Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1936, Page 25

pre mme— BUILDING PERMITS FOR SEPTEMBER TOTAL §3.325.461 $1,300,000 License for Po- lice Court Structure Causes Big Gain. INCREASE OVER 1935 IS ALMOST MILLION Figure for Month Last Year $3,045,265—34 Apartments Approved. BY JAMES Y. NEWTON. The Capital's small building boom surged to one of its highest poinfs during September when permits were issued for $3,925,467 in all types of construction, according to the month- 1y report of Building Inspector John W. Oehmann, made public today. A permit for the new $1,300,000 Police Court Building, under con- struction at Fifth and E streets, swelled valuation of September build- ing to wear the post-depression record. Btrictly private construction during the month was valued at $2.613,155, with residential building showing the way. The valuation of building in the torresponding month of 1935 was $3,- 045,265, which was the highest figure reached during that year. Included In the valuation for September, 1935, was a permit for the million-dollar Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Build- Ing completed last Spring. Permits were approved for 160 one- family dwellings, valued at $946,775 last month, as compared with 188 such structures with a valuation of $1,- 106,900, approved in September of last year. Apartment house con- struction last month exceeded by a wide margin the top month of 1935. Permits for 34 apartments with a ca- pacity of 345 families were approved in September. The valuation of this type of building was $998,500 as com- | pared with $496,685 for last September. Permits for additions, alterations and repairs to existing structures, issued in September likewise ex- ceeded the figure for last year, with a valuation of $397,900, as compared ‘Wwith $305,180. Northwest Washington led other sections of the city in new building with a total of $1.314,700. The Northeast section was second with $519,575, as compared with $332,500 | in Southeast, and $48,500 in South- west Washington. Valuation of alterations, additions and repairs by sections is as follows: Northwest, $238,955; Southeast, $71,765; North- east, $36.655, and Southwest, $50,525. FORUMS BEGUN Housing and Town Planning Dis- cussed at School. Public forums on housing and town planning have been inaugurateti at the Columbia University School of Archi- tecture as one of the principal activi- ties of the Town Planning Studio, of which Sir Raymond Unwin, past pres- ident of the Royal Institute of British Architects, is the new director. Discussion in which leading archi- tects and town planners from New York and other cities will participate will follow a lecture by Sir Raymond st each of the meetings, to be held weekly on Thursday afternoons at 4 o'clock until January 14. Sir Ray- mond was formerly chief technical of- ficer for housing and town planning in the British Ministry of Health, $7,950 1928 3Tth St. N.W. Outstanding Buy A handsome Colonial brick home, only a few yearsold. Just | newly papered and painted and looks brand new. 6 Spacious rooms REALTY COURSE 118 Already Signed Up for 16-Week-Study in Problems. Enrollments for the 16-week real estate study course to be held this | Fall and Winter under auspices of Southeastern University have been coming in rapidly in the last two weeks, it was announced today by F. Eliot Middleton, president of the Washington Real Estate Board. Eight- een persons have entered the school | s0 far. There will be a series of eight lec- tures by prominent realtors and each succeeding week will be given over to an analysis and problem study of the subject matter cbvered by the realtor-lecturer. This will enable stu- dents to obtain practical answers to the problems under discussion. The | entire course will be under the direc- tion of Joseph A. Herbert, jr, who will serve as class counsellor and dis- cussion leader. Herbert's experience in the local real estate field assures those who enroll for the course that every phase of the course will be| Luchs to Speak. ‘The opening lecture will be held Monday night, October 19, at 7:30 p.m., Southeastern University, 1736 G street, and Morton J. Luchs, vice presi- dent of Shannon & Luchs Co., will ~(See COURSE, Page C-4.) g e Chicagoan Realty Speaker. Henry T. Holsman, Chicago, has joined the speakers’ group for the Institute of Real Estate Management of the National Association of Real Estate Boards to be held jn connec- tion with the association’s twenty- ninth annual convention, in New Orleans. 10 OPEN OCT. 19 handled from a practical vtewpoinLi’ MAKES FAST SALES Builder Sells 4 of Group of 7 Before Completion. The unusual experience of selling four of a group of seven houses before completion was reported today by Clif- ton D. Kelley, who is building homes in the Glover Park section. Kelley has just put the finisning touches to a new group in the 2300 block of Huidekoper place. ‘These new homes contain six rooms, two baths, recreation room and un- usually spacious closets. Mr. Kelley at- tributes his success in marketing the homes to the careful attention he gave construction details. He has furnished one of the houses not sold for exhi- bition purposes. |WASHINGTON AIRPORT PURCHASES 1,280 ACRES Tract of Land on Highway Below Alexandria- Bought From Alabama Company. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., October 3.—A tract of land in Mount Vernon District, on the Richmond-Washington Highway | below Alexandria, containing approxi- mately 1280 acres, has been sold to the Washington Airport. The property, formerly owned by the Alabama Realty Co., was con- veyed to the Washington Airport by a deed executed by Samuel J. Solomon and Thomas W. Phillips, trustees. The transaction was handled through . . . and now we have Color to give your home taste and individuality ! the office of the Real Title Co. at Arlington Court House. It was not revealed what immediate | disposition the purchasers plans to | make of the land. Because of its| proximity to both Washington and Al- exandria and the large acreage, the | property is suited for airport develop- | ment. ’ 1 | All public officials holding Com- munist opinions in Greece are to be | dismissed and public libraries are to | be purged of Red literature. 1. View of 5702 York lane, ¢ Greenwich Forest, Md., re- cently sold to Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Eells by the Cafritz Co., builders. English in design, the house contains seven rooms and three baths. 2. Home at 3842 Cathedral avenue which has been pur- chased by Dr. J. C. Wynkoop through the office of James E. Schwab, realtor. , 3. New home at 4611 Haw- thorne lane recently com- pleted for Mr. and Mrs. E. Irving Fulton. Mr. Fulton is with the United States Cham- ber of Commerce. —Star Staff Photos. HIGHWOOD Chevy Chese, D. C. 3320 Runnymede N.W. Detached center-hall Colo- nial brick. Living room 13x 24.6, 2nd-floor den 17x17, finished in knotty pine, with . open fireplace. Attractively Priced Open Daily end Sunday ch’mflc C’h eny - ase Circle turn - n'M on Western D Ave.. '3 squares Tioni 10 property. G. F. MIKKELSON & SON Owners-Builders Milton F. Schwab, Sales PAGE C—1 NEW SILVER STAR HOME VISITED BY MORE THAN 3,000 House at 6634 Barnaby Be- gins Third Week on Ex- hibition Tomorrow. |NEW ENGLAND COLONIAL IS MODERATELY PRICED Dwelling, Chosen by Experts, Is Located on Large ‘Wooded Lot. More than 5,000 visitors already have inspected the fifth Silver Star Home of 1936, located at 6634 Barnaby street, Chevy Chase, D. C. Tomorrow the house will enter the third week |of its period of exhibition under | sponsorship of The Star. The moderately-priced residence of New England Colonial design has brought much favorable comment from the thousands who have visited it during the last two weeks. The public has been particularly lavish in | its praise of the exterior appearance, | the interior planning, and structural k | len(ures of Th( Sllr home. Thf lur:f | 1417 K ST. 3907 OLIVER ST CHEVY CHASE, MD. OPEN SUNDAY 10 TO DARK 4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, first floor lavatory, basement shower; maid’s room; automatic heat ond refrigeration; breakfost room; 2-car garage. One of the finest buys in years, reduced way down in price to effect immediate sale. Vacant ond in fine shape. Just west of Chevy Chase Circle off Western Ave. BOSS & PHELPS NA. $300 Come and See Homeland And then you will realize just why this new Cafritz community holds the record in Washington for sales of new homes. 4626 38th St. N.W. (Corners of 3t St., Chesapeake St, & Ne- braska_Ave. Adiacent to Woodrow Wilson High School, public end parochial schools.) - metipdernosius uitehen: !k‘rutlhl Ill‘ll no n- l‘ ® 3 porches Electric Refrigerator. Automatic heat (Gas) Screened and weather- | stripped Insulated Built-in Garage Cooley Built | Convenient to Western High | School, bus and only 12 minutes | to Reart of city. Open Sunday Frank S. Phillips 927 15th St. Dist. 1411 | Priced Much Below Today’s Market Open Today and Daily Until 9:30 P.M. Unique community of detached homes, on big 50-foot lots, in a loca- tion that is nll-wvuum.—ofio VERY BEST in the Northwest. And every home is of distinctive designing and “Lifetime” construction. You mast know from comparison that no homes have the practical plenning, the wonderful finish and equipment thot are exclusive features of Cafritx “Lifetime’ homes. Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. GOODLOE & KLOEPPINGER 907 15th St. N.W. National 7793 nd forec et on krade . full attie. b HARRY B. PITTS CO. 1001 15th St. N.W. Met. 0100 Take time to go through the Exhibit Home critically. 4513 Brandywine St. N.W. Furnished by Hutchison; Draperies by Ligon. Sum up 'its appealing features—and see how perfectly it fits your family needs and how surprisingly low the price. rinoating ) B £59 | Roomy roems, artistically appointed bath, lots of closets, electric kitchen; siate roof, built-in garage end Masterkraft Oil Burner with cutomatically controlled domestic hot wa- tor heater. 4501 Dexter Road N.W. J. B. Tiffey invites you to view ; : his latest and most beautiful MobEL Stubpio HOME Model Furnished Home 5206 FIRST STREET N.W. Open Sunday and Daily 10 9 P.M. B. TIFFEY'S latest Studio Home *is now open with its beautiful Smcn America’s leading architects and interior decorators have demonstrated how color gives the home taste and individuality, you are invited to see an exhibit of colors correctly used in the modern American home. All the Value the Price Can Buy. COLORS—Soft, Restful, Gay—COLORS Soft GRAY covering the exterior brickwork, livened with a dash of DELFT BLUE on the window blinds—a living up salon dining room with modern- istic iron grille work balustrade and full-length draperies dividing the two rooms porch bedrooms . .« « sleeping porch . room with fireplace . . . step- . « two beoutiful baths . basement touch of VERMILION on the front screen door—blend- ing. perfectly with Nature’s GREEN terrace, beautifully landscaped. Inside the home pale shades of GREEN with SILVER and ORANGE on restful walls—YELLOW, . also in a new and bold use. The entire house an intelligent. revel in color—really worth a visit. Here is a dynamic Conveniently Close to Town Only 15 minutes awoy from business—a safe S-minute walk for the kiddies. to Washington's newest and finest schools—Woodrow Wilson High, Alice Dea! Junior High, Janney Graded, St.. Anne’s Parochial. ;xrum, room with firuhu e © gos hfluc...d««h‘mo‘ ++ « facing City Park. out DRIVE OUT TODAT! to First M lm step in a new and much-to-be-appreciated direction, 4330 43rd Street N.W. numlons; Out l‘l o eonsin Brandywine Sireet. Open Every Dey and Evening, Includ- ing Sunday i CAFRITZ " Owners, Architects, Builders This Is an Electric Kitchen Health Home “ * Furnished- by Hutchison’s, Inc.—Draperies by John Ligon A LEISURELY DRIVE out Massachusetis Ave..to Cathe- $'| 2,500 dral Ave,, to 44th St., wummmwhwmm | ‘i.'“D"l::‘ 25t aug:-'n‘c- Ase. to Yuma 1, One- Other House $10,750 Open Daily and Sunday “"’. : BUILT BY MONROE WARREN EARLE M. DAWSON—SALES EMERSON 5744