Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Changes and Improvements in Sew
eral Well-Kuown Business Places.
LADIES' CLUB HOUSE ON A new PLAN
Necessity for Additional Public
Buildings in This City.
SOME NEW STRU CT U RES

Some changes and alterations in we'll
known business establishments are being
made or are about to be made. 1t is pro-
posed to enlarge the banking room of Riggs
& Co. by removing the present vault and
substituting in it's place. but farther back,
a modern steel vault. The office occupied
for so many years by the late w. w. Corcor-
an, adjoining the banking house on the
north will be made part Of the banking
loom. The building. which was owned up
to a few months ago by the estate of
w. W. Corcoran and George w. Riggs,
Is the property of E. Francis
Riggs. and has been leased by him
for a term of years to the firm of
Riggs & Co. 1t is not proposed to make
any changes in the exterior of the building,
which is one of the landmarks in that sec
ton of the city. Plans for the alterations
have been made by Appleton P. Clark, jr.,
architect, and the contract has been award
ed to John S. Larcombe.
The interior of the building occupied by
the Washington Safe Deposit Company is
to be remodeled in accordance with plans
prepared by Glenn Brown, architect. The
Office arrangements are to be changed and
three new floors are to be put in, thus re-
ducins the unnecessary height of the pres
ent stories. The improvements will result
in Increased ROOM we'll as business facil-
ities
A change of some Importance is being
made by Saks & Co. in their store building.
According to plans prepared by Glenn
Brown. architect, there is to be a uniform
line of show windows on the It'll street
front and in place of the present windows
new ones will be built.
Club House for Ladies.
handsome club house is to be built by
theWashington Jockey Club on the grounds
at Benning. 1t is designed for the use of
ladies. and the first floor will be stand
from which the races can be seen, and the
second floor a ball room for entertainments.
There will be a garden, handsomely laid
out, around the house. Another improve
ment which will be made will be the cree
ton of stable 212 feet long and 10 feet
wide. 1t will contain only box stalls. These
buildings are being erected by John S. Lar
combe and it is expected that they will be
finished by April 1.
Residences I'm the Country.
Plans have been prepared by Robert I.
Fleming, architect, for the erection of
residence for T. L. Holbrook. 1t is to have
near the site which was recently purchased
by Mr.. Justice Cox and where the latter
will put up a residence from plans prepared
by the same architect The location is
about midway between the Tenleytown
road and Connecticut avenue extended and
Forth of Cleveland Park.
A residence is to be erected by Mr.. George
II. Beale near Takoma. The design is to
be that of Swiss cottage. The new house
will adjoin the place of the late Gen. Car
roll. which is now owned by Mr.. George G.
BlOomer. the SOn-in-law of Mr.. Beale. The
old Carroll house is to be remodelcd and
will be occupied by Mr.. Bloomer as res
idence.
Slightly Public Buildings.
Owing to the necessity for new build
In no nf he
partrnents of the government, as well as
for the use of the local government, it Is
probable that In the near future several
additions will be made to the number of
public buildings at the nations capital.
For this reason more than usual interest is
taken in the objects of the Public Art
League. which has recently been organized.
The purpose of this league Is to give to the
government the benefit of the advice of ex-
perts in art before the purchase or adoption
of any work of art.
In other words, the league designs to
substitute for the present naphaZard meth
od some system by which, when it is pro-
posed to expend a large amount of the
money or the people in the erection of a
public structure or the purchase Of an
object of art an intelligent Judgment
should be formed as TO the merits of the
work, and that Congress should have the
nenehs OF the opinion of men whose judg-
respect TIE league, which is composed of
representative citizens intends to attain
TINS object by persistent agitation of the
subject before Congress, and the promo
ton of agencies for me education of the
masses of the people.
The Building Record,
The business of the week in building
circles has been divided between the north
west and northeast for the most part.
IWenty-seven permits were issued dur
ing the week, aggregating In cost s127. $50,
divided among the several sections as fol-
lows: Northwest, three permits sS5 $50:
northeast, twenty-five permits s53 $50:
southeast, one permit, $500, and county.
one permit, 5000.
Some improvements.
Ground has been broken for the erection
OF an apartment house at 2J01 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest. for n. T. Halter. The
house will be built of brick and stone. five
stories high Indiana limestone will be used,
with press brick. 1t Will front fifty feet and
will have depth of fifty feet, the LOT run
ring Lack 115 feet. John H. Nolan is the
builder.
A row of six two-story brick dwellings
Will be erected on 9th street northeast be-
tween K and l. streets by William Warren
1hey Will be 16X2i feet, with square bay
windows. fiat roofs, and press brick fronts.
Work has been begun upon fifteen two
story and basement dwellings, to be located
on Quincy street, West lexington, from
plans made ny n. T. Halter. architect The
buildings will be eighteen feet front by fif-
ty-five feet in depth. The entire fronts will
be of stone. brown and white stone being
used In alternate houses The houses will