Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

base forming the walls of the basement
story rises the supersttucture of brick with
stone and terra Gotta trimmings. The use
of terra Gotta is especially effective, and
forms the frame work of the window open
ings. The cornice is also of this material
and its lines are straight and above is
the retreating roof.
The bays only slightly project and curve
gracefully with the line of the wall. At the
main entrance the square stone porch is
beautiful detail. and forms q pleasing CEN
trail feature of a remarkably handsome al
though simple front. There is very little
carving or other orpamentatiOn, the archi-
tects, Messrs. Hornblower and Marshall.
relying for the effect of the design upon
the combination of the coorS of the ma
terials used and on the graceful lines.
a Spacious Dining Room.
The interior has, of course, been greatly
enlarged by this addition to the house. The
entrance hallway is in the center of the
house, and on one side is the reception
room and on the other the parlor. Extend
ing across the entire width of the house is
the dining room, large and spacious, with
the ends octagonal in shape. The dimen-
sions of this room, which are rather I'M
usual for a city house, are 1S12X2S feet.
Still larger is the parlor, 30X19 feet. The
staircase and hall are between the recep-
ton room and the dining room, and there
is also lobby between the paror and the
dining room. All these rooms have been
handsomely finished in hard woods Over
the dining room. on the second floor, is the
library, which is completely octagonal in
shape, and adjoining is smoking room.
Large and Small Investors.
During the past few weeks sales Of three
pieces of property have been made, the
consideration in each case being $1,000
One of the properties referred to is resi-
dence, and the others are located in the
business section of the city and are in use
for business purposes. These transactions
are all of good size, as far as the amount
is concerned. Their Importance in the
market, however, does not depend upon
the amount of money involved in the trans
action as much as they afford indication
of conditions which seem to point to the
fact that investors are on the lookout for a
chance to place their idle money.
1t has been the experience that when the
comparatively few people who have large
sums available for investment appear in
the market the far more numerous class
of people who have their small savings to
invest will also begin to turn their atten-
ton to the advantages of realty as an in
vestment When the latter is actually an
accomplished fact it may be said there Is
an active market
Designed as q Home.
A house has been recently completed for
the use Of Gen. A. D, Hazen, at 1921 L
street northwest It will be occupied by
him as his home, having been designed for
this purpose and built under his personal
SUPERVISE. SO that the york has received
the care and attention :-T-hich one naturally
gives to the place where he intenus 20 i've.
But a portion Of the wide front of the lot
is occupied by the house, and there is
side yard on the east which is protected by
an iron grille at the street front and pro-
vides an approach to the rear of the house
and also allows for window openings in all
the stories of the house, thus increasing
the supply of air and light throughout the
structure. For this reason it is possible to
have the house extend back the entire
depth at the full width.
There is a basement or cellar under the
entire house, with provision for a cold
storage room. The kitchen is the first
floor. The front of the house Is a pleasing
combination of brown brick and stone, and
the main entrance Is by stone porch and
through a tiled vestifule into an entrance
hall. The parlor is on the right and the
hall continues to theSstaircase hall, which
is the width of the house and has a fire.
place. 1t separates; the parlor which is fin
tshed in white and gold, from the dining
room, which Is In Oak The hall and STAIR
case are finished in the same material The
nVlng or sitting room occupies the entire
front of the second floor, and the suite of
rooms opening from this comprises two
oed rooms and a tiled bath room, with a
servants room In the rear. where there is
also staircase to the kitchen.
While the finishing of the house Is on a
modest scale 1t does not lack such facilities
- an electrical equipment for lighting and