Evening star., 1901-05-18
and the sums due from the latter are
classed as benefits.
Sacred Heart Parish Hall.

Columbia road e. of 18th st 29612 "a 1880 GO
16th st. 4 Columbia road. ISL s5s 60 so'sZs w
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Sacred Heart Parish Hall.
About the middle of next month the cor
ner stone of the parish hall of the Sacred
Heart Parish will be laid, and that will
mark the beginning of an enterprise which
will be completed only when the finishing
touches are put upon the handsome church
edifice which the members Of this parish
hope to see some day in the not far future
At present only a part of the fine site
which has been secured for the uses OF
the parish will be occupied by the parish
hall. The church editice is planned to oc-
cupy the southern part of the lot, which
is at the northeast corner of 14th street
having a frontage of 22o feet on 14th street
and 100 feet on Whitney avenue, and
bounded on the east by an alley.
1t is designed to erect a building there,
the main entrance of which will be at the
corner of 18th street, so that the parish
hall, which is now to be built from plans
by Henry Simpson, architect. Will pe at
the north end of the church proper. Ihls
building is to be one-story structure ana
for the present will be used by the con-
gregation for church purposes. 1t Will
have a frontage of % feet by depth OF
100 feet and in the rear will be provided
rooms for the temporary residence or the
priest.
Select red brick will be the material in
the front. with trimmings OF limestone, ana
of this latter material will be made the
tracery of the tall Gothic window which
will be the principal feature of the front.
The treatment will be that of the perpen-
dicular Gothic, and in order to avoid mo-
nOtony, which a gable of such a span
would give the roof retreats at each end
and is shown beneath the flying buttresseS.
By means of the latter the lines of the
gable are carried down to the piers on
each side. The effect of this broad treat
ont n
height of the front
A Group Of Apartments.
A large piece of ground at the southeast
corner of ID and d streets northeast is to
be improved by the owner, j. j. Healey, by
the erection of a series of apartment
houses. The plans for these structures
have been prepared by Henry Simpson,
architect One is to be located on I'd street
and three around the corner on D street.
All of these structures will be three stories
in height, and will contain no elevators.
They are to be heated by steam and are
to be arranged for housekeeping. Red
press brick and stone are the materials to
be used in the construction of the fronts.
The largest building of the group will be
the one on I'd street. 1t will have a 'front.'
age of thirty five feet and a depth of 135
feet. There are alleys on each side, and,
in addition, beyond the alley on the south
side. is St. Joseph's school building and the
L.
apartments on each of the three floors,
each apartment to contain seven rooms
and bath, and including kitchen.
Each of the three buildings on D street
will have a frontage of thirty-five feet and
a depth of eighty-one feet to an alley.
Two apartments are to be each floor,
each containing eight rooms and bath, in
Guiding kitchen.
A Suburban villa.
A picturesque home is being built in Vir-
gina a short distance south of the Chain
bridge. by H. R. Wimsatt of New York.
The location is an elevated one in the
midst of the broken country which is such
a striking feature of the region along the
upper Potomac and a site for the house
has been selected that commands a fine
view of the city. This fact has been kept
in mind by the architects Marsh & Peter
in designing the house. and the principal
part commands the vistas which close with
a view of the city. At this point is the
tower which at the second story is an open
room, from which a fine outlook can be
enjoyed. The house is of wood resting on
foundation walls of stone. The sides and
roof are covered with shingles, and this
material lends itself readily to an attrac-
tive color scheme. The sides of the walls
will be silver gray in a frame work of
white, which will shade off into a roof of
on three sides. An entrance hall. parlor
dining room and kitchen occupy the space
of the first floor, while there will be four
rooms and bath on the second floor.
A Row of Houses.
AT the southeast corner of 18th and Riggs
streets Messrs. Davidson intend to build
five three-story houses from plans prepared
by George S. Cooper, architect Gray
brick and Indiana lime stone with copper
trimmings will be the materials used in
the construction of the fronts. On the first
floor hard wood will be used In the trim
ming of the rooms and the houses will he
heated by hot water. On the first floor
will be parlor, reception hall, dining room
and Kitchen, and in each of the upper sto-
rles Will be six rooms and bath room
Apartment House.
The same architect has prepared plans
for an apartment house which Charles
Early intends to build on Madison street
between 18th and 18th streets. This struc-
ture will be 40xs5 feet, and will be three
stories In height. There will be six anar+-
mehts, each containing six rooms and bath
Brlck OF a light shade and stone will he
used In the construction of the front
Ihere Will be steam heat and an iron fire
escape in the rear. e
On Capitol Hill,
Inc stanton is the name Of a large and
handsome apartment house to be built on
the north side of street between 1st and
I'd streets northeast near Stanton Park
and the Capitol. This is another enternrise
OF Mr. Oscar w. White, who will own and
manage the building, in connection with
the olympia apartment house on Coumhia
heights, which he also owns The Stanton
VIII be built in a first-class manner ana
contain all modern convenlences 1t will he
equipped with an electric elevator nassen
ger and freight. In the basement will he a
laundry for the use of the tenants a hcvc1e
room and individual store rooms for every
apartment. Large porches will be sl1ppljed
10 every apartment, communicating with
the kitchens by a door. The apartments
will contain five and six rooms each NOT
counting bath rooms, which will be TILED
The kitchens will be supplied with gas
ranges, sinks, with hot and cold warer
china closets and pantries. Janitor service
heat and hot and cold water will he in,
cluded in the rent.
Mr.. GUIDES New Residence.
Mr.. Adolph GUIDE is about to erect a hand
some dwelling on the site now occupied nv
his present residence on Good Hope road
Anacostia. Work has been begun in the re-
moval of a number of buildings and stablas
to make space for the house now occun,ad
by Mr.. Guide, which is to Ibe relocated The
new structure will contain all modern I'm,
proVements and will be notable addition