Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1931, Page 18

L 2] FOREANECESTATE D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931. DISTRGTISTHIRD | IN U, S, BUILDING $5,159,315 in Construction Work Started Here Last Month. (Continued From First Page.) 6517 Connecticut avenue, builders; to erect ,one 1-story brick addition, make repairs and_alterations, 430 Delaware | avenue southwest, to cost $10,000. i Jacobson_Bros., owhers and builders; | George S. White, designer; to erect one | Pharmacy Temple Plan NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS TO BE ERECTED HERE. 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 5412 | B8 Thirty-first street, to cost $9,500. £ }AREHITEGTS MEET IN TEXAS APRIL 14 Public Works to Be Given| Major Consideration in Discussions. (Continued From First Page) | tain_engineers and the conclusions | reached by their engineer representa- tives in conference with the architects, | and in direct contrast some architects | have found fault with what their archi- | tect representatives have concluded in a preliminary way with the engineers. The convention will afford an oppor- tural Registration Boards, the Assogia- tion of Collegiate Schools of Architec- ture, and the Small House Service Bu- reau of the United States will also con- vene on April 13. Meetings of the board of directors of the institute and of State associations of architects are other rre-convention events. % Directors for the regional divisions of | New England, New York and the Cen- tral States will be elected by the con- vention to succeed Charles D. Maginnis of Boston, Charles Butler of New York, and Louis La Beaume of St. Louis. Ralph H Cameron of San Antonio has been named chairman of the General Convention Committee. I OFFICE SUITE TAKEN BY MRS. WILLEBRANDT Rents 12 Rooms in Shoreham Building—Slemp & Titus, Law- yers, Also Acquire Space. NINE DWELLING PERMITS ISSUED $40,000 Total Construction Cost of Prince Georges County Homes. BY & Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, March 21. —Evidences’ of Spring bullding activi- ties in the metropolitan area of Prince Georges County, Md., is seen in build- ing permits issued within the past two | weeks, authorizing the construction of nine new homes in the area, at a cost of more than $40,000. Vollberg. They will have five rooms and bath, and will cost about $8,500 each. R. W. Wilson of 2542 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. will build the third home in that section, at a cost of approximately $3,500. A seven-room brick dwelling will be built in College Heights for C. E. White, at & cost of approximately $6,250. A frame and stucco dwelling of six rooms, to cost l}fiproxlmlul $6,500, will be bullt in Nichol's Additlon, Hyattsville, for Bessie C. Saylor of 1257 Lawrence lent return. for: Permit has also been issued for an . J. Dinger, 908 Sheridan street, owner and builder; Charles E. Dillon, | designer; to erect two 215-story brick dwellings, 3118 and 3122 Legation street, to_cost $9,000 each, H. P. Huddleson & Co., owners and builders; C. N. Norton, designer; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 5440 Thirty-second street, to cost $8,500. J. Mackay Spears, 2505 Morrison street, owner; George C. Stone, 407 Chandler Building, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 5449 Thirty-second street, to cost $8,000. Rev. John R. Rodney, 1215 Lawrence street northeast, owner; A. Jeffery, 3706 Fifteenth street northeast, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 1215 Lawrence street north- | east, to cost $6,500. George E. Frazier, 2031 Nichols ave- nue southeast, owner and builder; C. E. Dillon, designer; to erect one 1l3-story brick and tile dwelling, 2411 Thirty- third street southeast, to cost $6,000. O.T. and W. A. Carr, Mills Building, owners and builders; William A. Carr, designer; to erect one 1ii-story brick and frame dwelling, 4701 Forty-ninth strect, to cost $6,000. Samuel R. Collier, 23 Adams street, owner and builder; J. J. Hensley, de- signer; to erect one 2-story brick dwell- ing, 232 Quackenbos street, to cost $5,500. Yates Boswell, 507 B street northeast, owner and builder; J. A. Melby, archi- tect; to erect three 2-story frame dwell- | ings, 2000 to 2004 Evarts street north- | east, to cost $4,500 each. Swift & Co., First and L streets northeast, owner, d:signer and builder; to erect one 1-story concrete addition to garage, 1101 to 1105 First street northeast, to cost $3,800. Mason W. McCary, 3707 Ninth street, owner; A. S. J. Atkinson, architect; V. T. H. Bien, 46 Elm avenue, builder; to erect one 1-story brick addition, make repairs and alterations 845 Upshur street, to cost $3,650. George T. and Elizabeth Zolney Sum- merlin, jr., 3147 P street, owners; D. M. Marthinson, 1909 Massachusetts avenus, builder; to make repairs 3147 P strect, to cost $3,000. Nine New Garages. ,’v;'?ni&\\ s < TS ane®® tical Association on a site on the north side of Constitution avenue, be- tween Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets. Above is seen the design of the exterior of the building and below is that of the memorial entrance hall. John Russell Pope is the architect. Work is expected to be started in the Spring. Tms monumental buflding is to be erected by the American Pharmaceu- Young & Oppenheimer, 914 F street, owners and bullders: to erect nine brick | garages, 1625 to 1647 West Virginia ave- nue northeast, to cost $2,800. Cooley Bros., Tower Building, owners and builders; to erect 11 brick garages, 1917 to 1937 Thirty-eighth street, to cost $2,100. A. Hislop, care 1319 F stréet. owner and builder; L. E. Sholtes, architect; to erect one 1-story brick, stone and concrete addition, 3334 Fourteenth Southwestern Conference Museum Plans Stairs. A new main staircas:, to cost ap- proximately $50,000, is to be constructed in the Royal Scottish Museum at Edin- burgh. Warrant has’ been granted for the work and for other alterations in the muscum by the Edinburgh Dean of Guild Court, which also authorized al- terations in the Scottish National Por- LOAN GROUPS TO MEET Bet for| Texas—Other Sessions Planned. Annual convention of the South- western States Group Bullding and Loan Conference will be held in San tunity for a thorough airing of this controversy.” Contempo.ary architecture will, it is Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, for- planned, be discussed at a session spon- | mer Assistant Attorney General in sored by the Education Committee, at| charge of the Prohibition Bureau, now which Louis La Beaume of St. Louis | engaged in the practice of law, recently and Charles Butler of New York, both | acquired a 12-room suite of offices in directors of the institute, will preside. | the Shoreham Building, Fifteenth and The direction which should be given to the courses of study in a school of | architecture aiming to train men to | meet the new problems of design | evoked by new materials, new social | conditions and the freer spirit in art | expression presents, it was said, an in- sistent problem in architectural educa- tion. | Practical Convention. 1t 1s proposed to make the convention as practical as possible so as to furnish the visiting_architects with informa- | tion that will be of value in every day practice to the smaller architects who | constitute probakly 85 per cent of the| membership of the institute, A session, | therefore, will be devoted to “The Ar- | chitect at Work” and “The - Growing Scope of the Architect’s Function.” | Other topics to be considered by the | convention _include city and regional planning, development of the National | Capital, industrial relations, health and | ety, forelgn relations, standard ac- | counting, public appreciation of the| arts, the allied arts. contracts, nractice, | competition, structural service ard his- | toric monuments and natural resurces. A joint session of the Institute and the Producers’ Council, a national or- ganization of manufacturers and essocl- ations of manufacturers of materials and appliances used in building con- | struction, will be held Monday, April 13. | Other Subjects Set. | “Co-operation in the Building Indus- | try” and_“What Shall We Do to Place | Quality Competition Above Pric: Com- petition?” will be the questions for dis- | cussion. A. P. Greensfelder of St. Louls, | president of the Associated General Contractors, will be among the :seakers. | The National Association of Architec- H stroets. The new headquartérs are hand- somely decorated, with paneled walls, and equipped with a private bath. Lease of the offices ‘was made through McKeever & Goss, Inc, managing agents for the butlding. Eighteen rooms in the pew building were acquired recently by the law firm of Slemp & Titus, the agents announce, C. Bascom Slemp, former secretary t Calvin Coolidge, is a member of this m. Other recent occupants of the Shore- ham Bullding include: Paul, Holmes & Havens, lawyers, occupying a 12-room suite; Frank Lyon, lawyer and builder of Lyon Village; J. C Royle, newspaper writer; Ernest Smoot, lawyer; Samuel Boyd, lawyer; George Davis, florist; W. S. Goulden. investment broker; Rich- ard Hume, investment broker; Fidelity Investment Association; Robert C. Jones, investment broker; Stone, Har- vey & Willlams, investments; National County Clubs Association; Knapp & Co., investment brokers; Mary V. Judge, public stenographer. SEE OUR NEW SAMPLE HOUSE Facing the Park 252 Madison St. N.W. Open Daily Until § P.M. (4 bed rooms), Built-in Carase. Waple & James, Inc. (Owners and Builders) 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0062 K ’lfinml NEW ALL-BRICK COLONIAL CHEVY CHASE, D. C. addition to the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Hyattsville, to cost $1,000. The addition will be of brick and consist of two rooms. ‘Three of the dwellings are to be con- | structed in West Riverdale. Two bricks will be built in that section by Max One Room, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals Slocum Park Section. On 120-ft. boulevard, St. cars. and every convenience. Homes contain 6 and with showers rear porches. Some landscaped lawns. Unusual features paneled walls, double floors throughout, finish trim, Wes Details upon request. . A. Dependable liberal income, and B. Indicated growth in land values. $4,500 each; itol Heights, to at a cost of about $3,500, and & room frame in Cottage City, to be built for DeWitt F. Loomis, at a cost of ap- proximately $5,000. Pl S China is suppressing bandit: INVESTORS FOR SALE: Corner, zoned for business, on two traffic arteries, improved by well rented small apartment house, priced to, yield an excel- Terms if desired. Recommended Brokers protected. An unmatched location in the fast-growing Fort facing triangular park, % block from Fort Slocum Park and 14th Near schools, stores rooms, variegated tile baths and builtin fixtures, builtin garages, ce- ment front porches and double T-room houses have 4 bed rooms, others have breakfast rooms. Paved street and alley. Fully include copper screens for all open- ings, roomy cedar-lined closets, oak natural ghouse Washington Bldg. EAVER BROQ ,v: mm—.%‘-’s ot W We Leave It to | _ YOUR JUDGMENT We offer for your inspection, criticism and compari- son a group of all-brick master-built VARIETY HOMES . . . designed and equipped in the manner of today. 'We think these homes represent the best values offered in this booming new section. Come out—look them over carefully—and give us your opinion. Six have been sold since completion only two weeks ago. MODEL HOME 5604. Kansas Ave. Completely furnished and decorated by . B. Moses & Song BT i st : 6 and 7 Large Rooms All-Brick Construction—Varied Designs 7 street, to cost $1,200. REALTY GROUP INCREASED Pittsburgh Man Is Named to City Planning Committee. L. W. Monteverde, Pittsburgh, has accepted appointment to the City planning Committee of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, The Antonfo, Tex., April 21 and 22, it is announced by I. Friediander of Huston, president of the conference. State conventions scheduled for the near future are Kansas Building and Loan League, Topeka, May 20 and 21; California Building Loen League, Del Monte, May 14, 15 and 16; and Nebraska League of Savings and Loan Associations, Omaha, May 19 and 20. Speakers at. these conventions will in- clude leaders in the United States| Building and Loan League. electric refrigeration, Sanitas on kitchen walls, inlaid lino- leum and new-type console gas range with velvetone fin- ish. Gas heating systems will he installed, if desired, at slightly higher prices. | trait Gal $8,950 to $9,250 ® Drive out 16th, 13th or Ga. Ave. to Long- fellow, thence east to Kansas Ave., or take 14th St car marked “Takoma” or “Sheridan St.” Get off at Longfellow and walk one block east—Model Home open every day until 9 PM. One Room and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals - work of this committee, which has been progress for several years, studies for the real estate interests the many ramifications of city planning as it affects the realty fleld, and from time to time makes definite recommen- dations to civic and other city planning ups. Mr. Monteverde's committee includes: Kenneth F. Reed, Omaha, Nebr.; Carl G. Stifel, St. Louis, Mo.; H. V. Jones, Kansas - City, Mo.; Mills G. Clark, Cleveland, Ohio; Edward J. O'Brien, Minneapolis, Minn., and W. L. Pollard, Los Angeles, Calif. i itaabia Realtors Admit Brown. Norman C. Brown, local real estate | operator with offices in the Investment | Bulding, was this week elected to| memberskip in the Washington Real Esiate Board at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the organization. NEW DETACHED BRICK HOME 8 Rooms—2 Baths Opento9P.M. 713 Nicholson St. N.-W. (Out 8th St. to Nicholson, east to House) Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962 First Commercial Owner will accept very low price on this property, which is clear of incum- Chandler Building Phone National 1046 Before Buying . Inspect 245 Concord Ave. N.W. Contains: 7 large rooms and bath. Hot-water heat, electric lights. Oak floors throughout. You will be delighted when you have seen these homes. " Cor. Concord Ave. and Kansas Ave., $11,500.00 733 12th St. N.W. Phone Natl. 0352 Furnished by W. B. Moses & Sons An eight-room home of un- usual charm and beauty, the floor plan is entirely different from most group homes and the front elevation is beautified by stone and brick construction. The location is not only exclu- sive but most convenient, being west of 16th St, near Rock Creek Park and the Mt. Pleasant g shopping center. The home has every modern appointment, in- cluding Frigidaire, copper screens and a garage. The price is ex- tremely low for a home so fine —drive out today or tomorrow. RM HOOKER Met. 2663 OPEN Tower Bldg. Now Priced at $11,950 al ly Located in'16th St. Heights $16.250 s a very low price for this detached home of brick and timber which was built about 2 years ago especially for the owner. It is of cen- ter-hall plan. On the first floor there is a large living room—with open fireplace, dining r 0 o m, breakfast room, up-to-date kitchen, library and tile lavatory, on the second floor there are three exceptionally large bed rooms, twd beautiful tiled baths with showers. There is an attic with easy stair- way and & built-in garage. H.G.Smithy Co. .. Ide 1316 FLORAL ST. v 4 OPEN SATURDAY and SUNDAY 1418 Eye St. N.W. 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