Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1937, Page 25

l Real Estate l @h HOUSING PROVIDED FOR 32,000 IN 133 IN CAPITAL AREA Record in Residential Build- ing Set for Territory, Review States. NUMBER OF UNITS 50 PCT. ABOVE 1935 Danger Construction May Out-| speed Population Growth | Cited by Lusk. More than 32000 people, or = population as large as that of Cum- berland, Md. were provided with housing in metropolitan Washington | during 1936, according to a tabulation of building contained in the January issue of Washington Business Review, published by Rufus S. Lusk. | In addition to the District proper, | eonstruction figures for Alexandria | City, Arlington, Montgomery and | Prince Georges Counties and Takoma x Park are included. The Review points | out these interesting facts concern- ing this huge building program: 1.1t is the largest amount of residential construction in the history of this territory. 2. The total housing units started exceed 9,000, or about 50 per cent | more than 1935. 3. More apartments th houses, although reverse was true. 4. In both 1935 and 1936 lhere were more homes built in the counties than in the Capital itself. Wash- ington seems to be gradually yielding first, place to Maryland and Vlrglnlu in the erection of single family dwell- | ings. The Review points out that while this unprecedented building program ean be absorbed for the present, it cannot, continue indefinitely. According to Lusk, the amount of residential construction which any community may absorb cannot ex- ceed the number of available people | to occupy houses and apartments in that particular community. If there ere 10,000 people who need shelter and housing is constructed for 20,000, trouble results. This is what hap- pened in 1925 and 1926. Because construction went so far ahead of population growth disaster came upon | the industry within a year or two. ‘This point has not been reached today, but if construction continues | at its present pace it will be here before many realize it. That time will arrive when construction out- distances demand. It depends upon two factors: The rate of building and the rate of population growth. If the growth of Washington, which | has been at least four times normal | for the last three years, assumes a normal increase again it will have a material and almost immediate effect upon the amount of residential building that can be profitably car- ried on. ‘The Review gives a detailed analysis | of construction in the different parts of metropolitan Washington and sum- marizes the sale of new homes in' the city, vacancies and number of N " » 3 . di 5 to erect iewd iy 1 et ers; J. Himmelheber, designer, ‘14 two-story brick dwellings, 1900-26 T | D street northeast, to cost $4,500. I. C. 8. DIRECTOR HERE |, Sirens " ouners snd builders: | TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ! George T. Santmyers, architect; to | erect two 3-story brick apartments, | | 1420 Tuckerman street and 1421 Som- erset place, to cost $50.000. R. H. Sanford, 3913 Military road, | owner and builder; George T. Sant- were erected in 1935 !he DECLINES SHARPLY Permits of Week Total $405,940, Following Pre- vious Period Record. Private construction in the District during the last week fell away sharply from the record-breaking total of the previous period, as the office of Build- ing Inspector John W. Oehmann issued permits for $405.940 in new | building. Despite the fact that the total valu- ation of construction dropped far be- low the figure for last week, the build- ing inspector’s office approved permnu | for 47 one-family dwellings in the | past six days. Only two npenmenu were included in the list of permits. The largest permit of the week was issued to the Fifteenth Street Heights Corp., and called for erection of 14 dwellings in the 1900 block of D street northeast, at a total cost of $63,000. J. Himmelheber was named architect for the project. Modern Construction Co., 803 Ham- ilton street, obtained the right to | erect two 3-story apartments at 1420 | Tuckerman street and 1421 Somerset place. George T. Santmyers was listed as the architect. More Important Permits. More important permits of the week | are as follows: Fifteenth Street Heights Corp., Southern Building, owners and build- W. H. Neely Will Go to Scranton, Pa., for Session of School | brick dwellings, 311-21 Sixteenth | Executives. street northeast, to cost $30.000. W. H. Neely of this city, director of the Southern department of the Inter- | ;i eat owner and builder; Harvey P. national Correspondence Schools, will | gaxter, architect; to erect three 2- artend the annual conference of the | siory brick and cinder block dwellings, achools’ directors and superintendents 3216-3210-3204 Arcadia place. to cost to be held at the headquarters of the | g94 750, schools, Scranton, Pa, January 20 to 25, inclusive. house street, owner and builder; E. The increasing shortage of skilled | Cappelman, designer; to erect two labor and the 1. C. 8. program for w-i 2-story brick and cinder block dwell- | * operation with industry in the training | ings, 6616 and 6622 Thirty-second | of workers, will be a principal subject street; to cost $10,000 each. for discussion at the conference. More | Stone Construction, Inc., 927 Fif- than 2,400 companies, according to Mr. | teenth street, owners and builders: | 1;Neely, nave entered into arrangements | Robert K. Smith, architect; to erect | ith.the International Correspondence | one 2-story brick dwelling, 1615 DE-’ 8chools for co-operative apprentice- ! catur street; to cost $15,000. ship and employe training programs.| W. Ford Harvey, 1738 Park road, T EnNEsY | owner; J. D. Cobb, architect; Clarence W. Gosnell, Inc., 1414 Monroe street, builders; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 1110 Sixth street northeast; to GARDEN CLUB MEETS | cost $15,000. First Session of Year Held by 'y and Mrs. Max Stern, 744 Jack- Chevy Chase Group. son place, owners: Miss G. Sawyer, | 3 ., 13¢ ec- The Chevy Chase, D. C., Garden architect; Martin Bros., 1341 Conn ticut nue, builders; to erect one Club held its first meeting of the Year | 5 story = 2-story brick and frame dwelling, Monday at the home of Mrs. Elmer F. | 27‘52 "Chain Bridge road; to cost| Cassell, - 12,000. The club gave its indorsement to a | [* Aristo Cleaners & Dyers, owners; petition to the Montgomery County | George T. Santmyers, architect; commissioners asking that land ad- | pyjlder not selected; to erect one 1- Joining the Chevy Chase-Bethesda | 5ory brick building, 1226 S street High School be improved for Dl southeast; to cost $12,000. ground and athlete purposes. Talks FEdward A. Hyde, 5819 Second place, were made by Mrs. H. K. Green, Mrs. | owner and builder; Evan J. Conner, Jobn Thider and Mrs. D. G, Davis. | designer; to erect one 2-story brick Mrs. B. C. Kennedy presided at the |— (See BUILDINC. Plle C-?) . The ““Home of Tomorrow’ Is Here Today! COMPLETELY AIR-CONDITIONED Cooley Bros. present ‘homes of tomorrow’ replete with appointments that characterize the most painstakingly planned custom-built home. . . . They're Bryant Air-Conditioned and have 7 delightful rooms and 2 fine baths. Big recreation room. Homes insulated, caulked, screened, fur- red and westher- stripped. ... And theyre in ‘Washington's finest close-in neighborhood. Model Home 2415 38th Pl N.W Furnished by P.J. Nee $9,150 DRIVE OUT NOW Out Wisc. Ave. to Cal- vert St., west on Cal- vert St, to 39th PL, then left one-half block. WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Foening wl'l'l SUNDAY MORNING EDITION New home at 2833 McGill terrace, Massachu setts Avenue Park, which has just been completed Jor Mr. and Mrs. A. Stedman Hills bu the M B Swanson Conslruttlon Co PRVATE BULDING Real Estate Board Speeds Plans for Dinner Dance Plans for the annual dinner and dance of the Washington Real Estate Board were formulated n a recent m!"lng of the Program Committee, was announced today by Morris | Cnlntz, chairman, It is the fourth affair of this type which has been held under the aus- pices of the local realtors’ organiza- tion and will be held at the Willard Hotel on Saturday, February 13, at 7:30 pm. The social functions of the board have been increasingly popular and this year it has been necessary to limit the number of guests to 550 in the interest of satisfactory seating accommodations. As stated by Mr. Cafritz the ticket sale will be started on January 19 |and will close on February 8. The following committees were ap- pointed, all of which are under the general chairmanship of Mr. Cafritz Dinner and decorations, John F. Maury, chairman: Harvey L. Jones, A. D. Crumbaugh. J. Lee Donnelly and J. C. Weedon, jr. Entertainment, 8. 8. Spruce. chairman, John F. Maury and Edward R. Carr. Pub- | licity, J. C. Weedon, jr., chairman, and Frank J. Luchs. Ticket Commit- tee, Frank J. Luchs, chairman; J.| McKenney Berry, jr; Edward H Brent, J. Wesley Buchanan, L. F. Col- bert, E. H. Croxton, H. C. Cryer, Frank M. Doyle, Hollis B. Fritts, Wil- liam 8. Green, Jack Hayes, jr.; Frank L. Hewitt, H. F. Humphries, Walter B. Jarvis, C. Hayvward Mar- shall, George M. McKibbin, C. A. Metzler, J. G. Pascoe, Herbert W. Primm, Thomas Sandoz, William Schwartz, A. H. Seidenspinner, J. D. Skinner, Richard D. Stimson, Ray- mond M. Taylor, Ben T. Webster and J. A Welnberg, jr. CHARI.ES TOMPKINS HEADS CONTRACTORS Entire Slate of Officers Was Re- elected at Meeting of Association. Charles H. Tompkins, tractors of America, during & meet- ,ing held ‘Tuesday night at the Conti- nental Hotel. Other officers renamed include: Walter B. Avery, first vice president and treasurer; Earl S. Haislip, second | vice president, and Frank J. Sheehan. 1 executive secretary. The following committee chairmen were named: J.| | R. Skinker, labor relations; C. Wohlge- | muth, jr., membership, and E. H. Ros- engarten, public relations. The chapter members agreed that the small house program, sponsored by the Federal Government, had ac- | movement. However, it was felt that the building industry is far behind in | | dustrial and commercial building. | There is also & lack of construction in the larger type of dwellings, it was pointed out. So the chapter decided that in order to stimulate these types | institutions and business nmnlutlom ‘m co-operate with bullders in every possible way. S Cosmetics Inspire Decorations. Some New York decorators are now | deriving their color schemes from cos- metics, from modern paintings, and from the costumes of Parisian dress- makers. Here's & living room that was inspired by three face powders: Pongee, China amber and eggshell. The walls are paneled in light tints | of rose, yellowish-tan and off-white. The trim is light brown. In this set- ting the modern furniture is Cora- mandel ebony, dark walnut, white lacquer or the popular “bleached” ‘woods will seem quite at hom 728 Easley Street Silver Spring, Md, Tb s eoly‘gnp. Cod home room with firep! floor bed room situated on a deep, lot. Built by Korzendorfer & Brooks, Inc. Open and Heated * nd_turn left on Feni ta Easley St. and home, RALPH MORGALI Real Estate Broker Bth St. N.W. Natienal 4353 president. | | and the entire slate of officers were | re-elected for 1937 by the District | Chapter of Associaied General Con- 'FOUR HOMES WIN i MAGAZINE AWARD Rollingwood Dwellings Shield for Better L Standards. Four homes in Rollingwood, built by Waverly Taylor, Inc., have been +awarded the new Good Housekeeping Magazine shield for “Better Standards in Building,” it was announced today. The houses are located at 7004, 7008, 7013 and 7015 Rolling road. Long identified with investigation, tests and approval of many house- | hold appliances and food products, Good Housekeeping Magazine, through its Studio of Architecture, Building and Furnishing, announced in the January issue a national program for better standards in building. | ‘The standards by which the maga- zine judged the homes built in Roll- ingwood include the major points which & home buyer should investi- Given | myers, architect; to erect six 2-story | complished its part in the recovery pw when he contemplates buying a ‘hame The quality of the architec- tural design and plan, the neighbor- | Claude G. Johnson, 416 Shepherd | general recovery through a lack of in- | hood environment of the property on | which the house is built, the superior- ity of construction methods as out- lined in the specifications and as executed, and the integrity of the ma- terials and equipment built into the | Muhleman and Kayhoe, 835 Ritten- | of construction. it would urge financial | house, all have been investigaied by the director of Good Housekeeping's | | Studio of Architecture, Building lnd 1 Furnishing as well as by their oonnm- ing architect and building engineer. | All of these houses are situated in a wooded section of Rollingwood border- | ing and overlooking Rock Creek Park. | The architecture conforms with homes | previously built in this section by | Waverly Taylor, Inc. They are de- | scribed as & modern adaptation of Normandie, which was selected &s being most appropriate- for the na- tural wooded setting of these homes. Steel Output Ri: Steel ingot production has gained | shamply in Canada. A Remarkable Value in a New Home HOMELAND $10.250 Furnished by Hutchison’s, Inc. Draperies by Ligon EXHIBIT HOME 4526 Brandywine St. N.W. The location is without' com- parison—on the high point of the best Northwest section. Great big, wide lots—120 feet deep. The features that we have put into these homes command $2,000 and $3,000 higher price anywhere else, but we share our big operating savings with you. One and two Boths—Furred W-k.-‘—_sckn loo;c - W’._-am- strif opper ec- trically Equipped Kitchens—Mas- ter Kraft Oil Burner with yeol ‘round hot-water attachment— Big Detoched Garages. }“15 15 AN ELECTRIC KITCHEN HEALTH HOME Directions—Out Wisconsin Ave: nue to River Roa one Bloek Cto Brandvioine Street: CAFRITZ Owners, Archltects, Ruilders 1404 K St. N.W. District 9080 SATURDAY, Dwelling at 4019 South Dakota avenue mort heast, purchased by Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mc- Star JANUARY 16, 1937. 4+ New Homes Purchased Recently in Different Sections of Capital Building News PAGE C—1 SILVER STAR HOME WILL CLOSE SOON: DRAWS CROWDS {Next Week Is Last Chance to Visit Dwelling Wesley Heights. jCONTAINS 11 ROOMS; LOCATION BEAUTIFUL Numerous Features of Home Im- provement Included in Structure. The public will be afforded final opportunity next week to visit the | attractive Stiver Star home at 3100 Foxhall road, Wesley Heights. Sev- | eral thousand persons have inspected the home since it was opened three weeks ago. English in design, the dwelling was built by the firm of W. C. & A. N. Miller, developers of the Wesley Bride from Paul P. slone and A. S. Lord, owners ami bmlden. Heights-Spring Valley sections. It was designed by Gordon MacNeil, and —SIarSIl!fl[’hnms. ‘hu been completely furnished and STANDARDS SET | Stencils Help to Create Smart Wall Decorations FOR EUNSIRUCHUN F. H. A, Program Expected to Be Operative Feb- ruary 15. Following several months of revision and review, Jocal minimum econstruc- tion standards have been established in 17 insuring offices of the Federal Hous- ing Administration, which are expected 1o become operative by February 15, Administrator Stewart McDonald an- nounced today. The new system of local minimum construction standards supplants the practice followed at the beginning of the Federal Housing Administration's program, whereby a system of general minimum construction standards was set up to apply nationally. The new | minimum standards have been revised to make them adaptable and more effi- cient in the respective sections to which they apply as well as to con- form with particular local conditions. The new local minimum construc- tion standards have been established primarily for the following reasons: 1. To provide a minimum standard for construction in a given area which all houses must meet or exceed in or- ! der to be eligible for an insured mort- gage. 2. To serve as a protection to buyers and to mortgagees (lenders) and to (See STANDARDS, Page C-2.) 6420 7th St. N.W. Repossessed This all-brick semi-detached home with 3 bed rooms is being offered for exactly the amount due on it. In a very desirable neighborhood and modern in every det. Has been completely renovated and in new-house condition. Convenient to bus and ¢ lines, schools, stores, thea and churches. THIS REPRESENTS AN UN- USUAL OPPCRTUNITY AS A HOME OR AN INVESTMENT $6,750 Term Open Saturday and Sunday Harry Wardman, Inc. 1512 K 5t. DI. 3830, Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 16.—Stencils | help to create some of the smartest ' | painted wall this season. decorations seen here They are a veritable | boon in creating atmosphere in the | basement game room, as well as in | the children’s room, the dining alcove and the kitchen. The patterns, which are bought at paint or artists' supply stores, are repeated to form friezes or borders, so that a single stencil, which costs but little, may decorate considerable wall surface. It takes a little prac- tice to get the right brush technique but once mastered it becomes very interesting. A game room in a Long Island home was developed around the garden in- terests of its owner. Just above the baseboard on the white plastered wall a row of stylized flowers was sten- ciled, variations of color being ob- tained by touching up the blossoms by hand in reds and yeliows. Flying birds were stenciled in the space above. In a home nearby a children’s play room was made joyous by a pattern | of roosters, owls, rabbits and squirrels applied just above a 3-foot-high dado painted on the lower part of the wall. The dado itself was Spring green and the rest of the wall a lighter shade of green. The animals were in tones of terra cotta and the trim was deep green. A delightful sun room in a reno- vated Westchester home owes much —_— New Detached Homes Price Reduced (et Sth ond Quackenbos St. N.W.) Open Daily and Sunday to9P.M. 6 lorge and well-proportioned rooms, 2 complete baths, lovely finished recreation room, garage. Neaer transportation, schools, stores, etc. This home hes just been completed and now offered ot @ vary low price, also will consider trade. Con be arranged for two families, if desired. Large, Deep Lots for the Children STROUP REALTY CO. 731 Southern Bids. Distriet 0368 £ AT 6414-6416 Western Avenue By all means drive out today or tomorrow and inspect these two lovely homes on 70x210-ft. lots in the heart of Chevy Chase’s wooded section, con- venient to schools, stores, churches, movies and bus transportation. Four bed rooms, two baths, large kitchen, first-floor lavatory, large insulated attic, attached garage, Electrolux refrigerator, Bryant gas heat. Reason- ably priced. Convenient terms. To Inspec Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Chevy Chase Circle, right on Western Avenue to homes. Oven, Li ey Heated Until 9 P.M. Sunday Paul T. Stone, Inc. 927 15th St. N.W. NAH. 0856 ARCHITECTS—BUILDERS | decorated by Pothast Bros. of Balti- more and the Wesley Heights Shops. The new home is two-and-a-half | atories in height and is constructed of brick and stone. It contains 11 rooms, including a large basement cluf room, 3 baths and a first-floor lavatory. Air- conditioning equipment of the latest design has been installed in it, alonz with numerous other features of home improvement. Location of the home is one of the most beautiful in suburban Washing- ton. The large lot, dotted with trees, commands a sweeping view of the Potomac and the hills of nearby Vir- ginia. A park with playground facili- ties is directly back of the dwelling. The home was indorsed unani- mously by members of the Silver Star Homes Committee, who inspected it thoroughly. The committee is eom- posed of five housing experts. It is | headed by James S. Taylor of the Federal Housing Administration. | Other members are John Nolen, jr., | director of planning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion; Edwin H. Rosengarten. well= known builder: Comdr. F. L. Sandoz, president of the Washington Real Estate Board, and Irwin S. Porter, former president of the Washington Chapter, American Institute of Ar- chitects. From downtown Washington the home mav be reached by driving out Massachusetts avenue to Cathedral avenue, thence left on Cathedral ave- nue past the Westchester Apartments and through the main portion of Wesley Heights to Foxhall road. Turn right on Foxhall road and the home is located slightly more than a block i from the intersection. It will be open each day from 10 am. until 9 pm. ! of its charm to the stenciled decora- | tion on the broad, flat trim of the many windows. A meandering vine was the motif, applied in green on a + background of cream. The baseboard is green and the floor & darker green. Homeowners are reviving the old- fashioned practice of stenciling bor- ders on floors, using designs similar to those on hooked rugs—scroils, flow- er forms and the wall of Troy or Greek key border. They make these borders 8 to 12 inches wide and stencil them close to the baseboard, using a lighter color than the floor. Early morning blues should vanish if every one had a bath room as attractive as one we saw the other day in an old house fixed over. On the sea-green walls above the tiled wainscot was stenciled a procession , of coral-hued fish. Variety was ob- tained, explained the hostess, by using three different designs and sizes of stencils. Over the bath tub she gave up the border arrangement and placed ' the fish at intervais over the wall. Her friend next door used sea gulls instead. Kitchens are gay as well as business- Tike this year. Walls and trim are often painted bright colors, with cabi- net moldings and window sashes in Chinese red, orange and other con- trasting hues. Gayv tulips may be stenciled above a tile wainscoting or ,on the center of cabinet doors. 3221 CATHEDRAL AVE TOCATED BETWEEN THE CATHEDRAL AND THE STIMSON ESTATE. $12,000 A BARGAIN IN WOODLEY PARK A NORTHWEST COMMUNITY OF REFINEMENT, BEAUTIFUL HOMES and SURROUNDINGS ond on t e0; 4 BED ROOMS 2 &4l heot: fullt- ved b ated ome and on n and see if we are right about its one on in gorage a- A Step .. OPEN SUNDAY 10 TO DARK BOSS & PHELPS RFALTORS FIRST PRESENTATION 4223 46th Street N.W. $15.750 Near American University, in o Fast Selling Section of all New Homes. A beoutiful Colonial Center-Hall Corner Home. Excepticnolly well built and planned. 8 Large Rooms . . . 4 Bed Rooms . . . 2 Baths . . Den on First Floor Paneled in Red Gum, with Lavatory . . . 2 Screened Porches. Living Room 14x26 . Basement Reecreatian Room . .. Large Finished Attic . . . 2-Car Detached Brick Garage . . . ond Many Other Features too numerous to mention. GAR WOOD AIR-CONDITIONED . . . OIL HEAT Near New Drive-In Community Shopping Center, Schools, and ‘ Transportation. Built by T. V. FITCHETT Open Daily 9 to 9 TO REACE— Drive ont Mass. Ave. to th St turn right 8 blocks THIS 1S AN ELECTRIC KITCHEN "REALTY CO. 1420 K St. N.W. Dist, 1311 te home.