Evening star. [volume], May 29, 1948, Image 12

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WILLIAMSBURG IN GEORGETOWN—Taken from a corner of the garden, this picture shows
1644 Avon place N.W. on the left and a portion of 1642 on the right. The builder Is a 29-year
old World War II veteran.
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"Little Williamsburg' Built in Georgetown
On Half-Acre Knoll by War Veteran Pilot
By Malcolm Lamborne, Jr.
A bit of oM Williamsburg—
employing 1948 materials—has
risen on a half-acre vacant lot in
the heart of Georgetown.
It may come as a surprise,
particularly to Georgetown resi
dents, to learn there's enough
land in their midst to construct
tw'o five-bedroom, four-and-one
half-bath detached homes and
still have enough land left over
for spacious gardens and play
area for youngsters.
The pair of attractive homes
Is located on a knoll at 1642 and
1644 Avon place, just off Thirty
first and R streets N.W. They
were sold recently to a Wash
ington resident.
The builder-contractor Is 29- ,
year-old Lloyd Salyer, a World
War II pilot with the 15th Air
Force, who started in the busi
ness before the war with his
father, the late Josuah Franklin
Salyer.
cially made, cost $50 apiece. Wil
liamsburg reproduction wallpaper
was purchased from a New York
concern. Roofing is of Vermont
slate. Plumbing, guttering and i
downspouts are all copper.
Inusual Doorways.
Both homes have unusual ;
doorways, the work of Mr. Lap- 1
lsh. A small window within the 1
the framework of the door jamb ;
but to the side of the door Itself
is designed to throw light on the
staircase inside the hall.
At least two marked depar
tures from the traditional are
two-car garages, one detached
and the other built into the
basement, and modem gas heat
and air conditioning units. The
latter cost $4,000 apiece.
When costs were all added up.
Mr. Salyer found his little idea
had cost him $40,000 per house,
including land.
‘Tve learned plenty in the last
year,” he commented this week.
"Among other things, I’ve learned
that if you want the authentic
in period architecture, you had
better wait until prices are lower.” ;
Meanwhile, what is the young
contractor doing?
Well, he’s busy building four i
3-bedroom houses in the Foxhall
road area. The price? Some
where around $20,000, he'll tell
you with a knowing look in the
direction of his "little Williams
burg.”
Marieo v>un Kemooeiing.
When the fighting was over, the
younger Salyer started remodel
ing Georgetown houses. But,
after a year-and-a-half of this
work—during which time he said
he found "little authenticity in
what I was doing"—Mr. Salyer
decided "to try the real thing.”
That was building a pair of
homes embodying, wherever pos
sible, the material and handiwork
that went into the Colonial struc
tures in Williamsburg.
He called in the late Joe Harry
Lapish as architect, purchased
the lots at a total cost of $10,000
and went to work on his pet
project.
Hand-made bricks were ordered
from a concern in New Oxford,
Pa. They cost $75 per 1,000, as
against standard brick of $32
per 1,000. And there was special
millwork — mantlepieces. book
cases, window and door trim,
stair work and cornices—all de
signed by Mr. Lapish.
Little things like reproduction
of Colonial door latches, espe
First Aid
For the House
By Roger C. Whitman
Question: Our house has an old-'
type wooden shingle roof. The
shingles do not look is if they had
had any finish on them for a long
time; they have a weatherbeaten,
worn look, and I'm afraid that
without any finish they will deteri
orate rapidly. Can you suggest a
good waterproof finish and an easy
method of aplying such a finish to
a steep, gabled roof?
Answer: Do not use paint on the
roof, for it would be unsuitable. You
can treat the shingles with a good
qualfty creosote shingle stain, to be j
had from a paint dealer. Or you’
can mix a shingle stain, at home,
using 4 gallons of raw linseed oil,
2 gallons of coal-tar creosote oil, I
and 1 gallon of Japan drier. This
can be tinted with color-in-oil, |
mixed with linseed oil to the con
sistency of paint. The creosote will
give a rather dark color to the
shingles. If you are unaccustomed
to working on a roof I advise you
to have an experienced workman do
the job.
Question. Our front room Is fin
ished in knotty pine. It's very dirty.
How can I clean and refinish it?
All that's ever been put on it is
one coat of clear shellac.
Answer: To clean the wood, wipe
it with cloth dampened with de
natured alcohol. To refinish it you
can either aply another coat of the
shame shellac, or else finish with
several very thin coats of paste wax,
letting each one dry hard, then pol
ishing before applying the next one.
An alternative would be to use one
Plantation House Sold
To Virginia Contractor
Upper Brandon, historic ^planta
tion house on the James River, has
been sold to Harry C. Thompson, a
Hopewell (Va.l contractor, accord
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The property’s 2,200 acres are
part of a land grant made by James
[ of England in 1616 to John
Martin, who came to Virginia with
"apt. John Smith.
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New York September 22 to 24.
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N.W.. has been admitted to mem
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Permits for Week
Drops to $562,500
Building permits issued by Robert
H. Davis, District inspections direc
tor, during the past week dropped
to $562,500 in valuation or roughly'
half of last week's.
A $300,000 apartment project was
the largest approved by the city.
Two apartments, totaling 75 units,
are planned by a group headed by
Morris Rodman of the Bond Build
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They are to be 'built in the 300
block of Livingston terrace S.E.
George T. Santmyers is the
architect.
Permits valued at $10,000 or more
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Alvin T. Basford. owner, builder »nd
Architect. 624 Ogelthorpe street N.W.: to
erect, one 1-story brick and cinder-block
dwelling. 1310 Roxanna road N.W.; to
cost $10,000.
Morris Rodman et al., owners, Bond
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builder, Bond Building; George T. Sant
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erect one 2 and 3 story brick and cinder
block apartment, 33 uni's, 300-2-4 Living
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Morris Rodman et al., owners; Wert
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T. Santmyers, architect; to erect one 2
and 3 .story brick and cinder-block apart
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terrace S.E.: to cost $168,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Etclson, owner,
1215 Emerson street N.W.: Harry Rosen
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Harry A. Brandt. Architect, 6211 Thir
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brick end cinder block and frame dwell
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Mrs. M. T. Rogers, owner. Bluefleld,
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2001 Eleventh street N.W.; to erect one
1-story brick and cinder-block dweling,
1300 Lawrence street N.E.; to cost $10,
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Michael Sesso. owner and builder, 3414
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The attractive doorway is the work of the late Joe Harry '
Lapish, who designed both homes.
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This is the view as you approach the knoll, with 1642 on the left and 1644 Avon place on
the right. Such details as handmade brick wept into their building.
—Star Staff Photos by Randolph Routt.
Head of Bed Cabinet,
Planned for Comfort,
Is Easy to Hake
New Dwellings i
Under FHA Set
New dwelling units started
throughout the country under Fed
eral Housing Administration inspec
tion reached an alltime high in
April, FHA Commissioner Franklin
D. Richards disclosed today.
The total was 35,555 units, which
exceeds the March volume of 30.122
units by 18 per cent. The previous
record of 30,386 starts was set last
October.
Mr. Richards said the total repre
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farm dwelling units started during
April.
Jegun in April
35,555 Record
the public housing provisions left out
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Move to Force Out BUI.
Representative Javits. Republican,
of New York, author of the House
bill, called this week for the com
mittee to let House members know
whether it will act before adjourn
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Otherwise, Mr. Javits declared,
many members will seek to have the
bill discharged from committee by
petition.
Already there are about 120 sig
natures on a discharge petition,
ivhich requires 218 names before
-he House may act independent of
its Banking Committee.
By W. Wadsworth Wood
A cabinet at the head of your bed
can be a great convenience when it j
is properly designed.
The small unit is very easy to
make and has been, designed to fur
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It holds a reading light, a radio,
books and the telephone. All within
easy reach of the occupant of the
bed. ,
The cabinet is made by cutting
two side pieces of 8-inch shelving,
each 38 inches high, and cutting an-1
other piece 40 inches long to make
the top. A shelf is set in about 10
inches below the top.
A sheet of plywood is then cut
to cover the front of the cabinet and
is cut out so as to leave an open
ing for the radio and for the books
as shown by the illustration. Nar
row strips of molding are tacked to
the front below the bookholes as
a decorative feature, but are not es
sential as a convenience. A small
light is set inside the radio open
ing or a lamp is set on the top of
the cabinet with the telephone.
The cabinet can be painted to
match the walls or the furniture
or may be in a becoming contrast
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104,698 In 4 Months.
For the first four months of this
year, new residential construction
begun amounted to 104,698 units,
which is considerably more than
twice the total for the same period
last year—42,032 units.
The FHA chief noted that eight
out of nine dwellings started under
Government inspection this year are
being financed under the veterans
emergency housing provisions of the
National Housing Act.
Meanwhile, the House Banking
Committee which began hearings
May 3 on a companion measure to
the Taft-Ellender-Wagner long
range housing bill will settle down
next week for more testimony.
Opponents of the bill were heard
this week and will be heard again
next week.
A committee aide said it may be
possible to wind up hearings June
7, after which the committee would
go into executive session to decide
what to do with the controversial
bill. GOP House leaders have in
formed Senator Taft that they want
District Rental
Housing Picture
The District Housing Center re
ceived 340 new applications for
housing during the past week. In
the same period, 85 dwelling unit*
and 69 rooms were added to the
center's registry. Housed in new
orivate units during the week were
205 families, while another 70 were
accommodated in existing dwellings.
Applications were as follows:
New appli- Re-appli
cations. cations. Total.
Just arrived in
Washington 67 4 61
Separated from
family 45 « 61
Unreasonable dis
tance to com
mute _ 5 16
Evictions _ 46 12 68
Desire to move
from publlo hous
ing i 1 0 1
’resent housing
inadeqate _186 110 SO*
Totals_ 340 133 473
The arrangement shown here is,
for a single bed, but by changing;
the length measurement it may be;
built to accommodate twin beds or;
a double bed. The sections below
the bookholes may be cut out and
fitted to accommodate a water bot
tle and glass or any other articles
the owner wishes to have at hand.
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