Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1935, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1935. REAL ESTATE, success of the program. Results have already been forthcoming. large newspaper and executives of (employe contact plan will be wide- two large financial concerns. spread as the program gains head- BESTIN'3 YEARS Records Reveal Increase of 350 Per Cent Over Same Period Last Year. (Continued From First Page.) erson street, four in the 4800 block of New Hampshire avenue and three in the 4400 block of Yuma street, the new Meadowbrook ‘“Grasslands” de- velopment. The second largest permit of the week went to the Cafritz Construction Co. for erection of eight two-story brick and concrete flats in the 1200 block of Concord avenue and the 5900 block of Thirteenth street at a cost of $64,000. Steuart Bros., Inc., Sixth street and New York avenue, obtained a permit to build five brick and concrete flats in the 1100 block of West Virginia avenue and the 1100 block of Morse street northeast. Clarence W. Gosnell was naned builder of the flats, which will cost about $44,000. Important permits of the week are as follows: [eadowbrook, Inc., Chevy Chase, Md., owners and builders; H. P. Bax- ter, architect; to erect nine 2-story brick_dwellings, 101, 105, 109, 113 and 117 Emerson street and 4831, 4835, 4839 and 4843 New Hampshire ave- Bue; to cost $75,000. Cafritz Construction Co., 1404 K street, owners and builders; A. W. Aubinoe, designer; to erect eight 2- story brick and concrete block flats, 1215-1227 Concord avenue, and 5911 ‘Thirteenth street; to cost $64,000. Steuart Bros., Inc., Sixth street and New York avenue, owners; Dana B. Johannes, jr, dbsigner: Clarence W. Gosnell, Inc, 1414 Monroe street, builders; to erect five 2-story brick and concrete block flats, 1119, 1123, 1127, 1131 West Virginia avenue, and 1115 Morse street northeast; to cost $44,000. The Penn Co., 1625 West Virginia avenue northeast, owners and build- ers; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect three 2-story brick flats, 1231-1239 Penn street northeast; to Meadowbrook, Inc., Chevy Chase, Md, owners and builders; H. P, Baxter, architect; to erect three 2- story brick and frame dwellings, 4413, 4417 apd 4421 Yuma street; to cost $20,000. Steuart Bros., Inc, owners; John R. Cadle, 228 Tenth street southeast, designer and builder; to erect four 2-story brick dwellings, 1838-1844 Bay street southeast; to cost $20,000. Eastern Construction Co., Inc., 2444 Eighteenth street, owners; Louis Moss. architect; A. J. Roach, Merimar Apartments, builder; to erect two 2- story brick dwellings, 6412 and 6416 Barnaby street; to_cost $16,000. William Gordon Buchanan, Tower Building, owner; E. B. Corning, archi- tect; Frank J. Wagner Co. builders; to erect two 2-story brick flats, 2714 and 2718 Sixth street; to cost $15,000. George L. Dyer, 1719 K street, owner; E. B. Corning, architect; Jeffress-Dyer Corp., 1719 K street, builders; to erect two 2-story brick and frame dwellings, 4659 and 4655 Massachusetts avenue; to cost $14,000. American’ Properties, Inc., 712 E | street southeast, owners; M. Platshon, designer; National Concrete Co., 641 Lamont street, builders; to erect one || 2-story brick and concrete garage and show room, 514 Eighth street south- east; to cost $12,500. Tolson, Kemp & Nix, Inc., 2314 Rhode Island avenue northeast, own- ers and builders; A. C. Tolson, jr., de- signer; to erect two 2-story brick and frame and tile dwellings, 1921 and 1925 Randolph street northeast; to cost $6,000 each. Bennett R. Scarff, 3726 Connecticut avenue, owner; E. J. Conner, designer; Joseph S. Devereux Co., Transporta- tion Building, builders; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 1416 Iris street; to cost $11,000. Mr. and Mrs. R. W, Maxwell, 1417 Newton street, owners; Dillon & Abel, designers; Douglass Construction Co., The Advisory Committee, Women’s Division of the Washington Better Housing Campaign, is shown above mapping plans for the luncheon to be held at the Mayflower Hotel April 5. Left to right: Miss Mae R. Murray, Mrs, John S. Bennett, chairman, and Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be guest of honor and James A. Moffett, Federal housing administrator, will make the principal address. —Star Staff Photo. erect one 1%,-story brick dwelling, 3352 Upland terrace; to cost $10,000. N. Mezzanotte, 2617 Fourteenth street, owner, designer and builder; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 1 and b Concord avenue; to cost $10,000. Charles and Florence Rizzo, 518 Third street northeast, owners; Jo- seph Tessitore, designer; Charles Rizzo, 518 Third street northeast, builder; to erect two 2-story stone veneer and frame dwellings, 1208 and 1212 Forty-fourth street southeast; to cost $4,500 each. Max Simon, 3720 Nichols avenue, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, archi- tect; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 542 Mellon street; to cost $8,000. Jacobson Bros., 1616 K street, own- ers and builders; George S. White, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4609 Sixteenth street; to cost $7,000. 1. E. Dodge, owner; Evan T. Con- ner, designer; Joseph S. Devereux Co., Transportation Building, builders; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 3236 Chestnut street; to cost $7,000. Maj. H. E. Pace, 3720 Jocelyn street, owner; Charles D. Hollis, Silver Spring, Md., designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick and concrete block dwelling, 5314 Thirty-second street; to cost $6,000. T. S. McClelland, 912 Nineteenth street, owner and designer; George E. Ferris, 3810 Albemarle street, builder; to erect one 1-story brick veneer dwelling, 3912 Macomb street; to cost $6,500. Hosea O. Duffey, 4619 Asbury place, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 4916 Brandywine street; to cost $5,000. G. C. Murphy Co., owner; H. E. Crosby, designer; to make repairs, 1215-19 F street, 1214-16 G street; to cost $5,000. Mike Asha and Gladys Perrin, 216 Southern Building, owners and build- ers; H. W. Gaines, designer; to erect two 1-story brick gas station build- ings, 6403 Blair road, to cost $4,320. Joseph Strohman, 1637 West Vir- Detached Brick . West of Sixteenth St. New-House Condition 1737 Webster St. N.W. 8 Rooms—2 Baths 2-Car Brick Garage tractive center-hall planned “Hiving room with open fire- 4 bedrooms, 2 baths on second: maid’s room and bath; hot-water heat: electric refrigerator: screens: Festher giripe; hardwood fidors. Be- Yoxlllnlfl" huflt to ull !nr 520.5001' And NOW PRICED AT COST Open Sunday 2 to 6 P.M. L. T. GRAVATTE 729 15th St. Realtor N: ginia avenue northeast, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, archi- tect; to erect one 2-story brick dwell- ing, 2214 Thirty-second street south- east, to cost $4,000. Dr. Edwin C. Morse, 2023 Massa- chusetts avenue, owner; Eugene Wag- gaman, architect; L. J. Vogel, Clar- endon, Va., builder; to erect one 2- story brick addition, 2023 Massachu- setts avenue, to cost $3.000. Annie C. Mitchell, owner; Thomas J. Jones, Bradbury Heights, designer and builder; to erect one 1-story brick- and-tile dwelling, 1125 Forty-fourth place southeast, to cost $3,500. David Derzavitz, 5323 Connecticut avenue, owner; David L. Stern Con- struction Co., Inc., 1412 I street, build- ers; to make repairs, 5015 and 5017 Connecticut avenue, to cost $2,500. Donald § Nash, 1816 Bryant street Ezhibit Home—$9,450 Open Daily—on Hitchcock Lane. To reach Country Club Grove, drive out Canal road, over Chain Bridge and straight ahead up Glebe road one mile. northeast, owner and builder; W. H. Nash, designer; to erect two 3-story brick-and-frame additions, 2406 Twentieth street northeast, to cost $1,600. Lieut. Col. Robert H. Fletcher, ir., 2320 Tracy place, owner; Ward Brown, designer; to erect two 1-story brick and concrete block additions and re- pairs, 1921 Twenty-fourth street, to cost $1,500. L. R. O'Donnell, 406, 1700 I street, owner; D. M. Marthinson & Co., build- er; to make repairs, 1513 Twenty- eighth street, to cost $1.600. Bennett R. Scar:, 3726 Connecticut avenue northwest, owner; E. J. Con- ner, designer; Joseph 8. Devereux Co., Transportation Building, builders; to erect brick garage, 1416 Iris street; to cost $500. 7,950 w “The Suburb in the City” Spring brings new beauty and charm to restricted Country Club Grove, near the Washing- ton Golf and Country Club and but a 15-minute drive from the ‘White House. Secluded, wooded settings and rippling stream give added at- tractiveness to the fine new Co= lonial center-hall and English homes. Unique plans afford un- usually large rooms and gener- ous closets. Living rooms end Tecreation rooms with wood- burning fireplaces. Efficiency kitchens, tiled baths, spacious lawns, built-in garages. VIRGINIA GARDENS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Owners and Builders District 6563 W. S. HOGE, Jr., Agent Clarendon 1135 *I'M GOING TOMAKE SOME- ONE AN IDEAL SUMMER HOME" i, HOUSING PROGRAM BOOSTS PAY ROLLS Los Angeles Plan for Prop- erty Rehabilitation Gains Momentum. As the Los Angeles plan for property rehabilitation gains momentum through co-operation from the Cali- fornia organization of the Better Housing Program, substantial pay roll gains are reported for January with some increases reaching 70 per cent. Representatives of the Federal Hous- ing Administration are combining their efforts with the Committee of One Hundred in its program to stimu- late $100,000,000 in repair and mod- ernization projects in industry and among the employes of industry. In connection with the industrial campaign being conducted by the| Southern California office of the Housing administration, a fleld rep- resentative is contacting all members of the “Committee of One Hundred” as well as other leading business men and industrialists, offering assistance Oven Saturday PHlLLIPS & NAtional 4600 One large furniture company execu- tive, employing 1,700 workers, has agreed to send a letter to all employes inclosing the property owners’ book- let of information published by the Housing Administration and also the descriptive folder explaining the financing plan. He has also agreed to send to each worker a question- naire which is to be returned to the sales manager of the concern, who, with his assistant, is to act as con- tact man for the various employes wishing information regarding the national housing act. In addition, the furniture concern is organizing an information buerau on housing matters for the conven- lence of the general public as well as employes. Similar contact with employes has been promised hy the publisher of a MODERN CORNER HOME Overlooking Park For Only $5,950 1727 l3tl: St S.E. AL HO! 114 Bridge, turn ieft on § !t ln l‘ili‘f‘rmmu! AFT YSHAW 916 Woodward Bldg. Nat. 7936—Eve., Col. 1195 Chevy Chase, Md. [ J Price 0,350 Between the Chevy Chase and Columbia Country Clubs, on a beautiful wooded lot 200 ft. deep, is this large six-room home, which sold for many thousand dollars above this price. There are six large rooms, bath and modern basement. The kitchen refrigeration. The entire house has been put in new condition, afternoon, Sunday and each afternoon in the week rage; also large attic and s modern and has electrical all day CANBY, Inc. Investment Bldg. Early American Colonial Homes In Langhorne Commllnlty il 316 and 318fiflton Ave., Clendo a. IARLY Virginian Colonial architec- ture has been carefully carried out—including wide oak plank floors. Large living room with fireplace, pe- riod mantelpiece and corniced dining room with painted dado rail, and scenic paper. Large master bed room with fireplace and dressing alcove. Prices $8,500 $9,000 It is intimated that the employe; A STRIKING VALUE—$12,950 that will impress the discriminating purchaser ., . QUALITY 3750 Jocelyn St. N.W. Just West of Conn. Ave. A home that will surely meet your exact require. ments if you are seeking outstanding individuality. A soundness of value seldom characterizing the speculatively built home. Eight rooms, including 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, first- floor den, maid’s room. Spacious copper-screened porch. Entire house screened and weather-strip- ped. Attic insulated with rock wool. G. E. refrigerator. Garage. OPEN SUNDAY Phone EMerson 5363 11 SOLD All Different For thirty years we have been CREATING ORIGINAL DESIGNS and building homes. We consider these new designs the greatest step forward we ever have seen in all these years. BE INFORMED BEFORE BUYING PRICED NOW §12,450 Three Bed Rooms, 2 Baths, Large Living Room. A new type garage, electric kitchens, oil heaters, full size attics and cellars; 60-foot lots—up to 100 feet slight extra. Many new ideas and the most home for the money in all Washington. 5130 Connecticut avenue, builders; to Two additional bed rooms and tiled bath (laundry tubs in basement). Brick garage of same architecture con- nected to house by arched shelter, giving the effect of the outside kitchen of that period. Lot is fifty by one hundred and thirty feet—well shaded and has been planted with box, wis- taria and forsythia. Nice neighbor- hood, excellent bus service, fifteen minutes to the center of the city. WEALER LBRO Dlst. My location alone, at nearby Edgewater Beach, Md. . . . fronting on South River, should recom- mend me .. .but I am so well planned . .. with 8 big rooms . . . 4 of them bedrooms, a large living room with open fireplace, kitchen, bath, dining room . . . and 60 FEET of COPPER SCREENED PORCHES! ... I'm furnished completely . . . have electricity, running water from driven well . . . an electric range . . . and stand on a cool, shaded corner lot, 55x267 feet. Address me care of E. L. Elliott, The Highview. Phone COlumbia 3177-J. L4 OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY 70 REACH: Motor over Key ridge. take Wils B C1arandon, sart Momi- ment fo Milton Ave. and fol- low signs to h Wash. Bldg. 1 North Patrick Henry Sehool Arlington, Va. Open for Inspection Sunday The District of Columbia Building Be[nlnlehi lllvt been followed in _the construction of these REALTORS . This home was advertised last Sunday and sold to Lieut. Col. H. E. Pitz PRICED NOW 813 450 Four Bed Rooms, one of which is a studio room, 2 Baths, First-Floor Toilet, Big Living Room and Dining Room. All our homes are brick and stone. Inside garage entrance. Electric Kitchens, Oil Heaters. Ultramodern. @ We are building and selling these extraordinary homes at these unheard-of prices for a very defi- nite and specific reason right now. YOU CAN PROFIT BY IT They are located in what we consider the finest home section of Chevy Chase, Maryland, near all the important golf clubs. @ Sunday we will be at 6542 Maple Ave., Chevy Chase, and in a few moments will take you to see these homes. use sewer connected with the new sewel / ment charge paid. Cit; '0_INSPECT: Cross Hi Pike (o the Ariincton Fost Ofice where the stveet c:::‘e‘r to houses. Convenient to stores and bus line, VAUGHN & USILTON, ™ Builders Just Completed ... A Ch;rming French Provincial Home in 1347 Somerset Place N.W. We have sold 8 homes during the month of March, have no more finished homes to offer, but wxll take your order now and have your house ready for occupancy in 3 months. 4 Homes Now Under Construction $9,750 to $11,500 Come out tomorrow and look over Washington’s fastest selling subdivision. Over thirty homes built and sold Inspect the type of construction you have al- ways wanted, only the best of materials and labor used and home planning that only the builders’ years of experience can produce. To reach: Drive out 16th St. to Sheridan St. and turn right to 14th St., then left one block to Somerset Place. Jacobson Bros. Di. 2126 1616 K St. N.W. Ge. 9865 Flowers Jare blooming—trees are budding--roadways lead througha tree-canopied fairyland in Spring Valley. Drive out today—see the Furnished Exhibit Home 4921 Quebec Street Open 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. Furnished by Potthast Brothers. Accessories by Brown Tea Pot Shop, Rugs by Keshishian. Modern Gas Conveniences by Washington Gas Light Co. We advise you to lnvestiga!e —then we ask you to look all Washington over for such a value BRADLEY HILLS THAT ATTRACTIVE SECTION ADJOINING EDGEMOOR Situated on more than Y-acre lot It contains @ large living room, dining room, kitchen and study (or extra b - begnfe i Bors e Thyee Iaree bed Fooms and two baths, Decorated by Wesley Heights here is a maid's room and lavatory in the basement. Shop. The z::;’:-{‘éfo&'fl ek with inguiated walls and celling. _The roof 13 Drie out Massachusetts Avenue, turn Ig glate with copper fashings and gutterings. The oak. _The Fogiaem Quel automatic—as is also the hot-water. Electric remnrlnon Modern Jiances through co-operation Wuhinnon Gas Light Company. —TO INSPECT— We will meet you at 6542 Maple Ave—one of our $13,750 homes. Drive straight out Commecticut Ave. to BRADLEY LANE (Chevy Chase Club), turn LEFT 2 squares to Maple Ave., thew TURN RIGHT 4 squares 10 6542 Maple Ave. HANNON-&LUCHS DIVILOMANT €O, on pring TO REA S\ Gley Boulevard. Turn lefts e Pt et T, Aembood, then the house 18 on the Hight. JOHN D. COBB Builders 921 15th St, N.W. J. EDWARD FARRAR Designers A. N. MILLER Lo W. C. € St District 1119 17¢h