Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1935, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. ( BU".I]'NG PERM"S Property on F Street Sold | SHOW B SLUNP Lowest Figures in Months Are Shown During Past Week. Building construction in Washing- ton as gauged by permits issued at the District Building slumped to the lowest figures in months during the past week. The permits for the week had a total valuation of $248,431, ac- cording to figures in the office of Building Inspector John W. Oehmann. “The right to build only 18 one-fam- {ly homes was included in this week’s permit list, a decrease of nearly 200 per cent, as compared with last week’s figures. The slump was attributed largely to natural slowing of activities in hot weather. 5 The largest permit of the week was issued to the Union Trust Co. for re- modeling 1100 F street, which will be occupied by the Federal Government following the closing out of Moses’ De- partment Store. It was estimated that the repair anc alteration of the build- ing will cost $35,000. More important permits of the week follow: Union Trust Co. of District of Co- fumbia, Fifteenth and H streets, own- er; Russell O. Wlug, architect; make interior repairs and alterations, 11 F street, to cost $35,000. Penn Realtv Corp, 474 K street, owners and builders; Julius Wenig, erchitect; to erect one 2}2-story stone and cinder block dwelling, 1728 Poplar lane to cost $18,000. Raum Properties, Inc, 1015 Fif- teenth street, owner; Johannes L. ‘Whitcomb, designer; Harry B. Pitts Co., 1015 Fifteenth street, builder; two 2-story brick and tile flats, 1243-47 Raum street northeast, to cost $8,000 each. R. E. Latimer, 1601 Jonquil street, owner and builder; Dillon & Abel, de- signers; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 7610 Seventeenth street, to cost $15,000. Ira E. Gee, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., owners and builders; A. Otto Burg- hardt, designer; to erect one 2-story brick and frane dwelling, 3506 Albe- marle street, to cost $11,000. Samuel G Allen, 917 G place, own- er; E. B. Corning, architect; R. H. Best, 3741 Kanawha street, builder; eo erect one 2-story brick dwelling 2936 Fort Baker drive southeast, to cost $11,000. Phillips & Canby, 1015 Fifteenth street, owners and builders; E. Cap- pelman, designer; to erect one 2- story brick dwelling, 4516 Edmonds street, to cost $10,000. Phillips & Canby, 1015 Fifteenth street, owners and builders; E. Cap- pelman, designer; to erect one 2- story brick dwelling, 4454 Edmonds street, to cost $10,000. Isadore Hanlein, 816 Rittenhouse street, owner and builder; E. B. Grif- fin, designer; one 2-story brick and cinder block flat, 5400 Fourth street, to cost $10,000. Eli Busada, Denrike Building, own- er and builder; Joseph G. Herbert, architect; one 2-story brick flat, 1330 Twenty-eighth street southeast, to cost $10,000. Theodore Judd, owner; R. W. Berry, designer; G. F. Mikkelson, Chevy Chase, Md., builder; one 22- story brick-and-tile dwelling, 1619 Kennedy place; to cost $9,000. Barnaby Woods Development Co, Bethesda, Md., owners and builders; L. R. Moss, architect; to erect one 2-story brick-and-cinder-block dwell- ing, 6609 Barnaby street; to cost $7,500. Preston B. Samuels, 1847 Kalorama | tects; remodel road, owner; E. B. Corning, archi- tect; M. A, Mace, 509 Harlan place, builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, cost $7,500. Myron J. Robeson, Clifton Terrace ‘Apartments, owner; H. J. Korzender- fer, designer; Joseph Hopkinson, 4105 Wisconsin avenue, builder; to erect one 2-story brick-and-tile dwell- ing, 5113 Forty-fourth street; to cost $6,500. Thomas B. Byrd, 1124Wenth street, owner; H L. Edwards, designer; Emanuel Brickerd, 314 Thirteenth street northeast, builder; to erect one 2-story brick-end-tile dwelling, 4807 Fessenden street; to cost $6,000. Stamen & Burns, owners; Joseph L. Duvall, architect; Wilbur Burns, 644 H street northeast, builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4321 Alabama avenue southeast; to cost $6,000. Vernon O. Ives, 2515 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, owner and builder; J. G. Herbert, architect; to erect one 1-story brick dwelling, 2124 Thirty- first place southeast; to cost $6,000. William Keller, 1301 Fifteenth street, owner and builder; Willlam H. Harris, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4723 Forty-eighth street; to cost $5,500. M. F. Landis, 3900 Twenty-fourth street northeast, owner and builder; Jouis de Ladurantaye, designer; to erect one 2-story brick-and-tile dwell- ing, 1805 Randolph street northeast; to cost $5,450. Prances E. Cost, 1846 Minnesota avenue southeast, owner: J. Kohler, architect; J. Alfred Moore, Inc., Clin- ton, Md., builder; one 2-story brick- @and - cinder - block dwelling, 1500 Nineteenth street southeest; to cost $4,500. . R. H. Best, 3741 Kanawha street, owner and builder; Claughton West, architect; to erect one 2-story brick- and - cinder - block ~ dwelling, 2509 Branch avenue southeast; to cost $4,500. William Hahn & Co., Seventh and K streets, owner; M. Cladeny Con- struction Co., 4707 Kansas avenue, builder; to make repairs, 1207 P street; to cost $4,000. James S. Vance, 35 Sherman Circle, owner and builder; G, N. Bell, designer; to erect one 2-story brick addition, make repairs and altera- tions, 2828 Q street; to cost $3,000. 'W. Sinclair Bowen, 3125 Cathedral avenue, owner; M. S. May, architect; s ——————— Beautiful New English Normandie HOMES Designed for Happy Living! © 6 Rooms, 2 Baths @ Recreation Room @ 2 Real Fireplaces They're Selling Fast See Them Today! VISIT OUR MODEL HOME 227 JEFFERSON ST. N.W. Electric Kitchen Health Some Blds. Nau. 2030 1414 Nicholson street; to | few years was announced yesterday THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1935. The largest sale of downtown business property recorded in the last by the Shannon & Luchs Co.—sale of 2 four-story buildings, at 1327-1329 F street, to an out-of-town investor, for more than $500,000. The property has a frontage of 55 feet and was sold for G. F. Heilprin, Inc. The entire transaction was handled by Morton J. Luchs, vice president of Shannon & Luchs Co. The sale of the American Building, 1315-1317 F street, also made by Shannon & Luchs and reported several weeks ago, was second in size to the above property. Frank Simpson Building Corp., Chevy Chase, Md., builder; to erect one 2- story brick-and-frame addition, 3125 Cathedral avenue; to cost $1,500. Phil Bobys, 725 Seventh street, owner; M. Cladey Construction Co., 4707 Kansas avenue, builder; repairs, 725 Seventh street; to cost $1,400. John Sampogna, 617 Irving street, owner; L. W. Giles, architect; A. August, Beaver Heights, Md., builder; to erect one 2-story brick addition, 617 Irving street; to cost $1,500. Biron Bros., Inc., 1218 Ninth street, | owner and builder; to excavate base- | ment for janitor's quarters, 245-249 Oglethorpe street; to cost $1,000. J. F. McDonough, 1711 Rhode Island | avenue, owner and builder; E. B. Corning, architect; to erect one 4-story | brick addition, 1711 Rhode Island ave- | nue; to cost $2,500. Mrs. J. H. Peacock, 1241 Good Hope | road southeast, owner; James H. | Grant, architect; Skinker & Garrett, 1719 I street, builders; to erect one 1-story brick addition, 1241 Good | Hope road southeast; to cost $2,000. Andrew J. Brown, owner; William Henning, 2325 Park place southeast, designer and builder; to erect brick addition, 2211 Fairlawn avenue south- east; to cost $1,000. Maj. L. H. Mitchell, 2219 California | street, owner; to erect brick garage, | 2657 Woodley road; to cost $800. | Children’s Country Home, owner; | H. A. McQuary, 7601 Twelfth street, | designer and builder; to erect one | 1-story cinder-block addition, 1731 | Bunker Hill road northeast; to cost $800. Dr. George T. Walker, 3222 Sherman avenue, owner; R. C. Archer, jr, | architect; C. Piper, builder; to erect | brick addition, 3221 Sherman avenue; to cost $700. ‘Washington Properties, Inc., owner and builder; Porter & Locke, archi- transformer room, Wardman Park Hotel; to cost $700. Herbert D. Tribby, 1406 G street, owner and builder; to make repairs, | 2611 Adams Mill road; to cost $650. Mrs. Mabel Willebrant, owner; P. 8. Dove, 911 Thirteenth street, builder; to make repairs, 743 Park road; to cost $600. e NEWARK BUILDING UP ‘The spurt in Newark, N. J., bullding is reflected in the monthly report of the city’s buildings department. Last month 213 permits were issued for a total of $250,533, against 195 permits in 1934 for $115899. Alterations and additions in residential buildings num- bered 50 for $37,100 worth of work, while for non-residential repairs 28 permits were granted for chunges costing $52,285. Fourteen new private garages w.re built, costing $8,183 in Newark last month. To this was added five stores and mercantile buildings, for which $40,000 was expended, and one church for an outlay of $20,000. New home construction required the expenditure of $75,500 and 31 families were ac- commodated in the buildings. 1226 14th St. NW. BRONX DRIVE SUCCEEDS 4,376 Buildings to Be Modern- ized at Cost of $1,899,161. Report to the Federal housing ad- ministrator indicate that 4,376 build- ing in the Bronx, New York City, are to be modernized at an estimated cost of $1,899,161. The information is based on pledges signed by ‘property owners during a house-to-house can- vass made under the supervision of the F. H. A. The canvassers covered 30,404 buildings. It is understood that a canvass is to be made of each of the other boroughs of the greater city to find out the extent of possible modernization in that city. Two Homes Opened Today. Two new homes are being opened today by the J. C. Weedon Co., at ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTY UP $21,300 Increase Is Shown in Prince William This Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va, July 20.—Reflect- ing the improved 1ieal estate condi- tions in other Northea Virginia coun- ties, the assessed valuation of land and improvements in Prince William County shows an increase of $21,300 for the current tax year over the preceding year, the snnual land re- capitulation for the ccunty just com- pleted in the office of R. M. Weir, commyssioner of the revenue. dis- closes. Although approximately 1,000 acres were dropped from the land books for the present tax year, covering land that has becn tuken over by the Federal Governmeut for a large re- habilitation camp near Joplin and which consequently tecomes aun-as- sessable, land and jts improvements carry a total assessed valuation of $4,130,489 for the 1935 tax year, while for 1934, the total assessed valuation was $4,109,189. $5,952.63 Increase in 1935. Land owners will likewise pay $5,952.63 more in raxes for 1935 than for 1934. the total land tax aggregat- ing $60,043.31 in 1934, and $65.995.94 for this year. Thc change resulted from an increase in *ax rates in cer- tain districts and tcwns. Real estate improvements are as- sessed at $2,040,405, ard land itself at $2,088,693, with an additional assess- ment of $1,390 fur mineral lands not under development. Total assessed valuations and the taxes scheduled to Le paid in the several districts and towns are as follows: Brentsville district, valuation, $669,- 558; tax, $10,712.93; Coles district, valuation, $305,955: tax, $4,283.37; Dumfries district, vaiustion, $322,685; tax, $5,162.96; Gainesville district, valuation, $697,295, tax, $11,156.72; Manassas district, valuation, $802,886; tax, $12,846.17; Occoquan district, val- uatfon, $286,135; tax $5007.38, and mineral land valuailon, $1,390 and tax, $24.32. Figures for Towns. For towns, the fgures are: Town of Haymarket, valuat.on, $47,855; tax, $765.68; town of Manassas, valvation, $676,765; tax, $10,828 24; town of Oc- coquan, valuation, $59,150; tax, $1,035.12, and town of Quantico, valu- ation, $260,815; tax, $4,173.04. The county 1s a:sessed with 214,- 279 acres of land, exclusive of lots not rarried on the commissioner’s books as acreage. Building operations throughout the 4655 and 4659 Massachusetts avenue. | county are now on fne incline, Com- The dwellings were built by Jeffress- | missioner Weir staies, with much ac- || Dyer, Inc., and designed by E. Burton | tivity noticeable in the vicinity of Corning. Each has been decorated | Lake Jackson and Quantico and along by Mrs. contains an electric kitchen. Ethel Pilsen Warren and‘v.he Richmond-Washington Highway Outstanding New House Value 6005 3rd Street N.W. Features Brick Retaining Walls @ Front Porch @ Furred Walls @ #6 Rooms, 2 Full Baths ® Asbestos Roof Copper Screens, Weather-stripped @ Full Attic @ Rockwool Insulated 2 Open Fireplaces @ Copper Gutter @ Automatic Heat Brick Garage @ Exceptionally Nice Recreation Room See This Home Today! OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. Realtors Dist. 3347 Announcing the Homes of Different Plans #89950~39§650 Sheridan Streets N.W. _Rooms—2 Complete Baths ; sections of the city, these new homes are the acme of. construction, and floor plan, and represent a value that challenges comparison. Some of the many features are lovely porches, club room, living room with fireplaces, built-in garage, rock wool insulation, metal weather-stripped, caulked and screened; Oxford kitchen cabinet, elec. refrigeration. SAMPLE HOME—1305 SHERIDAN STREET Open Daily and Sunday Till 9 P.M. Out 13th St. to Sheridan WAPLE 8 JAMES, Inc. Owners and Builders DIst. 3347 158 MORE MODERNIZING JOB PLEDGES RECEIVED Total of 5,403 Promises Work Valued at $1,350,750 to Be Performed. Workers in the Washington Better Housing Campaign added 15 pledges to the total during the last week in the city-wide home modernization canvass, It was estimated by Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, P. H. A. field worker, that the new pledges promised to carry out $37,500 in work. The week's figures I'rought the total pledges for the entire campaign to 5,403, and the valustion of the work they have agreed to have done to $1,350,750. Miss Wheeler stated 191 “leads” un- covered by the campaign workers were glve: out to contractors during the weel BALTIMORE RECORD SET BY TAX SALES 924 Properties Taken Over for Non-payment in Last Year and a Half, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 20.—During the past year and a half Baltimore City has acquired 924 properties for non- payment of taxes, which is three- quarters as many as were taken cver in the past 52 years. The city takes over properties at sales only when bids are lower than the figure in the liens involved, and the owners have the right to reclaim the property by paying back taxes within the year. With the number of tax-sale prop- erties increasing at a rapid rate mu- nicipal officials are hoping that within taken to the Court of Appeals and a decision obtained “xing the rights of a purchaser during the period the original owner can pay his taxes and redeem his property. the near future a test case can be | P! NEW HOUSING LAW URGED FOR STATES 31 Governors Challenged to Call Legislatures for Specific Action. ‘The Governors of 31 States were today urged by the National Public Housing Conference, through its sec- retary, Miss Helen Alfred, to call spe- clal sessions of State Legislatures for the purpose of securing adoption of municipal housing suthority bills. ‘The Governors were challenged to place their States “on the list of pro- gressive States prepared to take a hand in promoting the substitution of homes of modern standard for the preesnt insanitary and worn-out dwellings in which, it is estimated, one-third of the population of your State are obliged to exist.” The “progressive States” re- ferred to were reported in the letter to be Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinols, Kentucky, Michi- gan, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennes- see and West Virginia. It was stated in the letter that the lack of specific power to create local housing suthorities, through which local programs of slum clearance and low-rent housing might be carried out, is most unfortunate at this time. “This denial of statutory powers to your cities to clear their substandard areas is especially regrettable at this time, in view of the recent decision of the sixth district United States Cir- cuit Court of Appeals, declaring it to be impossible, constitutionally, for the Federal Government to condemn land for slum clearance and low-rent hous- ing projects. This decision would 1 seem to place a direct responsibility | on local housing bodies to develop such | rograms. “It may be necessary to estabish housing as a public purpose in your State, as well, so that land may be quired by condemnation when neces- sary, and it seems imperative that the - REAL ESTATE, preliminary step—the granting of power to create local housing bodies, be taken at the earliest possible date.” The officers of the National Public Housing Conference are Mary Kings- bury Simkhovitch, president; Eustace Seligman, treasurer; Helen Alfred secretary, and the following vice presi- dents: Edith Abbott, Irving Brant, Rabbi Edward L. Israel, Harry W. Laidler, Edouard C. Lindeman, Bishop Prancis J. McConnell, John Nolen, Rev. John O’Grady, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, J. W. Williams and Edith Elmer Wood. The address of the con- ferencz offices is 112 Fast Nineteenth street, New York. Rahway, N. J., shows & 20 per cent increase in building permits for June over the same month last year. Recreation Room 2-Car Brick Garage Two Baths Oil Heat @ 3 Bedrooms and Sewing Room Elec. Kitchen * B8 HOME MODERNINZING UP Home modernization under - the stimulus of the recently liberalized regulations of the Federal Housing Administration has taken a decided jump in New Jersey. Recent reports received at the office of Thomas E. Colleton, State P. H. A. director, show that modernization loans totaling $240,490 were made by Jersey banks in one week recently. This is at the rate of $40,000 a day, and it is an increase of $4,000 & day over the best previous weekly report. —_— Residences Lead in Appraisals. Seventy-six per cent of all mort- gages selected for appraisal in the New York City district cover new resi- dence construction. 16th St. Heights $12,950 New Exhibit Home at 1504 Underwood St. N.W. P— Low Price Buys This HOUSE OF QUALITY e VESERRTRE 6005 33rd St. N.W. (Between Quesada and Rittenhouse §ts.) CHEVY CHASE. D.C._ UILT of brick and hollow tile, this house has everythi Large living rocm, dining room, hall—and a kitchen modern as tomorrow! It is trimmed throughout in ches and white oak. Large front porch and wide screened porch off from dining room. Three sleeping rooms and two ultra- modern bath rooms. Finished attic contains an outsize bedroom with cross t from four windows. s completel: ed, slate roof, copper flashing, weatherstripped—and 2 open firepla: The CLUB ROOM is 24 ft. long with open brick fireplace. Built-in garage 21 ft. long. Bryant Gas Heater. In Close Proximity to Churches, Schools and Stores [ ] Open Today and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Owner—J. May, 6007 33rd St. N.W. Cleveland 1968 Sponsored by Owner WILL SELL DIRECT AT REDUCED PRICES * TO RESPONSIBLE BUYERS TWO REAL DETACHED HOMES IN TAKOMA PARK, D. C. 5 S5th St. N.W. BUNGALOW—Five large rooms and glassed-in sleeping porch, open fireplace, tiled bath, hot-water heat, attic, large dry cellar, laundry trays, oak floors; screemed and weather- stripped. The lot is 50 by 148 to alley, and is improved by rubs, ornamental stone wall across front. The nclosed by ornamental iron fence. Easy Terms TR B TR R Also No.. 424 Whittier St. N.W. TTAGE STYLE—Six larg and bath, hot-water cluu,o :l burner, open fiflphe:, m-.hr'o front porch, M:M oak floors, screened. The lot is 50 by 148 to alley. Two-car garage; large trees and shrubs. Easy Terms THESE HOUSES HAVE BEEN NEWLY PAINTED AND DECORATED AND ARE LIKE NEW Open Saturday and Sunday H. L. Thornton, Owner-Builder. - Office, 6900 4th St., Opposite Takoma Theater Office Phone, Ge. 2291; Home, Ge. 2811 1519 K St. N.W. Large Rear Yard Open Daily and Sunday 10 to 9 P.M. Drive out 16th St. to Uuderwood Street and turn right 50 yards to homes. H. SAUNDERS CO., Inc. Dist. 1015 o Slate Roof See this gem of a home NESTLING AMONG THE TREES 55950 Priced at Only On Convenient Terms Open for Inspection Day and Evening 1510 ABBINGDON ST. Woodlawn Village One of Nearby Virginia's Most Attractive Home Communities This cozy home has & cheerful rooms and bath and the usual appointments included in Brumback-built homes, including camplete rock wool insulation and sutomatic heat. Large lot. 53x150, beautifully landscaped, sodded nd wooded. Drive out today over Key Bridge and Lee Hishway to Glebe Road. left 8 blocks to property Don’t Fail to See This and Other Splendid Values Builder T. J. BRUMB AC WAlnut Developer 8921 A MILLER-BUILT COMMUNITY o ——— See Today 4974 Quebec St. This Colonial home with its stately white pillars and large cool rooms will intrigue those who ap- preiate dignity and solid comfort. Shaded by gor- geous trees, and backed by a beautiful Government park this home is a treat to see. Open daily and Sunday. 4900 Glenbrook Road A residence worthy of Miller standards of structural thor- oughness. - Open dally and Sunday. W. C. & A. N. MILLER 1119 17th Street Dlstriet 4464