The Washington times., 1902-08-17
REAL ESTATE TAKES
HOT WEATHER SLUMP

cream white. The whole is surmounted
with shingle roof of rich red.
The hall or living room is very large,
being twenty-five feet wide by thirty
feet long. and is arranged with windows
and doors at The north and south ends.
y large fireplace is AT one side. Near
by are staircase landing half way up
and an entrance lobby from the carriage
entrance practically screened from the
main hall. Across from the fireplace is
the parlor, and at one side Cf il Is the
entrance to the dining room. This last
is also large room, and its decoration
is enc of the colonial touches given the
building. The mlrIel and china closets
arc especially fine in design. the latter
having an effective loaded sash. The
buffers pantry adjoining the dining
room is so arranged that the meals can
be served from it to the. porch as well
as to the dirirg room. Kitchen. SER
wants hall and back stairs complete the
first floor.
The bedroom floor Is so arranged that
q majority of the rooms open On the sec
ond story veranda and have both large
windows and closets to contribute to the
comfort cf the occupants. There are
three tiled baths. ere Of them with a
marble shower bath connected. Ser
wants rooms in abundance have been
built in the attic, and a laundry con-
stTuctcd in the cellar.
"Pebble Dash" Exterior
Alterations are being made TO the
residence of W. Riley Decide. at the
corner CT p and Hopkins Place, just
TO the west of Dupont Circle. An
other story has been added. which con-
tains an additional bath room and a
laundry. but the principal feature Of
the improvement is the treatment cf
the exterior with pebble dash" The
color scheme is good combination of
grays produced By French stainless ce-
ment and cornices, copings, and trim.
mings of cream.
pebble dash is regarded as a par
ticularly desirable finish in that it IS
planned to protect the building from
both extremes of heat and cold. the
cement closing all the interstices. The
effect in this instance is unusual and
pleasing, and a distinct addition to the
architecture for which Washington is
now so well known. Ths designer was
Mr.. Arthur B. Heaton.
Some Sales Are Made.
Stone G. Fairfax still continue to be
busy. and report the following sales
since August l.
For Charles Patterson, 1860 Harvard
Street, Columbia Heights, for S12,000;
for Eugene Jeffreys. Ills Roanoke Street,
s9,250; for E. Gaddis. 1853 Kenesaw Ave
nue.. $500; to F. A. Blundon. FIVE lots
on Kenyon Street, Columbia Heights.
on which Mr.. Blundon will erect five
houses; for Mr.. Noonan, 80 Quincy
Street northwest. si,500; for James A.
Stratton. POS Eighth Street northeast,
$500: for General Abbott, 633 Mary
land Avenue northeast, So 500: for F. s.
Collins. 207 Street northeast, $1,000;
for B. Emmert. 1918 Second Street
northwest, $1,000; for F. A. Blundon,
I713 First Street northwest. $1,000; for
DR.. Knowles, 1859 Third Street north
west, SO, 500: TO y. Johnston 1890 Ninth
$50 Tenth Street northeast. $1,000; f.
Humphrey & Palmer 1898 Florida Az
nue. northeast, $500.
Georgetown Realty Transfers.
The following transfers of George
town real estate took place yesterday:
Aloysins ]. Ashe sold to Thomas F.
Conroy !ot 4, in Browns subdivision of
square 1880, being improved property
on the west side of Valley Street, near
@; John G. Campbell sold to Carl Kef-
erstein. lots 2s4 and 2S7, in Detweilers
subdivision of square 1856. being i'm
proved property on the north side OF
p Street, between Twenty y-seventh and
Twenty eighth Streets northwest. being
two three-story brick dwellings in Det-
weiler's Row; J. Tarbell Dyer. trustee.
has sold to Martha G. Gibbs, for 81 500,
lot 10, in Berry and others subdivision
OF square 1880 and Samuel o. Wendell
to Henry Gerhardt part of lots IL and
u, in block 3, of the Mount Airy and
subdivision of Tenieytown.