Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 17

REAL ESTATE. THE._EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANU < EVOLUTION TOLD lSt. Francis Sisters Occupy House of Studies OF MODERN HOME More Than 2,000 Years Re- quired to Perfect Comforts and Conveniences. It took more than 2,000 years to de- welop the home in all its comfort, effi- clency and beauty that we enjoy today, the National Association of Real Estate Boards states in the 100th of its series of articles for the public. In tracing the evolution of the in- ventions that have made the American home the best in the world, the asso- clation points out that experiments are being conducted every day to even fur- ther improve our domiciles, so that the next 10 years will see new equipment and methods added, and the next 50 years will bring new wizards to raise the standards of our home life. “If you think that it has taken a long time to perfect television and some of the wond:rs of the modern world, remember that it took just 1,983 years to perfect the system of heating the water supply for the home,” the body reports. “And when you push the various but- tons and gadgets that bring you com- fort, warmth, light and communication with the outside world, remember that an imposing array of inventors worked far into many nights to bring these conveniences to you. “Edison, Bell, Benjamin Franklin and s Roman gentleman named Sergius Orata, who lived in 100 B.C., are a few of the great whose names are linked with the development of the American bome. Glass Used in Pompeii. wrhe residents of ancient Pompeil msed glass in their windows, but as late @& the fourteenth century Richard II fssued a writ to scour England to find enough glass to repair the windows in Just, one castle. For centuries glass was rded ss a luxury, and was taxed accordingly, down to recent times. Dis- ocovered by the Phoenicans, according to Pliny the Second, modern manu- facturing methods have made glass so common today that no one gives it a thought. But the windows of America’s first homes were provided only with hment or oiled paper. “The process of water heating also yemained in disuse, probably because n{ the expense of installation, for nearly 2,000 years after its invention. Orata, the Roman, rle:\@duwha:,hwu CBU(‘D? ypocaust” for heating the rooms an anc} ot Roman dwellings, and for E‘finx water in the t{-mm.u Roman rough pipes or fues. b carly settlers in this coun- W&y, even up to & time in the memories of I SH Tiving, heated their water n ‘tubs placed on their stoves and warmed their houses with fireplaces. And though some Romans had individ- ‘baths in their homes, as well as the blic ones, there was only one bath- in all of England in 1830, and the first tub in this country made its ap- pearance in 1842, Discovery of Gas. “John Baptist Van Helmont, born % ngaged at Brussels in 1577, while e Jn Eng Bt in 1660, and an en- discovered coal gas it his gineer, William Murdoch, with guwin 1792, thereby causing great gonsternation in his village in Wales. Four Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals Home That Meets Every Requirement You'll buy this home if youll see it—and appreciate what & dargain it is at the price. 4819 Tllirois Ave. N.W. Best section of Petworth—over- looking Sherman Circle—near St. Gabriel's Church, public and rochial schools, stores, cars and rooms and pantry: bath; screens _and strips; concrete-block . Perfect condition; deco- itke new. Six big built-in weather ga $8,950, Saving $1,500 || Open for Inspection R. M. HOOKER Tower Bldg. Mey. 2663 | the eighteenth century. An and convenience of electricity should | Spanish Type Structure in| Brookland Recently Finished. HOME PROVIDED | THOSE IN COLLEGE 100 by 40 Foot Building of Brick and Limestone i Costs $70,000. Erected at a cost of $70,000, the Dun | Sisters College in Brookland was com- | pleted recently on a site on the college campus and is being occupied by the Sisters of St. Francls, whose mother- ! house is located at Syracuse, N. Y. architecture, essentially characteristic of the many buildings comprising the Catholic Sisters College group, the new building is a two-story structure pro- | viding accommodations for 20 sisters. | Its purpose is to provide a residence | for members of the community while pursuing graduate and undergraduate Catholic University. | Scotus House of Studies of the Catholic | Modeled after a Spanish style of | courses at the Sisters College and at| | House of Studies for the Sisters of St. Francis, at 832 Vlrllll;l Street Northeast, Recently Completed and Placed in Use. ‘The building, which is located at 832 Varnum street northeast, is nearly 100 feet long and 40 feet deep. On its face side, constructed of limestone with gray | stone trim, door, window and steps de- | signs follow Spanish motifs, es] 1y characterized by ding Spanish type balconles. The exterior masonry work includes brick and limestone of random color. On the main floor, in addition to a chapel built to accommodate 35 or more persons, are executive offices, re- ception and living rooms, with a sun porch and a community room at each end of the building. On the second 7 floor are bed rooms and library. The bullding was started last June and com- pleted in December. Henry W. Cord, local building con- tractor, was awarded the contract for {the construction of. the building. E. | M. Reld-Omeara was the architect. | his home in 1842 that he exhibited it to his glcsu at his Christmas party. Four of the guests were given baths in the new household convenience, and the “‘party” secured twc. columns in the city of keeping with the democratic spirit of the times. “Philadelphia in 1843 sought to pro- hibit, by ordinance, bathing from No- vember to March, but the measure lacked two votgs. Virginia laid a State tax of $30 a year on bathtubs. Hart- ford, Providence, Charleston and Wil- mington quadrupled water charges to owners of bathtubs. But the tub came into real fame when President Fillmore installed one in the White House. London Dirty City. “If you think that modern cities are dirty, consider the plight of London in ‘There were few factories then, and most of the | smoke came from the fireplaces of the homes. Sudcen drafts down the chim- neys drove the smoke through the rooms and deposited the soot on everything. In 1744 Benjamin Franklin invented the first room heater, which he called the Pennsylvania fireplace. This was a box stove which could be set in the center of the room, and which gave heat from all sides at once, a great improvement over the old fireplace, that warmed a person on one side only, and then only when you were near the fire. “And then ceme the electric light and the development of the array of elec- trical appliances that gladden the heart of the modern housewife. The first homes in which the electric light bulb shed its Juminous rays were the houses in Menlo Park. N. J., where Mr. Edison’s Laboratory was situated then. The in- vention of the incandescent lamp itself took place on October 21, 1879, and the light & was invented before the end of that year. People who re- member to be thankful for the beauty remember that Mr. Edison home in mind when he perfected his marvelous invention and aiso be thank- ful that the attention of such men ha: their domiciles. had the “Walter A. Dunigan Built Homes”. 53 SOLD 5 LEFT One Sold This Week i North Cleveland | Park It proves that the buy- ing public does not hesi- & tate to buy when real value is offered combined with a @ superior quality of con- § struction and location. It @ will be a real pleasure for @ me to show you this new &room and 2-bath, semi- detached all-brick home at 4222 37th St. NNW. Mod- ern in the last word. Price § and terms reasonable. Open, lighted, heated—daily and Sunday until P.M. Some Home Buyers prefer to deal direct with the builder. In this event 1 am on the job daily and Sunday until 9 P.M.—or we will deal thru your broker. Walter A. Dunigan 925 15th St, NW. National 9530 FOREST SECTION of eommunity of beautiful terest you. garage. property. 5520 Conn. Ave. 304 W. Thornapple St., Chevy Chase, Md. This new Dutch Colonial home located in the B et b annciousinkosn aind 2 isded haths. The large attic is Celotexed. Lot has frontage of 62 ft. and has many shade trees. To reach—Out Comn. Ave., turn left on West Thornapple St., 2% blocks to OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. Chevy Chase Properties Chevy Chase and in a homes cannot fail to in- Built-in newspapers the next day, in which the bathtub was denol nced as a luxury, out | | i AR S é WASHINGTON NIGHT MEETING PLANNED | Bicentennial Plans to Occupy Prominent Place on/Real- tors’ Program. Washington and the Bicentennial celebration will be the featured topics of the program of the ‘“Washington Night” meeting of the local Real Estate Board to be held next Thursday eve- ning as the Mayflower Hotel. Members of the Senate and House missioners and others prominent in the business and civic affairs of the tend Buy a Home With All Conveniences $7,650 SAMPLE HOUSE 1825 Bay St. S.E. e ¥ TP Open For Inspection € P.M. to 9 P.M. Daily And All Day Sundays Bailt-in tub Built-in wall safe Mirror door GARAGE TERMS—$500 Cash $60 a Month (Includes Interest on Both Trusts) Steuart m?rothers Real Estate Construction 138 12th St. N.E Subscribe Today It costs only about 1% cents r day and 5 cents Sundays to ave Washington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly len\m'y evening and Sunday morn- 8. ‘Telephone Natifonal 5000 and the delivery will start immedi- ately. The Route Agent will col- lect at the end of each month. 2 INSPECT SUNDAY 1 Drive out 16th Street or Georgia Ave. to Long- fellow St., thence east to houses, or take 14th St. (Takoma Park) car line to Longfellow St. Homes open daily until 9 PM. District Committees, the District Com- || tional Capital have been invited to at- as guests of the local realtors. | Members of the Alexandria, Arlington 2 : % \ 2 2 R will attend. York, a director of the National George Washington Bicentennial Commission, will be one of the Ertnclpll spe ers and will discuss the 1932 celebra- tion and its advantages to the City of ‘Washington. Ernest N. Smith, executive vice president of the American Automobile Association, is to address the gather- ing on the subject of “Washington and Its Future Possibilities.” C. L. McGray of the speakers’ unit of the Community Chest will give a short talk on the work of the Chest. Fred East and Willlam Raymond will pre- sent & musical program. A buffet sup- per will be served at the conclusion of | the meeting. | A special Reception Committee has |been appointed by Arthur Carr, presi- | dent of the board. The committee con- sists of J.<4Edward Schwab, chairman; and Fairfax Real Estate Board also Representative Sol Bloom of New averly Taylor, W. C. Miller, Thomas 11, Ho race G.' Smithy, H. L. jr.; Morris Cafrits, Edson W. Briges, L. K. Brodie, Roy W. Condit and J. A. Me- Carthy. kst s = GETS HOME AND STILL | Judge Makes Award to Woman in Lieu of Alimony. CHICAGO, Jaduary 17 (#).—In Heu of alimony Judge Daniel P. Trude awarded Mrs. Angela L. Laich, the house she and her husband lived in, along with the still it contained, but it won’t be of any use to her because he stipulated that she be enjoined from operating it. She complained in her suit for divorce that her husband, Samuel, drank his own liquor. A new center-hall off the Circl car and bus line. to stores, Center-hall Plan e Pantry Six - Schwa 1704 Conn. Ave. An Investment. in Satisfaction 3611 Patterson Street Just off Chevy Chase Circle Chevy Chase, D. C. Step over the threshold to deli Connecticut Avenus, church Construction rick Ga Comfortable Rooms Open all day Sunday b, Valk & Canby | colonial brick, just In close proximity public and Potomac 0830 INSPECT here BEFORE you SELECT elsewhere New Community Group, 4th & Longfellow Sts. N.W. ® Unusually attractive in design, ultra-modern in equipment, ex- cellently located, facing 120-ft. boulevard near Fort Slocum Park and 14th St. car lines. Six and seven large rooms, 2 and 3 porches, builtin garages, landscaped lawns, baths of black and white tile, cedarlined closets, oak floors throughout (some homes have fir kitchens have inlaid linoleum, double-drainboard sink, dressers of unusual type. Homes are ished interior: electric refrigeration and spe ces), beautifully fin- of allbrick construction, have slate mansards—and are fully screened. 1418 succe Eye St. H.G. Smithy Co. OR TO BUSINESS N.L.Sansbury COMPANY - INCe ARY 17, 1931 HOME OWNERSHIP REAL ESTATE HELDVITALTOU.S. oz e Dr. Julius Kiein- Broadeasts Praise of Building and Loan Association. (Continued Prom*First Page. seekers and start them on the rosd toward home ownership. “The activities of the bufldfin’ and loan cannot be considered as i merely within the domain of cold-blooded financial dealings, have a great social value. 3 P, firm basis for contentment in the feeling that your home belongs to you—that own a shelter, & castle, from which no man can oust you. “The healthy communal life which arises in a predominantly home-owning community means much to business also. Business can be more organically developed there—with, greager security and assurance of permanence. 8o busi- ness has reason to be grateful to any agencies, such as the building and loan assoc] , which promote on sound bases a program of home-owning. It is perfectly obvious that all this means more work for carpenters, electricians, plumbers, masons. It insures a more substantial city or village life. “‘Building and loan associations, to de- serve our confidence and patronage, must, of course, be properly organized and managed. Luckily, the overwhelm- ing majority of them are within that acceptable class. But the llplendld rep- utation of the building and loan associa- tion imposes upon it the obligation to : l]ertvll: hlenllnl gpor&unlu:d for rvice ich may present changing conditions, and further I.:! poses on it the duty to guard jealously 6303 Ridgewood Ave. $18.900.00 A new home of unusual cha . There are five bed rooms, two baths, library, attic and numerous cedar clo frigeration, two-car garage, Every conceivable convenience, including re- metal windows, copper screens, gutters and downspouts and imported wall paper. On 82-ft. lot, beautifully planted. PHILLIPS & CANBY, INC. National 4606 Exclusively Investment Bldi. INITIAL OFFERING!. DUNIGAN-BUILT HOMES 20 Feet Wide (4th & Longfellow Sts.) . h St. N . Six large rooms, hurdwood trim, selected oak floors through- out, tiled bath with shower, detached garage, kitchen and pantry covered with linoleum and “Sanitas,” 3 large screened porches, Frigidaire. One block from 14th Street car line—convenient tal stores and schools. Paved street and alley. CORNER HOME—8 rooms—2 baths Reasonable Prices and Terms D. J. DUNIGAN, Ine. i Weslen BHeights PRy ' GARDEN SPOT QF WASHINSTON _ National 1265 Overlooking and Immediately Adjacent to Beautiful Glover Park NEW EXHIBIT HOUSE 4344 Forest Lane N.W. Miller Beaigued — Miller Built We are offering for the first time this beautiful English home just completed, which for archjtectural achievement, convenience in arrangement and utility would be difficult to surpass. ‘This house, consisting of eleven rooms and three baths, s arranged as follows: Basement—Large club room with: open fireplace. First floor—Library, living room, dining room, lavatory, kit¢hen, pantry and huge open porch over a two-car built-in garage. floor—Four bed Second rooms, fireplace; two complete baths and spacious open porch. Third floor—Two complete rooms and bath and storage space. one of which has an open You will be particularly interested in the construction of this house, there being many innovations which make for rmanence. The first floor is of concrete, reinforced with ollow tile and steel, over which is lald a tongue-and-groove subflooring, topped wi th oak flooring. All the walls from the foundation to the roof aresinsulated with Celotex, insuring additional comfort during extreme hot and cold weather. . To reach Forest Lane, drive south on 44th|Street, turning left one-half block below Garfield Street. OPEN FOR INSPECTION Sunday—10 AM.-9 P.M. Daily—10 A.M.-5:30 P.M.