Evening star., 1897-03-27
Substantial improvements Projected
in Business Sections.
A new F STREET OFFICE BUILDING
Signs of Rapid Progress in North
east Washington.
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and have commenced the cree ton of a row
of houses that will take their places among
the handsomest and most desirable in
Washington. The ground fronts about 300
feet on Yale and 100 feet on 18th street.
and will be occupied by nine residences.
The fronts will be of white marble, attrsc-
lively carved and orname1ted around the
windows and entrances. The houses Will
be three stories in height above a cellar,
and the roofs will be finished in fancy
tiing. The corner house at Yale and 1ith
streets will be particularly striking in ap-
pearance. the white marble being continued
on the iith street side as well in front.
and will he surmounted by a handsome
tower The corner house will contain If
teen rooms and the others fourteen rooms
each. The interiors will be finished IN Sc
Iected hard woods and quartered oak. and
the ceilings on the first floors will be In
paneled oak The buffets and china closets
will be built into the walls and made parts
Of the houses their treatment being in
harmony with the other interior arrange
ments. The houses will be heated by hot
water and besides being equipped with
every modern convenience will also be
wired for electric lighting in anticipation
of the extension of such service to the To-
cality. The ground cost $1,000. and the
houses will cost, when completed. Sl"s""
more.
The willard Estate.
A significant sign appears on the Closed
green blinds of one of the lower windows
of the well known old house on 1ith street
near F northwest, where the late Joe VIII
lard made his home for so many years ii
announces that rooms in the building are
for rent for office purposes and that alter
ations will be made to suit tenants 10
those familiar with the system followed by
the late MIR. Willard in the managemeht
of hi local real estate interests
the sign described means volumes. III is
no disparagement to Mr.. Willard memory
to say he was of the most pecuilar OIL
men in this regard. Possessed of great
amount of valuable realty he apparently
cared not whether it was remuneratlve OF
not. Owning the choicest lots IN business
and residence sections he allowed them 10
lie unimpr owed, and it seemed OF no i!-
terest to him whether his houses or the
rooms in his office buildings were tenanted
or not He pursued his even course WITH
out allowing interruption from any source.
and giving no counsel TO others Sought vi
accepted none from them
When he died his sole heir was his son.
Mr. Joseph f. Willard, young man OF
broad and comprehensive ideas great en-
ergy and enterprise and iInbued to notice
able degree with the spirit OF modern
progress. Young MIR. Willard has ALREADY
addressed himself to the work of develop
ing the great estate that is now mis- own,
and the sign alluded to in the opening
sente1 ces is indicative of what he intends
to do in this direction. He Las es'apiisheu
! an office f street near i4th. ana from
now on il will be seen that the N1llarh
! estate will be steadily moved up to the
| important place it should have long ago
occupied.
An Office Building.
! Mr. Willard has taken out permit for
| the erection of an office building on MS
| property at the northwest corner of 14th
| and F. streets. This has long been re-
| garded as one of the most desirable pieces
| of real estate in Washington. Both in its
| location and its dimensions it is admirably
! adapted as a site for big office building.
| Nc announcement has yet been made as
! to the character or cost of the proposed
! Improvement. but there can be no doubt
! that 1t will be commensurate with the
| value of the land. Another piece of prop
| eriy belonging to the Willard estate that
| may be improved in the near future is the
! lot on the east side of 14th street, running
| from New York avenue to II street. 1t is
| now used as a stone yard. II would make
| an excellent site for handsome apart
! ment house or hotel. by reason of its big
! frontage three streets.
The new apartment house on list street
| between and streets. which is to be
| built Immediately, will be decided i'm
provement- A large part of the triangular
| block bounded by 2lst street, street and
| Florida avenue is covered with shanties OF
d bygone day Many of them are owned
| by their occupants, who have not had the
|
| sewer connections and the houses have
consequently been u good deal of an eye
sore in a neighborhood that is mostly
| built up with handsome houses The new
| apartment house will run back to Florida
! avenue in the rear, and will be four stories
! in height. Each story will be fitted up as
! a complete apartment. and Will contain
about eight or ten rooms
Small apartment houses of this sort are
very common In other cities. In Chicago
there are many from three to five stories
in height There are scores of four-story
buildings. built like double house. witt
an entrance in the middle. On each side
Of the hall is an apartment so that c
building of this size would accommodate
| eight families. While several new apart
ment houses are being built or arranged
for in this city. Washington is still be
hind most other cities of its size in tha
| respect. Real estate men say that tn,
reason for this is that Washington peopI,
prefer to have homes of their own. anC
| have not been educated up to living OF
/ the communal plan
In the Northeast.
The Northeast Temple and Market Com
/ pGny has recently completed big building
that is decided acquisition 10 the north
east section of the city. 1t is located at thu
corner of 18th and II streets northeast
| The new market is on the corner. so Z
take advantage of the parking. and at:io.n
ing i. is the new temple. The latter build
feet. The frcnt is of Pompeiian brick will
! copper trimmings and plate-glass windows
The walls are laid In cement and sand ant
the floors rest on 24-inch steel girders. ant
| are deadened with asbestos. The first foo
of The building is occupied by big depart
ment store. The second floor contains a.
; ! assembly, hall. two banquet rooms and al
. Office room. The assembly hall is desiSne'
, for public gatherings and entertainment
: ana has a particularly fine dancing floor
The third and fourth stories contain tw
| lodge rooms each. The building is lighte
/ both by gas and electricity and alreaG
: twenty-one organizations have engage
| quarters in il.
! The new market contains forty-four stall
| insidc and thirty outside, the latter pro
, tected by IL corrugated iron awning. TIL
! building Is fitted UP with all modern i'm
| pIovements. Under the butcher stalls, 70
| instance are cold storage vaults. each sta
| having its own accommodations for pre-
! serving the meats. The market was throw
| open to the public last Saturday for tn
: | first time and crowded all day Ions
!, / Every dealer had laid in heavy supplies
but almost every one was obliged to re
pienish his stock before the day was ovel
This fact. together with the fact that theT
was heavy demand for the finest lines G
: meats and produce, shows what splendi
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