The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-07
MEDIUM-sIzED HOUSES.
Plans for Many New Ones to Supply the
Existing Demand.

Plans for Many New Ones to Supply the
Existing Demand.
Although there is considerable tendency
among Washington people to take to life in
flats, still the great majority of people seeking
new homes or setting up housekeeping for the
first time seem to desire separate dwellings
Of their own, and which will be not only their
home, but their house. AS most of these peo.
pie are of moderate means the houses they
are able to afford must be of small or medium
size and reasonable rental. For this style of
house there is constant demand, and the
builders and investors who are putting their
money into them are getting very satisfactory
returns. There are larger number of blocks
of these medium-sized houses now under con-
struction in different parts of the city, and
Others are being planned. Several blocks are
going up in the northeast section, which is
becoming more and more attractive to peo-
pie Of moderate means who wish to acquire
homes in desirable part of the city where
property is still to be had at reasonable prices.
Architect N. T. Haller is now making plans
for a block of fifteen of these medium-sized
dwellings, which will be built by Mr.. George
Emmons on the triangular piece Of ground at
the intersection Of Maryland avenue, First,
and A streets northeast. They will be three
stories and basement, and the fronts will be Of
pressed brick and brownstone, broken by
octagonal, circular, and square bay windows,
with tower tops and surmounted with slated
mansard roofs. Some of them will have
English basement entrances, which will add to
the general effect. The interior will be
finished in white pine in its natural state,
with furnace heat, cabinet mantels, electric
bells, speaking tubes, and other conveniences.
The cost will be about $65,000
JUSTICE BROWNS NEW HOME
To BE Duplicate of His Fine Mansion in
Detroit.
Justice Brown, of the Supreme Court, is
about to build for himself in Washington a
beautiful home, which will be as nearly as pos
sble duplicate of his house in Detroit, which
he will sell. He has purchased as a site for
the new house three lots on the northwest cor
ner of Sixteenth and Riggs streets The pur
chase was made through MI. r. o. Holtzmans
These lots have frontage of 65 feet on Six
teenth street and run back 100 feet. The site
is very desirable one, and the size of the
ground will permit the erection of a large
building and leave open space about it to dis
| play to the best advantage the architectural
beauties of the structure. The plans for Jus
tice Browns house will be drawn by the same
New York architect who made the plans for
the house in Detroit, which his acceptance of
the position on the Supreme bench now com
| pels him to abandon. Justice Brown and his
| wife, although they have no children, are fond
| of entertaining, and when in Detroit they dis
| pensed generous hospitality, for which their
home was we'll adapted. The Detroit house is
| large and somewhat old-fashioned, with spa
cious halls and rooms, fine, broad staircases, and
big, open fire-places. The central entrance hall
of the Detroit house is larger than an ordinary
| living room, and contains an immense fire
| place, capable ofholding log seven feet long
| 1t is understood to be the desire of Justice
Brown to duplicate as far as possible these
features of his former home in his new Wash
| ington house, which will no doubt be when
| completed one of the finest residences in town
and a notable addition to the many fine build
| ings in the northwestern section. 1t is ex
| pected that the edifice will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.