The Washington times., 1901-12-01

| Mr. Charles G. Thorue. and IS finely To-
| Gated. The price paid by the Walkers was
| S41.O01.. The seller OF the property was
Mrs. F. NJ. Alexander. and the sale was
| effected through Early x Lampton.
The Washington Heights Presbyterian
| Church has let the contracts for the erec
tion of a pretty little chapel. The con-
gregation has been worshipping up to
! the present time in the studio of Parker
Mann, the artist, in the Heights, and has
been planning for home of its own for
some months. The first building to be
erected viii be modest affair, but the
lot recently purchased is a fine one. and
as soon as possible a church edifice Of
more important size will be erected
The lot purchased is on Kalorama Ave
nue., between Eighteenth Street and
/ Columbia Road. just opposite the resi-
dence of Admiral Selfridge, and its cost
was $4,000. The sale was effected
through Ellerson & Wemple, and Early
& hampton.
Mr.. Thomas C.. AIvord. the Chief Clerk
of the Congressional Library. has re-
Gently purchased, and is now remodeling.
a residence in Washington Heights, 1855
Mintwood Place.
In BIoomingdnI
One of the largest transactions for
some months in realty anywhere in the
city. outside of the business section, is
now being completed by Middaugh
shannon, who purchased $1,000 feet OF
ground in Bloomingdale, the new resi-
dence section, south of the Soldiers
Home The property includes the entire
block of ground, 500 feet on both sides
OF First Street. between Albany and Bal
timore streets 1t lies on the ridge OF
t1,o
from one OF its highest points, and is
one of the most advantageously located
in the subdivision. The property was
purchased from Joseph Paul and E. j.
StelIwagen. II is the intention of the
firm to build up the entire block with
residences, and they will begin operations
at once on a number of the houses.
Middaugh & Shannon have just started
eight two-story houses at the southwest
corner of North Capitol and T Streets in
the same section The firm reports that
already nearly all of these houses have
been sold. During the past year, the firm
has built thirty-seyen houses in the sec
tion.
MIR. GIoyer's Residence.
The magnihcenct residence of Mr..
Charles c. Glover on the north side of K
Street. oa Farraguet Square, is nearly COM
pleted. and Mr.. Glover expects to occupy
it before Christmas He will not move
into the city from his summer residence
until he can take bis new home. The in
terior Of the house is one of the most
beautiful in Washington.
HornbloWer & Marshall. the architects,
are building for Mr.. J. D. Patton resi-
dence ir r Street, between Twenty-second
and Ewenty-third Streets, that is a par
ticularly interesting example of domestic
architecture. and of the finer class of
homes that the influx of wealthy people is
making possible in the Capital City. The
house has a frontage OF fifty feet, which
makes possible an interior arrangement
which is spacious and convenient. The
architects have made the most desirable
exposure the principal front so far as the
planning of the interior is concerned, and
the main rooms are in the south or rear
part of the house, and not overlooking the
street.
The street front is occupied on the first
floor with the stairc1se hall ami a recep-
tion room. Then on the second floor is
the hall with the staircase against the
north wall and a parlor on the east side
extending through the house from north
to south. with dinind room looking to
the south
The treatment of the front is in har-
mony with the generous proportions of
the house. as the effect is not frittered
away by the introduction of lines OF win
dow openings or mere ornamentation
There are broad spaces about the main
entrance which contribute to the impress
sion conveyed by the house that it is not
jammed in a space entirely too small for
it