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REAL ESTATE AND RADIO WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1948 CLASSIFIED ADS
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Building Permits
Rise in Week
To $1,105,550
50-Unit Apartment
And 34 Dwellings
Among Projects
A sharp rise in valuation of build
ing permits issued by the District
in the past week was disclosed
today by Inspections Director Rob
ert H. Davis. The total was $1,105,
550.
This was more than double last,
week's authorizations of $492,628.
And not since the week ended April
10 has there been a larger total.
At that time, the figure was $1,529,
095.
Largest single approval was for a
$209,100 housing development of 34
dwellings to be built in the 5000
block of Forty-fourth street N.E.
bv Steuart Bros., Inc. The architect
is John D. Cobb.
50-Unit Apartment.
Very close to the Steuart project
was a $200,000 authorization for
construction of a 50-unit apartment
at 3025 Ontario road N.W. by Meyer
Siegel. Leon Brown is the designer.
Thirteen homes, to be built at a
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70 New Members
Make Home Builders
Unit 4th Largest
Seventy new members have
joined the Washington Home
Builders’ Association since the
first of the year, according to
J. Garrett Beitzell, chairman of
the membership committee.
This brings the membership
to around 400 and makes the
Washington group the fourth
largest in the United States.
cost of $140,000, are planned by R. J.
Mazza Development Co. in the 4200
block of River road and Brandy
wine street and 4500 block of Forty- j
second street N.W. J. P. Fitzsim- l
mons is the architect.
Permits with a value of $10,000 or
more were:
The C & P. Tele Co. owner, 72ft
Thirteenth street N W . Prescott Con
struction Co. Inc. builder and architect;
to replace wood sprinkler tank with steel
tank. Jill North Capitol street;, to cost
$10,000.
J. & S. Construction Co.. Inc , owner
and builder, J 220 Emerson st. nw; Nor
inan Kertman, architect, 917 Fifteenth
street N.W.; to erect one 2-story brick1
and cinder-block dwelling. 1224 Emerson
atreet N.W.; to cost $15,000.
Chamberlin-Free Co., owner and builder,
Kenwood, Md.; H. G. Free, architect.
Kenwood; to erect eight 2-story masonry
frame dwellings. .3301 through 3.321 j
Twenty-second street S.E ; to cost $64,000.
$50,000 Warehouse.
Kern Distributing Co., Inc., owner. 519
Colorado Bldg.; Victor R. Beauchamp
builder. 6837 Fourth street NW.; Homer
J Smith, architect, 427 Bond Bldg.; to
erect one J-story masonry and steel
warehouse. 2600 Ninth street N.E.; to
cost .$50,000.
Allen C. Minnix, jr., owner and builder,
216 C street N.W.; H. Clay Ashby, archi
tect, Silver Spring. Md.; to erect one 2-i
story brick dwelling. 4930 Thirtieth street
N.W.; to cost $20,000.
J &z S Construction Co., Inc., owner
and builder. 2104 Pennsylvania avenue
n w.: Daumit & Sargent, architects. 4132
Arkansas avenue N.W : to erect one 2- i
story brick, stone and frame dwelling.
J 622 Juniper street N.W : to cost $20,000. ;
Edward H. Lawson, owner. 2717 Elev
enth street N.W ; builder not selected;
Evan J Conner, architect, 927 Fifteenth
street N.W : to erect one two-story brick
dwelling, 3050 University terrace N.W.,
to cost $10,000. «
Muhleman A: Kayhoe, Inc., owner, 2300
Connecticut avenue N.W., Otis Elevator
Co . builder and architect. 810 Eighteenth
street N.W.; to install two electric pas-1
eonger elevators. 2300 Connecticut avenue
N W : to cost $44,510.
Miller Furniture Co., owner. Eighth and
Pennsylvania avenue S E.; Otis Elevator
Co , builder and ardhifect; to install elec
tric passenger elevator. Eighth and Penn
sylvania avenue S.E to cost $16,940.
20 Two-Story Dwellings.
Chamberlin Ar Pessagno Construction
Co . owner and builder. 109 Danbury street
fi \V ; George T. Santmyer. architect. 2309
L street N.W.; to erect 20 two-story brick
• nd cinder-block dwellings. 8.3 to 139
Elmira street S.W : to cost $100,000. j
John C. Phillips, owner and builder. 859 j
Van Buren street N.W.. M. Hallett. archi- ;
feet. 6525 Pinev Branch rd. nw.;to erect,
♦tne one-story brick and cinder-block dwell
ing. 6748 Second street N.W.; to cost
$10,000.
J A. Jacobs, owner. 2730 Chesapeake
gtreet N.W.; H Berenter. builder. 3013
Fourteenth street N.W ; Marcus
• architect. 6525 Piney Branch road N W.;
to erect one one-story stone and cinder
block dwelling, addition. 2730 Chesapeake
■treet N.W.: to cost $10,000.
Woodridge Co.. Milton Diener, owner.
1331 Twenty-second street N.W.: Milton
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HAMPSHIRE GARDENS APARTMENTS—This 102-unit co-oper
ative apartment development soon will be marking its 19th
anniversary. It is a pioneer planned community, built with
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private funds for Federal workers. About 60 per cent of the
original "settlers” still live there.
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Home Builders Offer
Prizes for Plans for
’Ideal Neighborhood’
A Nation-wide contest designed to
find plans for "an ideal neighbor
hood'’ was disclosed today by the
National Association of Home
Builders.
It null be directed by the associa
tion's Community Development and
Shopping Center Committee, with
William P. Atkinson, Oklahoma City i
builder, as chairman.
Three national and three regional
awards are being offered in each of
five classes with additional honor
able mentions. Winning plans will
be displayed at the association's ex-.
position in Chicago next February.
Awards will be made for; <l)j
The best small groups of single fam
ily homes under 50 units, with em
phasis on economy housing; (2i |
best single family group over 50;
units, also with economy emphasis;;
13) best residential community, (4)
best garden apartment of multiple
gtoup and (5) best suburban shop
ping center.
Judgments will be based, the com- j
mittee said, on such factors as in
genuity, soundness of design, con
sumer appeal and construction.
The national awards committee
is made up of leaders in land and
community development, headed by;
J. C. Nichols of Kansas City, Mo. j
Entries must be mailed to various
regional offices Of the association by!
November 1. Locally, entries would
go to the Washington unit, 426 In- i
vestment Building.
900,000 Dwelling Units Built
The building industry has con
structed 250,000 new non-residential
buildings and nearly 900,000 dwell
ing units during the last year, ac
cording to a survey of the Construc
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Apartment Co-op Built in' WHas
Still Going Strong After 19 Y ears
By Malcolm Lamborne, Jr.
Washington's pioneer co-opera
tive apartment community is still
a going concern nearly 19 years
after it was built in what was then
virtually wilderness.
First resident of Hampshire
Gardens Apartments, bounded by
New Hampshire avenue, Third,
Emerson and Farragut streets, went
to bed to the baying of hounds on
a nearby farm.
Since then the city has spilled
out in all directions, leaving the
102-unit, privately-financed, de
velopment a vine-covered island in
the midst of numerous row homes.
Today, about 60 per cent of the
original purchasers remain in the
development.
Hampshire Gardens Is a monu
ment to one of its long-time resi
dents, Edmund J. Flynn, a leading
figure here in apartment co-ops for
over 25 years.
Once Called “Flynn’s Folly.”
When work began on the project,
which cast close to $500,000, it was
called “Flynn's Folly” by some who
saw no future in building apart
ments that people could call their
own.
It had been planned originally to
expand the project to take in 56
acres and to afford a completely
self-sustaining community. But the
crash of 1929 and resultant lack of
investment money put a stop to Mr.
Flynn’s ambitious plans. In its
stead he completed the present gar
dens and concentrated on forming1
co-ops in existing apartment build-1
ings here.
Hampshire Gardens, which was
designed to afford middle-income
Federal workers with housing at a
price they could afford, ante-dated
New Deal housing programs by a
good five years.
Only One Foreclosure,
Attractive apartments of from one *
to three bedrooms sold originally
from $4,500 to $8,900, with down
payments ranging from $675 to $1,
335 and total monthly payments
from $41.70 to $74.75. At first,
owners paid 5 per cent on their
trusts, but later as the success of
the development became apparent,
loans were found for as low as 3',4
per cent.
Herbert J. Eddy, president of the
corporation for over 16 years and
one of its first residents, is proud of
the co-op’s record. In more than
18 years, there has been only one
foreclosure, and that resulted from
the death of an owner.
"We have tried to operate the
corporation on a sound basis at
the lowest possible cost to the mem
bers, and I believe we have suc
ceeded,” he said recently. Mr. Ed
dy has served without compensation
as president of the co-op.
Mr. Flynn has some advice for
jjersons interested in forming an
(See LAMBORNE, Page B-2.) !
Insurance Totals
12i Billion on FHA's
14th Anniversary
The Federal Housing Administra
tion, marking its 14th anniversary
tomorrow, has insured over $12,500,
000,000 of mortgage and property
improvement loans during its exist
ence, Commissioner Franklin D.
Richards announced today.
The agency has built up more
than $176,000,000 in the net worth
of its insurance funds and paid out
more than $8,000,000 in dividends to
borrowers who have paid off loans,
Mr. Richards estimated.
Indicative of the big postwar
building boom, FHA noted that the
last 12 months have been the largest
volume period in its history. Over
$2,700,000,000 worth of insurance has
been written in this time.
Of this total, some $550,000,000
involved small home mortgages in
sured under Title II of the National
Housing Act, which is a long-range
insurance program, the official said.
“One point should be made en
tirely clear. FHA does not and will
(See FHA, Page B-2.)
Brick Output Hits High
Brick production in the United
States reached a postwar high dur
ing May of 541,000.000 bricks, ac
cording to the Structural Clay
Products Institute. This was 31 per
cent of the total for May last year.
Correct Placing of the Garage
Adds to Beauty of a Home
Entrance at Rear
Often Improves
Lines of House
By Wadsworth Wood
Owing to the present high cost of
building a house, many of the small
homes recently constructed have
been built without garages.
In many instances the garage has
been built later and without too
much regard for the effect it has on
the appearance of the house.
There is nothing particularly good
looking about the gaping door of the
average garage, and aside from that
fact, the exposed interior is usually
quite disorderly with garden tools
and discarded household equipment.
The garage illustrated faces the
street or road, and is attached to the
house by a breezeway. Even though
the door were closed, the effect does
not improve the appearance of the
house.
It would be better to have the door
face the side of the building plot
even though the breezeway had to
be eliminated. Where there is suf
ficient ground available, it would be
better yet to have the garage en
trance at the rear, and placing a
window in the wall facing the street
which would match the windows of
the house.
Without additional cost, the aver
age homeowner likes his house to
look as large as possible. It may be
noted by the illustration, that if
the garage roof ran parallel with
the house roof, that the whole as
sembly would appear larger than
though the garage roof was at right
angles as shown.
This is simply an application of
the old architectural rule that con
tinued horizontal lines lend length
to a house while a break in the lines
; fore-shorten the building.
Many homes which are actually
smalj, appear large when the garage
is extended from one side and a
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First Aid
For Houses
By Roger C. Whitman
Question: My home was shingled
last fall with a predipped brown
shingle. After the job was com
pleted, I decided the shingles needed
an additional coat of stain and, on
the advice of a friend, stained It
myself with one coat of a prepared
creosote stain which I mixed 50-50
with linseed oil, with burnt umber
added for coloring. The shingles
looked fine after being done, but now
appear streaked and bare. Would
you advise an additional coat of
the same mixture, or would another
kind of paint or stain be required
to give the shingles a good finish?
Answer: If you bought a prepared
shingle stain, I do not understand
why you changed the formula. I
suggest that you either give the
shingles another coat of the stain,
leaving it the way the manufacturer
made it, or else apply the following
mixture: 4 gallons raw linseed oil,
2 gallons coal-tar creosote oil, and
1 gallon Japan drier. If the color
is not brown enough, add burnt
umber-in-oil to the mixture.
Repairs for Basement Brick.
Question: My home has a partial
basement with a brick foundation.
In a few places the bricks have come
loose and fallen out. I would like
to repair these places and put a
cement or stucco finish on the sur
face of the entire brick foundation.
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screened or glassed-in porch ex
tended from the other side.
The garage should not be jammed
up against the house at any angle
or in any position without due con
sideration to the effect. It will cost
no more to have it correctly placed
and to the best advantage archi
tecturally.
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Burglar Alarms Now
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The need for some forms of pro
tection for occupants of the home
is greater today than it ever has
been. Numerous accounts appear
daily in newspapers relating stories
of robberies, kidnapings and other
crimes which were committed by
prowlers who forced their way into
homes. It is estimated that the
average home has from five to a
dozen or more "danger zones”
through which prowlers can find
easy entrance.
A new home burglar alarm which
fills this urgent need has just been
placed on the market. Radically
different from any other device
in this field, this new alarm re
quires no wiring, batteries, costly
installation nor repairs and is non
electrical. It uses a spring mechan
ism, similar to that of a clock, to
sound the alarm. Each window or
door where protection is desired
takes a separate alarm unit.
To operate, this burglar alarm
unit is attached to a door jamb or
middle cross-piece of a conventional
two-sash window, with the bumper
arm protruding in such a way that
when the door or window is opened
a loud, clear, penetrating ring will
result.
The bumper arm which trips the
alarm has three neutral positions,
corresponding to 9, 12 and 3 o'clock
on a watch dial. It is set in neutral
for winding. During the time in
which one does not wish this burg
lar alarm to operate, the bumper
alarm may be swung to the op
posite side, permitting free use of
the door or window where it is
installed. One important feature
of this alarm is that it may be set
to operate on a window in any
desired position—closed, partially
opened from the bottom or from the
top.
A set of simple instructions comes
with each alarm and shows exactly
how this can be done. Only two
screws are needed to quickly mount
the unit in place. The alarm unit
cost is very reasonable.
Once-Over Oil Faint.
Quick-change artists in the home
tenants who wish to have more
congenial surroundings, and land
lords whose last tenants left their
faded picture halos on the wall,
will be pleased to learn of a useful
paint recently made available.
"Once over lightly” with this new
(See <GADGETS, PageB-2.)
90% of HOLC
Loans Paid Up in
Past 15 Years
Small Profit Seen
As Agency Speeds
Its Own Retirement
The 15-year-old Home Owners'
Loan Corp. announced today it has
liquidated nearly 90 per cent of its
$3,500,000,000 investment in past due
mortgages and expects to be en
tirely out of the red within a year.
William K. Divers, chairman of
Home Loan Bank Board, declared
in a statement that current oper
ating figures indicate that at final
liquidation HOLC will be able to
return its $200,000,000 of initial
capital to the Treasury and close
its books with a- small profit.
The agency also announced plans
"to speed its* own retirement from
the Government scene” by stimu
lating the repayment in full of the
smaller loan balances on its books.
Mr. Divers noted that, up to April
30, the cumulative investment of
the corporation in its loans, amount
ing to $3,494,645,000 had been re
duced by monthly collections and
sales of homes to about $444,000,
000, or by 87 per cent.
"The 1,017,821 mortgages origi
nally made by the corporation have
been reduced to 294,022 through the
repayment in full of some 710.000
loans ahead of maturity,” the of
ficial said. Those include both
original loans and the accounts of
purchasers of HOLC-owned houses.*
He estimated that, through the
salvage work of HOLC, which was
authorized with President Roose
velt’s signature on the Home
Owners’ Loan Act on June 13, 1933,
about 820,000 home-owners were
able to avert loss of their prop
erties by foreclosure.
To step up agency liquidation,
HOLC is asking some 40,000 of its
mortgage holders with balances of
only a few hundred dollars to pay
off their accounts in full.
This arrangement also will aid
HOLC in reducing its operating ex
penses further, Mr. Divers said.
The corporation’s 11 regional of
fices have been closed in recent
years. On June 1 there were 593
employes in the agency as com
pared with 1,750 on June 30, 1945
and 10.000 in 1940.
At the peak of its activities in
1934, HOLC numbered 21,000, work
ing out of 458 offices throughout
the country.
District Rental
Housing Picture
Applications for housing received
by the District Housing Center In
the last week amounted to 522, the
agency estimated today. In that
time, 65 dwelling units and 144
rooms were listed for rent. Seventy
live families were accommodated in
existing dwellings.
Applications were broken down aa
follows:
Nf* APDll- Rt&pplJca
, „ cations. tions. Total.
Just arrived 1 n
Washington 64 9 99
Separated from
family _ 63 9 §0
U n r e a s onable
d 1 s t ance to
commute_ 2 0 1
Evictions _ 36 13 49
Desire to move
from public
housing 0 9 9
Present housing
inadequate_ 230 123 363
Totals „___-~374 148 629
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