Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1931, Page 15

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, / he Fpening Star. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931. BUILDING NEWS Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington - and Suburbs ‘Building Shortage“ln Making’ NEW FRENCH SOON TO Million-Dollar Edifice to Further Develop “Embassy Row” Idea Planned ONSTRUCTION of the new is expected to be started in € first credit for the project. This will bring into concrete Washington's “Embassy Row,” planned as long as a quarter of a century ago by Mrs. John B. Henderson, widow of the Missouri Senator, who died this week. Plans for this development have been under consideration for several years, the present home of the French representatives to this | country having become too crowded. Designs for the new building have been drawn for the French government by Paul Cret of Phila- delphia, a Frenchman by birth, who was an associate architect of the Pan-American Union Building here. The bullding is to be of monu- mental character, plans seriously con- sidered in the past year callirg for a structure in the Louis XVI period style. The site for- the building les be- tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, just to the north of Meridian Hill Park, ons of the projects in which Mrs. Henderson played an_important part in bringing to ,the attention of Congress. Woman's Vision Praised. Maj. George Oakley ‘Totten. architect for the embass diplomatic butldings Henderson, who recent! president of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Archi- tects, today. voiced praise for the vision of Mrs. Henderson in planning “Em- bessy Row” and for her continued ef- forts and expenditures year after year to _make the developments a realit Enumerating the group of buildil along or near upper Sixteenth street built by Mrs. Henderson, Maj. Totten pointed out that the “Emba development has become a reality and predicted that it would continue to grow. The French embassy was one of the first developments which had greatly interested the late “grand “ame” of Washington society. The French government purchased the site for the new embassy from Mrs. ‘Henderson. The amount of money expended by Mrs. Henderson in the embassy devel- opment program may be taken as one indication of her faith in her favorite project. She erected nine buildings for diplematic use. Tt was not her aim to sell the buildings to foreign overnments at a profit, Maj. Totten lains. In fact, two or more of the buildings erected in more recent years stood idle for considerable time, bri ing loss of interest on the money nded for them. he cost of constructing the build- ings, Maj. Totten recalled, ranged from 2bout $100,000 to $250,000. Thus the totzl invested over the quarter century would run into a large fortune. The first of the buildings erected Mrs. Henderson in this plan_was the Venetian type residence at Sixteenth and Euclid streets, built in 1906. This later became the home of Mrs. Mar- snall Field Building Reared in 1907, ‘Then came the present French em- tassy building, erected in 1907, under the direction of Jules Jusserand, for- mer French Ambassader to the United States. tectural style. Another struciure erected later was the former home of the Embassy, now occupled by the Persian and Estonian government representa- tives, on Sixteenth street between Euclid and Fuller stieets, this being of Spanish type design inspired by a building at Salamanca, Spain. The Polish Embassy at Sixieenth and Fuller streets, which followed, was designed much after the fashion of the Petite Trianon at Versallles. Then Mrs. Henderson built the large private residence at the corner of Sixteenth street and Park road which Secame the home™of Breckinridge Long, Assistant Secretary of State in the Wilson administration. It is modern- istic in style. Others which were built later by Mrs. Henderson were: The home of the Nicaraguan Legation at Fifteenth and Chapin streets, a build- ing in English Tudor lines; the new Spanish Embassy, at Sixteenth and Fuller streets, a_ structure of Spanish style; the new building on Fifteenth street near Euclid street. overlooking Meridian Hill Park, a building following Itallan renaissance style, which Mrs. Henderson volunteered to give to the United States as a private home for the Vice President; and the French cha- teau type of building at the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Lamont streets, which has not yet been occupled. In addition to these buildings erected for diplomatic use, a number of other similar structures have followed the trend to upper Sixteenth established by Mrs. Henderson. home of the Netherland Legation. the Cuban Embassy and the Italian Embassy. Maj. Totten revealed today that Mrs. tive sites, expending money for the erection of buildings which she hoped to séll or lease to foreign governments, also drew elementary sketches of the buildings she plnhed to erect, leaving the designing of the exterior and the detailed planning of the interiors to the architect. BUILDING AND LOAN TABLET TO BE UNVEILED| Ceremonial to Be Feature of Cen- tennial Convention in Phila- delphia August 11-14. American business will set aside one of its first shrines this August with the unveiling of a memorial tablet marking the foundation site of the $9,000,000,000 building and loan business in Frankford, Pa., now a suburb of Fhiladelphia. The United States Building and Loan League is preparing to erect thes tablet and plans unveiling ceremonies for its cen- tennial convention in Philadelphia Au- gust 11-14. A marble boulder, topped by a bronze plate, commemorating the contribution of 8,000,000 owned homes to American civilization by the building and loan business, will be placed in a small park directly across the stpeet from the re- mains of Sidebotham's Inn, on Frank- | ford avenue, Philadelphia. This inn was the meeting place on January 3, 1831, of the leading citizens ‘of Frankford when they organized the Oxford Provi- dent Building Association, the first building and loan organization in the United States. ‘Thousands of financiers from Amer- fca and abroad will be present at the unveiling ceremontes, according to R. Holtby Myers, Los Angeles, president of the lsagues, since the centennial gath- ering of building and loan workers in the United States will be held simulta- neously with an international congress of those engaged in a similar business in England, Germany, Austria, Poland, ) Australia, Switzerland and New Zea- land. John B. Henderson. embassy on the extensive site at Sixtzenth and Euclid streets received here of the voting by the French government of the It is of modern French archi- | Spanish | These include the | EMBASSY BE ERECTED Years Ago by Mrs. million-dollar home of the French the near future, word having been form another of the elements of 1981 CITIES HAVE ZONING LAWS NOW | Kentucky, New Jersey and Vir- | * ginia New States Adopt- LIFE COMPANIES KEENFOR REALTY Billions to Be Invested When Demand for Space Is Revealed. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., July 18.—The great life insurance companies of America, which already have investments totaling billions of dollars in real estate mort- gages, have not lost faith in real estate, and stand ready to invest additjonal billions when the demand for space warrants new construction. This was the message from the insurance com- panies to the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, dellv- ered by Osgood F. Fificld, vice president of the Massachusetts Life Insurance Co. of Springfield, Mass., at the annual con: ventlon of the association today. “At a period when we have a large surplus of vacancles and falling income from rentals, loans in default, burden- some taxes and expenses, there is little to encourage investors to consider loa ing on new construction,” said Mr. Fi- field. Security must be made attractive by its real need of purpose, its location, character of improvements, ownersh¥p, margin of security and management. “The life insurance companies of | America have many billions of dollars | . ing Legislation. The 77 municipalities that adopted zoning ordinances for the first time in 11930 brings tre total number of zoned municipalities in the United States to 981, comprising a total population of more than 46,000,000 people. | ‘While zoning authority, extending at least to some municipalities, has been | granted in all States, additional zoning ngs | legislation was enacted in Kentucky. | desire and expect to continue along New Jersey and Virginia at the 1930 legislative sessions, and other minor v Row" |ZOning laws were enacted during the | conservative likewise. | year in other States. | | ” This 1930 zoning legislation and the | zoning ordinances enacted or amended during the year are briefly discussed in a report entitled “Survey of Zoning| |Laws and Ordinances Adopted During | 1930,” recently issued by the Diviston of | | Building and Housing of the Bureau of | Standards. A list of all zoned munici- | palities, grouped according to States, is contained in another recent report by | the division, entitled “Zoned Municipali- | ties in the United States.” |~ The 46,000,000 people living in these zoned municipalities equal more than 67 | per cent of the total urban population of the United States, and all of the 981 municipalities have adopted their ordi- | nances during the last 15 years, accord- | ing to the latter report. One of the interesting and significant | recent developments in the field of | zoning is the fact that the smaller com- | munities of the country are turning to | zoning, according to James S. Taylor, | chief "of the Division of Building and | Housing. Seventy of the 77 original or- | This is a recognition, Mr. Taylor said. | | that the environment for work, play |and pleasant home life may be im- | | proved through the preventing of hurt- | ful invasions into the various zoning | districts by incompatible uses. | 1 U.S.BUI LDING DECLINES $2,000,000,000 First Half of Year Below 1930 and 1929. Approximately $2,000,000,000 was | spent for new building in the United | States during the first half of 1931, compared with $2,800,000,000 in first| half of 1930, and $3,250,000,000 in the| like period of 4929, according to a sur- | | vey by Indiana Limestone Co., and re-| | ported in the Wall Street Journal. ! "The survey says, in pa: ‘e have now completed a two-year cycle of | bullding depression, and in the mean- | | time a substantial volume of necessary | construction has piled up. A turn is | past due. While activity of boom pro- | portions will not be witnessed this year, there is every reason to anticipate a steady rise.’ 1 REALTY FIRM MOVING ‘The real estate firm of McKeever & Goss, located since 1924 at 1415 K street, is moving today into new quar- ters on the fifth floor of the Shoreham Building, on the northwest corner of Fifteenth and H streets. The new quarters are adjoining branch offices previously maintained there in connection with the firm's activities as managing agents for the building. The company, headed by Robert L. McKeever, has been in busi- ness here since 1918. TR TSRS IS T + lowest priced home in this choice section Facing beautiful 10- acre Government park and surrounded by higher- priced homes—Colonial archi- tecture—six bright rooms— cedar closet—tiled bath with shower —garage to match house. $11,950 CHEVY CHASE, D. C. Drive East from Chevy Chase Circle on Rittenhouse St. to 33rd, then turn south (right) two squares to Patterson. R. BATES WARREN. Phone Cleve. 7483. e 5809 32nd St. BEST BUY OF THE DAY IN A New Detached Seven-Room Two- Bath Residence at price of $11,750 In Beautiful Chevy Chase Drive oyt Conn. Ave. tomor- row and turn east on Nebras- ka Ave. to 32nd St., to the prettiest Colonial one could desire. Lovely side porch, big living room with fireplace, a marvelous kitchen, attic, oak floors, wide rear porch, beau- tiful decorations, slate roof, copper guttering and spout- ing, built-in garage and many other features. See it. Just completed. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY invested in real estate mortgage loans. | They have not lost faith in real estate, | and’ to the many billions already i | vested in real estate mortgages there are \now and will continue to add more | billions. | Conservative Companies. “These companies are often criticized | for ‘being conservative in the amounts | loaned on securities offered. They have built a confidence on conservatism. We | | these lines. These companies are con- servative; the property owner should be We should not undertake a building before he has | sufficient capital together, with con- servative financing. to carry the project to completion. Excessive loans, | proper financing or poor management | often result in failures, with the loss of the property to the owner and possible loss to the lender.” _The skyscraper industry, representing in excess of $7,000,000,000 of the Na- tion's wealth, is between the millstones of two powerful economic forces:-the law of supply and demand and immuta. ble fixed charges—and vigorous meas- | ures must be adopted to preserve this | | tional Association of Building Owners | and Managers, told the convention. “Our_economic position is very simi- lar to that of the railroads. They are asking for an increase in rates in a buyers’ market to offset the decrease in patronage. ‘The railroads have great fixed charges, such as ours. Together | with us, they cannot make temporary | adjustments in the cost of production. CONDITIONS COVERING 10 YEARS GIVEN S'!‘UI'IY. PER CAPITA VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS IN SO CITIES ON 1913 dustry of the country dating from 1900, the Cleveland Trust Co. in a current business bul- letin issue, edited by Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice president of the bank, finds that a new shortage of new construc- tion is now “in the making.” . During the depression period of 10 years ago the Cleveland Trust Co. made study of building conditions in 50 leading cities of the country concern- ing_whether there probably existed a shottage of eomlrucfion. Fluctuation in Volume. A diagram resulting from that study, brought up to date, is reproduced here , the trust company states, cates that when the depression of 1921 came into being there existed in the cities a great accumulated shortage of building construction, but that when RAWING upon a study of ex perifences of the building in- | the present depression came no such general shortage existed. “In the years before the war the {HUMAN RELATIONS SEEN | AS MAN’S MAJOR TASK | Robert D. Leader, Science for New Miseries. Man's major tasks of the future lie in the sphere of human relations, not in sclence and engineering, declares Rob. ert D. Kohn, president of the American Institute of Architects, contributing to a symposium of the Engineering Foun- dation on “Benefits from Engineering Progress.” Every advance in science, he points out, has brought about not only closer reiationships but fresh problems and miscries. “We live in an age of idiotic con- trasts,” asserts Mr. Kohn, adding that want exists amid plenty, and that thoss who have an abundance of materia things are spiritually starving. A new art superimposed on material science Kohn, Architectural Blames Advances of | must be created with the whole world Palmer said. | Profit in Experience. “If we have the good sense to profit by the experience of the past two years, in my opinion, the worst is over. I see | no cause for alarm. We know our out- | put. It is practically at a standstill as | {ar as new office buildings are con- | cerned. Further overproduction is next ' to impossible, because the speculative | pond houses which spewed worthless | real estate securities from its maw have gone the way of all such enterprises and collapsed. The conservative bond houses and the insurance companies will finance | only those enterprises that are econom- | ically sound, and these, of course, we | wish to see brought into being. | “More than 65 per cent of our costs | are made up of fixed charges we cannot | lower, such as taxes, insurance, electric light and power rates, obsolescence and | depreciation. Costs cannot be mate- | rially adjusted to meet a depressicn in our industry any more than lowered prices will increase consumption.” o NEW FIRM JOINS BOARD Newbold, Canby & DeNeale, Inc., Elected by Realty Body. The hewly formed realty firm of | Newbold, Canby & DeNeale, Inc.. was | elected to membership in the Washing- mnkReal Estate Board during the past week, The officers of the firm are Alfred T. Newbold, presiden! Canby, vice president, and Goorge C. DeNeale, secretary - treasuter. They have been identified with the real estate and building business of Wash- ington for the past 10 or more years. Near Chevy Chase Club Drive out Connecticut Ave. to Brad- ley Lane, west to East Ave. turn right one square to 4513 Ridge St. R. BATES WARREN Phone Cleve. 7483 ! ' Beautiful § Argyle Park Detached All Brick 4207 18th St. N.W. At 18th and Varnum Never before have you been ! ! able to purchase a brick de- |/ tached home in this beautiful section at this price. Situ- ated on a lot 40x115 and con- { taining seven large rooms and two tiled baths. Attic over entire house, splendid dry base- ment with hot-water heater, { laundry trays, etc. Open fire- place, hardwood floors through- out, cedar storage closet. Price, $16,500 To inspect: Drive out 16th Street to Varnum, west on Varnum to 18th Street. Call us for guto service or further particulars. METZLER Realtor—Ezclusive Agent " 1106 Vt. Ave. BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K St DEcatur 5800 as the ficld of action, 1n the opinion of Mr. Kohn, who is also president of the Society for Ethical Culture. The comrlexities of modern science are simple in comparison to the human problems which this art will compre- hend, according to Mr. Kohn, who thinks that the painful ineficiency and ' injustice of our present civilization is a call to science to work out a new vision of human relations. JUST COMPLETED 5429 31st Street N.W. (Just North of Military Road) $13,750 All-brick detached home on high elevation, with unusually large rooms, two tiled baths and first floor lavatory. Breakfast nook adjoining beautiful kitchen. Ga- rage, clectric refrigeration, and screens. J. WESLEY BUCHANAN Exclusive Realter ME. 1143 F five residences thus far com- pleted in tiis de- lightful new com- munity, four have already been pur- chased by admiring visitors. In addition, we have several clients for whom we are designing hoies to meet their in- dividual tastes, to go on WAKEFIELD sites chosen by them. You, too, will like the high, healthful loca- tion of WAKEFIELD, its close proximity to the city proper, the convenience of near- by schools and shops, the assurance it of- fers of permanently desirable associations and environment. Choose © now your home in WAKE- . FIELD! 'EXHIBIT HOME Lighted Till 10 PM. mectiout Ave. four D oo pesond. Albemarte, ohen berlal o Lo o CORREHELD. R. BATES WARREN PHONE CLEVE. 7483 COST BASIS volume of building fluctuated slightly above and slightly below normal year by yvear and no important surpluses: or shortages developed. During the war period and the years immediately following the volume of new construc- tion fell to abnormally low levels and a large shortage developed, amounting in the aggregate to the equivalent of all the construction that would nor- melly be completed in about two and a half years. The pressure to make good that shortage was one of the stim: ulating forces that operated to lift bus! nlm and industry out of that depres- sion. 1921, but the volume of building sharp- ly increased in that year. It continued to advance until in 1925 new construc- tion was going forward at a rate fully 50 per cent above the computed nor- | mal. It then began a decline that con- tinued until the volume for 1929 was slightly below normal. By that time {the great accumulated shortages of the | war and post-war period had been | made up, but no important surplus had | been created. According to this show- ing, the present depression came at a | time when our building needs had been fully met. ; New Shortage in Makinz, “Now a new shortage is in the mak- ing. The volume of new construction in these citles in 1930 was only about one-half the normal amount. The fig- ure shown for 1931 is based largely on estimates, but the prospects are that the new building done this year will | not be greatly over one-third of the computed normal volume. | _“It now seems probable that when this depression has run its course a | recovery of business will bring a resto- ration of building to its normal activity and it does not seem likely that im- portant increases in building will come first and be effective in helping create business recovery. The 50 cities from hich data have b-en taken for these timates include in their populations about one-fourth of all the people in this country.” 5481 3Ist St. N.W. Corner Nebraska Ave. At the “Top of Nebraska Ave. Hill” Distinguished Architecture Finest of Construction hail plan, on lot 122 ft of brick ' construction and 1. ere are seven large . including three bed rooms. . library, breakfast nook. 3¢ gpen porch. The walis irred are copper. mak! Tz the 5 the finest The garage harmonizes. On the most beautiful lot in Chevy Chase Grove Phillips & Canby, Inc. REALTORS NA. 4500 Invesiment Bldg. A Complete Home First Showing 3211 Rittenhouse St. $13,950 ‘This wonderful furred-wall BRICK home located on this beautiful street, among the finest residences and estates in Chevy . C., offering many special features; seven large rooms, (including-sun parlor or den), finished attic room, two tiled baths (each with shower), labor-saving kitchen, built-in garage. Built by E. T. Lindner of the highest quality workmanship and materials, such as Bangor slate roof, copper gutters, bronze screens, metal weather strips. The rear yard covered with many small trees is ideal for children. Open Saturday and Sunday E.H. CROXTON Realty Associates 1427 Eye St. Nat. 8744 garage on paved alley. Nat. 4600 “The depression was at its worst in | 106 Primrose St., Chevy Chase Open Sunday All Day A wonderful home of brick and masonry on a lovely lot 70x135, with beautiful shrubs and trees. The home contains 9 rooms and 2 baths, with 4 large bed rooms on the second floor, making it ideal for the large family. The breakfast and sun rooms are large and charming, and there is a two-car There will be no further expenditure after paying the low price quoted for perfect living. $19,750. Phillips & Canby, Inc. Realtors Exclusively g R L LU TUUTUT SRR SRR ER ARSI SN TR SRS A AR AR A S MASTER BUILDING PLAN SUGGESTED Cities Told How to Avoid Ac- tivities’ Delay When Busi- ness Revives. Cities should ,adopt a master plan so that with the revival of business proper building operations may not be delayed, according to Charles H. Cheney, chair- | man of the Committee cn City and Re- | gional Planning of the American Insti- tute of Architects. “Unfortunately, more than half of the approximately 900 planning boards in the cofintry are just tinkering as yet at amateur’ planning that is generally short-sighted d which sometimes is even detrimental to good home develop- -ment,” Mr. Cheney declares. Guiding Plan of City. “The master plan, or guiding plan, of a city or region has now come to have a number of well recognized and estab- lished parts. “The major traffic street plan is usu- ally the first part of the master plan developed. Perfection of home neigh- borhoods is impossible without a clear differentiation between the few major through streets and the minor local streets. Families with children, elderly people, and, in fact, almost all the public now seek homes as far as possi- | ble on dead-end streets or streets with | little or no through traffic. “Zoning is the second important part | | of the master plan. It provides funda- mental protection for housing by estab- ‘ll.shing appropriate arcas in which the | | use, height and bulk of buildings are | | limited. | “The transportation plan is the next important part of the master plan. * “The school and recreation system plan and the park and parkway system | plan generally form the fourth and fifth parts of the master plan. Sometimes they are combined. They are intimately | and essentially related to every good home reighborhocd. Housing Code and ®chemes. “The housing code and constructive housing part of | | are made the sixth section of it. No | | city or region has completely solved its | | problem until it has definitely provided | | for the proper housing of its people, | i of those workers for lower to take care of themselves. “Civic centers, public and semi-public | building groups form the seventh part of the master plan. “Increase of the amenities of life, es- tablishment of architectural control and similar measures bearing largely on the | esthetic form the last, and perhaps the most important, part of the master plan | of any city or region.” 3903 Windom PL N.W. $8,950 Semi-detached brick home. In excellent condition throughout ’ Open Sunday from 1 p.mto 7 p.m. Henry J. Connor Owner 1443 Holly St. Georgia 1446 7713 14th St. N.W. This Door Opens Into . .. an entirely different home .. . designed and built by authority on home building and contemporary design «+. modern . . . attractive . .. a distinguished setting for this beautiful home . . Charmingly Furnished by D. S. Pool .and individuality that we’ Il be happy to have you spect . . . L. E. Breuninger & Sons Washington's Oldest Established ~ Builders i BUILDING TOPS MILLION FIRST TIME IN WEEKS Permits Show Private Operations Total $1,098,100. Union Bus Terminal Problem Cleared by Ban on Congested Area. HE estimated cost of private biulding operations in the District, approved during the past week, topped the million-dollar mark for the first time in a number of weeks, as permits were issued for a long list of new projects. The cost of the new operations was $1,098,100. Adding interest to the Washington construction field this week was adoption by the Public Utilities Commission and the District Commissioners, sitting as a joint board, of an order barring from the “first congested zone” the interstate busses, effective April 1, 1932. This order is regarded as solving one of the key issues in the planning of a union bus terminal close to the center of the downtown business section, for which a number of projects have been under consideration by interested groups PAY ROLL INCREASE SHOWN IN BUILDING| 9,001 Employes in May, Compared With 8,236 During Previous Month. Employment pay rolls in building construction in the District in May showed an increase of 4.3 per cent over contained in a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. During May the numbq‘ of employes on construction pay rolls here totaled 9.001 as compared with 8.236 in April, tHis being an increase of 9.3 per cent. ‘Teh amount of the pay roll for one week during May was $280,885 as com- pared with $269,260 for one week of the preceding month, the increase be- | ing 4.3 per cent. For the country as a whole, employ- ment in building construction in May increased 4.3 per cent as compared with April, and pay roll totals increased 2.4 o b rite | DT cent, according to reports received e o e & raennite | From 3,072 firms, having in May 46,002 | employes whose earnings in one week were $1,418,269. 'he reports received in the study concerned Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, New Orleans, Omaha, St. Louis, Seattle,, Wash- .; Baltimore, Massachusetts 5516 Broad Branch Road (At Morrison Street) Chevy Chase, D. C. SURPRISINGLY DIFFERENT Built by John P. Neff, this six- room and two-bath home of all- brick construction, is located on one of the highest spots in Chevy Chase, D. C. The first floor contains wide entrance hall, living room and dining room of pleasing dimen- sions and a modern kitchen, containing breakfast nook, out- side pantry, electric refrigeration and lots of cupboard space. ‘The second floor has three real bed rooms and two convenient baths. There are two beautifully fin- ished rooms on the third floor that may be used for emergency bed rooms, servants’ quarters, or recreation space. A two-car brick garage and bronze screens are included at the price of $14,450 J. Wesley Buchanan Exclusiveiy—Recitor Wi ME. 1143 during the past several years. Plans for construction of a bus ter- minal have been held up due to un- certainty as to what freedom the in- terstate bus operators would have in the future in stopping points in the downtown section. Negotiations now are expected to be renewed. Under the new order, interstate busses will be barred from maintaining stopping points in the first zone, but may set up loading and unloading ter- minals in the second zone if the busses are kept off the street. Plans for a $600,000 addition to the ‘wuhingwn Cathedral on Mount St. | Alban, at Wisconsin avenue and Wood- ley road, head the list of new private projects approved during the past week by the District building inspector, Col. | John W. Ochmann. This provides for | the total for April, according to data!completion of the north transept of the | Episcopal Cathedral. The George A. Fuller Co. has the building contract. | Young & Oppenheimer, owners and builders, obtained permit for the con- struction of ten 2-story brick apart- ments, costing a total of $75,000, at 11110 sand 1112 Raum street northeast | and 1701 to 1715 West Virginia avenue northeast, from plans by George T. Santmyers. More Permits Issued. | Included in the new list of District work by private builders, for which permits were issued this wee, are the | following: | _ Charles D. Sager, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, arckbitect; to erect _eleven 2-story brick dwellings, 412 | 4422 Greenwich 3 Parkway ‘WE OF R THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME IN Foxhall M’"asc FOR $13,500 OWNER HAVING PUR- CHASED LARGER HOME IN THE SAME COMMUNITY Equipped with electrie refrigeration; built-sn garage and many other features that have made the Village famous. In fine condition.” Vacant. OPEN SUNDAY 10 AM. TO 6 P.M. Or by Appointment— Call. Mr. Raby any day between 6 & 7 P.M. at CLEVELAND 6892 BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K ST. Drive out Que St. to Wisconsin north to Rescrioir Rd.. west to St., turn lest to next sireet end 10’ liousc. REAR YARDS IN FoxaAlLL... ment? . . . Why Fumished Model Home, INEA AT LR EEEERLEEARLLERABALAB 5D 355 HLLFRLLAALAL AERALNRANRIN N o Investment Bldg. Have you ever seen the picture of a rear yard ‘in a newspaper advertise- not? WAVERLY TAYLOR. = 4400 Volta Place N. W.