Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1935, Page 17

[ rerwee | @he Fhening Shar " THIRD IN SERIES OF SILVER STAR HOMES T0 OPEN Public Invited to Cape Cod Colonial House in Chevy Chase. @ PART OF WRENWOOD NEW DEVELOPMENT Star's Experts Find 6-Room White Painted Brick Building Spa- cious and Well Planned. The third Silver Star Home of 1935 | will be openad tomortow at 3359 | Quesada street, Chevy Chase, under | sponsorship of The Stai. Cape Cod Coiomal in desiga, the new home occupies a deep, nigh lot at Broad Braach road. a few nlocks‘ from Chevy Chase Circle and inside | the District line. It is a part ¢f the| new development of Wrenwood. The | house is construcied of brick painted | white. It was built Ly Paul T. Stone, Inc., and presented by ' Vesley Buchanan, Inc. It has beea well furnisued by Hutchinson’s, 1Inc.. while draperies | were supplied oy John F. Ligon. R. K. Smith was e cesigner. The same rigid test which is given all houses whea application it made for the Silver award was passed by this Wrenwood home. The Star's committee of experts i all vhases of | home building cxamined the house carefully and indorsed i They tound that it is especially well pwilt and well planned, zi.d possesses SPACIOUS- | ness seldom found in houses of the same price class. Commiitee Chairman. James S. Taylor of the VFederal Housing Admi ation and furmerly chief of the Division of Housinz. De- partment of Cominerce. is charman | of the Silver Siwar Committee. Other members who inzorsed the Quesada street home are irwin Porter, presi- dent of the Washirgton Chapter, American Insticute ot Architects: Harold E. Dovle. president ™ the ‘Washington Real Estzte Board® Ed-| win H. Rosengaren, builder and | member of the firm ot Davis, Wick | & Rosengarten, and John Nolen. jr., city planner of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission | The location of the house is one of the finest sections of the District por- tion of Chevy Chase. A graded school is withia & block, while busses | pass by the door. [ts setting :c par-| ticuiarly attractive, with a numoer of large trees furnishing shade for both the side and rear yarce The selling price—s$13,750—is weil within the range which has ptroved most ropular in the Capital in receni months The house contains six rooms, three of which are bed rooms, and all of | them are spacious. There are two sizeable bath rooms on the second floor. A paneled recreation room, with fireplace, takes up a portion of | the basement. This latter room is unusually liveable and bright for a basement location. In addition there | are two screened porches, one for| sleeping, off the master bed room, and the other directly under it and ad- Jjacent to the living room Entrance is made to the home through a beautiful doorway. The visitor steps into an attractively deco- | corated hall, and the large living " (Continued on Page 3, Column 5. $70,000 IN REPAIR PLEDGES OBTAINED Canvassers See 5,149 Owners in Property in Week, Get Results From 281. Workers in the Washington mod- ernization canvass obtained pledges from 281 owners of home and com- mercial property during the past week, which have an estimated value | of $70270 in alteration and repair work, it was announced today by Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, who has guarge of the local better housing compaign. The workers, Miss Wheeler stated. Interviewed 5,149 property owners during the week. During the four and one-half months of the campaign 4834 pledges have been obtained through nearly 61,000 interviews with property owners. Translated into work, Miss Wheeler said these pledges mean approximately $1,200,000 in modernization of homes and business places. Despite the fact that ground was broken only two weeks ago, Miss Wheeler said that the F. H. A. model home, which the firm of L. E. Breun- -4nger & Sons is building at 1430 Lo- cust road is almost completed. All brick work on the Colonial style house has been finished and the roof buillt on. This was one of the 10 homes for which ground was broken June 15 in Better Housing day cere- fmonies. Construction? ‘Where is the best con- structed new house of mod- erate price in a high-class location? In which house are the best of fixtures and materials used throughout? Where am I assured of a new home that will meet my every expectation? Boulevard Drive out Conn. Ave. or Wisc. Ave. to Bradley Lane, I block west of Wisc. Ave. Open Sunday, 10 to 9 Week Days, 2 to 9 Realty Associates, Inc. REALTORS 1506 K St. Na. 1438 | ment over the totals for 1934, accord- | dential volume recorded for May, 1934. | cess of that recorded for 1934. How to Reach New Silver Star Home In Chevy Chase The new Silver Star Home at 3359 Quesada street, Chevy Chase, may be reached by driving out Connecticut avenue to Chevy Chase Circle, east on Western avenue a half block to Quesada street, then east two blocks to Broad Branch road. The house is on the corner of Quesada street and Broad Branch road. Paul T. Stone, Inc, built the model home as a part of the new development of Wrenwood. It is presented by J. Wesley Buchanan, realtor, under sponsorship of The Star. The public is invited to inspect the dwelling, which will remain open for 30 days from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. HOUSE BUILDING GAINS CONTINUE $27,779,200 in 37 States First Half of June Equal to Month Last Year. Residential building awards con- tinue to show encouraging improve- ing to the report of the F. W. Dodge Corp., as the volume reported in the 37 States during the initial half of | June, amounting to $25,779,200, almost | equaled the total reported for the full | month of June, 1934. | “Coming on top of & substantial | improvement in May, the current gain | assumes even greater importance,” | says L. Seth Schnitman, chief statis- tician of the Dodge Corp. The May | residential contract total was about | 6 per cent greater than in April nndi about 80 per cent ahead of the resi- May Contract Total. Writing in the July Architectural Record, Mr. Schnitman states: “Be- cause of continued expansion in ac- tivity in private as distinguished from public undertakings, the May contract total for all classes of construction was the largest thus far recorded for any month of 1935. Total construc- tion awards in 37 States during May amounted to $126,718,600, as com- pared with $124,020,000 for April and $134,363,700 for May, 1935. Of the May, 1935, total residential building amounted to $44.901,500 or about 35 per cent. In April the residential total was $42.202.800. while in May of last year residential awards were only $24,840,200. or less than 20 per cent of all construciion.” Initial Half of June. For the initial half of June the corporation reported non-residential | building contracts of $22,292,200, as against $21,541,000 for the correspond- ing period of 1924; civil engineering projects undertaken during the first half of June totaled $18,466,800, as against $28,705,300 for the like period | of last year. The figures for con- tracts covering all types of construc- tion in the 37 States amounted to $66.538,200 for the first half of June, an increase of about 5 per cent over the total for the like period of last year. For the elapsed portion of 1935, through June 15, total construction | contracts amounted to $615,038,300, as against $790.574,900 for the cor- responding portion of 1934. Of the major branches of the industry, only residential building was able to show a cumulative contract volume in ex- For residential building, contracts since the beginning of 1935 in the 37 Eastern States amounted to $184,- 119,900, a gain of almost 60 per cent over the total of only $118,464,800 for the period from January 1 through June 15, 1934. Ice in Air-Conditioner. Ice serves as a refrigerant in a oew | Summer air-conditioning unit, of por- table or stationary type. Air is cleaned, cooled by an ice spray mist, dehumidi- fied, then circulated by electric fan. PETWORTH Near Grant Circle 6 Rooms—3 Porches 4509 5th STREET N.W. SIX-ROOM AND BATH BRICK home, 19 ft. wide, with covered concrete porch and two screened rear porches, just one block from Grant Circle; paved street and aliey. Reconditioned through-" out just like new. Arranged for two families, with two kitchens, built-in kitchen cabinet. Only 57,950—Term3 Open Until 9 P.M. 1404 K. CAFRITZ o1 %080 Beautiful New Home SHEPHERD PARK 1432 Juniper St. N.W, Now on Display Lovely new center-hall-plan Co- lonial. Completely insulated. 5 real bedrooms, 3 baths, recreation room, oil burner, 2-car brick ga- rage, beautiful lot. Open All Day Sunday Drive out 16th St. to Juniper St. Turn right % block to house. Dist. 3100 Tower Realtor Bldg. WASHINGTON, D. C, Silver Star Home in Wrenwood Opens Tomorrow This attractive Cape Cod Colonial dwelling, at 3359 Quesada street, Chevy Chase, will be opened to the public tomorrow as the Third Silver Star Home of 1935. Wrenwood. The house was designed by R. K. Smith. It was built by Paul T. Stone in his new subdivision, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1935. ~Star Staff Photo, Residential Air Conditioning | Pionecer Work Brought Here Washington has been selected by the General Electric Air Condition- ing Institute as a location to pioneer in residential air conditioning, and this equipment will be installed in a large development of moderately priced homes which are being built in the vicinity of Fourteenth and Rittenhouse streets, according to an announcement today. The 48 homes in the development, | priced at approximately $12,000, are being built by Washington Builders | Inc., of which Frank Koplin is presi- | dent. The site of the houses is an elevation overlooking Rock Creck Park. | Alr conditioning has previously seen | its greatest acceptance for industrial and commercial use—in factories, theaters, restaurants, stores, hotels and trains—where profit is a major factor of its use. Comfort condition- ing of homes is a more recent devel- opment and has been mainly limited to individual residences of higher price. Year-Round Conditioning. Even these have seldom been equipped throughout with complete year-around conditioning. Domestic Summer cooling has been usually limited to single room applications, effected by self-contained room units. Now available for homes in a wide price range, complete year-around conditioning gains increasing import- ance in the current housing boom. Designed by Harry Sternfeld, | prominent architect and professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, the houses are of the semi-detached type popular in Wash- | Exclusive Woodley Park Exhibit Home 2940 Cortland Pl. N.W. ONLY TWO AVAILABLE In Outstanding new homes con- taining 7 rooms and 3 baths and every modern convenience. Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Drive out Conn. Ave, to Cathedral Ave. west on_Catiedral to 29th, morth on 29th ome block to Cortland, left to house, HL.G.Smithy Co. 811-15th STREET NATL. 5004 ENGLISH HOMES - IN Delightfully cool, adjoining and over- looking Foundry Park, 6 and 7 rooms with 1 and 2 baths, double screened porches, open fireplace, ~mechanical refrigeration, built-in garage. Permanently protected by parks and restrictions . . . unusually desirable neighbors . . . convenient to downtows « + . excellent schools. Visit our Model Home . . . drive out Que Street to Wisconsin Avenue, north one block to Reservoir Road, west to 44th Street and turn left to 1409 44TH STREET e WAVERLY TAYLOR e 1522 K Street National 1040 ington. They will have full base- | ments, each containing a laundry, a | garage and a large room which can be converted into a recreation room.| The first floor will contain a large liv- | ing room, dining room, entry hall kitchen and dinette, and the second will include three bed rooms and two | baths. The walls will be of brick, and the houses will be well insulated | to make the heating and cooling sys- | tems most effective. The first group of houses is now in construction and will be ready for occupancy by Mia- summer. | Thoroughness of Systems. ‘The General Electric air condition- ing systems, to be installed by the Hudson Air Conditioning Corp of | ‘Washington, will heat and humidify the air for each house in Winter, cool and dehumidify it in Summer, and clean and circulate it throughout the year. The equipment for each house will include a gas furnace, a condens- ing unit for cooling, and a special air conditioning unit which will be suspended from the basement ceiling and which will contain a fan, heat- ing and cooling coils, evaporator, humidifier and filters. BE SOLD 505 Oglethorpe St. N.W. Splendid Location, High Elevation, Close to Bus Semi-detached. tapestry brick. 8 rooms, beautiful bath. cement {ront porch large screened dining porch and sieeping porch. built-in garase. ol burner. refrigeration. copper screens, awnings, full grown shrub- bery. All in perfect condition. Drastic Cut in Price for Quick Sale Open Sunday 2 P.M. Until Dark HARRY B. PITTS CO. Exclusive Agent 1015 15th St. N.W. Met. 0100 $1,000 Cash $59.50 Monthly Pays Your Trust Off in 6 Years 4812 North Lane Edgemoor, Md. A new group of brick detached homes in one of Washington’s best communities. ¥7,850 THIS IS AN ELECTRIC KITCHEN HEALTH HOME Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. To Inspect—Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Montgomery Lane (Opposite §ahietge Soirly Mo peif e Open daily and Sunday. e 1508 K St. N.W. NAt. 4886 |TEN CALVERT STREET HOMES THROWN OPEN Arthur B. Heaton Named Presi-| Structures Priced at $9,450 Now ARCHITECTS ELECT Building News Better Conditions Seen in Decline in HOLC Applications Interpreting the unexpectedly small number of new home loan relief applications which it has received as a sign of improvement in general conditions, and an in- dication that home loan distress has been largely taken care of, the Home Owners’ Loan Corpora- tion today announced that the number of applications filed during the 30-day period set by Congress, which expired Thurs- day midnight, will not exceed 125,000, aggregating about $400,- 000,000. Earlier estimates were that the number would range be- tween 150,000 and 300,000 appli- cations. 1 According to official records, ! 60,212 new H. O. L. . applica- tions were filed between May 28 end June 20, while telegraphic reports yesterday from the cor- poration’s field offices show that less than 65,000 applications were filed in the final seven days per- mitted for acceptance of applica- tions by the corporation. STAR HOWE BEEIS 1S LAST WeE Thousands See Model Resi- dence Now Being Shown | in Chevy Chase. | ‘The second Silver Star home of the year, located at 14 East Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md., tomorrow will enter the fourth and final week of public | | exhibition. | Thousands of persons have been at- tracted across the threshold of the | beautiful little early American style | house in the last three weeks, during which time it has proved to be the { most popular model home in the city since pre-depression days. Visitors have been loud in their praise of the dwelling. | The house has a simple and attrac- | tive setting in the new community of | dent of Washington Chapter. Arthur B. Heaton, designer of some Woodbine, a section of Chevy Chase. | It was built by the M. B. Swanson | | Construction Co., and has been fur- | nished in keeping with its beauty by | Woodward & Lothrop. Louis R. Moss. | Ready for Inspection, Company |of the Capital's finest buildings, was who has designed many of Washing- | Announces. | elected president of the Washmgmn}wn's finer homes, was the architect | Chapter, American Institute of Archi- for The Star home. Ten new homes in the lower price | tects, during the annual dinner meet- | Endorsement of The Star’s special range, at 3801 to 3819 Calvert street |ing at Columbia Country Club last | committee of housing experts was | have been opened by the Calvert week | Porter. Realty Co. Homes in the new development are Heaton succeeds Irwin 8. Other officers selected at the meet- given this home. The committee is | headed by James S. Taylor, formerly | chief of the division of housing, De- priced at $9,450, the company an- | ing were: Gilbert L. Rodier, first \'lce[psnment of Commerce, and now at-| nounced. All of the dwellings are president; Theodore 1. Coe, second completed and ceady for inspection.| vice president: William Douden, treas- The location :s on a high 2ievation | ufer, and E. P. Schreier, secretary. just off of Wisconsin avenne. and | commands an excellent view of the Potomac River and the city. One house of Lhe group has been completely furnisied, and will be open to the public daily aud Sunday from ! HE 10 am. until 3 pm, o New Paint Repells Moths. Closet walls, coated with a new | paint product prepared specially for | the purpose, are moth-repellant like a cedar closet. The paint contains a cedar oil or such chemiral substances | as ortho and para dichlor benzol. %6,950 Chevy Chase, D. C. 1Y, Blocks OF Conn. Ave. Six rooms, bath, large porch, reconditioned throughout. i 3620 Military Road Open for Inspection _Saturday, 3 to 6 P.M. Sunday, 10 to 6 P.M. James E. Schwab Southern Bldg. DI. 8157 DETACHED CORNER Center Hall Plan ——— v 4541 Chesapeake St. Corner of 46th Street Drive_out Mass. Ave. to d6th St Turn right to Ezhibit Home. 12,950 A NEW English de- tached corner brick home. Center hall plan, 6 spacious rooms, 2 baths, dining alcove, large living room with open fireplace, recrea- tion room, General Elec- tric Oil Burner. Beauti- fully landscaped deep lot, 110 feet wide. Brick garage, side porch. Com- plete in every detail at an unusually low price. Open Until 9 P. M. 1404k CAFRITZ 1. s0s0 More Than 3,000 Lifetime Homes Built and Sold Polish Output Mounts. Industrial production in Poland has increased stcadily this year. 3826 Van Ness St. North Cleveland Park A semi-detached English type house in new-house condition. Priced $4,000 less than original cost. 7 large rooms (4 bedrooms), 2 complete baths. Exceptionally large living room with open fire- place. Detached garage. Level lot with plenty of shrubbery. OPEN SUNDAY Frank S. Phillips 927 15th St. DI. 1411 If you are thinking of BUYING A HOME or BUILDING— — Inspect — L] 5012 Massachusetts Ave. Stone-Built Homes are Better Built Here — on Washington's most prominent avenue, amid beautiful surround- ings—and where values are rapidly enhancing— you will find a “Master Built H o m e”"—featuring completely insulated and furred walls, a 24-ft. rec- reation room with stone fireplace, 6 splendid rooms. 2 tiled baths, “Electric Health Kitchen,” break- fast room, finished attic, slate roof, oil heat, elec- tric refrigerator, brick ga- rage. Lot 150 ft. deep— trees. Priced to Sell —— Remember — “Stone-Built Homes are Better Built” Open Daily ® Until 9 PM. Paul T. Stone, Inc. 3412 Rittenhouse St. Cl. 9142 [ (Conlln’u’ed on Page 3, Columnr3) 5 | | construction leading the way, PAGE B—1 PRIVATE BULDING. PERMITS TOTALING §634672 1SSUED District Government Obtains Authority for $215,000 in New Construction. MODERN BUILDERS PLAN SIX MODERN DWELLINGS | Sewage Disposal Plant to Be En- larged and Another Started at Blue Plains. with residential again set a fast pace in Washington during the past week when permits for $634,- 622 in new building and moderniza- tion work were issued by the office of Building Inspector John W. Oeh- mann. In addition, the District gov- emnment during the week obtained permits for $215,000 in new construc- tion. Included in the list for the week were permits for 50 one-family dwell- ings, and 15 small apartments and flats. The valuation of residential “(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) Private building, READ THIS — — — —Then Act Promptly 400000000 DETACHED CORNER BRICK American University Park 9000000000 Center Hall Plan @ Large living room with fire place @ Concrete side porch @ Up-to- date kitchen @ Electric re- frigerator ® Three bed rooms @; Tiled bath with shower @ Built-in garage @ Lot 100- foot front @ Rock Wool Insu- lation @ Furred walls @ Slate roof @ Large trees. 4639 Davenport St. N.W. (Out Mass. Ave. to 36th St.. right o Davenport) OPEN SUNDAY F. Eliot Middleton Met. 2827 Realtor GRASSLANDS A Community Planned for the Discriminating Purchaser of Moderate Means, to Whom Environment Is an All-Important Factor in the Choice of a Home. Furnished Model Home CORNER 44th & YUMA STS. N.W. An Electric Kitchen Health Home Homes truly distinctive, in a Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to ¥ nary), turn left 4 blocks to A NEW DESIGNED 24,000 FEET \V grown ups can live off of munity is for people ¥ho like hard day’s work. Convenient this large estate area. will be homes from TO IN and follow car line-road L SHAN Depending upon size and loc: select, restricted section where you would expect to find only more expensive homes . Grasslands prices range from $10.250. uma St. (at Immaculata Semi- property, at 44th and Yuma. DEVELOPED BY Fypun0s Wlchhen EARLE M. DAWSON, 3Sales, Emerson 5744 HOME IN UXMANOR FOR REAL SUBURBAN LIFE OF GROUNDS ON’T that give the kiddies ROOM TO GROW—and you that much ground. This com- to shake off the city after a hunting and fishing in season also. . . . This development is the first opportunity persons of refinement, but moderate means, have had to locate in ions there $5,950 to $25,000. DON'T REGRET, INVESTIGATE LIVE IN & OR SPECT Drive straight out Wisconsin Ave. to Bank of Bethesda to Lurmanor signs. Four miles to property. A deliaht!ubfl'de in light trafic. NON-&LUCHS DEVELOPMENT cCo.