Evening star., 1901-11-02
PRESENT ACTIVITY TO META DEMAND
Apartment House Construction
Still Continues to Be a Feature.
OF INTEREST


for by the condition of the market, which
| seems TO demand new and enlarged accom-
| modations both for residence and for busi
| ness purposes. Buildings which were start
ed early in the year are now being pushed
to completion. while a beginning is beins
made in quite a good deal of work of thi
| kind.
| Mention has been made in The Star of tn,
| proposed Improvement at the southeast cor
| ner of 10th street and Park avenue, Noun
| Pleasant which will result in the buiIdine
J of some fifteen houses, Owing to the i'm
| possibility of having subdivision of this
| land, as stipulated in the agreement of pur
chase. this sale was not consummated
| 1t is announced by Eugene f. Cad
| dis, who is carrying on an extensiv,
| building enterprise on Harvard stree
| between 9th and 10th streets north
west, that he has started the excavation
| for the erection of twenty-five houses or
| Harvard street, adjoining on the east 6
| similar row of two-story houses which he
| is now completing. The latter buildings
are not finished, as the white coat on the
| interior walls is being put on, but in spite
| of that fact Mr.. Gaddis states that he, has
| already sold twelve of the twenty two
| When Mr. Gaddis completes the present un-
| dertaking 156 houses will cover the front
ages of that square.
Proposed Apartments Buildings.
The end has not been reached in the
| building of apartment houses, for while the
number has been increa sed during the past
year at rate heretofore. unknown the sup
ply of tenants seems to be ample even for
the additional Accommodations. 1t is evil
dent that the erection of such structures is
to continue to be more or less a feature
of the market here for some time to come.
c. l.. Harding, architect, has under con-
sideration the plans for three buildings OF
this character. One is to be located on Co
lumbia Heights, and rs to be large struc-
ture of the kind. Another is to be at
Rhode Island avenue and 9th street, while
still another will be IN the vicinity of the
pension office building. The two latter are
to be four stories in height and will be
without elevators. In this type of apart
ments the rentals are not so high, averag-
ing from 81 and upward per room, while
In buildings where thereis an elevator serv-
Ice the rates range higher.
Shape of a Wedge.
Plans have been prepared by B. Stanley
Simmons, architect for a large apartment
house to be erected on the east side Of
14th street between Florida avenue and w
street. This building will rise to the height
of five Stories and will extend the depth
Of the lot to an alley An ingenious de-
vice for supplying light and air through
all the parts of structure Of this extent
is resorted to in reserving an open space
ol ten @Ieel Oh edCn sue Oh tHe UuliuiHS
The frontage of the lot is eighty-four feet,
while that of the building will be only
sixty-four feet. In addition, the building
will have a wedge shape, as 1t will gradu-
ally widen from the front until at the rear
it will occupy nearly the entire width of the
lot. The effect of this arrangement Will
be to give the apartments In the rear
frontage on the street across the interval
of the side spaces.
The same architect has prepared the
plans for five three-story and cellar build
ings which are being erected at the south
east corner of 18th and B streets south
west for Samuel l.. Phillips. These will be
apartment buildings, and each floor will
constitute a suite of five rooms and a
bath. The dimensions of each house will
be 1Sx75 feet. There will be no elevator
service. A similar row of four buildings is
being completed at the southwest corner
of East Capitol and 18th streets for the
same owner from plans drawn by Mr.. Sim
| mons.
Where JEFF Davis Lived.
The old house at 1923 q street northwest,
which was the residence of Jefferson Davis
while he was Secretary Of War, is about to
be removed, in order to give place to a
| modern structure. The owner of the prop
erty, Mr.. S. E. Redfern. has decided to
take down the old building, as well as the
one adjoining, and on this site. from plans
prepared by N. T. Haller architect, he will
cause to be erected an apartment house
100 feet, and the structure will contain
twenty apartments of five or six rooms
each.
The same architect has made plans for
row of eight three story houses at Erie
and Champlain streets.
New Church Edifice.
The sale of the property Of the Street
Baptist Church, on E street between 9th
and 7th streets northwest, which was an
nounced during the week, will lead to two
improvements The purchasers Of that
| property, Catholic society known as the
knights of Columbus, will make some
changes and alterations to adapt the build
ing for the uses of that organization, which
mas membership Of about 1,4O0.
Arrangements are being made by the
Baptist congregation to begin as soon as
possible the erection of a new church ed
lnce on the site which was purchased some
years ago at the northwest corner of 10th
and N streets northwest. Fhe lot is 100
feet square and 1t liz proposed to occupy
the whole of it, with the exception of some
twenty feet on N street. Frank H. jack
son, architect, is engaged IN preparing
plans for structure that will be so
feet by 100 feet The Sunday school room
Will De on the same floor as that Of the
second story. Brick and stone will be the
materials used in the exterior walls, and
II is estimated that the new structure will
cost about $4,000.
Belongs to Uncle Sam.
A city lot Is to be offered at public auc-
ton by James w. RatcIiffe, auctioneer, un-
der rather unusual circumstances. Mr.. Rat
cline, who has had d long experience In
the auction business in this city. as is
Well known, says that a. similar instance
| has never come under his notice The lot
which he proposes to offer for sale next
month is the property of Uncle Sam. and
while that individual is an extensive owner
OF District real estate, yet, as Mr.. Rat
cline says, it is rare that the government
sells any Of its holdings. 1t seems that
In this case a single ft on 18th street be-
for taxes and thes p5rchaser found upon
examination that 4h& title was in the
United States gov6rnjnent. So an appeal
was made to CongfAsS asking for authority
| to sell the property which was rather small
| for public uses. It has a frontage Of some