Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-10

by MI. GU. HHiyer on s1st street, between O
and streets, are now being rooted tn. These
are each 221k by IS feet, three stories high with
basement, and win cost about Ell, 600.
Judge Advocate General Swain Is contemp-
lating the erection of . fine suburban residence
on 18th street road, north OF Columbia college,
where from 1900 to els, 600.
The unique residence which Gen. Anderson, a
wealthy citizen ct Cincinnati, is erecting at the
corner OF 10th and X streets is nearing compile
ton. The work has not been done hastily and
the building when finished will be one of the
| most solid structures ever erected In this city,
The basement walls are % inches thick and from
that to the top the walls are Is inches thick,
while the inner walls are IA inches. The wood
work In completing the first floor win alone cost
$4,000 The walls and ceilings of the two
| outer vestibules and that Of the inner hall,
whence the main staircase goes up, will
| be paneled in oak. The dining room
| will be finished In mahogany. and the parlor in
pine. The wood carving will be elaborate and
from original designs. Instead Of terra Gotta
| ornamentatlon on the outside walls, various de-
signs have been carved on the bricks by artists
from Boston, at a cost Of 500. Several hand
| some mosaic glass windows will be put in at the
mead OF the grand staircase and other places,
the windows costing about $3.50 apiece The
entire cost of the building will be eco, 900.
Charles EdmonstOn is the builder.
The new residence which is being erected by
MIS- Admiral Rodgers on N street, between 18th
and 18th. will be finished about the middle of
the summer. 1t will be very elegant and COM
mOdious house, the cost being $4,000
Mr. Hubbard. the president of the Bell Tele-
phone Co.. who bought the residence formerly
occupied by VIM. M. Gait, on Connecticut ave-
| nue.. facing Dupont circle. has about completed
| the improvements and alterations. The resi-
dence is now one of the most convenient and COM
pete In the city. The interiors of some of the
rooms are very striking. One called the bronze
! room has the walls covered with paper which
has the design of flowers and vines beaten out
| in relief. The color is bronze.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. the inventor of
the telephone, who has recently taken posses
sion OF the Broadhead house. is furnishing it in
TEN of electrical wires and bells, that connect
every door and window in the house with
! room which he calls his central office. An indi-
Gator IN that room shows instantly when ever
a door is opened or shut. If it is only partially
opened, that fact is indicated By glance at the
electric dial he can tell exactly whether the
doors are open or shut. At night it would be
| Impossible for any one to enter the house with
out having his presence announced by the bells.
Mr.. John Sherman, the real estate agent. has
completed the handsome row of houses on 18th
| street. south of Massachusetts, avenue. One of
| these houses, with front of 40 feet and side
| yard has been sold to Gen. Rochester. the pay
| master general of the army, for $4,000. The
HeAI oHc HAS Dcen SOLO 10 COI LelDer, Inc
| assistant judge advocate of the army.
for S14, OO0 This row presents a very elegant
appearance, and is built in solid and substan-
| tial manner. with the Introduction Of whatever
| IN modern ideas OF architecture and interior
finish that tends to the comfort and elegance of
home. The two houses. built by the same
gentleman, on Massachusetts, avenue, near 14th
street, have been sold to Capt. McCann, U.SN
and Mrs. Bradford. of Cincinnati, for 80 500
each.
THE PORTLAND FLATS EXTENSION
The details Of the extension which will be
added to the Portland Flats" given below,
will give some idea Of the improvement which
| is contemplated. Messrs. Cluss l. Schultz are
| the architects. 1t will be of the same height as
the present building. The size of ground plan
| Ito feet on 18th street by 1O7 feet on Vermont
| avenue, the average width Of lot being So feet
The height of building from sidewalk to the
| highest point of roof will be 81 feet The ma
terial of foundation will be concrete; thickness
| of external walls. 81 inches; first story. II
inches; SECOND story, II; third do, II inches;
fourth fifth and sixth Stories Ii inches in thick
| ness. The party walls will be solid: the mate
rial for front, press and moulded brick;
| mansard fiat roof: cornices. galvanized iron
! An additional passenger elevator will be
constructed In tllis addition, running from the
basement to the sixth story. all fire proof by
brick and with iron doors. 1t will be heated by
| steam. There will be six square cut corner bay
| windows, each SO feet high, with width of
Ia feet, and feet projection. At the sharp an
gie at the Intersection of Vermont avenue with
18th street there is to be tower 1O8 feet high
inside width IA feet, including the projections.
which will be 5 feet. The tower will have orna-
mented columns on the first floor pOrches, one
on the extreme end and one on each side, and
above these several pOrches will be succession
Of balconies up the entire height of the tower
| on each floor. The whole thing completed will
make probably the most ornamental and con-
spicuOus building of this kind in the city. 1t
will cost 81, 600. Messrs. Bright Humpf-
| work. and David T. Cissell the brick work;
Messrs. White Il Oyerman the galvanized iron
work. The rest will be given out by contract to
branches of the respective trades.
NINTH-sTREET IMPROVEMENT
An important Improvement will begin about
March LIT on 9th street by replacing the four
one-story frame buildings, numbering 418 to
424, and extending from Boyd's hardware store
to Jarvis confectionery store, by handsome
ana substantial brick row Of three stories
Gray & Page the architects, have prepared for
the owner of the property, Mr.. NJ w. Beveridge,
plans which contemplate brick building
| three stories high, with handsome deco
rated front, the brick work to be carved in
| accordance with original designs The stores
will have large cellars, with vaults extend
ing under the pavement On the first floor
VIII W LnFee cOImOQlOuS Stores one OF
which will be occupied by Hayward & Hutchin-
son. the plumbers and gas-ftters. The upper
floors will be fitted up for offices and apart
ments. The cost of this improvement, which
will add greatly to the appearance of the street.
Is $4,000 Mr.. W. C. Morrison is the builder.
The work on the Garfield memorial church
has SO far advanced that the interior is now
ready for plastering. The steeple is completed
and also the front Of the building, and as soon
as the weather permits operations will be re-
sumed and it is expected to have the church
completed by June first.
THE METROPOLITAN CLUB HOUSE.
The building which the Metropolitan Club has
erected for its own use, at the corner of 18th
and H streets, Is completed as far as the outside
is concerned. The interior work, it is thought.
will be finished early in the summer, and the
building will then be ready for occupancy. The
erection of this building marks an epoch in the
growth Of CLUB life" Of this city. which indi-
Gates, in some respects the changes in the social
posed Of gentlemen exclusively. occupying
quarters solely devoted to their own uses, have
never succeeded in attaining q very strong
hold here The metropolitan club has