Evening star., 1901-06-01
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
What is Going on in the Way Of I'M
provements.
In ERECTING BUILDINGS
Preparing Rock Creek Park for
Use by the Public.
FAVORABLE CONDITION S

A tract Of land comprising ten acres in
the Bethesda Land Company subdivision
OF the Rockville road, Just beyond Be
thesda Park Md, has been sold by j. Hitc
Miller, the general manager of that COM
pany, to Mrs. Carrie NJ. Whitside, the wife
OF General Whitsiie, U. s. A. 1t is stated
to be the purpose ut the purchaser to erect
a home on this land, which adjoins to the
north the place recently purchased by Mr..
Clarence F. Norment, where he is building
a house for his own use.
St. Peters Church PARSONAGE
Work has been begun upon the new par
sonage for ST. Peters Church, corner I'd
and c streets southeast, which will occupy
the site of the old building erected sixty
years ago. The new structure which is
being erected from plans by B. Stanley
Simmons, architect will have a frontage
of forty-six feet by depth of eighty-fve
feet and will be three stories high above
a nnefoot finished basement which will
be about two-thirdS out of ground. The
exterior of the building will be of Balti-
more county white marble, treated in the
Romanesque style of architecture and in
Keeping with the church Immediately ad-
joining. Broad marble steps with but
tresses mark the entrance, which will be
in the center of .hc building, through an
elaborate arched doorway to central hall
of generous dimensions About midway of
the hall will be broad oak staircase,
screened by a handsome grille of Moorish
fretwork, leading to the floors above
To the left of the hail will be an Office
for the pastor and an office for each of
the two assistants. Back of these will he
the dining room, z0X24 feet, occupying the
southwest corner, with outlook to the
street To the right of the hall will be a
large parlor and sitting ROOM and in the
rear, separated from the main building by
hall, will be the buffers serving pantries
and kitchen. The second floor south con-
tains the pastors study, chamber and pri-
vate bath, and on the north side the guests
chamber, two bed rooms and bath In the
rear of this floor, separated from the main
building, will be the servants quarters and
bath, with back stairs leading to the low
er floors. On either side Of the hall, upon
the third floor, will be a study for each OF
the assistants with two large bed rooms
and bath adjoining. The basement will
and large hall for theameetfngs of differ
ent societies of The CONGREGATION, the re-
naming portion being devsted to the heat
ana s 1aIad nppa1a."s' % Tue, = room storage rooms
by the water circulating system and trim
med in natural woods, and when completed
VIII be one of the most modern and we'll
equipped buildings Of its class in this sec
tlon Mr.. owen Donnelly is the builder
Proposed Business Building.
Ing the present season, which, when COM
pleted, will enlarge materially the busi-
ness accommodations of the city. During
the past week Mr.. r. w. Henderson bought
at public auction the property known as
11r9 F street northwest. It has fronta ee
of 70 feet and " of an inch and contains
2,79O square feet. Mr.. Henderson paid the
sum of s5O,5O0. which is at the rate of a
little over SIS per square foot 1t is the
intention of the new owner some time In
the near future to erect building there
for the use of his business, which Is now
carried on a few doors to the west Ex
actly what the character of the building
will be Mr.. Henderson does not know, for
he has made no plans In detail
In the course of a few days the work of
removing the building at the northeast
corner of 18th and streets will be begun
by direction of the owners of the property
the Messrs. Tyssowski. On this site 1t is
proposed to erect an Office building, prob
ably nine stories in height.
An Extensive Hotel Building.
About the beginning of July 1t is expected
that start will be made in the erection
Of a fine modern hotel building, which, it
is said, is to be one of the best examples
Of the sort to be found anywhere The To-
cation will be the present site of the Rich
mond Hotel building, at the northeast cor
ner Of 18th and H streets. The new build
ing will be much more of a structure than
the one II Will replace, as 1t will cover not
only that site but also all the ground on
both sides, which is bounded by alleys on
the east and west and by 18th and H
streets.
Altogether there are some 2LOOO square
feet which are to be acquired by E. l.
Resented, now manager of the Richmond
HOTEL in the name of the Potomac Hotel
Company. The property belongs to the
estate of Anthony Pollok, of which the
American Security and Trust Company is
the trustee, and Herbert A. Gill, real
tate broker, Is the agent In includes the
residence which was the home for so many
years in this city Of the historian, George
Bancroft.
FireprOOf Structure.
The entire tract Is to be cleared of build
1ngs, and there is to be erected ffreproof
structure some eight stories in height. The
plans are now being completed by Bruce
Price, architect of New York city. There
will be some 400 rooms in this large build
Ing. 1t is understood that the price agreed
upon for the property is $40 per square
foot, and that the building win cost in the
neighborhood of a half million of dollars,
80 that the total amount OF money that
will be represented by this improvement
will be about three-quarters of million
of dollars.
Advance of Business.
The residence at 1884 New York avenue Is
being transformed into a business build