Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1931, Page 17

REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. 6, he Foening Star. SATURPAY, OCTOBER 17, 1931. = Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs | CROWDS CONTINUE TO VISIT| NEW SILVER STAR HOME Remarkable Rr;|;|~(;1llz;:;ii«»n of Valley Forge House Used by Washington Enters Second Week of Display. s ric Valley Forge colonial house where Gen. Washing- ton maintained Continental Army headquarters, continues '.o‘ attract threngs of interested visitors as the demonstration today enters its second week. s Selected by the Committee of Specialists as meriting the at- tention that is attached to the better homes aemonstration, this is| one of the exhibit dwellings opened to the public under auspices of | The Star public of Greater d | pres ) of the form of a worthy colonial dwelling into which have | been incorporated the treatment and equipment that marks the mod- ern home of today. . The house is located at 1817 Plymouth street, near the intersec- | tion of Kalmia road and Beech drive, close to the entrance to Rock T i sy daNcak planikig Hinhumeping | Route to Star Home. width, wide oak planking, eeping The Silver Star Home may be | [ith the flooring employed in early American homes reachea by driving oui Sixteenth ~ At the left side of the center hall, street to Kalmia road, then west which is approximately 9 feet wide and to Beech Drive, south one block runs to the rear of the house, where to Plymouth street and then west are found & coat closet and guest lava- & short distance to the dwelling, torY. are the stairs leading to the sec- v o | ond floor. The stairs turn at the rear \1 wall of the house. T}m new Silver Star Home, a remarkable reproduction of the hist with a large bath located at the nt. Over the living room is the mas- bed room, with a large closet, linen cupboard adjoining, in the space next to the hall and stairs. At the opposite side of the room is an open fireplace. At the front of the main section of ouse is another bed room, also ng an open fireplace. On an in- wall of this room there are three two serving this bed room and the other the third bed room to the ear of the main section. All three bed -ooms have cross ventilation. Servants’ quarters are provided in the detached two-car garage to the rear of the house. ter rs find a house with harm of a character since th> days of the o [ BUY BETHESDA EOME | chairman: Mr. and Mrs. Junkins Acquire Res- a modern » d o Jving idence Built From Prize Plan. The_residence at 4421 Watkins ave- Bethesda, Md., built from plans h won first award in a national all-home contest. has been purchased v Mr_and Mrs. Joseph C. Junkins, it was announced Peyton, realtor. ‘The property was acquired from Mrs. | Mildred C. Black. Plans for the dwell- ing were drawn by Hunter & Bro., of New York chapter of the Amer- To the right is which is appr as wide. Opposite the wide today by Thomas L. right wall of t! getion of the h : tute of Architects, Tall shade trees form a background for the house which is marked by a large, old-fashioned chimney, built of field 'stone, and wide, covered porches Mr. Junkins is chief of the Com- mercial Law Division of the Depart- ment of Commerce and formerly was trust officer of the Guarantee Trust Co. of New York. modern i suitable to present-day needs. To the left of the entrance ha is room, which occupies the gth and breadth of the brick w sc. From the hall there 1 to the level of the liv the opposite end of the room > fireplace, in the mid- with built-in book- Three shuttered wall of this at the rear two windows and corresponding positions, pro- over the rear porch and Qut-of-Town Owner Will Sacrifice 133 Glenbrook Rd. en bevond » living room is approximately 27 | the realtors’ long and about 18 feet wide dow r New Detached Brick 4 Bed Rooms—2 Baths 514,950 3387 Stephenson Place (Chevy Chase, D. C.) On a lovely shaded lot with southern exposure. Close to schools and busses. Attic, porches, two-car garage. Best Value Today! Open for Inspection. Drive out to Chevy Chase Cir= cle, turn right on Rittenhouse St. to Broad Branch Rd., turn left to Stephenson St. Phillips & Canby, Inc. Exclusively Investment Bldg. Unusually Fine Buy in Restricted N.W. Section 609 HAMILTON ST. $6,500 A charmi 14th St z brick home, near All modern improvemer screens and awnings GARAGE. LOT 138 FEET DEEP. Fine condition. Drive out 13th St. to Hamilton and east to property. OPEN SUNDAY 10 to 6 BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K St. Natfonal 9300. 3016 McKinley & CHEVY CHASE, D. C. Detached 4-Bed-Room All-Brick Colonial $11,950 A Genuine Bargain Built on LOT 150 FT. DEEP, 2-CAR GARAG All in fine condition. A roomy, well plan- ned home. Beautifully located between 30th St. and Nebraska Ave. Easy terms. OPEN SATURDAY P.M. ALL DAY SUNDAY BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K Bt National 9300 Battery Park, Just Off Wilson Lane At $12,000 This attractive center - hall DUTCH COLONIAL home con- tains four (4) spacious bed chambers off the hall and in- closed_sleeping porch, 2 baths. Appealing features such as: lst floor lavatory, huge living room (fireplace, book shelves), screen- ed private porch with awnings, servants' rooms with bath: pro- fusely planted lot, 75x150; private drive to garage and children's playhouse—ideal for the kiddies. Don't Delay Open Saturday and Sunday E. H. CROXTON Realty Associates 1427 Eye St Nat. 8744 [T CALIFORNIA BUNGALOWS Inspect these modern bungalows and note the spacious rooms, variety of architecture, light airy surroundings, and the general homey appear- ance inside and outside. Added features are large porches, built-in gar- ages, plenty of floor plugs and electrical refrigera- tion. Sample house, 6223 Piney Branch Road N.W. at 13th and Rittenhouse. G. W. Chase 415 Cedar St. Takoma Park Chevy Chase, D. C. Corner 32nd St. & Legation 11,950 Detached Brick and Stone Center-hall plan, if desired. Six rooms, 2 baths, 1st floor lavatory. Furnishell breakfast nook, slate roof, attic, built-in garage, large lot. Absolutely An Outstanding Value Tower Bldg. Dist. 0853 APPRAISAL WORK IN REALTY GROWS $6,177,377 for Fiscal Year, Against $4,863,308 Pre- viously, Is Reported. An increase of 25 per cent in the | appraisal work of the Washington Real | Estate Board during the last fiscal year is reported” by H. L. Rust, jr., chair- | man of the Appraisal Committee. e The total valuation of properties sp- | Washington is invited to inspect this eX- | praised by the committee during the fiscal year just ended was $6,177,377.03, while the total for the preceding year | New Settlement House CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY BUILDING BEGUN. was $4,863,308.50, Chairman Rust re- | ported this week at the annual meeting of the realty board. 118 Separate Properties. The properties represented in these | appraisals numbered 118 separate par- | cels, covered in 69 formal certificates of appraisal and ranged in value from | $1,700 for the lowest property a) | praised to one which showed a valua- tion of slightly more than $1,000,000. Included trial properties, vestment properties. ‘These appraisals, Mr. Rust pointed out. were requested in the main by banks, trust companles, attorneys and executors of estates, and were used for | different purposes, among which were liquidation of real estate holdings, adjustment of cap- | ital assets, income and inheritance tax determin- | ing sale prices and in condemnation | and other Equity Court proceedings. settlement of estates, cases, creditors’ settlements, Members of Committee. The Appraisal Committee, appointed | annually by the board of directors of | organization, during the | as King, John F.| Maury, John T. Meany, R. Marbury Stamp, Waverly Taylor and George Y. Jacob Roberts and George 1. Berger each served a six- month term as associate assistant to last yvear oonsisted of Mr. Rust, William L. ‘Worthington, jr. the committee Appointment of a new first mecting. Jater in October. MARIETTA PARK 609 Oneida St. N.W. FURNISHED MODEL HOME SEMI-DETACHED 6-7 rooms, 2 complete baths, fireplace, large porches, built-in garage. J. B. Tiffey, Bldr. Tower Bldg. Dist. 0853 o Real Buys in Two of City.s Best Sect;ons Both open for your inspec- tion today and Sunday 2811 Cathedral Ave. N.W. When you can buy & home in this beautiful exclusive section. several thousend dollars below for- mer_price. it’s time to mct. It is in splendid condition and contains seven large rooms and two baths Every modern convenience, weather- stripped and screened. Built-in garage. ofl heat. Drive our Conn. Ave. fo Cathedfal Ave, and turn 13 1330 Montague St. N\W. Priced at $12.500.00 A splendid_center hall plan home, in perfect condition and contain- ing eight large bright rooms. and Wo baths. Every modern improve- including electric _refrigera- tion. Large side and rear vard. brick garage. Wil trade on smaller Drive- out 14th or 16th . turn _rig inspecting these and will agree with us they are splendid buys. Metzler—Realtor Ezclusive Agent . Ave. DEcatur 5800 and Evenings ADams 0620 that 1108 V. Bunday 6-Room Bungalow 8,450 500 Whittier St. N.W. Splendid location near all conveniences. This is a corner home with nice lot and garage. Thoroughly modern—open fireplace, two large porches—in per- fect condition. Open for Inspection Phillips & Canby, Inc. Exclusively Na. 4600. Investment Bldg. 712 Quincy St. N.W. Here Is a Real BARGAIN 8 Large Rooms Bath—Garage MUST BE SOLD OPEN SUNDAY Appraisal Committee for the ensuing yvear will be one of the first items taken up by the newly elected board of directors at its in these appraisals were 1wme of Washington's important office The second floor also has a center | buildings and apartment houses, as well | as a variety of commercial and indus- acreage and _build- | ing sites and miscellaneous smaller in- ment house and headquarters building for the Christ Child Society has just been started at 608 Massachusetts avenue northeast, following approval of plans for the structure this week by the District building inspector. The society, which formerly had its library, a modern dental builders. Cardinal Gets New headquarters on Indiana avenue, was forced to move through the acquisition of its former property by the District government T the projected Municipal Center group of buildings. The architect’s conception pictured above shows the entire new headquar- ters and settlement house of the socety as it will appear when ultimately com- pleted. At the present time, however, it is planned to erect only & portion of this structure, continuing the develop- ment of the project as funds become available, ‘The structure, which will be of Georgian design, will be three stories in height, facing on Massachusetts avenue just east of Stanton Park. The building will be entirely fireproof. Plans for the building provide for offices of the Christ Child Society, rooms for settlement house work, a Post. many Catholic institutions in United States, has been keeper of the papal seal. AN UNUSUAL BUY —4s offered you in this de- tached Dutch Colonia! home in Chevy Chase, D. C. It has six large rooms: open fireplac built-in kitchen cabinets: Frigid- aire; space-saving radiators; slate’ roof and built-in garage, on a lot 70-foot front. Handmade Furniture Antique Reproductions CONSTRUCTION of a new settle- group of boys’ and girls’ club rooms, de in our ctively reduced prices e 8. Chairs $210. 204 East Shepherd St. Chevy Chase, Md. A truly lovely home of English architecture, delightfully ar- ranged on a large, shaded lot. The rgoms are unusually large with tio modern baths, recep- tion hall, attic and a two-car garage. ‘We consider this to be an out- standing buy at $13,950 J. Wesley Buchanan Exclusive Aoent-—Realtor 1427 Eye St. N.W. Me. 1143-1144 Why Ride? year). You lose your time going and coming. You need the exercise of walking to your office. You are at the center of every- thing. You can easily get a roomer to help you buy this home. Here is just the house for one of moderate means. A roomy, three-room deep home, with glass- inclosed_sleeping porch, hot-water heat, electricity. A wonderful buy at— 57,950 1736 Church St. Be Sure to See This Home Today A. G. Hughes Realty Associate Nat'l 8744 5481 31st St. N.E. Cor Nebraska Ave. “Top of Nebraska Ave. Hill A beautiful new 7 room, 2 bath brick home—cen- ter hall plan—large attic. Finest construction throughout—furred walls. Also a library and break- fast room. And Only $14,750 Open Sunday Edw. H. Jones & Co. Ine. 5520 Conn. Ave. Clev. 2300 3110 Oliver St. Just off Nebraska Ave. Open for Inspection Every Day Price, 510,950 Exceptional Terms Joseph Devereux, Inc. 1427 Eye St. NN\W. Na. 0640 Wesley Heights 3107 44th St. $15,750 Three usable bed not one a hall room: bath first floor screens, awn- rooms, with shower, lavatory, ings, weather stripping, stairway to attic. Garage. Open Sunday Until Dark Horace Browning Realtor Dist. 4157 1427 Eye St. NEW BUILDING LIST . HAS 35 DWELLINGS 1$409,000 Operafions Ap- proved During Week Do Not Include U. S. Work. | Plans for construction of 35 private | dwellings and many other projects were | approved during the last week by the | District building inspector. The cost | of all new operations, exclusive of Gov- | ernment work, was estimated at ap- | proximately $409,000. ‘The list of new private projects was " unusually long, but there were no huge | single building plaps included, which served to keep the total below that of | former weeks. The largest item in the new list of | work was permit for the construction of | nine 2-story brick dwellings in the 400 block of Twenty-third street northeast by Charles D. Sager, from plans by George T. Santmyers, at an estimated total cost of $45,000. | William D. Goodman obtained ap- | proval of plans for the building of four -story brick apartments at 1310 to 1320 T street southeast, designed by J. T. Wolfe, to cost $30,000. Permits were issued also for the fol- shower and locker rooms, & children’s lowing projected developments: clinic and | ultimately a modern gymnasium unit. | Contract for the construction of the | initial section of the project, which |George T. Santmyers, architect: to erect alone is estimated to cost $30,000, has | five 2-story brick dwellings, 5320 to 5328 been awarded to Bahen & Wright, local | Kansas avenue; to cost $35,000. Five Brick Dwellings. C. W. Willlams, owner and builder: | Carnegie Institute of Washington, owners: William 1. Deming. architect: W. S. Barstow & Co., builders; to erect | one 1-story brick and concrete addition, VATICAN CITY, October 17 (#).— | 2801 Upton street; to cost $35,100. Cardinal Cerretti, who is protector of the appointed Christ Child Society, owners; Donald S. Johnson, architect; Bahen & Wright, builders; to erect one 3-story brick, stone and _concrete settlement house. 608 "~ (Continued on Third Page.) 700 Gallatin St. N.W. $3,000 Less Than Original Cost Corner Brick Home Center-Hall Plan Eight Rooms Two-Car Garage Qil Burner Frigidaire In Excellent Condition OPEN SUNDAY 11 AM. to 6 P.M. Henry J. Connor Owner—Georgia 1446 A STONE FRONT BURLEITH HOME $9,500 —Now 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 fireplace, electric refrigeration, paved street and paved alley. The character and convenience 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. NW * Open Today, 6-9 P.M. Sunday, 2-9 P.M. 1435 ®'St. NW. NA. 2345 6015 Western Ave. CHEVY CHASE, D. C. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT BUYERS SHQULD SEE WITHOUT FAIL. BEING OFFERED TO CLOSE AN ESTATE. $16,750 Just @ hundred yards east of Chevy Chase Circle EIGHT ROOMS (4 Bed Rooms) 2BATHS—Servant's Room and Bath—GasHeat— Lot 55 ft. front—Beautiful Setting, Large Oak Trees. Individually built and in fine condifion. OPEN SATURDAY, 3 TO 6 SUNDAY, 11 TO 6 BOSS & PHELPS National 9808. iREALTY BROKERAGE GIVEN . CLEAN RECORD BY PETTY |Secretary of Washington Board Says Few Persons | Are Responsible for Criticism—Need of Fraud Law. | business, John A. Petty, secretary of the Washington Real Estate Board, Geclared in a public statement today that the real estate brokerage business, taken by itself, “has been con- ducted with little serious criticism.” Passage of the real cstate brokers’ license law, which the board F}u urged upon Congress for the last eight years, Mr. Petty said. definitely would have >revented, or at least instantly have removed from the field, the operations of a lot promoter and a real estate broker enumerated among the cases.” Blaming most of the troubles arisng here regarding realty | transactions upon practices fol- {lowed by a few persons in the field of realty finance, Mr. Petty |said the board consistently had | favored.enactment of a fraud law to cover improper practices in | sale of securites. | The Real Estate Board would | not object to a “blue sky” law, pro- viaed certain features were elim- !inated which the board believes unnecessary and also a handicap to legitimate business, he added. _Mr. Petty reviewed the'last two years’ (Continued on Second Page.) | REVIEWING disclosures of the past two years regarding the realty Wonderful Small Estate in Washington, D. C. HERE. protected by wall with mass: beautiful lazy goldfish wave ' gree! i ter-hail | The seco ranged with a sitti ing_each bedr ment” you_sh As 'you en see “the ‘e which fu abundance | Open Sunday Price Very Moderate DETACHED BRICK Beautiful Garden [l 9 Oxford Street Opposite Chevy Chase Club STONE & FAIRFAX 1708 Eye St. ith o At t 12! site tea house wi and there e ch hanted. The price s an Phone me for appointment # inspect this most unusual v ofering. A. G. Hughes Realty Associates Na. 2424 Nat'l 8744, 1427 Eve St A Corner Home in Woodley Park $17,500 CORNER HOME Center hall plan. Large rooms, 2 baths, finished room in attic: Quict and as free from traffic as a suburb, yet close to every- thing. It is that combination that makes this location so much sought after. At the above price this home is outstanding. Of the soundest possible construc- tion, it is arranged in a most appealing manner. Three bed r00ms, two baths and a sewing room or nursery comprise the second floor, and the first floor contains 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 slate roof, open fire- place: 2-car built-in ga- rage; large. attractive lot. Splendid Residential Sec- tion, and one of the Highest Elevations in the City. 4330 37th St. N.W. (Corner 3ith and Yuma Sts) See This Home with bath. 2812 Cortland Place N.W. (One Square North of Woodley Road) Open Today, 6-9; Sunday, 2-9 ISIIANNON_( & LUCHS] 1435 K St. NW. NA. 2345 It is a Real Value for the Price. Open Sunday and Drive out W St. and east Conn. Ave. to Albe: and left 2 bloc Wm.M.Throckmorton Dis. 6093 Daly Investment Bldg. 7528 Morningside Drive N.W. BREUNINGER’S One of the most charming, picturesque, per- fectly furnished and decorated homes ever pre- sented in Washington was the unanimously ex- pressed opinion of the hundreds of interested visitors who inspected this unusually distinctive residence throughout the past week. to see ghtful American home with its unique den—large concrete porches leading off living room—dining room with 2 bay windows—large kitchen, contai g latest modern equipment— 3 large bedrooms—connecting baths on 2nd floor —2 bedrooms and bath on 3rd floor, all with large closets—large open porch off 2nd floor hall . . . For every room in house wall space for furniture was carefully planned —the quaint Early American furniture—wall electric «fixtures fully emphasize th feature. The large basement is divided—one portion for service, the other as a clubroom con- for present day en- ge conveniently located at mouth of wide paved alley—all worth seeing —Drive out 16th St. to Alaska Ave., to Morn- i ive, turn left to 7528 Morningside