Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-23
The Building Season is by No Means
Over Here.
ANOTHER TALL BUILDING PLANNED
The Handsome Details Of Fine
Residence Exterior.
SOME IMPRO NJ EN- T S

usual interest In the figures presented this
year in the annual report of the building
| inspector especially those which relate to
the amount Of building done during the
| past wear. The year in the Office of the
| building inspector Is drawing to a close, as
that period conforms with the dates Of the
| fiscal year rather than that of the calendar
| year. The building record for the year will
therefore end on the Both Of June and then
Mr.. Brady. the able assistant Of the build
ing inspector, will begin to tabulate the re-
turns and add up the number Of buildings
for which permits have been taken out and
the estimates Of the value which the own
| ers have seen fit to give.
1t is not expected these figures will show
that there have been as many buildings
erected during the past year as there were
| in the preceding year, nor that the amount
| of money expended in building equals that
| of last year. There was a decided falling
| of In the returns of last year as compared
| with the preceding year. At the latter per-
iod the building record reached the high
| water mark. as 1t showed that some eleven
millions of dollars were expended In the
| construction of buildings during that year.
| Last year there were some nine millions OF
| dollars laid out in improvements OF this
| kind 1t is not known exactly, Of course.
| what the amount of the building outlay du--
| ing the past year has been. but 1t Is esti-
| mated that four or five million dollars will
represent quite accurately the footing up Of
| the official figures.
| Building In the Winter.
Unlike most cities. especially those in the
porth this period of the year is not the
| close of the building season here. owing
to the moderate weather. building can be
| -,,I tha mid nf N
sometimes all the way through. Even IL
the meteorological conditions are such as
| to prevent outdoor work 1t is considered
| desirable ii the building can be at least In
closed and then allowed to stand during
the cold season until the work can be re-
sumed i'll the spring. Houses built in this
| way are found to be more satisfactory for
| the reason that the walls have an oppor-
tunity OF settling and the floor and partl-
ton tmbers get dried out and thoroughly
| seasoned SO that when the plaster Is put on
AMI the house nears completion none OF
those cracks appear which are SO common
| In newly built houses. 1t Is therefore not
| unusual TO have quite a building boom in
the midsummer or early fall. IL may be
that Will he the case this year. and perhaps
the rather deficient building record as
shown by the figures for The fiscal year
| Will be exceeded by the record for the
| calendar year.
Another Tall Building.
| Another building of the sky-scraper order.
as has been stated in The Star, is about 10
| be built Mr.. I. +. Schneider has prepared
plans for building which Judge Lowery
proposes to put up at the northeast corner
| Of It'll and u streets. 1t is understood that
| all arrangements have been made for the
! erection of the building. and that the struc-
lures now on that site viii be removed, and
after the LIST OF September building opera
lions Will be begun. The dimensions or me
| Eround are about w by lUo feet, the hrst-
named nsure applying to the frontage on
| 7th street anu the latter TO The G~Street
frontage. According TO the plans which
| Mr.. schneider has prepared a steel-frams
| building Is to be erec. ed at height OF nine
stories. The construction Is to ne similar
| to that or the new apartment mouse which
| IL now in course of erection on " street.
| The steel framework Is " be nlled IN win
| buff brick and terra Gotta and limestone.
The distance from the pavement To the
cornice Will be about Ito feet. which Is
about the height OF the washington Loan
! and Trust Companys building.
| 1t Is stated that the owner has made a
lease Of the proposed building Tor term or
| twenty years to Philadelphia man, who
! intenus TO use IL Tor motel purposes.
On the ground floor there Will be the hotel
| office and cafe and other apartments, while
| the lower floor, which will be the basement,
| and will extend under the sidewalks on both
streets. will be arranged for use as a beer
| cellar, In imitation OF some of the German
resorts of that character. The parlors. etc.
will be on the second floor. and the remain
der of the building will be devoted to bed
! rooms. The building. all told, Will contain
l5O rooms.
Some Features of n Fine House.
A pleasing combina ton Of color In the ex-
terror Of a house Is seen in the residence
| which Is being erected for MIR. Boardman
at the corner Of 18th and p streets. The
| great size Of the house alone, although 1t
II in the near neighborhood of Mr.. Letter s
palatial residence, Is beginning to excite a
good deal Of attention. The walls Of the
square structure have now reached a point
| wnere they are to be crowned by the high
roof. These walls present color scheme
| In which stone and brick and terra Gotta
| have been combined in a harmonious whole.
| The bricks used are the long, thin speci-
| mems Of the brickmakers art. which have
become fashionable in recent years. The
| color Is light brown, and the surface Is
| notified with dark spots. The terra Gotta
and the stone are Of different shades OF
| brown.
The feature that is perhaps unusual in
| domestic architecture in this city is the
| Introduction OF a delicate line of carving in
terra Gotta just above the openings Of the
| nrst story, and beneath q rather elaborate
| course. or frieze of bricks in pattern de-
| sign with belt courses Of terra Gotta both
above and beneath. The walls are sur
| mounted by projecting caves, the terra Gotta
cornice being supported by a line of brack-
cts OF the same material The corbel which
springs from the center of the arch over
the main entrance. and supports a rounded
| projection, Is also Of terra Gotta. The de-
tails. which are worked out in terra Gotta
| are refined and pleasing, and give not only
variety to the design, but does not detract
from the appearance of strength A feature
| OF the house Is the main entrance which
Is on p street, and is through an arch,
| through which Is a driveway beneath the
| second story Of the house, and separated
from the side yard by an arcaded partition
At the Building Inspectors ONCE.
| The building record for the week ending
! yesterday shows a total Of twenty-six per-
mits to erect new dwellings, aggregating
| In cost SOC. 400. This was divided among
| the several sections of the city as follows
| Northwest, five permits, $37 800; southwest,
three permits. $4,000; northeast eight per-
mits, $500; southeast, two permits, $50. 500.
| and county, eight permits $780,
| An effort was made during the week to
! have the hitching posts about the city re-
| moved and rings in the sidewalk substitute
I ed. The building inspector was much
! opposed to the idea that 1t was abandoned.
| Rings in the sidewalk, he held, were far
| more dangerous than hitching posts.
/ Contrary to expectation, but little opposi-
/ ton has manifested itself against the new
| building regulation of the Commissioners
| which prohibits the building of projections
| in width. The regula ton was passed at
M nef 1sott tt1y.