Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-18
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Important Business Improvement
Along Pennsylvania Avenue.
CHANGES ON This THOROUGHFARE
New Buildings Erected and Some
Proposed Structures.
NOTES OF INTERES T

Workmen are now engaged in removing
the two buildings the north side of
Pennsylvania avenue between 18th and
18th streets, where, as has been stated in
The Star, handsome business building is
to be erected AS is we'll known, this
building will he designed for business pur-
poses, and will add to the facilities which
are required by the demands of modern
business along this thoroughfare. This i'm
rrovement is to be followed by another one
On practically the same thoroughfare, al
though the number Is 1915 street. 1t Is,
however, only a short distance east of
14th street. adjoining on the west alley.
The present building, which has a frontage
Of over twenty-five feet, and has been there
a good many years. is now being removed
under the direction of Mr. Charles Edmon-
ston, who represents the owner, Mr.. w. \.
Stone. On this site will be erected from
pans prepared by Mr.. Edmonston a
handsome four-story business building
Owing to the advantage which the alley
exposure gives the ground will be occupied
by the new building to its entire depth,
which is about 100 feet. The new building
is to be erected in substantial manner.
A great deal has been done recently to-
ward improving and undermining the build
i1,gs along Pennsylvania avenue. AS that
thoroughfare is the oldest business street
in the city, number of the buildings were
erected at a time when the requirements
for business houses were not what they arc
today. In many instances either entirely
new structures have been erected or i'm
portant alterations have been made. The
progress in this direction continues, and 1t
is probable that the near future will wit
ness a number of notable changes along
that historic avenue.
Some time ago proposition VAS made to
syndicate INN rial
tel property, on K street between 18th and
18th. to purchase 1t, but the negotiations
were not completed. 1t was said to be
the intention of those who wished to buy
II to entirely remodel the building, provid-
ing stores on the ground floor and devoting
the upper stories to a hotel that would
be exclusively fer men.
A New X Street House.
Pitney & Bradford, real estate brokers,
have recently concluded a sale Of some
consequence. They have sold, for Henry
M Baker, to Charles f. Wood, lot on the
south side of K street between Nth and
18th streets. This lot has a frontage of
thirty feet eight inches and a,-fepth of
!41 feet. The price paid vas $4,000, which
is ct the rate Of about u square foot.
handsome residence which Mr.. Chas. E
Wood will erect this site. The front
will be built of Pompeiian brick and stone
and will be of pleasing design, and as the
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new building, it will be more spacious than
is usually the case with city houses.
A New Music Hall.
The new hall for the Washington Saen-
gerbund, a, extension to their club house,
314 c street northwest, is about finished.
The new structure Is complete in every
detail, and will no doubt be appreciated
by the large membership Of this popular
organization. The hall floor is on a level
Will ha OF Of fho oh, 4
is handsome in design ami finish, is we'll
lighted and ventilated. The acoustic prop
critics excellent. On the ground floor
there two regulation bowling alleys
and ample room for visitors and members
The alleys are considered first-class Mr.
John Shane is the general contractor, and
Mr.. H klnge had the brick contract. The
building was designed by Messrs. Schmitt
& Schlarch, architects.
Some New Buildings.
A residence is to be erected on street
near New Hampshire avenue from plans
prepared by A. B. Morgan, architect. 1t
will oe three stories in height, with attic,
fronting eighteen feet, and having a depth
Of seventy-fve feet. 1t will have light
brick front, the basement of brown stone,
and a tile mansard roof. A circular bay
window will end at the second story in an
open balcony, and there will be tower
hard wood, and in the square hall is to
be built open fireplace. Baths and YES
tibules will be tiled and the modern con-
veniences supplied.
Plans have been prepared by ]. G. Hill,
architect, for a three-story and basement
dwelling, to be erected ON LIE Roy place,
Connecticut Avenue Heights, for Prof. L.
K. Rawson, U. s. N. 1t will have 'front.'
age of twenty-five feet and a depth of
forty-three feet. The front will be built of
brick and brown stone and there will be an
octagonal bay window, and slate and tin
n a Wi ha n ha
terror trimmings.
r. J. Beall, jr., architect, has drawn
plans for rows of two-story and basement
dwellings, four to be erected on 18th street
and three on 1 street southeast.
Another row of five houses, two stories
high, 16XI0 feet is to be built on 9th and
streets southeast, from plans prepared
by A. B. Morgan, architect
Points d GLADDEN., architects, have drawn
plans for five two-story, 16x3O feet, dwell
ings, which will be erected on NJ street
southeast between 9TH and 9th streets
A large brick factory and warehouse is
city on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, from plans prepared by A. B.
Morgan. architect. 1t is to be 5Ox2OO feet,
two stories in height, and equipped with the
latest improved machinery.
Plans are being prepared by R. J. Bean,
Jr., architect, for two residences to be
erected at the corner of ID and streets
northeast. They are to be three stories in
height, with cellar, 1Sx60 feet, the corner
building being store and dwelling The
fronts will be Of pressed brick, trimmed
with light stone.
Two frame cottages will be erected in
Riverside Park, Nd, from plans drawn by
Joseph c. johnson, architect. They will
be in Queen Anne style, two stories high
35x25 feet high pitched shir gled roofs and
wide verandas and balconies. Each will
contain seven rooms.