Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-21
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP.
The Apartment House Plan and NeA.
crate Rents.

rHk coREAN EMBASSY KENr A HoCsE-oSK or TIE
FAMOUS HOTELS or THE CITY, LARGE NrNsER OF
HOUSES 10 Be EREcTED-ISvEsyNkNrs ACROSS THE
RIVER
the suggestion, recently made In THE STAR In
the interest OF comfortable living for people OF
moderate Incomes that buildings should be
erected with apartments tn at can be leased AZ
low rental, has eliciIed some comment man.
VINO Is an extensive builder OF houses, said 20 q
SrAs reporter that house only three stories high
with each story arranged as q naI would
undoubtedly prove Q good Investment "There is
an objection. however" he observed TO houses OF
THIS KIND AL the tenants would be compelled to
use the same staircase and hall People would be
apt 70 hnd fauit with such an arrangement and
the property would probably degenerate into an
ordinary tenement house. Run up such q house
Two or three stories place elevator I'm the
building, ana the would proye 10 he yerv
prom able. believe that you will see buildings az
Lhls character erected here In the near future.
There Is great held for them" The opinion was
exp ressed by other men OF experience with " nom
STAR reporter talked. that the apartment house
10 certain extent, was the solution or the cheap
rent question They were unanimous In the be-
lief that capi,a al could be invested in this way
which would yield a large percentage upon the
money exp nded.
Tus coREANs EMBASSY HOME IN rms CITY.
The Corean embassy are "at home now. They
have rented the house 1918 o street northwest
ana have furnished II In American style They
are very pleasantly located In fashionable neigh
oorhood near Scott Circle, and they viii have an
opportunity OF studying the domestic lite OF their
neignoors They have already some idea O, the
cost OF living In this country. They had expected
{, rent furnished house and they also had con-
cluded TO pay as much as 81 900 a year IL was
not long before they discovered that even thar
sum could not procure the appointments which
the home OF The represent ,tves a foreign nation
should have. SO tney concluded 10 rent an unfur-
nished house. They pay $50 a month.
EIGBTEEN NEW HoUsEs
An extensive improvement is contaminated in
Corcoran street. Mr.. I. F. schneider has purchased
through Thomas J. Fisher & Co. eighteen lots on
that street, between 18th street ana New Hamp.
shire avenue. Ten OF lots are on the north side
OF the street, and eight are located on the south
side. IL Is the Intention OF the purchaser 70 I'm
houses The work Of building win be begun a.
soon as the weather permits This improvement
may oe considered as the initial movement In the
building activity which usually commences with
the opening OF spring.
HAMors OLD HOTEL
One OF the notable buildings In the city will
probably be removed before long 10 make room for
more modern structure. Proceedings have been
begun In the courts Tor a partition between the
owners, j. Z. Willard and II. X. Willard, OF the
property known as Wizards Hotel and willard
Han. This hotel is one OF the famous hostelries OF
the country. IL was built by Mr.. john Tayloe
Mansion House. In ls2s the proprietor was BAIL
Williamson, and he Informed the public that his
house contained 100 rooms. Three years later
name was changed from wlnsmsons Mansion
House TO the American Hotel subsequently the
hotel was know. as The city. When the old
and Stn streets, occupied by the Post-ofice De-
partment, was burned, In 1895, the City Hotel
Duio q, Was tented oy me Government for the
front OF tine present commodious Department
building having been completed the onfces were
removed from the hotel 70 the new quarters f. d.
and X. A. Willard, In the year ls47, renJed the
MOTEL property, and Il was once more opened TO
lew years later the frm was changed TO ]. C.
and ii. A. Willard. and in 1853 they purchased the
property from the 1ayloe heirs. The ownership
has remained unchanged from that time down 10
recent date. The hotel building has, however
undergone many changes and has been materially
enlarged. Al the time the WIZARDS became the
owners the building had the same frontage on the
avenue as al present, but It extended only short
distance up JAIN street. The new owners con-
tinued the building up that street on the property
owned by tue widow OF Dr. john A. Kearney,
u. >. N, who had a garden connected with her
house, and beyond 20 the green house, which was
located at the corner OF l4th and streets
Willard Hall was built In the early years OF the
city by cJngreg ton OF Presbyterians, and the
street church, as it was known, was one OF the
most prominent religious organizations In the
city. Rev. Dr. Louvre was the nrst pastor, and
during the Passionate OF Rev. DIR. Gurley the church
properly was sold and the congregation erected
YORK Avenue Presbyterian church. The wlllard's
became the owners OF the Odd church building.
LAND ON THE VIRGINIA SIDE
SIN the steady advance OF real estate I'm and
around this CITY," observed Mr.. T. II. sypherd, a
real estate dealer, &c STAR reporter .the adJoin-
ing county OF Alexandra has not been lett out
THIS county consists OF about 80 square miles aud
was originally part OF the District OF Columbia
but Was retroceded TO Virginia in lS4s, and Is a
beautiful strip OF country extending from the
CHAIN bridge, on the north, along the west bank
OF the Potomac River TO Alexandria city on the
south Since the building OF the new free bridge
was commenced by the Government across the
river In The place OF the Old AqueducJ toll bridge
land has greatly advanced. ami many purchases
have been made by gentlemen OF this city, among
whom are Generals Curtis and Burdeit L. W. Fox,
Frank Hume. Judge Wiiloughby, ex-Gor. II. ii.
Wells, Randall Hagner, n. s. Eddy, w. 5. Abbott
Abram +. Barker, General l. Bingham, and Others.
Tne proximity TO Washington, tue beautiful
building sites, and prospective free bridges gives
TO tnis once Neglected section a greatly ennanced
value, and its lands are being rapidly bought up