Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1935, Page 17

CROWDS ACCLAIN FIRST SILVER STAR RESIDENCE OF 198 Barnaby Street Dwelling Enters Second Week of Exhibition. VISITORS VOICE HIGH PRAISE OF INTERIOR Price Set at $11,250, Believed Most Attractive Quotation for Majority. Acclaimed by several thousand visi- tors as one of the most attractive model homes presented in Washing- ton, the first Silver Star home of 1935, at 6501 Barnaby street, tomorrow Wwill enter its second week of public exhi- bition under sponsorship of The Star. The home, early American in design, §s located in the new development of Barnaby Woods, a section of East Chevy Chase. The new section has | WASHINGTON, D. C, Interior Views of Silver Star Home Show Tasteful Furnishing and pering SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1935. Sfar * s ” Left: The unusually light and airy dining room. Right: Depth and spaciousness of the living room is shown. PAGE B—1 % ONEFAMILY HOME PERMITS IN D.C., 3VEAR PEAK Week’s Total Indicates Fast Recovery of Construc- tion Industry. VALUATION OF $39§,900 ON ALL PROJECTS Absence of Unusually Large Con- struction Evidence of Healthy Growth in Capital. All vestige of doubt that Washing- ton’s home construction industry is fast recovering from its depression ill- ness was swept aside this week when the total of one-family dwellings au- | thorized during the current fortnight | reached 90, a peak for the past several | years. Building permits for 49 residences were issued this week alone, while last week’s total was 41. been carved from a beautiful rolling wood by the Barnaby Woods Devel- | opment Co., of which Edward R. Carr | resident. “1‘2 was estimated conservatively that more than 2,500 persons inspected the | house during the first week of dem- onstration. The visitors voiced high | praise of the exterior appearance of Silver Star Home On Barnaby Street Is Easily Reached COUNTY BUILDING 2,769 F. H. A. Force Di;'ects 250,000 Volunteers in Drive MODERNIZING GAIN | | One hundred and thirty-seven per- | mits in all were procured this week by builders, falling but three short of last week's figure, which was the highest sinee the depression set hold of the Capital. The total valuation of the week's permits was $392.900.50, a substantial $150,000 REALTY SALES Week's List Announced by Harry B. Pitts Co. Sales in the last 90 days aggregating the home, ‘its setting and the attrac- tively decorated rooms. The house was indorsed by The Star’s Silver Star ‘The Silver Star home at 6501 Barnaby street, Chevy Chase, may be reached from downtown Wash- ington by driving out Connecti- cut avenue to Nebraska avenue, right approximately a mile to Utah avenue and then left five blocks to Barnaby street. The house is located about two blocks from the intersection of Utah avenue and Barnaby street. The public is invited to inspect the home. It will remain open from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Committee, composed of experts in all phases of home building and planning. Priced at $11,250. The house is priced at $11250, a price which the sponsors believe to | be the most attractive for a majority | of people interested in obtaining a| home. It is presented in the hope that prospective owners may use it @5 a guide toward obtaining the best | in home values. | The interior of the home, furnished In genuine antiques by Sarah Wil- loughboy Moody of Bethesda, M probably has attracted as much a tention as the house itself. The fur- $820,330 IN LOANS nishings harmonize pcr{crll}{ with (}}:ei APPROVED BY Fn H- A- house. Mrs. Moody has spared no| expense in decorating the Silver Star structure. | One is mpressed with the beauty of | the furnishings immediately upon en- | tering. The rather small entrance hall contains a fine old card table, with a gold-leaf mirror hanging over it. | The setting is completed with a Sher- i Vi needl t. o Cha“"‘m‘”m ““h_ . D Housing Administration has made in- Furniture Lends Dignity. | surance commitments on 122 loans The liivng room is another spot of | for a total of $820,330, J. K. Gilchrist, beauty. It has ruffled tie-back cur- | director, announced today. tains, with overcurtains of brown and | During the four-month period. 346 vellow. An old portrait over the man- | applications and appraisal fees have tel lends cignity to the setting. There | been accepted. The applications cover is a small love seat in the room and | loans amounting to $2.206,232.89. Record of 4 Months’ Insurance Commitments in District Announced. Since beginning operation January 1, the District office of the Federal one chair upholstered in the same | Many of them now are under consid- material as the overcurtains. An- | eration. other chair is upholstered in yellow Mr. Gilchrist’s announcement was brocade. Then there are two early | the first summation of actual Federal empire armchairs with striped bro- | Housing Administration accomplish- cade on the slip seat, and a fine old [ ments in the District. 2 desk. Work done this week gives indica- The room furnishing is completed | tion of rapidly expanding operation with & Chippendale chest, lamp with | of the Washington unit, which is fast GAINS CONTINUE Arlington Swings Toward Establishing All-Time High Record. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. | ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,, |May 4.—Building operations in Ar- lington continue to move in an up- ward direction, with nothing in sight to halt the swing toward establiching | an all-time high record for the county. Ninety-two building permits, cald- ing for expenditures of $1,200,235, were issued during the month of April. This figure brings the yearly total to $1,887,356, an unprecedented volume for the four-month period. Real estate men and building con- tractors view the situation with pleas- ure, to say nothing of anticipation of a steady building program for months to come. A check-up of real-estate men dis- closes that few places are available |for rent, with houses scafcely to be found. Apartments are the only things available, and they apparently are less plentiful than the demand for them. The largest permit issued during April was for the Colonial Village apartments, now under construction on Wilson boulevard, near the court house. This permit was for $850,- 000, and was made possible under the Federal housing act. Upon completion the Colonial Vil- lage project will contain 276 apart- ments, ranging in size from three to ive rooms. It is said that the ma- |Nation-Wide Effort to Revive Building in the neighborhood of $150.000 have been made by the Harry B. Pitts Co. increase over the $351,850 aggregate for the preceding period. white parchment shade, an attrac- tive antique tray on a stand with original decorations. The rug is Ori- | ental with a background of pale tan. | developing into a smooth-functioning | jority of these apartments have al- organization. The number of appli- | ready been reserved. cations accepted for appraisal ‘was 90, Other April permits, calling for which is the largest of any week so | $350.235 in building construction, are Two hundred and fifty thousand volunteer workers. aided and di- rected by but 2769 paid employ- es, are carrying on the Nation- wide drive of the Federal Hous- ing Administration to revive the build- ing and heavy goods industries, ac- cording to Acting Administrator Stew- art McDonald. The ratio of volun- | teers to paid workers is 90 to 1. | Ever since the Federal Housing Ad- | | ministration started operation, trade, | labor and business have co-operated closely in developing and carrying out | the program. Many trade and tech- | nical organizations loaned their own men to the administration to serve as advisers, their salaries being paid by the private interests. : Industries Aid Meetings. More than 1,000 trained men were loaned by the various industries this Spring to help in a series of educa- tional meetings for those engaged in the building industry. The meetings, which are being held in communities throughout the country, are designed to show industry how it can co-oper- ate most effectively in the better-hous- ing program. Invaluable aid also is being given in rural communities by volunteer and unpaid State committees composed of representatives of practically every | State agency interested in improve- ment of conditions in the small towns | and country sections. Each State has | one of these committees actively pro- ‘mounx the cause of better housing in co-operation with the Federal Housing Administration. Actual work of organizing commu- Mrs. Moody also has placed beau- | far. These 90 applications call for tiful pieces in the dining room. The | some $355.000 of loans. g predominant. color used in furnishing Many times the number from whom this room is a light sherry. The wall- | appraisal fees actually were accepted paper is an unusual shade of blue, | called at the unit's offices for in- while there are ruffled tie-back cur- | formation concerning the F. H. A. tains. The rug is Oriental, wtih soft | home-financing plan. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) |~ = READ RESIGI\.IS PLACE By Far the Greatest Value of the Year WITH SHANNON & LUCHS | 4870 Chevy Will Be Title Officer and General Chase Blvd., Counsel of Suburban Title Maryland and Investment Corp. ‘8,450 You will be delighted with its well-proportioned living room, sunny dining room, mod- ern_electric kitchen and con- venient garage. second ndid a beau bath. see this house t Sunday 10 to days. 1 to 6. Raymond E. Read, for eight years | manager of the mortgage department | of Shannon & Luchs, local real estate firm, resigned this week to acecpt the positicn of title officer and general counsel of the Suburban Title & In- vestment Corp. . Coincident with his resignation, | Shannon & Luchs announced that George T. Hall will be its new mortgage | department manager. | Mr. Hall, who comes to the realty concern from the Home Owners’ Loan | Corp., has had some 15 years’ experi- ence in the mortgage and financial fleld. x Bros., Designers & Builders Wisconsin Ave. & T G Beadiey Laner, turn South. of - Bra 5 fejt"'2 “dquares to the electric home. ealty Associates, Inc. 1506 K St. Nat. 1438 $6,950 Lovely home in excellent South- east section of Washington. New-house condition. All mod- ern improvements. Oil heat, Frigidaire. Recreation room, sun parlor, breakfast nook. Six rooms and bath. Built-in ga- rage. Substantial deposit re- quired. 534 9th St. S.E. Detached Brick West of Conn. Avenue Two Squares From Circle Newly Renovate«j s 1550 44th St. Here Is Value Extraordinary —Inspect For a Bargain - Six large rooms — screened living and sleeping porches— Refrigeration—new house con- dition—1 full bath—and one | private wash stand and lava- | tory for master's room—Brick 3832 McKinley N.V Eight Rooms—2 Baths Built-in Garage A commodious 4-bed-room home. with 2 baths on 2nd floor; has hardwood floors. beautifully finish- ed, screens, weather strips, and built-in _garage. Besides the livin room, dining room. Kkitchen an sun voom. there is a full-sized breakfast nook. It is seldom that such an OEWH\III"-! exists to pur- chase a_ home of this character in a neighborhood of refinemen:. so conveniently situated to street cars. schools. churches, thester. ete, for Only $10,500—Terms Open Today and Sunday age. . A wonderful home—a mar- velous value—Terms if desired. Open Saturdey and All Day Sunday Phillips & Canby, Inc. | in the main for single-family dwell- | | ings. | REPOSSESSED HOME IN PERFECT CONDITION 6129 Broad Branch Road N.W. ; lnspet:it'w 3630 Jocelyn St. N.W. | High Elevation, Splendid | Environment, Close to Conn. Ave. 8ix rooms. 2 baths, open porch off of 19-ft." living room, screened |§| dining porch. 2nd floor screened | sleeping porch. attic. built-in garage. See the difference in a_home built by the owner for his own use and including unusual features. Owner, Leaving City, Will Sell for $3,000 Under 1931 Cost Open Sunday, 2 P.M. Until 6 P.M. Harry B. Pitts Co. Exclusive Agent 1015 15th St. N.W. Met. 0100 Situated on one of the prettiest lots in Chevy Chase, this big eight-room and two-bath home is an outstanding value. 100- foot corner lot; lavatory and toilet on_first floor. Maid’s room and bath in basement. Near public and parochial schools. Responsible _purchaser _ean onable cash payment and have nce financed in one amortized t paid like rent. each: Drive east om Rittenhouse St.. from Chevy Chase Circle to Broad Branch Rd., turn left to property. J. WESLEY BUCHANAN, INC. 916 15th St. Realtors Met. 1143 PARK MODEL HOME IN FOXALL Detached and Overlooking Beautiful Foundry Park See this delightful home of 7 rooms and 2 baths, furnished in_exquisite taste by W. B. Moses © Sons. With a beautifully wooded park ad- joining your rear garden, a first floor study paneled in knotty pine and an extra basement living room, you can really live in comfort. Every modern convenience, including gas heat. gas refrigerator and illuminated gas range. 1417 44TH STREET Drive out Que Street to Wisconsin Ave- nue, north one block to Reservoir Road, . west to 44th Street and turn left three blocks to the model home, open 9:30 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. daily. e WAVERLY TAYLOR s 1522 K Street National 1040 L. T. GRAVATTE 720 15th St. Realtor Nat. 0753 Na. 4600 Investment Bldg. Beautiful New Home Drive out Conn. Nortk of Leland), turn left 135 blocks to property. HERE 73 PER GENT and Heavy Goods Industries Aided “pril Figure $281,550 as| by Labor and Business. Against $162,873 in March, nities, holding house-to-house ecan- vasses, obtaining definite pledges of | repairs, additions, alterations and | The accumulating force of local and other improvement to all types of real national efforts to encourage real property—and then putting the prop- | estate modernization as a means to- | erty owners into direct contact warq recovery is reflected vividly in ! with contractors, building supply and " 2 ! equipment dealers—falls upon the the official April report of private Better Housing Committees in the PUilding in Washington, made public eELE S today by Col. John W. Oehmann, Dis- | trict building inspector. Unaided by F. H. A, While the total of private construc- | These committees get no money for | tion dropped slightly from March, | . | modernization work showed a 73 per their local better-housing programs | cent jncrease. The April figure was‘ from the Federal Housing Adminis- | £281,550, which is $118,677 more than | tration. Each community finances its | the total of $162,873 for the previous | own program, many he | month. | P BOY;OL them it the “And the increase would have been | | aid of the local Emergency Relief Ad- | g1} greater,” remarked a Federal | | ministration, which frequently pro- | Housing Administration official, “if we vides clerical helpers-and canvassers, had sufficient contractors to take care | A considerable number of the mm-iwzif_mo_- munities, however, use canvassers who - e are paid by the building trades. Committees vary in size from a hundred or more to less than half a | dozen, as the communities vary in population from a city the size of New | York to villages of 860 persons. Can- | vassing organizations range from paid | | forces of trained men and women, as | |in San Francisco, to carpenters and | bricklayers on relief, or volunteer | salesmen of building supply houses. Beautiful, Large Brick Home 44th Place & Cathedral Ave. Wesley Heights Attractive center-hall plan; 10 rooms, 3 baths. -Spacious screened living porch overlooking charming garden. Large, shady lot; in fine location—high elevation. GREATLY REDUCED OPEN Sunday 2 to 7 Brodie & Colbert, Inc. 1307 Eve St.—Realtors—Na. 8835 LOT FOR SALE | MINNESOTA AVE. S.E. Lot 80x110 feet, between 13th & 18th sts. Ideal location. Reasonably priced. |_Call OWNER. GEORGIA 1 5454 30th Place N.W. Combining Built-In Comfort and Common Sense There are six zooms and two baths.. All bed rooms of sufficient size to take double or twin beds. In addition there is a full attic, plastered, papered and insulated. There is also a paneled recreation room, and the heating plant is an automatic oil installation. If you wish to see maximum living brought up to the minute— s 5 Llu NN HEALH HOME Drive straight out Conn. Ave. to Nebraska, to Military Rd., right to 30th Place, left to house. Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. 1519 K St. NW. Dist. 1015 In Exclusive Meadowbrook 119 Aspen St., Chevy Chase, Md. This Is an Electric Kitchen Health Home. 3 Bed Rooms—2 Baths—Lavatory. Ave, to Aspen St. (1 block P Healthy Growth Evident. That the value of the authorized construction is evidence of a healthy growth rather than a brief flurry is Properties disposed of include 1235 New York avenue, 6353 Thirty-first | place, 3211 McKinley street, 6109 Twenty-ninth street, 8808 Dale drive, Silver Spring, Md.: 4911 Fourteenth | indicated by the absence of any un- street, 1416 E street northeast, 406 O | usually large projects whose presence street, 920 Third street, 636 Acker |Might have swelled the total to its street northeast, 1615 Wisconsin ave- | Feassuring size. 2 nue, 405 O street southwest, 1006 _ The largest permit of the week was Twenty-sixth street. 1128 Twentieth | issued to Boss & Phelps, 1417 K street, TERGE e e for erection of five 2-story brick dwell- 5 | ings at 4430, 4434. 4438 and 4442 Gar- = | rison street and 5021 Forty-fifth street, Certain Rooms Need Yellow. |a: a cost of $35.000. H. P. Baxter is Yellow is an exceptionally good color | the architect to paint walls of rooms facing north Dora Poretsky, 521 Irving street, ob- or those receiving little direct light. | tained a permit to build six 2-story Various tones of yellow harmonize | houses at 5013-5023 Third street, at well with browns and contrast pleas- & Cost of $30,000. Harry Poretsky, antly with blues and grays. (Continued on Page 6, Column §.) NamorER IV OF FERING 7 New Studio Home ATEFEY 618 Oneida BUILT HOME LARGE living room with attractive fireplace and Venetian blinds: step-up dining room; breakfast room with built-in china closets; breakfast porch. In addition there is the Electric Kitchen, com- plete with range and refrigerator, lovely Oxford cabinets, and black inlaid tile drain board with mirror background; completely paneled recrea- tion room with real wood-burning fireplace and flagstone floor; 3 master bed rooms with large closets; 2 beautifully tiled baths; front and rear stairways: screened sleeping porch; large, land- scaped lot; detached brick garage. Six Rooms L] Two Baths ° Step-up Dining Room L) Front and Rear Stairways “ Breakfast Room . Recreation Room With Fireplace 9am.to9 p.m. Drive out now Out 7th St NW_and rioh on Oneida to the homes. Tower Bldg. DI. 3100. OWNER OFFERS HIGH-CLASS DETACHED HOMES In Takoma Park, D. C. Near Large Recreational Center No. 6604 5th Street N. Two-story, 6-room brick house with every improvement. Brick™ fireplace, and breakfast room, electric refrigeration, trees and shrubs, garage, oak floors—Ilarge lot. Very attractive. All street improwe- e ss,9oo—-Easz Terms ALSO BUNGALOW HOME -No. 6605 5th Street N.W. Bungalow of 5 rooms and sleeping porch, hot-water heat, tiled bath, brick fireplace, oak floors; large, dry cellar. Attic. Double garage. Lot 50 by 148. Price, $8,500-Easy Terms Well Worth Your Inspection Open All Day Sunday H. L. Thornton, Owner-Builder Office, 6900 4th St., Opposite Takoma Theater