Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1937, Page 29

REAL ESTATE. New Residence in Ellicott Street THREAT TO VALUES Action May Be Needed to Guard Residential Areas, Board Believes. Action may be needed io preserve the residential character of neighbor- hoods against a new threat. Protective deed restrictions are in danger of being wiped out by tax sales, according to a decision brought recently by the Jowa Supreme Court, though they bhave heen upheld in a still more re- cent decision of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, in & case now pending be- fore the Supreme Court of Missourd. The National Association of Real Estate Boards, which is studying the situation, points out the very grave public importance of the question here raised. Unless the holding power of deed restrictions is sustained, the bot- tom falls out of the whole effort to malntain property values in home areas through voluntary sgreements incorporated in the homesite deeds. Already & bill to insure against this obliteration of deed restrictions through tax sales, sponsored by Walter W. Rose, Orlando, Fla., president of the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards and & member of the Flor- 1ida Senate, has been passed by the Florida State Legislature. The act, <drawn by the general counsel of the Florida Real Estate License Law Com- mission, reads as follows: “(1) Whenever a deed in the chain THE EVENING STAR, WAR HINGTON, This home at 4345 Ellicott street, built by Pichler-Richmond Construction Co., has been sold Ia Dr Samuel Luber —Star stafl Photo. to which it is attached when the tem- perature rises and falls. D. C., SATURDAY, EMPLOYMENT GAIN Conditions in New York Re- ported to Be “Distinctly Better.” Employment conditions among archi- tects in the New York metropolitan area are “distinctly better,” according to & report of the Architects’ Emer- gency Committee, of which Lucian E. Smith is chairman. Nearly 6,000 jobs have been provided and $200,000 raised by the committee sinte it was organized six years ago under the headship of Julian Clarence Levi, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Mr. Smith's prede-~ cessor, to relieve the plight of archi- tects and draughtsmen forced out of work by the depression. The committee will eventually be transformed into & permament organi- zation for the service of architects in the New York region, Mr. Smith an- nounced. Meantime, it will continue to function as an employment aid at its headquarters in the Architectural League, 115 East Fortieth street. “The economic situation of many architects and architectural draughts- men in the metropolitan area became increasingly difficult as the years of depression went on and would have become desperate indeed but for the unselfish work of the members of the committee and their friends,” says the JANUARY 16, 1937. REAL ESTATE. pone m harder bit than the archi- | has been raised by private lubscnp- tects. “The jobs found for the unemployed men centered upon ‘made work,’ that 1s, projects of a non-competitive nature devised and financed by the commit- tee, tasks in public agencies, and in private assignments. Some of the more ambitious made-work projects have been the making of models of historic buildings involving exhaus- tive research work. Five of these models are now on exhibition at tae Museum of the City of New York, two tion, benefits, and the sale of the Architects’ Tea Sei, which was especi- ally designed for the purpose of rais- ing funds. “The expenses of administration have been paid out of a special fund | subscribed by the professional society members of the committee, part of the annual proceeds from the Beaus- Arts Ball, and from interested in- dividuals. No salaries of any sort are paid to members of the committee; their work is entirely voluntary.” in the Newark Museum and one in | the Avery Library of Columbia Uni- versity. “Numerous real estate and social surveys have been made, and many of them are now being carried for- ward by public agencies. Architec- tural competitions, for which cash prizes were awarded, were another source of assistance. “The committee compiled the book ‘Great Georgian Houses of Ameri- ca,’ for which the drawings were made by unemployed architectural draughts- men. A second volume is now in the course of preparation. The sale of this book and of the historic modeis yielded revenue with which distress was relieved. “Through the efforis of the women's division of this committee, and from CHEVY CHASE, D. C. High Elevation in Wooded Section 6330 31st St. Open Daily 9 o 9 Cozy 6-Room, 2-Bath Bungalow. FASTEST SELLING TIFUL HOMES C—5§ ‘Where masonry is to be painted, particularly if it is subjected to any dampness, a cement paint will admirable service. give Bay Wmdow Aldl In the modernization of homes the introduction of a bay window may add charm and individuality to =& room. Sometimes both the exterior and jnterior appearance of the house may be improved by this addition. AND MOST BEAU- IN WASHINGTON'S FINEST NEW HOME LOCATION On the Highest Point of This Wide Boulevard 19 SOLD New English Normandie Homes JOHNS- MANVILLE INSULATION . G. E _GAS FURNACE 6-7-8 ROOMS 2 TILED OPEN 5207 New Hampshire Ave. N.W. Beautifully Furnished At New Hampshire and Concord Aves. bedrooms on_ first floor. DAILY ioned like new. Much less al cost. Priced to sell. of title shall contain restrictions and covenants running with the land, as hereinafter defined and limited, said restrictions and covenants shall sur- vive and be enforceable after the is- suance of & tax deed or master's deed upon foreclosure of a tax deed, iax certificate or tax lien, to the same ex- tent that it would be enforceable against & voluntary grantee, imme- diate, mediate, or remote, of the owner of the title immediately prior to the delivery of the tax deed or master’s deed. Application of law. “12) This law shall apply to the nsual restrictions and covenants limit- ing the use of property, the type, char- acter and location of building; the character, race or nationality of own- ers; covenants against nuisances and what the former parties deemed to be undesirable conditions in, upon aad about the property, and other similar restrictions and covenants; but this law shall not protect covenants cre- ating any debt or ien against or upon the property, or that will require the grantee to expend money for any pur- pose, except such as may require said grantee to keep the premises in a sani- tary or sightly condition, or to abate nuisances or undesirable conditions. “(3) Any right that the former owner had to enforce like restriciions end covenants against the immediate, mediate or remofe grantor and other parties owning other property beld or sold under the same plan, or in the same or adjacent subdivisions of land, or otherwise, except forfeitures, right of re-entry, or reverter, shall likewise survive to the grantee in said tax deed or master's deed and to his or its heirs, successors and assigns. *(4) If any portion of this law, or sny section, sentence, clause, phrase or word thereof, shall be held to be void or ineffective because of uncer- tainty, repugnance to the Constitution, or otherwise, the remainder of the law shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in force so as to effec- tnate as nearly as possible the pur- pose and intent of this law.” In the Iows case the properiy in- | volved was within = locality zoned for commercial and business purposes by the zoning ordinances of the city. The property, however, was in a resi- dential subdivision in which the deeds of conveyance for the homesites con- tained restrictive provisions, one of which was that no business structures could be erected upon them prior to the year 1950. Lots in guestion were sold for taxes, Iowa's Supreme Court decision gives the present owners of these lots, under tax deeds, authority to erect commercial structures, thus jeopardizing neighboring residential property values. Definition of Couri. ‘The Jows Supreme Oouri defined the question before it as this: “Does » tax deed in Iowa operate to cut off & restrictive covenant such as & building restriction imposed by deed in the pre- vious chain of titles?” It held: “When these lots were assessed as so much land the State had & lien on all this real estate regardiess of titles or in- Al Beeste iTo o tiears 00, yooms gad tile psfn. Toere s ‘mlnnmmmmummmnmlmmmnm|m|mmnnnmmmuunmmmmmmmummmmmmmnm and only 15 minutes’ drive from downtown Washington. Exhibit Home, 914 Forest Glen Road ‘This smart two-story home is & model of perfection. Situated on ¥orest Glen Road, only 100 feet from the Golf Course st Argyle Country Club, i commands & view of miles of rolling countryside, Tasre 18 = 1avge living voom. wiia fireplace, soscious dining room, moasT, gas-rquinpsd Xiwhea 206 side porco e # full basement, svageq 106 and pisncy of cioset space. Open and Keated, 9:30 v 6 BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. OWADAYS manufacturers seem to be straining every nerve and ficer toward doubling up on devices which for years past have performed their services alone, You have probably seen pice tures of the amazing combination kitchen range, table and bath tub which an aged invenior patented some time ago, and there is a definite trend towards combinations which are somewhat less comprehensive. One helpful genius has combined an incinerator with & hot-water heater so that the heater first warms up the incinerator, then the incinerator goes ahead and heats water, & 53-gallon tank of it. ‘The whole thing is encased in an attractive metal jacket under which you will find & thick layer of insula- tion, which improves the efficiency immensely. Below the insulation beats the great heart of the combi- nation incinerator and heater, filling, 25 it does, not only one job but two. Down in the bottom part of the de- vice is located & conventional hot- water coil with a gas heater below if. After being heated in the coil, hot water passes up to the water tank located in the top, above the in- cinerator division of the incorpora- tion. The hot gases from the gas water heater are passed up through the graie of the incineraior, thereby drying out ihe refuse placed there. When the refuse is lighted and burned up the heat generated is transferred to the stored water, insuring a large enough quantity of domestic hot water to fill practically every requirement. By installing a handy, two-fold pur~ pose device like this one the home modernizer can thus not only enjoy the benefits of abundant hot water, but take care of that difficult refuse disposal problem as well. terests that individuals may have had. The (tax) sale, a species of enforce- ment of this lien, conveyed all interest therein. * = = The rights which other lot owners may have had under the restrictive covenants have nothing ex- ceptional in character from any other interests subservient to the lien of the State.” e i E L LT e s e e T T ARGYLE PABk .ehul. and transpertation Vioztsl's sre Jarge ‘“ale roof, lirge On Terms as Low as 345 MontMy Farther Information at Fisld Office, 916 Forest Glen Road CROWDER CONSTRUCTION CO., inc. SHEPHERD 1304 - TR TALE T e li‘ THE doors of your garage are getting pretty dilapidated and loose fitting, you will welcome the new low-cost, all-steel, roll-up door which has recently been put on the market. Instead of having to struggle with | your presenit portals before and aneri using the family conveyance, you cnn‘ casually walk up to a fine new slid- ing door, give it & quick heave, and | it moves when and where you want i to. The door operaies like ihe weil- known roll-iop desk and slides in | tracks placed on either side of the entrance, thence up on tracks ar-‘ tached to the ceiling. The ]mn[t‘d‘ sections are made of heavy galvanized | steel sheets, and a roll on the end of | each section provides a continuous interlocking hinge and acts as a re- | enforcement against a possible warp- ing out of shape of each panel. Because of the ball-bearing rollers on which the door travels in the vertical and horizontal tracks, it can | | be moved with almost no effori. Two | counter-balancing springs located par- | allel to these horizontal tracks are | of matched tension and equalize the weight of the metal door making it = featherweight, handled with ease by | the frailest of garage door openers. | To keep out the weather in the | most efficient manner an adjustable, sloping metal weather strip is pro- vied on either side of the door. The | end of the door also engages in a | sealing arrangement which complete- | ly baffles the wildest blasts of Winter. | Air Changes Linseed Oil. Linseed oil, widely used in the manufacture of exterior paints, is| known as a “drying oil” It absorbs | oxygen from the atmosphere and thus | & chemical change occurs. At the same time a physical change also| takes place. The oil solidifies and forms an elastic substance on the sur- face to which itis applied. The quality of elasticity possessed by this sub- stance sllows the paint coating tfo expand and contract with the surface ! New Homes m MASSACHUSETTS PARK 2915-2919 WOODLAND DRIVE One house Stone Construction and the other Brick Construction. Each house contains 10 rooms, 4 baths, 2 lavatories, 2-car detached garage. Built amid towering oaks on spacious lots overlooking the valley. OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Real Estate Buyer: January 16, 1937. Your ATTENTION is invited to a group of dis- tinctive new brick homes just completed on the west side of 39th Place N.W. in GLOVER PARK. A FURNISHED, AUTOMATICALLY Byrant oir-conditioned heated erhibit home is open daily and Sunday until 9 o’clock P.M. at 2432 39th Place NW. The very latest floor plan will eppeal io the discriminating home purchaser. 3 and 4 bed rooms, paneled recreation room, open fireplace, rear stair- way arrangement, built-in garage. On inspection you will understand jrom the workmenship and the quality of material used WHY “GRUVER-BUILT HOMES” have had a repti- tation for SERVICE and SATISFACTION jor over 28 years. Come oul on Burleith bus io Benton Si. or drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Calvert, west on Cal- vert on 39th Place, thence south to furnished model Very sincerely yours, B.H. & D.C. GRUVER, 63i tirst floor. with 2 lorge fi bh.-w.h. electricity, screens, weathe: 9 Conin "eefle‘m‘; Ave. Seven Rooms, 2 Baths, Built-in Garage—Lot 70x100 Feet Located on one of the most prominent boulevards. A direct route to downtown Washingmn, ina highly restricted and fashionable neighborhood contiguous to prominent Country Clubs. corner home, substantially constructed, has a large living room, dining room, sun reom and kitchen on the Lorge master bed room nnd bath across front of house and two other bedrooms and bath shed sleeping porches on 2nd floor. 3rd floor: Large storage attic and meid’s room. Has r-strips and built-in garage. Being the grounds are well landscaped and shaded. Repossessed—Price Low et $11,950 Open Today and Sunday Builders. This imposing in the oider and refined section, L. T. Gravatte 729 15th St. N.W. NAtional 0753 | i i Will consider small house in trade. Beautiful londscaped lot, 75-ft. frontage. Baker Realty Co., Inc. 1420 K St. N.W. DL 1311 throughout . dertul location. BLDG. OPEN AND LIGHTED EVERY NIGHT! DRIVE OUT NOW Drwe directly out New Hampshire Ave. N.W o the 5300 block and nomes. Tower Bids. Just Completed In This Ultra Estate Section A Group of All-Brick Detached Colonial 4220 Van Ness Street N.W. Delightfully Furnished by Hilda Miller REALLY remarkable new home, built as you would build . . . completely insulated . 2-car garage. Open, Hested and Lighted Deily snd Sunday te 9 P.M. Out Wisconsin Ave. to ¥ an os Vam Ness (across Nebraska Ave.) TOWER Ness St SAMUEL 8. . furred walls, slate roox center-hall entrance, =emi~steamship rear porch, large living room with fireplace, bright ‘dining room, modern type kitchen, complete lavatory first floor, large living porch with wonderful view of the distant hills.’ 3 master bed rooms, two tiled baths, floored third floor, gas heat, air-condi- tioned, large landscaped lot, 73'% ft. by 127 ft.; turm west 1o houses. SPRUCE Homes . quality construction A beautiful home in a vuon- 17,500 NAr 0080 Realtor—Builder—Owner “Sundial” Terrace a staid New England home BARNABY WOODS Claude G. Johnson—Builder oA, e 5 SRR 2w 6650 Barnaby St., Chevy Chase, D. C. From the wide sunlit windows and screened living porch unfold unobstrufced views of the neturel forest of Rock Creek P : e Litchen” end the 22-foot living room empha renshic of § is intéresiing seven-raom, ¢ PREPARE TO BE ASTONISKLD by tie many and most unu.ual patnioom ana cioset fittings instaiied for your convenience. COME INSIDE and experience the newer way of living in this select new home community. This is an Electric Health Kitchen Home Open Daily—3 P.M. te 9 .M. Open Sunday—10 A.M. te 9 P.M. Dlsplay Home Furmshed by Horace Dalin, Inc., 1307 G St. N.W. Ti (OMAS J.FisHER & OMPANY INCORPORATED 738 15th St. N.W.—Dls. 6830