Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-16
An Addition to the improvements
in Residence Locality.
ACREAGE PROPERTY At AUCTION
Big Hotel Enterprises and What
is Said About Them.
ONE NEW BUILDIN S


and the plans of the house were prepared,
but actual building operations have only
just been begun. The lot Is quite spacious
one for a city residence, the frontage being
80 feet and the depth lO5. Nearly the en-
| tire building space will be occupied by the
new house, which will be some efghty-f four
feet in depth. 1t will adjoin on the
south the residence Of Mr. Charles J.
Bell, which, in connection with that Of
his cousin, Alexander Graham Bell, has a
spacious .swn surrounding it. The house
Of Col Ernst will be built on the party
line, yet arrangements will be made so that
some of the windows will open on the lawn
of the adjoini lg property. The negotiations
for the purchase of the lot were closed in
January, 1895, and the price paid "a
per square foot.
Acreage Property offered for Sale.
There was considerable interest manifest
ed In real estate circles in the public sale of
the Kali estate. AS Is well known, this
tract comprises some ten acres, and is the
largest piece of undivided property adjoin-
Ing the borders of the city in the north
west locality. 1t comes down to Florida
avenue between Massachusetts and Con-
necticut avenues, and is long, rather mar
row piece, containing in all some ten acres
The property was duly offered for sale by
was finally withdrawn. When this tract Is
divided into building lots there will be a
continuous subdivision covering the entire
area from Massachusetts, avenue extended
to Connecticut avenue extended.
Big Hotel.
Reference was made in The Star not
long ago to a project Cor the erection of
large hotel building on the present site Of
the Wizards Hotel buildiI 6. 1t is said by
men who are familiar with the hotel bust
ness and with the needs Of this city in
this particular that if this plan is not
carried ont something Of a similar nature
will certainly be given Practical shape in
the near future 1t is believed that there
is demand for hotel building of spa
such as have been built in recent years in
other cities, and 1t is thought that it is
only a mere matter OF time when such
building will be erected here. AS an ex
perjenced hotel man said recently in talk
ing of the matter: washington is not
only fine winter resort, but it is a splen
did summer resort" When he was asked
if he meant the latter in the full sense of
the term, he said Of course there were
a couple of months when the weather
might be considered somewhat warm here,
but for the balance Of the year, in his
opinion, Washington eXcels most Of the
winter and summer resorts, and equals
some Of the best.
Question of Location.
OF course the question Of a suitable To-
cation is an important one and there is
some difference of opinion on this subject.
There are those who believe that the hotel
of the future for this city should be 10
Gated some distance from what Is now
looked upon as the center of things. On
the other hand, however, 1t is maintained
with equal force that a building of this
sort should be convenient to the hotels
and theaters, and near to some of the
principal points Of interest in the city. 1t
Is likely, however, that when the new ho-
tel is built it will be in location that will
be compromise between these two views.
Two Apartment Houses.
Francis Schneider architects, have
completed plans and specifications for a
fo ur-story apartment house to be erected
on Massachusetts avenue northwest be-
tween 10th and 18th streets for L. H.
Schneider. The lot, 2OxS5, will be covered
completely. Each fiat will have five rooms.
kitchen and bath. The bath rooms will
have have tiled floors floors and walls and be wains,
coted In tile. The front will be red
pressed brick trimmed with brown
stone, and the mansard roof will be
covered with tile, and there will be a
square tower. The inside trimmings will
be in white pine, and the staircase will be
finished In oak. The building will be
heated by steam, and electrical fixtures
will be used throughout
He Sdiue dTChleCtS nave prepared plans
for an apartment house to be erected on
Eth street northwest between and P
streets for Mr.. D. p. Gottwalds This
house Will cover a lot 25xS5 and will be
four stories and attic in height. The front
VIII be red press brick trimmed with light
stone, and will be finished with tower and
mansard roof. The first two flats contain
five rooms, kitchen and bath. The third
and fourth flats contain six rooms, kitchen
and bath. The bath rooms will have floor
and walls tiled. The structure will be
heated throughout with steam.
A G Street Store.
The same architects have prepared plans
and are erecting a store, with fiat above,
to be known as 1903 G street northwest, for
Mr.. Joseph ]. Snellenhurg of Phila delphia
This building, though quite small, being
only 10 by Al feet, will contain a store and
nVe sleeping rooms above. The store will
nave a large plate glass window, which
ABOVE Is formed into bay window run
ming two stories, finishing In a balcony.
Messrs. Espey & Bean are the contractors
Mrs. GIennan's Residence.
Edmund ]. De Lacy, builder and con-
tractor is erecting fine modern residence
on New Jersey avenue near Florida avenue
nc rthwest for Mrs. Margaret M. Glennan.
II mas circular bay window, and is built
OF press brick, with stone trimmings