National Republican., 1883-08-25
REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
Gossip Picked Up from the Dealers as to Recent
Transactions.
New Buildings In Course OF Erection In
Various Sections OF the city.

moderately large and am quite well satls'
fled with them for summer business. In the
first place | sold for Thomas B. Bryan ana
others lots "a to lis, both inclusive. in square
3S7. to Mr.. S. T. q. Morsoll, for S2i,3O3, and
then | sold the same property for the same
amount to Mrs. Matha NJ. Read.
Where is this property locatedY
at fronts ON L street, between Ninth and
Tenth streets southwest"
Anything else2 ~
"Yos / have sold for Mr.. Morsell the fine
house, No. 500 Third street northwest with
lot IL and part of lot 13 in square 53l, to Mr.
George Earle for $17,500, and for Mrs. Martha
M. Read have sold to MIR. Morsell lot 100 in
square PIP, fronting 20 feet on the north side
OF Massachusetts, avenue, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets, and also lot AZ, square
Ill, having n frontage of 90 feet on Nine
teenth street, between @ and Il streets north
west, for $lO,61025."
"What do you think is the outlook for the
fall trader"
Excellent. There is every indication that
the real estate market will be decidedly ac.
tive in the fall"
Messrs. Parker & Townsend, who are hand
ling the suburban property just north OF
Boundary street. on both sides of Fourteenth
street road, report the sale of four lots during
the week at good prices, and Messrs. A. Ls
Barbour 4 Co., who have portion of the old
Stone estate property, report the 0ale ofseveral
lots nearer to Whitney avenue,
Mr. Charles w. Handy reports the sales of
several small houses ranging from $1,000 aud
$500, and also some good transactions in
ground at Mount Pleasant, among them being
600)0 feet to MIR. b. II. Warner for $4,000
He thinks that the traffic in suburban property
will be quite brisk in the fall. In reference
to ground about Judiciary square, it is gon-
orally believed that the placing of the new
pension office building on that square
Mr. Handy, property on q street, i'm
mediately opposite the new building, that
ought to be worth S1.25 per foot was recently
sold at 95 cents. l, however, had bona fide
offer this morning for lot OH Fifth street,
Just beyond + and next to the Norris building,
of 50 per foot, which was refused by the
owners, who will not let it go for less than
1925. The ground on which the Norris
building on the cerneris erected | sold for
$3.50 per foot"
Mr.. b. IL. Warner says that, while he is con-
tinually making small sales, he has made no
large transactions and though the business
is dull, yet there have been more sales this
summer than in any previous year. His
large business in renting houses and looking
after estates intrusted to his care keeps him
busy all the time.
Mr.. Z. A. McIntire reported one sale on
Eleventh street southeast, in Philadelphia
row, for $500, and one on / street. between
He believes that there will be a good fall
trade.
Messrs. Presbrey & Green are making occa-
sional sales in their suburban property for
merly known as the Widows Mite, and
anticipate an active fall trade.
Messrs. Tyler q Rutherford are satisfied
with their business during the summer, and
anticipate good fall trade, and the same may
be said of Messrs. T.. NJ Saunders, Bradley &
Swormstodt, w. P. Young, and others.
Among the improvements going on may be
mentioned fine house being erected on lot
"a, block $50 Of the old Stone estate 1t will
contain all modern conveniences and be fin
ished in the best manner.
Mr. Edmonston, of the firm Of Wilmarth &
Edmonston, on Market space, is having fine
press brick front building erected at No. 1907
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, with Il capa-
cious store on the ground floor. The building
will be four and half stories high, twenty-five
feet front and seventy feet deep. 1t will be a
handsome improvement to the avenue.
Mr.. Edward L. Tippett is erecting u hand
some and convenient sized brick dwelling on
Il, between Sixth and Seventh streets south
east at o cost of $1,000 The front will be
rectangular, with upper and lower bay win
dows The dimensions are 20 feet inches
front, As feet deep, and two stories high, with
all modern improvements and u stable at
tached.
No work has been done upon the new st
Marks p L. church, corner of Third and A
streets southeast, since the foundation was
completed. 1t is expected, however, that
work will be resumed soon.
The basement and first story of Mt JezueI
Colored Baptist church, corner of Fifth and /
streets southeast have been finished. TIL,
building will be n decided improvement Il
that section, and will front the new park (,
be laid off between Fourth and Sixth streets
Work on the new Brent formerly Long
fellow public school building, corner o
Third and ID streets northeast is being rap
idly pushed. 1t will be ready for the inside
work before cold weather.
The Union Transfer company is erecting
commodious and convenient stables on /
street between Thirtcen-and-a-h half and Four
teenth streets northwest The building
front and back will be of brick two storie
high, the front building 20 by 100 feet ant
the rear one 81 by 10 feet. Every stable at
tachmont known to this age will be applie
TO this model building, which is being erecte
by Mr.. Joseph f. Collins, of Georgetown.
WEST WASHINGTON.
Owing to the advance in building material
many persons in this place who contemplate
building this season have been deferred irol
doing So. The houses which have bee
erected, however, are all OF n better elias
than have been built here for many year
and are great improvements To the town. BE
ginning at the eastern end of the cit
there is II row of. comfortable four room an
cellar houses, on Pennsylvania avenue, be
tween Twenty and Twenty eight
streets, occupying nearly the entire front G
the square,
On ,, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth streets, Mr. Thomas Watkins is buildn
two story rick house, TO cost about $1,000
Peter Vessels is doing the work.
On Twenty. eighth street, between o and l
Mr.. Barton Fisher has nearly completed
three story. press brick front house, 20 by
feet at u cost of about $4,000. The two uppe
stories are to be used as society halls, and tn
lower floor rs Il store The building is fitte
throughout with all modern Improvement
the walls and ceilings being handsomely ka
BOmined.
Mr.. r. Powell Hess, the contractor vii
turn over about the first proXimo TO th
trustees Of the Linthicum estate the tou
large houses recently erected for them b
him on the corner OF aud Twenty y-nint
streets These houses are three stories i
height, with basement, and are n feet from
with depth of 50 feet. They have presse
brick fronts, bay windows to first story, OK
cept the corner house, which has circula
tower carried to above the level of the mai
cornicc. The interiors are finished in natura
woods and furnished with all the latest cor
veniences. There are large porches to tn
back of the first and second stories. The
cost about 100000
On Twenty ninth, near Q street, Mr.. Henr
Dickson is having built three handsome tw
story and basement press brick decorated iron
houses, to be fitted and furnished in the mos
modern style, at a cost of about $4,000. Jo