The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-14
BUILDING NOTES.



| What Is Going ON Among Owners,
Architects and builders.
From ne building Register, 10 Day
Engineers Fava, Naeff Il Co., have COM
mission to survey, subdivide and make a
map of 400 acres Of land owned by the
West Gordonsville Land Company, at
Gordonsville, Va.
&c. Nander has permit to put an adj
northwest and build three story ad-
| dition, 20xG2 feet. Cost 5000.
Joseph Richardson hae taken out per-
| init for Henry Strong's new building at
Eleventh and Il streets. Cost placed at
| $4,000.
The Independent Ice Company will
build new ice-house on the south side of
Water street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets southwest. Cost $1,000.
The District Commissioners have closed
contract with Engineer ID. J. Howell to
make new map of the county, which
will embrace all the recent subdivisions,
for the use of the Assessors office. The
present plats now in the possession of the
District Surveyor and the Assessor are
quite ancient.
A committee of architects had three
hour interview with the Engineer Com
missioner in reference to the new law gov
erning projections over the building line.
| Colonel Robert is now having prepared a
| set of rules to meet the requirements of
the architects will be asked to examine II
and make such suggestions as they think
| proper.
The directors of the Ohio National Bank
| will to-day receive competitive plans from
q number Of architects for the new build
ing to be erected at the corner of Twelfth
| and G streets northwest II Is the inten-
tion to erect six story and basement
structure, 26x72 feet, with granite base
and upper fronts of same material COM
bined with press brick.
The finished building will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
| "The Continental'' is the name that
will be given new office building that
| syndicate composed of John Paul Jones
and others, will erect OH q street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets northwest. IL
is proposed to rent a part of IL to the Gov
eminent to be used as temporary city
postofiice, while the upper portion will be
used for individual ONCE purposes. The
plans were made by Architect A. p.
Clark jr.
The building that Thomas w. Smith
| will erect for temporary city postoffce,
If his proposition Is accepted, will be n
two story and cellar structure at the
northwest corner of New Jersey avenue
and Cstrcet, opposite the Baltimore and
New Jersey avenue of 1853 feet inches,
and on street and Indiana avenue 152
feet inches. Ii will be of select red brick
with Ohio stone trimmings, and on New
Jersey avenue will present the appearance
of block of seven stores. The first floor
| Will be one vast room cut into compare
ments by iron guards. The upper floor
will be divided into number of rooms of
such size as may be required. The entire
| building will be heated by hot air.
Architect Glenn Brown has made plans
for an addition to Senator Stanford's resi-
dence at Seventeenth and X streets. 1t
will be two.story and cellar structure,
33NSG feet, with front of select red brick
having small bay projection on the Sew
enteenth street side The principal story
| Will have dining-room 22x55 feet and
pantry 12x35 feet The banquet hall will
be elaborately and artistically decorated
Frescoing and high-class wall hangings
will betbe prevailing colors used. This
was the first building with projection
over the building line to which the new
law applied and for which permit was
granted only after special application was
made and approved by all the District
commissioners and the Secretary Of War.
In this instance the application was filed
on Thursday, March 3, and was returned
to the District Building with the signature
Of the actiag Secretary OF War on Tuesday,
| March 10.
Architect N. T. Haler is making plans
for block of thirteen two-story and base
mentdwellings that Ed. ]. Hannah will
have built on the northeast corner of
Ninth and d streets northeast. They will
have press brick fronts trimmed with OF
way stone, square, circular and octagonal
tower topped hays, slated deck roofs,
overhanging galvanized cornices, iron
steps, cabinet and slate mantels, latrobcs,
electric bells and gas-lighting apparatus,
speaking tubes, white pine trim in natural
state, etc. The. corner house will have q
square. projection with pyramidal slated
top and entrance through q Moorish arch.
The most approved sanitary plumbing APP
pliances wiPl be employed. The block
will cost $4,000.
for block Of six dwellings that W. A.
Coulter will have built at the southwest
corner Of Maple and Hardwood avenues,
lie Droit Park. The corner building will
be double house, 40x50 feet, with front
If press brick and Hummelstown brown
stone, broken by two square bays with
tower tops and slated mansard roof. 1t
will be trimmed In birch and ash and will
have reception hall, ash staircase, carved
screens, cabinet mantels, electric bells,
speaking tubes, automatic gas-lighting Ak
lures, furnace, etc. One of the houses
will be an English basement, three stories
and cellar, with oriel bay terminating in
al open balcony. Georgia pine trim in
natural state wi be used. The remaining
four are OF similar construction. but only
two stories and cellar in height. The row
will cost $4,000.
The triangular piece of ground Just
west Of North Capitol street, formed by
the intersections of New York avenue
and n street is to be improved by two
dwellings that Architect J.. Il. Dessez will
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