Evening star. [volume], September 25, 1937, Page C-4, Image 26

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ARCHITECTS HAIL
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Dollar Value of Work Shows
Average Gain of 27
Per Cent.
That the dollar volume of residen
tial building work handled by archi
tects in the United States will show
an average increase of 27 per cent
In 1937 over 1936, and that an av
erage of 74 per cent of architects’
residential building clients in the
first half of 1937 were interested in
new construction, rather than mod
ernization. were among the findings
of a survey of opinions by repre
sentative architects in 41 States,
completed yesterday by the Ruberoid
Co., manufacturers of building prod
ucts.
Women, according to 82 per cent
of the replying architects, are most
frequently responsible for the selec
tion of the general type of house to
be built. Twelve per cent believed
the husband's choice in this respect
was most likely to be the deciding
one, while 6 per cent indicated that
the final decision was ordinarily a
60-50 compromise.
Women Consider Appearance.
In considering materials for the
exterior of the house, it was found
that women are most influenced by
appearance and men by first cost.
Other factors strongly considered by
both men and women were fire pro
tection, insulation and upkeep cost.
Another finding of the survey, sup
posted by 85 per cent of the reporting
architects, was a growing tendency
on the part of home builders of mod
erate means (able to finance a house
costing from $7,500 to $15,000) to
engage the complete services of an
architect, including supervision of
construction, as well as the prepara
tion of plans and specifications. The
three factors considered chiefly re
sponsible for this trend were: As
surance that materials and construc
tion will be up to specifications, a
feeling of need for experienced and
unbiased guidance, and a growing
public realization that investment in
an architect's fees saves money in
the end.
Increases in Illinois.
The most optimistic reports came
from Illinois and Iowa, w-here the re
porting architects predicted an av
erage increase of 66 per cent in the
dollar volume of their residential prac
tice this year over last, In 15 States
all the reporting architects predicted
some increase. In the other 26 States
from which replies were received,
while architects in some individual
communities predicted no change or
To Attend Convention
Three Washington delegates
to the convention of the
United States Building and
Loan League, which will he
held October 6-8 in Los An
geles. Upper left: Carl J.
Bergman. Upper right: C.
Clinton James. Below: Rob
ert E. Buckley. They will leave
for the meeting on Friday and
return via the Panama Canal.
a falling off in residential practice,
there was no State in which a ma
jority did not anticipate some im
provement.
The survey was based on replies to
a questionnaire received from repre
sentative architects located in 168
communities of the 41 States repre
sented, including small cities as well
as metropolitan centers. In an
nouncing the results it was empha
sized that, while the questionnaire
produced a considerable amount of
factual data based on the actual .
recent experience of architects, the
purpose was not to develop compre
hensive, statistical information of the
type available in governmental and
other standard reports, but to obtain
a typical cross-section of local archi
tect opinion of current conditions in
the field of residential practice.
MARKET REFLECTS
INTEREST IN HOMES
Better Reception for Ownership
Argument Seen Noted by Build
ing Loan Head.
Behavoir of the stock market in
the past few weeks is having an in
direct salutary effect upon people’s
interest in acquiring homes, in the
opinion of Harold T. Donaldson, Lan
sing. Mich., president of the United
States Building and Loan League,
voiced this past week to the Industry
which he heads.
A better reception for the home
ownership arguments of the savings,
building and loan associations has
been noticed during this period of the
exchange's extreme irritability, the
league president notes from a hasty
survey of some of the leading thrift
and home-financing institutions of the
country.
“There will always be competition
for the money of the man of average
means, between investment in perma
nent goods and use of his extra dollars
in an attempt to make a quick gain,"
said Donaldson. “The recent de
velopments in the share market have
served to check up once again the
dream of the little man about doubling
and tripling his funds overnight. He
turns with relief to the solid earth and
the house upon it.”
Reports from the thrift and home
financing institutions surveyed tell of
the home purchasers who have come
in to get loans and who have been
voicing these sentiments with con
siderable frequency in the past month,
according to the league president. The
same effect is also being felt in the
association's sales of properties which
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they have had modernized after having
had to take them over to protect their
saver*’ Investments. These are said
to be moving faster than customary
the past month.
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Bateman Hu Never Seen Game.
Jack Hughes, who has Just retired
after 45 years as a Waterford (Eng
land) Foot Ball Club gateman, has
never seen the team play.
SMART HOME
424 Turner St.
Juit a fmw aquaraa north of
Bradloy Lana, aaat of Brooha
villa Road
$8,750
Brand-new Colonial brick home,
o room* elde porch, complete
kitchen, tan heat: lot. 45xl*n. A
sore. Ideal spot for children Open
today, Sunday and by appointment.
Realty Associates, Inc.
Realtors
1506 K St. NAt. 1438
Clinton, Md.
S1/2 Mi lea from D. C.
Line
*5,250
F. H. A. Approved
JHIS new bungolow, placed on more tticn y4 ocre of ground, le
modern in every way. It features 5 bright rooms, electric
kitchen, complete insulation, hot-water heat ond detoched garage.
Open for Inspection Sunday.
W. A. LUSBY
Owner-Builder
124 11th St. N.I. Line. 4162-W
TO REACH: Cross U St. S.E. bridge, left on
Good Hope Rd. to Route No. 5, turn right on
Route No. 5 and go 1% miles past Clinton.
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Sixteenth St. Highlands
In that secluded and refined section bounded by Rock
Creek Park. West of 16th Street—with 205-foot frontage. I
1627 Kennedy Place N.W.
Containing appointments ideally adaptable to an
Embassy. Suitable for Extensive Entertaining
A center hall planned detached brick home, one enters thru a large reception room \e'th open
fire place; on the left overlooking the park there is a huge club room; to the right large living room
with open fire place; beomed ceiling dining room; breakfast room, tiled kitchen and butler's pan
try; tiled lavotory on first floor. The second floor hos four master bed rooms, two large, handsome
tiled baths; sewing room, and two commodious sleeping, pdrches. On the third floor there is a huge
recreation room, 2 bed rooms and tiled bath and storage room.
THE interior decorations and fixtures are eloborote with good taste; beoutiful parquetry white eok
■ floors, Generol Electric Refrigeration, dish washer, incinerator; clothes shoot, large closets (almost
dressing roomsl; oil burner; 4-car detached brick garage with water and light. The qrounds, 85
feet in front and 120 feet on West line, are contiguous to the park with a beautiful vista from three
sides of the house.
Directions to Reach:
Individually Built Drive or take bus out 16th Street to the first s OPEN |
above the Reservoir (Kennedy Place!, turn West to Sunday
i —Price Lett Than Cntt 0< *,reet. or take 14:h Street cars to Colorado
Ase wo k West on Kennedy Street (Kennedy P.ace AftcmOOn
W est of 16m St J to house 2 blocks.
L. T. Gravatte
729 15th St. Realtor NAtionol 0753
A SILVER STAR HOME
Which carries its award of merit with all the poise and
grace characteristic of its charming Southern style.
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4221 Van Ness Street N.W. I
J^UILDING maximum quality into a product has
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ing a full measure of value in this property.
I Furnished in Early PMC© Open Every Day
American Antiques by _ __A from
I Mary Crockp tt Peebles ■ * ** ^0 ] 0 A.M. to 9 P.M.
To Reach: Out Mass. Ave. to Nebraska Ave., right |j
pi on Nebraska Ave. to Van Ness St., left y% block to U
I house. Van Ness intersects Nebraska about midway H
between Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues. N
I THOMAS J. FISHER & CO., I I
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| 5028—LOWELL ST. N.W.
*19,850
I OCATED in the beautiful new subdivision, "Kent,’* this attractive home combines all of
the grace, beauty and charm of true Colonial design. In addition to the living room,
dining room, ultra-modern kitchen and breakfast nook, there is a first-floor library, with
lavatory. Three bed rooms, 2 baths on second floor. Large studio room, with fireplace, on
third floor. Recreation room with fireplace, maid's room and bath, two-car built-in garage,
Bryant gas air-conditioning heating plant. On a large wooded lot with 70-foot frontage.
Drive through Wesley Heights, or pass American Uni
versity to the entrance to Spring Valley, then follow
Little Falls Road to property. Open daily and Sunday.
Designed by Eimer Cappleman—Built by Korzendorfer & Brooks
PHILLIPS & CANBY, Inc* Developers.
No. 4600 1012 15th St. N.W.
j We Present a New Restricted Home Community
You’ve Never Seen Anything Like It
IraMi'g ifamt
—RADNOR ROAD—
NEAR GREENWICH VILLAGE, EDGEMOOR & ENGLISH VILLAGE
15 New California Colonial Bungalows
IN A BEAUTIFUL WOODED SECTION OF NEARBY MARYLAND
On a deeply wooded tract, surrounded by homes and
estates of $20,000 to $50,000 value, we have built this I
group of beautiful bungalows priced within the average i
\ family’s means. Close by are the Congressional and _ ., .
Woman’s Country Clubs. Stores, schools, churches and Beautiful
transportation are within a few minutes from your door. t
The homes are all-brick, painted white and cream and n TIPT^POOIMT
tastefully trimmed with colorful blinds, doors and “ BliWIlwwl X
fences. Large living rooms with open fireplaces and
bookshelves, window seats. Dining room has double ! HOMES I !
French doors leading to concrete covered porch over
looking beautiful shaded terrace. Kitchens are the last
word in modernity. The homes have two bedrooms, Only
bath, full basements with the famous Wagner guaran
tee of drgneaa. Plenty of closet space with ample SO 4k *4k
storage space in the attics. You’ll find everything you 44
could desire in a home in these new California Bunga- ! ^w
lows ... inspect them thoroughly at their initial show- TTO
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"Theta Are Caretraa Comfort Hornet With
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about Va mile past Wilson
BUILDER SALES-CLEVE. 3860
new crick Homes
All Modern Improvements
$5,750 up
3814 So. 7th St.
Arlington, Va.
CLARENCE CROFT
Owner-Builder
Wolnut 9249
$7,500
110 SOUTHWICK STREET, HUNTINGTON
TERRACE, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
This fine new home on a large wooded plot of ground is in a quiet
neighborhood—yet less than a block from transportation. Conservative
taste has been used in decorating and careful consideration given to
furniture placing in the larger-than-average, brightnr-than-averoge
rooms. Rock wool end weather-stripping were put in to save your
heating money. The walls are furred to keep dampness owoy. Useful \
chests of drawers for storing. Garage large enough for a Ralls Royce.
Ah Inspection Will Be Worth Your While j
Open and Lighted
Drive to Bank of Bethesda. out Old Georgetown Road \
to HOG block, turn left on Southwick Street to No. 110.
MARLOW-BEECH CORP.
907 15th St. N.W. Met. 1170 |
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Offers an Astounding Value
_$8,750_
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