Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1933, Page 18

B2 REAIL THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933. REAL ESTATE. BUILDING TOTAL UP IN FIRST QUARTER 3-Month Period Saw Nearly $2,000,000 in Structures Begun in D. C. (Continued From First Page.) | F. W. Dodge Corp., New York, was for #mall houses, L. S. Schnitman, chief | statisticlan for the organization said. The gain in residence consctruction, he | said, is an indication that a rise in general construction activity is near. i Power Plant Swells Total | The March total for the District was | ¢onsiderably swelled by the $731,000 | power plant project of the Potomac | Electric Power Co. in Southwest Wash- ington. | A $20,000 project involving the con struction of four dwellings in the 800 block of Somerset place by the District | Development Co., led a list of permits jesued by Col. John Oehmann, District building inspector, during the past week. Work having an aggregate valuation o spproximtely $125,000 Was authorized. Permits granted include | D. C. Development Co., 1025 Fifteenth street, owners and builders; M. Mes- | Tobian, architect; to erect four 2-story | brick dwellings, 807-813 Somerset place; | 10 cost $20,0 os., 1616 K street, owners | ; G. S. White, designer 6321 Fourteenth street; to_cost $9.000. Thomas M. Nolan, 1431 East Capitol street, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect two 2-story brick | flats, 4010 and 4012 Kansas avenue; to cost $8,000. : Nevin Bus Co., New York City, owner; G. E. Locknane, designer and builder, 2013 New Hampshire avenue northwest; one 2-story brick and stone passenger station, 1201 New York avenue; to cost $8,000. The Mode, 1014 F street, owners and | Builcers; to make repairs, 1014 F street; | fo_cost $7.500. | : Paul T. Stone, Inc., Chandler Build 2. owner and builders; W. N. Diehl, siener; to erect one 2-story brick | welling, 6146 Thirtieth street; to cost | ,000. % Paul T. Stone, Inc., Chandler Build»‘ fng, owners and builders; W. N. Diehl, | signer; to erected one 2-story stone, | rick and frame dwelling, 6142 Thirtieth street; to cost $6,500. Paul T. Stone, Inc., Chandler Build- | élg. owners and builders; W. N. Diehl, designer; 6138 Thirtieth street; to cost 6,500. % Arthur L. Rollins, 1683 Boulevard gvenue southeast, owner; J. A. Melby, chitect; Lumas Reeder, 2520% Sheri- n road southeast, builder; to erect e 2-story brick undertaking establish- ent, 4325 Hunt place northeast; to| €ost $6,000. H T F. G, Swider, 2721 Adams Mill road, | @wner and builder; W. L. Brown, de- signer; one 2-story brick dwelling, 800 Butternut street; to cost $6,00). Paul T. Stone, Inc., Chandler Build- fng, owners and builders; W. N. Diehl, designer; to erect one 2-story brick and frame cwelling, 6151 Thirtieth street; o cost $6,000. * Paul T. Stone, Inc., Chandler Bufld-l ng. owners and builders; W. N. Diehl, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 6147 Thirtieth street; to cost $6,000. Santo Caslo, 619 Second street north- eest, owner; H. W. Gaines, designer; Henry K. Jawish, 6310 Brookville road, builder; to erect one 2-story brick store and fiat, 7315 Georgia avenue; to cost 0! $5,000. Y Ralph Stair, 5066 Sherrier place, owner, builder; designer; to erect one 1-story brick dwelling, 5068 Sherrier place; to cost $4,800. U. S. and Pearl Fisher, 1509 Twenty- fifth street southeast, owners; Joseph G. Herbert, architect; Mark Reiley, 623 North Carolina avenue southeast, ‘builder; to erect one 1-story frame dwelling, 3612 Austin street southeast; to_cost $3.500. Sun Oil Co, Philadelphia, Pa. owners, design: and builders; to erect | one 1-story all steel service station, 2000 | PEladensburg road northeast; to cost Steck Houses, Inc., 4449 Connecticut _avenue, owners; Mid- Eastern Construction Co., 1262 Twenty- first street northwest, builders; to make | tions 4449 Connecticut avenue; to cost_$1,200. Edwin C. Crouch, 909 Fourteenth street southeast, owner and builder; Briscoe & Bailey, designers; to erect one 1-story brick and concrete public storage garage, 1327 Ives place south- east; to cast $950. Washington Terminal & Warehous- ing Corporation, Second and K streets northeast, owners; Martin Bros., 1341 Connecticut_avenue, builders; to make Tepairs, L. Colfax and B. & O. tracks; | to_cost $800. | Raymond T. Zipp, 3021 Fifteenth | street_northeast, owner; R. D. Poore, | 3904 Yuma street, builder; to stucco| frame dwelling, 3021 Fifteenth street | northeast; to cost $600. Mrs. Ella C. Watkins, 4126 Seventh | street, 8wner; R. C. Archer, jr., design- er; P. M. Simons, 761 Irving street, builder; to erect new porch, 4126 Seventh street; to cost $500. Eugene R. Lohr, 3523 Brothers place southeast, owner, builder, designer; to| make repairs, 3523 Brothers place southeast; to cost $460. | Annie I. Taylor, 1217 W street south- | east, owner; W. E. Havenner, 1026 Ala- | bama avenue southeast, builder; to| stucco frame dwelling, 1217 W street | southeast; to cost $400. i Washington Gas Light Co., 411 Tenth | street, owners; Davis, Wick, Rosen- | garten Co., builders; to make repairs, 411 Tenth street: to cost $400. Charles H. Baumbach, 1653 Wiscon- sin avenue, owner, builder and de-| signer; to ercct one 1-story frame | dwelling, 1149 Forty-fourth place southeast; to cost $400. | Jacobson Bros, 1616 K street, own- ers and builders; to erect brick garage, 1387 Somerset place; to cost $400. W. E. Courtney, 427 Thirteenth street, owner; Sam H. Brennan, 1313 E street northeast: teenth street northeast; to cost $400. Walter A. Sanford, 3310 Eleventh street southeast, owner; Maurice Joyce, 123 Upsal street southeast, builder: to erect concrete block garage, 3310 Eleventh street southeast; to cost $350. SN Protects Workers' Hands. A new cream offers protection to workers' hands. Rubbed in, it forms a film which is said to be impenetrabl by paint, oil, grease, dirt, even battery It removed by Find a Better Home s $7a 1824 Bay St. S.E. (Open daily We Believe It NOTE THESE FEATURES Six rooms and bath. Glassed sleeping porel Front and rear porches. Bath—colored tile and showers. Mirror doors. Cedar lined clos Built-in dining Concealed Hot Water Radiator—Noiseless Oil Burner Small initial payment—Low monthly terms. Built by Steuart Bros., Inc. ROBERT W. SAVAGE 717 Union Trust Bldg. is between 18th and 19th, B an Wesley Heights House Bought | The new home of Mr. and Mrs, Richard White Miller at 2901 P‘urty-thll’d} street, Wesley Heights, purchased recently from W. C. & A. N. Miller, de- | signers and builders. The dwelling, of English influence, has seven rooms and | three baths, including a setvant’s rcom and bath. LEAGUE DISCUSSES | MORTEAGELENDNG e o e 235 Years Ago IN | points out. GHANGES FAVORED INDESGNCOLRSE Architects Report Recom- mends Broadening of Edu- calional Training. Revision of instruction in American advance is advocated in a report to the American Institute of Architects by George Herbert Gray of New Haven, Conn., director of the New England an_announcement at the local chapter. Broadening of educational training, less emphasis on drafting room tech- nique, and greater application to the study of design in terms of building materials and methods are foremost among the curricular changes listed by Mr. Gray. American schools, he asserts, have made ‘“rapid progress to a high level of achievement,” but “much higher levels” are destined to be reached. “Science has developed new building materials and new building methods, and has radically changed the daily life of man within his habitations and in his entire environment,” Mr. Gray “By many it is claimed that this development in all other fields of science calls for a parallel develop- ment in the habitations of men, a de- velopment more radical than has so far been made. “Many efforts are being made to pro- duce buildings ich will be expressive of our age pf new developments in building and of a new independence in thought. ~ |2 retun to the practice which used | to be so general in this city of individ- | | vals building houses which they want | | for their own, instead of buying those | built for the market,” says a news item | in the real estate section of The Star of April 18, 1908. “There are, of course, advantages as | well as disadvantages about doing one’s | CHICAGO, TIL, April 8.—The average | OWn building, but the chief one, per-| lend ¢ rts oo in ihe haps, and what is mainly responsible | ENder of homemSEAEE IONEY for the change, was the uncertainty United States is less wealthy than the |zhout the cost. It is said that build- | man whose home he is financing, it is |ing in some particulars is gheaper than > 3 it was formerly, and while there has pointed out by the United States|,..,"ng change in the cost of labor, Building and Loan League in a bulle- the price of materials has fallen. tin issued today, entitled “Who Is the| “Then some of thos2 who built to | Mortgage Lender?” |sell_have not been as careful as they The usual type of home borrower has might have been in their methods of at least $1,500 for a down payment on | construction, and the result is that his property, while the man who loans | purchasers of their houses have in some | the money has an average investment |instances cause of dissatisfaction when | of only $742, the league says. |they see them begin to dgxllntegr:tc Paradox Explaining. |long before time's decaying finger has | begun to cperate. | Explaining this paradox, the league| “Then again, people who build for| recalls that most of the home financ- Lender Often Less Wealthy Than Man Whose Home He Finances. “Of these efforts only a few are suc- cessful, and the many are, by common consent, failures. These haphazard ef- forts, traced to their source, seem to lead us directly to our schools of archi- | tecture as the chief training ground of the architects. The schools, if my Can You Equal Thi. 1707 Upshur St. N.W. (West of 16th St.) Semi - detached brick; eight rooms, bath, h.-w.h., elec., garage, deep lot. Just Redecorated—Now Vaeant ONLY $9,750 TERMS Open Saturday and Sunday H. H. Carter 306 Investment Bldg. Nat'l 4 Evg., Met. 1765 NEW HOME IN MT. PLEASANT $250 Cash! Overlooking ~ Kock @ o vhe new homes are seldom for sale. 1855 Ingleside Terrace 20 FEET WIDE 6 rooms, 3 porches built-in garage An opportunity well worth investigating Open Sunl’ay and Daily to Wm. M. Tfiockmorton 208 Investment Bldg. Columbia | themselves get what they want exactly, ing in the country is done by savings |that js, if they remain bf the same I itutions, which really are 1ending | mind long enough to finish a house ac- the money of their investors to home | cording to any particular plan, and that borrowers. thus making the investors|in itself is satisfactory.” the actuai mortgage lenders in the long | Bl o run, Building and loan associations | T e e Balt of the mortgages| FIRM MOVES OFFICES on cmall Tomes in the country and | e-half of the home mortgages | g;“\llf)lgxr:xe.h:}m bulletin sta'es.hg'llzhe\‘fluchanan Now ‘in Southern Rail- average builder and loan shareholder | G fas $742 In the association. | way Building. Tt takes five investors of this type 10| Establishment of its offices on the get together enough money to finance | ground floor of the Southern Railway one moderate sized home, with a mort- | Building, 915 Fifteenth street, was an- gage, for example, of $3,500. Further |nounced this week by the firm of J. Statistics snow that the average building | wesley Buchanan, Inc., realtors. and loan shareholder makes the asso-| e concern, which was formerly lo- Siation his chief form of investment, 50 | cated on I street, has been in business that he cannot be counted upon tO|yo.o since February, 1931, and reports have other forms of wealth to back up | having handled property transactions his savings. | involving $1,000,000 during the last Other Agencies Considered. | year. The league bulletin also takes up the | L case of other agencies which make some | of the small lforne loans in the coun- | MORTGAGE-FREE FARMS try, savln']grs) banks and 1nxsunr}1)ce ‘::oé'n-‘ panies. The average savings bank de-| qne Bureau of Agricultural Econom- Positor, who is the mortgage lender in |, T1e SRS S0 ‘Ent of the farms in the case of every savings bank home ;o ypited ‘States are free from mort- mortgage loan, has only $811 on de-|g.0. "sicty per cent of the farms on posit. ‘The 65000000 insurance com- | yhich mortgages are held are located in pany policy holders have a maximum | g,; 5 North Central States. New York PRare of the companies’ assets averag- | the 12 Hortt Cook, o 1ower per- N s MO gox S8 | centage of mortgaged farms than any 1t is apparent from these figures” | i section of the country. says Ward B. Whitlock, president of the league, who is author of the bulletin, | “that the Teal mortgage lender is the | ‘AgEETE = man who is putting the best bet of his | life, his savings, into the home mort- | gage. He is far removed from the gold- | laden Shylock of dramatic perscmmca-‘l | OnE.” A list of typical shareholders in build- ing and loan associations was drawn| up by the league, showing railroad | workers, -clerks in financial institutions, | mechanics, school teachers, industrial employes of many trades, farmers, household servants, department storc | workers and young people just getting their start in the business world, in vast majority of the 12,000,000 share- holders —Ideal rental home. Open Sunday Afternoon 2:30 to 6 Convenientl; stores, church A Home of Unusual Distinction 729 15th St. 5509 30th Place Just North of Military Rd, C. C., D. C. A new brick residence, situated on an attractively landscaped lot, with trees An outstanding value at this price. Spacious living Toom with fireplace. large dining room, three bedrooms, two baths, Tecreation foom with fireplace. modei Kitchen, immense covered rear porch. *10,950 | OPEN FOR YOUR INSPECTION Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. 1519 K ST. N.W. DI 1015 6809 Glenbrook co with a fifteen-vear Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. First Trust— csturing mazimun economy and protection to the home buver. 650 Than th until 9 P.M.) Open For Can’t Be Done Inspection th G. E. Electrie clock. Hot water storage tank. One piece laundry tub. Hardwood flooring throughout. Electric refrigeration. Oxford complete kitchen cabinets. Extra heavy roof. Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Bank of Bethesda, turn left on Edgemoor Lane to Glenbrook Rd., turn left two block to property. Washington Bldg. EAVE Nat'l. 6799. 1303 FAIRMONT ST. N.W. An Imposing Brick—Lot 19x104 E Tefl room!—FiVC full'!ized bedrmmS—Two complete baths—Hot-water heat—Electricity the upper 14th St. business section, theaters, elevation assures one of healthful, clean atmos- phere and cool Summer mights. 14th St. aflord convenient tramsportation to all sections of the city. It is a Remarkable Value For $7,500 L. T. GRAVATTE Real lovely living room, library, kitchen and extra lavatory. Four master bed rooms and three baths with two rooms snd bath on the electric ref R_BR!( fii‘ii:‘rfi‘n'sos Heights y situated to Central High School, es. Its southern exposure and high Street cars at National 0753 Road NE of the most distinctive and desirable residential properties or around Washington. Home ntains recreation room, lavatory, laundry room and boiler room in First floor has = dining room, e basement. comprise the second floor, All modern equipment, igeration, oil burner and dio outle! Beautifully land- aped lot containing 28,262 square ird floor. feet of ground. Fully screened, with awnings. District 9486 architectural schools to enable build- ! ing design to keep pace with scientific | Ithe lectures are among the remedies division of the institute, according to | |ings in process of construction, under | v diagnosis is correct, fail to equip the architect-to-be with the necessary facts nd the necessary habits of thought to cope rationally with any radically new problem. Materials and Methods. “Buildings can be successfully de- signed only in terms of building mea- 'our schools the study of materials and methods is a thing apart from the fine art of designing. Therein lies the fundamental error. When this is cor- rected, then will come the new Ameri- can architecture, well reasoned, full of local color, and with the mark of the individuality of the designer.” Adoption of a “more virile” approach to the study of history and the elements and theory of architecture, cohesion of design problems with lecture courses and visits to buildings referred to in urged by Mr. Gray. “In addition to these visits to com- pleted buildings,” he continues, “there should be visits of inspection to build- the joint supervision of the instructors in_construction and design “Problems in design involving ad- vanced methods of construction should | be presgnted under the supervision of | the department of construction, but | with the collaboration of the depart- | ment of design, thus breaking down the absurd antagonism between the ‘de- | signer’ and the ‘practical’ man. With this training the student should learn | garage—and many other fine feature: To Reach—Wis. Ave—Two Blocks OPE Bethesda Bank Bldg. ¢ i % S I circumstances permi this splendid, practically new vantage of today's low production Center hall plan, large covered po: and 2 baths on second floor, bed landscaped grounds. bus line. You can here secure a real di District 2637 THOS. L. BUYERS’ GUIDE 1319 Rittenhouse St. N.W. FRICE $9,150 Rooms—2 Baths—Recreation Room This home has s lovely kitchen— Natural wood trim throughout. (same comfort, range 2 or New section of all new h venient to stores. churches, and transportation. Terms you can aford. 708 Nicholson St. N.W. SEMI-DETACHED BRICKS & rooms. 2 baths, recrestion room, high ‘elevat n, convenient location. PRICE §0 450 723 Quackenbos St. N.W. 8 r00; 2 _baths. semi-detached, brick. 1t.” wide, Just off Ga. Ave. FRICE $10,250 All the Above Homes WAPLE AND 1226 14th St. N.W. terials and building methods. Yet in | A real home value just placed on the market. 2 baths—beautifully decorated—model kitchen—nice porch—big lot, with Morrison-Sacks Corp. floor. In new-house condition throughout. 2 blocks from school, ¥ against the inflation of the past and that of the future. rare opportunity to make the present value of your dollars hring you ends in home comfort and security. Open Daily to 9 P.M. See them. One may suit you. Members Washington Real Estate Board tern on the paper, but by the building | as visualized in his imagination, con- |structed in three dimensions, set in| |a specific environment and organized to house definite activities | $19,000 HOUSE PLANNED | Aplication for a permit to erect a| | $19,000 3-story dwelling at 3100 Twen- | tieth street northeast was made at the | office of the District Building Inspector | | this week by Dr. Rush W. Conklin. | Contract for the job has been awarded | to Conrad M. Chaney of 2020 Rhode | Island avenue northeast. i Near Walter Reed Hospital, 828 Richmond Ave., Blair, Md. A detached brick home of out- standing beauty. Completely mod- ern and structurally perfect. Priced under $10,000 and sold on easy terms. If you are really house-shop- ping. vou will see this house—then you will buy it. Open for inspection. ROBERT W. SAVAGE, 717 Union Tryst Bldg. Nat. 6799, Richmond ave. Is three squares east of Georgia ave., just beyond the District West Leland $10.250 Brand-New Detached—Stone Brick and Frame 4809 Leland Street 6 nice rooms— s that you should see. North Bradley Lane—Turn to Left. Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Wis. 4578 4609 Langdrum Lane Chevy Chase Open Saturday and Sunday North_on Wisconsin Avenue past District Line to Chevy Chase Club golf course. turn left at Langdrum Lane to property. £14,750 t a drastic slash in the price of brick home. It represents very forcefully the extraordinary value you can obtain by taking ad- costs and competitive sales prices. rch off living room. 5 bed rooms room and storage room on third 2-car garage. Beautifully square from car and sound home investment, protected This is a PEYTON 1427 Eye St. NW. ALL NEW HOMES LIST OF SAMPLE HOUSES 5613 3rd St. N.W. (Just above Longfellow) ‘The home with large room: proportioned and bright. Be: Pullman kitchen, large yard, sarage. 5630 Kansas Ave. N.W. A beautiful home. Not a penny to Screened, metal weather- not . “excellent high oniveniences. Your invited. Terms near 2 inspection especially arranged. 5523 1st St. N.W. (At 1st and Lonsfellow Sts.) FULLY DETACHED BRICK PRICE $9’500 6 large rooms, 2 baths, recreation room, attic, large lot, garage. Represent Real Value We will make terms. JAMES, Inc. 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