,477,220, according to the monthly re- port of Col. John W. Oehmann, Dis- trict Building Inspector, filed this week. This figure brings the total volume of private building projects undertaken and planned so far this year %o $27.404,452. The total for the 11-month period last year was $33,878,435. While the total for November was under the volume for the preceding month, $2,191,665, it represents a gain over the September total of $1,077,810., New Building Leads. Of the permits issued during last month, $1,245,100 of the total was for new building enterprises, while $232,120 was allotted to repair work. Permits were issued for the erection of 80 new buildings, while 23 permits were issued for the razing of old structures Permits granted by Col. Oehmann during the past week reached a total of $226,070. Of this amount the largest single project is contermplated by the Cafritz Construction Co., which plans to erect nine 2-story brick dwellings in 400 block of Farragut street, to cost $90,000. Harvey H. Warwick is archi- tect for the group. Other permits issued by the building: inspector’s office this week included the following: Cafritz Construction Co., owners and builders; Harvey H. Warwick, archi- tect; to erect nine 2-story brick dwell- ings, 409 to 425 Farragut street (lots 30 to 38, square 3253); to cost $90,000. Bfliflg %taf' SATURDAY, VDI‘}CEMBER 61900 | WUSENNG. NEWS, | . % SUPER-SIZED FIRE ENGINE HOUSE IS TO BE ERECTED Project Likely to Be First Placed Under Construc- of Thirteenth and K | Architect Albert L. Harris. | gress. This is one of the new Civic Center Progresses. Plans for the new Municipal Center are in the course of preparation and the District is proceding with the acquisi- tion of the site, located between Third and Sixth streets, between Pennsyl- vania avenue and Louisiana and In. diana avenues, but no time has be set yet for the starting of the new con- struction there. ‘The United States is to take posses- sion immediately of all but 20 parcels in the entire four squares lying between Pennsylvania avenue and B street, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, the site of the new Post Office “Department Building and other Federal structures planned for the site. The awards for the purchase of all but the 20 parcels were ratified by District Supreme Court this week. Condemnation of the score of remaining parcels still is unsettled. The two fire companies destined to be forced out of the Federal triangle will be provided for in the new Fire De- partment structure planned for K street near Thirteenth street. ‘There will be quarters for Truck Com- Ristrict and to be erected on a tion by Tity Due to Removal From Federal Triangle.’ RELIMINARY plans for a super-size fire engine house, to be the largest in the site in the vicinity streek".. are being drawn by Municipal n a | ing the cost, is contained in the 1931 D] propriation of $150,000, cover- strict budget, now before Con- s District government building projects caused by ‘progress of the Federal building program in the Mall tri- angle south of Pennsylvania avenue. szructturet i; ;nadt; as ‘scheduled, this constructed for the city due to the necessity of removing from exist- ing locations in the Federal triangle. i i Providing appropriation for the will be the first actual building pany No. 3, now located at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue, and Engine Company No. 16, located on D street near Twelfth street, this being in the | site for the new Post Office structure, Quarters Are Large. ‘The new Fire Department Building, according to preliminary plans, will provide accomodations for five pieces of apparatus and the automobile of a deputy chief. The engine company has two pieces of apparatus which are to share one track in the new building, according to early plans. A fire truck and water tower, which constitutes the equipment of the truck company, will occupy separate tracks. A fourth track will carry a reserve truck. The building is being designed to contain quarters and clinic space for the board of police and fire surgeons, and is to have a dormitory for accom- modations for at least 22° men, repre- senting one of the two platoons whith will be on duty at alternating periods of each 24 hours. directors will meet on May 26, the day preceding the opening of the conven- tion sessions, H. R. Howenstein Co., owners and builders; B. Stanley Simmons, archi- THIS HOME ATTRACTIVELY PRICED ° s “ AT 4513 Ridge Street To Inspect—Drive out Connecticut Ave. to Bradley Lane; turn left (West) on Bradley Lane, three squares to East Ave, then right (Nerth) on East Ave. one block to Ridge St. M. & R. B. 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