Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1937, Page 23

WASHINGTON, D. C., SILVER STAR HOME IN BROOKDALE T0 REMAIN ON EXHIBIT Rambling White Brick Struc- ture Set in Beautifully Landscaped Lot. INSPECTION INSPIRES ADMIRATION OF CROWDS Charm and Simplicity of Inte- rior Set Off by Tasteful Furnishings. The attractive dwelling of French provincial design at 5100 Western avenue, Brookdale, Md., which re- ceived the award as the eleventh Sil- ver Star Home of 1937, tomorrow will enter .its second week of exhibition. An enthusiastic crowd, numbering more than 2,500, attended the open- ing of the home last Sunday. It was Jammed with people throughout the day, and the crowds during the week have been unusually large. Many of the visitors were loud in thei: praise of the new home. Cooper Lightbown & Sons designed and built the Star home as a part of their Brookdale development, which in slightly more than two years has been transformed from unimproved ground to an attractive community of 60 homes. Brookdale is situated just over the District line on both sides of River road. The Star home occu- pies a corner lot on Western avenue, the District boundary street. Rambling Home. The house is a rambling structure set low on a beautifully landscaped lot.© This lot has a frontage of 80 feet and a depth of approximately 100. Built of brick and painted white, the home is capped with a purple Vermont s#late roof that continues down to eaves that are unusually low. The five housing experts who com- pose the Silver Star Homes Com- mittee referred to the house as one of the best planned and best con- structed they had inspected in several years. The committee examined the home thoroughly, and indorsed it unanimously: James S. Taylor of the Federal Housing Administration is chairman of the committee. Other members are Edwin H. Rosengarten, builder, member of the firm of Davis, Wick & Rosengarten; Thomas San- doz, real estate broker, who was serv- ing for his father, Comdr. F. L. San- doz, president of the Washington Real Estate Board; Irwin 8. Porter, promi nent architect, and John Nolen, jr., director of planning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion. Furniture and draperies that har- monize unusually well with the style of the home have been supplied and arranged by Mrs. Cooper Lightbown, sr., wife of the builder. Charm and simplicity are accurate words to em- ploy in describing the interior of the house. Interior Walls Painted. Interior walls of the new home are painted. Venetian blinds have been placed at all windows. The walls of the living room, hall, dining room are oyster white in color. The first-floor bed room, with its beautiful leaded- glass bay window, is painted a deli- cate shade of blue-3reen. The living room is cozily furnished. The color scheme is biscuit, brown and blue. A mirror extending to the ceiling is placed above the fireplace mantel. An attractive grouping in this room includes two white leather chairs with a table between. Near the fireplace are two chairs which may be moved together to form a love seat. A Governor Winthrop desk and an un- Usually comfortable sofa are other at- tractive pieces in the living room. The dining room table is of Duncan Phyfe design. Chairs are finished in antique white leather. A buffet with & mahogany top occupies one corner. A feature of the room is a beautifully proportioned bay window, which com- mands a sweeping view of the nearby countryside. The kitchen is in blue and white with touches of red. There are an unusually large number of cabinets in this compact, modern | electric kitchen. North Bed Room in Peach. Two large bed rooms and bath are on the second floor. The north bed room, peach in color, has unusual‘ xurnishmgs which blend with the color | of the walls. Windows here have blue | Wanted—2 Experienced Real Estate Salesmen To cover the finest selection of new houses in Washington. 100% co-operation by office. 15 BEITZELL] ° K st. IF YOU WANT A HOME IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTION —YOU ARE PASSING UP YOUR BEST BET UNLESS YOU LOOK AT 2602 30th St. S.E. . $2,000 Under Comparable Homes in This Location Detached—6 large rooms—hot- water heat—electric kitchen— lot 50x165. From top of Good Hope Hill, go sonth on Naylor Road to 30th NATIONAL MORTG. & INV. CORP. 1312 N. Y. Ave. NA. 5833 Wlfll SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1937. ¢ Foening Star * Attractive Interiors of the Silver Star Home in Brookdale A bed room in the eleventh Silver Star Home of the year, located at 5100 Western avenue, Brookdale, Md. This home, which tomorrow will enter the second week of exhibition, was erected by Cooper Lightbown & Sans LUCHS 1S ELECTED BOARD PRESIDENT Murray and Smith Are Vice Presidents—6 New Mem- bers Take Office. Morton J. Luchs, vice president of Shannon & Luchs and for years one of | the Capital’s outstanding realtors, was elected president of the Washington Real Estate Board at the organiza- tion’s annual meeting held Monday | He | night at the Mayflower Hotel. succeeds Comdr. F. L. Sandoz, who served during the past year. Francis A. Murray of the H. G. Smithy Co. was elevated to the first vice presidency of the board, while Fred A. Smith of the Floyd E. Davis Co. was named second vice president. New members elected to the board of directors include: William R. Ellis, Joseph A. Herbert, jr.; Luther W. Lin- kins, William L. Miller, Homer Phillips and Charles H. Tompkins. Directors who, were held over for the next year are: George I. Borger, Lewis T. Breun- inger, J. Wesley Buchanan, B. Hous- ton McCeney, F. Eliot Middleton and William M. Tarockmorton. One of Best Appraisers. Mr. Luchs is known as one of the city’s best appraisers of real estate. In addition to his other activities, he has directed the sales department of Shannon & Luchs, and has personally made some of the largest deals of Washington real estate in the last few years. Always a leader in local real estate affairs, he was in the forefront (See BOARD Page C-. —_— chintz curtains. A hand-carved bed is a feature piece. There is a large storage space off this room. The south bed room is furnished in modern style with black furniture, and | drapes which show blue, pink, yellow and white. The upstairs bath, un- usually spacious, is in yellow and white. The bed room on the first floor, which has a bath adjoining, is fitted up for the office of the builder. This room would make an ideal library for a small family. Open for inspection daily for the next three weeks, the Brookdale home may be reached by driving out Wis- consin avenue to River road, thence west on River road to Western avenue. The how occupies the northwest corner of the intersection just over the District line in Maryland. Two Well Built, Well Designed, Well Plan- ned NEW HOMES AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK OPEN SUNDAY 10 TO 8 WEEK DAYS 3 TO 8 4816 46th St. Detached, all-brick Colonial. Modern - to - minute equip- ment. 7 rooms (including insulated, finished 3d floor), 2 baths. Pretty lot. From Aass. Ave. drive north on 46th St. to house. Price, $10,950. 4413 Windom St. Detached, ail-brick Colonial. Completely modern. st floor bed room and bath; 2 large bed rooms and bath on 2d floor. Insulated and furred. Drive west on Yuma St. from Wisconsin Ave. to 44th St., south to Windom St. and west to home BOSS & PHELPS REALTORS ‘Brand New Detached Brick Can Now Be Purchased At the Right Price 4838 16th St. N.W. Eight Rooms—Two Baths 4 Bed Rooms, Garage, Air Conditioned Upper 16th St. near Blagden Ave- nue, and Rock Creek Park. a home that will appeal to a discriminating buyer, ultra-modern in every de- tail. An air-conditioned home as- suring comfortable living through- out the year. Gas furnace equip- ment, electric refrigeration. screens, weather strips, furred and insulated, maid's room and bath, first floor lavatory. You will be unable to duplicate the value being offered at the price of this new home. Open Daily and Sunday Heated and Lighted L. T. Gravatte 729 15th Realtor 0753 HE Virginia Real Estate Asso- ciation is holding its annual convention in the George Ma- son Hotel, Alexandria. The meeting opened Thursday and final sessions are scheduled for today. A feature of today's program is an ad- dress by Paul E. Stark, Madison, Wis., president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The principal address yesterday was made by Allie S. Freed, chairman of the Committee of Economic and So- cial Progress. Freed is president of Paramount Communities, Inc., which is sponsoring Buckingham Community, new low-cost housing development in Arlington, Va. He stressed the need of a great national home building pro- gram during his talk which was titled “Leaders Fiddle While America Is Burning.” Charles H. Hillegeist, Washington “Features Essential to Quick Sale of New and Old Homes.” A large num- ber of Capital realtors were guests at the convention banquet held last night. J. Randall Catop, jr. was master of ceremonies at the affair, which was attended by 200. The Alexandria, Arlington and Fair- fax Real Estate Board is host to the realtors from throughout the State. Robert L. Kane of Alexandria is act- ing president of the association, which will elect new officers today. * kK % 'APITAL realtors are making prep- arations to shove off to Pitts- burgh for the big convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. It is expected the local dele- gation will number about 40. While some of the delegates, including Charles J. Rush, secretary of the Washington board, will be in the Pennsylvania city for preliminary meetings scheduled in advance of the convention, a great portion will leave at 5:10 Tuesday afternoon, and travel to Pittsburgh via the B. & O. This party will reach Pittsburgh shortly after midnight. Washingtonians are expected to play important roles in the conven- tion. Waverly Taylor is a member of the governing council of the im- portant Home Builders’ Guild, which is expected to do something about lowering building costs. W. C. Miller, a past. president of the national asso- = | FRANCES POWELL HILL f presents FOR SALE A “GOLD NUGGET” Across the Potomac in Arlington County, Virginia | A unit of 8,712,000 sq. ft. of avail- || able scenic acreage in the heart of Virginia’s smallest, most highly de- veloped county of 40,000 people, adjacent to the Capital with a population of half a million. Utilities Available | "Washington Moves Westward” Put Your Money to Work Here Ak for Information: 1644 Connecticut Ave. | Washington, D. C. DEcatur 3422 Alex. 3357-J You w Cooley construction plus many new large: closets with mirrored doors. oiey Bros Tower Bldg. NA. 9240 & broker, addressed the convention on | Priced $9 250—Financed to Suit most popular in-town section, at high, cool elevation, only 10 minutes from downtown. 3 big bedrooms. Master bedroom has tiled bath and Z garage. Hardwood floors, screened, weather News and Views on Real Estate ciation, always has a voicc in formu- lating plans of the organization. Among those expected to attend the convention are Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gravatte, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gravatte, jr.:. Mr. and Mrs. Garfield I. Kass, Charles A. Jones of the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Rush, Mr. and Mrs. F. Wallace Stoever, Waverly Taylor, Frank J. Luchs, Percy H. Russell, Frank M. Doyle, H. Clifford Bangs, W. O. Cooley, Charles P. McCurdy, William E. Shannon, 3d; Leonard Dowmw of H. O. L. C. and F. M. Babcock of the Federal Housing Administration. * ok ok ok AN ELABORATE program of enter- tainment for visiting realtors has been planned by the host board for the N. A. R. E. B. convention. Vis- itors and their wives are advised to tuck a mask and costume ir their suitcases for the Halloween ball, scheduled for the night of October 21. Then, the president’s reception and dance will take place Wednesday night, while on Friday night a re- ception will be given the president- elect. * x % % "FFHE Apartment House: Directory for the District, which since 1928 has been published by the Washington Irtelligence Bureau, will be issued in the future by Rufus S. Lusk. The latter announced he has purchased rights to this book and plans tc issue & new directory in January. The new edition also will include deteiled in- formation on office buildings in the city and apartments throughout the metropolitan area. Lusk has pub- ""What did you do about your new home?”’ “"We made up our minds to consult Paul T. Stone before we built!"” It pays to consult a reliable builder before you erect your hom not only from the standpoint of of actual savings in dollars and cents, but also for the freedom from worries incidental to building. We have on file many practical plans of homes which may easily be duplicated with slight changes if desired. We will gladly assist you also in the financing end of your adventure in home building. And don't forget. “Stone-Built Homes Are Built Homes.” Paul T. Stone, Inc. 927 15th St. N.W. NAtl. 0856 Residence Phone, Clev. 7096 Better glunmnumnnmmmum|nmnummm||mmmum|mmummmmnm|m|muumnuummmummummnz be amazed at the real value offered in these new Cooley-built Aii-conditioned Exhibit Home Furnished by P. J. Nee o Open Daily and Sunday to 9 P.M. 1937 refinements. In Washington’s | recreation room. ipped, rock wool insul Beauti Out Wiscansin Ave. to. Calvert St., west on Calvert to 39th St.. south me. Block 'to. Bendon_ St.. west on Benton to $9th Place,” then left ck to home, The attractive living room of The Star home. The house attracted huge crowds during the week it has been on display. Brookdale is located just over the District line on River road. —Photos by John Mueller, Star Staff. lished the District assessment book for the last three years. * k% T!-m J. A. McKeever Co. will open for public inspection over the week end the new eight-story downtown apartment house at 1301 Vermont avenue. The apartment, called the Eddystone, is the newest and largest downtown apartment opened this season. It is located within walking distance of mos. of the Government departments. All apartments in the building, as well as the corridors, have rough texture painted walls. Other modern touches include parquet floors, concealed radiation, numerous electrical outlets and built-in radio aerials. F. H. A, LOSS $7,927.18 One-Thousandth of 1 Per Cent of Total Involved. In three years of activity concerned with the home-building and home- financing field, the Federal Housing Administration has sustained net losses of only $7,927.18, about one- thousandth of 1 per cent, out of $700,000,000 in mortgages on which insurance premiums are being paid. These figures are as of August 31, 1937. Approximately $20,000,000 Housing Administration's Treasury account is available to meet such losses. This fund includes an original sum of $10,000,000 set by the Con- gress for the purpose and the ac- cumulation of premiums on home mortgages insured by the administra- tion. American University Park 4922 Brandywine St. N.W. (2 Blocks From Mass. Ave.) New Center-hall COLONIAL HOUSE. 3 vide. brick canstruction, baths, finished insulated attic, paneled recreation room with firepia e~ copper spouting _ and screens, 2-car brick garage. Green Vermont~ slate roof. Large lot. $12,650 Convenient Terms Lloyd Nell, Cl. 7541 in the | Building News SEPTEMBER SHOWS DROP IN' BUILDING Figures for 37 States East of Rockies 10 Per Cent Lower Than 1936. Construction work September in the 37 States east of the Rocky Mountains fell almost 10 per cent below the level for 11936, and was off by almost 28 per | cent from the August, 1937, total, | according to F. W. Dodge Corp. The | September figure for all classes of con- struction amounted to $207,071,800, August of this year. | 865,589,800 went into residential | building; in September last year this class recorded a volume of $80,670,800, while in August of this year residential building amounted to $73,448,300. Ex- | cepting only the up-State New York, | Middle Atlantic, the Southeastern and the New Orleans territories, declines | from a year ago in residential building were general. Non-residential building operations in September amounted to $75,660,000, which compares with 869 098,700 for | LAST ONE LIKE THIS Act Quickly $500 Cash—$57 Month 3727 W St. N.W. Underpriced ot $8,450 Own this modern. de luxe Colonial hence the low price Out Wis. Ave, left on Calvert one block, turning left on Tunlaw Rd., and right’ on Benton to Huidekoper, Grd o BAKER 1420 K St. DI 1311 608 Oglethorpe St. N.W. || A lovely detached brick home; | thoroughly reconditioned by Breuninger—in new-home con- dition .First floor has large living room, dining room, kitchen and study. Second floor has three spacious bedrooms. || Large lot; detached brick garage. OFEN SUNDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. il : lll; 1730.K St. NW. NA. 2040 H‘ i LT T T T ld!lfly arranged for nm!euh‘mll 4 private bedrooms. 2 8 nnu{:ed Bra oot " Finishea “base: men Open Daily and Sunday O TR NEW STONE HOMES Roberts Built—Only 2 Left 4 Bed Rooms 2 Baths, $10,450 4425 Windom Pl N.W. American University Park There are two remaining bricks in this lovely development which contain: First floor—Living room with fireplace, dining room, modern kitchen, 2 bed rooms and lovely bath. Second floor—2 large bed rooms and bath. Rock wool insulation, slate roof, automatic oil heat with summer- winter hook-up aond garage; large, well-planted lot. The best value offered in a new home today. ||| Phillips & Canby Nat. 4600 1012 15th St. N.W. AT ] E 5321 Ist St. N.W.—Corner Goncord Ave. 31, Feet wide, unusually Iarge rooms. ed drd T, Teat] z"mu fireplaces. 2 batha. attractive age. 1515 K St. N.W. Dist. 3100 started during | September, | which compares with $234,271,500 for | September, 1936, and $285,104,100 for Of the current September total, | September, 1936, and $117,209,800 for August, 1937. Public works and utili- ties construction started in the 37 States in September amounted to $65,- 822,000, as contrasted with $85,502,- 000 for September of last year and $94,446,000 for August of this year. For the first nine months of 1937 the total volume of construction work undertaken in the 37 States amounted to $2,307,014,300; this was an increase of 13 per cent over the total of $2,- 041,628,200 shown for the correspond- ing nine months of 1936. The residential building total for the initial nine months of the current year amounted to $736,390,600 for a gain of 25 per cent over the total of $588.031,600 reported for the cor- | responding nine months of last year. Non-residential building volume | recorded thus far in 1937 amounted to $894,894,900, against $735,337,100 | | for the like 1936 period. Public works | and utilities construction thus far in {1937 totaled $675,728,800, as compared with $718,259,500 for the nine-month period of 1936. PAGE C—1'' REALTOR SESSION TOGIVEATTENTION TOBUILDINGCOSTS Slowing of Residential Con- struction and Economy Steps to Be Weighed. ADDRESS BY ICKES IS SCHEDULED FRIDAY. Relationship of Neighborhood and Value of Houses to Be Explored at Meeting Next Week. Real estate men from throughout the country will gather in Pittsburgh next week for the thirtieth annual con- vention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, generally regarded as one of the most important meetings in the organization’s history. The largest attendance since before the de~ pression is anticipated. ‘Though preliminary meetings are' scheduled for Sunday, Monday -and Tuesday, the convention proper will not get under way until Wednesday morning, when the first general ses« sion will be held. A number of realtors will attend the early meetings, but the large majority will not be on hand until the Wednesday session. The Washington delegation of about 40 wili: leave the Capital Tuesday afternoon. A high spot of the convention will. undoubtedly be an address by Secre- tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, which will be given Friday night at a special session. The Ickes speech, just an- nounced by the national association, will be broadcast over a Nation-wide radio chain. In view of the fact that the new United States Housing Au- thority was placed directly under the Secretary's department, realtors at- (See REALTOR S SESSION, 1 Page C-4) Of Course! WE SPECIALIZE ON EXCHANGE OF PROPERTIES WHAT HAVE YOU TO TRADE? 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ELEVATIONS IN THE CITY Decorated by Elizabeth Stanley Wilcox The finest new detached air-conditioned homes in Northwest Washington, where values are steadily in- Built under very rigid specifications, em- bodying construction features and design found only Reynolds Air Conditioning and 0il Burner Paved streets, alleys and sidewalks, lots 167 feet deep com- taining almost 7,000 feet of ground, beau- tifully landscaped and sodded. has architectural individu- n 15 minutes of downtown, finest new schools in the National Capital, including the Janney Grade School, Alice Deal Junior High School, Woodrow Wilson High School and St. Anne’s Parochial School. sentatives on the property are thoroughly qualified to explain in detail the construction and design of these Our repre- hesitate to inquire into the Only then will you realize why homes in this beautiful community are selling so And to the most discriminating home buyers. Avenue to River Road, left to and left to homes Dist. 9080