Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1932, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. MODLE ATLANTE BULDING LEADS Reports for Area Including Capital Show Permits for 816,697,000 Projects. Construction contracts awarded in the 37 States east of the Rockies amounted to $76,471,800 during the first three weeks of March, according | to figures released by F. W. e | Corporation. Residential building formed $24,841,600 of this total; non- residential building, $31,952,300; and public works and utilities. $19,677,900. | Outstanding among the 13 territories | into which these 37 States are di-| vided was the Middle Atlantic terri- tory which during the period reported $16.697,000 in new construction awards. This was a larger sum than was re- ported by any other territory. The Middle Atlantic territory is comprised | of Eastern Pennsylvania, Southera | New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Dis- trict of Columbia and Virginia. | Next in importance as to size of | contracts reported was the Metropoli- tan New York area with an $11,278,600 | total for the period March 1/ through 22. | District Has $201,000. In the District of Columbia, during | the past week plans for new h\l!ld‘i ing projects having a total estimated | cost of $201,000 were approved by Col. John W. Oehmann, building in- spector. Included in the list were specifications for the construction of 23 private dwellings Among permits issued were the following: D. J. Dunigan, Inc., Tower Building, owners and builders; George T. Sant- myers, architect; to erect 11 two-story brick dwellings, 5400 to 5420 Kansas | avenue; to cost $65.000. Harris Shapero, 1447 Girard street, owner and builder; F. G. Wilcox, de- signer; to erect three 1-story masonry stores, 300, 306 and 308 Kennedy street: to cost $18,000 Boss & Phelps, 1417 K street, own- | ers and builders: Horace W Peaslee, architect; to erect one 2-story brick | dwelling, 1805 Hoban road; to cost) $17.500. Freeman & Cahn, 1842 Twenty-fiftnh street southeast, owners and builders; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect four 2-story brick dwellings, 1814 to 1820 Seventeenth street southeast; to cost | $16.000 W. C. & A. N. Miller, 1119 Seven- teenth street, owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 2!5- story brick and frame dwelling, 4949 Hillbrook lane; to cost $15,308. P. Mayo, Inc, 3212 P street, owners and builders; Ward Brown, architect; to erect one 2-story brick addition and remodel, 2824 O street; to cost $12,000. David Brown, 1221 H street north- east, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2- story brick dwelling, 3638 Cumberland street; to cost $9,000. Washington City Orphan Asylum, owners; R. W. Bolling, builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 4140 Van Ness streei: to cost $6,500. Washington City Orphan. Asylum, owners: R. W. Bolling. - Dupont Circle, builder; to erect one 2 ory brick and stone addition, 4019 Nebraska ave- nue; to cost $3.700. 5 Plans New Home. i Fred McGrath, 1733 Thirteenth street southeast, owner; R. M. Bris- coe. designer; to erect one 1-story | brick dwelling, 2101 Q street southeast; | to cost $7.500. Albert A. Strausse, owner; H. M. Turner, designer: Henry Bowen, Land- over, Md., builder; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 4021 and 4023 Grant street northeast: to cost $4.400. John P. Eck, 1517 Twenty-fifth street southeast, owner and builder; | Bears, Roebuck & Co. designe: to frame and stucc reet southeast; to erect one 1!, dwelling, 3211 cost $5,000. Ella M. Talbert Joyce, 123 Upsal street, 8 builder; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 3337 Nichols avenue southeast; to cost $4.500. Lawrence P. Higgins, 1201 Irving street northeast, owner and builder; W. Valentine, designer; to erect one 2-story stone, concrete and brick gaso- story M Maurice | | that Famous Residence Doomed BUTLER HOME SCENE OF MANY HISTORIC GATHERINGS OF PROMINENT LEADERS, Residence at 1535 I street, now being razed to make way for a commercial development. gL —Star Staff Photo. Calvin Coolidge, members of the Serbian diplomatic mission sent here during the World War, Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln; Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio, Dr. David J. Hill, for- mer United States envoy to Germany, and Mrs. Hill; nearly all cabinet mem- bers from 1910 to 1925, Elihu Root, Charles Evans Hughes, Lieut. Gen. and A wrecking crew this week began razing a downtown landmark that dates back to the days of the Civil War and which has been made famous as & gathering place of prominent personages on the occasion of annual New Year breakfasts It is the old residence at 1535 I street, the property of Charles Henry Butler, a former reported of decisions of the Su- preme Court of the United States and for 50 years a member of the bar, who had lived there since 1904. Among claims to_distinction which are held for this old residence, around which business and traffic have swirled in recent years, are that it once was the residence of James G. Berrett, one of the mayors of Washington under its early form of government, and that it once housed the diplomatic staff here of the government of Austria-Hungary. Guest Books of Notables. But it was the New Year breakfasts made the now obsolescent and moribund building famous, as Mr. But- ler recalls as the old house begins to disappear. Guest books, in which are inscribed the names of those who attended these New Year celebrations as guests of Mr. Butler, read like abbreviated Who's Who lists of professional, diplomatic and so- cial leaders Carefully preserved through a quarter century, these books bear signatures and | tributes to the celebration breakfasts written in all European languages, in Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. Back in 1906, Mr. Butler recalls, he entertained a list of guests including Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Chief Justice Melville Fuller, Justices John M. Harlan, David J. Brewer, | Henry B. Brown, Joseph McKenna, E. D. White, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Wil- | liam R. Day. Other famous guests at these New Year breakfasts have been " and Mrs. | William Howard Taft, Mr. and Mrs Spring Is Here! And Now Is the Time to Buy! See our Modern Homes. in the Finest Location in Northeast Washington. 9 BUILT “Seven Sold to Wise Bright Sunny Southern Exposure! ‘With seven large, well arranged rooms, hardwood floors through- out, two baths, built-in garage Convenient to churches, schools and stores and close to downtown shopping district. Buyers” Priced Right and Terms Easy Sample House Open to 9 PM. 1810 “C” ) Come out today and inspect these homes before buying else- where. WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962, OPEN EVERY DAY 232 Longfellow St. N.W. line station, 2708 Virginia avenue; to cost $4,000 | Peoples Drug Stores, Inc, 77 P street northeast. owners; E. S. Haislip, | builder; to make repairs, 17 P street northeast; to cost $3.000. P. H. Allen, 1910 Tenth street owner; G. M. Steinbraker, architert ©O. W. Murray, builder; to erect one 2-story brick addition, 1900 Tenth street; to cost $2,000 H North Cleveland Park 3830 Windom Place Detached " 9,850 8 roon®, glass inclosed sleep- ing porch, oak floors, open fire- place. In new-house condition. WOODRIDGE 3150 Monroe St. N.E. BUNGALOW L Upon inspection you will be delighted to find so many outstanding features not found in homes at the price. here are seven large and well planned rooms, two-tone bath with shower. The kitchen will please you beyvond expression. Built-in garage, brick retaining wall to match house. Construction same as we have used for many years. FLOYD E. DAVIS COMPANY 733 12th N.W. Natl. 0352 Amazing Value! BEAUTIFUL DETACHED HOMES 6 Large Well-Planned Rooms $6,250 nd bath. modern; large ouse condition OPEN SUNDAY Harry A. Kite, Inc. 1019 15th St. N.W. NAtional 4846 Can You Imagine This Value! Just East of 16th St. $9,250 NEW AND MODERN TO THE MINUTE! 20 Feet Wide—6 Large Rooms, Exceptionally Large and Bright Kitchen, with Many Cabinets, Electric Refrigeration, Inlsid Li- noleum on Floors. Wood-burning Fireplace. 2 Complete Baths 3 Large Porches—Built-in Garage House Fully Screened These homes represent the value on todas's home market. (Were bullt to sell much higher). Only 3 at This Low Price! Well Worth Your Time to See! An inspection will convince you of the savings that can be in the purchase of one of these homes. Open to 9 P.M. 1368-70-72 Sheridan Street N.W. (Out 16th 8t., to ‘Sheridan St. East to houses) Waple & James, Inc. Exclusive Apents 1226 14th St. N.W, North 0963 hest Built-in Wood-Burning Fireplace Gorgeous Silver and Green Kitchen, Frigidaire Landscaped Lot 42x95 Ft.—Garage Concealed Radiators Only s8,4-50 $1,008 More 23d and Randolph PI. N.E. ® Drive out New York Avenue Boulevard to Bladensburg ® Road, turn South one square to Randolph Place, then East to houses. Open and Lighted Until 9 P.M. FR’T BUILDERS ® OVER 3,000 CAFRITZ LIFETIME HOMES BUILT AND SOLD ® OWNERS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, HOUSING PROBLEM 10 BE STUDIED Architects’ Conventjen Here Next Month to Take Up Economic Factors. (Continued From Pirst Page.) art of building a house,” the announce- | ment says. “Consideration of the | housing problem is now highly im- | portant. Svery community in the | United Staies needs to consider its| housing conditions and its blighted areas and their alteration or replace- ment, since these seem to be the only fields which can be developed in a period of slump in indust Confronted by conditions which, is declared, “threaten the survival of architecture as a profession,” the institute, observing its own 75th it | Mrs. Samuel Young, Gen. John J. Persh- | ing, Mrs. Julian James of Washington society, Sir Robert Borden, Canadian premier; David Belasco, Elsie Ferguson, John W. Davis, Ambassador —Jules | Jusserand of France, James Brice, Am- bassador from Great Britain; “Billy" Sunday, Gypsy Smith, President Beli- | sario Poras of Panama, Gen. G. W. | Greely, arctic explorer; Henry Van Dyck and others. | Still_others of prominent positions who attended these gatherings are Dr. | Frank Mayo and Dr. Charies Mayo Chauncey Depew, Sir Wilfred and Lady Grenfell of Labrador fame, and Gov Tudor Garner of Maine, At these New Year breakfasts were served only foods raised on Mr. Butle farm at Wiscasset, Md. The breakfasts were suspended during the “food sav- | ing” years of 1018 and 1919, This house and three adjoining prop- erties have been leased for commercial use which necessitates their razing. 1411 Wh 933 M OWN. 1004 Vt. Ave. 4 chairman, gatherings being linked with the events of the Bicentennial. One session of the convention will be devoted to a discussion of what an architect can do in time of depression. Professional architects, it is sald, are suffering severely from the recession in building operations. In New York City alone more than 2,000 architects and draftsmen are unemployed. Plans to unify the architects of the Nation under the leadership of the institute will be developed. There are now more than 30,000 persons in the United States who have been trained in architecture, and who are enrolled chiefly in independent socleties. Reports will "be received from unification committees headed by Edwin Berg- strom of Los Angeles, representing the institute, and Robert H. Orr of Los Angeles, acting for the State societies The Committee of Public Works, of which Louis LaBeaume of St Louis is will urge wider Federal employment of private architects. The institute and allied bodies are pressing for Congress legislation making manda- tory the employment of private archi- tects and engineers by the Treasury Department. Officers to be elected include & president, two vice presidents, secretary and treasurer. Directors will also be chosen to represent the Great Lakes, the Middle Atlantic and the Western Mountain divisions of the institute Prizes and medals will be awarded. Research progress in co-operation with Government and private agencies will be reported by the structural service department. N. Max Dunning of Chicago is chairman of a special committee on structural service. Reports will also be received from Committees on Practice, Contracts, Allied Arts Building, Public Information, Compe titions, Health and Safety, the Nation- al Capital, City and Regional Planning, Registration Laws, Foreign Relations Industrial Relations, Roadside Struc tures and Scenic Features, and Tech- nological Studies. Formation of building congresses and other developments in the building Inspect These Properties At Your Convenience WE WILL MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE DEAL ON THE ONE THAT MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS 2915 28th Street 2624 Garfield St. ittier St. 7126 9th Street 2821 Ordway St. Street 1724 35th St. 909 Cortelyou St. (Lee Hts., Va.) All in Excellent Condition Natl. Mortg. & Inv. Corpn. ERS Natl, 5833 SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1932, industry, including the work of the Construction League of the United discussed. States, will be E The Progdticers’ Council, affiliated with the institute, end composed of 60 companies and associations of manu- facturers in the fleld of bullding materials and appliances with a com- bined capital of $22.500,000,000, will also convene during the convention period. ‘The institute and the council, it is explained, are actively co-operating to advance their common interests. Delegates from the 66 chapters of | the institute will participate in the | convention, President Robert D. Kohn of New York presidin, —_— Long Fence Is Approved. Plans for the comstruction of 2,100 linear feet of fence about the estate of ||| Mrs. James Parmelee at 3029 Klingle | road have been approved by the District | building inspector and work now is in | progress. The wrought fron fencing is being erected by the Fred 8. Gichner | Iron Works, Inc., and the stone work | by Louis Perna & Sons. Bungalows Consider the advan- tages, comfort and con- venience of a bungalow with its cozy atmosphere and pleasant surround- ings. 6223 Piney Branch Road N.W. (West of Georgia Ave.) These new brick bunga- lows contain five large rooms, garage and all the appoint- ments of a modern home. Priced low, $8,950. Drive out Georgia Ave. to Sheridan St., turn left. - 6613 7th Place N.W. (Two blocks east of Georgia Ave. at Van Buren St. N.W.) This new brick bungalow contains four good rooms, garage and arrangements for two more rooms on second floor. A bargain at $7,950. G. W. 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