Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1935, Page 21

REA APARTMENT BOOM HITS ALEXANDRIA Rezoning Applications Hold- ing Up Plans for Three ’ Buildings. BY MARSHALL W, BAGGETT. | ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 28. | wAlexandria, once the proud city of | large one-family homes, appears des- | L ESTATE, tined to feel effects of the modern | ¥ trend for apartment residences as| plans continue to go forward for the | erection of modern apartment houses | @ here on every available large area of | land along the new Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. | To date, in addition to the new| Belle Haven Apartmefits, remodeled from a spark plug factory £t a cost of $50,000, plans have advanced for | three other apartment projects that will involve an initial outlay of ap- proximately $3,000,000. All three projects are now in the | throes of red tape.imposed by the | city’s zoning law, which has to be amended in each instance to permit | the proposed erections. Hearing Set for Tuesday. A public hearing on the requested rezoning of land wanted for two of | the projects, said to include a pro- | posed $1,000,000 unit in the 600 block of North Washington street and a planned $1,500.000 apartment village | along the north side of Washington street extended, has been set for Tues- day, October 2. The Portner Realty Co. of Wash- ington, which has requested the re- ronings, is being delayed in complet- ing its deals for the two properties until the land is rezoned. A third project, involving the ex-*| Ppenditure of $500,000 for construction of an 82-apartment building on the west side of South Washington street overlooking historic Hunting Creek | and the Potomac River, was presented | to the Alexandria City Council this week, with a request for rezoning of a city block on which the building will be located. Wing-Type Structure Planned. Plans for this project, which show 8 wing-type Colonial brick strycture, | approximately 350 feet long, were pre- | sented to the council on behalf of a Washington real estate firm. They call for a building somewhat similar to the Wardman Park Hotel in Wash- | ington, with two wings of four stories | and a main structure of six stories. Atop the main structure, the plans | eall for a modern penthouse, the first | ever proposed for this historic city, in which George Washington owned | a town house, Robert E. Lee spent his boyhood and Gen. Braddock planned | his ill-fated campaign. \ Other deals for the erection cf smaller apartment houses are in prog- | ress here and still others are in a | wind which bids to blow through n\ number of large old family residences to transform them into modern apart- ment dwellings. INSURED AGENCIES’ RESOURCES MOUNT. 1,230 Building-Loan Institutitons ‘ Apply for Benefits and 975 Accepted. Resources of institutions of the| building and loan type which have ! applied through the Federal Savings| and Loan Insurance Corp. for insur-| ance for each of their investors against loss up to $5,000 have now passed the | $900,000,000 mark, according to a re- port from the insurance corporation for the week ended September 21. As| of that date, 1,230 thrift associations with total resources of $901,072,635 had made application, 875 of which have already become insured, pro- tecting the savings of more than 807,- | 000 different investors. Of the 1,230 applicant lssocia!ions} 688 are long-established building and Joan, homestead associations or co-op- | erative banks, with resources exceed- ing $890,000,000. In recent months 420 of these associations have con- verted into Federal savings and loan | associations, operating under Federal charter, while the remaining 542 ap- plicants are newly organized Federal ‘.ssodnuons ! LUMBER MBER SALES GAIN Indiana Company Attributes In-| crease to F. H. A. | Ind, lumber September | INDIANAPOLIS, company | 28—A wholesale here reports that its sales volume to | Tetail Jumber yards throughout the | State for the first six months of 1935 | equaled 75 per cent of last year’s total | volume. | “We have the best of the sale sea- | son still ahead of us.” said a com- | Tmunication to a local Federal Housing | office. “We attribute this increase in volume solely to the Federal Housing | Administration mainly through repair and remodeting work as sponsored by your organization. We trust that this information will give you encourage- ment to keep up the good work that Fou have started.” —_— f “Pipe Organ” Unit Small. Music comparable with that of the pipe organ can be had in schools, | small homes, etc., through a new elec- tric organ, smaller than an upright | plano. It is played just as is a pipe organ. PRICED TO SELL 3 Emerson St. N.W. [ ‘This large, center-hall, cor- | ner, brick home is being offered | at a drestic reduction in the original ‘price. House is in | splendid condition and contains 7 rooms (3 bed rooms), elec. refrig., elec. blower on furnace, awnings, screens, built-in garage and is weather-stripped. Open Saturday and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Harry B. Pitts Co. | 1015 15th St. N.W. 'FALL GOOD TIME FOR PLANTING LILIES Studies Show Hardy Variety Thrives Despite Rigors of Winter Weather. On the whole, Fall is the most fa- vorable time to plant hardy lilies Bulbs which have been held in cold storage over the Winter may be ob- tained and planted in the Spring: but | & record of thousands of cases shows that the percentage of success is much greater with Fall planted bulbs, in spite of the hazards of Winter. Cold weather has no terrors for hardy lilies. There is, only one thing | they fear and that is too much water. Good drainage in the case of lilies | does not mean only that they should; not be planted in a bog. It means that they shall be entirely free from water about them during Winter and Summer alike. Clay soil which re- mains cold and damp throughout the | Fall, Winter and early Spring months is fatal to many lilies; and clay soil It is not necessary that soil should | cient, and if it is rich in leaf mold | often has this failing even when it lies on a well drained slope. b~ sandy; a good friable loam through which water will pass rapidly is suffi- and slightly acid, it will be better, since the Japanese lilles like some acidity. A slope to the north is pref- erable, and light shade over the roots | of the lilies to prevent excessive dry- ness in the Summer is a big advan- tage. They have no obfection to com- panionship in the border to perennials or even shrubs. {misswn, according to the Associated Press. Cy~ Left: Attractive dwelling located at 2912 Rittenhouse street, Chevy Chase, purchased by Mrs. Olleze M. Faatz. by C. W. Williams. The transaction was made through the office of Phillips & Canby, realtors. It contains six rooms, two baths, recreation room and two-car garage. ‘The home was constructed Right: English Col- onial type house at 5500 Moorland lane, Edgemoor, Md., which was sold to Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hoopes by the office of William M. Throckmorton, realtor. The hous e was sold for the Saratoga Building & Land Co. of Balti- more, CAPITAL GROUP FORMS | THREE CORPORATIONS Jane Walter Browne, annk Wnl- ter and Ruth Walter Waddell to Manage Apartments. A group of Washingtonians in- | corporated three separate corporations for apartment house management be- fore the Maryland State Tax Com- The group comprised Jane Walter Browne and Frank Walter of 3701 Massachusetts avenue, and Ruth GLENBROOK VILLAGE (OPENING ANNOUNCED Eight Homes Completed of 300 Planned in New Béthesda Development. Opening of a new development in Bethesda, Md., known as Glenbrook Village, where it is planned to erect 300 homes, was announced today by Alfred T. Newbold, president of the | Newbold Development Co., sponsor of the new community. Eight new homes in Glenbrook Vil- It contains eight rooms and two baths. Mr. Hoopes is with the National Geographic Magazine. ~—Star Staff Photos. )nn exhibit home has been decorated and furnished at 117 South Chelsea lane. comprises 50 acres with entrance at 7611 Wisconsin avenwe. All conven- iences have been completed for the opening, including water, gas, elec- NEWBOLD BUILT The land in the development - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1935. @ | tricity, sewers and concrete pavements. The new community is conveniently |located with regard to schools, | churches and stores. It is within easy driving distance of downtown | Washington, while both street car and bus service-are available to residents of the section. Homes in the development are mod- crately priced. They have been in- spected during censtruction by archi- tects for the Federal Housing Admin- istration and are eligible for loans under the F. H. A. plan. IS HONESTLY BUILT — NEWBOLD BUILT IS * REAL ESTATE, The Newest Home in Lovely Wooded ¢ BEECHWOOQOD e Chevy Chase Is One of the Most Beautiful Mikkelson-Built Homes Ever Offered Against a heavily wooded background, it has a setting 6502 of unsurpassed beauty. Its MeadowLane L &km finish and equipment meet the high standards of excel- HEAHHOME To REACH lence for which Mikkelson- built homes are famed. 4 bed rooms, 2 baths, second- floor library finished in knotty pine, with open fire- place; Ist floor lavatory. General electric designed and equipped kitchen with new ali-metal cabinets. Screened rear porch. Beautifully land- scaped lot 75-ft. front with tall shade trees. FOUR OTHER HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION owems G, F. MIKKELSON & SON suuomms MILTON F. SCHWAB, Sales Curtis Millwork and Lumber by W. T. Galliher & Bro. Drive out Conn. Ave. past Chery Chase Circle to Thorn- apple St. our sign turn left 1 square to Meadow Lane, left to property. HONESTLY BUILT The Newbold Development Company Announces lage have been completed already and Walter Waddell of 4431 Klingle road. = The three corporations were “Klingle Apartments, Inc.” “Carlisle Courts, Inc,” and “3701 Massachusetts Ave- nue, Inc.” i Each of the new companies was authorized to issue 100 shares of stock | of no-par value. Each also has its Maryland office in Laurel. Paint Games on Floor. In many rumpus rooms, resourceful | owners are painting the floors in tile | reds, deep green or midnight blue and | then finishing them off by painting | in the center the outlines for their favorite shipboard games—horse rac- ing, tenpins or shuffieboard. | GA.AGE—FACT"?I‘Y—-—WA.I“O\'SI $38 Installed For Single Garage Prepare for Winter. Install trouble-proof overhead garage doors. Work done by factory trained mecha Guaranteed by Nation-wide organization, Act now for quick installation. Overhead Door Sales Co., Inc. Dept. A, Barr Bldg. Telephone MEt. 3818 HAMPDEN LANE GREENWICH FOREST 20 Motor Minutes From Downtown Situated on a beautiful wooded lot (75x145), surrounded by new brick homes of architectural harmony, this . EXCLUSIVE CONSTRUC- TION FEATURES: home contains 4 large bed rooms, 2 com- plete baths and finished insulated attic, numerous closets, maid’s rom, 2-car ate tached garage, etc. Built by the most modern construction methods, employing the use of nation- ally known guaranteed materials and equipped with every modern home ap- pliance; this home is priced at least $2,000 less than any comparable home in or near Washington. Financed by any desired plan, pro. tected by restrictive covenants; it is con« venient to schools, churches, stores and bus transportation. It will pay you to investigate Green- wich Forest homes, their gxcellent cone struction, prices and terms TODAY. § new homes to choose from. HOUSES OPEN DAILY UNTIL 9 P.M., 1—All bearing partitions on first and second floors studded with 3"x4" studs resting on steel basement beams. 2—Floor joists reinforced by steel hangers. 3—Steel rock lath used on in- terior and exterior walls. 4—Dead air spaced exterior brick walls. S5—Entire house 100% insu- lated, 4" rock wool bats. 6—100% Chapman slate roof, copper water pipes. 7—Exterior and basement walls waterproofed with IRONITE. §—Interior woodwork finish- ed with DULUX enamels. Electric Health Kitchen Homes Directions: Drive out Wisconsin trafiic light; turn left on old Georgetown Road at Women’s Farm Market; turn left on Wilson Lane to property. Cafritz Construction Co. DEVELOPERS—ARCHITECTS—BUILDERS Phone Wisconsin 9—VitraSeal (Bakelite base) hardwood floor finish. 10—Stairway treads and risers housed into wall stringer. 11—Keene cement kitchen and bath room walls. Ave. to Bethesda 5204 GLENBROOK VILLAGE A New Home Suburb Worthy of the National Capital Nestled in a Beautiful Wooded Section of Bethesda, Md. + OPENS TODAY - Fegturing g NEW “THRIFTEE-STEP” HOMES That Bring a New Conception to Small Home Constru«::on Exhibit Home 117 South Chelsea Tanc Completely Furnished By HUTCHINSON, INC. Step into this artistic house, and at once you are delighted with the large, impressive living room, the bright, cheery bed rooms, the very convenient arrangement. Fully in- sulated with rock wool for year- ‘round comfort. 87450 $8450 Each home has been inspected and ap- proved during construction by the Archi- tectural Section of the Federal Mousing Administration, and is eligible for loans under the F. H. A. Plan. Other Homes, THESE POPULARLY-PRICED HOMES FEATURE L CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND Rarery Founp A beautiful wooded tract of nearly fifty acres in thrive ing Bethesda, between Wisconsin Avenue and the Co- lumbja Country Club—Glenbrook Village is rich in natural beauty and offers all city conveniences. The luxuriant foliage of myriad oak, black walnut, and hickory trees add immeasurably td the plcturesque- ness and beauty of each house. * We have done everything to make these Thriftee-Step Homes the most modern, most convenient, and most beautiful available at their reasonable prices. We, be- lieve you will enjoy living in Glenbrook Village, where it is Beautiful, Healthful, Accessible, Convenient, Quiet, and Restrictive. Drive out today or tomorrow to see this picturesque new Suburban Community, and to inspect the eight new Thriftee-Step Homes. * TO REACH: Drive out Wisconsin Avenue to Office and Entrance of Glenbrook Village—7611 Wisconsin Avenue. ‘This is one-halt mile past Bank of Bethesda. THENEWBOLD DEVELOPMENT co. 7611 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, Maryland Telephone Wlsconsin 5286 L NEWBOLD BUILT IS HONESTLY BUILT — A, E QUIPMENT IN SwmaLL Howmes Compare “Newbold-Built” Features With Other Offerings * Built-in Kitchen Cabinets LaborSaving Kitchen Kitchen Vent, Fan Refrigeration Concealed Radiators - with grilles Generous Closet and Storage space Deep Basement Liberal space for Recreation or Hobby Room Brick Construction Slate Roof Oak Flooring Brass Water Piping -inch Rock Wool Insulation Copper Fl and Valleys Weather-stripping Copper Screens Automatic Vapor Heat Real Fireplaces Beautiful Tile Baths Glenbrook Vlllage Twenty-five minutes by automobile to “F” Street. Rapid, direct trans. portation to all down. town Washington. Healthful Elevation Five to ten minutes’ more than 300 feet walk to six Churches, above downtown High and Elementary Washington). Schools, Chain _and General Stores, Bank of Bethesdaand ning Advantages Five to ten minutes by automobile to 12 Golf and Country Clubs. ~Concrete Pavements (all assessments paid). Theater. * * HOMES OPEN TODAY AND DAILY UNTIL 9:00 P.M, HONESTLY BUILT