Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1936, Page 21

\ —_— BUILDING HERE INJUNE IS HIGHEST INLAST SIX YEARS Permits Valued at $3,597,- 000—61 Apartments Are Listed. 225 FAMILY DWELLINGS AUTHORIZED IN CITY Yotal for First Half of ‘36 Reaches $14,833,000—Improvements Included. BY JAMES Y. NEWTON. The private building industry in Washington enjoyed the best month i six years during June as a report yeleased today by Building Inspector John W. Oehmann, showed a valua- $ion of permits issued in the month of $3,597,685. Construction operations last month were far more impressive than in any period since the current building re- vival got under way early last year. Permits for 225 single-family dwell- ings and 61 apartments were granted during June. Figures in Col. Oeh- mann’s report were, of course, only for the District. Building activity, espe- cially small home construction, was nearly as great in nearby Virginia and Maryland as it was in the city proper. The huge figure for June swelled the valuation of permits issued in the first half of 1936 to $14,933,745, more than twice the aggregate for the en- tire year 1933, and approximately $5,500,000 more than the total for the #Airst half of 1935, when the construc- tion revival was already started. Valu- ation of building for the first six months of 1935 was $9,462.783. 60 Per Cent Greater Than ’'35. June building was approximately 60 per cent greater than the correspond- ing month last year when the valua- | Every type of | tion was $2,206,045. construction shared in the improve- ment. The 225 one-family dwellings ncluded in the list of permits last month were valued at $1,495,250, com- pared with 153 such structures with a valuation of $1,049,250 for last June. The 61 apartments, with a capacity of 488 families, were valued at $1,455,- 000, compared with 44 apartments projected in the same month last year, which had a capacity of 235 families, and a valuation of $597,600. Additions, alterations and repairs tikewise showed a big gain this June pver 1935. Permits for $510,435 in modernization work were issued last month, while the 1935 figure was $378,000. Northwest Section Leads. ‘The northwest section led other of the city in both new building #nd modernization work with a valua- kion of $2,438300 for the former and $260,700 for the latter. New building in Southeast Washington totaled $328,250, repairs, $28,595; northeast, $320,700 in new building and $51,490 in repairs. There was no new building dn southwest, where modernization work was valued at $169,650. There were 291 brick and 11 frame puildings erected during the month. Of the 225 one-family dwellings approved Dy the building inspector, 135 were detached, 20 semi-detached, and 70 row houses. Twenty-one raze permits were issued. FOURTH IS OBSERVED IN WESLEY HEIGHTS Fight Display to Climax Program on Fordham Road Grounds. The extensive preparations the Dis- trict has made for an elaborate fire- works display at the Monument grounds tonight will have a suburban rival of no small caliber when the annual Wesley Heights Fourth of July celebration gets under way at 8:15 at the Spring Valley horse show grounds on Fordham road. The night display, climaxing a full day of events sponsored jointly by W. C. and A N. Miller, developers of Wesley Heights, Spring Velley and Westerleigh, and the Wesley Heights Community Club, for years has been known as second in brilliance -~y to the municipally sponsored affair &3 the monument. This year the evening festivitiés are to last two hours and will be inter- spersed with popular music broadcast over a loudspeaker hook-up. It would be difficult to £nd a more perfect spot for the display, situated as it is in a natural bowl just west of Fordham road and its junction with Upton street. e BRITISH REAL ESTATE UNIT TO HEAR U. S. MAN Progress of American Practice to Be Discussed at Summer Conference.” Progress of American thought and in the management, sale, and valuing of real property as it has de- veloped during recent years will be discussed before the British profes- sional association in the fleld of real property use—the Incorporated Soci- ety of Engineers and Landed Property Agents—at its Summer conference opening this coming week by Herbert U. Nelson, Chicago, executive secre- tary of the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards. Wiliam H. Bosley, Toronto, Can- ada, realtor, will also address the con- ference, which will be held at Oxford, England, July 9-11, sessions to be in 7niversity College, Oxford. Nelson and Bosley will speak at the opening B FATRFAX SIASHES VALUATIONRECDRD Increase of Nearly Half Mil- lion Dollars in Realty Worth Noted. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., July 4—Exceeding all previous records, and increase in the assessed valuation of Fairfax County real estate of nearly half a million dollars for the current tax year over the last year was revealed today by County Commissioner of Revenue James U. Kincheloe. The annual land recapitulation for 1936 has just been completed. Real estate including improvements, which was assessed at $11,762,795 in 1935, carries an assessed valuation of $12,209,403 for the current tax year, an increase of $446,608. This, records show, is the greatest single year's jump in the history of the county. At the same time, Commissioner Kincheloe explained, the current in- crease is a net one, with the value of buildings burned or torn down during the last year not included. Revenue to Increase. On the basis of the new valuations, local taxpayers are scheduled to pay | $245,842.85 in real estate taxes this year, & boost of $12,576.55 over 1935, when the total real amounted to $233,266.30. The in- crease for the current tax year was brought about through a slight jump in the tax rates in the several magis- terial districts and incorporated towns coupled with the new values. Land itself carries an assessed value of $6,483,498 for 1936, while improve- ments add an additional $5,725,905. The major portion of the present in- crease in valuation comes through the extensive building operations carried on locally in 1935. Revealed likewise by the report is the fact that the acreage of the county has dropped by 946 acres from 1935. This almost annual shrinkage of acreage is brought about principally by new subdivisions. When acreage is subdivided, the land is carried as lots instead of acres as before. Providence Leads. Providence magisterial district again leads the county is the assessed valua- tion of its real estate and improve- ments. Its valuation is $3,215,629, an increase of $46,919 from last year. This valuation does not take into con- sideration incorporated towns. Mount Vernon magisterial district holds second place, its total realty valuations being set at $2,545440, an increase of $138,631 from 1935. Inci- dentally the boost in this district was the greatest for any single district in the county. Assessed valuations in other dis- tricts for 1936 compared with the last year are as follows: | Centreville district, 1936 valuation, $889,745, 1935 valuation, $877,665, in- crease, $12,080; Dranesville district, 1936 valuation, $1,173,545, 1935 valua- tion, $1,152,253, increase, $21,292; Falls Church district, 1936 valuation, $1,666,531, 1935 valuation, $1,594,765, increase, $71,766; Lee district, 1936 valuation, $699,393, 1935 valuation, $690,689, increase, $8,704. : Incorporated Town Figures. Similar figures for incorporated towns were shown as follows: Town of Clifton, 1936 valuation, $51,380, 1935 valuation, same; town of Fairfax, 1936 valuation, $370,414, 1935 valuation, $361,518, increase, $8,896; town of Falls Churchy 1936 valuation, INDIVIDUAL! * estate tax | WASHINGTON, D. C, <. $921,499, 1935 valuation, $784,799, in- crease, $136,700; town of Herndos 1936 valuation, $372,307, 1935 valua- | tion, $373,405, decrease. $1,098; town |of Vienna, 1936 valuation, $257,401, 1935 valuation, $256,317, increase, $1,084; town of West Falls Church, tion, $44,485, increase, $1,634. Total county and district real estate ;ux levies by districts and towns, in- | cluding current tax rates, will be as follows: Centreville district. rate, $1.62, tax, $14,41387; Dranesville district, rate, $2.97, tax, $34,854.29; Falls Church district, rate, $2.32, tax, $38,663.52; Lee district, rate, $1.62, tax, $11,330.1 Mount Vernon district, rate, $1.80, tax, $45,817.92; Providence district, rate, $1.79, tax, $57,559.76. Town of Clifton, rate $1.62, tax, $832.36; town of Fairfax, rate, $1.79, tax, $6,630.41; town of Falls Church, rate, $2.10, tax, $19,351.48; town of Herndon, rate, $2.97, tax, $11,057.52; town of Vienna, rate, $1.79, tax, $4,- 607.48; town of West Falls Church, rate, $1.57, tax, $724.07. Rates given for incorporated towns do not include any special corporation taxes laid by the municipalities them- selves to provide for functions pecu- | liar to their own government. As a further illustration of the rapid development of local real estate, | as reflected by comparative increases in assessed valuations for the past three years, the commissioner of the revenue pointed to the fact that the 1935 increase over the previous year | was $155,350; the 1934 increase, $118,- | 338, and the 1933 increase, $60,777. — JUNE DEEDS SHATTER ALEXANDRIA RECORD Total of 259 Listed as Real Estate Market Continues Active. B3 & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4—Con- tinued activity in the real estate mar- ket here resulted in the setting of a 15-year record for the number of deeds recorded in he Corporation Court during the month. of June, according to Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of court. The clerk recorded a total of 259 deeds, the majority for bargain and sale, last month. He issued 116 mar- riage licenses, a high but not a record figure, and collected $1,922.76 for the State from tax on deeds, suits, wills and licenses. UNUSUAL! ATTRACTIVE! 6600 SEVENTH ST. N.W. *9,250 A new detached corner brick home. Painted white with 1936 valuation, $46,119, 1935 valua- | ‘Blu;lding Activity in :irlington . Booms in First Half of Year BY MARZHALL BAGGETT. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., July 4—Building activity in Ar- lington County, although $500,000 be- hind the half-way mark of 1935's rec- ‘ord year, continued in the booming | stage during the first six months of 1936. For the half-year period just over, | construction work valued at $2,081,- | 658.45 was authorized in the building | line. The figure compares favorably | with the $2,591,625 amount of activ- ity recorded for the firgt half year of 1935, because of the Yact that last year’s figure includes almost $1,000,- | 000 expended in part of the Colonial | Village Apartment. A comparison of the half-year fig- ure with that of the total figure for 1934 is proof of the continuation of the county’s building boom. For the entire year of 1934, only $1,089,073 was expended in building activities. Offering better comparison of the two half-year priods is the numbr of building permits issued. From Janu- ary through June this year, 588 per- mits were issued. For the same months last year, only 398 permits SAVE $500 ON COST ATTRACTIVE NEW Low Cost Homes At & price you can pay. Loek at these prices. 4 rus $2,990—$6,550 7 Rus. Payments to Suit You. A CHMARMING COLONIAL—5 rooms. tile bah. shower. large sun porch over basement, hardwood floors. rick or stone design. On your Rk 3" eady $e" e Tee unr GUARANTEE BUILDING CORPORATION 411 Albee Bide. MEt. 5131, 8 Rooms—2 Baths 4 Bed Rooms This house can be used by two families very com- fortably. The income from the second floor will carry your monthly payments. Reconditioned like new, including new plumbing and heating plant. were issued, and for the entire year of 1935 the total was 761. After an auspicious start this year, during which building activity went way ahead of last year for the months of January, February and March, the work slacked during May and June to fall more than $100,000 below the 1935 figures for thes months in each instance. Also indicative of the large amount of building work this year in compar- ison with that of last year is the fact that to date $200,448.45 has ben spent for non-dwellings, while only $84,825 was spent in this line during the first six months of 1935. ‘White-Spatter Floor. . An exceptfonally beautiful floor for a sun-room or can be obtained by peinting the floor a glossy black and then giving it a white spatter finish. 4430N.H. Ave.N.W. Near St. Gabriel’s DUNIGAN-BUILT Corner home with nine large. light r::ml: beautiful lot and shrubbery; built-fn garage: 4 rooms. a etely dally for inspection until 9. 808 N. Cap. Na. €732-6738-0878 NEW HOMES OPEN SUNDAY 450d Highland Avenue 'WEST CHEVY CHASE, BETHESDA, MD. $7,250 CORNER HOMES, §7,450 OPEN SUNDAY 10 to 9 DAILY 2 to 9 Drive out 'lltn'l"l.‘v:mi i e P! turn right on Highland Ave- nus to Aomes. = 6015 Utah Avenue CHEVY CHASE, D. C. $13,750 CAREFREE COMFORT WITH MODERN GAS APPLIANCES OPEN SUNDAY 10 to 9 DURING WEEK 2 to 9 rive out Comn. Ave. fo Ne- Bt e B S Tl s Rittenhouse St. 4915 . . 16th Street SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1936. No. 1. New home at 6323 Utah avenue, Chevy Chase, sold through the office of Edw. H, Jones and Co., Inc., to Mrs. A. B. Montes for the owner and builder, Claude G. Johnson. No. 2. Residence of Leigh U. Lawrence at 6901 Glendale road, Woodbine, which was built and sold by the M. B. Swanson Construction Co. No. 3. was sold to Morris L. Kraf & Phelps, realtors. Home just comrleted at 3345 Military road, which Jjor Frank DuBose Phillips by Boss —Star Staff Photos. PAGE C—1 S75120 LOWS INNAY ST MARK FOR W HONES 12 Per Cent Increase Over April and 94 Per Cent Over May, 1935, $106,298,000 TOTAL FOR ALL TYPE LOANS Associations Report New Con- struction, Repair, Home Pur- chase and Financing. . Savings, building and loan associa- tions in May continued their month- to-month rise in volume of new con- struction lending, disbursing $27,812.- 000 for new one and two family homes, the United States Building and Loan League reported today. This is an in- | crease of 12 per cent over April con- | struction loans and a 94 per cent in- | crease over May, 1935. | | This type of credit expansion, con- | spicuous in recovery because of its | contribution to building trades em- | ployment, constituted more than a fourth of all advances made by the | associations throughout the country {in May. A total of $106,298,000 was disbursed for all types of loans, in- | cluding those for substantial mod | ernization and repair of homes, for purchase of existing properties, for re- financing home owner indebtedness | and other commitments in connection with home ownership. The loan total BUILDING BOOMS INMONTGOMERY Total for This Year $250,000 Over Figure for 1935. ‘The greatest building boom in the | history of nearby Maryland is taking place in Montgomery County, accord- | ing to new construction statistics re- | leased for the first six months of 1936. | Activity is reported as greater than 11935 when construction of homes in the county reached new heights. Fig- Is mately $250,000 greater than in the | same months of 1935. Dwellings erected in the county | since January 1 represent a valuation | of $3,112,857, only $2,416,173 less than | was spent for construction in the en- | tire year of 1935, and only $739,038 below the total for 1927, the most pros- perous real estate period in Montgom- | ery prior to last year. | There is no sign of decrease in | activity and the inspection offices are being flooded each day with applica- | tions for home building permits, it is | reported by Building Inspector Jack | Gray and Assistant Inspector Gerald | ‘Warthen. If the present pace is con- tinued the year's building total may reach $8,000,000, they say. ! They reported that the $500,000 apartment project the Blair Manage- Have You Seen the New , Paul T. Stone Brick Homes in Lovely EDGEWOOD? The Last Word in Fine Construction AIR-CONDITIONED With the Famous Bryant System These 6 and 7 room ho: baths. are 6124-6128 32nd Place N.W. The Wooded Section of Beautiful Chevy Chase, D. C. Te inspect, drive aily or Sun- dsy (unil ® ). from Chevy Chase Cirele, right on Western Ave. to Rit- tenhouse right te 32nd PL, left to homes on left side of street. Be Wise! Drive to 3269 Van Hazen Street N.W. and See the New Paul T. Stone, Inc. Home - Gos ment Corp. proposes to build near Silver Spring may be started this year. There would be 178 apartments in the group. The western suburban district has been the scene of the greatest building activity. Nearly $1,500,000 has been expended in that portion of the county. The total for the eastern sub- urban district for the half year was $1,348,892. Building in the rural northern district is valued at $107,235, | and in Takoma Park, the largest mu- | nicipality in the county, $160,000. PUPILS STUDY HOMES Fifth-Year Course Offered in Buffalo Schoal. | Srectal Dispatch to The Star. ! BUFFALO, N. Y. July 4—The “Arithmetic Home Ownership Project” model home, | This course was planned at the local | office of the Federal Housing Admin- | istration and includes the drawing up of plans and specifications for homes | in a price range of $3,000 to $8500. | It is designed to give students a prac- | tical knowledge of the theory of home | construction. STONE HO MODEL HOME 5320 FIRST ST. | represented a 60 per cent increase | in savings. building and loan activity over the like period of last year. | Both Classes Gain. | Morton Bodfish. executive vice president of the league, pcints out that both loans for repair and mod- ernization and those for home pur- chase showed gains of 5 per cent over April volume for the same types of credit. He emphasized that the home remoceling funds dispensed by the associations are largely for projects in- volving sizable expenditures for labor jas well as materials. He also showed | that many of the purchase loans have ! made possible the transfer of newly | built homes from operative builders to the families, which are the ultim: consumers, and thus have encoura home building with its attendant supply of more jobs. The Depart- ment of Labor indicates that employe: engaged in erecting. altering and-re- pairing private buildings during May were 14.8 per cent more numerou: ures for the first half of the year are |is being offcred as a fifth-year course than in April, and the building anc far above those of any other period in | at the Technical High School here, joan official sees in this improvemen® the community's history. Valuation of | following the interest shown by the | the direct contribution of financing | building so far this year is approxi- | students this Spring in planning a provided by these thrift and hom: financing institutions. “In the savings, building and loan association lending programs at th present time the country has undoub: - edly its most productive source o credit for home building and its con tinued encouraging expansion,” com- ments the league official. dreds MES . ROBERTS- Furnished by Hutchison, Inc Open Daily IG, beautiful 21-ft. stone homes with 6 study, 2 stone fireplaces, big recreation _/\/\\_/‘ rooms, 2 baths, studio attic bed room or l i room, big lot and garage. HOME TODAY OR TOMORROW. See MODEL REALTOR Tower Blds. Dis. 3100 WAVERLY TAYLOR = CORDIALLY INVITES YOU The Jane TO. visiT BfOWfl Home N /Zolllnfwowl SET ON A BEAUTIFULLY WOODED LOT OVERLOOKING ROCK CREEK PARK . . . 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