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| REAL ESTATE
A Home-Owning and Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs
LOW COST FACTOR IN PLANS
FOR PROPOSED CIVIC CENTER
$9,000,000 Held Limit of Price for Surf-
Rested Site on North Side of
Pennsylvania Avenue.
M l»ON S. WARItKN.
ilh plans for tho development of
•ho proposed civic renter finniti of
buildings to house the administrative
activities of the District government
now rapidly taking eonerete form in
the minds of the nty planner*, the
<vai lability of the suggested site for
'he renter at a contpir iti\el\ low cost
looms as a promising factor in the
project.
A hill now heimr put into final form
for the District < ‘ontmissioners hv Maj.
h. K. Atkins. Assistant Engineer t 'om
missioner, and which may shortly lie
forwarded to Congress for ajiproval,
calls for the appropriation of funds
for the acquisition of land Ivins on
the north side of I’ennsj lvania ave
nue between Third and Seventh
streets, and hounded on the north hy
Louisiana avenue, D street and In
•liana avenii".
From the lirst disettssion of the need
of a new home for the municipal ac
tivities. this sile iris been pointed to
hy city planners as most logical, due
to its central location opposite the
great Federal building projects south i
of Pennsylvania avenue, the need of
improving the appearance of the north i
side of the Avenue and other factors.
From a practical i* in of view. also,
it is attractive to those planning for
this development because of the pres
ent mw value and probab'e low cost,
comparatively speaking. <>f this sec- j
tion of downtown property.
Sile Has Imw Valuation.
Contrary to conditions in many of
the numerous cities of the 'United j
S*ates which in recent years have
planned or proceeded with the devel- i
opmont of civic centers, the site for 1
the Washington municipal group now
is occupied largely by old buildings of I
small initial cost and of relatively
very low valuation in comparison with ,
the high value of other downtown 1
property. While property values in ■
the better developed downtown section •
have more than doubled in the past 10
»>r 15 years, according to William P.
Richards, District tax assessor, the,
property in the proposed civic center
site has been virtually stationary in i
value. This is with the exception, of i
course, of the two or three modern
buildings to he found in this area. i
A study of asessments on property ,
in this section in comparison with i
other downtown squares substantiates j
this point. Land in the area proposed i
as the site for the civic center is di- j
vlded into six squares, containing 220 ]
parcels of land, the present total as- j
scssment of which, according to fig
ures of the tax assessor, amounts to
$5,387,087. In marked contrast to tTiis
figure, the total assessment placed on
property having virtually the same
area, lying between Twelfth and Fif
teenth streets K and H streets. Mr.
Richards points out. amounts to the
hug® figure of $7(1.119.370. or nearly
Pi times that of the proi>osed site for ,
the civic center.
Assessments on the various squares
in tiie civic center site are ;is follows: j
Square 490, containing 51 lots. $3*0,743
for the land, $483,500 for improve
ments. with a total of $866,243: square
401. containing 27 lots. $814,722 for
land. $548,200 for improvements, with
a total assessment of $1,362.022: square
533. containing 45 lots, $255,606 for
land, $310,000 for improvements, with
•a total assessment of $586,206: reser
vation 10, containing SI lots, $585,375
for the land, $455,800 for improve
ments, with a total assessment of
$1,041,175; square 459, containing 21
lots. $335,273 for land, $186,900 for im
provements, with a total assessment
of $522,173. and square 460. contain- I
ing 12 lots. $755,568 for land. $282,800 j
for improvements, with a total assess- ;
ment of. $1,028.365, m iking a grand
total assessment for the site of
$5,387,087.
$9,000,000 Limit Planned.
rians now being prepared for the ;
consideration of the Commissioners j
and subsequently of Congress, pro- i
vided the city heads indorse them, j
call for the appropriation by Con
gress of a fund of between $8,000,000
Legislation to Regulate New Buildings
Near Public Developments Reoffered
The bill to regulate the height and
exterior design and construction of
buildings in the National Capital lo
rated within 200 feet of a public build
ing or park, with a view to protecting
the beauty of public developments
from unsightly new structures or
those not in keeping with their sur
roundings, this week was introduced
in’ Congress by Senator Sliipstead of
Minnesota.
The measure, similar to the one
which was presented at the last m>h
sion by Senator Sliipstead. was refer
red to the Senate committee <>n pub
lic buildings and grounds. Th» bill
has the indorsement of members of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission.
The Shipstead measure proposes
that "hereafter no permit shall be f
granted for the erection or alteration I
* (If anv building within the District of i
Columbia any portion of which is t<- ;
front upon or to b<> located within 2«*o
fcot of any public building or any pub j
pc park, pnrkwav or reservation ex
; «po re for street parking, until the
plans therefor, so far as they relate to
liei"ht and appearance < color and tox
jiire of the materials of exterior con
MODERN kitchen is held
BIG AID TO HOUSEWIVES
Taves 1.000 Steps Daily and Other
wise Benefits. I- View'
of Observers.
Actual tests prove that the modern
labor-saving kitchen cabinet saves
1 000 steps each day and as much as
40 per cent of the time ordinarily
in a kitchen without this con
venience. Four of the Pi waking hours
on an average, spent in 'he
kitchen; this tn " ;,ns that anything
which will eliminate some of the work
Os the housewife will at once add to
er opportunities for relaxation and
release her fg* w..—e constructive and
inter ***ti“fc wOl'K.
The kitchen cabinet, with its inte
,, , features and convenient details.
~ one of the largest aids to the work
f the housewife, and In addition pro
. „ good looking piece of furniture
for the modern kitchen, the decorative
scheme of which is given as much im
portance nowadays as that of anv
other room of the house.
p.reakfast sets or individual tables
to match the finish of the cabinet will
complete the color s< heme of Urn room
and enhance its usetulne-is in high
iifcglcte.
TV A stunt; TON*, D. C,
and $9,000,000 for the acquisition of
the proposed site for the civic center.
Such a figure, it is believed, would
prove more than ample for the pur
< base of this site, even though prop
erty holders held out for high prices
and forced the city to resort to con
demnation proceedings.
This appropriation under the pres
"nt plans would he made on the 60-40
fiscal plan of dividing costs between
Ihe local and Federal governments,
as is m w provided under the sub
stantive law for the District enactid
hy (’ongress. To make possible the
purehas ■ of the site at one time and
to preclude new private building de
velopments that would increase the
■xisting market value of the property
; it is proposed that the fund to he
charged against District revenues he
advanced from the Fnited States
Treasury, to he paid back over a
period of years. Officiate have pointed
out in this connection that it is ab
solutely necessary that the site lie ac
, quired at one time and not in piece
meal fashion, even though the (ntire
j group of buildings he not erected at
I one time.
In the event that Congress author
ized the advance of such a fund from
the Federal Oovcrnment for the ac
quisition of the site. Maj. Atkins said.
: it was believed that provision could j
he made in the annual District bud
gets year by year for the eonstrue
■ tion of needed buildings in the new
I group. With only tentative sketches
j now prepared for the civic center
buildings. Maj. Atkins points out that
\ it has been impossihle-to estimate the
total cost of the building enterprise.
He ventured a guess, however, that
| the total project, designed to care for
' the needs of the city government for
! many years to come and to provide
; for magnificent structures in keeping :
with the beauty of the Federal build
| ings and parks south of Pennsylvania
\ avenue, would cost somewhere in the
j neighborhood of $40,000.(i0n. This cost
■ under the proposed plan would he
spread over a number of years, with
j the Federal Government paying 40
j per cent .of the total cost.
Would Increase Values.
Development of such a civic center
in this section would have a trenien
j dous effect on the values and charuc
i ter of nearby private developments,
' in the opinion of Mr. Richards and
! others interested in real estate. Such
! a valuable and beautiful group of
j buildings naturally would result in j
| boosts in the value of adjoining and j
j nearby property. Mr. Richards points :
out, and this in turn would eventually i
bring about better and more modern !
buildings in this genera! section, in
order that adequate revenue might j
he derived from such property on the
basis of their increased valuation.
This principle was shown in Wash
ington ;t number of years ago follow
ing the erection of Union Station and
• the development of the plaza to the I
: Capitol. While land bordering on this
section prior to such developments
hud a market value of about $1 per ;
foot, afterward the price rose to $4
and $5 per foot, it is. recalled by As- ,
sessor Richards. Subsequently a
number of larger and more costly
buildings were erected near Union
Station, these including several hotels.
There is, of course, not a great ex
panse of private property immediately
adjoining the site of the proposed
municipal center. Judiciary Square
lies just to the north, containing the
District Supreme Court, the District
Court of Appeals and the old Tension
Office. The section lying to the east
of the site would be largely changed
i by enlargement of the Capitol grounds
! as is now contemplated and hy the
' opening of a new diagonal avenue to
Union Station from Pennsylvania
j avenue.
i This leaves the area to the west of
Seventh street, already improved by
| large buildings, and the section north
j and cast of Indiana avenue. In this
j section, not far from the proposed ;
I civic center site, one large new office i
i building now is being erected, the j
new home of the Acacia Mutual Life
Co.
struction, have been submitted to the
Commission of Fine Arts and approved
by that commission as involving no
reasonably avoidable impairment of
the public values dependent upon said
public building or public park, park
way or reservation, and the erection
or alteration of any building so located
shall conform to tlie plans so up
proved.
It provides also that the Fine Arts
Commission shall report its approval
or disapproval of building plans with
in 30 days, or, if failing to report, its
approval shall lx* assumed. The com
mission would be empowered to desig
| n.ate certain classes of cases which i:
believes may be exempted from ap
proval by the commission without prej
udice tii public interest. This provi
sion would lie to reduce the number
! of cases requiring the study and ap
proval by tbe concussion.
The Shipstead bill also would pro
vide that tlie commission prepare j
soon after approval of the act plats
defining the areas affected hv the new '•
law and issue suitable explanation
| for the guidance of prospective build
ers in preparing applications for per
mils for buildings within such areas.
TRIBUTE TO THE HOME
FROM PEN OF SATIRIST
H. L. Mencken Declares Family
Abiding Place Is Not Mere
Transient Shelter.
A tribute to the home from the pen
of 11. L. Mencken, famous American
satirist and demolisher of cant, is a
tribute indeed, but its sincerity must
be undisputed. He says:
“A home is not a mere transient
shelter Its essence lies in its perma
nence. in its capacity for secretion and
solidification, in its quality of repre
senting. in til! its details, the person*
i alities of the people who live in it. In
the course of years it becomes a sort of
museum of these people; they give it
San indefinable air, separating it from
; ill other homes, as one human face is
I separated from all others. It is at
j once a refuge from tile world, a treas
i ure house, a castle and the shrine of
! a w hole hierarchy of peculiarly pri
vate and potent gods.”
Buys Petworth Home.
J. .T. Brooks recently purchased a
I new home located at 413 Delafield
i stieet from 'he Cafritz organization,
j The Petworth residence contains six
I main rooms and is colonial in design.
AIRPLANE VIEW OF PROPOSED CIVIC CENTER SITE
Here in flic section outlined hy white line it is proposed to erect the new group of municipal buildings., magnificent in design and proportions, and in
keeping with the great Federal buildings and parks to lie developed south of Pennsylvania avenue. The view was taken looking east from Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue toward the Capitol and Senatf Office Building. The proposed site runs from Third to Seventh street and from five avenue to
II street. Louisiana and Indiana avenues. In the background can be seen the l ninn Station, Congressional Library, new Acacia Life Luiiiling, District
Supreme Court liuilding and other familiar structures.
ARCHITECTURAL LINES
IMPORTANT IN BUILDING
Embellishments Noted Which Add
to the Livability and Attractive
ness of the Home.
It is frequently the case that when
the home is first built necessarily
; stringent financial limitations prevent
| the incorporation of many features or
j embellishments which later can add
much to the livability and attractive
ness of house.
An embellishment of this sort which
may seem, offhand, non-important is
that of outside blinds or shutters,
I nowadays more useful for their addi
| tion to architectural balance and in
; terest than for their original purpose
| of protection from storms.
The architectural type which best
: lends itself to the addition of the shut
j ter is the conoliai. but. if proportion
| permits, shutters are quite as appro
| priate on any modern adaptation of
i design.
The colonial shutters may be of
i either the Louvre type or the solid
j blind of batten construction, usually
pierced with some sort of character
istic design. Diamond, ciVscent, pine
! tree, candlestick and many other do- :
| signs symbolic of the colonial era are
| popular and appropriate, but an indi ;
| vidua! design is probably best. Thus, j
| one householder has pierced his shut- !
ters with the outline of a sloop, as he
is a yachting enthusiast.
| Probably the only considerations to
| be watched in the matter of installing
| shutters are good construction and ap
| propriateness. Appropriateness takes
I in the matter of tasteful adherence to
! truth. For instance, the familiar
| abomination of individual shutters at
; taohed to the outside window in a
j grouped unit is one of the most com
I mon evidence: of lack of discrimina
j tion in home decoration. It is ax
iomatic. in this light, that nrnimen
| tation should have its foundation in
| good usage. One shutter on the out
side of the unit can serve no possible
purpose.
LUMBER ORDERS GAIN.
Report? From Over U. S. Show
Increase in Production.
Again last week the order files of
the organized lumber industry of the
United States revealed a substantial
margin of gain over the preceding
week and also over the corresponding |
period of last year, according to tele- j
; graphic reports received today by the j
! National Lumber Manufacturers’ As- j
sociation from 400 leading lumber J
| mills. Shipments and production were
j also ahead of those of last year,
j Compared with the immediately pre
ceding week, production was about i
| the same, with some decrease in ship
j merits and a good gain in new busi- 1
j ness.
In the softwood lumber industry, !
| production last week was about the '
! same, with a heavy decrease in ship
ments and a notable increase in new
I business. There were increases in .ill
(luce items—particularly heavy in
j orders—when compared with the cor
responding week a year ago. In the
| hardwood operations there are. ap
parently, decreases in producticm and
j shipments and little change in ihe
| new business column this week. Ap
j parently, last week's hardwood mnve
| ment was below that of the corres
j ponding week of 1927.
Two Residences Sold.
11. A. Jones, 511 Tenth street
j southeast, lias purchased the house
j at 0409 Eighth street as his residence
| and M. T. Collins, 1235 Randolph
j street, Apartment 302, lias bought
j (lie house at 019 Somerset place,
j Fort Stevens. Doth dwellings were
i purchased from ihe Wardman Con
! struction Cp.
—
1 Wts lev I
—The Incomparable— #
\m' HR
is tliat indescribable cbarm
V£i/ all-pervading in w eslev Heights that
art conceived, but which it could
I J* never achieve alone. ! Jb
Back of the gems of designing genius
' lie the matchless beauties of nature — IK.
making it truly the Garden Spot of Wash-
i®. / ington." Wi
' 4®?
I I W. C. and A. N. Miller |
Realtors |
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TAXATION ON LAND IN DISTRICT
TREBLED IN PAST SEVEN YEARS
An Increase From $6,400,000 In 1920 to
$19,000,000 in 1927 Reported by Assessor.
Personal Property Levy Doubled.
Taxes on land in the District of Co-]
lnnibia during the past seven years
] have trebled in volume while the rev- j
! enue derived from taxes on personal ]
property during: the same period has!
been doubled, "William P. Richards, 1
j tax assessor, declared Monday e.ve- j
ning in a lecture before the Y. M. C. !
j A. class in real estate which is con- I
] ducted under the auspices of the j
j Washington Real Estate Board.
1 The huge increase in taxation on :
] land was shown in the following fig- j
' ures presented to the class by Mr. ;
i Richards: Tax on land, 1920, $6,400,-
j 000; 1923, $9,400,000; 1926, $15,312,000;
' and 1927. more than $19,000,000.
The boost in the tax on personal j
property, according to ihe assessor's j
figures, has been in this wise: 1920, j
$3,000,000; 1923, $4,000,000; 1925, $5,- ;
000.000: and 1927, $6,000,000.
The tax data was presented to the I
Y, M. C. A. real estate class by Mr.
Richards during the course of his lec
ture on the methods employed here
in assessing property for taxation and
the many factors that enter into as
sessment matters. Sales in a com
munity are the basis upon which as
sessments of property are computed,
but there are other factors including
rents, leases, cost of buildings, build- j
ing data and future utility, he said, j
which enter into real estate values, i
each having some measure of influ- ]
ence on the final assessment figure.
Personal Property Classified.
The assessor brought out the follow
ing points in his lecture:
Personal property may he considered
to fall under three classes —the first,
tangible personal property, such as
household furniture, which is assessed
only where above SI,OOO in value.
Second, intangible personal property
which includes money and credits,
j bonds, shares of stock, or any in*
i strument standing for a debt or
money invested. Third, taxes on
i banks, trust companies and public
i service corporations, based on the
| gross earnings, nr what may be right
! l.v considered a franchise tax.
Every person, trustee and corpora
! tion having the above classes of prop
j erty must make a statement to the as
' sessor once a year and swear to the
j correctness of the same. Personal
! property, if not returned, is assessed
by a board of three assistant assessors
i from the best information they can
obtain. An assessment of such prop
erty is difficult to equalize and very
j often hard to collect, and the admin
istration of such assessment in the
i various States has grown so inefficient
i that many of the States have abol
! ishod the tax on intangible property
| and substituted an income tax.
Real estate is assessed annually at
| its fair market value and the rate on
the same is determined each year to
such an amount as will afford sitf
j ficient revenue to meet requirements ;
i in appropriations made by Congress, j
j The ‘assessment of real estate in the J
j District of Columbia passed the hil- j
j lion-dollar mark on July 1 of this j
j year, and such an amount exceeds ;
! by far any other assessment on cities
having approximately 500,000 people. ■
Rules for Assessments.
Tn order to simplify and expedite the
making of assessments it has been
necessarv to adopt certain rules indi
j rated by lines of experience and to
■ bring into play various scientific help.
! The office, therefore, submits seven re
quirements for a correct assessment
’of real estate. 1. Maps, giving boun
dary lines, area and distinctive mini- j
: hers to each holding. 2. Descriptive
| data of buildings, giving character and ]
| dimensions, cubic feet, cost and other |
1 information. 3. Sales, under normal ;
| conditions, offers and monthly and j
yearly rentals. 4. Unit values for
j lots of different depths. 5. Factors j
| for various classes of buildings, that
J is. the value per cubic foot or the j
j value per square foot of floor space, j
! 6. Assistants with experience and*!
j knowledge arising from many years in \
; office and field work. 7. Assessors !
j with experience and judgment.
It is generally conceded that the
value of property, improved to its best
advantage, is disclosed by the capitali- '
| zation of a fair rental. This would !
| be. extremely simple if it were not a
I difficult matter to consider the stiffi
j cieney of the rental and what percent
age to use in capitalization. Sales are
. the bed rock upon which assessments
are built. Cost of construction, rents,
leases, condition and adaptability of
improvements, all enter into the fair
market value of real estate. Sales
are concrete expressions of the value
of these elements.' When sales are
missing values are determined by an
examination and comparison of ay
j of the above elements.
Although the assessor may have
! data derived from a multitude of
sources, still the most acceptable guide j
comes from sales made under cornli- j
tions hereinbefore explained. .Sales j
have the nature of competition in the !
investment of capital. They are a j
bid for revenue, each investor striving j
to place his money on the best and
safest income-paying basis.
(Just below I an Sess Street)
North Cleveland Park
Any one would be proud to possess one of these
fine, new briek homes.
Look them through carefully this Sunday—from
cellar to attic —you will see why Hedges & Middleton
have rightfully earned such an enviable reputation
in modern home building. Notice the grade of floor
| ing—the fixtures—the hardware—the wall coverings
—in fact, you will find everything as good as can he
found in the most costly homes.
Six Rooms—Full Bath—Tile Lavatory
Big Brook fast and Sleeping Porches
The location, too, is most desirable —within one block of
car service—near neighborhood stores and (dose to both pub
lic and parochial schools. Reached via Wisconsin .4venue to
f an Ness St., then east one square to .18th St.
You Should See Them
. Open Sunday Until 9 PM.
| Hedges & Middleton, inc.
J Realtors
| 1412 Eye Street Franklin 9503
SATt’RDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1927.
ARCHITECTS APPROVE
OFFICE BUILDING PLANS
Advisory Council Indorses Pvoject
on Site of Franklin Square
Hotel.
plans for the large office building
to he constructed on the site of the
Franklin Square Hotel. Fourteenth
and K streets, were approved by the
Architects* Advisory Council at a
1 meeting of the council held Thursday.
■ The plans were presented hy Robert
K. Bert -ford. The project will be built
j for a group of local investors, includ
| ing Bates Warren and Maj. W. L.
i Browning.
i plans for this building also were
! approved by the Fine Arts Commis-
I sion.
The matter of improving the archi
j tecture of small homes in Washing
| ton was also discussed at the meeting.
I Members of the council present at
! the meeting were Frank Upmart, Louis
j Justemen, Horace W. Peaslee. XA'ol
cott Clarke Waggaman and Maj. Wil
i ham K. R. Coveil. Guests were
David Betoome. Chicago, and James
jeharteris. Washing on.
REALTY ACTIVITY DROPS.
Decline in Deeds Reported for 11
Months in Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The Star,
BALTIMORE. December 17.—Deeds
and assignments filed at the Land
Record Office continue to indicate les
sened activity in really here.
Conveyances recorded during the
11-month period ending November 30
numbered 21,578. During the same
time last year there were 23,602 deeds
j and assignments tiled at the office, in-
I dicating 2.024 fewer conveyances dur-
I ing the current year.
Last year there were 27,829 mort
jgages recorded, contrasted with 23,012
j this year. There were 1.834 convey
ances last month, compared with 1.927
in the corresponding month of 1926.
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26 NEW DWELLINGS INCLUDED
IN WEEK S BUILDING PROJECT
Residences to Cost $174,550 Amontf
$245,725 Permits Approved—Figure
for Period Shows Heavy Decline.
Plans for the construction of 20
new dwellings of various types and [
To he located in the several sections of
the District this week were approved
by the building inspector. Col. John j
AX'. Oehmann. The total estimated I
cost of these houses was computed at '
$174,550. or more than two thirds cf !
the value of all new building projects!
included in the new list of approved:
operations in the Distrie.t. The hotal
figure was $245,725, a heavy decline
from the total of $640,495 of the pre
ceding week.
The largest project this week calls ;
for the construction of ten 2-story 1
brick and tiie dwellings in the 500 j
block of Twenty-fourth street north- j
east for Charles IT. Sager from plans
hy George T Santmyers. The total,
i eost of these houses was estimated at j
j $40,000. Plans also were approved for j
the erection of four 2-story ht i< k
i dwellings in the 3600 block of Van |
j Ness street for George Small, to j
I eost approximately $34,000. W. H. j
Gaskill will erect a brick house to cost j
$25,000 at 1731 North Portal drive:
| from plans by Robert F. Boresford,
| and L. K. Breuningcr & Sons wi t
erect a two-story dwelling costing
J SIB,OOO at 1328 Hemlock street.
Plans also were approved for tiie
construction of a one-story frame
church building for the Sr. Luke's
Baptist Church at 1414 Rock Creek
| Ford road, to cost SB,OOO, and for the
construction of a 2-story brick apart
! ment house for H C. Ball at n cost of
| $15,000, to he located at 628-32 Eighth
I street northeast.
Building Permits Issued.
Permits were issued as follows:
Charles D. Sager, owner and build
j er: George T. Santmyers, architect: to
erect ten 2-story brick and tile dwell
| ings. 549 to 567 Twenty-fourth street
| northeast (lots 24 to 33, square 4517),
to eost $40,000.
Samuel I. Cohen, owner: Louis W.
! Giles, architect: Jacob Dodd, builder;
! to erect one 2-story brick dwelling,
809 Forty-fourth street northeast (lot
j a, square 5127), to cost $4,000.
XV C. & A. N. Miller, owners and
builders. G. E. Mac Neil. architect: to
j erect one 2-story brick dwelling. 4520
j Hawthorne street (lots 20, 21 and part
: 22. square 1338). to cost $9,250.
Carlton R. Willett, owner and build
! er; to ereet one nieta! garage, 1740
; Park road (lot 77, square 2607), to cost
CO"*
Mrs. Reta A. Ricks, owner; to ex
i tend garage and rebuild same. 3214
Sherman avenue (lot 92, square 2895),
| to eost S3OO.
j M. F. Landis, owner and builder:
i A. If. Bellman, designer: to erect one
Massachusetts
The Triangle of Increasing Values
—between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and Wood
ley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construction.
Actual improvements and home values exceed $10,500,000.
* Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots
from 75 to 300 feet front.
Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1899
143 S K St. N.W. Main 8685
UyjT mJL I f jr lyi ? §• f iff f : BsS
3625-27 Van Ness Street
North Cleveland Park
\ VTe bate sold the first two of a new group of four \ Four 1
J \ homes just completed by C. H. Small Co. The photo- V ry ‘1
\ graph above represents the second two. which will lie \ tSllllt
\ open for inspection today. These homes were de- \
i \ signed by James E. Cooper, one of Washington's most \ / Zi'O
\ prominent architects. The location in North Cleve- \ C fj
% land Park is eomprised entirely of new homes, and the \ OOlCt
\ elevation is one of the highest in the entire city. \
\ Th's particular group can be reached via Connect cut \
\ Avenue to Van Ness Street, three blocks west at the \
\ Bureau of Standards, or via Wisconsin Avenue just \
% north of Cleveland Park. Here you will find a home \
. \ that is appropriately different—it departs essentially \
\ from the usual stereotype plan, having an individual \
\ exterior and a spacious floor plan that you would \
\ only expect to find in a more expensive property. \
\ You will be immediately impressed with the solid \
\ const ruction as well as the artistic detail of interior \
\ finish and workmanship. The effect obtained radi- \
\ ates originality and gives a most pleasing atmog- \
\ phere. Here is an unusual opportunity to choose \
\ either a six or seven room home—each containing \
\ two beautifully equipped tile baths, including tile \
\ shower. You will find three rooms that measure \
\ '-Jxl.S, 21x1.'! and ITxl.'i: artistic open fireplaces' \
\ ‘tear white oak flooring throughout: special electrical \
\ fixtuies: a "Model” kitchen, including Kngidaire - \
\ automatic watci heater; slate roof: detached garage. \
, \ The builders' objective lias been obtained —a house \
C JyCn \ that is pleasing io the eye. comfortable to live in \
1 \ spacious and sensibly planned, combining every essen’- \
C. iiir/,111 \ tlal convenience with the highest standard of con- \
JII/IUU l » struction—at a moderate price—-$14,1150 and on \
. . * \ terms commensurate w ith a moderate income We \
111 to 0 \ l . nv,,f ' .vor.r inspection, and feel confident you will \
XI/ lis % tie interested. \
Schwab, Valk & Canby
Realtors
1704 Connecticut Ave. Potomac 830
I J
HOME & GARDEN
2 story fra mo dwelling, STIR Twenty,
smind street northeast (lot 38, square
4228). to cost s4.ooft.
Two-Story Hr irk Dwelling.
T,. K. Breuninger St Sons owners
and builders; 11. 1., Breuninger. uichi
; tort: to erect one 2-story brick dwell
ing. 1328 Homlook street (lot 42 and
j west 6 of 28. square 2775), to cost.
j $ 18.000.
L. K. Breuninger & Sons, owners
and builders: to erect one frame gi
> go. 1328 Hemlock street (lot 42, and
| west 8 of 2S, square 2775). to cost
5300.
\V. H Gnskill. owner and builder;
; Robert F. P.eresford, architect: to
! erect one 3-storv brick dwelling. 1731
i North Portal drive (lot 5 square 2758),
i to cost $25,000.
| Sarah K. Sonnemann. owner: F.
i Sonnemann. designer and builder: io
! erect one !-story frame dwelling. 2428
;<>tis street northeast (lot 47, square
‘ 4204), to cost $5,000.
Sarah FT. Pfau. owner; George T.
S.antmyers. architect: C. A. Pfan.
' builder: to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling. 8817 Twenty-second street
; northeast (lot 20, square 4241 ), to cost
$.1.n00.
I Charles 11. Tomnkins. owner;
| Charles If. Tompkins Co. builders: to
make repairs, XO4 Charming street
j northeast (parcel 131 132, square 3545),
; to 00s t $2,000.
Samuel Kluft. owner and builder;
j to erect metal shed. 2215 Fifth street
northeast (parcel 131 100, square 3823),
j to eost S3OO.
H. C. Ball, owner and builder; H. C,
1 Ball Construction Co., designers: to
j erect one 2-story brick and tile store
i and apartment. G2S to 832 Flighth
] street northeast (lots 3 4 and 35, square
j 881). to eost $15,000
I St. I,tike’s Baptist Church, owners
| and builders: A. C. Spalding, designer;
j to erect one 1-story frame church,
j 1414 Rock Creek Ford road (parcel
i 87'38'.*, square 2702). to cost SB,OOO.
T. C Smith, owner: to make brick
I repairs, 1412 Eleventh street (lot 2ft.
j square 312 i. to cost $3,000.
M. R. Voelson and M. Goldman,
, j owners: A. S. J. Atkinson, architect;
, | M, Gumenick. builder: to remodel. 523
! 4’., street southwest (lot 86 square
i 495). to cost $7,000.
Store Building Planned.
i ;
■T. R. Simpson, owner; D. A. Stacey,
j designer; D. F. Swab & Son. builders:
: to ctect one 1-story concrete b'oek and
\ brick store. 323 Carroll street (lot 38,
square 3353), to cost $5,000.
Harry S. Payne, owner and builder;
•T_JW. Wisner. jr.. designer: to erect
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