Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1931, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. ©, Star. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1931 BUILDING NEWS Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs I BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED FOR WIDE RANGE OF WORK| Volume of Cost Represented Is Less Than Recent| Weeks, But Total for September . Reaches $2,275,000. RIVATE building specifications covering a varied field of con- | P struction activity, ranging from a lerze addition to the Wash- | ington Cathedral to a booster station for the gas company, were approved during the past week by Col. John W. Oehman, Huge Trees Dwarf House Built by William Mont- building inspector. The total estimated cost of all new private operations, however, was not long in comparison with reports of recent weeks, the amount running to but $318,500. g Private building operations having a total estimated cost of $2,- 275,000 were approved during September, according to the building | inspector's monthly report made today. | Included in the new list of projects were plans for the building of 18 private dwellings and a half dozen small, two-story apartment houses. Old English Motif Is Carried Out in New |BUILT ON CREST Stonc Residence. OF WIDE PLATEAU gomery Here. OMMODIOUS and _costly in form, but quiet and restful in effect, the large rubble stone residence being _erected _for William Montgomery, president | Acacia Mutual Life Insurance | Spacious Home Has Richness and Comfort CONTRACTORS BOARDS ASK Urge Public Construction Be Pushed as Far as Pos- sible to Avoid Necessity of Dole or Charity, i WORK FOR MORE EARNERS the wheels of industry are again to return to normalcy, the goverhing boards of the Associated General Contractors, in | convention here this week, urged upon Federal and State | leaders the starting now of all possible construction programs. | After hearing reports that several millions of dollars of construc- tion is being held up for “trivial reasons,” the contractors recom- mended 18 specific proposals for accelerating activity, the foremost | being expanded public building projects. Discussing the need of immediate re-employment of idle labor, | the A. G. C. officials asserted that “the payment of war bonuses and (Continued on Second Page.) | DECLARING that work must be found to provide employment it In addition to those projects for 5 A “ mpletion on | which permits were issued, plans builders: to erect tile and stucco garage, C°l-0_‘:"’:lfin‘l‘jl‘g“fl=;'e‘;‘r‘ o etersssaiont| were filed with the District gov- 5 Juniper street; to cost $500. | “, Nebraska avenue and Daniel road. | ernment this weck calling for the |, Fied W, Horton, owner ‘and bullder; | °* 2" 00" Dregents. an interesting | erection of a three-story brick, & G- Wi ;m:";‘{;;' ,‘f’m;‘l':cd“f"']‘fing study, since some of the most notable | stone and concrete settlement | t i lish style are 1 ety ettt characteristics of the Eng [ house for the Christ Child Society, | 509 > ¢/8hth street; to cost 88,- | {icorporated in s making while at the to be built by Bahen & Wright at W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and | 38me time the construction is moderts | 608 Massachusetts avenue north- builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; "B!hfl?slfiil: That ‘r‘\";:‘:; to' the ‘platesn: | east at an estimated cost of $30,- | erect one 2-story brick, stone and frame | i SCC LI TR NS 40 odied in an | 000. & dwelling, 4314 Klingle street; to cost | area rather thickly spotted by tall trees | Garden view of home of William Montgomery on 10-acre site near intersection of Nebraska avenue and Danfel '/ Among permits issued during the | past week were plans for the following : 2909 in CHEVY CHASE j | 34th Strect N.W. New 2-Story Colonial Home ’ Massachuseus Six Corner Rooms. Park ‘Tiled Bath and Shower Masonry Construction Cedar Btorage Closet Floored_ Attic Model Kitchen Large Pantry Overlooking Cathedral ' Basement Matches House Landscaped Grounds. $8.000. this section, which tower road, now being completed by Bradbury & Mohler, contractors, from plans by Porter & Lockie. The property overlooks Mr. and Mrs, . L Walther. owners, | il 00" 1000 ud minimize its full | Rock Creek Park. —Star Staff_Photo. projects Addition to Cathedral. designers and builders: to erect two 2- | story brick and frame dwellings, 4351 Washington ~ Episcopal ~ Cathedral, Frohman, Robb & Little, ar- and 4353 Fessenden street; to cost $6,- George A. Fuller & Co., build- 300. H. L. Walther. owner and builder: to | to erect one 2-story brick, stone and concrete addition, Wisconsin ave- move dwelling on parcel 25-99 and par- cel 25-101, premises at 4351 Fessenden | nue and Woodley road; to cost $90,000. C. W. Morris & Son, owners and street; to cost $6.300 John Alden and G. W. Forsberg, own- ers: J. A. Melby, architect; Joseph A. Rinis, builder; to erect one 1-story brick acdition, 75 I street southeast; to cost builders: George T. Santmyers, archi- tect; to erect eight 2-story brick dwellings, 411 to 425 Hamiltor. street; to cost $50,000. C. W. Morris & Son, owners and $4,000. builders; to erect eight metal garages, €11 to 425 Hamilton street; to cost $1.200. Breuninger & Phifer, owners and iilders; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect: to erect four 2-story brick apart- ments, 709 to 715 Irving street north- | €ast; to cost $32,000. . owners; chiteets ers; Home Is Planned. Willlam A. Moore, owner, designe: and builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 15 Longfellow street; to cost $5.000. Consolidation Coal Co. owners; Frank Davis, builder; to make repairs, 211 First street northeast; to cost $4.000. Ray F. Pifer, owner and builder: Ber nard C. Pifer. designer; to erect one 1 Inc., owners and build- | story frame, tile and concrete dwelling, | ent, architect: to erect | 2813 Fourteenth street northeast; to brick dwelling, 2120 Kalo- | cost $3,500. rama road: to cost $18.000. S. M. Biron & Sons, _Washington Gas Light Co. ow builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- W. M. Russell, designer; tect; to erect two 1-story brick addi- Garrett. bullders; to erect one 1-story | tions, 4911 and 4913 Georgia avenue Erick and concrete booster station, N (o cost $3.000 1 street between Twelfth and Thirteenth Charles D. Sager, owner and builder; streets southeast; to cost $16,000. | George T. Santmyers, architect: to erect e , | addition, 920 Fifth street; to cost $3,000. e Rents. { | A Parrella, owner: R. C. Archer, jr reuninger & Phifer, owners 8fd | architect; Willlam Thompson, buiider: builders; George T. Santmyers, archi- | ¢ erect one 1-story brick addition, 1231 (O grect two 2-story brick apart- North Capitol street 708 and 710 Irving street north- B D. C. Engineering Co., Inc., owners; to H. A. Vieth, owner; Kenneth Vieth, | §1use P> 1400 Spring road; to cost F. X. Courtney, rehitect; Woodward '& Vieth, build- | pr. to make repai owner and S, to erect two 2-story frame dwell- | pyilde 5601 Fourth 3064 and 3074 Clinton street north- b st: to cost $10,00 f shzset: to cost $1100 Thompson's Dairy, owners and butld- | ers; to make repairs, 2012 Eleventh Btreet: to cost $10,000. District Construction Co., owners and builders; H. P. Baxter, architect; to . erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1425 Some Wise Buyer Juniper strect: to cost £9.000. 4 District Construction Co.. owners and | —Will find in this detached e home what he has sought. Located in desirable Saul's Addition, between 14th and 16th Sts., the keynote of this home is livable spaciousness. Four real bed rooms, large attic, rear stairway, a kitchen that invites real liv- ing, a detached two-car ga- rage, a beautiful yard, are but contributing factors to the opportunity some family now has to buy a great deal of living for a small price. The price more than pro- vides for the re-decoration you may want to do. 1405 Emerson St. N.W. Open Today, 6-9 P.M. Sunday, 2-9 P.M, $500 Cash—$57.50 Month 3120 Warder St. cated one block west of Soldiers’ Home, ‘between Irving. and Kenyon Sts. One block from Georgia Ave. WHY PAY RENT when the same amount will soon buy vou a comfortable home with a lot 180 feet deep? House just re- nd modernized. Six Three porches. Hot- water heat Open Sunday 1 to 6 Louis F. Peak, Owner North 0167 All Brick Semi-Detached Priced at nearly assessment 1330 Montague St. N.W. Open for Inspection Sunday and Evenings Until 9 P.M. Center-hall plan, 8 rooms and baths (4 real bed rooms). Every modern _improvement, Ao L L including Fr uul.fi:r‘ Large side and rear yard, brick garage. Comparab]c Wit!\ HO“SCS Priced Much Higher Will trade on smaller property. $16,950 Priced away below cost , a J. Wesley Buchanan splendid bargain. Call us for ||| further particulars. Ezclusively Realtor Me. 1143 5448 33rd Street N. W. (Just above Military Road) Not Just Another House, But a Real Home! On high amidst stately trees, a garden with & fountain, a book room in knotty pine, first floor lavatory, the most lovely kitchen you have ever seen, four real bed rooms and screened sleeping porch on 2nd floor, recreation room on 3rd ground, ) Metzler—Realtor relusive Agents 1106 Vermont Ave. DEcatur 5300 Sunday_and Nnghts, ADams Towering OaI} """ Surround This New Brick Georgian Colonial | $500 MASTERPIECE of early | P three-story height. English Motif Apparent. While not designed by the architects, | o - orter & Lockie, to be of any exact ex- | ji ACC€C Teeling of spaciousness. Th | pression of historic style, the English | bt sign was by H. motif is apparent. This is to be seen, for one thing, in the solid oak timbers, ore | - | inches square and quite long, which are built into the walls of the resi- | dence, in keeping with the old English half-timbering square timbers actually form a part of the merely being a light board tacked on the top of the stucco or brick walls to create the impression of timbering. | The silhouette of the house carries | out the styles familiar to old England, | which were a development of the earlier Norman French, | bling effect achieved through breaks in | the roof line to form wings smaller than the size of the main section. Through the deeply set entrance door- way, one steps down into a huge recep- | tion’ hall which, in keeping with the owners and | English motif, runs the full depth of the eight or more style. These framing structure rather than with a rather ram- A STONE-FRONT BURLEITH HOME $9,500 —Now being put in perfect condition inside and out, this is one of the few homes of this larger type that have ever been offered for re-sale. Six large rooms, double rear porches, wood-burning fire- place, electric refrigeration, aved street and paved alley. he character and conven- ience of this location and the comfort of this home insures that it will soon be sold. Don't put off, see it today. 1702 37th St. N.W. Open Today, 6-9 P.M. Sunday, 2-9 P.M. SHANNON & LUCHS| - 1435 K St. N.W. NA. 2345 A Corner Home in Woodley Park $17,500 Quiet and as free from trafe as a suburb, yet close to every- thing. It is that combination that makes this location so much sought after. At the ahove price this home is outstanding. Of the soundest possible construc- tion, it is arranged in & most appealing manner. Three bed rooms, two baths and a sewing Toom or nursery comprise the second floor, and the first floor contalns a well proportioned living room, dining room, sun room, pass pantry and bright kitchen. The basement has a built-in garage and maid's room with bath. 2812 Cortland Place N.W. (One Square North of Woodley Road) Open Today, 6-9; Sunday, 2-9 |SIIANE-&'LUCE 1435 K St. NW. NA. 2345 ither side of the entrai block oak panels, which lends a rich touch to the room. heavy, | |to near the celling. This brought from the famous bilt home on Fifth avenue, New Yorl | before that palatial domicile was raze for a new development. isible. open, house. ‘This hall is 18 feet wide and 37 | feet long. The ceiling is high, creating The | added feeling of spactousness. ings of New York. Immediately to the right is the libra panes. away from dust. In this room there is an open fire- nee Is of squareyof window which has diamond, leaded Another wall is windowed over |a sunken garden at the side of the - | house. | Also on this side of the house is the Ty, whose principal distinction is a dark tone paneling running from the floor |iying room which measures 19 by 29 paneling Was | feet, with two exposures, one overlook- old Vander- | jng t e rear lawn and hillside and th ‘:’- other the side yard and sunken garden This is a library with not a book Tevealing the spacious Real Values on Wonderful Homes $11,950, $12,500, $12,950 Corner 32nd & Legation You cannot buy more house for the money with greater conveniences than is offered in these homes. 3344 Military Rd. $13,950 A center-hall home just off Conn. Ave. on a lot with 70-ft. frontage, extra large bed rooms, three baths. Be sure to inspect these buys. A. G. Hughes Realty Associates 1427 Eye Natl. 8744 4505 Lowell Street Wesley Heights Sample house—New. center-hall plan. Hslf stone front. Six rooms. Two baths. Attractively priced. Two other houses in Wesley Heights under construction. In the aristocratic paneling of the walls are numerous large doors that shelves 3387 Stephenson PI. Chevy Chase, D. C. 4 bedrooms, center hall, 2 baths, detached brick, southern exposure. $14,950 A Bargain Figure. Lovely Lot With Beautiful Shade Trees; Attic; 2-Car Garage. Inspect Sunday Drive out to Chevy Chase Cir- cle, turn right on Rittenhouse Street to Broad Branch Road, turn left to Stephenson Street, and right to house. Phillips & Canby, Inc. Exclusively Na. 4600 Investment Bldg. 2808 34th Street Mass. Ave. Heights Vacant. Lowest priced detached brick residence in the Massa- chusetts Avenue section. Qut-of- wner mus 1 Open for Inspection 1704 Conn. Ave. Schwab and Valk 2833 American architecture, with all the modern refine- ments of present day luxury. Located just west of Connect- i 5301 Nebraska Ave. Reduced—$13,500 LY PAYMENTS. A Corner Home In Shepherd Park . = where books aplenty may be stacked, Here is another huge open fireplace. ! At the rear of the house, to the left of the entrance hall, is the dining room {18 by 19 feet 6 inches, this room con- | place, with special type stone mantel, on | necting with a breakfast room, farther The wall of the reception hall on| an inside wall opposite a wide expanse [to the left, which _has SAUL’S ADDITION 5710 Thirteenth St. N.W. Just V; Block North of Madison St. $7,950 Eight Rooms 4 BED ROOMS Breakfast Room Semi-Detached Brick Oak Floors Entirely Modern 15-ft. Alley. A real bargain. OPEN All Day Sunday BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K St. National 9300 WEST OF 14th ST. Outstanding Value! $8,950 TERMS Just Like New 1419 Spring Road N.W. Open Sunday All Day Your Early Inspection Invited ge rooms. tile bath. mewly ihroughout and in’ perfect condition. "Gement {1011 breakfast and sleeping p in garage. It is seldom. that' you can buy s modern home in this desirable and convenient loca- tion at the low price asked here. See Your Own Broker J. 8. GRUVER if “ever. National 0717 “has_an_ outlook (Continued_on_Second_Page.) Grounds 3 baths, Highest Point in Chevy Chase $10,950 room in a3t Bradiey Lanstiin fontS W Oil Burner on “Stanford "St. Electric Refrigeration Beautiful Garden Also 3500 Garfield St. 11 Rooms—4 Baths Open All Day Sunday W.C.&A N, Miller 5525 1119 15th &t - Decatur 0610 Nebraska Ave. 35 Jocelyn Chevy Chase, D. C. Street N. W. Here is a new, ALL- (Between Connecticut and BRICK Colonial home, s A\evabd?;\:s.y o new, all-bricl ome, featur- located on one of the ing slate roof. copper guttering highest points in D. C. and downspouts, latest type con- IT IS A~ REAL cealed radiation, built-in garage, nice vard with shade trees, de- VALUE! 6 real rooms, lightful terrace with awning, first 2 tile baths, tile lava- floor den. real breakfast room, tory on 1st floor, break- fast room, recreation three delightful bed rocms each opening directly with a bath and room on 3rd floor, built- in garage. 10 rooms recreation Plastered basement LIGHTED TILL 10 P.M. Phone Cleve. 7483 many other modern appoint- ments. Located in most convenient section of Chevy Chase, near the car line. Be sure to inspect this out- standing value. $13,250 J. Wesley Buchanan Ezclusively Realtor Me. 1143 _SEE SUNDAY _ Edw. H. Jones & Co. 5520 Conn. Ave. Clev. 2300 Chevy Chase, Md. 108 Rosemary Street Shade Trees—Beautiful Shrubbery 1 ¢ West of ticut Avenue. between Chevy se and Location B, st o dvgies Beiwies [cue, Gl quate transportation facilities. 1 . hood where the social character of resfents EnvitonientshA seitie mues ihilmty shirsics of ruiicns In close proximity to churches and schoois. Protective Restrictions: Parking and set-back subdivision restric- m s ned “A"_residential, Dermitting only detached homes—minimum lot size requirement Design and Plan: 4 Four bed rooms. bed room wit Center hall plus fea- y with private lavatory cluding master hted hentic Colonial s of first H ¢ All brick, insulated copper valleys and flash- on: stone sills, 2 . _brass pl b- * system (Thr : Price: We are authorized to au ¢ consideration—be sure to see it Saturday sold. Vacant and ready for immediate occupancy, )i; { ¢ One square West of Connecticut Avenue. via Bradley Lane, PECHIONS S Ot i aireet: e Tiehs 'to ‘Sroperts! THOMAS L. PEYTON Chiandler Bldg. i Dist. 2637 e a figure which Warrants your prompt or Sunday before it 18 CHEVY CHASE, MD. Between Chewy Chase and Columbia Country Clubs Was Residential Community Situated on_beautiful, well-shrubbed CORNER lot. Center-hall plan. English brick house. Large living room and dining room. (Breakfast Toom). 3 exceptionally large bed Tooms. Beamed celling den over fcut Avenue near Fort Reno Park, and adjacent to new schools, shops, cars and busses. Seven spacious rcoms, two tiled baths, recreation room, 2-car garage, attractive grounds. A real investment in_home comfort and sound value! Only $17,750 Terms Reasonable 1907 Thirty-Seventh St. BURLEITH On tree-lined, paved street and alley. An English cottage type in NEW CONDITION, all modern improvements, screened, and new awnings, GARAGE, pretty lawn and garden. See it without fail. OPEN SATURDAY AFTER- NOON, ALL DAY SUNDAY Boss & Phelps National 9300 101 West Virgilia Street—Corner of Meadow Lane Just One Square West of Connecticut Avenue, at Williams Lane Amid Giant Oak Trees—Beautiful Shrubbery Hemlock Hedge—Lot 214 Feet Frontage 2-car attached garage. 2 baths. Screens. Weather strips. Paved A Home of Unusual Charm in an Unsurpassed Setting streets and alley. This is an exceptional opportunity to obtain a beautiful center-hall home with a rare setting nf fl"ef‘“"“z—n"" Eolie b " ‘o glant oak trees, plus beautiful grounds—the entire lot being hedged in with hemlocks. The house is of A e Tl Exive masonry construction and roofed with tile—it is thoroughly modern and features include: SPACIOUS ' left to Iris St. and this heme. ROOMS, three (3) baths, 1st-floor lavatory, huge sun room, wide screened porch overlooking the lawn and Open all day Sunday. gardens, both GAS and COAL furnace, LARGE FRIGIDAIRE, built-in garage for two (2) cars, attic, mald’s room. The entire property is in new-house condition—it is vacant, and you must visit it to fully o & Breuninger & Sons 4 appreciate the charming exterior and numerous advantages of the comforts within, “The Way to Beautiful Homes” A beautiful corner home in Chevy Chase. 6 large rooms, 2 tile baths, break- fast room, large fin- ished attic, built-in garage. QPEN SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. 5520 Conn. Ave. Clev. 2300 Drive out Conn. Ave. to 4700 block (4 sas. past Albemarie), turn left 1 9. on Cumberland St. LIGHTED TILL 10 P.M. \ WAKEFIELD J. S. GRUVER Open Daily Until 9 P.M. fr<. YOUR™ BROKER Taken in trade en- ables present owner fo sell at greatly reduoced INCORPORATED price, PRone Cleve. 7483 Nat. 0717 or Clev. 0820 1417 X Bt