Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1940, Page 22

Private Construcfion Confinues Fast Pace in District Permits Having Total Of $679,850 Approved During Week Private building in the Capital continued at a fast pace during the past week as the office of Bufldinz‘ Inspector John W. Oehmann ap- proved permits having a total valua- tion of $679,850. Included in the list were permits calling for erection of 43 one-family dwellings, 12 small apartments and 1 large one. More important permits of the week follow: Cafritz Construction Co., 1404 K| street N.W. owner and builder; Harry L. Edwards, 1404 K street N.W,, architect; to erect one 5-story | brick, tile, concrete apartment (95), 1660 Lanier place N.W.; to cost $210,000. Lawrence Gassenheimer, 833 Li street N.E, owner; B W. Oppen- heimer, 833 L street N.E. builder; G. T. Santmyers, 1410 H street N.W., | architect; to erect nine 2-story brick | and cinder block fiats (4 each), 2000- | 16 Rosedale street N.E; to cost| $63,000. Elmer B. Young, 833 L street N.E., owner and builder; G T. Santmyers, | 1410 H street N.W. architect; to| erect 10 two-story brick and cinder block dwellings, 1765 to 1783 Lang place NE.; to cost $4u,000 | Max Simon, 3720 Nichols avenue | S.E, owner and builder; G. T. Sant- | myers, 1410 H street N.W,, architect; | to erect one 3-story brick and cinder | block apartment (19 units), 523 and | 525 Mellon street S.E.; to cost $40,000. | BEAUTIFUL EDGEMOOR HOME—Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Kemp recently purchased this attractive home at 5601 Edgemoor lane, Edgemoor, Md., through the office of Shannon & Luchs. ard Construction Co., builders; Harry A. Brandt 5211 Thirteenth street N.W., architect; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block four-family flat, 1111 Carroll street SE.; to cost Elma McClintock Moran, 1827 Twenty-fourth street N.W. owner and builder; Victor E. De Mers, 1827 Twenty-fourth street N.W., archi- WASHINGTON, D. ©, : Treasure Tradition Spurs Home Builders Special Dispatch to The Star. Catherines Island, in the lower mac & few miles from here, Iaborers learned of an old ’t:!:dmon about “treasure” on the Immediately spades began to faster than is ususl. The felt they might disinter part or all of money said to have on the island during by blockade runners of federacy. It is known that OConfederate agents used the island as one of their nrfiwipfil ;wpl.mdm .:uruu the Otvil railway” devel War. One Bouthern officer, laden with hundreds of dollars in gold, was captured by Union men on 8St. Catherines. X Estates Sold Early Nine of the 35 country estates into which the 200 acres that com- prise Springbrook, Md., is divided were sold in advance of the formal opening of the development today, it was announced by : Moss, president of the Moss Realty Co., realtors and builders. 5020 Nebraska Ave. 1 Block West Conn. Ave. —Star Staff Photo. Mrs. Annabelle Albright, owner; Maurice Joyce, 3633 Horner place SE, designer and builder; to erect one 1-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 2333 Fairlawn avenue SE.; to cost $4,800. W. C. & A. N. Miller Development Co., 1119 Seventeenth street N.W., owners and builders; Gordon McNeil, architect; to erect one 2-story brick Washington Development Co., 1512 | tect; to erect one 2-story masonry | dwelling, 432¢ Forty-sixth street L street N.W. owners; David L. Stern, 1512 L street N.W., designer | and builder; to erect six z-story‘ brick and wood dwellings, 4814-4816- | 4818-4820-4822-4824 Twelfth street NE.; to cost $30,000. | Frank D. Phillips, 3500 Rittenhouse | street N.W. owner, designer and builder; to erect three 2-story brick, tile and frame dwellings, 4830-4834- 4838 Blagden avenue N.W.; to cost $30,000. Louis A. Stein, 629 E street N.W., owner and builder; Jjoseph H. Abel, 1327 Connecticut avenue N.W. de- signer; to erect one 3-story brick, tile and cinder block apartment (11 | units), 1820 Fort Davis street SE,;| to cost $25.000. | John Horath, 2305 R street SE, | owner and builder; Henry G. Her- ath, 2305 R street S.E., designer; to | erect three 2-story brick and cinder | block dwellings, 2242-2244 and 2246 | 8 street SE.; to cost $14,000. W. C. and A. N. Miller Develop- | ment Co., 1119 Seventeenth street | N.W. owners and builders; G. E.| MacNeil, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 3650 Ford- | ham road N.W.; to cost $13,000. Ella M. Talbert, 635 F street N.W., | owner; Lenkin Construction Co. 635 F street N.W.,, builders; G. T. Sant- myers, 1410 H street N.W., architect; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block apartment (4 units), 3510 Brothers place S.E.; to cost $12,000. Frank S. Phillips, 927 Fifteenth street N.W. owner and builder; Joseph H. Abel, 1327 Connecticut avenue N.W., designer; to erect one | 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 5112 | Watson street N.W.; to cost $10,000. | Benjamin Ourisman, 610 H street | NE, owner; William L. Heckner, | designer; Mohler Construction Co. 1223 Connecticut avenue N.W., builders; to make repairs, 610-16 H street N.E.; to cost $10,000. | Robert E. Cox, 3442 Highwood drive SE, owner, designer and builder; to erect two 2-story brick and tile dwellings, 1725 and 1729 Highwood place S.E.; to cost $10,000. | Edith Valentine, 3321 Eighteenth | street N.E, owner, designer and | builder; to erect two 2-story brick | and cinder block dwellings, 5208 and | 5210 Blaine street N.E.; to cost $10,000. | Paul P. Stone and Avon Shockey, 3111 Fourteenth street N.W., owners and builders; James J. Baldwin, 927 | Fifteenth street N.W., designer; to | erect one 2-story brick and cinder | block dwelling, 1801 Quincy street | N.W.; to cost $12,000. | Paul P. Stone and Avon Shockey, | owners and builders; James J. Bald- win, designer; to erect one 2-story | brick and cinder block dwelling, 3930 | Argyle terrace N.W.; to cost $10,000. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pasqual, 4220 | Forty-fifth street N.W. owners; Dana B. Johannes, 927 Fifteenth | street N.W., designer; to erect 115~ | story brick and cinder block dwelling, } 4644 Verplank place N.W.; to cost | $8.000. | Raphael Manganaro, 1412 Massachusetts avenue N.W., owner; Lynn Patton, designer, to make re- | pairs, 1410 Massachusetts avenue N.W.; to cost $8,000 | S. L. Gottlieb, 907 Webster street | N.W. owner and builder; H. W.| ‘Turner, 1129 Sixth street N.W., de- | signer; to erect two 2-story brick and cinder block dwellings, 5811-5813 Foote street N.E.; to cost $3,500 each. | Morris and Sarah F. Bryan, 811 | Quincy street N.W., owners; St.lnd-‘1 1 - | | SEE FAIRFIELD and let its homes be your measure of comparisom. 3600 Greenway Drive is as much home as $8,350 can buy, including its large, beautifully wooded lot with over eighty-foot: frontage. All this in Fairfield, Wash- ington’s distinguished, rigidly restricted community of fine small homes. Let Fairfield be your measure of comparison. DIRECTIONS: Drive out Penn- sylvania Avenue S.E., turn rioht on Branch Avenue, ieft on Den- wer Street, right on $ith Street AIRFIELD. Open until § M. daily and Sunday. STANDARD PROPERTIES 213 Woodward Bldg. NAtional 5573 block dwelling, 2320 Bancroft place | N.W.; to cost $6,500. | La Salle Park Corp., 1415 G street S.E. owner and builder; Schreier & Patterson, 917 Fifteenth street N.W., architects; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 1910 Upshur street N.E.; to cost $5.500. Potomac Electric Power Co,, Tenth and E streets N.W., owners and designers; to erect one 1-story brick and concrete transformer sta- tion, 74 N street 8.E.; to cost $5,000. Raphael A. Smith, 1311!, South Carolina avenue S.E., owner; David Cooper, 600 F street N.W., builder; Cyril G. Bow, 1617 S street N.W., de- signer; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 218 Forty- sixth place N.E.; to cost $6,000. Ella M. Talbert, 635 F street N.W., owner; Lenkin Construction Co., 635 F street N.W., builders; L. W. Giles, 4428 Hunt place N.E., architect; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder | block apartment (2 units), 3500 Brothers place S.E.; to cost $6,000. | Fred B. Monar, owner and builder; Helen F. Monar, 600 Ridge road S.E., designer; to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block dwelling, 605 Adrain street SE.; to cost $6.000. Dr. R. Manganaro, 1412 Mnssa-“ chusetts avenue N.W., owner; Lynn Patton, 1400 L street N.W., designer; to erect one 4-story brick addition, 1410 Massachusetts avenue N.W.; to cost $6,000. | C. Brown, 927 E street SW., | owner; R. C. Archer, jr., 215 Florida | avenue N.W., architect; to erect one | 2-story brick dwelling, 5217 Ames | street N.E.; to cost $4,000. | Adelaide M. Bray, 1109 Twentieth street N.W., owner; T. F. Collier, 1109 Twentieth street N.W., builder; Renato Corte, 1606 Thirty-second | street N.W., designer; to make re- pairs, 1606-1608 Thirty-fourth | street N.W.; to cost $4,500. N.W.; to cost $5,100. William H. Brooks, sr., owner; Acadia Construction Corp., 907 Fifteenth street N.W. builders; Claughton West, Hunt street, Chevy Chase, Md., architect; to erect one 13;-story frame dwelling, 3317 Twelfth street SE.; to cost $4,000. R. H. Wilmer, 1815 Twenty-fourth street N.W., owner; F. H. Brooks, architect; to make repairs, 2600 Thirty-first street N.W.; to cost $2,000. Nick Basiliko, 912 N street N.W,, owner and builder; J. M. Hallett, de- signer; to make repairs, 441 M street N.W.; to cost $1,000. Dr. Lewis C. Ecker, 1725 N street N.W., owner; Malcolm Matheson, Jr., Inc, 1711 Connecticut avenue N.W., builders; Gertrude Sawyer, 1701 Connecticut avenue N.W., architect; to erect one 1-story brick addition, 1725 N street N.W.; to cost $1,200. BRAND-NEW Detached brick home. Center entrance, 6 rooms bath, fireplace, ool insu- lot nicely land- 8723 Second Ave. Silver Spring, Md. OPEN SUNDAY 2 P.M. TO DARK Out Siztesnth Street to the circle at the District Line. go right and un- der the Railroad and then left on the firat Street which s Second Ave. Realtors 721 10th St NA. 0768 Best Buys in Bethesda! S et ._,? 4814 Wellington Drive new group of superbly built homes by A. Sacks, Inc., ranging in sise A Geo. from 2 bedrooms and bath to 4 bedreoms, 2% baths. Prices range from $8,950 to $11,500 The beautiful center-hall bome pictured above contains 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and first floor lavatory. Open Daily end Sunday Directions: Out Wisconsin Ave. to Bradley Blvd., left 1 block to Wellington Drive and property. PAUL M. LUDT, REAL ESTATE 6600 Wisconsin Ave, WI. 6693 of a place in the country. apd the Uptown carefree life. oad and Porter St. to house. Billiamsburg Lane brings Colonial days to Washington In picturesque KLINGLE, this beautiful street has been adorned by dignified Colonial homes. Now is the time to acquire one of the spacious home- sites available at reasonable prices, in this highly restricted development, where you will find the tranquility and peace 1 LINGLE, Washington’s intown suburb, borders Rock Creek Park, is a ten-minute drive from the White House, and close to a cfiplfie shopping center on Conn. Ave. ater. 3501 Williemsburg Lane Of traditional Colonial design, it presents an unusually spacious fioor plan, with the most modern equipment and appliances to insure & Open Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 te §:30 P.M.—er Call GEorgia 1021 To_Reach: t Connecticut Ave. at Porter St. end_dri wau'xfimafifr e and houser of from 130k St vie erk Kook, Kritaste Open—2 to 9 P.M. Daily Owner’s transfer makes & sacri- fice price necessary. New brick home, 6 months old. 7 rooms including 1st fleor library, 3 bedrooms, 3 tiled baths. Recreation and storage room in daylight basement. Air condi- tioned, insulated furred walls. Lot 154’ deep. Can arrange monthly payment less than rent F. A. TWEED 00. 907 15th St. N.W. EM. 7155 Abe Glickman, 218 Cedar street N.W, owner and bullder; A. 8. J. Atkinson, 3801 Macomb street N. architect; to erect one 1-story bricl and cinder block addition, 218 Cedar street N.W.; to cost $1,000. | Embassy-Fairfax Dairy, 1620 First street N.W,, owners; Essex Construc- tion Co, 805 Chandler Building, | bullders; P. Ramsen, architect; to make repairs, 1620 First street N.W.; to cost $1,250. | Frank D. Phillips, 3500 Rittenhouse street N.W., owner, bwilder; to erect | brick and tile garages (3), 4830, 4834 and 4838 Blagden avenue N.W.; to cost $1,500. NEW GROUP OF EIGHT DISTINCTIVE, DETACHED HOMES Just West of 16th Street Display Home, 4814 Blagden Avenue N.W. Open Daily Till 9:30 P.M. Just completed, situated in a community of impressive homes, a splenaid example of quality home building and styled to afford every comfort b and convenience for those seeking environment, quality and value. Six lorge bright rooms—2 complete baths—Ilarge den and lavatory on Ist floor—complete finished and heated “attic’”’ @ regular room— p knotty pine recreatibn room with large open fireplace and two-car brick s garage. Lots over 150 feet deep—in one of Washington’s most beauti- ful sections, bordered by Rock Creek Park. Priced to sell quickly. Don’t fail to inspect them todoy or Sunday, or call us for further particulars. TO INSPECT Drive out 16th St., fust past Emerson to Blag- 'AUTOMATIC ‘WIATIN® den Ave., and turn west 418 CONDITIONING 15 block to homes, METZLER-REALTOR Dist. 8600 1106 Vermont Avenue N.W. Sunday and Nights, TA. 0620 R e g D e P S S DN IO B S e bt i S B S e e et b - FURNISHED EXHIBIT HOME Dreperies by Ligon. Built by Frank D. Phillips. 808 SLIGO AVE. Silver Spring, Md. OPEN DAILY1TO9PM. . This new detached brick home has been taste- fully furnished by HILDA N. MILLER, in addition it has all the latest equipment. The price is only $8,650 and terms can be arranged, with g small down payment and $54.50 monthly, or @ suitable allowance will be made for all cash. Four Other Homes Avallable for Your Inspectien To Reach: Go out Georgia avenue past the District Line and under the Railroad. Turn right on the first street, which is Sligo ave- Jue, and go a short distance to the homes, Phone Tos. €. 7t Nat'l 0765 COM PA N 10th St. REALTORS—Establishel Since 1915 SATURDAY, MAY ¢, 1940, - REAL ESTATE. 218 Kennedy Drive WEAHOPE you were among the scores of thousands who visited Kenwood during the past fortnight and enjoyed the glorious spectacle of the 2,0?0 blossoming Japanese Cherry Trees. It is @ treat aofforded by no other community in the United States. The cherry blossoms, however, are only orie of the many unusual features that make Kenwood a desirable place in which to live. Pay a leisurely visit to Kenwood and learn why so many prominent Washingtonians have built or bought their homes here. WHILE in Kenwood visit the beautiful “exhibit home. Also ask about others, not so large, now nearing completion. Or, there is a beautiful homesite in Kenwood on which the home of your dreams will fit. HOMES AND HOMESITES FOR SALE ONLY TO APPROVED PURCHASERS NOTE: Kenwood’s Fourth Annual Cherry Blossom Photographic Contest closes at 5:00 PM., Monday, May 6, 1940. Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. Kenwood Office: Kennedy Drive and Chamberlin Ave.—Wisc. 4425 Directions for Reeching: Drive out Commecticut Avemue to Chevy Chase, west on Grafton Street through Somerset to Kemwood, or out Wisconsin Avenue to Dorsst Avenue, west on Dorset Avenue through Somerset to Kenwood. **back io the land’’.. in SPRINGBROOK O those of you who yearn for the “country life . . . the peace and tran- b quality of a home apart from every- one else . . . a place in the sun, your own piece of this earth, out where the air is fresh and the freedom of living is limitless—to you who ap- preciate these things, we proudly present Spring- brook. : Here in this unique community amid the rolling hills and dales of old Maryland, you can have your town home and country estate, all in one! You can be at home within twenty-five minutes from the time you leave your office—at home in your own manor house, with your horses in the paddock, your dogs in the kennels, the wide sweep of the open fields beckoning. Let your longing for the country life become a reality in Springbook, where you can own a three-to-eight-acre or larger estate for as little as eleven thousand dollars or as much as thirty thousand. 4 TO APPRECIATE Spring. breok, drive out today. From the traffic light on Georgia Avense in Silver Spring, pro- ceed five miles ot the Colese ville Road to the entrance to > the property. fLAEs e / MOSS REALTY COMPANY Springbrook, SHepherd 5246 Tower Building, MEtropolitan 1776. Woodmoer, SHepherd 4517