Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1931, Page 21

REAL ESTATE. T THE . EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER BUILDING GROUPS URGED FOR RELEF President’s Conference Com- mittee Sees Job Boom in . . Local Organizations. & § : . REAL ESTATE. New Dwelling Purchased ‘The immediate, emergency organiza- tion of community groups in every cily and town to relieve unemployment by stimulating those home owners who can afford it, and all agencies con-‘} cerned, to undertake home and neigh- borhood improvements is recommended | by the Committee on Reconditioning, | Remodeling and Modernizing of the President’s Conference on Home Build- ing and Home Ownership. This committee is 1 of 31 appointed | by the President to collect data on | every phase of the housing problem in | the United States, with a view to for- mulating a long-term program for the | amprovement of homes and the increase of home ownership. The possibility of immediate action in home recondition- ing has led the committee to feel that, i properly organized and stimulated in every community, it would do much to provide local employment. Time Now Propitious. The time for home reconditioning was never more propitious, in the opinion of the committee, as materials now cost approximately one-fourth less than the overage for the decade 1920-1930 and skilled labor is available. As to the Nation-wide importance of such_stimulation of home recondition- ing, it is pointed out that the President has referred to construction as “the Lalance wheel of industry” and to the | “construction dollar” as the most widely distributed of all dollars. In order that any steps taken imme- diately to repair or modernize part of the home may accomplish the best re- sults, the committee urges upon home owners the advisability of planning the reconditioning of their house as a whole. Such planning will in the long run prove more economical and contribute to_the making of better homes. The committee has been at work for months on a study of existing condi- tions, with a view to determining how kest more effective, disinterested advice Residence at 5310 Nevada avenue, | Mrs. H. B. Homer, from Prank D. Phillips, builder, through the agency of Edward H. Jones Co. Colonial in spirit. it contains eight main rooms and | three baths and has a bullt-in garage. The lot has a frontage 6f about 100 feet. which has been purchased by Mr. and —Star Staff Photo. may be made available to owners of old homes in meeting their individual prob- lems of modernizing and how best to | encourage home repair work as an eco- | nomic measure. The findings and rec- ommendations of the committee will |be laid before the President’s Confer- |ence on Home Building and Home Own- |ership when it meets in Washington | December 2 to 5. The President’s Conference has been organized under the co-chairmanship | of Secretary Lamont of the Department of Commerce and of Secretary Wilbur of the Department of the Interior. Dr. John M. Gries is the executive secre- tary. —— Plans Filed for $20,500 Home. W. C. & A. N. Miller, realtors and builders, have filed plans with the Dis- trict building inspector calling for the construction of a three-story stone dwel- ling at 4901 Glenbrook road, in Spring Valley, to cost approximately $29,500. EWES’ MILK REQUIRED ROUEN, France () —It took the tes- timony of a dead King of Franca Charles VI, to decide when a Roquefort cheese is not a Roquefort cheese. Manufacturers of cheese made from cows' milk were called to court by com- petitors. The latter produced “letters patent,” under the hand and seal of King Charles, in which it was set forth that real Roquefort cheeses had to be made from the milk of ewes. Store Building Planned. Plans for the construction of & two- story brick store building at 1252 Fourth street northeast, in the Union Terminal Market development, have been filed with the District government by the Charles H. Tompkins Co., for the owner, H. Berman, 426 Twelfth street south- | west. The cost was estimated to be ' $20,000. \/ WASHINGTON'S GREATE(T HOME VALUE These Sensational 6 to 8 Room Homes Value in Town! Are Still The Outstanding EVEN eclipsing costlier homes— ® NO BATHROOM in ANY home = '{'h'e overshadowing the futile other builders who have attempted unsuccessfully to copy the original Harvard Terrace Spacious 22-ft. x 19-ft. Ballroom. .. with its beautiful wood- paneled walls. ..its won- derful Florentine Tudor fireplace and its white maple dance-flo;xdr.i.éhe led automatic Ideal Gas f.:::e:g Pl‘::t...the Club Room room suitable for club, , or maid...an extra lava- tory. ® NO KITCHEN in Washing- ton surpasses the completeness and modernity of those in HARVARD TERRACE HOMES ...with large built-in Frigid- aire...latest type Completely Insulated Console Quality Range with oven control and pilot light...Armstrong inlaid linoleum. . . Electric Clock...Advance Model $300 Oxford Kitchen Cabinet with real one- piece. Double Drainboard Ivory Sink. Drive Out Today! HARVARD efforts of Exhibit Home 1739 Hobart St. In the Heart of MT. PLEASANT One Biock From 16th & Columbls Rd. Overlooking Boautiful Rock Creek Park $9.950 Here’s How We Do It: Selling faster than censtruction com- plstely el ates all eloments of spec- U ation—enabling us fo buy in cariond oty fer "l'—*:‘l' Il:'n -VOI"I o 1o you—iess profi use—but mere Mowres wold, WASS MERCHANDISING! — 30 days. UT 16th St. turn left on M A Tietd'om Tiobart, 'ine ‘first sireet aftcr Harvard t many times $9,950 (the price of fu'i'zv".;ng) T B HOME hibit) eon D o here. . -“Faience” gorgeously ERRAC tains the array of FEA- colored tiled _walls. . .built-in Artglass and Chromium Triple- Winged Mirrored Vanity Table ...porcelain built-in tub and shower. i AND NOW...even a.ttnetive and with MORE SPACIOUS kitchens and ball- rooms. . .beyond any question of doubt THE MOST COMPLETE HOME VALUE since the pre- war period...with every pos- sible item for comfort and con- venience included . . .Chamber- lain metal weatherstripping and caulking. . .bronze screens. . . paved street and alley...two- car, heated garage. . .land- 8¢ g, shrubbery...AND A FULL 20-FOQT WIDE HOUSE built with the finest material and workman- ship nrailrllble},'. N g ot from sample home prior to construction T;IOU MUST SEE IT TO APPRE- CIATE ITS COMPLETENESS AND VALUE! OTE—20 have been sold ¢t. Pleasant, TERRACE HOMES Bic NEw 7-Room HoMES At the Price of a 6-Room House An EXTRA ROOM At No ....lo these ! View of the Komes in Harvard Terrace, built by the Harvard Terrace Dcvelopment Corp. To see the model home, 1739 Hobart St. N.W., drive out 16th St., turn lcft on Mt. Pleasant, turn left on Hobart, the first street after Harvard, HARVARD TERRACE HOMES In addition to the Narvard Terrace Development Corp. the following W ashington home builders install and recommend Automatic Gas Hegt: EXTRA COST An extra room 17x20 #. completely finished in the basement. Just the place for a den or for your en- A private ball room in a seven-room house? Certainly, if the house is heated with an Ideal Gas Boiler. = = i d ool RECREATION ROOM Completely Finished tertaining. Textured walls and cei i dows, heat, finished stair way, floor plugs. - A detail of construction and finish has added to the beauty and utility of this spacious room. A New Group With Many Striking Features 4th and FARRAGUT STS. N.W. exuipir 5002 4th Street N.W. HomE Setting the pace in new home construction, CAFRITZ offers in this new group EXTRA VALUES, which distinguish these homes as an UNUSUAL BUY. Colonial, variegated, tapes roof, all-brick construction, 3 wi try brick fronts with Mansard ide covered porche 7 large rooms with a model kitchen in buff and green c bpill-in cabinets, sink with double tiled drainboard, fold-away dine F re with cold ic clock, linoleum flooring throughout, copper sc floor conmstruction . . . control, model gas range, elec- De luxe bath with colored tile with “Over-the-Top” counter-balanced one-piece door. These are but a few of the MANY FEATURES that mean EXTRA VALUE for TODAY'S DOLLAR. SEE THESE HOMES TODAY! SMALL TERMS wex CAFRITZ v o» ©® OVER 3,000 LIFETIME HOMES BUILT AND SOLD.® / DINETTE IN KITCHEN Everything in buff and green. Built-in equipment, Frigidaire, electric clock, plenty of room. New folding din- ette set. COLORED BATH Something diffel Beautiful colored combinations. Built-in colored fixtures. Tub, shower, new-type me cine cabinet. Over-the-Top GARAGE DOOR Easy to get in _and get out, “Over-the-Top’ counter-balanced slid- ing door. It's out of the . way and even a_child can operate it ly. 3 BIG PORCHES Covered concrete front porch, wide bre: :-:tnunf uQ I ing porches ple . ostimed; T Many Other Features Because Ideal gas heat is clean and quiet, and needs no fuel storage, an immense amount of room is saved—enough in these Harvard Terrace homes so that every one has a special ball room or recreation room in the basement. Here, in homes selling for $9,950, is a feature usually found only in expensive houses. What a perfect place to entertain. Here young people can dance and older omes play cards. Or what an ideal play room for the chil- dren, where all the toys can be kept in one place, instead of being scattered all over the house. Cost more? No, it’s just one of the many free dividends the home owner gets from the Ideal Gas Boiler in these homes. The other advantages are the freedom which gas gives you from house heating work and worry, the cleanliness, the perfect comfort of steady temperature, the countless hours you save. By all means see these attractive, modern homes. They are tangible proof that even in moderate-priced houses the builder can provide (if he wants to) the comfort and conveniences usually asso- ciated only with homes at much higher prices. WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY L. E. Breuninger & Son Boss & Phelps Breuninger & Phifer Edson 'W. Briggs, Ine. Cafritz_Construction Co. Casey Engineering Company Columbia Construction Co. Henry J. Connor Cooley Bros. D. J. Dunigan, Ine. Federal Construction @0, % Independent Investment @o. Thos. A. Jameson Randolph L. Jennings Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co, W. C. & A. N. Miller Frederick B. Mills C. W. Morris & Son Henry J. Robb, Inc. Fred Schnider Shapiro Construction Corporation. Chas, L. Tankersley Waverly Taylor John B. Tiffey Triangle Realty Company Waple & James ‘Wakefield, Inc. M. & R. B. Warren C. M. Wilcox Edward: M. Willis P. H. Willis Realty Co. Young & Oppenheimer Earl Warren Walter Vaughn Molye Zitmore Builders and Architects’ Division 419 Tenth Street N.W. NAtional 8280