Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1937, Page 22

REAL ESTATE BULDING PERMITS REACH 11800 New Brentwood Housing Project Raises Week’s Total. Peatured by a permit for erection ot an $800,000 unit of the Brentwood Village Corp.'s housing development In Northeast Washington, construc- tion approved during the week by the office of Building Inspector John W Ochmann reached a valuation of $1,- | 189.139. The permit obtained by the Brent- | wood Corp. called for erection of 12| separate buildings of three stories each on Fourteenth street, Saratoga avenue and Brentwood road northeast. It is a portion of the development which last week the Federal Housing Administration announced it had ac- eepted for mortgage insurance. Apart- ments in the group will rent for amounts similar to those in Colonial Village in Virginia, and Falkland Properties in Maryland Raymond C. Snow is the architect for this large-scale profect, while the Ring Construction Co., builders of Calonial Village, will erect he buildings Included in the building list for the week were permits for 19 one-family dwellings and several small apart- ments. Other permits issued during the period are as follows | Alley Dwelling Authority, United | States Government, owners; Homer J. | Smith, architect; Walter B. Avery, 629 | P street, builder; to erect one 2-story | eonerete block apartment bullding, 623 K street southwest; to cost $83,000 Dustrict of Cofumbia, owners; to erect two 2-story brick and concrete eottages and one I-story brick and concreta assembly hall, 5901 Conduit | road; to cost $80.750 | Meadowbrook Ine., Tower Building. ewners and builders: Marvey P. Bax- ter, architect; to erect eight 2-story | brick dwellings, 3300 to 2314 Brown Etreet; %o cost $32,000 Oentral Realty Co. Fourteenth and | R streets, owner: Amhur P. Starr architect; Joseph Light, 5029 Seventh place, builder: to erect five 1-story brick and steel, eoncrete and stucco wtores, 3548 to 3552 Fourteenth street | and 1409 Parkwood place; to cost | $28.500 | G. W. Forsberg. Eighth and Water | streets, owners: Russell O. Kluge, | arehitect: 8. J. Prescott Co, Inc.. 814 | Thirteenth street, builders: to erect one 1-story brick And tone drug store, 4515 Wisconsin aventie; to cost $20.000 Woodruff Construction Co. owners and builders; L. W. Giles, architect; | to erect five 2-story brick dwellings, | 1415 to 1423 Holbrook street northeast: | to ecost 84500 each Dr. R R. Hottel, 1222 Monroe street mortheast, owner. George T. Sant-| myers, architect; E. A. Bessagno, 1517 | H street. builder: to erect five 1-story brick and concrete stores, 1864-1872 | Columbia road: to cost $20,000. | Prank S. Phillips, Fifteenth and K | #treets, owner: Dillon & Abel, design- | ers; E. N. Hamilton, Fifteenth and K atreets, builder; to erect one 2-story brick and stone dwelling, 4661 Garfield Ktreet: to cost $15.000. Stone Construction, Inc., 927 Wif- teenth street, owners and builders: | 1-story frame addition Capt. and Mrs. Francis J. Simons havg purchased the alypve home, located at 520° Maple Ridge road. Battery Park, Md., from the Eqatitable Life Insura ley Buchanan. Capt. Simons is ington from Charleston, S. C. with the Resettle ment Adminis Co. through the office of J. Wes- tion. The couple came to Wash- —Star Staff Photo. and Bennings road northeast; to eost $3.000 Tolman Laundry, Avenue, owners; to construct hatch- way, 5248 Wisconsin avenue; to cost $500 ‘Washington Gas Light Co, 411 Tenth street, owner and builder; E. J. Whims, designer; to erect one 1- story natural gas governor building, 1316 Twelfth street southeast; to cost $1.000 Col. Howard C. Davidson,+3238 R street, owner, Davis, Wick Rosengar- ten Co. Inc. builder: to inclose rear porch, 3238 R street; to cost $1,000. Dr. F. X. Courtney, 5601 Wour- teenth street, owner: Christian Herit- age. architect; Davis, Wick, Rosen- garten Co, Inc, builders: to make re- pairs and alter 5422 First place; to cost §1.000 Mrs. Annie L. Smith. 1236 Critten- den atreet, owner: Wilbur R. Gar- rett, jr, designer: Skinker & Garrett, 1718 T street, buil” ~s. to erect one 1236 Critten- den atreet; 1o cost $500 James T. Howard, owner: to put in shower bath, 1156 Mifteenth street; to cost $2,000 Sears, Roebuck & Co.. Chicago. III., owner and builder; to make repairs, 911 Bladensburg road northeast; to cost $1.000. Joseph E. and Josephine E. Gatti, 5101 Oonnecticut avenue, owners; to excavate and underpin walls, 3612- 3616 Georgia avenue: to cost $1.000. Mre. R. Butrum. 4622 Fourth swreet, owner; George T. Langhorne, jr., 3808 | Morrison street, builder: to inclose rear porch, 4622 Fourth street; to cost $525 William Pettey, moutheast, owner 5216 Astor place 8. B. Miles, Robert K. Smith, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling. 3260 Ar- |; eadia place: to cost $11,000 | Donald Ernst. 618 Tewkesbury place, | owner; Omer G. Kremkau, designer; H B. Pitis Construction Co, 1019 Fifteenth street, builder: to erect one 3-story brick and tile dwelling, 1407 Locust road; to cost $9,000 | Joseph A. Herbert, jr, 815 East| Ompitol street, owner and builder; | George T. Santmyers, architect; to | remodel one apartment per floor into | twn apartments, 2262 Hall place; to| oot $8.000 | Dr. William Robert Cesaday, 8022 Reno road, owner; R. W. Berry, de- | signer; Charles R. Wenger, 829 Quincy | street, builder; 1o erect ome 3-story | brick dwelling, 4827 Reno road; to | €oxt $9.000 | J. Raymond Pyles. 1320 & street | somtheast, owner: L, W. Giles, archi- | tect; Carl Pretin, 2705 Thirtieth | atreet southeast, buiider; to erect ome | 2-story brick flat,- 1801 Sixteenth | street southeast: to cost $6,500 | Brentwood Village Corp, 1526 K | treet, owners; Ring Construction Co., | Clarendon, Va, builders: to erect 24 brick private garages, 1301 Saratoga | svenue northeast: to cost $6,000 | L. O. Turner, 821 Nichoison street, | owner, designer and bufider; to erect | one 1-story brick and eoncrete block dwelling, 4833 Western avenue; to cost | $4,000. | Potomac Electric Power Co., Tenth | snd X streets, owners: 10 inclose five bays of existing shed, ThAerJounhl Loy "410 Da | See this home and | solve the problem of where to find the most home for your money. LIVE LUXURIOUSLY At Low Cost $8,950 EXHIBIT HOME 1386 Rittenhouse St. N.W. Overlooking Rock Creek Park and Thth Street ... Large lixurious hv- ink room Bright dinine_room .. Complerels modern kitchen with breakfast nook B paneled | recreation room wiih outside win- dows Spacious master bedroom with dressing alcove and private bath Two other large bedrooms and bath ' Convenient to_schools, {rapsportation and the shopping and theater center of upper Georgia Avenue Open Daily and Sunday Drive out 13th St N W._to Ritten- Rouse St., and lejt to home. ij 1515KSt. le Drive Woodside Park $13, 250 An Exceptional Home Best of materials. ‘Workmanship unexcelled Wood-burning fire- place i Jarge living room. Library with lavatory attached. Three bed rooms, two baths, finished attic, pine-paneled, heated recreation room with beautiful mantel, proofed. CAREFREE COMFORT WITH Bcreened, caulked, weatherstripped and water- MODERN GAS APPLIANCES Bains Realty Co. 8413 Georgia Avenue N.W. Shep. 3892 To Reach House: Georgia Avenue to traffic light at Colesville Pike— turn right on Colesville Pike to Mi Bale Drive 1'5 block: rs. K's Toll House Tavern—left on de- | | signer; Willia, | southesst, buil Kelley, 5124 B strept : to erect one 1-stowy 5248 Wisconsin | frame dwelling' (five rooms). 3040 | ]street southemst: 1o cost $2.000. | Emig Propertles Corp, 917 | teenth street, owner; Righ- place; to cost $500. l Cornelius J. and Marion 8. Peter- [son, 3631 Rotoma avenue, ownam; | Joseph Wywille, ¥ Bennimgs. D. ¢, | buiider: to make repairs, 5631 Poio- | mae avenuer to cqst $600 | Misses Clara and Maria Saun 5 "1565 Thirty-fourth street, owners.|to | erect partitions, 3204 Q street; to cpst | | $1.200 : Owen French, 3820 Thirty-sgh | street, ownexr; R. C. Archer, jr, ardhi- { tect; P. S. Dove, designer: to enect one 2-story brick addition. Thirty-sixth street: to cost $B10. Miss Mary Winsiow, 321 Q wtrpet, | owner; W. M. Dawson. builder: 1o gne- model third floor, 3051 Q street;] to cost 3850 | Rudolph B. Behrend. 1317 P supet, | owner and builder; R. M. Briscoe, |de- figner; to erect one 1-mory brick)gas lmanon. 9500-902 Ninth street; to t $750 Mabel 8. Thomas, 4602 Sheriff nomd northeast. owner; Lewis W. Giles.far- | chitect; Wrliiam Dickersom, buidjer; H. D Wiamn, | | builder; to make repairs, 4604 Clapk | 320 | SUGAR CANE BOARDS STRONGER THAN WO00D | Material Accepted by New York Building Department as Substitute. Building boards made from sugar cane proved stronger than wood in tests recently completed by the De- partment Civil Engineering in | Columbia University of the | of utility in insulating sheathing, has, | as a result of the Columbia laboratory tests, been accepted by the Building Department of the City of New York as a substitute for wood, in frame construction. It provides the frame house with a | new “muscle” to take the place of the sheathing which for generations hax | always been constructedd of wood | boards. The tests also showed that. “synthetic house,” PRI LY HLES HT SO0 TOTA $100,000 and $35,000 Deals Are Included in Shannon & Luchs Transactions. Property sales totaling $300,000 were made in July by the Shannon & Luchs Co, it was announced today. Transactions closed by the firm in- cluded sale of two apartments, one for $100,000 and the other for $35,000. Other sales included business and in- vestment properties and a downtown site, where the new home of the National Cash Register Co. will be located. The list of July sales is as follows: Twenty-four hundred Thirteenth | sireet, sold to L. L. Milnes for E. M. | Btubblefield; 147 and 140 R. street, northeast, sold for Pisher & Baer to a | local investor; 213¢ New York avenue, sold to Hirsch & Avrunin for D. J. Callahan; lot on Bradley bouievard, Hillmead, Md., sold for E. L. Huffman to Mr. and Mrs. L. §. Baker: 1350 Harvard street, sold to M. H. Taylor; corner of Vista and Ouakiey avenues, Villa Heights, Md, sold for F. M. Pratt Co. to Mr. and Mrs. R. R Morrow; 2008 First street, sold to Mr and Mrs. R. V. Snyder for I. K. Milier: two acres on Bradley boulevard, —_— SPECIAL MILLWORK Made From Your Patterns Our millwerk shop ean produce from sour designs any speeial millwork. We have a modern complete miliwork shop. If you need a special door. arch. eab- Described as | another step toward the attainment of | the material, | inet. efc, ley us give you an estimate QUALITY LUMBER We cater to the needs of tha small Lumber buyers. Our com- piete Lumber stocks and moder- Rte Drices assure entire saiis- faction. 1f you need Lumber in any quantily, see us Free delivery at all times. J. FRANK ELLY™ \ 2121 Go. Ave. NO. 134! o= | as an insulator, it was three times as | effective ax wood. | to erect frame addition, 4402 Sheriff | lmd northeast; to cost $600. ' New cox.owu.l_11 HOMES . For Your Inspection in HOMEWOOD The Community of Home Ovwners i! A variety of Homesite available for construet- ing your home. t Drivé owt Mars NwW to 4RtA St nght to Al- Bemarle Si.. right to homes. C. H. HILLEGEIST CO. 1881 K AL NW, are This beautiful home flagstone terrace, mod make this one of the, is the second floor, coat closets. Ideal fo tion quarters. The bedrooms on the flrnfioor, full tile bath and} shower, 60 BUILT 55 SOLD! 810 Oak St. $550 Cash: $47.50 per Month Interest aad Prineipal TO REACH: Crose TLincoln Nemorisi® Bridpe 10 Arimgron Ridge Road, le't te traffic light (Colnumbin Pike ) to iop of Aill and Ook 11 South Chelsea Lane Bethesda, Maryland Ceoler Cheaper than rent. hasement. living room, room. 2 bedrooms. shower, heat v Frank A. Simen, Seuthern Bidg. Less Than 10 Minutes From Downtown than anv apartment . . . ANl brick, full junior dining tiled dath with > kitchen, kot water NA. 3668 modern th ite spacious living room opening onto a porch and n kitchen, attractively " proportioned dinetts, two large nest values in Washington toduy: shed in knotty pine, with built-in and attached garage Eapecially attractive bunks, drawere, and a children's room, it can easily bs converted to recrea- is located on a big, beautifully shaded lot. HE §And Wrapped in Insulation) “Carefree,Comfort With Modern Gas Appliances” 3 kvitie Pike, Drive to 7611 Wiseonsin A'[,lwl is about }a-mile mfl‘th' Bank of Bethesds on the Rockville THE NEWBOLD DEVELOPMENT 60. 7611§WISCONSIN AVE., BETHESDA, MD. 'j Phone Wlsconsin 5286 NEWBOLD i BUILT 1S QHONESTLY BUILT Bradley Hills, Md, sold for Wain- wright & Springston, trusiees, to Mr. and Mrs. P, L. Banfield; 1203 Clifton street, sold to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bernatein. ‘Two acres, Bradley boulevard, Brad- ley Hills, Md., sold to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. French for Wainwright & Springs- ston, trustees; 226 North Giebe road, Arlington, Va. sold to Alson Reslty Corp.; ground on Colorado avenue, sold for the receivers of the Federal- American National Bank & Trust Co.; 1223 Potomac street, sold for A. Cun- ningham, et al. Jot on northwest corner of Thirtieth and Ellicott streets, —— Lovely New Homes 4 BED ROOMS 2 BATHS AIR-CONDITIONED BRICK CONSTRUCTION 4711-13-15 MORGAN DRIVE Chevy Chase Gardens, Md. Open Daily end Sundoy TO REACH Drive out #n 6500 binck of Wisconmn Ave furm left on Morgan Drive. Pichler-Richmond Construction Co. WAPLE & JAMES, INC P81 Goornia Ave. REAL ESTATE sold to H. Burke: 1311 H street north- east, sold for C. Bimmonds and W. 8. Matheny to Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kauf- man; 1607-09-11 Meigs place, sold for R. 8. Tingley; 127 West Woodbine street, Chevy Chase, Md, sold to Charles P. Graddick for Mrs. M. F. Fuller, and 1726 P street, sold in con- junetion with Dixie Realty Co. to H. Bonat. Saddles. or slls, should not be used between two rooms except when the floors are of 4ifferent materials. ax they are dust catchers and might cause falls. FIRST SHOWING 5003 44th St. N.W. Price, $9,850 6 lorge rooms Bath end shower Full besement Storage ethc Lot 52 #. x 202 #. deep ©® Astomahc heet ond refrigeretion ® Furred wells ® Rock weel imswleten ® Gerege Open Daily and Swnday CYRUS KEISER, Jr. 5211 Wisc. Ave.—Clev. 5371 ROLLINGWOOD THE NEW ROCK CREEK PARK SECTION Cusvf CHASE Wise. 5252 Center-hall arrangement. $17,500 pertect home. + + + garden porch and an + + + sleeping porch. + + + + + + + + + + + + DEVELOPMENT CO. 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A beoutiful wooded lot that provides the perfect setting for this Paneled library with toilet, living room, dining room opening onto a spacious screened - ELECTRIC HEALTH KITCHEN (By the General Electric Corporation) Four master bedrooms; two master baths and additional screened Attic fully insulated with Rock Wool Sports room with fireplace, maid's room and bath and two separate garages in the basement. GENERAL ELECTRIC WINTER AIR- CONDITIONING HEATING SYSTEM Rug Exhibit by Manoukian Bros. OPEN DAILY TO 9 P.M. Drive on Beach Drive through Rock Creek Park to Leland 8t.. turn left ome square to Rolling Road and right on Rolling Road $o our display swns. or take Western Ave., at Chevy Chase Circle, one-hall square east to Brookevills Pike, bear left and econtinue to Leland St, then follow our arrows to property. HANNON & LUCH Nat. 2345