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REAL ESTATE
Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs
FIRST 1929 MODEL HOME OPENS
TO PUBLIC WITHIN TWO WEEKS
Interest in Six Projects Constantly Rising.
Construction Is Going Forward
Rapidly Now.
The fast approaching opening of the j
1929 model homes demonstration, spon
sored by The Star in co-operation with j
the Operative Builders' Association, has
brought numerous inquiries regarding
the forthcoming exhibition of the six j
houses, indicating a live public interest j
In the program. The first of the six j
houses will be thrown open to the pub
lie two weeks from tomorrow. j
Meanwhile, construction and final
preparation of the several houses is j
going forward rapidly and all will be j
ready for demonstration on announced j
dates from present indications. Each j
house will be fully equipped and fur- j
nished before it is placed on exhibition.
The demonstration will be staged un
der the direction of The Star model j
homes committee, which will make an j
inspection of each house before it is
opened to the public.
The committee includes Monroe War
ren, president of the Operative Builders’
Association: W. J. Waller, vice presi
dent of the District Bankers’ Associa
tion: Horace Peaslee. president of the
local chapter of the American Institute
of Architects: Ben T. Webster, presi
dent. of the Washington Real Estate
Board: Maj. Donald A. Davison. As
sistant Engineer Commissioner of the
District., and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary
of the Operative Builders’ Association. I
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Kenwood Star Home
The interior decoration of the com
modious home, built on Kennedy drive
in Kenwood. Md.. by the Kennedy-
Chamberlin Development Co., has been
nearly completed and when the floors
are finished and portions of the spaci- j
ous grounds, not yet sodded, are covered
with grass, it will be ready for the
furniture that is part of the display of
each of the model dwellings.
The color scheme of the inside walls
is one of the outstanding features. Ex
treme care has been exercised to have
every shade blend harmoniously so that
each room has a character that is with
out a jarring note.
All the walls and the ceiling of the
first floor are of a decorative finish
“troweled on” and covered with an
apricot glaze that catchrs and softly
reflects the light without glare. In dif
ferent lights the apparent shade of the
walls changes from almost a light yellow
to a rich orange.
The halls of the second floor have
been treated in the same way but the
bedrooms are papered and the woodwork
of each is of such a shade to carry out
the general color scheme. The rear
room is of a pale blue, the paper of one
of the front rooms is a spotted buff and
the master bedroom is done in apricot
spotted with small blue stars. Between
this room and an adjoining bathroom
is a clothes press painted an apricot
color.
The floor of this bathroom is of
black and white tiles in a checkerboard
pattern and the walls are of large
white tiles half way up and the other
half is of plaster covered wi:h the
apricot glaze.
A windjng walk of large irregular
stone flags leads from the roadway to
the front door which is set well back on
the large Jot. The doorway of this
French provincial style house is arched
and bordered with stone. The door is
pierced with a leaded glass window’.
The floors of the interior are being
scraped and sanded preparatory to their j
final treatment which w ill be done next !
week.
A wrought-Iron balustrade runs along
the stairs to the second floor, similar
but more ornate than thf one on the
side porch and that which rims the
rear porch.
Lelantl Dwelling
The first coat of whitewash has been
placed on the reclaimed brick of the j
first story of the smallest of the model
homes being erected by M. & R. B. 1
Warren at 4509 Elm street, Leland. Md.,
and the second and final coat will be
applied sometime this week.
This house is of Colonial style, with
the first floor built of reclaimed brick
and the upper portions of cream
painted clapboard. While work on the
outside of the house has been delayed
somewhat by rains, progress has con
tinued on the interior phases of its
! development, bringing out more and
more its attractive, homelike features.
' A cement walk from the sidewalk to
a small porch of the same material has
been laid, as have the cement runners J
of the driveway leading to, a detached
garage of mauve stucco.
On the side porch lattice work has !
been placed between each of the two
nets of three wooden posts which sup
port the roof.
The laying of the finish flooring has 1
just been completed. The bathroom on
the second floor has been fitted up with
modern fixtures including a medicine
cabinet and shaving glass. The walls
are of white tile and the floor is of a
black and white pattern. There is a
large cedar closet in the hall.
The property is to have an informal
garden at the rear with a small stream
as a featura. in addition to the shrub
bery' planned for the front lawn. This
house will be opened May 26.
In Shoplienl Park
The fourth of the 1929 series of Star
model homes is being erected by L. E.
Breunir.ger & Sons on Iris street near
Mcrningside drive. While this house
will not be open to the public until
June 9 the main structural work and
much of the interior finishing have been
completed.
White plaster has been applied to the
walls and the foundations laid for the
rear porch. Grading of the ground has
been begun, following out the plans of
the landscape artist, which call for a
large garden with walks of concrete and
broken flags, shrubbery and stone
benches. The entrance to the garden
will be through French doors loading
from the dining room onto a flagstone
terrace. This terrace will be inclosed
by trellis '••'-k of Colonial design to
insure privacy.
One of the remarkable features of the
dwelling is a wing on the east side
which makes possible a room midway
between the levels of the first and sec
ond floors lighted in the front by a
gabled window. There are three win
dows at the rear.
Foxall Croup House
The roofing of slate shingles ol
Irregular shapes, colors and sizes is
being placed on the third of the series
of model homes which is being rapidly
constructed on Forty-fourth street at
the foot of Q street In Foxall by
Waverly Taylor, Inc.
This house, which is just emerging
from the rough construction stage, is
one of a group of nine dwellings of thf
English type. It is of rough brick with
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an oreasional clinker brick n’aced here
and there to heighten the Old English
C fleet.
White plaster is being apnlied to the
walls and being sized. The electric
wiring and plumbing have b-en installed.
The finish flooring of oak was laid last
w'eek and the glass fitted in the window
frames.
Foundations have been laid for the
covered front porch and the flooring
of both the upper and low-er rear
porches have been completed. One of
the features of the house is these back
porches. The supporting pillars are
adzed and treated with an oil prepara
tion which creates an effect of age and
protects the wood from decay.
The attic is ready for the heavy com
position insulating boards which will
keep it cool in Summer and warm in
Winter.
The slate roof is being placed over a
base of metal sheathing which will pro
vide an unusual protection from the
weather.
On Rowland Place
The interior of the fifth house of the
model home series at 3307 Row-land
place is being lathed and the rooms are
being marked off. This home is of the
Colonial type and is being built by Wil
liam C. Sterrett. It is located in the
Richmond Park section of Cleveland
Park. The opening date has been set
for June 16.
The house is of brick and stone con
struction w-ith a large Colonial covered
porch, for which the foundations have
been laid, on one side and brick chim
neys rising on either side from the
ridge of the heavy slate roof.
Fireplaces in both front rooms on
the ground floor have been built of
clinker composition. The rear porches,
both upper and lower, have been floored.
At Rock Gables
Located on a site adjoining the thick
ly-wooded section of Rock Creek Park
at the comer of Redwood terrace and
East Beach drive is the last of the
model homes in the order of their
opening.
This house, which has been named
Rock Gables by its builders, Edson W.
Briggs Co., is the largest and most
pretentious of the series. It is fash
ioned after the Cotswold manner of
gray stone and many gables.
It is yet in the elementary stages of
construction. The walls, which are of
great thickness, have been completed
and the levels of the floors outlined.
The rafters are being erected which
will support the heavy roof of slate
shingles.
Grading will be progressing soon in
preparation for th- lavish landscaping
planned. There will be a large formal
garden to the rear.
CITY PLANNING EXPERTS
TO ANALYZE PROBLEMS
J. C. Nichols. Kansas City, Mo, a
member of the board of directors of the
National Association of Real Estate
Eoards and formerly chairman of the
association’s city plan committee, will
speak at the twenty-first annual con
ference on city planning, to be held in
Buffalo and Niagara Falls. N. Y„ May
20 to 22. Mr. Nichols’ subject is ‘‘The
Development of Outlying Shopping
Centers." He is a member of the Na
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
An address on “Some Problems in
New- Planning,” by Louis Brownlow,
municipal consultant to the City Hous
i ing Corporation, New York City, and
! formerly a Commissioner of the Dis
i trict of Columbia, deals with the ques
tions confronting the realtor. Alfred
Bettman, a member of the Cincinnati,
Ohio, City Planning Commission, will
speak on “Trends in Platting Control —
Acquisition of Public Open Spaces and
Building Lines,” and Robert Whitten, a
city planning consultant of New York
City, will* have as his subject, “The
Traffic Analysis and Forecast in Its
Relation to Thoroughfare Planning.”
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Colonial Home Going Up on 60-Acre Farm
Randolph Leigh Will
Occupy Dwelling in
Fairfax County.
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Arrangement Was Studied
to Take Advantage of
Extensive View.
A new- house fashioned after a popu
lar old style is being erected on a farm
of about 6d acres located in Fairfax
County, Va., about a mile from Chain
Bridge, recently acquired as the future
residence of Randolph Leigh, director of
the National Oratorical Contest.
The old farmhouse that formerly
stood on the site, built in Colonial days,
was situated on a knoll of ground about
a quarter of a mile from the Fairfax
road and commanded a view that was
practically a complete cyclorama, most
of which was included in the boundaries
of the farm.
The new dwelling, a large Colonial
structure featured by rooms of eom
modiousness and a great colonnaded
front porch. Is being erected on part of
the foundations of the old farmhouse
and will have its same outlook on the
varied landscape of the extensive
acreage.
Simple Design Decided Upon.
Inasmuch as the house w-ill be
viewed from a distance, a design of ut.
most simplicity and directness was de
cided upon. The motive of a two-story
colonnade w-as selected. Mount Vernon
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We offer FOR SALE this spacknis residence
just completed. It is attractively designed, has
k beautiful garden at the rear, and faces directly
on Rock Creek Park. Its setting amid large
forest trees is incomparable.
An inspection of this property will convince you of
its unusual charm and adaptability.
Thru the courtesy of Geo. W. Reynolds the house is furnish
ed with occasional pieces of genuine antique furniture.
Open for Inspection
Sunday, from Ten to One and Three to Six
Daily from Three to Six
For particulars consult
F. M. McCONIHE & COMPANY, INC.
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Home Being Erected for Randolph Leigh in Fairfax County, Va.
is kn example of this motive used in a
similar situation.
As designed by Robert F. Beresford.
Washington architect, the details of the
finish of the new- house are being exe
cuted in a manner characteristic of the
Colonial Virginia architecture.
The arrangement of the plan of the
house w-as studied especially to take
advantage of the extensive view. The
plan also is in keeping w-ith the tra
ditions of Colonial Virginia.
The entrance hall is broad and long.
The staircase is generous in width and
affords easy ascent. The rooms are
similar in proportions to those of Colo
nial dwellings. The four bedrooms on
the second floor are each of sufficient
size for all furniture required without
crowding. Ample closet space is pro
vided on the second floor and in the
attic. There is a servant's room and
bath in the basement, which at this
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suring ample sunlight and air.
The living room and dining room w-ill j
be finished with a low wainscot and |
will have a plaster cornice. Oak floors i
will be used throughout the house and ;
all radiators in the first story w-ill be
concealed.
The house will have very substantial
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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
$10,500,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side ball
homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front.
Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers
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ESTABLISHED 1899
1435 K St. N.W. Main 8685
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PARK TOWER APARTMENTS
2440 Sixteenth Street
(Adjoining the French Embassy)
Now Ojien for Inspection
Apartments of One Room and Bath to
Six Rooms and Two Baths. Most apart
ments have porches. Ready for occupancy
June Ist.
Manager on Premises
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In
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WE GIVE 100% VALUE
1417 WHITTIER
(Just Off 16th)
EASY $14,750 TERMS
An enviable location just off 16th Street. Convenient,
vet away from the noise of the busy thoroughfare. A
beautiful home with many refinements of the coveted
homes for which you may have often wished. Nine spa
cious, sunny rooms, three baths, ample closet space,
large attic with cedar locker. Wall safe in the master
bedroom, ventilating fan in kitchen, breakfast porch and
kitchen covered with U. S. rubber tile. Living room is
most attractive with open fireplace and iron casement
windows. Maid's room and- bath, instantaneous water
heater. Garage.
Open daily until 9 P.M.
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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929.
construction throughout. Six-inch studs
I are used in the exterior walls and pine
! floor joists are employed. Exterior walls
| are insulated against loss of heat in
j the Winter and protection against ex
! ternal heat in the Summer. The insula
tion boarding also serves as plaster base.
Colleges Have Realty Courses.
According to the most recent figures,
tabulated by the department of educa
tion of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, 190 real estate courses
are offered in colleges and universities.
Os these 116 are given in the regular
full-time day program; 54 are evening
courses and 20 are offered through ex
tension divisions.
LEADER OF REALTORS URGES
REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW
"Flying" President Declares District Needs
Act to Protect Members as Well
as Public.
BY DON S. WARREN.
Harry H. Culver, the “flying” presi
dent of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, paid Washington
a hasty visit this week on his third air
plane tour of the country, and in addi
tion to addressing local realtors on the
work of the national body in elevating
business standards and the effect avi
ation is having on real estate, strongly
urged enactment of a real estate license
law for the District.
Washington, for its own good, should
fall in line with the 27 States which
have enacted laws for the licensing of
brokers and real estate salesmen, pro
viding a positive check on the opera
tion of shvsters, he declared in an in
terview following an address before the
Washington Real Estate Board at Ward
man Park Hotel.
The local board has proposed enact
ment of the model license law as
sponsored by the national association,
with some modifications suiting it to
local conditions, but as yet it has not
come up for conclusive action in
Congress.
Three Major Benefits.
Passage of a license law, the head
of the national realtor organization de
clared, would have three major benefit
cial effects. These, he said, are:
1— “It would be of value in protecting
the buying and investing public from
real estate dealers guilty of sharp prac
tices.
2 “It would redound to the whole
some benefit of legitimate real estate
brokers and salesmen by increasing pub
lic confidence in the licensed broker or
salesmen.
3 “It would provide a means of
weeding out of the local real estate field,
those operators found either unqualified
to act as agents or brokers for property
owners or buyers.”
With the enactment of a license law
for Pennsylvania, a total of 27 States
have laws based on the model code
drafted by the national association as a
result of demand of its members for
protection of the reputation of real
estate business generally from the ef
fects of the unscrupulous operator.
Make Intelligence Tests.
In some States intelligence tests are
required, in addition to other prerequi
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NORTH CLEVELAND PARK
3645 WARREN ST.
>J ■*"*■ tentment in many things. The
location of your home, for in
<3^ stance. To he near enough to the
city to avoid a “splendid isolation,'’
—and yet far enough away to avoid
p r x the dust, din, and grime of urban ac
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'S“:~S the Warren Street Homes of M. and
R- B. Warren in North Cleveland
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'JQn ((\o\ g if'ffif. I i modern convenience, add to the de-
Ry) 'Vi sirahility of these homes. Semi-de
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-— open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day.
Drive out Today or tomorrow, either from Connecticut
Avenue through lan A ess Street—or from Wisconsin
Avenue through ff arren Street—or Phone Cleveland 4472.
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Sulgrave Manor
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Apartment convenience f |
combined with hominess
We’ve designed the apartments in Sulgravt
Manor to be real Homes—equipped them with every
convenience (including electric refrigerator, operated
at owner’s expense); planned on generous lines that
• give roominess and airyness—with inclosed or open
porches.
Everything has been done with lavish excellence
—and the very best of service is maintained under
direction of resident manager.
. . 2 and 3 rooms, kitchen, tlining <£77 ¥Tr)t
alcove, bath, foyer, etc. a *
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sites, before salesmen and brokers may
obtain license to conduct real estate
business. In all cases, applicants must
show to the satisfaction of proper of
ficials reputations for honesty in prac
tice. If cases of unethical or illegal ac
tivities are proved license may be re
voked.
President Culver of the national body,
which is composed of about 700 real
estate boards throughout the United
States and in Canada, made a new de
parture as head of the association in
conducting activities of the organiza
tion to a large degree from his desk
in his private cabin airplane. He now
Is completing the third of five cross-
Nation airplane tours to visit each local
board.
During the past 12 months he has
traveled by air a total of 75,000 miles,
or equal of three times the distance
around the world, without a forced
landing and without accident. He es
tablished his office in his airplane in
order to be able to visit each local
board while at the same time conduct
ing business of the national association.
In his plane he has a desk with
sufficient equipment for his use, maga
zine racks, thermos bottle and wall
basket for lunches, a bed, separate com
partment with modern conveniences and
running water. The plan is piloted
by Lieut. James B. Dickson.
Aviation Proves Boon.
The real estate man who cannot see
the tremendous effect aviation is hav
ing and will have on real estate, he
said, is very short sighted. Aviation is
nroving a real boon to many cities, he
believes. Not only are landing fields
needed to spot the entire country, he
points out, but areas about airports
are being taken up as sites for hotels,
resorts, sites for light manufacturing
activities and other purposes.
Discusing aviation generally, he said:
"Air transportation is not in the near
future, it is here. But the best planes
of today will be a "kite” in three years
compared with the huge liners flying
from coast to coast, carrying 100 or
more passengers.
“The air industry has reached such
proportions that it is commanding the
enthusiasm of capitalists all over the
world—new companies being organized
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