Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1931, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. NEW “COLONY HILL" AREA WORK BEGUN Colonial Designs of Four Houses Cited by Institute. Tract Treated as Entity. Development of the fiest group of a | eommunity of 75 detached, individual homes of early American and Georgian design on the elevated mrea n-rth of Reservolr road and east of Foxall road, overlooking Foxhall Village, was started this week by Boss & Phelps, realtors and butlders. The entire tract has been treated as an entity in laying out the general de- velopment program, which has been studied for 12 months. Plans for 22| homes have been w:rked out on small | e o e nloted | ToBd, west, of Forty-fourth street, by A valuation of $1.875.000 has been | estimated for the development when completed. Will Be “Colony Hill.” The section is to be known as Colony Hill. Every home. it is anncunced, will be of early American or Georgian de- sign. Some of the better known smaller homes in the early American manner, built over a hundred years ago, will be reproduced, and plans contemplate erec- tion of other dwellings in the nature of coples, either larger or smaller in scale, of certain selected hcmes of the early Colonial period. Plans for the development have been drawn by Horace W. Peaslee, Washing- ton architect and a vice president of the American Institute of Architects Miss Rose Greely is the landscape arch- itect. Development will be under the supervision of Harry K. Boss. The architectural design of the first four houses being erected has been com- mended by the Board of Review of the Architects’ Advisory Council, the high- est citation given by that volunteer jury works, real estate development, educ prior to completion of a project. i el 3 | tion and the producer wi prom Street Named for Hoban. | ;chuv featured in the program, ma: The first group of houses is being | public today by the president of the in- erected on a new street, Hoban road, | stitute, Robert D.'Kohn of New York. named in honor of Capt. James Hoban, |~ Mr. Kohn has been renominated for talanted young Irishman, appointed by George Washington to be the architect and bullder of the White House, an example of pure Georgian design. | Another street will be named Had- | fleld lane, in memory of the designer | of the District of Columbia Supreme Court Building, also Georgian. | The first two houses at the entrance | of Hoban road will be of brick, painted white, as also will be the curved brick | entrance walls located at the intersec- $ion with Reservolr road. | The simplicity of the white brick is | designed to blend with the little old house built in the last year of the! eighteenth century which for many ;nn has stood alone on the hillside. | t is now occupied by Maj. Douglass | Gillette, U. §. A, officer in charge of completion of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. - ARCHITECT PARLEY Measures to Relieve Jobless, Industry’s Future and Elections Slated. Measures “to relieve unemployment will be discussed at the sixty-fourth convention of the American Institute of Architects, which will open in San Antonio Tuesday and continue for four days. Problems of housing, public Nominations are made by petition. Other nominations follow: Shepherd Park 1346 Kalmia St. N.W.—$16,750 Colonial brick residence, J| containing 6 rooms, recep- et ST S } tion hall, breakfast alcove, recreation room, large at- OFFICE BUILDINGS HELD . . “BIGGER AND BETTER” tic and. two baths. Equip- |} ped with copper screens, pomee hulldl.yb.s' of the country are || metal weather-strip, copper T e of foe Namonet anoci? || gutters and downspouts and electric refrigeration. Henry J. Connor 1443 Holly St. N\W. Georgia 1446 body reports that seven years | ago_the average office building in this | country had 61,473 square feet of rent- able office space and that today average bullding contains 85,587 square | feet, or about two acres of space. This provides 39 per cent more rent- sble area than the average office build- ing of 19: A BEAUTIFUL CORNER EIGHT-ROOM BRICK HOME At the corner of 5th and Marietta Place N.W. is this charming home, is priced very low and worth more—but is to be sold quickly) Has eight pretty rooms, pantry, built-in garage and every modern im- provement for your comfort. rge lot with both streets paved. Near Fort Slocum Park, junior and graded schools, stores, transportation etc. A REAL VALUE and well worth seeing—COME OUT TODAY OR TOMOR- ROW. 5713 5th St. N.W., Marietta Park Open and Lighted Realtor 3709 Legation St., Chevy Chase, D. C. TIPS ANNDUNCED {E EVENING_ STAR WASHINGTON, D, €, BA For $2,000,000 Colony Hill 7Develo_l—)ment .EARLY AMERICAN AND GEORGIAN TYPE HOUSES PLANNED FOR HOBAN ROAD . Design by Horace W. Peaslee, architect, of some of the 75 dwellings to be erected in the tract north of Reservoir E Boss & Phelps. The first group is under construction. | 8t. Louls: second vice president, Horace | diate prospect for reliet of unemploy- | W. Peaslee, Washington; sccretary, | ment. We have had some support for Frank C. Baldwin, Washington: treas- | ocur contention that architects in pri- urer, Edwin Bergstrom, Los Angeles. | 1 Future to Be Topic. | communities. ~The measures already The future of the architect and the |devised and those under consideration progress 'of the bullding industry will | to advance this cause will be submitted be considered by delegates from the |to the delegates. institute’s 66 chapters in all parts of | Mr. Bergstrom will' submit the report the country. Co-operation of archi- Of the treasurer, and Mr. Baldwin of tects, builders, bankers and labor will Washington, secretary of the institute, be stressed as essential to the return of | the report of the board of directors. prosperity and to stable conditions in | the construction field. | | —Allied organizations, including the Producers’ Council, whose members represent manufacturers of building | materials with an aggregate capital of $22.500,000,000, also will hold sessions during the convention period. “The difficult economic situation of the past year and the immediate and depressing effect of that situation upon the profession of itecture,” the an- nouncement said, “have suggested the main tasks of the convention. Industry Looks to U. S. “For one thing, the building industry has looked to the public works progr: of the Government for the only imme- closets are a feature. tub and shower. Detached Brick Home—Semi- Detached Price! 8 Rooms, Complete Bath and Lavatory. Colonial in Design, Natural wood finish throughout. Bulilt-out Pantry, Electric Refrigera- tion. Deep lot—brick garage. Open Daily to 9 P.M. 713 Nicholson St. N.W. Out 3th Street to Nicholson St., garage is built-in, ington. Buy a home with a future! Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. NW, North 0962 erels a gain—Under $20 _ vate practice be employed to design | public’ buildings to be erected in_ their | | | P ppaepeoopopuppey MEN WHO SUCCEEDED TO ADDRESS SESSION Topnotchers in Profession to Tell Realtors’ Convention How They Reached Pinnacle. Successful men will “tell how they got that way” at the coming annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, to be held in Baltimore, May 27-30. The methods, plans _and sometimes accidents that put such men in the large income gToups, or gave them prestige that can- nct be computed in figures, will be de. * % Myers Electrically Driven Water Pumps —for suburban or coun- try use. 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The These are Large These homes are on a 160-ft.-wide boulevard in the fastest selling new-house operation in Northeast Wash- The entire section is restricted. here should increase in value because of Government de- velopment on Capitol Hill and in the immediate vicinity. Property values REASONABLY PRICED Sold on Convenient Pnyment Plan ROBERT E. KLINE, JR., Owner 718 Union Trust Building National 6799 Or Any Broker 106 Primrose St., Chevy Cha;e, Md. Here is a beautiful center-hall, all-brick and masonry construction home, of nine rooms and two baths, including 4 large beautiful bed rooms. lot with virgin shade trees and beautiful shrubbery. two-car garage. It is situated but one square from Conn. ave., on a lovely ‘The street and alley are both paved and there is & ‘We believe this to be the outstanding 4 bed room horfie available toda; ¥, PHILLIPS & CANBY, Inc. Exclusively Investment Bldg. Beautiful Michigan Manor Varnum St. at 13th Place N, Built by MAX GORIN ONLY ONE LEFT 'URDAY, APRIL 11 | ru;unim;wu& wrxy | 3 REAL ESTATE, B—3 scribed at the general sessions of the convention and in the various divis- ional meetings. Pl thing men are most interested in right | is why we try to bert U. Nelson, executive secretary of | tical material that can be used the realty association, in announcing | real estate offices of all types.” today some more of the carefully culled talent for the convention. ' ‘“Men at will be an exhibit b any time are interested in other peo- agement division of the association, other people are working in the same | M |or allled flelds. No one individual can | “After this past year and a half, the | think of all the bright ideas, and that | ther at our | now is how to make money,” sald Her- | conventions speakers who will give prac- A feature of the coming convention ism in the United secrets of success, especially if the | consist of actual advertist Ing record forms, legal forms, signs, ant reproductions of office systems, all properly captioned and displayed on the mezzanine floor of the Lord Baltimore Hotel, convention, headquarters. ‘The great advocate of Pan-American- States the in| the property man- | nineteenth century was James G. 10 ' Blaine. A Community of Detached tial community. homes built—learn about the homes now buildi have long cherished as a dream. garage. 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OU are cordially invited to inspect Meadowbrook, the ideal residen- Carefully planned, being created and developed with rigid restrictions and much thought to the future. yourself of our exceptional organization to plan and build the home you The present exhibit home pictured above is exceptionally well plan- ned, with its large living room, open fireplace, dining room, spacious and completelv equipped kitchen, three bed rooms, two baths, attic, built-in 14,950 Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Columbia Country Club, turn left on West Cypress Street (Bethesda-Silver in Chevy Chase ‘Wisconsin 2764 Homes See the attractive ng—or perhaps avail for Inspection . . . A NEW GROUP OF ALL-BRICK HOMES THE GREATEST VALUES!! . . . . Ever Offered Here Masterpieces of Modern Home Construction ——————— ' Glouerk Adjoining Mass. Ave. Heights This handsome new group . . . nearing com- pletion and ready for inspection . . . represents beyond question the GREATEST VALUE ever offered here. And that is quite a claim for model colony that i dy famous They are perfest examples brick is of th type dressers, UNUSUALLY has an attra orately with conc home colony . opment in $2,000,000.00 and sold here. neighbors and lent bus e s double oak floors throughout . your own choice of white or natural finish trim wall papers of finest quality and in exqui taste . . . countless floor and wall plugs . . . huge cedar-lined closets . . . beautiful colored baths with Don’t fail to In Washington's Unique New Home Colony —_——- and Frigidaire. LARGE and d The 6 rooms are FULL WIDTH front and double rear porch nted . . . stre homes and this ideal . . the nearest-in new home devel- Section. Already - mearly worth of houses have been built Exacting restrictions protect property valu e at the corner reache: and school and churches are s and all built-i Suburban Environment—I2 Minutes From Downtown . ¢ will thrill homes in this group were sold before Come ott this afternoon or Sunday. Your time will be well spent. On Rent-Like Monthly Terms It is inconceivable to think of a home more beautiful or complete than this semi-detached brick home. ironing boards, special Covered front porch—generous variegated slate mansard roof—breakfast and alobping sporehive; Bnsilisd s shoutss=renliicldiuvhionsd * Grogluce—alehorate: Halchon —white tile walls—pantry—electric refrigeration—two complete baths (colored tije)— . 39250 gold-plated electric fixtures—2-car built-in garage—cold storage room in cellar—large s MODEL HOME . . . 2303 39th St. NNW lot, beautifully planted: and many other features too numerous to mention. TakeBrookland car, get off at end of line, turn right to 13th $lace, and left one Take Burleith-Glover Park bus or drive out Que or R Sts. to 37th, north to Tunlaw Rd. and left on Benton to 39th St. block to houses—or drive out No. Capitol, right on Michigan ave., left on 13th $lace to Varnum st. . Owner — — — B. H.GRUVER — — — Builder 927 15th St. NW. — — Or See Your Broker — — Nat'l 2670 Just 1/, square east of Conn. Ave., close to stores, schools and tranaporta!ion. is located this fine ALL BRICK home with its unusually spacious and well arranged $ rooms. PRICED 13 950 TO SELL AT . i 6 rooms, 2 beautifully equipped baths, stained trim. Large finished recreation room in attic. Garage. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THIS AT ONCE OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. 5520 Conn. Ave. Clev. 2300 Tower Bldg.