National Republican., 1883-11-10
nEA1 ESTATE MArTERs.
Quite n Number OF Good Sales Reported
A Few Building Notes.

Few Building Notes.
Gust to show how property has increased
in value in the northwestern seotion," said q
prominent real estate dealer to REPUBLICAN
reporter yesterday, you have only to take
the square bounded by Connecticut avenue,
Seventeenth street, l. and M streets About
twenty-five years ago old Mr.. Carusi happened
up there one evening" and found IL was being
sold at auction, and he bought it for $1,000.
Ho held it for some years and sold It
to the Sisters Of the Academy of
the Visitation for $4,000. They sold
the northerly half of il for 100000 and
still had enough on which to build the hand
some convent building Now that is in the
northwest On the other hand, property near
st. Aloysius church which some years ago
was worth from so to 60 cents foot has re-
Gently been sold for II cents Still the pres
ent prices are good, and that shows that tho
boom of last spring was not fictitious"
Among the sales reported yesterday were q
house on N street, between Fourth and Fifth
northwest; one on s, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth; one on Fifteenth, between T and u;
one on T. between Fifteenth and Sixteenth,
and one on X, between Fifth and Sixth, at an
aggregate value of $4,000, by Parker q
Townsend.
Mr. George p. Fisher reports the sale of the
following: House No. 1411 X street north
west for $4,000 to Mr.. Cyrenus Wheeler, of
Us ~ Il
winter; stable just back of the Corcoran
art gallery to Judge Cox, for $1,000; part of
square sos, corner of M and First streets
southwest, TO q. ii. Parker at cents per
foot; two lots on North Carolina avenue, bo-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, Capitol
hill, to B. w. Carpenter at AZ cents per foot;
house No. 1916 Fifth street northwest to
Harry Daily, for $4,000 about twenty acres
of the old Benning's race course at $3.50 per
acre; lot on Hillyer avenue, between
Twentieth aud Twenty-frst streets, to
Miss Eustis at $125 per foot
three houses on Washington street, George
town, to William II. Dougal, for s., 800 each,
and one at the corner of Washington street
and Ohio avenue to G. ii. Cragin for 50, ,050;
lot and half on Massachusetts, avenue,
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets,
to Mrs. ID. w. Wadsworth for $2.25 per foot;
lot on Vermont avenue, between and O
streets, to Mrs, Kate II. Dyer for $1.50 per
foot, and house ON Twenty-first street, be-
tween r and S, TO Admiral Il. Il. Calhoun for
$4,000.
Mr.. Brainard II. Warner has sold to DIR. F
r. Windsor three lots on p street, adjoining
Dupont circle, on which he will build -four
handsome three story houses.
There has been few transactions in subur.
ban property, though some lots ut Mt. Pleas.
ant have been sold. 1t is stated that the
tract of ground recently purchased by Mrs
Dunn on the Columbian road has been plated
in lots, and will soon be placed on the mar
ket.
Commissioner of Patents Butterworth hai
an eye for suburban property, and has beer
looking at several tracts on Columbian
The residence of Mr.. Nicholas Callan, on +
near Fifteenth street, is being remodeled
The front has been turn out, and handsom,
store will be added. This building is an ole
landmark, and in its new dress" will be
great improvement to that locality.
The row of new commission houses on
street, between Ninth and Tenth street
northwest, are nearly completed. 1t is ex
pected that all of them will be occupied be
fore Christmas.
Mr.. Alberto Campbell has made marked i'm.
provements to his establishment under Wash.
ington hail. The partitions have been taker
out, and large dining and billiard rooms added
Among the handsome and extensive i'm
provements which are in progress among the
business houses of this city, and particularly
on Seventh street. that of Mr.. Chas. Baum
4l6 Seventh street. is important and bespeaki
much enterprise. He purchased the lot in
the rear of his present store some time ago
and has nearly completed rear addition
with its frontage on Eighth street. 1t is foul
stories high, 100 feet deep and twenty-sixtl
feet wide, and will be fully occupied in few
days. Mr.. Baum found this addition neces
sary on account of u rapid increase of his bust
ness.
Mr.. d. B. Croft is erecting six handsome
brick dwellings on North Carolina avenue
near Tenth street southeast, which will cos
about $4,000 each.
Mr.. A. Campbell has made great improve
ment in his place of business on Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, which cost about $500.
Mr.. Robert e. Smith is erecting o thre,
story pressed brick front dwelling on Sixth
street, between Pennsylvania avenue and
street southeast, which will cost about $1,000