The critic., 1891-02-28
BUILDING NOTES.
What Is Being Done by Owners, Archi-
tects and Builders.

tects and Builders.
From tie Buiidina Reqister, To- Ddy.
The architectural work for the new
building at the ZOO is being made by
Architect Victor Mindeleff of this city.
The designs are from sketches by Archi-
tect w. II. Emerson of Boston, Mass.
A. Behrend has been given permit TO
erect a $4,000 business building at S2l
Seventh street northwest. The plans were
made by Architect Germuiller, and were
freely described in former issue Of the
BWilding Register.
i. Webb Hodges new residence at Gar.
rett Park is nearly finished. II is two
story and cellar frame cottage with mod
ern improvements, and will cost 5000.
The design and plans were made by Arch
itect Victor Mindelcff.
j. u. Burket & Co. have placed slow
speed six-horse power Perrct electric motor
in the Barber & Ross building at Eleventh
and q streets northwest. This is one of
the latest improved Perret motors, and In
this case is used to operate combined
freight and passenger elevator.
Architect A. l.. Clark, jr., is making
plans for frame cottage to be built at
Takoma Park. 1t will be two stories and
cellar, 40x50 feet, with octagonal bay at
corner, broad porch on front and side, and
slated hip roof. 1t will be trimmed in
WHY BinC, otttt,. VIII nuNC tdol-
net maitels, furnace, electric bells, speak
ing tubes, etc. Cost $1,000.
Architect Leon r. Dessez is now making
plans for an Episcopal church that will
be built at Leesburg, Loudoun County,
Va. II will be a onc-story stone structure,
50xl0i feet, in the Romanesque style. A
massive belfry is one of the prominent
features. The interior walls will be Of
select red brick, and the roof framing Suyl
be exposed and of Georgia pine, finished
In its natural state. On the rear one
story Sunday. school room, also Of stone,
will be built.
Architect Frederic Il. Pyle has made
| plans for a very attractive stone dwelling
that William T.. Dewitt will have built
at Glen Echo Heights. 1t will be two
stories, cellar and attic, 32xi5 feet, with
red slated hip roof, tall chimncys and
gables Projections at the front aud side
form an angle where, sheltered by semi
circular stone porch, will be located the
main entrance. Steam heat, cabinet man
tells, tiled hearths, electric lights and bells
aud speaking tubes are among the ap-
| pointmCnts. Cost, $4,000.
The Patuxent Camping Club intends
| building n club house ON the Patuxent
River, about twenty miles from Washing
ton. The plans, as made by Architect
| Mindeleff, provide for rustic building,
in log cabin style, two stories, 2ix50 feet,
with kitchen building on the rear. The
first floor which will be used as u hall,
will have a deeply recessed fireplace open
10 the roof rafters. The upper floor will
bave bunk-rooms, lockers, toilet-rooms,
etc. Cost, 5000.
The Washington Steam Stone Works Is
| the name of a new concern, managed by
Frank =. Morgan of this city and John
| w. Hayes of Brooklyn, y. Y, that will
| locate plant NJ First and NJ streets north
A 1ft nv fant rs;ti ratI aa1
switch, has already been secured at the
point named. On this will be erected n
brick mill building, 3ixl25 feet, and a
| twC-story office, 1SX30 feet, will be built
at cost of $1,000. The machinery, in
Guiding travelling crane Of fourteen tons
capacity, will cost about s2s,0O0.
Plans are now being prepared by Archi-
Smolaninoff will have built on Stoughton
street. between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. 1t will be three stories and base
ment, with stone trimmed front of select
red brick, broken by copper oriel bay.
1t will have red tiled hip roof, hard wood
trim, furnace, electric bells and speaking
tubes, cabinet mantels made from special
ground necessitates the construction of a
driveway under the house to reach the
stable in the rear. Cost $4,000
Architects Fava, Naeff & Co. are making
map of Oxon Hill Manor, Nd. This is
a tract Of COO acres in Prince Georges
County which the owner, Charles Pelham,
will probably sub-divide into building
sites.
Architect Victor MIindeleff is making
plans for the hall of philosophy, which
will be one of the buildings that the
National ChautauQua will erect at Glen
Echo Heights. It will be rustic stone
structure, two stories in height, G0x72 feet,
with slated hip roof and tower projection
on one corner. The entire upper floor
will be exposed, the only walls being the
stone piers supporting the roof AT the
back of the building the latter will be
hemispherical in shape. Like the eX-
terror, the inner walls will be of stone
finished in rustic style. Cost $4,000
Architect ]. q. Meyers is making plans
for residence that Thomas Graham will
have built on s street, between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets. 1t will be three
stories and cellar, 2lx73 feet, with base OF
Hummelstown brown stone and porch OF
same material. The upper front will be
OF press brick. and stone, relieved by q
tower-topped square bay windoN. An
oriel bay willadJ light to the dining room.
The first floor trim, main staircase and
heated by hot water, will have cabinet
mantels, electric bells and gas lighting APP
paratus, speaking tubes, etc. Cost, $1,000
Edwin Baltzley will have handsome
stone residence built at Glen Echo Heights
from plans now being prepared by Archi
tect Victor Mindeleff. II will be tw,
stories and cellar, 40x50 feet with q tower
projection, terminating in loggia, on one
corner. The main entrance will be by
way Of adeeply.recessed stone porch, sup
ported on columns and finished with {
recessed balcony at the second story.
high pitched tile roof will add to the at
tractveness. The house will contain suci
modern appliances as hot water heating
plant, electric lights and bells, speaking
tubes, cabinet mantels and tiled hearths
. Cost, $1,000.