Evening star. [volume], February 20, 1932, Page B-2, Image 18

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NEW YORK HOME
•r
Three Capital Men on Jury
Awarding Prizes to
Architects.
A New York architect entering a resi
dence in his home State is the winner
of first place In the two-story class in
the 1931 small house architectural
competition conducted by Better
Homes in America, of which President
Hoover is honorary chairman and Dr.
Rav Lyman Wilbur is president.
The gold medal for this class in the
competition was awarded to Dwight
James Baum, architect, of Riverdale
on-Hudson. N. Y.. for the residence of
Francis Collins. Fieldston. N. Y., it
was announced today by the American
Institute of Architects.
Capital Men on Jury.
Three Washington architects. Arthur
B Heaton, Irwin S. Porter and Waddy
B. Wood, were members of the jury,
which was headed by Frederick L.
Ackerman of New York, and in
cluded also William J. Sayward of
Atlanta, Ga.
Better Homes in America, it is an
nounced. will sponsor a similar com
petition this year.
Honorable mention in the two-story
group went to Windsor Soule and John
F. Murphy of Santa Barbara. Calif ,
ior the residence of W. E. Risser of
Santa Barbara, and to Mr. Baum for
the residence of Thomas McCall of
Fieldston, N. Y.
In the one-story class the medal was
won by Winchton L. Risley for the
home of Miss Stella Smith cf Palos
Verdes, Calif.
Architects receiving honorable men
tion in the one-story class were
Charles S. Keefe of New York City, for
the guest house at Homewood on the
estate of E. Hcpe Norton, Darien, Conn.,
find H. Roy Kelley of Los Angeles,
Calif., for the home cf Gilbert Bk*s,
Palos Verdes Estates, California.
Win Honorable Mention.
Honorable mention in the story-and
a-half group was awarded to Waldron
Faulkner of New York City fcr the
residence of E. H. Corlett, Lake Ka
tonah, N. Y.; to Winchton L. Risley of
Los Angeles. Calif., for a house in Palos
Verdes, and to Arthur Hutchason of
Los Angeles, Caiif, fcr a house for Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Hicks, San Marino,
Calif No medal was given in this class.
The purpose of the awards, it was
explained, is to discover and call at
tention to the best small houses built
during the given period and to stimulate
interest in overcoming the faulty design
and construction cf the really small
house. While the medal is intended
as an annual award, houses entered
in the 1931 competition were those
completed between 1926 and 1930. De
signs of houses submitted in one year
cannot be resubmitted in later years.
SEES MORTGAGE VALUE
Insurance Leader Stresses Safety
in Real Estate.
The value of the real estate mortgage
as an investment was stressed by
Ethelbert Ide Low. chairman of the
board of the Home Life Insurance !
Company of Nev; York, in a current re- !
view of that concern's annual state
ment.
The company, he said, had had a
satisfactory experience with its mort- i
gage holdings, which constitute ap
proximately 40 per cent of its total
assets. New mortgages totaling $2,
fi51,225 were purchased last year, he
said, and the company's holdings of
this type of investment have nearly
doubled in the past five years.
The total of properties taken over
under foreclosure from the total hold
ings of the past. 25 years, he said,
amounted to but $17,742, and the total
of interest overdue January 1 on the
total holdings of $30,455,330 was but
$9,303, or 56-100 of 1 per cent of the
income available during the year from
that source.
SEEK TRAFFIC SOLUTION
New Yorkers Urge Separate Level
for Pedestrians.
Separate levels for pedestrians in
congested areas with possible second
story entrances to buildings, and a j
limited use of two-level roadways where
overcrowded buildings of favorable
topography makes them expedient, are
proposed by the regional plan of New
York and its environs.
Ernest Eberhard. managing editor of
the American Architect, reports that
center walks for pedestrians are pro
posed for streets where trucks make
frequent deliveries. In sub - central
areas it is proposed that residential
buildings should cover not more than
65 per cent and business buildings not
more than 75 per cent of the lot area.
It is suggested that the maximum
cubage be limited to 120 cubic feet for
each square foot of lot.
TODAY! SEE!
A COZY AND
COMPLETE HOME
SAMPLE
Completely Furnished!
1712“D”St.N.E.
Open to 9 P.M. Daily
Never before have you been
able to purchase an All-Brick
Home as completely finished
with the modern conveniences
and practical features that we
have incorporated in this group
we are offering for the low price
“ $8,250
Small Cash Payment
Monthly Payments
Like Rent!
Some Interesting
Features:
9 large, well planned rooms;
hardwood trim; oak floors
throughout; abundance of elec
tric outlets; best of electrical fix
tures; wall brackets.
Beautifully Equipped
and Arranged Kitchen!
Sanitas on walls and ceilings;
inlaid linoleum; cabinet gas
range; electric refrigeration; Ox
ford kitchen cabinets, trimmed
in two-tone Duco; Ftoldaway di
nette; Colonial front porch;
screened breakfast and sleeping
porches; large, bright cellar;
deep lot; garage; paved alley.
The close-in New Home Sec
tion, near all conveniences, just
a few minutes to any section of
eity proper!
WAPLE & JAMES INC.
\temhtn Waihinpton Rial Sitati Board
1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962
Dwelling Purchased
New residence of stone and stucco construction at 6005 Thirty-fourth place,
Wrenwood, whi-h has been acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Marvin, jr„
from Shannon £ Uuchs. Inc., builders. Mr. Marvin is associated with the stall
of the United St ses Bureau of Standards.
INCREASED RATE URGEO
Higher Heal Estate Commissions
Proposed at Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. February 20.—A pro
posal to increase the rate of commis
sion charged by brokers in selling im
proved residential property in Balti
more has been submitted to the di
rectors of the Real Estate Board of
Baltimore by the standing Committee
on Commissions of the board, it was
announced today by C. Philip Pitt, sec
retary of the organization.
The committee's proposal, If ap
proved by the directors and by the
membership of the board at a general
meeting, would establish 5 per cent cn
the first $10,000 and 2>i per cent on
the balance of the sale price of irrV
proved city residential property as the
standard rate in Baltimore. The pres
ent rate is 4 per cent on the first $7,500
and 2'2 per cent cn the balance.
LUMBER OUTPUT LOW
Lumber production during the week
ended February 13 remained at the low
levels of recent weeks, according to re
ports received by the National Lumber
Manufacturers’ Association here from
regional associations covering operations
of 707 of the principal hardwood and
softwood mills.
There was. however, an increase of
about 13,000,000 feet in the combined
output, and shipments were 38 per cent
and orders 33 per cent larger than the
cut. The week before, 679 mills re
ported a production of 91,506,000 feet,
with shipments 48 per cent larger and
orders 62 per cent more than produc
tion. The disparity between new busi
ness and current production is consid
ered promising for future stabilization.
* Comparing identical mills of the soft
wood group for the past weelc and the
corresponding week a year ago, produc
tion—442 mills—is reported 46 per cent
less than it was then, shipments 37 per
cent less and orders 42 per cent less.
A similar comparison for hardwoods,
covering 194 mills, shows that produc
tion is off 46 per cent, shipments 18 per
cent and new business 38 per cent from
a year ago.
3645 Kanawha
Street
Cor. of Chevy Chate Parkway
New and Beautiful
Brick Colonial
Now Ready for Inspection
$ 14,950
EATON & CO.
1010 Vermont Ave. N.W.
316 Marion Avenue
LANCHORNE COMMUNITY
Clarendon, Va.
To reach, drire over Key Bridge out
Wilson Boulevard to Clarendon, turn
south on Marion Ave. one block west
of car line.
/n the "Hill* of Virginia"
Only *8,500
EVERY COMFORT YOU
MIGHT WISH FOR
Five Rooms. Tile Bath. Shower.
Cedar Closet.
Electric Refrigeration. Gas Stove.
Automatic Domestic Hot
Water Heater
Tiled Kitchen Sink.
S‘eel Casement Window’s With Plate
Glass. Copper Screens.
Fireplace. Hardwood Floors. Hot
Water Heat. Papered Walls,
Sodded and Landscaped
OPEN AND HEATED
P. W. SHARPE CO.
Realtor*.
Exclusive Axenta.
Clarendon. Va. Phone Clar. *112.
Michigan
Manor
4402
13th Place
N.E.
J. B. Tiffey
fiaitder
A Surprise Awaits You
If you have never visited this beautiful new community of all new
semi-detached brick homes of six or eight rooms, 2 complete baths,
pantry, electric refrigerators, fireplace, beautiful natural woodwork
throughout. Garage.
Drive out N. Capitol St.
Right on Michigan Ave.
Left cn 13th Place.
West of 16th Street, S15,950
All-Brick Detached Home
4209 18th St. N.W_$15,950
Open Today—Sunday and Evening# Till 9 P.M..
This beautiful detached brick home, situated in one of Wash
ington's most convenient restricted sections, was built by L. E.
Breuninger & Sons, and has just been redecorated throughout. It is
priced for immediate sale, having formerly sold for over $20,000.
There are seven large rooms (four bed rooms) and two complete
baths. Large attic, cedar closets, etc. Every modern improvement, in
cluding new oil heater and new Frigidaire, is to be found in this
splendidly arranged home. Large concrete front porch, large sun
porch, beautiful yard, fish pond, rock garden, etc. Nice garage.
Paved alley.
Drive out 16th to Vamum—turn west to 18th and left half block, or
call us for auto service.
1734 Taylor St. N.W.
Another detached Colonial brick home of seven rooms and two
baths Built by Breuninger. Better than new. Every possible im
provement. Oil heat—Frigidaire—large lot—beautiful trees. Equally
as great a bargain as above. See them both on same trip.
v'T... Metder—Realtor DKST
Exclusive Arcnt.
Sunday and Night§, Ad. 0620
Women’s Magazine Editor
Sees Chance for Real
Accomplishment.
The opportunity for expansion of the
scope of home ownership in the United
States at this time is great and a real
i acompllshment in this field would be
a tremendous advantage to the Nation,
Chelsea C. Sherlock, managing editor
of the Ladies’ Home Journal, declared
this week in a radio broadcast over a
chain of stations.
Mr. Sherlock, a member of President
Hoover's Conference cm Home Building
and Home Ownership, outlined the
movement to enlist 29,000,000 women of
the country in support of a plan for
restoring normal business and employ
ment. t
Cites Big Advantage.
If the people of the United States
will realize the tremendous opportunity
they now have of owning their own
homes, the country will emerge from
the depression in a better situation
than ever before, he declared.
"A home-owning nation is always
strong, secure and self-reliant,” Mr.
I
Sherlock declared. “On the other
hand, a nation of renters soon becomes
a nation of paupers.
“X don't care how much money a
family may have, how many clubs it
may belong to, how many automobiles
it may own, how many trips it
take to Europe in a normal lifetime,
how many stocks and bonds are tucked
away in a vault—that family is a fail
ure until it acquires a home it can
call its own.
Points to Low Prices.
“Lumber is lower than it has been
for many years; the same is true of
brick, cement, insulation, labor—every
thing that goes into the making of a
house. Material prices right now, ac
cording to the General Building Con
tractor, are 28 per cent less than they
were in 1919 and the lowest they have
been at any time in that period.
"Wages are lower than they have
been since 1926. and the trend is down
ward. Land may be purchased today
at more favorable prices than in many
years.’’
STORE QUARTERS LEASED
Two new store quarters in a building
recently completed at 406-408 Twelfth
street southwest have been leased for
the Washington Investment Co.,
builder and owner, to R. W. Claxton,
Inc., and the C. D Kenny Co., mer
I chandising organizations, it was an
nounced today.
The building, a one-story brick struc
ture, was erected by C. Wohlgemuth,
jr., from plans drawn by Arthur B.
Heaton. The stores were leased for a
; term of years for undisclosed rental
considerations.
Whoever tteard ot
New All-Brick Bungalow (Only
One Left) and a Corner 2-Story
Brick Home
7th & Tewkesbury Sts. N.W.
Price, $6,950 trEm7
One of the most modern homes in the N.W. section.
Real open fireplaces with lighted fires in them. Frigid
aire. Kitchen in beautiful colors. Modern gas range
in color. You owe it to yourself to inspect these homes.
To Inspect—Drive out 7th St. to Tewkes
bury, two squares north of Rittenhouse.
Wm. S. Phillips
2032 Belmont Road Decatur 5000
10 Williams Lane
Chevy Chase, Md.
New, all-brick center-ball Colonial
located within a few doors of Connecticut
Ave., on a wooded lot with a frontage of 80
feet. MATCH THIS IF rt QBtn
YOU CAN AT.
6 really large rooms. 2 tile baths, break
fast room, electric refrigeration. Recrea
tion room in attic. 2-car garage.
Williams iJine runs east from Connecticut Avenue
about midway between the Chevy Chase and Columbia
Country Clubs.
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY & MONDAY
Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc.
Chevy Chase Properties
5520 Conn. Ave. Clev. 2300
VALLEY FORGE
History records no finer example of faith and
courage than that shown by George Washington
during the darkest hours at Valley Forge.
It is particularly fitting at this time, commemo
rating the birthday of Washington, that we renew
our faith in America and the steadfast principles
for which it stands.
A real inspiration will be afforded by a visit to
the Reproduction of Washington’s Headquarters at
Valley Forge, number 1817 Plymouth Street, in
Near the Northern End of
Beech Drive Thru the Park
A community dedicated entirely to the reproduc
tion of historic Colonial homes and others true in
character to the period of the Thirteen Colonies.
So mirror-like is this reproduction that
visitors experience almost the same feeling '
of reverence—the same thrill of imagina
tion that comes upon entering the famous
original. •
t
The entire first floor has been so fittingly furnished
and decorated by W. and J. Sloane that upon enter
ing your sense of separation from modern life is
complete—time is turned backward over two hun
dred years. All around you—arranged as it was in
the Colonial days—is the quaint household artistry
of another age—furniture that delights the eye and
bids the body be content.
Edson W* Briggs Company
Owners
1817 Plymouth Street N.W.
GEorgia 4904
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NEW KANN STORE PLANS
SET COST AT $75,000
Remodeling, Approved by D. C., to
Join Present Store With Build
ing Saks and Co. Occupied.
Plans for the remodeling of the large
store building at 701 Market space,
which formerly housed the merchan
dising concern of Saks & Co., recently
acquired by S. Kann Sons Co., depart
ment store, have been approved by the
District building inspector, Col. John
W. Oehmann.
The building is to be extensively
altered and used as a part of the Kann
store, which for many years has been
located on the adjoining property.
The plans for the remodeling have
been drawn by Frederic B. Pyle, local
architect, and are to be executed by
J. L. Parsons, jr. The construction cosit
Is estimated at $79,000.
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Soaring prices of gasoline have caused
autoists in Malaya to seek low fuel- j
consumption models. 1
NOTED LAWYER DIES
LYNN, Mim , February 20 </W. i—
Benjamin N. Johnson, 75, president
general of the Sons of the Amcrle an
Revolution since last Spring, end
prominent Boston lawyer, died yester
day.
Mr. Johnson, a graduate of Harvard
College, ’78, was a past president of tine
society in Massachusetts, and had be-n
president of the Lynn Historical So
ciety since 1904.
First Showing!!
A remarkable new group of all-brick homes
offering many out-of-the-ordinary features
7 rooms, 2 baths_$9,075
8 rooms, 2 baths. . . .$9,375
Exhibit Home
423 Hamilton Street N.W.
Open Every Day Until 9 P.M.
Built by Chas. W. Morris 8C Son
For Sale by
927 15th St. N.W.
Met. 3917
bee these features:
7 and 8 large rooms, includ
ing finished recreation room Jin
basement; 2 colored tile baths;
panel wall paper, double o»ak
floors; natural finish chestnut
trim; brass bracket lights, 'Cop
per screens; cedar-lined clorsets.
Big kitchens have fold-e.way
dinette, Oxford cabinet, and
electric refrigeration. Full
width screened rear porches,
cement front porches; detached
garages; 158 - ft. landscaped
lots; paved street and a/iley.
Nature Has Given
Many
Advantages
jiWoodside
| Park
Home
of A Neighborhood
i Mr‘ M,llep of Individually Planned Homes
Mr. Blakeslee
YOU IVho Are About
to Buy or Build
Here vntj may enjoy every convenience, water, sewerage, gas. electricity and paved drives,
and an ideal environment in a restricted community m the rapidly developir<g Montgomery County
section approached by 16th Street and the Baltimore-Colesville Boulevard.
Our {*0^ financing home plan, wide range of attractive designs, our facilities to build lor you
at lowest prices in fifteen years, make it unnecessary to put off any longer, so important a matter
as the ownership of a home in this beautiful section. t
HOPKINS-ARMSTRONG, Ijnc.
9101 Georgia Ave., Maryland j Shepherd 3336
CONSTRUCTION
Flawlessly built of all solid brick,
using decorative face brick that is
impervious to time and the ele
ments: copper screens for rear
porches and all openings cement
front porches with iron railings.
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FEATURES
Double oak floors throughout:
deep ccdar-llned closets; paneled
wall paper; new-type colonial
brass bracket lights: colored tiled
baths with chromard fixtures:
choice of ras or coal heating
systems at slight difference in
price.
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UOTS, ETC.
Immensely deep lots (158 ft.),
fully landscaped and sodded, with
garages on rear: 25-ft. paved alley,
street also paved.
KITCHENS
The most modern kitchen you
can imagine, equipped with latest
Oxford unit, double drainbeard
sink, built-in Ironing hoard and
broom closet, inlaid linoleum, and
the larger sire <5 ft. high* Frig
idnire. Kitchen done in effective
color combination of preen and
cream.
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RECREATION ROOMS
All houses having mor? than six
rooms have that unusually popular
finished recreation room in base
ment. ideally adapted for chil
dren's play room, club room or
clean, dustless storage.
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LOCATION
These houses are most desirably
situated in this booming new-home
section; very ccnvenient to schools,
stores and bus lines. Make an
immediate inspection and be sure
of the home of your choice.
Acclaimed the Value and
Merit of These Slew Homes
6 Rooms, 2 Batins, Dinette ... $9,075
7 Rooms, 2 Balhs, Dinette... $9,175
8 Rooms, 2 Batins.$9,375
One of the greatcf/t home values ever offered by a
builder whose local experience dates back nearly a
quarter of a century. A lot more comfort . . . more en
during quality’ . . . less cost of upkeep . . . yet at prices
that strike the pre-wgf level. Hesitation mav mean dis
appointment. Selelt YOUR HOME HERE NOW.'
Two sold upon operip.ng announcement last week.
MODEL HOME...428 lingraham St. N.W.
Open Every Day Until 9 P.M.
Owner ... B. H. GRIillVER . .. Builder
92715th St. N.W. _ I Nat’l 1737 ,