Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26
an apartment house at the northwest corner of
14th and streets. It IL proposed BY the owner

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OF this property. Mr.. Geo. W. Cochran, to re
move the three residences which now occupy
this site, including his own and the one recent!
occupied by Senator German. In this way
building site will be prepared which will have
frontage Of "a feet on K street by depth o
about lS5 feet 1t is proposed that the new
building shall occupy the entire lot and with it
SIX stories it will be one Of the largest building
in this city designed for such purpose. tn,
material used in the construction will be bricl
and stone and the estimated cost Of the build
ing alone will be e15O.0O0.
AK STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Senator Sherman has under consideration
plans for the erection Of handsome double
residence adjoining his home on street be
tween 18th and 14th streets. He is one Of tn,
large owners Of property on that block and ha
done great deal in maintaining high elias:
OF improvements. His own residence, which
he built, is a plain but very convenient an(
comfortable house. He became the owner o.
the house formerly the home of ex-Secretary
Stanton and, having reftted it handsomely
he sold it to q wealthy gentleman, who now oc
cupies it.
AN EXTENSIVE BUILDING ENTERPRISE
has been decided upon which will add yer,
much to the appearance Of the vicinity Of Gar
field Park. known as Reservation II, in South
east Washington. The square where was 10
Gated, until few years ago, "Duddington,
the manor house of the old Carroll estate, hal
been sold, and it is tho intention to build NJ
the entire property with dwelling houses. Thi
square, which is numbered 1885, and is located
between 1st 3D. E and streets southeast
has been sold through F. H. Smith
Son, real estate brokers, to Mr.. Archimedei
Hickman, q wealthy resident Of Philadelphia
After consultation with his agents here, ant
looking over the plans Of houses which they
had prepared for his inspection, Mr.. Hickman
decided to begin at once comprehensive plar
OF improvements which will result in building
up the entire square. He has approved the
plans for LAG houses which were prepared by
MIR. GeorgeoB. Phelps architect, of this city
and the work of construction will begin al
once. On two of its sides this square fronts or
Garfield Park, which is now transformed into
one of the handsome reservations with which
this city nbounds. The new branch of the
Anacosta railroad to the Center Market, which
is now being built, will extend along the Z
street front Of the square.
UNIQUE PHILADELPHIA IDEAS IN THE PLANS.
The houses will be built by F. Douglass Heck
man and r. c. Ballinger, general contractors OF
Philadelphia, and will be unique in this city. as
1t is purposed to carry out various Philadelphia
ideas which have never before been shown to q
Washington public. There will be in all eight
or ten groups Of houses. each having q distinct
architectural effect of its own, but making one
harmonious whole. The interior arrangements
Will be good and the houses will be finished in
hard natural woods. One Of the new ideas will
be seen In the secOnd-story chambers, where a
stationary wardrobe and washstand will
cover nearly the whole side of a room. This
peculiar piece OF stationary furniture
Ii In reality two large wardrobes, each with its
separate door, the one Handsomely carved and
the other full length, bevel edge mirror ex-
tending to the floor, between which is marble
WQSl-stand. with an0thar larOa poir in ha
rear. The top of tho whole is handsomely
carved, the cornice blending in with the gen
erai finishing Of the room. Another new feat
ure Will be In the heating, portable heaters be-
ing largely used instead of latrobes The
houses will be II feet front and will have
from six to ten rooms each; some will be two
stories in height and some two stories and
basement The selling price will be from
S3,0OO to $4,000 or larger amount for the cor
ners. new street will be opened up through
the square from east to west and will be known
as Hickman street.
HISTORIC SITE.
The site where these houses will be located
is historic one in the annals of this city, as
Mr.. Daniel Carroll, one of the original pro-
prietors of the land. built the house which was
one OF the earliest, we'll as one of the notable
houses in the city. The old house remained in
the possession of the Carroll family until about
five years ago, when it was sold to a syndicate
for S55, 900. The house was then taken down
and the grounds about it, which were above
grade, were partially graded. The property
changed hands for a second time and the latter
owners made the sale to Mr.. Hickman.
Since 1t has been decided to make these i'm
provements Mr. John F. Waggaman, the owner
of square 795, adjoining the Carroll square on
the north. has plans under consideration for
the erection of houses which will cover the en-
tire square.