Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1935, Page 16

B—2 #% REA L ESTATE. HONE BULDING SHONS INCREASE Total in First Week of March Only Slightly Under Entire Month of 1934. (Continued From First Page.) —_— brick-and-tile dwelling, 4514 Ed- munds street; to cost $10,500. Frank S. Phillips, Fifteenth and K streets, owner; Dillon & Abel, design- ers; E. N. Hamilton, 4212 Eighth street, builder; to erect one 2-story brick-and-frame dwelling, 3842 Ma- comb street; to cost $10,000. G. F. Mikkelson, Chevy Chase, Md., owner and builder; R. W. Berry, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 3333 Rittenhouse street; to cost $9,000. G. F. Mikkelson, Chevy Chase, Md., owner and builder; R. W. Berry, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 3327 Rittenhouse street; to cost $9,000. G. F. Mikkelson, Chevy Chase, Md., owner and builder; R. W. Berry, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 3321 Rittenhouse street; to cost $9,000. L. E. Breuninger & Sons, Inc., 1515 K street, owners and builders; H. L. Breuninger, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and concrete. block dwelling, 1510 Locust road; to cost $8,500. L. E. Breuninger & Sons, Inc., 1515 K street, owners and builders; H. L. Breuninger, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and concrete block dwelling, 1520 Locust road; to cost‘ $8,500. H. K. Jawish, Investment Building, owner and builder; C. B. White, de- signer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 6212 Thirty-first street; to cost $6,500. Tolson, Kemp & Nix, Inc, 2314 Rhode Island avenue northeast, own- ers and builders; A. C. Tolson, jr., designer; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 2511 Bunker Hill road northeast: to cost $6,000. Joseph H. Monez, 2833 Twenty- seventh street northeast, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect; to erect one l-story brick and tile dwelling, 5400 Cathedral avenue; to cost $5,000. Martin ~ McInerney, Investment Building, owner and builder; O. R. Scholz, designer; to erect one 1-story brick store, 4413 Bowen road south- east; to cost $5,000. Frank A. Leon, owner; L. De Ladurantaye, designer; A. B. Jeffery, 1608 Kearney street northeast, build- er; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 2411 Perry street northeast; to cost $5,000. Raymond C. McGee, 4310 Tenth street northeast, owner; L. F. Stock, jr., designer; Parkhill Construction Co., Chandler Building, builders; to erect one 1-story brick and concrete block gas station, 2800 Twelfth street northeast; to cost $4,000. Louis Marathon, 1310 First street northeast, owner and builder; W. B. Honey, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1501 Neal street north- east; to cost $4,000. Calvert Realty Co., 1625 K street, owners and builders; R. O. Scholz, architect; to erect eight brick ga- rages, 3805-10 Calvert street; to cost $2,400. L. T. Washington, 5327 Sixteenth street, owner and builder; E. L. Whit- tington, designer; to erect one 1-story brick and concrete electrical shop, al- ley rear 3460 Fourteenth street; to cost $2,000. R. E. Peterson, 1324 Monroe street, owner and bullder; W. Valentine, ae- signer; to erect one 1-story brick and steel restaurant, 839 Bladensburg road northeast; to cost $2,500. Manuel Rosenfeld, trading as Pep Boyd, owners; M. Cladny Construc- tion Co., 4707 Kansas avenue, build- ers; to make repairs, 3130 M street; to cost $1,000. Shoreham Investment Co., Shore- ham Building, owners and builders; Clarence L. Harding, architect; to make repairs, Shoreham Building; to cost $1,000. Bates Wairen, owner; John D. Cobb, 927 Fifteenth street, builder; to make repairs, 1424 Sixteenth street; to cost $800. | Southern Dairies, Inc., 60 M street northeast, owner; Pringle & Arnold, 1315 Half street southeast, builders; ! to make repairs, 60 M street north- east, to cost $600. Waple & James, 1226 Fourteenth | street, owners and builders; F. G. Wilcox, designer; to erect two brick garages, 5711 and 5715 Kansas ave- nue, to cost $550. Mrs. Ida May Curtis, 240 Peabody street, owner; Edward A. Hyde, 1324 Levis street northeast, designer and builder; to erect one 1-story frame addition, 240 Peabody street, to cost‘ 00. | Louis Marathon, 1310 I street| northeast, owner and builder; W. B. Honey, architect; to erect brick ga-| rage, 1501 Neal street northeast, to cost $500. Mrs. R. A. Kirby, 1451 Park road, owner; V. G. Johnson, builder; to make repairs, 1246-1248 Eleventh | street southeast, to cost $450. Cooley Bros., Tower Building, own- ers and builders; George T. Santmy- ers, architect; to erect three brick garages, 113, 115, 117 Madison street, to cost $450. John A. Walker, 5407 Kansas ave- nue, owner; M. P. Tailor, builder; to | inclose porch, 5407 Kansas avenue, to | cost $350. Diwswan Row & w9 Wo" NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, This French-type town house, modeled after a prize design by Henry H. Dean, New York architect, and planned by J. T. Fetsch, is being built by W. C. & A. N. Miller for Mr. and Mrs. Fetsch in Spring Valley. The house will occupy a corner lot and has a center-hall plan. It will be fur- nished with furniture imported from Mr. Fetsch's ancestral home in Europe. Business Office Individual Spectal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 9.—New metropolitan business offices are now striking a note of individuality as well as of impressiveness in their decora- tion. Leading decorators are em- ployed to work out backgrounds which | | will either suggest the up-to-dateness | | of the occupant or convey an im- | pression of maturity and reliability. | The former characteristic is generally expressed by a smart modern style, and the latter in a period effect, often with antique furnishings. An example of the modern trend in office decoration is the sanctum of @ woman consultant to manufac- turers on the women's viewpoint as it affects his products. In her con- ference room, which, like many other | New York business suites, is neces- sarily small, she had the walls painted silvery gray, with the trim in light gray, in order to convey the impres- sion of greater space. The floor is a deep brown linoleum in a tile pat- tern, and the baseboard is painted to match the floor. Yellow draperies hang at the windows., All this forms an effective background for walnut furniture, including a curved library desk with a graceful armchair. A lawyer’s office high up in a sky- scraper overlooking the bay com- bines an up-to-date modernism with a reminder of the past. Modern-day decoration, expressed in white walls and special lighting fixtures, blends | gracefully with mahogany desks and chairs of the Federal period, the time | of Hamilton and Jefferson, those | great early American statesmen so revered by the legal profession. Distinctly modern is a designer's office and studio in midtown New York, with its tan-painted walls above a low set of shelves and cupboards which are painted a slightly darker tone. These contain an astonishing amount of space for books and draw- ings. The designer's desk was spe- | cially made so as to combine the usual desk requirements with a top which could be raised to a slanting position for drawing and special gx:a]wers and trays for artists’ mate- S, Impressive and individual is the office of a prominent stylist, in which —_———m—— Just Completed $12,950~~TERMS 4936 BUTTERWORTH PLACE N.W. (2 Blocks North of Mass. Ave. at 49th) AN AIR-CONDITIONED HOME BED ROOMS_AND BATH ON FLOOR. 3 BED ROOMS ane AND DINING BUILT-IN GARAGE. Built by O. T. and W. A. Carr intn stree blocks and then tu ARTHUR CARR Mills Bldg. NA. 2865 Mortgage Loans Monthly Payments of $6-60 on each $1,000 borrowed, include interest and pay oft loan in 20 years. o Interest charged only on unpaid balance of principal. Decorations and Impressive the artistry of the owner is suggested in the soft yellow-painted, rough- surfaced walls, one of which is en- hanced with a beautiful Chinese hanging painted on silk. Adding to the effect is the unusual treatment of the wall opposite the windows, which is partly taken up with book shelves. These shelves, with the re- | maining wall surface, are painted & deep chocolate brown. The floor is covered with a solid- color carpet in which various tones of reddish brown form large, geo- metrically-shaped spaces which are related to the shape of the room and the placement of a large desk of beautiful brown tropic wood. Simi- lar wood is used for the chairs or they are painted a deep brown to match the trim. New Multi-Copy Pad. A new, small autographic register for multiple-copy hand-written records is no larger than the ordinary sales pad and weighs about a pound when fully loaded with 150 forms. 1371 Locust Road Shepherd’s Park, D. C. 6 rooms, 2 baths, finished attic, double garage, 2 nice porches, one screened; oil burner. All modern improvements, beautiful fenced-in back lot, overlooking wooded valley. $12,000 Open Saturday and Sunday J. B. DRAPER SILVER SPRING, MD. Phone SHEPHERD 3359 SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1935. ELEVATORS PROVE APARTMENT WORTH Self-Service Kind Prove Satis- factory for Small Buildings. Slower Type Preferable. 1f owners of small apartment houses, hotels and office buildings knew how many prospective tenants turn away when they find no elevator, there probably would be fewer “walk-up” buildings. Many elevatorless depart- ment stores, hospitals, schools and colleges also could install lifts to ad- vantage. A satisfactory type of elevator for smal! buildings is the self-service kind, which, instead of serving one call at a time, as most elevators of this sort do. stops at each floor at which a button has been pressed for the direc- tion in which it is traveling. This elevator banishes the main objection to self-service—namely, slow service. Two such elevators may be inter- connected for prompt service during the rush hours. The type of elevator most suitable for a particular building depends on the number of people and the weight and area of freight to be carried in & given time. When that is known, the necessary size and speed can be com- puted with ease. High-speed elevators mean a high initial cost expensive operation and maintenanc® Although advisable for many large buildings, they are impractical for small build- ings of a few stories. The slower- geared type is satisfactory and oper- ates on either direct or alternating current. A wide entrance and large loading areas at each floor are im- portant in preventing congestion de- lays. AS A HOME OR INVESTMENT A REAL VALUE In Chevy Chase, D. C. Just West of Connecticut Avenue 3750 Jocelyn St. 8 Rooms—2 Baths $12,950 This is a bona fide VALUE .. .3 “lot of house” for s surprisingly low price. thoroughly modern and in perfeci condition. On the first floor is Iarge living room with fire- finished " in ractive den. 14313, insulated En- dining room . Attie with Maid tire house and screened. refrigeration. Nicely landscaped trees shading & spaci poreh. Open Sunday and Evenings to 9 P.M. Or Phone for Appointment, EM 5363 = Curtis Millwork, and_Lumber by W. T. Galliher & Bros. Drive Conn. Chepy Chase Circle ple SE.. turn left 1 square to ‘eadow Lane, left to property. e BEECHWOOD IN CHEVY CHASE A NEW EXHIBIT HOME 6414 Meadow Lane DETACHED CENTER-HALL BRICK 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths Attractive Wooded Lots Four Other Houses Under Construction out Ave, to Thorn- past OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY G. F. Mikkelson & Son Owners and Builders MILTON F. SCHWAB, SALES Another Newbold Home Completed and Open for Your Inspection 109 Battery Lane Battery Park, Md. PAINT FACTORIES SPUR CAMPAIGN Plants Being Modernized in Co-operation With Housing Drive. On the theory that “people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,” the Nation’s paint industry is conducting a campaign for the reno- vation and improvement of the plants and properties engaged in the produc- tion of paints, varnishes and laquers and is educating its distributors to carry this message to property owners. The effect of this support to the better housing program, as reported to the Federal Housing Administra- tion, is two-fold: 1. Out of 476 paint manufacturers contacted, more than 86 per cent are co-operation with the Federal Hous- ing Administration by making repairs to their own plants and equipment and encouraging their employes to make repairs to their homes. Many Join Drive. 2. Approximately 65 per cent of the manufacturers contacted are develop- ing intensive campaigns designed to thoroughly. educate their sales organ- izations in the advantages to be gained from co-operation with the better housing progrgm so that they may help paint dealers, distributors and contractors to increase their sales through participation in the housing movement. ‘This activity is in direct accord with Administrator Moffett’s suggestion to industries that they do their share of modernization and repair just as the home owner and small business prop- erty owner is being asked to do under the better housing program. The industry’s support falls into four phases: Manufacturers are mak- ing repairs to their own plants and equipment. Employes are being en- couraged to make repairs to their own homes. Manufacturers and distribu- tors are co-operating enthusiastically | in the organization and development Home of Doellers To Be Completed In Several Months Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., March 9. —The new home of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Doeller of Wash- ington, being erected on their estate, Prospect Hill, near Or- lean, Va., will be completed in about two months, Thomas A. Fransioli, architect, announced today. A handsome stone mansion is being built to replace the historic home of Mr. and Mrs. Doeller which was burned in 1933. Mr. Fransioli also is rebuild- ing the old stone farm house on Sunnyside Farm near Warren- ton, for Miss Dorothy Neyhart. The house will be ready for oc- cupancy about April 1. chitect is modernizing of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jenkins on the Lee Highway, 2 miles east of Warrenton. The house was formerly the Nordix Club. of community better housing cam- paigns. Manufacturers are developing sales programs to educate dealers and contractors in the advantages to be gained from their own participation in the housing movement. A recent tabulation by the Federal Housing Administration revealed that of 23 cities surveyed, 26.2 per cent of the modernization needs of the av- erage home was exterior painting and an additional 13.6 per cent was for interior decorating, which includes many paint projects. This is in- terpreted by the industry as being a consequence of its own efforts to “clean house” first. A questionnaire sent by the Federal Housing Administration to members of the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association produced a defi- nitely favorable reaction in 476 re- plies. These replies were classified for in- terpretation as follows: Class A, those co-operating with the better housing program and “doing a good sales job,” 299 or 62.8 per cent. Class B, those co-operating with the better housing program, but doing little in the way of developing a sales pro- gram, 111, or 23.3 per cent. Class C, those doing nothing to co-operate with the better housing program, 66, or 13.9 per cent. See This Beautiful NEW CENTER-HALL HOME center. home room with beautiful electric refrigerati Built and HARRIS or Your Broker et ¥ A ) - L’! fireplace . . . ELECTRIC HEALTH KITCHEN in o! a conven| Also * 3908 d ¢ 2oiors iy every buliicin breakfast neled 1ibrary 2ad fleor . * rock woel insulaion. Never connected with other Real Estate office or builders of simi- lar name. for Sale by SHAPERO ® One Sold ® ey Exhibit Home Furnished by Palais Royal 514 Quackenbos Streét N.W. TO REACH For ease in reach- ing _these lovely NEW _homes drive out Georgia Aye- nue to Quackenbos Street. turn right to houses. LOCATED dwellings co: home owner. section, today’s EVERYTHING “in” and “out” of these brick IN an ever-popular residential home shopper will find nducive to his happiness as a THESE HOMES CONTAIN: Seven spacious rooms...three bed rooms...two tiled baths featuring the Neo-Angle tub with showers. ..fireplace in living room...recreation room...floored attic...built-in garage...an elec- Open Today and Daily 10 AM. to ® P.M. 1519 K St. N.W. OR YOUR tric health kitchen...built for comfort, they are weather-stripped throughout, with Celotexed and floored attics and heated by an ofl-burner furnace. WM. H. SAUNDERS CO., Inc. DIst. OWN BROKER 1015 REAL ESTATE. F.H.A. URGES HOT-WATER TANK SAFETY DEVICES Suggestions Offered on Elimina- tion of Damage and Possible Injury From Systems. Suggestions as to the elimination of dangers of damage and possible | human injury from hot-water sys- | tems is included in material supplied | to the PFederal Housing Administra- tion. i According. to expert authority, do- mestic hot water systems, whether in the form of auxiliary heaters cor- nected to boilers or as separate unit heaters, should be protected with | pressure and temperature relief valves. | Overheating of domestic hot water generates steam which, without safety | devices, sometimes causes heaters to | burst causing damage and, on occa- | sions, injuries. Provision of a safety device prevents possible damage to| the water meter. | Systems already equipped in mch‘ & manner should be checked at least | once a year by a master plumber. BEITZELL\0ffeting THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME ® Must Be Sold This Week @ CENTER-HALL COLONIAL A REAL VALUE $8,950 NEAR FRANCISCAN MONASTERY 4101 13th St. NE. (Brookland) Corner brick dwelling, 6 rooms, bath and built-in garage. Weather - stripped, caulked, Rock Wool insula- tion, automatic heat. Electric refrigeration. 2 screened porches. Recreation room. Excellent condition. Open Sunday After 2 P.M. Wash. Loan & Trust Co., Agent Has 6 large rooms . . e baths . .+ . lavatory on first floor . beautiful big fire- place oil burner . . . in- sulated with rock wool . . . all solid brass door and elec- tric fixtures . . . 10-ft. side porch . . . master bedroom 22x14Y; fine modern kitchen with built-in cabinet and electric refrigeration . . . finished attic . . . built-in garage . . . beautiful lot. 362 CUMBERLAND ST. N.W. [o] Il day Sund Drive Out Now! B R Drive out Connmecticut Ave. fto Cumberland St. (4700 block Conn, Ave.), left 1% blocks to home. Tower Bldg. 3612 DAVIS ST IN MASSACHUSETTS AVE. HEIGHTS. ONE OF THOSE RARE OFFERINGS THAT THE SHREWD BUYER IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING. BUILT TO ORDER FOR $20,000; IS NOW_ IN NEW HOUSE CONDITION. PRICE ONLY $14,750 A beautiful home in exclusive section near Massachusetts Ave. All-brick Colonial; 2 fireplaces (one in master bed room), 4 bed rooms, 2 baths, first-floor lavatory, sun room, screened rear porch, big attic, oil heat, 2-car built-in garage. House has been finely refinished and is vacant. Inspect at once for a bargain. DRIVE WEST FROM MASSACHUSETTS AVE. AROUND OBSERVATORY CIRCLE TO DAVIS ST. AND HOUSE OPEN AND HEATED TODAY, 2 TO DARK: SUNDAY 10 TO DARK, AND DAILY 2 TO DARK BOSS & PHELPS REALTORS Towering trees, flowers, dogwood, luxuriant leafy foliage, all the woodland hues of Spring will soon add magic color to beautiful Spring Valley. Plan to greet Spring in your Miller-built home here. See the new homes—particularly the Furnished Exhibit Home 4921 Quebec Street Open 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. Charming New All-Brick ome 22 Fairview Road Price, $10,950 OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY To Inspect—Out Sizteenth or Georgia Avenue to trafic light, Silver Spring. Out Colesville Pike to signs on left. 721 Phone 10th Nat’l St. 0765 Furnished by Potthast Brothers Accessories by Brown Tea Pot Shop Rugs by Keshishian Modern Gas Conveniences by Washingtos Gas Light Co. Decorated by Wesley Heights Shops Drive out Massachusetts Avenue, turn left on Fordham Road to 4921 Quedec Street, Spring Valley. A. N. MILLE District 4464 o Amourt loaned—up to 607 Other plans of of appraised value. financing first mortgage loans available. H. L. RUST COMPANY 1001 Fifteenth Street National 8100 Price, $9,450 By all means inspect this new center-hall home tfoday. Six large rooms. Lovely side porch. Electric kitchen. Garage. Located in prettiest section of Battery Park. Built by Alfred T. Newbold. Directions—Out Wisconsin Avenue to Bank of Bethesda, follow car line to Battery Lane, left to property. Presented by CYRUS KEISER, JR. 5211 Wisconsin Ave. @ Valuable prepayment privi leges. REALTORS Established Since 1915 Suburban Office, 8955 Georgia Avenue Phone Shepherd 3530 1119 17ith St. CL. 5371