The Washington critic., 1886-02-26
SOME CITY HOMES.
A Number Of Dwellings That Will
Soon be Erected.
ARTISTIC ARCHITECTURE.
The Modified Queen Anne and Eliza
bethan styles Most Popular.

An elegant residence is nearing COM
plction on i street, between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets northwest, for
Mr. J. 7. Bradford of Baltimore The
house will have frontage of twenty
feet and will run back sixty feet. 1t is
three stories in height, with basement.
The front is of pressed and moulded
brick, ornamented by light stone trim
mings. In the basement will be loca.
ted an Office, kitchen, laundry and fur
mace rooms. The first floor will con.
tain double parlors, with q capacious
dinipg.room in the rear accessible by
front and back stairways. The interior
trimmings will be Of oak, cypress and
poplar woods in hard oil and highly
polished. The house has every con.
ceiyable convenience and costs $1,000.
George Emmcrt, jr., Is the architect
and G. V. Trott the builder.
Mr.. G. V. Trott is improving the cor
the erection of six handsome three
story and basement brick dwellings.
Three of the houses will have bay win.
dows extending the entire height. The
houses have frontages eighteen feet
each with depth of fifty feet, and
when completed will cost $50, 900. Geo.
Emmcrt, jr., is the architect.
Lieutenants Richard Wainwright and
William Maxwell Wood, U. s. Navy,
will shortly erect two handsome adjoin.
ing residences on New Hampshire
avenue, near N street northwest. The
houses will be three stories in height
with Easements, with frontage of
twenty one feet each, running back to
depth of thirty.six feet. The mater
ial used, Easements extending to the
elevated first floor, will be of Rock
Creek graystonc, the remainder being
Of selected red brick, which will be re.
lieved with trimmings of gray stone
and terra Gotta. The early English will
be observed in the style of architecture.
The dormer roof will be of pebble
dash with unique double gables. Bay
windows will extend to the roof with
oriel windows, which will be exquisitely
finished in. stained and cathedral glass.
The interior finishing will be of select.
ed North Carolina pine, oiled and
polished. The dining room and parlor
on the second floor will be communi-
eating. Mr. Henry Law, the architect,
is at present engaged in maturing the
plans, and the houses when completed
will cost $4,000 each.
A handsome and attractive three
story and basement residence will
shortly be erected on the vacant lot
on = street, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets northwest, for Mrs.
Caroline Bloomer. The house will
have frontage of 81 feet, with depth
of 40 feet. The material used will
be principally selected red brick and
Rock Creek graystone. A bay window
will extend to the second floor, with
balcony above. The plans have been
completed by Mr.. Henry Law, the
architect, and the work will be COM
menced at once. The residence is to
cost 81, 900.
Mr. Schneider is completing plans
for two elegant residences for Mrs.
Ann Wollard, which are to be erected
ON Nj, near Seventeenth street and
Connecticut avenue northwest, Mt q
cost of $4,000. The houses will be
three stories with basement, of moulded
brick, with terra. a.cotta and brown.
stone finish. The interior finishings
are TO be of hard woods and will con.
sist of all modern improvements. N.
| Eckhardt is the builder.
X street, between Twenty. first and
! Twenty second streets northwest, is to
be improved by the handsome residence
which is shortly to be erected on that
site for Mrs. T. McWilliams. The
| house will be three stories in height,
with basement, and will have front
age of twenty-five feet with depth of
thirty-four feet. A bay-window will
beautify the front to the second floor,
with balcony above. The roof will be
of slate, with gable finish. The house
is to cost $4,000.
Mr.. j. +. Manning, the marble man.
tel manufacturer, has purchased site
at the corner Of Seventeenth and Cor
coran streets, which he proposes to i'm
prove in early spring with a very hand
some three-story and basement brick
and stone residence, to cost $4,000.
Mr.. Schneider is maturing the plans.
Messrs. Bright & Humphreys, the
contractors for the new Army Medical
Museum and National Library build
| ing in course of construction at the
southeast corner of the Smithsonian
grounds, are awaiting orders from
| Colonel T. l.. Casey to resume the work
which was laid Off during winter. The
building will not be completed before
next February.
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