Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1937, Page 25

[ renwe | @he Foening Stap WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SILVER STAR HOME INBARNABY WOODS 1S JEFFERSON TYPE Architecture of Dwelling Inspired by Work of Virginian. PERIOD OF INSPECTION TO OPEN TOMORROW House Located at 6617 Thirty- second Place Designed Along Classic Lines. The architecture of Thomas Jef- ferson, so much in public attention at the present time, furnishes the in- spiration for a new Silver Star Home which will be opened tomorrow at 6617 Thirty-second place, Barnaby Woods. The house will be on display for 30 days under auspices of The Star. Designed along classic lines, the house lends itself well to a setting in the beautiful wooded section of East Chevy Chase. It was built by the Barnaby Woods Development Co., of which Edward R. Carr is president. The architect, Louis R. Moss, has de- signed & number of homes which re- ceived Silver Star awards in recent years. Appropriately, the house has been furnished in antiques, and most of the pieces are of eighteenth century design. Wall paper, draperies and rugs blend attractively, and harmon- ire perfectly with the interior charm of the structure. Early American’ antiques appropriate to the Jefferson period were furnished and arranged by Barah Wilioughby Moody of Bethesda, and her sister, Mrs. Willoughby Town- eend of Catonsville, Md. Committee Inspects Home. After a thorough inspection the Sil- ver Star Homes Committee, composed of five housing experts, approved the Barnaby Woods house for sponsorship by The Star. The committee examined construction work, architecture, in- terior plan, setting, landscaping and the value of the house before indors- ing it for The Star award, The Star committee is headed by James B. Taylor of the Federal Hous- ing Administration as chairman. Other members include Irwin S.-Por- ter, architect, and former president | of the Washington Chapter, American Institute of Architect; Edwin H. Rasengarten, builder, and member of the firm of Davis, Wick & Rosen- garten; John Nolen, jr., director of planning for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and ‘Thomas Sandoz, serving for his father, Comdr. F. L. Sandoz, president of the ‘Washington Real Estate Board. While the house has a center entrance hall, it is not the usual type. The atairway winds up from the side and toward the front hall instead of going straight 'up to & rear landing. The living room and dining room have been placed to the rear of the house overlooking a beaytifully wooded gar- den. A den and lavatory may be sntered from the hall on the right, while on the left, a new note in mod- orn planning has been introduced with (Continued on Page C-2.) N. B. C. WILL IMPROVE PLANTS IN SIX CITIES Completion of Building Already Under Way Here Is In- cluded in Plans. An extensive building program tnvolving expansion and improvement of aix National Broadeasting Co. plants in key cities of the Red and Blue Networks was announced today by Lenox R. Lohr, president of N. B. C. The project includes immediate eonstruction of new studios at Phila- delphia and Schenectady, the comple- tion of a building already under way in Washington and the subsequent provision of new facilities at Holly~ wood, San Francisco and Cleveland. Radio's rapid development, the ncrease in N. B. C. business and the growth of the company’s public service activities make such expansion imme- diately necessary, Lohr said Chevy Chase, D. C. Air-Conditioned Homes 3215-19-23 Quesada St. N.W. The time to really see the construe- tion and room arrangement in & Rouse is Just hefore it reaches com= pleticn, affording vou the oppor- tunity ‘of incorporating vour indi- vidual ideas. ' Detached ~ Brick— r00ms—2 baths (living room 23/8”) 3 bed rooms—air conditioned—deep lot, larke trees. Convenient to Hools, stores. transportation. For jize, construciion, 'equipment and cation these homes warrant your immediate inspection. Reasonable s'zl Terms PAUL T. STONE, INC. National 0856 Boewings Mr. Orr—Cleve. 2693 CHEVY CHASE Priced Below 5542 Nevada Ave. N.. A charming home on beautifully land- scaped lot within walking distance of public_and parochial schools, theatre, and shopping center. 3 bedrooms. 2 baths, sleeping porch on second floor. Exceptional Opportunity Price, $12,000 Terms en Sunday 11:00 . “aniil dark. W. C. and A. N. MILLER 1119 17th 8t. N.W. DI 4464 Directions Given On Route to Take To New Star Home The new Silver Star Home at 6617 Thirty-second place, Bar- naby Woods, which will be opened to the public tomorrow, may be reached by driving out Connecti- cut avenue to Chevy Chase Cir- cle, thence right on Western avenue one block to Rittenhouse street and continue to Utah avenue. Turn left on Utah avenue to Barnaby street, and take the first right turn off of Barnaby directly to the home. An alternate route leads right on Western avenue from Chevy Chase Circle to Pinehurst Circle, thence right on Utah avenue to Barnaby street The house, built by the Bar- naby Weeds Development Co., of which Edward R. Carr is presi- dent, will be open from 10 am. until 8 pm. The display period is 30 days. PRIVATE BUILDING AGAIN SOARSHERE Permits Issued by Inspec- tor’s Office During Week Total $849,150. Featured by approval of applications for erection of an unusually large number of residential construction projects, private building in the Capi- tal during the last week again soared to new record heights as the office of the building inspector issued permits valued at $849,150. Included in the list approved during the week were permits for 68 one- [ family dwellings and 31 small apart- ments. By far the greater portion of the total building valuation was for residential construction. Meanwhile, real estate brokerage offices reported sale of dwellings as more brisk than at any time since the current building revival started in Washington two years ago. Largest permit of the week went to ‘Washington Sanitary Housing Co. for erection of low-cost apartments and flats in the Southwest section. The structures, 15 in number, will cost $165,985. These will be erected in the 1400 block of James Creek parkway, 1400 block of Third street, 200 block of P street and the 200 block of O street, all in Southwest. A. P. Clark is architect and Martin Bros, 1341 Connecticut avenue, builders, for the project. Dwellings in Northeast. Fifteen dwellings will be built in Northeast Washington under a permit granted Carroll Construction Co., 5018 Tllinois avenue. Dillon & Abel will design _the houses. which will cost $105,000. Sanitary Grocery Co. obtained & permit to build a large storage plant at 1431 Okie street northeast to cost $75,000. & More important permits of the week are as follows: Washington Sanitary Housing Co., owners; A. P. Clark, architect; Mar- tin Brop, 1341 Connecticut avenue, builders; to erect fifteen 2-story brick and cinder block flats, 1411 to 1415 James Creek parkway southwest, 1410 to 1414 Third street southwest, 201 to 217 P street southwest and 200; to 220 O street southwest; $165,985. to cost Carroll Construction Co., 5018 Tili- | nois avenue, owners and builders Dillon & Abel, designers; to erect fif. teen 1-story brick and frame dwellings, | 2107 to 2115 S street northeast, 2201 to 2221 8 street northeast and 2200 to 2220 8 street northeast; to ocost $105,000. Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc., 1845 Fourth street northeast, owners; A, J. Scullen, designer; Charles H, Tomp- kins Co., 1630 Connecticut avenue northwest, builders; to erect one 1-story concrete, brick, tile and con- (Continued on Page C-6.) Attractive Dutch Colonial *10,450 108 West Underwood St. (Chevy Chase, Md.) In one of the prettiest sections of old Chevy Chase. Center-hall plan, with large living room, glass inclosed sun porch, dining room, kitchen, 3 bed rooms and bath. Automatic refrigerator, l-car garage; 60-foot wooded lot. " In New-House Condition Phillips & Canby, Inc. NA. 4600 1012 15th St. N.W. EASY TERMS Will Buy 707 Somerset Pl. N.W. 6300 Block 7th St. N.W. In New-House Condition. 6 Rooms, semi-detached, built-in qarage, within 2 blocks of schools, 20 acre recreation cen- ter, stores, car and bus line. An Astonishing Value for %6,750 Harry Wardman, Inc. 1512 K St. NW. DI, 3830 WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 19%. " Silver Star Home in o v View of 6617 Thirty-second place, Ban‘zaby Woods, the latest house to win the Silver Star Award, which will be opened to the public tomorrow. Inspiration for the home was furnished by BT W, the architecture of Thomas Jefferson. Barnaby Woods Development Co. Louis R. Moss, architect, de- signed it. It is furnished with antiques. Barnaby Woods Opens Tomorrow It was built by the —Star Staff Photo. 4 HOMES GOING UP iN CARMODY HILLS Structures Are Planned for Either One or Twoe+Family Use. Four modern homes are being built | on Carmody Hills Drive in Carmody | Hills, adjoining Seat Pleasant, Md, | by F. L. Watkins, Seat Pleasant merchant, who plans to begin con- struction soon on two more houses in the same operation. The homes now under construction are planned for either one family or two, according to the wishes of the buyer. Provision has been made for finishing off the second fioor into three-room-and-bath apartments with & separate entrance. One of the houses is being completed by Wat- kins as a two-apartment dwelling, to show the prospective home owner the possibility of purchasing his home and having the rent from the second floor apply on his mortgage pay- ments. The other three are being completed with the second floor un- finished. CHEVY CHASE BUNGALOW oy §8,500 4502 Ridge Street Open for Inspection Situated on a beautiful lot well planted. the house contains (8) rooms and bath, oil burner, screens and awnin good _condition throughout and an_excellent loca- tion. To reach, drive out Con- necticut Ave. to' C. C. Club, left on Bradlev Lane about 3 blocks to East Ave.. right 1 block te Ridge Strest and home, GOSS REALTY COMPANY 1405 Eye St. Nat. 1353 6600 Wis. Ave. Wis. 2553 MASSACHUSETTS PARK 2919 Woodland Drive A new stone residence in this fine residential section. Con- 10 rooms, 4 bdths, 2 Air conditioned. tains lavatories. OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY H. L. RUST COMPANY 1001 15th St. N.W. Cape Cod Homes of Character 605-609 Tewkesbury Place N.W. (Between Ufldeng?01 and Tuckerman 3. Center-hall pian, all brick, 2 lovely bedrooms and den, color- ed tile bath, large side porch, attached garage. Double oak floors, solid brass Yale hardware, 13-in. masonry basement walls, 4-in. roof insulation, completely weather-stripped, slate roof. Near parks, playground, stores, schools and transportation. Open Today and Daily BRASURE CO. 923 15th St. DL 6410 Trailers’ Competition Is Felt In Southern Realty Markets Breefal Dispatch to The Star. MINNEAPOLIS, April 24 —House trailer competition with sma]l homes and apartments as well as, with beach cottages is already being felt in some Southern realty markets; Northern' | Summer resort proprietors with strings of housekeeping cottages for rent view the expanding public interest trailer travel with mixed emotions but in some cases are buying trailers themselves as substitutes for additional cottages, while realtors in many parts of the United States are watching the zooming sales of “houses on wheels” with keen interest, though anticipating little effect on the market for perma- nent housing facilities in zones with severe Winters. Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Public haunt dealers’ show rooms and trailer factory production schedules are being stepped up to double and treble 1936 outputs, with inquiries and current orders far ahead of the same season 4928 3rd St. N.W. 6 rooms, 2 baths, recreation room; automatic oil h i built-in age; elose to FOR SALE OR RENT 'HEVY CHASE. D. C. = SBroNAL Vi AGe St B WICH FOREST—SILVER SPRINGS < DETHESDA—WESLEY HEIGHTS. ete. A VARIED COLLECTION OF OMES IN SIZE AND PRICE Let us help simplify the problem - house hunting. ‘TERMB—10 per cent down, balance like rent. WE COVER THE NORTHWEST Leslie D. Measell 5008 Connecticut Ave. Office—Cleve. 6614-6615 Nights and Sunday—Cleve, 4733 NEW HOMES IN .flj——_‘f\ Furnished by HILDA N. MILLER 2422 39th Pl. N.W. 2418 39th Pl. N.W. Seven and eight large rooms, with 3 and 4 bed rooms, 2 tile baths, panelled recreation room, open fireplaces, built-in garages, BRYANT AIR-CONDITIONED ' HEAT; many other unusual fea- Rures;. convenient terms. Care- free comfort with modern gas appliances. Over 300 homes built in this section. Gruver has been a builder for 25 years in Wash- ington. Open Daily and Sunday to 9 P.M. Take Burleith Bus to Bemton St. or drive out Wiscopsin Ave. to Calvert, west to $9th Place, south o 2424 39th Place. For sale by any broker or B. H. GRUVER Owner-Builder 3 Netl. 1737 Cleve. 7649 in | last year, according to a survey just completed by Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. of Minneapolis. Though most of the concerns re- porting are operating only one shift now, the majority expect to put on an additional shift during their ap- proaching peak season. Almost without | exception they are either making in- creases in the size of their factories, or have recently done s0. Of a dozen major manufacturers of house trailers from Michigan to California, the smallest increase reported over 1936 production schedules was 50 per cent and the largest 900 per cent. Total United States output for 1937 is vari- ously estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000 units. Trailers Replacing Houses. ‘The severe house shortages exist- ing in many cities are cited by realtors as likely to postpone any visible ef- fects from trailer competition for some (Continued on Page C-4.) Presenting 1937 HOME BUYER EXERCISING CARE Showy Equipment Does Not Dazzle Purchaser, Builder. The 1937 home buyer is buying carefully with an eye to real value and substantial construction, says H. L. Hannum of Hannum & Turner, Inc, Hyattsville home builders. | “In spite of the fact that the mod- | ern home must have every conven- jence for comfortable living and be completely finished, even to copper screens and other refinements, the more showy items of equipment do not dazzle the average buyer enough to make him forget to check up on how well the home is built,” Hannum states. “We find that prospective purchasers look over our houses and go away. Soon they are back with some relative or friend *who knows how to check up on the substantial points of house building. We don’t mind, because when they do that they usually buy the house.” Says a Group of New 4.Bedroom Homes Built by Monroe Warren GRASSLANDS 42nd and Yuma Sts. N.W. THIS 15 AN ELECTRIC KITCHEN HEALTH HOME Open Daily and Sunday Out Wisc. Ave. to Yuma St., left on Yuma two blocks to homes. VISIT THESE NEW HOMES * IN SHEPHERD PARK featuring -°AIR CONDITIONING LIGHT ROOMS LARGE CLOSETS BEAUTIFUL COLOR SCHEME PORCH OFF LIVING ROOM WIDE LAWNS LARGE SHADE TREES RECREATION ROOM GARAGE COPPER PIPING HIGHEST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION Building News 2 Games Launch Soft Ball League ' Of Realtors Today Two games this afternoon at Western High School athletic fleld will launch the season in the Resltors’ Soft Ball League. Boss & Phelps is scheduled to meet the team of the District Title Co. at 2 o'clock and an hofir and & half later Cafritz Co.'s nine will line up against 8hannon & Luchs. The other teams in the league, it was announced by Louis H. ‘Towbes, president—those of the ‘Thomas J. Fisher Co. and the B. F. Saul Co.—will not see ac- tion until next Saturday, when contests probably will be held at the Roosevelt High School sta- dium. Edward J. Flynn has been given the job of umpiring the games today. REALTOR MEETING ATTRAGTSTHRONG. Association of Real Estate Boards to Convene in New York May 14, Advance enrollment for the Central Atlantic regional convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in New York City May 14 and 15 is already the heaviest since meet- ings were started two years ago. The convention, to be held at the Biltmore Hotel, will be the first of its kind for the area, which includes the District of Columbia, New York, | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia Twelve similar meetings have already been held in other sections of the country. The conferences are con- | cerned with: 1. Economic changes affecting the real estate picture. 2. Real estate methods as they are being adapted to changed conditions. Paul E. Stark, Madison, Wis., presi- dent of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will address the convention on the important social responsibilities involved in the every- day tasks of the business of real estate and will outiine some of the principal present objectives of real estate boards for insuring a sound situation for real estate advance. He will hold a lunchéon conference with presidents and secretaries of real | building rose 45 per cent PAGE C—1 MARCH BULDING UP 3 PER CENT, FIGURES REVEAL Bureau of Labor Statistics Compares Figures for 1936. WASHINGTON THIRD AMONG MAJOR CITIES Public and Private Construction Is $14,883,892, Compared to $6,752,689 in 1936. The aggregate value of all buildings for which permits were issued in March showed an increase of 36 per cent compared with the corresponding month of 1936, it was indicated today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly survey of national construce tion operations, made public by Sece retary Perkins. New residential building gained 87 per cent, an increase of 36 per cent was shown in the value of permits issued for additions, alterations and repairs, but the value of new non-resia dential building was 5 per cent less than in March of last year, Miss Pere | kins pointed out. “Measured by the value of permits issued, residential construction during the month was 37 per cent greater than in February,” Miss Perkins said. “At the same time, non-residential An ad- vance of 7 per cent was registered in the value of permits issued for altera= tions, additions and repairs to existing structures. The total value of all types of building d g March was 32 per cent over the preceding month.* $398,279.569 Valuation. Figures for the first quarter of 1937 indicated the aggregate value of all classes of construction approved in cities with & population of 2,500 or over amounted to $398,279,569, an increase of 36 per cent compared with the first three months of 1936. All classes of construction shared in the gain, the greatest improvement occurring in residential Building, which increased 70 per cent in value. During the firs¢ quarter of this year dwelling untis have been provided in these cities for (Continued on Page C-5.) (Continued on Page C-3 HIGHWOOD Chevy Chase, D. C. A Community of Fine Detached Homes Reflacting the Quality of Mikkelson's Construction Exhibit Home 3353 Runnymede Place N.W. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Second-floor Library paneled in knotty pine with open fireplace Open Daily and Sunday “This Is An Electric Kit: From Cheoy Chase Circle turn right on Western Ave. 3 squares to Rumnymede, then right to property. Reattors G, F, MIKKELSON & SON Buiiders % Milton F. Schwab, Sales Curtis Millwerk & Lamber AL A New Development by W. T. Gallther & Bro. SO in Chevy Chase, Md. KIRKSIDE Presenting a New Detached Home EXCLUSIVE. PRICED FROM $13,250 These are Electric Kitchen Health Homes EXHIBIT HOME: 7918 13th STREET N.W. Come Out Today Drive out 16th Street to Locust Road; turn east two squares to homes. LEBreaminger - Soms 1730 X STREET NATIONAL 2040 4617 DE RUSSEY PARKWAY CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND Beautifully Furmished by P. J. Nee Co. '0-S8TORY detached brick house with detached garage. and 2 baths, recreation room with real fireplace. 3 bedrooms and den off master bedroom. AIR-CONDITIONED with Bryant Air- Conditioning System. Weather-stripped, caulked, aluminum screens, fully insulated with 4 inches of Rock Wool, including floor of den. Copper gutter and downspouts. pipes. Lot 65x92 beautifully landscaped and sodded comfort with modern gas appliances. MODERATELY PRICED No Trust—Cam Be Financed to Suit the Purchaser Out Wisconsin Ave. to De Russey Parkway, Ture West at Our Sign Opposite Chevy Chase Golf Course to h ooley Bros. - QUILDERS OF BE TTER HOMES® Tower Building your Income Budget AIR CONDITIONED ..yet well within 8 rooms No 1 Bangor slate, copper water Carefree ome National 9240