Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Effect of the Building of the Amefi-
can University.
EXPECTED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
Public Interest in the Work of
Laying New Sidewalks.

! uOllC tIllSIGSl III lIlo w Olk OF |
Laying New Sidewalks.
MATTERS OF INTEREST
In anticipation of the demand for building |
sites in the vicinity of the proposed Ameri- |
can University, considerable amount of |
ground has been subdiv.ded, and the own
ers of land con template making additional |
subdivisions Ii is expected that the work |
of erecting the first building in the group |
that is planned to occupy the chosen uni |
versity site will be begun during the pres
ent season. 1t is thought by those who |
have given the matter attention that the |
real estate Development which followed the |
erection of the buildings of the Catholic !
University will be repeated in this locality |
1t is pointed out by those who take this |
view that prior to the establishment of the |
Catholic University at the head of 4th |
| street extended there were practically nc |
houses Ill that vicinity. Now there is the |
| town of Brookand, which is a Furnishing |
| community, and which is of the most |
successful of the enterprises of that char
acter which have been started in the vicinity |
| OF thlS city. II there is 4 repetition of this |
experience IN The case of the American Uni
Versity 1t may be expected that there VIII |
be considerable addition in the course of
| the next few months to the population of |
| that locality. The opening of roads and the |
building of street railroads, it is said will |
| FURNISH ample access between this point and |
the business center of the city.
Sale of Trnct Of Land.
A tract of land containing twenty-five
acres, and known as the Murdoch Mill
1,.- l,1x,,
| real estate brokers, for Lily NJ Stewart, |
! 10 A. +. Matthews OF West Virginia The
price is given $4,000. The ground is To-
Gated to the north ana west of the American
| University site 1t is stated to be the IL
! tention of the purchase to hold this prop |
| erty as an investment.
To he Called University Park
The same firm have sold for Judge Nc |
| Comas seventy acres of land lying between
| the River road and the Murdoch Mill road |
| and near Tenleytown. The purchasers are
| A &. Middleton and David d. Stone and
| they have already authorized d. j. Howell |
| civil engineer, to make a survey Of the
| properly Tor the purpose of subdiviiln- il
| INTO building lots. 1t will be known as Uni
| versity Park.
| To BE Subdivided.
James f. Padgett and d. D. Stone trus-
| tees, have solo 10 the District Investment
Company six acrcs of land on the Murdoch
NH road near Tenleytown. The price paid
| is stated TO be $4,000 This propertv is IN
| be divided into building lots.
| Mr.. Shcrmnn's Residence
Plans have been prepared by George S
! Cooper, architect, for a handsome residence
| tc be built on 10th street between S and r
| streets for Mr.. John Sherman. The house
| Will have a frontage of twenty feet and A
depth of sixty feet, and will be three
stories in height. Indiana limestone and
Pompeian brick Will be used in the con-
| structtcn of the front. There will be tile |
| on the roof. The house will contain eleven |
rooms. Those on the first floor will be fin |
| lShed in hard wood, and a feature in this |
part Of the house will be the stairways |
| with screen work above the same. The
| house Will be heated by steam.
| New House.
The erection of a three-story house to be
| located on the south side of Corcoran |
street between 18th and 18th streets will |
| be shortly commenced by Davidson &
| Davidson from plans prepared by George !
| S. Cooper architect The front will be OF |
light stone and Roman brick, and the roof
Will be covered with slate. There will be |
| three rooms on the first floor, and the par
! titions between the library and parlor and |
library and staircase will be supported by |
| wooden columns with carved caps. The |
| upper floors will be divided into six bed |
| Chambers.
The New Sidewalks.
Considerable interest is being manifest |
| ed by the public in the work now in pro- |
| gress CT improving the sidewalks. New
| walks are being laid where found neces- |
| sary. The work is being done by the en-
| giEeer department under the assessment
system and abutting property owners will |
| be taxed one-balf the cost of the improve
| nent. The work was begun in the business
| section, and Will be vigorously prosecuted |
| Until the appropriation is exhausted. II is |
| estimated that $4,000 worth of new side
| walks will be laid before July.
The Building Record.
While the number of permits for new
| buildings issued this week is considerably
| in excess of any week thus far this spring, |
! the character of the houses is not so good |
| A total of twenty-five new dwellings rep
| resentS the number of permits issued, but
| the aggregate cost of them is but s66 900
OF this amount the northwest received eight
| permits, aggregating $iS.Un; the south
| west, one, at Sl,;fn; the northeast, seven
at $3.50; the southeast three at $3.50,
| and the county, three, at S., 500.
| This falling off in the amount of money
expended in houses is explained to be due
| to the number of apartment houses that
| are going up all over the city. Such build
| irgs have suites containing as many rooms
as small house, and not only rent for the
same or even smaller amount, but furnish
| in addition, light, heat and elevator serv-
lce not to mention cafe conducted on the
| popular price principle.