Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1936, Page 25

« Kane, Alexandria, re-elected as treas- | CONTINUED GAINS INREAL ESTATE PREDICTED HERE , Election Slows Up Market Slightly, but Effect Is B+ Seen Temporary. VOLUME RISES STEADILY g DURING TWO YEARS Builders Erecting Dwellings at Rapid Pace, Indicating Con- b fidence in Future. E BY JAMES Y. NEWTON. The coming election has had the effect of slowing up slightly the Washington real estate market in the last few weeks, although there is some division of opinion on the subject among the city's larger brok- ers. Realty experts are confident, however, that regardless of the out- come of November balloting business will continue to be exceedingly brisk here. Washington's realty market has been climbing steadily the last (wo Yyears toward the volume of pre-depres- sion days. This march has been un- marked by even temporary halts. ‘This fact leads some of the brokers to view a pre-election slump as assur- ance of the future health of the mar- ket. The best sign for continued good business in the Capital is the fact that from a buyer’s standpoint it is the time to purchase property as prices have not risen in proportion to business transacted, and is still 8 long way from the average level | of the 1920s. An indication of the confidence of people who know real estate in Wash- ington is the fact that the builders are erecting dwellings at a fast pace. It is probable that construction this month will exceed the total for Oc- tober, 1935, which was one of the | best months in a year that saw the | erection of nearly 2,000 homes in the | District alone. Despite the great | number of dwelling units added this vear and last. apartment houses are | still crowded, the last report showing | JJdess than 2 per cent residential va- cancies. Middleton Sees Increases. F. Eliot Middleton, president of the Washington Real Estate Board, who | is considered an astute judge of con- ditions, declares that real estate is still far from its peak. He believes | the next year will bring even greater activity than the last, and that the election will have little, if any, effect on it. Prospect.s are very brlght in our Page 2 €-3) REAL ESTATE GROUP SELECTS R. L. KANE| | ‘Alexandria-Arlington-Fairfax| Board Names Officers f:r Year. Robert L. Kane, Alexandria realtor, was elected president of the Alexan- _ dria-Arlington-Fairfax Real “ Board at a meeting of the board held at the offices of Graham & Ogden, | Alexandria, on Friday night. 'K Other officers elected to serve for | the ensuing year were: John F. Web- | ster of the Clarendon office of Boss & Phelps, vice president; E. Newton | Snyder, Clarendon realtor, secretary, and Eppa D. Kane of Washington & | toward the rear. urer. Also re-elected was the execu- tive committee, comprising John G. Graham, Henry C. Morris and Charles | W. Smith. | The board gave a vote of apprecia- tion for services during the past year | to C. W. Clever, Clarendon realtor and | retiring president. Methods of ex- panding the board membership were LAST WEEK AHEAD | aby Woods section of Chevy Chase. | Heights-Park road business area. Rosengarten. 5-and-10 cent store. Estate | nas been completely air-conditioned. Two Beautiful Homes in Nearby Maryland Recently Completed and Sold WASHINGTON, D. C, enin e ] @he Foet WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITRON ny Shap SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1936. Duwelling of Williamsburg Colonial design at 416 Highland drive, Kenwood, Md., which was recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Powell jrom the Kennedy-Chamberlin Devel=- opment Co., builders. A. H. Sonnemann was the architect, New home at 325 Becker avenue. Branwill Park, Silver Spring, Md., Weston M. Ackman by the Moss attmc!ne dwellzny Realty Co,, builders. There are FOR MODEL HOME Barnaby Street Silver Star| Exhibit Visited by 6,500 Persons, The public will be afforded final op- | portunity during the next week to visit the fifth Silver Star Home of 1036, located at 6634 Barnaby street, Chevy Chase, D. C., which tomorrow enters the last quarter of its exhibi- | tion period. This house occupies a beautifully wooded corner lot in the new Barn- New England Colonial in design, it was built by Claude G. Johnson, and | is presented by Edward H. Jones & (See MODEL HOME, Page C-2.) NEW MURPHY STORE TO BE OPENED TODAY | The new $400,000 store of the G. C. Murphy Co, located at 3128 Fourteenth street, will be opened to- | day. The building is one of the | largest structures in the Columbia | The store building, containing | 5,800 feet of counter space, was built | by the firm of Davis, Wick and | | constructed | Studio of | School of Architecture, it is announced | by Dean Leopold Arraud. It is 55 by 195 feet in size, and three stories in height. The front is two stories with a setback | G. T. Betz will manage the new The building OPEN 3801 Jocelyn St. N.W. Convenient Location in Chevy Chase A detached corner home in a beau- tiful setting of trees and shrubs. st of Connecticut Modern center entrance. Living room, library, dining room. kitchen. 4’ lagge rooms. screened sieeping porch and two large open porches. Price 39’950 See This Home Saturday or Sunday Brodie & Colbert, Inc. 1707 Eye St. Realtor NA. 8875 “Artificial Sun” Is Used to Aid Building Plans of Architects Heliodon, to Permit Designs Providing Maximum Heat and Light, Built at Columbia. An “artificial sun” which will enable | architects to design buildings more | maximum | solar light and heat in Winter and | scientifically, achieving maximum shade in Summer, has been in the Town Planning The new instrument, called a helio- | don, will be used on models of pro-| to determine how where windows posed dwellings they should face, should be located, and where shade was | explained by Dean Arnaud. Sir Ray- | trees should be planted, it mond Unwin, director of the Town Planninig Studio, will be in charge of the studies. - Economy in heating costs can be effected by placing the house in the | most advantageous relation to the sun, | Dean Arnaud asserted. While archi- tects have been able to plot the angle | at which the stn strikes a building at any given hour, experiments with the heliodon indicate that the task will in the future be more simple and the results more accurate, he explained. The heliodon is a spotlight that may be moved up and down on & shaft according to the months of the year. The light is focused on a platform, mounted on a smaller shaft 8 feet away, which holds a miniature model of the proposed construction | made of plumr, wood or cardboard, If You Are Lookmg for a Home Bargain 2434 2nd Street N.E. In that most desirable 3rd and Rhode Island Ave. N.E. Neighborhood Brick 2-bed room home with bath. 2 screened porches and open front porch. Has been thoroughly reconditioned in every way, making it EQUAL TO A BRAND-NEW HOME. Price, $4,950 Terms that will make owner- ship as easy as paying rent. Open for Inspection Every Day and Sunday. 1404 xs CAFRITZ . jthe platform, the Columbia University | with small green sponges for trees. | The platform is tilted until its position in relation to the nmfimal‘ sun corresponds to that of the pro- | posed building’s latitude. By revolving | whose shaft is marked | according to hours, the amount of sunlight and shade on the building | during the day and at any time of the year can be studied. Reporting an increased interest! among architects and health author- | ities in the problem of sunlight, Dnn Arnaud predicted that the heliodon | would be used increasingly in the designing of housing developments and | in town planning. It also will be use- | ful in the study of zoning restrictions, | he added, since it can be adjusted to | show the amount of shadow cast by one edifice on another. “At Columbia, we are using the sun machine in our town planning studio to improve building designs,” (Seé ARCHITECTS, Page 0-2) @ New American Homes, adjoin- ing Rock Creek Park at Beach Drive and Leland Street, on b: tifully woeded lots, with 3 and 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, paneled library and basement lounge, maid's room and bath, 2-car garage, G.E. air conditioning and electric heclth kitchen, @ Model home open daily to 8.30. 8 WAVERLY TAYLOR % 1522 X Street NAtional 1040 GARDEN OF NEW HOME LIGHTED FOR msHTs[ Rock Pools, Bridge Stand Out When Elec- tricity Is Turned On. A new note in garden effects has been supplied by the Barnaby Woods Development Co. in the rear of a home it has just com- pleted at 6608 Thirty-second street, Barnaby Woods, Chevy Chase, D. C. ‘The developers have had the garden of the home wired to demonstrate the effectiveness of lighting in making such a place a useful living spot at night. A series of rock pools, a small brook and rustic bridges sur- | rounded by ferns and evergreens, are clearly shown by well-concealed | lights. lighting The landscaping of the garden was | done under supervision of Mrs. Harold K. Beck, ing of the place was by the lighting service of the Potomac Electric Power Co. In addition, the house has been furgished by Hilda Miller. 18 SOLD 10 More Being Built 5 NEARING COMPLETION 3,950 $650 Cash ACT QUICKLY Be sure to get in on this splendid op- portunity before it is too late. Six rooms. modern in every respect. Cab- Tnet kitchen. with latest gas stove and Electrolux. ' Three bedrooms. Piped for two-family house. The most 8t- tractive row house in Washington for the price. 1709 Lyman PI. N.E. One block off Bladensburg Rd. & M St. Built by ©. J. and W. A. CARR Open Every Day Until 9 P.M. 201 Investment Bldg. Dist. 6092 while assistance in the lighte | THE ACME OF FINE LIVING | In These Air-Conditioned Cooley Bros. Homes |RECENT SALES OF LOTS ANNOUNCED BY DOYLE Brook and Rustic Ten Transactions Are Completed ' Herbert; in Various Sections of City. Ten recent sales of real estate property were announced today by the office of Frank M. Doyle, realtor, of 927 Fifteenth street. The transac- | tions are as follows | Lot on Twenty-eighth street in | Chevy Chase, Ross H. Johnson to Crouch & Wesely; lot on Military road, Chevy Chase, Laura Hughes Cole to Chris F. Seyfarth; lots 15 and 16 on Massachuseits avenue, Frank M. Doyle to W. C. & A. N. Miller, Inc.; lots on Military road. Chevy | Chase, Henrietta E. Oldinz to Harry ‘x Herschman; several lots at Six- | teenth street and Luzon avenue, New Corner Home 4626 38th St. N.W. (Corners of 38th St., Chesapeake St. & Nebraska Ave.' Adjacent to Woodorw Wilson Hioh School, pub- lic and parochial achool.) Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Goodloe & Kloeppinger 907 15th St. N.W. NAt. 7793 Building News PAGE C—1 LOAN ASSOCIATION HEADS T0 ATTEND NEW YORK PARLEY Government Home Financ- ing Agency Officials Also to Be Present. CONVENTION PLANNED WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY, Senator Copeland Among Speakers to Address 44th Annual Meeting of League. Heads of Washington building and | loan associations and officials of | Government home financing agencies | will play important roles in the forty= | fourth ~ annual convention of the United States Building and Loan League, to be held in New York City Wednesday, Thursday and While a number of building and loan men from the District will 1 Charles C. Glover, jr., to J. M. Chesser, attend the convention as delegates representing their individual associae | tions, the deiegates elected by the Dise trict Building and Loan League are Robert E. Buckley, president of the District league; Edward C. Baltz, sec~ (See CONVENTION, Page C sold to Mr, and Mrs. five rooms and bath in this —Star Stafl Photos. lot on Military road, Chevy Altie M. Henderson to Henry : lot on Military road, Chevy Lulu E. Hulett to Henry 3718 Benton street, Poole | Estate to J. E. Hunter; lots, southwest corner Forty-eighth and Elhcuu streets, W. C. & A. N. Miller, Inc,, John Brasser, and 1128 and 1132 Bladenshurg road northeast, James A. | Toomey, attorney, to Josephine A. | Gatti. | Inc.; Ch: | Her! | Chase, Rent or Sale On Terms Like Rent 2-bath home, block from car line and stores in Takema Park. Has 2 kitchens, entrance hall and has been used for two families. Robert E. Lohr 311 Cedar St. Takoma Park Geo. 0881 Large 9-room, A Decorative Scheme Given. If a floor is painted a m"d.um \chromc yellow, it will, by reflection, | give white or cream painted walls a | charming, sunshiny effect. In a room following this decorative scheme, cur- ! tains of transparent vellow gauze will help to carry out the impression of | sunshine coming into the room. 4330 43rd Street N.W. Furnished by Hutchison's, Inc.—Draperies by John Ligon 12,500 O One Ot?er House $10,750 Open Dmly and Sunday . to Yuma St turn left” 2 dlocks to house. BUILT BY MONROE WARREN EARLE M. DAWSON—SALES EMERSON 5744 In addition to the usual excellent Cooley features you may now make your own weather, assuring health and comfort the year ‘round. Six rooms, 2 baths, library, recre- ation room, built-in garage, mod- ern kitchen with gas range and refrigerator. Completely insulated, caulked, screened and weather- stripped. Exposures furred and plastered over plaster board. Gas Air-Condltioned Heating furnishes erfect, even warmth during any Exhibit Home Open Every Day to 9 P.M. PRICED FROM $9,150 » Furnished by P. J. Nee Co. COME TO SEE ME I WILL BE AT THIS HOME from 4 to 9 pm. daily, and SUNBAY.from 10 am. to 9 pm., in order to show you what a house for the money. Con- venient to churches, transporta- tion, shopping, theater, etc. 8 rooms, h.-wh. Come and see the extras. of the finest sections in Ameri- can University Park. Two hand- | some bed rooms, tile bath, floored attic—truly a PERFECT HOME. $5,250—Terms That is the price, but it is many hundreds of dollars BE« LOW THE ACTUAL VALUE. Open for Inspection Satur- day and Sunday. Drive out Massachusetts Ave- nue to Western Avenue, north to 4800 block, then left 2 blocks to home. CAFRITZ 1404 K St. __ DL %080 A Lovely New Home inter weather and gentle, no- draft filtered and circulated air for Summer. To Reach g% B & . Drive out Wis, NAtl. 9240 Tower Bldg. Only 2 Left That is the remarkable sales record for Cafritz homes in Homeland The finest detached home sec- tion in all Northwest Washington; a neighborhood you will like im- mensely; neighbors you will enjoy pleasurably; homes that just fit the family life. Exhibit Home 4513 Brandywine St. Furnished by Hutchison Draped by Ligon Great big 50-foot lots, lavishly landscaped. . “Lifetime’’ construc- tion. Tastefully decorated. Finest equipment throughout — bath, kitchen. Masterkraft Oil Burner with automatically controlled domestic hot water heater. Built- Price and Terms Attrac- tive. House Lighted. J. M. Hicks 1425 Meridian Place One-way street from 16th «f. Retween 14th and 16th Sts. N.W. B 4501 Dexter Road N Culvt'! to 39th 1., then left dlock. one-hall Interior decorators say, “By and large, most people are afraid to use color in their homes. They want color, yes, but they don’t trust their own judg- ment in the use of it.” Last week we announced the opening of a new home featuring the tasteful use of color. Almost instantly the idea caught the public interest. Visi- tors came out enthusiastically. After they had seen the soft gray and blue, the restful green and silver, the gay red and yellow, harmoniously combined, they recognized color as a distinctly modern and delightful way to give a home taste and individuality. Don’t miss this exhibit. Youll find it defi- nitely ahead of the commonplace—one of the reasons, incidentally, why Breuninger leads fine-home build- ing in Washington. This is an Electric Kitchen Health Home A LEISURELY DRIVE out Massachusetts Ave. to Cathe. dral Ave. to 44th St.; then south three blocks to Dexter Road. L& Breutinger S Sons 1515 K STREET NATIONAL 2040 2238 Que St. A TOWN HOUSE ADJOINING GOVERNMENT PARK AT BUFFALO (QUE ST.) BRIDGE .. . A BARGAIN $13,750 A handsome 3-story resi- dence of brick with stone trim; 10 ropms (6 Bed Rooms) 3 baths, including maid’s bath; 6 fireplaces, big reception hall and room, butler's pantry, servants’ rear stairway, full-size base- ment, deep lot, garage. Va- cant. A remarkable buy at this low price and fine loca- tion. Close to Mass. Ave. and Dupent-Circle. OPEN SUNDAY, 11 TO 6 BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K Bt. Realtors - NA. 9300 COLONY HILL o+ 4508-4512 HOBAN RD. Cleverly interpretating the Beauty of Old Charleston, South Caroling, homes. $20,000 . . . $20.500 5 BEDROOMS 3 BATHS TAPROOM AND BAR The lost charm of the past has been recaptured in Colony Hill homes and combined-so well with modem equipment that none of the loveliness of the old is lost. OPEN DAILY BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K 8t. Realtors. * Natl 9300 Drive out Reservoir Road to 300 feet beyond 44th St. to Hobon Rood end north to houses. A Most Atiractive Center-Hall Brick $14,750 3421 Patterson St. Chevy Chase, D. C. A new Colonial hom¢ with 6 large rooms, 2 full baths, oil burner, finished attic, furred walls, rock-wool insulation, screened back porch overlook- ing a deep, wooded lot; 2-car brick garage. discussed and adopted £ Read Carefully E and motor out to this home promptly for it will be quickly Just Completed /3004 15th St. N.E. (® blocks north of 15th and Rhode Island Ave. N.E.) sold— 4855 Bayard Blvd. Corner lot, 40x100 feet: one @ Solid brick construction » 6 d-hgl\tM rooms Large living room with fireplace Modern kitchen with cabinets and gas refrigerator 3 splendid bedrooms Tile bath with shower Full size cellar Furred walls Insulated ceilings Completely weather-stripped Oil heat ll:!gt, beautifully landscaped t. THE PRICE IS ONLY Lo Reasonable Down Payment 1 Convenient Terms. |~ Open mrl e u«’n:‘ugm’? Sunday ‘Stroup Realty Co. Southarn Bids.___ DL eses ton’s finest schools within |\m [] five-minute safe walk—and only 15 minutes to downtown. Open Every Day and Swmn,, Including Sunday. Directions—Out Wisconsin Avenue to River Road—left one block to Brandywine Street, 1404 DI, xs. CAFRITZ soio Developers and Buildere. Phillips & Canby, Inc. NA. 4600 1012 15¢h St. N.W.