The Washington times., 1902-10-12

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end floor. will be finished ir Flemish
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Plans for Houses.
Sunderland Bros. have prepared plans
for three houses to be built for John l..
Edwards on the north side OF Quincy
Street between North Capitol and First
Streets northeast. They will be two
stories and basement. with seventeen
feet frontage. and will contain six
rooms each The cost will be about
So. goo each
The two houses being built for sun
derland Bros. on the north side OF y
Street between North Capitol and First
Streets northwest are nearing compile
tion and will soon be put on the mar
ket at $3.50 each. They are two sto-
ries and basement and contain eight
rooms each
The trustees of the Maryland Agrlcui-
tural College have accepted the plans oi
Owens & Sisco. of Baltimore, TO build Il
new dormitory on the grounds OF the
institution at College Park just beyond
the District, to cost about $4,000
Several architects from this city, lis
well as others from Baltimore, TOOK
part in the competition. The successful
firm has been authorized TO prepare
general drawings and specifications and
secure bids. and to estimate on the cost
of the new building based on the plans
adopted
Handsome Homes.
James NJ. Green will soon have pre-
pared plans for the house which he in
tends to erect for his own use on the
site recently purchased on the north
side of Massachusetts Avenue between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets. The
building lot has a frontage of thirty
feet seven inches and extends back 10
an alley some 126 feet. The total area
is 4,074 square feet, and the price paid
was S5 per square foot. A small bricK
house now on a portion of the property
will be removed. 1t is the last of the
old-time structures on that side of the
block. The entire square is now nearly
built up with modern residences of a
handsome type. Senator Lodge has his
handsome home on that block and there
MacTeagh. while the home OF Mr. Be-
riah Wilkins has just been completed.
Early & hampton have recently closed
several large deals. They have sold to
Major James J. Gordon. of Cincinnati,
for l.. A. Barr the Thomas apartment
house at the southwest corner of
Thomas Circle. The consideration was
$4,000. AS part payment they have
transferred to l.. A. Barr for Major
James ]. Gordon the Lewis building at
nue. and Sixth Street for s22, 500. They
have sold for Mrs. Finnella Alexander to
George w. F. Swartzell lots 505, 306, and
307 on Baltimore Street between Eight
eenth and Nineteenth Streets. having a
frontage of 177 feet and depth of lil,
and containing 22,27S square feet The
consideration was s2S, 900. The new pur-
chaser will erect on this ground a row
of ten houses. The firm has also sold
to Mrs. FinneIla Alexander the houses
1877 and 1919 Adams Mill Road for
$26. 900, and also house 1853 Columbia
Road for $4,000. Through this office
MIR. Everett has bought from Franklin
T. Sanner house 1857 Mintwood Place for
81, COO
Improvements Ahead.
Moore & Hill Inc, have sold for
George S. Cooper the three-story house. |
24l0 Eighteenth Street, Washington
for $500; in connection with |
l.. S. Lipscomb, a lot in California Ave
nue., Washington Heights. for $4,000: for
the Moore heirs. fifteen lots. the Moore !
and Barbour subdivision of Blooming
dale. for $4,000. These lots are to be !
improved by the erection of modern /
Exley 1909. 1911, and 1913 Eighteenth |
Street: for George s. Cooper 1927 How !
ard Avenue, Iount Pleasant, for So 600, |
and in come :tion with Thomas ]. Fisher |
& Co. five lots in Fifth Street south |
east near Pennsylvania Avenue TO II. j. |
Turner
DR.. d. b. Clarke the owner of the old
two-story structure at 425 and i27 Elev- |
enth Street northwest, intends soon to !
tear down the same for the purpose of |
erecting modern buildings on the ground |
The first floor of the proposed struc-
,ures are to be arranged for store pur-
poses
Gasch Bros have taken out a long
lease on 1926 New York Avenue. now |
occupied by the Public Library. 1t is t
their Intention to make extensive alter
ations and repairs. and arrange the
structure for use as their Office and
also for Office purposes
Two new firms have recently gone into
the real estate business. Messrs. j. H.
cannon and J. X. Summers have fitted
up Offices at 1922 f Street under the firm
name of Cannon & Summers. Offices
in Nthe Home Building. Fifteenth and G
streets northwest have been taken by
Howell d. Boyd