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Real Estate Mtuetixtii Building News
__ V y J y > WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION /
__WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1939.__^> B—l
Private Building
Figures Down
For July
Seven-Month Total
Still Far Ahead
Of Last Year
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.
Private building in the District
during July dropped far below fig
ures for the corresponding month of
1938 and for June of this year, ac
cording to the monthly report made
public today by Building Inspector
John W. Oehmann. It marked the
first time this year that a month’s
construction valuation fell below
last year.
Ail types of private building for
which permits were issued last
month are valued at $1,755,495, as
compared to $2,959,910 for July, 1938,
and to $2,712,855 for June of this
year. By far the larger portion of
the valuation for last month was
for new residential construction. In
addition to private building the Dis
trict government drew permits last
month for construction valued at :
$4,500,000.
The July building total brought j
the valuation figure for the first
seven months of the year to $21,
741,881, which, despite the decrease
for the month, represents an in
crease of nearly $9,000,000 over the
seven months of 1938. Greatly in
creased activity in the field of resi
dential construction, especially
among low-cost, one-family dwell
ings, is largely responsible for the
huge amount of building here this
year.
J_>asi. monm, permits were issued
for 149 one-family dwellings, valued
at $761,500. In the coresponding
period of last year 223 one-family
structures, valued at $1,067,500. were
approved. In June of this year 198
one-family dwellings were included
in the building total. The valuation
Of these was $1,089,800.
Apartment construction in July
showed a slight gain over last year's
figure, but was far below the total
for June of this year. Last month,
permits were approved for 12 apart
ments, with a capacity of 154 fam
ilies. and a valuation of $387,250. In
July last year, there were 10 apart
ments, valued at $209,500. There
were 39 apartments, valued at $726,
000 approved in June this year.
The valuation of additions, alter
ations and repairs to existing struc
tures for which permits were issued
last month was $372,745. a slight in
crease over July of last year, and
slightly under the figure for June.
New building last month by sec
tions of the city follows: Northeast,
$276,350; southeast, $393,500; north
west, $654.90. and southwest, $58,000.
Modernization work by sections:
Northeast, $20,855; southeast, $37,
450; northwest, $308,905, and south
west, $5,535.
Home Fittings Sales Up
The upswing in building is carry
ing kindred lines along with it. ac
cording to reports from New York
City where wholesale hardware firms
are enjoying better than a seasonal
gain. Sales of mechanical kitchen
equipment, including refrigerators,
washing machines and other electri
cally powered devices are maintain
ing a high percentage of gain over
lact vaar
BUYS NEW HOME—This at
tractive home at 21 Worth
ington drive, Yorktowne Vil
' lage, has been purchased by
Harvey W. Mann from Joseph
Hopkinson, builder, through
the George W. Linkins Co.
*---*
Real Estate Survey
Planned in Nearby
Virginia Area
15,000 Deeds, Permits
To Be Examined
During Study
On behalf of a group of leading
bankers, builders, insurance com
panies and real estate operators,
Rufus S. Lusk, publisher of the
Washington Business Review, started
this week to make a survey in Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties and
Alexandria city of real estate con
ditions and housing, development.
"I have felt for a long time,” said
Mr. Lusk, “that a careful check
should be made in the Virginia area;
no one knows just what is the sit- ■
uation there. The phenomenal J
growth of that section from the i
standpoint of housing is bound to *
affect conditions in Washington s
proper. This study will cover types
of housing built, number of unsold q
houses on hand, sectional develop- : j,
ment of the area, the effect of low- q
price housing and other pertinent 2
facts.” C(
To make this study, according to
Mr, Lusk, requires the examination f]
of more than 15,000 deeds, deeds of g
trust and permits back to January $
1, 1938. The survey will also cover
the growth of the nearby Virginia J
area, its government, assessments j I
and other data which will give a I
comprehensive picture of the terri- , I
tory across the river. 1
BEAUTIFUL ALEXANDRIA HOME—The new home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Weaver, jr., at 321
Mansion drive. It was designed and built by Cha rles Henry Smith.
uly Building $278,212
n Metropolitan Area
>ecial Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md„ Aug. 5 —
ost of new construction in the
ietropolitan area of Prince Georges
ounty for July amounted to $278.
.2 according to Herbert Roby,
>unty building inspector. »
New dwellings numbered 68. A
aternity house for the Phi Sigma
igma at College Park, at a cost of
19,000, headed the list of permits
issued. A commercial building on
the Washington-Baltimore boule
vard at Hyattsville was listed at
$18,000.
Good Paint Advised
Good quality paint with a pure
white lead base is recommended
for woodwdHc and basement win
dows which may be endangered by
destructive termites. This has been
found to afford a measure of pro
tection against this enemy of
lumber.
Wall Recesses of Blue
A living room in a New York
apartment has walls painted white
with blue recesses to accent the
beautiful old furniture. Wine and
gray chintz curtains frame the
windows and the upholstery is a
blue-textured material with beige
and cocoa stripe.
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IN WEST CHEVY CHASE—New h<
De Franceaux at 4831 Langdrum li
Homes, Inc.
♦
Building Congress
Expects Good Tourney
David S. Haddock, chairman of
the Washington Building Congress
Golf Committee, reports that mem- I
bers are responding with enthusiasm
and he looks for a big turn-out at j
the Kenwood Country Club Wednes
day afternoon and evening at the |
first golf tournament of the building
congress, A great many members
and their guests who do not jjlay
golf are coming out for dinner and
to see the awarding of prizes.
A. Hamilton Wilson and Charles ;
T. Penn are in charge of prizes and
they promise that the ‘'duffers" will
have just as good a chance to win
as the experts in this tournament.
George A. Ford and M. C. Mac
Kinnon are taking care of the han
dicaps and arranging matches, and
A. W. Lee is making dinner arrange
ments. Mr. Lee says that members
>me of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
me. It was built by Permanent
who do not care to play golf may
swim or play bridge.
Other members of Mr. Haddock’s
committee are Arthur B. Heaton,
Robert W. McChesney and Maurice
R. Colbert.
Firm Sells 22 Homes
Sale of 22 dwellings during the
month of July was the record com
piled by Leo Bernstein & Co., real
estate brokers, it was reported today
by Daniel Diener, sales manager.
It was the most successful month
this year for the firm.
Brand-New Detached
Brick Homes
$6,300
Monthly Payment $47.60
207 Beech Street
Mt. Ido, Alexandria, Vo.
block off Russell Rd. and bus.
Large living room 'open fireplace),
dining room, cabinet kitchen, spacious
unfinished attic with 3 windows; oil
heat; lovely shaded lot.
Brodie fir Colbert, Inc.
1707 Eye St. N.W. No. 8875
Loans on 6,486
Homes Total
$28,308,000
Figures Also Released
For Six Months in
Virginia, Maryland
Home mortgages on city and sub
urban property in the District
financed by all types of lenders in
the first six months of 1939 totaled
6,486 and amounted to $28,308,000,
officials of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board reported today.
By types of lender, recordings
were:
_ . Number. Amount.
Savings and loan asso
ciations 2.470 Sll.544.000
Insurance companies 400 2,5S17.000
Banks and trust com
panles 402 2,dl4'ono
Individuals _ _ _ 1.008 5.0x3,000
Others __ 1471 H.470.000
New dwelling units constructed or
projected in the District in the first
; six months numbered 3,311 and were
VO lllnrl n« tf* TO 0>7C 900 O. _ i ’ •
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of the board based their construc
tion survey on building permits re
ported to the United States Depart
ment of Labor.
$30,711,000 in Maryland.
Home mortgages on city and town
property in Maryland financed by
all types of lenders in the first six
< See” MORTGAGES!-Page~B-3j
GLENRROOK
V THE BIG HOME
VALUE OF THE YEAR
F. H A. APPROVED
A « room and garage ‘J-storv brick
constructed home providing all the re
quisites of better living, at a moderate
price Living room with cozv fireplace,
bright dining room, all modern k:r hen.
•’* bedrooms, bath, lavatory and ’aui.dry
facilities, ample closet space, gas air
conditioning. A real value.
Priced to Meet Your Requirements.
Drive out Wisconsin Avenue i7 mil*
beyond the Bank ot Bcthr-da. turn
rioht at Glenbrook Entrance
THE NEWBOLD
DEVELOPMENT CO.
7611 Wisconsin Ave W.s. 5286
V;!;:': .• •' , •: •;•• 9
Cleveland Park
A pretentious corner brick
residence, with nearly 120
ft. frontage; cost $30,000—
now priced $16,950.
3433 Wise. Ave.
8 Rooms—2 Baths
One of the few outstanding homes
that offers great possibilities for
future development: has beautifully
landscaped grounds containing over
11 non square feet: 4 delightful
bedrooms and 2 baths on 2nd floor:
hot-water heat (oil-flred furnarei.
electric refrigerator. 2-car brick ga
rage: assessed for taxation purposes
at *24 40(1.
Only $2,000 Cosh
Down Required
Open Sunday Afternoon
L. T. Gravatte
729 15th Realtor NA. 0753
MEW ciL. .HOMES
AMERICAN UNIV. PARK
Pull 2 stories, detached, all
brick; 6 rooms, tiled bath, attic,
full basement, oil heat, large
lots.
| Built by Monroe Warren
ONLY $9,250
The finest materials and work
manship. Complete modern
equipment. A lovely home in a
delightful restricted community,
convenient to everything.
Outttanding Value*!
See Them Today!
Exhibit Home
4358 Windom Place N.W.
Open Until 9 P.M. Daily
Drive out Wise. Ave. to Yuma St..
Tatt to Hth St., left one short block.
A 4
Montgomery Hill
Must Be Sold
1116 Stratton Rd.
$5,000 Below
Cost of Reproduction
Handsome Colonial brick home,
5 bedrooms, sitting room, 2
baths on second floor, ample
servants’ quarters on 3rd floor;
2-car built-in garage; 130-foot
frontage. Trade considered.
TO REACH: Drive nut Georgia
Ave. past Silver Sprino traffic
light to Montgomery Hill, turn j
left one block to house.
Roberts E. Latimer
7733 Alaska Ave. Geo. 12M
10 Built—Only 1 Left
$6,990
CHEVY CHASE, D. C.
New. detached, air-conditioned brick
homes. 3 rooms (2 bedrooms) and |
tiled bath. An unheard-of value
and price in this convenient and
most desirable location, iust
block west of Conn. Ave j
Only $50 Per Mo.
Includes Interest. Principal. Taxes
and Insurance on the F. H. A. Plan i
Exhibit Hornc
3519 Alton PI. N.W.
Open Until Dark Daily
Drive out Conn. Ave. to Albemarle
St., left ton ft. to 35th St., left 1
block to homes.
Bnilders and Owners
SPRINGLAWN, INC
| Hugh Warren. President.
I J. WESLEY BUCHANAN |
invites you
jj to visit the one remaining H
V completed home in LYN- g
5 DALE. This house was sold, H
| but the purchaser preferred S
; a later date of occupancy— H
so changed to one of those s
B under construction. It is a &
| cream painted brick and very “
E distinctive. »
J SEE IT THIS 8CNDAT! |
(aa Drive icroji ej
R? “Jv" Penna. Ave. S.E. {8
tttf Bridge. turn left Q
9 on Minnesota &
9j A MONTH K
2; » am j tq to LYNDALE. J
S AND UP ATIontic 2889 ^
55 The Community Built ?;j
Around a Park i,
aaiiwuT
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“Honesty Hill”
Selected by the first settlers as an
ideal home site. The house ha*
been modernized and is now a most
comfortable home, containing 4 bed
rooms, bath, large living room w’ith
mammoth stone fireplace, spacious
dining room, all-electric kitchen
with maid's room adjoining. Lovely
gardens and landscaping enhance
the beauty of this home on a knoll.
Just 1 miles bevond Kenwood Club
on River Road—look for our sign.
Open Saturday afternoon, all
day Sunday; other days by ap
pointment.
Maryland Office
J. Wesley Buchanan
Realtor
♦WOO Wisconsin An. Wii. 75TS
Small Down Payment
Easy Terms
11 built—S told
before completion
515 Fern Place N.W.
Takemo Park, 0. C.
Beautiful new brick homes in an
excellent neighborhood. Living room
with fireplace, 2 bedrooms, tiled
bath with shower, modem kitchen
with refg. and range. H.-w.h. Pull
basement with paneled recreation
room. Close to Walter Reed Hos
pital. schools, stores and transpor
tation.
Open Sunday and Daily
To Reach: Drive out Georgia Ave.
to Fern St., right 4 bloMts to homes.
For farther information,
call Claud Livingston, Jr.
WM. H. SAUNDERS CO., Inc.
1519 K St. N.W. District 1015
I *
I Your Home
I investment
1 FOREVER
■ SAFEGUARDED
Hi When sou acquire your home
Ht sl,e 1" picturesque Westmore
B land Kills you have purchased
B not only the distinction of a
B fine address, but you -will be
B a property owner in a com
B munity that is permanently
protected by rigid restric
ts tions. Why not select a lovely
B wooded setting for that home
B of your dreams in the peace
B ful. secluded surroundings of
B this garden apot? Lot prices
B are as low as SI,880.
B *
H Drive out Massachusetts
B Ave. to Westmoreland
B Circle and Meld office.
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I LOUGHBOROUGH
jj DEVELOPMENT CORP.
■ 995 15th St. N.W.
■ft NAtionat A370
ft
Home Sites
Beautiful rolling property on winding
drives in the heart of the hunt country
of nearby Maryland within 7 minutes
of 7 country clubs. All sites are »/a acre
or over In
JhlU
which is wisely restricted for JO years
and embraces 050 acres—P3. miles
from Treasury—a Jo-minute drive from
downtown.
Lots, $1,500 Up
To Reach: Drive west on Bradley Boule
vard Sl/2 miles from Wisconsin Avenue.
R. BATES WARREN
NAT. 9452 WIS. 3159
When Paul T. Stone, Inc.
| Builds It for You!!
Look over the many attractive elans
on file in our office—plans that have
proved not only dependable, but
popular as well—and then have our
architect make such changes as you
want before building is begun.
Inepeet—
American University Park
4420 Windom Place N.W.
4 Bedroome—2 Bathe
SSi $12,750
This home offers you those essentials
so vitally necessary in today's com
plex living. Large landscaped
grounds, rear living porch, pine
paneled den on first floor, modern
kitchen, large living room with open
fireplace, bright dining room.
OPEN TODAY AND DAILY
To Reach: Drive out Mass. Ave. to
Jktb St., rioht on itith to Windom,
right on Windom to homes.
Paul T. Stone, Inc.
927 15tk St. N.W. Natl. 0856
Philip E. Tew, Bale*
?!
Reduced $300
706 Gist Ave.
Silver Spring
*6,950
New O-room house, large living room
14x21 with fireplace, dining room,
modern kitchen. bedrooms, tiled
bath, attic, large basement suitable
for recreation room, built-in toilet
in basement: fireproof garage: 10x20
cement side porch. House is screened,
caulked and weatherstripped: con
venient to stores, churches, schools
and transportation.
| Very Easy Terms
Open Daily and Sunday
SPRINGLAWN, Inc.
Hugh Warren, Pres.
Nat. 9452 Hyattsville 92-W
Ellif « |
INSURER 41/0% 1
FINANCING ■ / ^ /ly I
L ★ \ Interest |
NO COMMISSION
on COMPLETED HOMES or CONDI
TIONAL COMMITMENTS
Small Charge for
Construction Loans
W. ERNEST OFFUTT
8116 Wilson Blvd. 1580 K St. N.W.
Arlinrton. Va. Washinrton. D. C.
CH. 3441 RE. 3161
Breuninger's
YORKTOWNE VILLAGE
Open* a New Home at
25 Worthington Drive
It is not by chance that so many 1
fine families have located here.
It is by careful comparison with :
other high-class communities
that they have selected York
towne Village as the ideal en
vironment in which they will
like to live.
Drive out and see for yourself Just
how attractive this new develop
ment is.
j Drtte out Massachusetts Avenue one
. block over the District line to James
town Road, turn right one block
to Worthington Drive.
J£g$reunin$er&Sorts
Astounding Value
in Edgemoor
6811 Exfair Road
Corner Hampden Road and
Exfair Road
A new surprisingly beautiful brick
with six very large rooms, 2 full baths,
breakfast room of large dimensions,
full attic, garage and air-conditioning.
'‘Drive nut Wisconsin Are to Bradley
Dane, turn lett to Glenbrnok Rd then
TlQht to Hampden Lane and two blocks
to home. ’
Phillips & Canby, Inc.
Not. 4600 1012 15th St. N.W.
Cresttooob
AT ROCK CREEK PARK
STONE. LORO A CALDWELL
Developers
1816 UPSHUR ST. N.W.
Furnished by Hutchison's, inc.
Dropes by John Ligon, Inc.
Early American !
Designed in’ the Early American
j tradition, this home enjoys a
setting worthy of its architectuie
It contains it spacious bedrooms,
two beautifully tiled baths. Large
livinR room with fireplace. Dining
room, breakfast room Modem
kitchen, screened-in porch, finished
attic and recreation room. Air
conditioned heat.
Built by H. S. Hovermale
TO REACH—Out lAth St. to Up
shur. Lett to home.
Alto See
1765 Shepherd St. N.W.
PAUL P. STONE
AD. 0653
THE HOMES OF TOMORROW
Near the Great New Airport
Ill"' -I
Overlooking the Beautiful Memorial Boulevard
$|T QQQ 23 S010—M0UNT VERNON PARKWAY HOMES
J t ~ The second of a eroup of <i0 homes in one of the most
ra. beautiful locations around the Nation's Capita! .
_*£5™ ™P»r®»e« Stone and brick construction . 5 and 0 room Air
C3Q Dap Ha conditioned heat. '! or :t bedrooms, colorful ted b.u.i.
■ BI mUs beautiful terraced lot.
Drive out Mt Vernon Boulevard vast WJSV |. 1 4fl£ I fl
towers to our sign—turn right.
Furnished Home Open Daily Until 9 P.M. 1M5 K st D, ai#0 |
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MORTGAGE LOANS
4</2% INTEREST NO COMMISSION
Effective Immediately:
We will receive F. H. A. applications based
on the above lower interest rates, without
any commission, charge. This applies to
construction loans as well as refinancing of
existing properties.
« «
Frederick W. Berens, Inc.
1627 K Strut N.W., Washington, D. C.
Phono National 8280-8281
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