The Washington critic., 1889-01-15
AMONG THE ARCHITECTS
Current Notes About the HalidisE os ths
Near Future

Ncar Tutur.
II is n conceded fact In all we'll sciiled
communities that the buslucss volume ~
the architects offices isa sure barometer
by which to read the measure NJ suc
cess and advancement reached hy thc
people collectively liy this rule the
material advancement of Washington
was never greater than in the immediate
past and future, and public confidence iu
her ultimate success was never greater.
Several architects were visited this
morning and their general statements
were so much alike that those of the two
gentlemen mentioned below viii answer
for all.
Mr.. Thomas +. Schneider of pJ3 y
street said, Never before, In my cX-
pericnce. have | had SO many orders Tor
plans for new buildings ! lind capital
Is eagerly seeking investment. and that.
too, in most costly and permanent siruc-
lures. Some persons have said 10 me
that the change in administration Affects
the stability Of the general advance in
values, but | think If IL affects 10 at oil
it is for its own good. Immediately after
the election capital came in rampant for
investment, and that is an undoubied
proof of the good effect of the change in
administration. The future Of Washing.
ton and contiguous territory was never
brighter than now, and capital could
never be invested here with greater GER
tanty of good returns than now.
81 am now engaged on scores OF plans,
among which are those for whole block
of thrcc-story dwelling houses on q
street, between Seventeenth aud Eigh-
teenth streets, in the immediate neigh.
borhood of Dupont Circle. These houses
will be "a in number. of pressed brick and
stone fronts, trimmed with brown stone
and rooted with slate, and as no two will
be alike in exterior, they will form the
handsomest square in the city. | am
interested financially in these myself,
and shall push them to immediate com
pletion, as soon as the plans can be com
pleted.
81 am also preparing plans for another
block of twenty-five houses in the north
west section, to be built soon, but at
present cannot give location or owner for
business reasons. The houses will go mp
though in the next five months. For
suburban property | am making many
plans of beautiful cottages, notably for
| the new subdivision of Burleith, adioin.
! ing Georgetown College. There will be
| some twenty or more of these, owned by
! Mr. Ii, w. Huidekouer of New York.
! shaan ALSO soon start large residence for
WsT Burch on Thirty first and q streets
! in Ge6rgetown.
Mr., Glen Brown of No. 027 f street
said: "The people everywhere in the
District and around it, are talking of
new buildings, and ! never met such a
flood of bright prospects as come to me
from the lips of men who are intending
building. The great beauty of this lies
in the fact that.while it is decided boom
in building. it is devoid of all the objec.
tionabe features of booms in general
and all things about it point to Legitimate
and lasting improvement of values. The
political world and its changes in M
manner affects the building boom, as il
would 90 right along. no matter who is in
power. We have the natural advantages
allied to unlimited capital: and the class
of persons attached here by the literary
legislative and scientific world that center
here, would insure the success of the city
in any event. | have just finished
building Gurley Chapel, at lie Droi
Park, Boundary street near Seventh, and
it will be dedicated on Friday evenin.
next. 1t is an offshoot of the New Gorl
Avenue Presbyterian Church, and prove
by the demand for its existence how tn
neighborhood is growing out there, an,
what fine class of peo ,le locate there
The building is of brick, 60X60 feet, ap,
rooted with slate, ana will accommodate
800 people. am busy on plans for tw
houses Just outside of Alexandria for L
j. Jenny, and one on the heights acros
the river for Frank Hume. When w
get the Memorial bridge across the rive
these heights will be one of the pretties
suburbs to Washington.