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REAL ESTATE
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Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs
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SIXTH OF STAR MODEL HOMES
WILL BE OLD ENGLISH TYPE
Rock Gables, Last of 1929 Series, Sbdws
Influences of Low, Rambling Outlines
of Gentleman's Farmhouse.
A large English stone house in the
so-called Cots wold manner, having in
its interesting long, low and somewhat
rambling outlines the influence of the
English gentleman’s farmhouse,, style of
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
will be the sixth and last of the series
©f Star model homes of this year. •
This house, the largest of the series
of demonstration homes being sponsored
this year by The Star and the Operative
Builders’ Association, now is being
erected by the Edson W. Briggs Co.
from plans by James E. Cooper, on ,a
large site at the corner of Redwood
Terrace and East Beach Drive, in Rock
Creek Park Estates. It will have a
fitting rustic setting of a wooded section,
w ith a small stream running into Rock
Creek Park, nearby.
Known as Rock Gables.
Known as Rock Gables, this house of
commodious proportions and lavish ap
pointments will be ready for a month
of public exhibition beginning June 23.
Construction now is well under way.
Rock Gables is being constructed of
•tone of a range of colors, locally
quarried, this material comprising the
total area of the facades, and will have
• spacious roof covered with heavy
stone slates of unusual weight and
random widths and graded thicknesses
The slates at the eaves will have an
aggregate thickness of 4U inches, over
hanging the facades slightly to form the
cornice.
Other features of the exterior design
will be heavy stone chimneys rising at
either end of the long, deeply set mul
lioned windows in groups of two and
tnree; low noge ot tnc mam roof, a
wing at one end of the house providing
for a heavily inclosed sitting porch and
another at. the opposite side housing a
large garage, with entrances frankly
placed at the front, and three gables or
dormers, one of dominating size, pro
jecting from the frontal side of the roof.
Qroamental arched-top doorways mark
vie garage entrances, the doors of which
will be paneled chestnut.
Plans call for extensive landscape de
velopment, including low stone retain
ing walks along the right side of the
property and the front entrance, nicely
placed shrubs and flowers, a large for
mal garden in the rear of the house,
with a fountain as A focal point, lawns,
flagging and stepping-stone walks, gar
den seats, borders of hedge and flower :
plots.
Hedge to Make Border.
Hedge will be employed as a border
for the entrance to the garage, and to
the rear of the garage wing wilj be a
service yard, which will be shielded from
the formal garden by hedge. Fruit trees
Will be planted in the service yard.
The general lines of the house. 106
fret or more in width, gives the roof the
sweeping, “close-to-earth” lines of the
houses of this character of earlier
periods. The stone dormers lend the
variety so often found in the Cotswold
type.
The entrance, near the center of the
frontai facade, is kept close to the
ground, and is of limestone with suf
ficient carving and depth of door to
give shadow and color. Over the door
way. set in a stone panel, will be a
bronze sun dial, while an old ship
lantern will be to the left of the door.
The door will be of oak in raised panels
and fitted with fifteenth century style
wrought iron hardware.
Byway of a curved walk, one will
reach the entrance and step into the
lobby having a flagging flooring. To
the right will be a coat closet. Several
steps here lead to the level of the main
stair hall, which gives access to the
main rooms on the first floor.
Living Room Ceiling II Feet 6 Inches.
To the left of the stair hall and two
steps below its level will be a living
room. 28 feet wide and 17 feet deep
and having a ceiling 11 feet 6 inches
high. The ceiling will be slightly lifted
at the center to add to the vaulted feel
ing and have a simple pattern in
plaster with an ornamental vine motif
of cornice running around the room.
There will be a heavy fireplace in the
end wall, with a mantel of sandstone in
Elizabethan style, of a broad, low char
acter. There will be an exit upon the
covered porch and an outlook through
the series of four mullioned windows at
the rear, over the formal garden. This
room will have walls of natural sand
finish, chestnut, trimming to windows
and the oak flooring will be slightly
darkened.
To the right of the stair hall will be
s dining room, 19 feet 2 inches wide
and 16 feet deep, containing a stone
fireplace, with a mantel different in
character from that in the living room.
By means of the raised floor level in
the stair hall and other rooms on this
floor, except the living room, the ceil
ing heights are reduced to 9 feet. The
dining room with have small plaster
cornices, using rural ornamentation,
conventionalized.
To the rear of the dining room are
the pantry, 6 by 14 feet, with an ad
joining breakfast nook overlooking the
garden to the rear from a bay, and
the kitchen, 12 by 12 feet, which will
have all modem equipment, and an
adjoining cold room at the rear and a
rear porch, with steps leading down to
the service yard.
Immediately to the rear of the center
stair hall will be a library, finished in
Interesting style. This room will be
12 by 12 feet and will have an adjoin
ing alcove for books, as well as a lav-
At the rear wall will be three
large, deeply set windows in a series
overlooking the garden. There will be
an exit upon a porch leading to the
garden.
The second floor is planned for four
bedrooms, two maids’ rooms and four
baths. To the left of the second floor
stair hall will be the master bedroom,
15 feet deep and 23 feet 6 inrh»« vaa*
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Reduced Price
Only 57,450
1718 A St. S.E.
One block from Eastern
High
Entirely modern 6
rooms and bath home.
With 3 large porches,
hot-water heat, electric
lights, garage and many
other features.
Terms Like Rent
Open Daily Until 9 PM .
R. E. KLINE, Jr.
Owner
718 Union Trust Bldg.
Or Any Brakar
Maht 5246
WASHINGTON, D. C,
fitted with a stone fireplace, two large
closets, a large private bath with special
linen closet, and having space provided
for two beds, to be set into an outset
on the rear wall. Cross ventilation is
provided and there will be ample light
from the wide windows at the front
and rear.
Back of the stair hall will be a sec
ond bedroom, 12 feet 6 inches by 15 |
feet 6 inches, with access to either the
bath in the master bedroom or one in i
an adjoining rear chamber, measuring I
16 feet 6 inches by 12 feet 6 inches, and !
which will have access to the second- !
story rear porch roof deck. The fourth
chamber. 16 feet by 14 feet 8 inches,
will be at the front, to the right of the
stair hall, and will have a private bath.
At. the extreme right end of the house
will be the maid's quarters, including a
private bath, and between these rooms
will be an extra closet and a huge cedar
closet.
Second-Floor Finish to Be Chestnut.
The finish of the second floor will be
similar to the main floor rooms, natural
chestnut varieties to be obtained by
means of subdued stains and color ap
plied to wood and then rubbed down,
in wax. All service rooms will be in
enamel finish, consisting of four coats
and color.
Special attention is to be given to
the design of electric light fixtures, to
suit the character of the various rooms,
preserving the lines of antique fixtures
adapted to modern needs.
The general construction of the
house includes use of heavy fir joists
and studding to form the framing
timbers; all bearing partitions to rest
on steel girders and columns or ma
sonry walls to reduce shrinking and
settlement to a minimum. All exterior
walls are backed up with 4-inch hol
low tile, tarred, waterproofed and then
stripped for plaster.
SURVEY PLANNED
OF STREET WORK
Committee of Beal Estate Board
Will Benoit on Needed
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Improvements.
A survey of the most urgently needed
street improvements in the District will
be made by a special committee of the
Washington Real Estate Board, headed
by Charles D. Sager, it was announced
today. In this project the board is co
operating with Capt. H. C. Whitehurst,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner.
Members of the board have been re
quested to submit to the board full in
formation and suggestions of all street
| improvements which in their opinion
j deserve consideration.
With this information in hand. Mr.
Sager stated, the committee will make
a survey of the street situation and sub
mit to the executive committee a report
of its findings. The purpose of this
study, it was pointed out, is to make it
possible for the executive committee of
the realtors to present to District offi
cials recommendations in respect to
needed major street improvements. All
of the data will be analyzed to deter
mine the relative urgency of the recom
mendations made.
The co-operation of the real estate
board was Invited by Capt. Whitehurst,
who,, on June 30, will become co-ordl
nator and chief engineer of the Dis
trict, in connection with the considera
tion at estimates for 1931, and the com
mittee expects to complete Its work by
May 1.
Frank A. Simon, vice president of the
Eugene A. Smith Co., and A. A. King
are serving with Mr. Sager on the com
mittee.
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Completely Furnished
in Shepherd Park
This 5 our Latest Exhibit Home
Furniture
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Draperies Upen to the Public
Amos McDevitt Tomorrow at 10 A.M.
Pictures • •
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Health Equipment bright, cheerful rooms and two
Co. baths, replete with all modern
>, J l^'9 . appointments, handsomely dec-
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orated and furnished through-
Flowers °«t» showing the best of e on-
J. H. Small fit Sons struction typical of Breu-
Diractions ninger-built homes. There is
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bit home.
Located at 1321 Irie St. N.W.. in
•this beautifully developed and re
stricted kome community, where over
95 Homes have been built and sold »
Open Every Day from 10 Until 9 f
211 Investment Bldg. Main 6140
Washington’s Oldest Established Builders
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SIXTH STAR MODEL HOME OF ENGLISH COTSWOLD INFLUENCE
recomputed
Architect’s conception and floor plans of The Star demonstration house, being erected In Rock Creek Park Estates
by the Arm of Edson W. Briggs, which will be ready for public exhibition on June 23. It was designed by Janies E.
Cooper. Landscaping will be under supervision of Rose Greely. Second floor plans on page 14.
SURVEY SHOWS RAPID SPREAD
OF CITY ZONING IDEA IN U. S.
The extent to which the municipal
zoning idea has spread through the
United States in recent years is revealed
in a survey just completed by the
Division of Building and Housing of the
Department of Commerce. In 1918, the
survey shows, zoning regulations were
in force in only eight cities. The num
ber increased slowly until 1920, after
which the progress was rapid. At the
end of 9182, 754 cities, towrns and vil
lages in all parts of the country, hav
ing a total population in excess of 37
millions, had regulations designed to
promote construction and use of
buildings so as to conserve the Interests
of home owners and other property
holders, in conformance with the pub
lic welfare.
During 1928, 87 municipalities passed
zoning ordinances, while 101 either
adopted more comprehensive zoning or
dinances or amended existing regula
tions to make them more effective. An
W)* JBaenitw Jlkf.
V. ✓ WB IBMI MOMIM PITIWi ftm \~s
analysis of the 87 new zoning ordi
nances which were passed shows that
44 were comprehensive; that is, the
use, height, and area of buildings were
regulated; 27 merely controlled the use
of buildings; seven regulated the use
and area of buildings and 2 were
merely temporary ordinances, pending
the preparation of a zoning ordinance
to suit local requirements.
Zoning activity is evident in prac
tically all States, the report showsi
K AMERICA’S SMARTEST
_ \ COLONY or ENGLISH
- ; 1 GROUP HOMES
\ FOXHALL VILLAGE
ft Nine Dupont
) A village in the city !
I merit of Foxhall Milage we be- I
lieve we have achieved and pro
•' duced a community justifying
the great amount of study,
WXS ‘ ' ■*• thought and time expended.
PROM ACTUAL PHOTO.
A NEW HOME $10,500 AND UPWARD
442 ?n^ E o T ' boss & PHELPS,
(Northwest.)
OPEN POR INSPECTION OWNERS A REALTORS
' OP FOXHALL VILLAGE
PRICE, $1d,500 mu k st.—Mem 9300
. Drive West on Que St. to Wisconsin Ave.. North One Sousre to
Reservoir Road. West to Vlllete. Make Left-hand Turn »t Ros
hal) Road and Turn Left Into Village Thru Greenwich Parkway.
' THE NATIONAL MORTGAGE f
t AND
INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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Has a number of properties taken by them at foreclose j
ure. On these we naturally can quote unusually attrac
tive prices and will make liberal terms. Today we call ;
your particular attention to—-
3349 18th St. N.W.
A beautiful Mt. Pleasant home of nine large rooms, bath, lava- |
tory on second and third floors, hot-water heat; lot 170 feet deep, §
with garage. The house is In perfect condition throughout and we ~jg(
I have just put on a brand-new roof with 20-year guarantee. Within m
block and one-half of school, stores and cars.
1315 Fern * *
Fully detached stone home in that most desirable Alaska Avenue |
section—you will not And another house in the city offering more real |
value. The walls are 18 inches thick. The roof of heavy slate—and ;jjj
the condition of the house is such that it will be unnecessary to spend
anything for decoration. There are 9 large rooms, 2 baths, first-floor
lavatory, side porch, garage to match house, large lot, attractively land
scaped. " i
-2003 Belmont Rd.
Unexcelled location—right at Connecticut Avenue Bridge—a really i
. good house—and a price for which you would never dream of getting
so complete and attractive a property. Six large rooms, two fireplaces |
(one in the master bedroom), hot-water heat—and the entire house 1
redecorated throughout—even down to scraping the floors. We will g
make most reasonable terms. I
THE ABOVE PROPERTIES WILL BE -
OPEN FOR YOUR INSPECTION SUNDAY
New York led in the number of mu
nicipalities zoned during 1928, wiih 23
cities, towns and villages. Youngstown,
Ohio; Waterbury, Conn., and Altoona,
Pa„ were three of the largest cities
which adopted zoning legislation last
year. South Dakota and Idaho were add
ed to the States having zoned munici
palities when four cities in the former
and three in the latter adopted zoning
ordinances during the year.
New York Is the foremost State In
the Union in the number of its muni
cipalities having zoning ordinances in
effect, with a total of 131. New Jer
sey is second with 84; California third
with 73; Illinois fourth with 71, and
Massachusetts fifth with 62. Penn
and Kansas follow In the order named.
SATtfROAT, APKJX <5, 1929.
A. W. LOFFLER BUYS
BUSINESS PROPERTY
Heat Packer Pays $60,000 for Par
cel at 735 Thirteenth Street. 1
Held as Investment.
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Andrew W. Loffler. local meat packer,
has purchased the business property at j
735 Thirteenth street from Harry Jeff
rey and will hold the parcel as an in
vestment, it was announced today by
the real estate office of Childress, which ,
l handled negotiations.
The consideration -In the deal was
reported to be nearly 560.000. The
property has a frontage of about 18
feet and a depth of 60 feet.
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VIRGINIA PERMITS LISTED.
Norfolk and Richmond Show In
creases in Valuation.
RICHMOND, Va„ April 5 OP).—ln
creases in valuation in building permits
were reported by Norfolk and Rich
mond, and decreases by Danville.
Lynchburg, Petersburg, Portsmouth and
Roanoke during February this year, as
compared with February a year ago, It
is shown by figures in the monthly re
view issued by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond.
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CHAS. G. GRAVES, MGR.
Lobby 15—Investment Bldg.
Metropolitan 4269
View of Tilden Gardens
Built and Owned by M. & R. B. Warren
Rose Brothers Roofs
—top this group of Washington’s
most elaborate Co-operative
Apartment Development—the
natural choice of these experi
•• enced engineers and builders.
Give us an opportunity to point out the advantages
• and economy of letting us put the roof on your new
building; or re-roofing an old one. . Rose roofs stand
the test of time—and are guaranteed against defects.
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NEW DESIGN OF GARFINCKEL
STORE SHOWS TWO SETBACKS
Construction Work on Nine-Story Build. 4
mg Will Be Started Within a |
Few Days.
Construction of the new department
store building for Julius Garflnckel &
Co., a large nine-story structure, to be
erected on the northwest corner •of
Fourteenth and F streets, will be started
within a few days, it was announced
today by Julius Garflnckel. Excavation
work on the site now is nearing comple
tion. *
A new design has been drawn tor the
; building, which is to be erected by the
; Charles H> Tompkins Co. As rede
i signed the building will have two set
i backs in the facades, which will be of
limestone facing instead of brick.
The structure will be of simple de
sign. ornamented by belt courses run
ning along the fourth and eighth floor
levels and pilasters showing between
windows in the second and third stories.
The building, to be devoted entirely
to the use of the department store, will
have a frontage of 185 feet on F street
and of 145 feet on Fourteenth street.
It will have entrances on both streets.
in addition Mr. Garflnckel Is having
constructed a two-story store building
to adjoin the new department store
building on the north, having a front
age of 104 feet on Fourteenth street
Massachusetts
The Triangle of Increasing Values
—between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and
Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc
tion. Actual improvements and home values exceed
Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall
homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front.
Call for Literature and Liat of Over 300 Purchasers
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1899
1435 K St. N.W. v Main 8685
The HOMER BUILDING
At 13th and F Streets
10,600 Square feat of 2nd floor apace will be available
June lat, 1929, in this centrally located, modern build
ing in tbe very Heart of the Capital’s business district.
No better location in Washington. Splendidly lighted
offices, excellent service, reasonable rentals.
F St. Frontage
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and of 61 feet on O street, extending to
the District National Bank Building.
Two other two-story store buildings
for rental purposes are to be erected on
P street, one with a frontage of 36 feet,
to be between the Oarfinckel store and
the home of Ballantyne's, and the other
to the west of the Ballantyne Build
ing. having a frontage of 38 feet.
These three smaller buildings, it is
announced, will be so constructed that
additional stories may be added later.
VACANCIESSURVEYED.
Kansas City Seal Estate Board
Completes Work.
The Kansas City. Mo., Real Estate
Board is the latest member board of
the National Association of Real Estate
Boards to report a completed compre
hensive vacancy survey of city property.
In Kansas City 26 divisions of the city
were made and enumerators gathered
and tabulated data on residential and
business units in each area.
This is the first survey to be under
taken by the Kansas City board, which
now plans to make such a survey an
nually.
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