Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1934, Page 18

REAL ESTATE. | BUILDING TOTALS §245,532 IN WEEK Oehrnann Says Record Is Considerably Larger Than 1934 Average. (Continued From First Page.) it was, nevertheless, considered en=- couraging, as Oehmann's office Wwas ! closed Thursday. leaving a five-day | week. In addition, the figure last| week was swelled by inclusion of a permit for a bus garage valued at: $300,000. | The largest permit granted this week went to the Washington Properties, Inc., for renovation of the old Justice Department Building at 1427 K street. The structure will be remodeled at an approximate cost of $30,000, and oc- cupied subsequently by the Federal Housing Administration. The firm of Davis, Wick, Rosengarten Co. received contract to do the work under plans drawn by Porter & Lockie, architects. The D. C. Developing Co. obtained | & permit to build six 2-story brick houses in the 600 block of Quintana place, at a cost of $5,000 each. $50,000 Repair Project. The largest permits are as follows: Washington Properties, Inc., owner: Porter & Lockie, architects: Davis, ‘Wick, Rosengarten Co., Inc.. 613 Fif- teenth street, builders: to make re- pairs, 1427 K street; to cost $50,000. D. C. Development Co., Inc.. 1512 K | gircet, owners and builders; M. Mes- robian, architect: to erect six 2-stol brick dwelings. 600-10 Quintana place; | to cost $5.000 each F. M. Davenport, Shoreham Hotel, THE EVENING Ninth Street Home STAR, WASHING Sold This new center-hall plan brick home was recently purchased by William Brotmant from the Newbold Construction Co. realtor. The home, located at 6419 Ninth street, was sold through the offices of L. T. Gravatte, -—Star Staff Photo. owner: Fox B. Everman and William | Deming, architects; Martin Bros., 1341 | Connecticut avenue, builders; to erect | one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, | 8000 Parkside lane: to cost $26.500. | E. P. Hinkel Co, 600 Rhode Island avenue northeast, owner; Pringle & Arnold. designers: Walter B. Avery, 632 G s concrete additional story. 600 Rhode | Island avenue northeast: to cost $15.000 i Max and Harry Gorin, 618 Princton place. owners and builders: Joseph G. Herbert, architect: (o erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 6229 and 6233 Utah avenue; Lo cost $15.000. Boss & Phelps. 1417 K street, owners and builders; H. P. Baxter, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4500 | Hoban road: to cost $10,000. i Harry W. Cornell and Mrs. C. Armstead. 1326 V street, W. N. Diehl, designer; National Engineering Co., Tower Building, builders; to erect one 2'-story brick dwelling, 1409 Hamlin street, north- €ast; to cost $10,000 W. C. and A. N. Miller, 1119 Seven- ' \ teenth strect, owners and builders; L. | R. Moss, architect: to erect one 2- story brick dwelling, 4107 Fordham road: to cost $9.500. ! W. C. and A. N. Miller. 1119 Seven- teonth street, owners and builders; L. R. Moss, architect: to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4920 Van Ness street; to cost $9.000. Ralph Teunis, 1108 Sixteenth street, owner and builder; Harvey P. Baxter, architect; to alter into apartments, 1515 Sixteenth street; to cost $8,000, Maud V. Fanning, 1316 Spring | road. owner: Elmer L. Herron, de- signer; Frank L Fanning Inc., 1316 Spring road, builders: to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 812 Quackenbos street: to cost $7.500. Capital View Realty Co., 927 New | York avenue, owners and builders; W. Valen‘ine, designer; to erect two 2- story brick dwellings, 109 and 111/ Fiftieth street northeast; to cost; 3 $6.000. ' Capital View Realty Co.. 927 N York avenue, owners and builders; W. Valentine, designer; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 5233 and 5235 Ames place northeast; to cost $6.000. | Fulton Gruver, jr, 38 H street,i owner and builder; F. G. Wilcox, de- | signer; to erect one 2-story brick and | frame dwelling, 5921 Leffier place; to | cost $6,000. 1 Fulton Gruver, jr, 38 H street,| owner and builder; F. G. Wilcox, de- ! signer; to erect one 2-storv brick and * frame dwelling, 5925 Leffler place; to | cost 36,000. Brick Veneer Dwelling. L. J. Velebhny, 1701 Sixteenth street. owner; E. J. Connor, designer: Doyle & Eklund, 1106 Connecticut avenue, | builders: to erect one 1-story brick | veneer dwelling, 4919 Ashby street; | to cost $5,000. | Anna and Clara Lehman, 2845 Myrtle straet northeast, owners: Louis | de Ledwantave, designer; Woodridge Realty Co., Inc. 23 Rhode Island | avenue northeast, builders; to erect| one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 222 Newton street northeast; to cost ! 5,000 | George Ellington, owner; Schreier & Patterson, architects; Anthony Al-, berti, Takoma Park, Md., builder; to' erect one 11,-story brick dwelling, 6337 | ‘Thirty-first place; to cost $5,000. Claude B. Edwards, Kilmarnock, Va., owner and builder; C. F. Wynn, de- signer; to erect one 2-story concrete | block and frame dwelling, 4335 Barker street southeast; to cost $3,800. Dumbarton Court Owners, Inc., owners; E. L. Davis, designer; Davis, ' ‘Wick, Rosengarten Co., Inc., builders; ! to erect elevator hatch, 1657 Thirty- first street; to cost $2.500. Edward Costigan, Thirty-third and | Water streets, owner: A. S. Atkinson, ' architect; Corson & Gruman, builders; to erect one 1-story tile and concrete addition, Wisconsin avenue; to Ruth owners; rence Streeter, 1672 Kramer street northeast. owner and builder; to erect one 1-story frame dwelling| (2 rooms), 4917 B street southeast; to | $500. Mrs. Mabel E. Lowder. 240 Tenth! street northeast. owner: W. A. High- . &mith, designer and builder; to makei repairs, 240 Tenth street northeast; to cost $500. Fulton Gruver, jr, 38 H street,| owner and builder; F. G. Wilcox, de- signer; to erect two metal garages, | 5921 and 5925 Leffler place; to cost $400. Mrs. Buchanan ‘Goulder, make repairs, $400. L. E. F. Prince, 1327 Connecticut ! avenue, owner and builder; Dillon & Abel, designers; to erect one 1-story frame addtion, 5410 Macomb street; to cost $350. Capital Yacht Club, owners; to erect addition to wharf, Eleventh and Water streets southwest; to cost $350. Robert Goodman, 4701 Connecticut avenue, owner and builder; to make repairs, 700 Virginia avenue and 912 Beventh street southeast; to cost $300. Frank V. Killian, 508 Thirteenth street, owner; the Mathy Co., 1918 Pennsylvania avenue, builder; to make repairs, 1307 E street; to cost $300. New York Avenue Presbyterian! Church, owners; to make repairs, | 1313 New York avenue; to cost $300. John P. Loveless, 2613 North Cap- itol street, owner; D. R. Knicely, builder; to erect matel and frame garage, 2613 North Capitol street; to cost $250. Francils H. Stephens, 1714 Summit place, owner; Allied Asphalt Products Corp., builders; to reroof 1714 Summit Place; to cost $200. Louisa L. Heitmuller, 1126 | street, owner; R. o designer and builder; to 456 O street; to cost PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS _or. | University eet, builders: to erect brick and | nounces Variety of Subjects for New “Winter School.” Seventy-four courses in agriculture, home economice and rural life sub- jects will be offered prospective stu- dents this Winter in a new six weeks’ “Winter school” at the University of Maryland from January 7 announced by Dr. Har | director of the Experiment Station. Patterson will be assisted by H. F. Cotterman, associate dean | of ‘the College of Education and M. | Marie Mount, déan of the College of | Home Economics. This is the first | vear that such a school has been ‘held at the university and Dr. Pat- of Maryland An- | appeal, not only to those who will | appreciate the opportunity of at- | tending a university for a limited |length of time but also to those | college graduates who have been forced to change their means of liveli- 15, it was hood and now desire further instruc- Patterson, ' tion along different lines. which will be held to February terson fecls that it will make a strong | COURSES TO BE OFFERED dean of the Colege of Apricultre '"‘; BUILDING FIRM FORMED | Washington Residents porate Brentwood Company. Incor- Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 1—Gale | H. Stalker, Helen B. Stalker and Les- lie E. Vaughn, all of Washington, have incorporated the A. B. C. Construction Co., Inc., of Brentwood, Md.. to engage in a general engineering and contract- | ing business. | The capital stock shares, no par value. consists of 50 TON, D. C, SATURDAY, OFFICE BUILDINGS PROTECTION ASKED Slosson Says Onslaughts on Industry Warrant Care by All Owners. Special Dispatch to The Star. MINNEAPOLIS, December 1— Speaking before the Midwest and Northern Conference of Building Owners and Managers here, Frank 8. Slosson of Chicago, president of the National Association, stressed the ne- cessity for continued protection of the $24,000,000,000 invested in office, loft and apartment building throughout the country. “Our industry,” stated Mr. Slosson, “has an investment of approximately $9,000,000,000 in office buildings alone, a sum which represents more invest- ment than that in the steel, telephone and automobile industries combined. In addition we have the $5,000,000,000 loft building group and the $10,000,- 000,000 apartment house group. “This $24,000,000,000 investment must be protected against the on- slaughts which it is experiencing. Working under the modified ‘Presi- dent’s re-employment agreement,’ we have had a constant fight on our hands because of overlapping codes, with varfous industries demanding | that our employes come under their | code. Estate Marked Out By Thumbin 1677 Has New Owner By the Associated Press. CENTERVILLE, Md., Decem- ber 1.—Blakeford, the Colonial estate near here, whose bound- aries originally were marked out bya thumb, yesterday had passed from the possession of the Thom family, descendants of Henry Cou"™ (or de Courcy). The sale, made under terms of the will of De Courcy Wright ‘Thom, was made to George M. Moffett. The price was said to have been about $100,000. For services given the Govern- ment at the Five Nations’ Con- gress at Albany, N. Y., in 1677, Henry Courcy was offered by the Maryland Governor as much land on a map as his thumb could cover. Courcy placed his thumb on the shore of Queenstown Creek and rolled it over. The area covered was about 1,600 acres. . national and local associations of | bullding owners and managers. The | one method the building owners can follow in guaranteeing protection to their investment is to become active members and make their managers active members, both of our national and local associations.” | Stabilization is seen as a major answer to the problems, according to Mr. Slosson. With vacancies mounting during the past few years, we practically started to give away our space. Unfair trade practices have crept in which have “Emergencies have been declared | to exist, notably in the coal industry. Here again we were forced to enter formal protest to protect our indus- try.” Urges Owner Support. He pleaded for owners' support to back up the efforts of building man- agers in protecting their investment. “‘Ours is an industry that has main- tained a high employment figure despite the fact that we ourselves have | | been in a distressed condition. Our vacancies have been most discour- aging, our delinquencies shocking, but despite these facts our building man- agers have been able to show a slight improvement in conditions, as evi- | denced by our latest rental survey. | “The building managers do, how- ever, need the continued support and backing of their owners, if they are to rescue the industry from its serious | difficulties. Action Required. | “Most of the accomplishments so far registered have been due to the watchful and constant efforts of the | Gordon Beecher has already caused a great deal of trouble to all of us. Such practices are not only destructive, but unjustified. Concen- trated action must be had on a pro- gram of stabilization which will elimi- nate them from the picture. HOUSING STAFF NAMED Bureau Chiefs for Baltimore Area Appointed by F. H. A, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. December 1.—Offi- cials of the Federal Housing Admin- istration have appointed John G. Rouse, chief reviewer; Willlam G Fairbanks, chief valuator; Dunbar A. Eberts, chief mortgage examiner, and P. T. Lemmon, chief reviewer, as bu- reau chicfs for the Baltimore area. W. been named architect for the Maryland section. ‘The new appointees were selected by field organizers of the construction and real estate division of the F. H. A. to INCREASE our SERVICE TO CONTRACT & WHOLESALE PURCHASERS OF BUILDING 410 & MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st, the entire division catering to Building Trade and Main- tenance Supply business of Barber & Ross, Inc., will be moved to BARBER & ROSS CITY at 5th and V Streets N.E. Complete administrative, clerical, ser- vice and warehouse organizations will be welded into a coordinated unit FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERV- ING YOU BETTER. Greatly improved facilities at BARBER & ROSS CITY where we have maintained warehouses, struc- tural steel and millwork plants for many years, will make it possible for you to secure every type of com- modity you have customarily purchased from us, with greater dispatch and increased satisfaction. PARKING SPACE is unrestricted and practically un- limited. We feel certain you will find it far more con- venient, and that you will derive a high degree of bene- fit in conducting your business with us here—IN THE 'HEART OF A FAST-GROWING CON- TRACT AND WHOLESALE DISTRICT. We look forward to your first visit. NEW 'PHONE NUMBERS DEcatur 0501-02-03-04-05-06-07- 08-09 and 0510 A y—5th & V NE DECEMBER 1, 1034, &7 "~ / s ! needs, opportunities, methods, services. Dates for principal sessions have been set. They are: REAL ESTATE General sessions, ’noon. January 24, and Priday morn- | ing and afternoon. | Meeting of the Board of Directors | Wednesday morning, in advance of the general and divisional sessions. Meetings of the Executive Commit- tees of the various specialized divisions and institutes of the association, Wed- 1 nesday afternoon and Thursday morn- | ing. Meeting of the entire membership of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers of the Institute of Real Estate Management and of the | brokers’ division of the association. ‘The individual realtor’s part in the nd possibly of other divisions, are in period of renewed real estate activity— W teaiatiye nian. Y=| Examination of applicants for which is strongly indicated as already | membership in the American Institute on the way—will be the central topic of Real Estate Appraisers will be before the National Association of held in Houston January 21 and 22 Real Estate Boards when 1t holds its | Realtors of the country at their annual business meeting in President | coming mid-Winter conclave, head- Hugh Potter’s home city, Houston, quarters for which will be the Rice Tex.,. January 23-26. Hotel, will be going back to the placc The program for the meeting, now of holding their annual business meet- in active preparation, is centering on ing of January, 1928, COLORED MODEL HOME ® - Capital View Realty Co. Cordially Invites You to Attend the Second Week's Showing of Washington's FIRST MODEL HOME IN CAPITAL VIEW, THE CAPITAL’'S FINEST COLORED SUBDIVISION *x * Kk % 5027 AMES ST. N.E. Completely Furnished by NATIONAL FURNITURE CO., INC. You Must See This Home To Appreciate It. 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