Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1931, Page 19

REAL TATE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1931. ES | Porét of Harvard, mmd | Better Homes in America, REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. B-8 7 SUOBULDNG [ Cotonial Dwelling Purchased PROPOSED FORD.C. $204,000 of Total Permits for Week Are Approved New private building operations for Washington which were approved by or on file with the District building in- spector, Col. Jobn W. Oehmann, during the past week have a total estimated cost of $404,600. Permits were issued during the week for work costing $204.000, eonstruction of 28 private dwellings, which constituted the majority of the ht o! new projects. There were a few odeling, repalr and business build- ltm also. n addition to approved, per- mits were sought for erection of & two- story and concrete store bullding costing $110,000 at 501 to 520 Morse street in the Union Terminal Market development at Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast by Charles H. Tomp- Kins Co. and repairs and remodeling work at 3014-3020 Dent place by C. A. Snow Co., costing $90,000. . Approved Plans Listed. Plans a) ved during the past week | ‘weére for the following projects. D. C. Gruver, owner and “buiider; George T, Santmyers, architect; to erect eleven 2-story brick dweliings, 420 to 440 Ingraham street; to cost $80,000. L. E. Brueninger & Sons, Inc., own- ers and buflders; H. L. Breuninger, architect; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 7805 and 7809 Morningside | drive; to cost $16,000. . Walter 8. Diehl, owner; C. N. Nor- ton, architect; A. T. Newbold, builder; to erect one 2l;-story brick 'dwelling, 4501 Lowell street; to cost $11,000. Mary Ellen Fenwick Robertson, Inc., builde terations, 1523 Twenty-second street; to cost $10,000. Store to Be Built. B. Ambrogi, owner; Charles A. John- #on, builder; to erect one 2-story brick and stone store building, 2825 Four- ; to cost $8,500. ; George T.| unym architect; J. Douglass, erect one 2-gtory brick fl mn Nebraska avenue; to cost L E. Brueninger & Sons, Inc.; own- ers and builders; H. L. Breuninger, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 7808 Morningside drive; to cost $8,000. Pauline E. Burns, owner; Griffin Brothers, designers and builders; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 3608 Military road; to cost $8,000. Plans Dwelling. Jouph M. Stanley, owner and builder; B. Honey, architect; to erect one I-cwry brick dwelling, 6001 Thirty- + third street; to cost $7,000. lauh Guzman, owner; builder and designer; e b-story’ brick and il dwelling. 2349 R street southeast; to cost $6,000. Cinifill View Realty Co., own arry Sisk, builder; to erect one 2-story Mcl cwemn[ 4912 Blaine street north- east; to_cost $6,500. A. E. Ridell, owner and builder; Ken- peth Vieth, lesigner; to erect one 1-story frame and stucco dwelling, 1222 Pranklin . street northeast; to cost Kluckhuhn, owner, designer and bullder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 3821 T'entmh street north- east; to cost $6,000. ahif g including | A . Mandeville of Rochester, N. Y., is the purchaser of this 8-room and 2-bath bfl:! colonial home at-7528 Morningside drlve ‘The house was sold through the agency of Beitzell & Horning. It was acquired from L. E. Breuninger & Sons, builders. 'lle dwemnl. 3009 Oliver street; to cost 3%, Smith, owner and bullder; How- | ard W. Gaines, designer; to_erect one | 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 5700 | Nebraska avenue; to cost $5,000. ‘Thomas J. Farley, owner; A. C. Tol- \wn designer; Toison, Kemp & Nix, bullders; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 1316 Irving street northeast; to_cost §5,000. p Public Moior Service, Inc, owners; B. Cramer, designer; F. L. Wagner, Inc bulidern:’to erect one 1-story brick | | tire’and batfery service building, 5100 avenue: to cost $3,000. Bullders Active. La Salle Park Corporation, owners and bullders; W. T. Hackett, designer; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwell- ing, 1824 Varnum street northeast; to | cost $5,600. | Laura Taylor, owner; L. W. Giles, architect; Emory Chase, builder; to erect one 1-story brick dwelling, 4254 Benning road northeast; to cost $3,000. D. E. Buckingham, owner and builder; Claughton West, architect; to make re- |pflrn 2114 Fourteenth street; to cost $3,00¢ To Build Addition. Elliott A. Hunt, owner; George E. Locknane, builder and designer; erect one 2-story brick and stucco ad- | dition, 1307 Holly street; to cost $2,000. BIG BUILDING YEAR SEEN Leader Predicts Most Active Home Construction in History. The end of the present period of | | economic uncertainty and distress will | be marked by one of the most pros- | perous years the home-building indus- | | try in this country has ever witnessed, in the opinion of H. H. Hobart, vice Clinton, Towa. As o when the new area of pros- said, however, that it could hlnfly ma- terialize until the building industry, and every one directly or indirectly allied with it, took a definite stand on two important issues—the stabilization of prices for raw materials and the cre- ation of facilities whereby mortgage money for home building projects could be made more easily available. Irilh “Red” Group Outlawed. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, October | 31 (®—The (meaning free Jand) has been de-| clared unlawful in North Ireland. It is a Communist body. tion “Saor Eire” | | president of Curtis Companies, Inc., | | [ | ‘ GREEN CITES SCOPE FOR HOME OWNING Labor Leader Sees Great‘ Building Field When Costs Are Reduced. viding homes for wage earners, provid- | ing desirable housing can be produced | within the financial reach of this fiel of prospects, according to William | Green. prtsldmt of the American Fed- | eration of Labor. This leads the national labor leader to look to mass production as s pos- sible means of bringing down the cost of housing to the reach of ‘the mil- lions of wage earmers. ‘The thought is contained “The | Better Homes Manual” just published by the University of Chicago Press for Better Homes in America, Inc, with Blanche Halbert as editor. Topie Widely Discussed. The statement by William Green is one of scores of papers, on the full range of home building and home ownership _topics, which fll nearly 800 pages of the book. Designed as a_handbook for students | of housing problems, the manual con- | tains contributions by President Hoover, Secretary of Interior Wilbur, who is president of Better Homes in America; John M. Gries, executive secretary of the President's Conference on_ Home Ownership; James S. Taylor, chief of the division of building and housing, Department of Commerce; Dr. James BUILT _BY DUNIGAN ) A Big THE DUNIGAN IDEA! Equipped with Frigidaire, type gas range, 6-ft., one-piece po: 12T Sink, BOIt-in cabinets, TmiAl. oleum and | | biles has been reduced?” A wide opportunity for increased ac- | tivity in home buflding exists in pro- | some technical, | Sanitas wall covering. other specialists in home uvblanl President Green of the Federation | of Labor brings out that since 80 per cent of the 122,000,000 population are in the wage-earner group, it is obvious that good homes for workers are a matter of national significance. 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Half block from 14th Street car line, close to churches, schools and stores 3721 to0 3737 Musachua\ztu Ave. N.W. Premiere Opening—— Ultra Modern Homes in Washington's most exclusive suburb. Crowning an elevation ovcrlooking the Hills of Virginia. yet in the shadow of the National Cathedral —ten minutes from’ the White House Never before has it been poss ible to oger you a Massachusetts Avenze address, in this section, in a price range of— --$17,250 to $18.500-- Compare the following features with those of any Home you may be considering— Architectural values both interior and exterior. G e n erously proportioned rooms with cross ventila- tion. Lavatory—First floor. Radiation—Concealed throughout, giving clear wall space. case- ments—14" plate glass. . Screening—DBronze. . Bathe—Two tiled baths . Maids' with shower. room, with bath in basement. 9. Oil burner. 1416 F Street . Incinerator. . 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