Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1931, Page 13

\ REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, BUILDING NEWS |B—I Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs APARTMENT UNIT PLANS LEAD WEEK’S PROJECTS First Building to Cost $125,000 Is Planned for | 7011 Georgia Seaboard S stories in height. housekeeping apartments. plans for which not yet have been Plans for the initial structure " 123 feet deep, occupying a lot 105 feet by 135 feet. It will be of brick and concrete construction. e Total Ts $302 Private building operatios District approved in the last Col. John W. Oehmann. building inspector, call for an expenditure of $302,770 for all classes of improvements, exclusive of Government construction. Plans for the construction of 29 private dwellings were included among the new projects. D. J. Dungan ob- tained permits for the building of nine dwellings costing $50,000 and Cafritz Construction Co. for the erection of five two-story brick flats cosing $40,000. Permits issued during the week in- cluded the following: Permits Are Listed. D. J. Dunigan, Inc., owners and builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- i to_erect nine 2-story brick dwell- 501 to 5517 Fourth street; to cost $50.000. - Cafritz Construction Co., owners and builders; Alvin L. Aubinoe, designer; to erect five 2-story brick flats, 1678 to 1686 West Virginfa avenue northeast; to cost $40.000. Randolph L. Jennings, owner and builder; E. W. Copperman, designer: to erect one 2-story brick and stone dwelling, 1717 Poplar lane; to cost $24.000. Edson W. Briggs, owner and builder; John W. Donn, architect; to erect one 2-story stone and brick dwelling, 1817 Plymouth street; to cost $18,000. Dr. Charles L. Billard, owner; J. W. “Kearney, architect; John D. Miller, builder: "to erect one 2l;-story brick dwelling, 3015 Ellicott street; to cost $15.000. Marist Society, owners; Hugh Coun- ell, builders; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling for sisters' home, Fort drive northeast; to cost $15,000. Steuart Bros., Inc. owners; John R. Cadle, designer; Lynn B. Fellows, builder: to erect three 2-story dwellings, 1841 to 1845 Bay street southeast; to cost $12,000. Repairs Planned. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, owners; to make re- Pairs, 2715 Q street; to cost $10,000. P. J. Grady, owner and bulilder; C. E. Dillon, designer; to erect two 2- story frame dwellings, 4912 and 4916 Forty-sixth street; to cost $12,000. Henry J. Connor, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 7504 Fourteenth street; to cost $9,000. Henry J. Connor, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 7500 Four- teenth street; to cost $10.000. Charles Sturbitts, owner and bullder; J. W. Piper, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling. 5501 Thirty-third street; to cost $10,000. Orville L. Rice. owner and builder; C. E. Dillon, designer; 2-story brick dwelling, 3628 Jocelyn street: to cost $8,000. D. F. and L. R. Swab, owners; L. R. Swab, designer; D. F. Swab & Son, bullders; to ercct one 2-story brick and for the week by frame dwelling, 804 Butternut straei; t cost $3.000. Many Homes Included. C. H. Brown, owner; R. F. Heresford, srchitect; F. N. Oliver, builder: to erect ampton str to cost $7,800. ¢ "William A. Stuart, owner and builder and designer; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 4906 Forty-sixth street: to cost $6,000. C. H. Gaskins, owner and builder; 'W. Carter, designer; to erect one 1-story brick and tile dwelling, 6812 Fourth street; to cost $6.500. G. Del Vecchio, owner and builder; William H. Jackson, designer; to erect one 1-story brick store, 1994 Bladens. burg road northeast; o cost $3,000. ‘Tolson, Kemp & Nix, owners and builders: C. E. Dillon, designer; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 2015 Quincy street northeast; to cost $5.000. S. W. Aluisi, owner; Louls Polesello, builder; to erect one 1-story dwelling, 3900 Alabama avenue south- east; to cost $4,500. J. W. Chappell, owner and bullder; to make repairs, 3001 and 3903 Albe- marle street; to cost 33,000. Other Improvements. Edson N. Briggs, owner and buflder. to erect one brick private garage, 1817 Plymouth street; to cost §1,500. G. B. Mullin & Co, Inc, owners and builders; to erect concrete wall, Thirteenth and Taylor streets; to cost $2.300. Glendale Baptist Church, owners: A. J. Plater, designer; to crect one 1-story frame addition, 1359 Lawrence street east: to cost $1,000. - Charles Ridgewell, owner and builder; 14 erect one 1-story brick addition, 2411 Eightecnth street; to cost §1,100. D. J. Dunigan, Inc, owners and builders: to_erect eight metai- private garages, 5503 to 5517 Fourth streei; to t $1,000. “OGeorge C. Butcher, owner: Willlam ‘Thompson, builder; C. Archer, Jr., architect: to erect one 2-story brick ad- dition, 225 C street southeast; to cost +$1,000. c. B builde: frame addition, northeast; to cost $ Carlton, owner, designer and to erect one 2-story brick and 1539 Lawrence street 00 Section 4835 LINNEAN AVE. N.W. From Conn. Ave. East on Ellicott St. to Linnean Ave. UNUSUAL FEATURES EASY HOUSEKEEPING LOW UPKEEP FINEST LOCATION HIGH ELEVATION LESS THAN NEIGHBORHOOD PRICE Open for Inspection Daily and Sunday—Until 9 PM. ALLEN C. MINNIX Ouwner and Builder 1416 F ST. N.W. Phone National 0538 After 6 P.M, Cleve. 7111 UBMISSION of specifications to the District Building inspector for the first unit of what ultimately will be a $250,000 two-unit | apartment house at Georgia avenue and Juniper street, led the past week’s activity in the local construction field. The plans| for the unit, estimated to cost $125,000 were filed for the Seaboard Realty Co. by Louis T. Rouleau, architect. The structure, to be erected at 7011 Georgia avenue, will be five The first unit will contain 135 rooms, containing 45 According to Rouleau, the second unit, brick | to erect one | brick | Avenue-Site by Realty Co. completed, will be identical in size. call for a building 90 feet wide by | | REALTY DISCOUNTS SOUGHT BY NADLER Finance Institute Director, Proposes Corporation to | Take Over Loans. Detailed analysis of the benefits con- templated from establishment in this country of a central urban discount cor- poration having as its business the buy- ing or discounting of mortgages from various <xisting agencies lending money on urban real estate was presented by Marcus Nadler, assistant director of the Institute of International Finance, at the Baltimore Convention this week of the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards. Establishment of such an fnstitution, to enable the pooling of individual mort- gages and the issuance of bonds secured by these mortgages, is greatly needed to stabilize th> flow of funds into the real estate and building industry, and would !be an imporant and powerful factor in the restoration of more normal business conditions, he said. It would not only bring about a rapid revival of industry and trade, Mr. Nadler asserted, but would also lay the foundation for sta- bilizing_industry in this country in the future against booms and depressions. Now Used in Europe. | Central mortgage institutions, which | exist in practically every country of | Continental Europe and in a number of | countries of South America, established | | In many cases with the aid of the gov- | | ernment, have given the homeowners | of these countries in the financing of | | their homes access to the capital ma kets of the world, he pointed out. They have epabled the citizens of Germany, Prance, Denmark, Hungary, Finland, Jugoslavia and other countries to borrow money in the United States with which to finance their home build- ing and other real estate development. | Mortgage bonds of Europ-an and South American central mortgage insitutions | are now outstanding In the American markets to the amount of more than | $200.000.000. Mr. Nadler said. “The central urban mortgage discount corporation should not deal directly with the public,” Mr. Nadler held. “Un- der present conditions a cenral bank for urban real estate which would be in direct contact with the borrower, as are central mortgage banks in Europe and South America, is out of the ques- tion. Urges Central Corporation. “Establishment of a co-operative sys- tem, such as is in use in some European countries, would not be the best solu- tion. Americans, as a whole, are not giv-n to co-operation. To organize home owners into co-operatives might be a task that would last for decades. “The most practical plan to meet American conditions, it seems to me, is a central urban mortgage discount cor- poration that would buy or discount norfgages from savings banks, small commercial banks, building and loan assoclations, insurance companies, mort- gage corporations, | main functions or business s the lend- ing of money on urban real estate. “On the basis of these mortgages, the central mortgage discount corporation would issue its own bonds which would be secured by the mortgages of the in- dividual borrowers, and by the capital and surplus of the central bank.” The advantages of drawing capital from all over the world at low rates wi the initial reason for the action of & number of European countries in estab- lishing a central mortgag> banking sys- tem, Mr. Nadler sald. The German gov- ernment, for example, in 1925, realizing the great need for capital and knowing that this demand could not be met in | the domestic market, established an in- | stitution large enough to command credit in the international markets, with | the result that the German Central | Mortgage Bank borrowed in the United States alons ov-r $100,000.000 at rates which could not be obtained in post- war_Germany. Only $11,950 Chevy Chase, D. C. Fronting on U. S. Park Colonial Six-Room Home Garage to Match i | 33rd Street, then South (right) two squares to 33rd and Patterson Street: 2708 36th ST. A NEW DETACHED RESIDENCE FOR PEOPLE OF AFFLUENCE IN || Massachusetts Avenue ‘ Heights AT AN ENTICING PRICE Drive south on 36th St. from Massachusetts Ave. and inspect at your leisure this handsome brick Colonial of SIX BED ROOMS, 3 BATHS, Breakfast Room, 2-CAR BRICK GARAGE, and many other features found only in high-class properties. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY AND DAILY, 6 UNTIL 9 P.M. BOSS & PHELPS 1417K St. Realtors. Nat'19300 Attractive Dwellings Figure in Week’s Sales HOMES IN KENWOOD, CHEVY CHASE, WAKEFIELD AND ON T STREET ARE SOLD. Upper left: Norman style home of 8. A. W. Dulaney Hunter, librarian of the School of Forelgn Service, Georgetown University, purchased from Kennedy- ¥ Located at 123 Brookside drive, Kenwood, the home, which was built by P. A. Newbold. contractor, contains 10 rooms and 3 baths. Chamberlin, Inc. ! | | man.” |of th | their time crying during the depression, GROWTH SEEN IN PLEAS FOR 27 ZONE CHANGES Petitions to Be Heard by Commission Wednesday Ask Approval for Apartments, Stores and Many Other Projects. WENTY-SEVEN petitions for changes in zoning restrictions on property located at widely scattered points in the District will come before the Zoning Commission at a public hearing next Wednesday in the board room of the District Building. A number of changes previously considered by the commission, some rejected and others sent back to petitioners for revision, will come up at the prospective all-day session. The interests of a large body of property owners in the areas affected by the proposed changes are involved in the decisions asked, which would provide extensive developments not possible under cur- rent restrictions. Fifteen of the total number of cases are those in which changer are proposed from existing residential classifications to some form -ommercial use rating: One of the most important changes for downtown Washington is urged in a petition for raising the height limit from 90 to 110 feet on 11 lots on the north side of I street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, where, it is re- ported, erection of large apartment i‘mbel is being planned. Club and opposite the Veterans' Bu reau. Permission will be sought by owners of the large gract on the south side of Harvard t, between Eighteenth street and Adams Mill road, to erect an apartment house there, under a petition for a change .of the zoning from resi- dential, 60-foot B-resricted area to residential 60-foot B area. The pses- Construction engincers have not !Den'v"enb zcning is for row house develop- ment. This is one of the old cases before | the commission, the petition having | been previously rejected. Decision on the case is said to depend in part on E;gineers Design Improved Methods During Depression| Synthetic Materials Will!| Cut Building Costs, Builders Are Told. but have been developing improved methods of design end building during this perlod of inactivity, according to Schiller W. Pramhein, Chicago, TIl. whether the owner of the corner Mr. Pramhein told co-operative apart- | Harvard sireet and Adams Mill road men: builders and organizers from all | will enter a consent to the change parts of the ccuntry at the Baltimore |sought. The apartment house site realtor meeting this week that synthetic | runs up to the corner lot which has a materials, designed during the past two | restricted residential classification. vears and those on the eve of reaching | _Another old case comes in a petition the market, will greatly reduce the cost | for the change of zoning on the east of American bufldings in the future.| Side of Twentieth street between Flore These materials will be more lasting | ida avenue and R street. from resi- than the materials they will replace and dential. 90-foot C area to first com- Il reduce urkeep to a degree which |mercial, 90-foct C area. This matter stounding to the ordinary lay- | t¥ice has been before the zoning bods. | _Petiticn for change from s residen The use of fireprcof material for res idence buildings is spreading, due to the modern methods in construction which are continually narrowing t (Continued on Second Page.) Upper right: Home at 3609 Cumberland street, in Wakefield, new residential scction, bought by William H. Marr, raiiroad official, from R. Bates Warren, | cost between the ordinary and the fire bullder. Lccated at entrance to Chevy Chase, this home has seven rooms and two baths. Lower left: Brick Colonial home at 6305 Meadow lane, Chevy Chase, purchased by Dr. Willlam F. Burdick from G. F. Mikkelson & Son, builders. This house has' seven rooms, two baths and detached garage. Lower right: BUILDING COSTS DOWN Residential Construction Increas- ing, Report Reveals. The most favorable factors in the immediate outlook for the building in- dustry are the low cost of construc- tion and the rising volume of residen- tial building, says the Union Trust Co., Cleveland. During the first quarter of 1931 the floor space of new homes built exceeded the same period last year by 2 per cent, it reports. f “The record for non-residential con- struction and for the public work is less favorable, the declines continuing in these fields,” says the bank. “Building material costs are from 10 per cent to 20 per cent below the levels of one year ago.” “Conditions for the construction or purchase of & home have not been more propitious in the past 14 years. How- ever, the prospective home builder, faced with curtailed earning power and un- certain employment, is delaying his plans to build. Definite improvement in general economic conditions should be reflected immediately in an accumulated demand for new homes.” REALTY BILL PASSES Plan to Raise Brokers’ Standards Passed by Illinois House. A bill providing that all those who apply for real estate brokers' licenses either have been legally engaged in the and others whose real estate brokerage business for not less than a year, or that such people establish ability by submitting to oral or written examinations, written if the offictals s0 elect, passed the Ilinois House on May 19. This bill now goes to_the Senate. The bill, if passed, will become an amendment to the present brokers' license act and will add one more State to the 20 that already have competency requirements for those seeking to enter the real estate business. WYNNEWOOD PARK Home Sites Beautiful lots containing large, old trees and shrubbery; frontages from 60 feet up, with economical depths: surrounded by exception- ally atractive homes occupied by fine people, which will insure stable values and good environ- ment. Home financing advice given free or arranged on reason- able terms, INSPECTION INVITED To Reach: Drive out 16th Street to the District Line, turn right on new boulevard and straight ahead to Wynnewood Park. THOS. E. JARRELL CO. Realtors 721 10th St. N.W. National 0765 Army Officer 4 x Leaving City Will his beautiful corner home just one square off Connecticut Avenue, Ward- man Park Hotel and St. ! Thomas' Church, for the low price of $10950. Al brick semi-detached, containing living room, reception hall, dining room, kitchen, rear stairs, 6 bed rooms and 2 tile baths. All rooms are large and sunny. House just completely redeco- rated. 2641 Garfield St. Open All Day Sunday L. P. Liles Realty Associates 1427 Eye Street N.W, National 8744 sacrifice 'BUILDING OUTLAY HELD HOPE OF FUTURE Five Billion Dollars for New | Construction Must Have Effect, [ | Schnitman Says. A five-billion-dollar outlay for new construction in the United States is held to be an “important stabilizer in | the balance sheet of American business in these times” by L. Seth Schnitman, | chief statistician, F. W. Dodge Corpora- | tion. “The future is not without hope due to this large annual outlay,” he said. | “Revival need not wait upon all those further necessary adjustments which will doubtless occur,” he says. “In & complex economic scheme Where the price of silk at Toklo affects the sale of automobiles in Detroit. or where the | price of steel at Pittsburgh dictates in |its manifold processes the demand for housing, no precise adjustment may ever be completely effected. “None the less with many of our world commodities such as cotton, rub- ber, tin, copper and the like now selling materially below production costs, it is ‘rensonable to expect that this condition may soon bring about its adjustments. The future is not without hope. ~After | all, an annual $5,000,000,000 outlay fo new construction in the United States: is, in these trying times, an important | stabilizer in the balance sheet of Amer. ican business.” 3344 Military Road First Offering ! |§ —of a charming new Colonial Home in Chevy Chase, D. C. Built by Frank D. Phillips. $13,950 Just completed. Next to the corner of Nevada Avenue. It is of the popular center hall type, with large living room, dining room, kitchen, furnished break. fast alcove, guest lavatory, and covered concrete porch on the first floor. On the second floor are three lovely bedrooms, two full baths, and extra lavatory. The attic can easily be con- verted into a recreation room. ‘There is a built-in garage, slate Toof, electric refrigeration, and screens. The last group of homes built by Mr. Phillips were promptly sold, two before completion. We sincerely commend this home to your careful’ inspection, J. Wesley Buchanan EXCLUSIVELY—REALTOR ME. 1143 WI 3732 Home bought by H. J. Hansucker from Cocley Bros., builders. This house, located at 3833 T street, is a corner dwelling English treatment, and contains nine rooms and two baths. 1U. 5. ACQUIRES SIX MORE PROPERTIES Purchases Are Made to Provide Land for Federal Construc- tion Program. Six residential properties located in areas being acquired by the Govern- ment as sites for new Federal develop- ments have been purchased recently from private owners, it was announced today by Boss & Phelps, which han- dled the transactions. The three-story brick house at 481 Misscuri avenue, containing nine rooms, and a two-stor! six-car garage, was 5822 Nevada Ave. (Near Patterson Street) $11,950 Six large rooms, two tiled baths, garage, G. E. refrigerator, brick and stucco, slate roof. On a wide paved street near stores, schools, bus and car line, just east of Chevy Chase Circle. J. Wesley Buchanan EXCLUSIVELY—REALTOR ME. 1143 WL 3732 An Invitation to FOXALL You are cordially invited to visit our newest Furnished Model Home, representative of our latest group of English Homes that have set new standards of excellence in home design, planning. construction and equipment. With six and cight rooms, one, two and three baths, maid's room and garage and priced from $11.350 to $14,950, they are the outstanding values of to- day. Drive out today to this most interesting home at 4400 Volta place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road in Foxall . . . “the Com- munity wherein you live.” A WAVERLY TAYLOR e 1522 K Street Nat'l 1040 where Chevy Chase begins:. and up 16,750 CENTRE HALL HOME 7 ROOMS—2 COMPLETE BATHS GARAGE FOR 2 CARS MANY SPECIAL FEATURES Drive out Connecticut Avenue four squares beyond Albemar! Street and turn left one square on Cumberland Street R. BATES WARRE] Phone Cleve. 7483 | group having of & Star Staff Photo. | purchased by the Government from | Vaseleky Pznapoulous; four two-story brick houses at 345 to 347 Maryland avenue southwest, having a frontage of 38 feet and a depth of 127 feet, were purchased from Antonio Lagana. The threc-story frame dwelling at 222 Thirtcenth street southwest, con- taining 15 rooms and having a_two- | story, four-car brick garage with living | querters in the second story, was ac- }quirod frem Willlam F. B. Evans. $9,950 Chevy Chase, Md. Corner Bungalow Five Rooms—Garage Drive out Connecti- cut Avenue to Bradley Lane, turn left (West) Pl Cleve, R 3633 Ingomar Place N.W. Chevy Chase, D. C. 9,950 All brick—semi-detached—six rooms and bath—built-in garage —electric refrigeration—screens. The owner tells us he made an advantageous purchase of ground which permits this low price, which he cannot duplicate. Just one square east of Con- necticut Avenue at Chevy Chase Parkway. We consider this to be a remarkable value. J. Wesley Buchanan EXCLUSIVELY—REALTOR ME. 1143 ‘WL 3732 T A AN OPPORTUNE TIME ONLY THREE NEW HOMES REMAIN IN FoxhallVillage one of America’s most successful and most beautiful de- velopments. PRICES 12,500 17,750 23,500 The Model Home 4400 QUE ST. - Furnishings from W. & J. Sloane AN ALL-BRICK COR- NER . . . BIG LIVING ROOM 187"x22'6” . . . WONDERFUL DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN . . . 4 SPACIOUS BED ROOMS .. . TW O BATHS WITH SHOW- ER ... THIRD FLOOR LOUNGE 15x30° . . . T W O FIREPLACES . . . TWO-CAR BRICK GARAGE. $23,500 OPEN DAILY AND LIGHTED TO 9 PM. BOSS & PHELPS Crentors and Developers of The Village TO REACH- 44th St. Turn left to ocorner of 44th and Que Sts. preof type of building. sald the speaker. | | At the Top of Nebraska Avenue CHEVY CHASE, SALE Refore closing for the Summer and room for new this Fall offer at raduced prices our en- tire stock here of hand- made antique reprodue- tions. individually-built, in our own shop; The True Antiques ©of Tomorrow 1338 19th St. N.W. BALTIMORE. MD. 24 N. Charles Street to Nebraska Ave. & 3lst Street New Detached Center Hall English Type Brick Hom —Featuring— ANTIQUE REPRODUCTIONS | DIC. i |§ Corner Handmade Dining Room Furniture Our_Specialty INSPECT Detached Brick House Beautifully Planted Garden Perfect Condition Priced in Popular Range 9 OXFORD STREET Just OF Conn. Ave. Opposite Chevy Chase Club STONE & FAIRFAX 1108 Conn. Ave. Na. 2424 Brick Construction. Six Large Rooms. Two Tile Baths, Shower. Master Bed Room with Private Bath. Sun Parlor. Breakfast Room. Large Attic. $14,950 OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY | One 6f the best buys in-Washington 4456 Faraday Place A NEW CORNER HOME $12,000 OR rare charm, spaciousness and fine building, this home cannot be excelled in Washington at the price . . . easy terms. Open Daily Until 9 P.M. BOSS & PHELPS Go north on Wisconsin Avenue to Fessenden Street, west Street, turn right half block to home. 15 minutes to center