Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-06

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! the newer half of the building is expected
to surpass even that part now il use Costly
| marbles will be used with free hand. The
! floors are to be superbiy tesselated. All
| the fixtures Will be of the most elaborate
! ana rich character. In brief, the owners
/ Of the building expect to make it one of the
most beautifully decorated hotel structures
| IN America
| Notable Public Rooms.
Several of the large rooms will add ma
| terially to the practical value of the build
| ing for hotel purposes
Back of the + street entrance will be a
foyer of notable size. From this will be
entrances to a well-proportoned ladies' re-
ceptton room, several private reception
rooms and a large new dining room.
Upstairs under the French roof and the
dome the present ball room will be ex-
tended the full length of the 18th street
, front, over 1S5 feet. With a width of fifty
feet this room will then be one of the
largest in the District of Columbia. Its
decorations will conform with its eXcep-
tOnai proportions and the general tone of
the hotel. y low balcony for chaperons
and non-dancerS will be built at the rorth
| end. Another, higher above the floor. will
be built for the musicians. Recesses at the
windows Will provide rest spaces without
breaking the lines Of the hall. This room
VIII be one of the most elegant halls for
concerts and conventions south of New
York in the whole country
The f street facade will correspond of
course. to that on Pennsylvania avenue
IT Will have, however, one distinctive fea-
ture which is expected to make it the more
attractive of the two. This is a recessed
driveway about two pairs of pillars ad-
hitting carriages about thirty feet back Of
the building line. Two handsome door
ways VIII each be surmounted by fine
marquise. The effect will undoubtedly be
very fine
The construction is being done for the
Virginia Hotel Company by the Fuller
Company, as indicated above and the ar
Tangements for the lease to the Willard
Hotel Company have already been Drac-
ucaIly completed.
A Colonial Country House
The country house of Capt. James F.
Oyster, which is in this issue added to the
series of such structures illustrated in The
Star for the past few months, is one of the
handsomest summer homes near Washing
ton Its designer was Mr. Appleton P
Clark, jr., and the house as now completed
and beautfied by a large garden of three OF
Tour acres is a conspicuous ornament to the
landscape IN the vicinity of Kensington ana
Garrett Park.
IL stands nearly opposite Kensington
ana about nine miles out from the city
along the Rockville electric road From a
very high hill it commands an outlook which
t4Nto HeS CHSFS 1naSe, henSlnStOn, BetheS-
da' Jarrett Park and most of the country
north of the city. Two clumps of trees
shade it admirably.
IN style 1t Is purely colonial. The chief
feature OF the exterior Is a high two-story
portco with large columns about three
1eet IN diameter. A hali twenty feet wide
runs all the way through the house. 1t is
broken however, a little more than half
way back by a screen of pillars which
serves to raise the floor level a few steps.
Inc main stair and the owners den are
potii reached from this platform. In front
Vi tne pillars are entrances to the library
ana dining room. both being expansive and
attractive rooms With the kitchen and
pahtries, which are situated in what the
archltect calls the service wing there
are SIX large rooms on the first floor The
second floor provides nine good-sized bed
rooms, three baths and store room.
stable, an ice house and a fine water
tower, all designed in accord with the
mousse, add to the general effect of the place
captain Oyster has had his house built in
the midst of about 100 acres which he owns
and has been able to plan on correspond
ing scale. Fully four acres are set apart
for the decorative garden. The effect Of the
whole eXcites the admiration Of every pas
serby on the electric road.
Unusual Activity in Rentals.
Stone & Fairfax report over 100 houses
rented since August ], sign that the I'M
usual activity in rentals during the late
summer has been continued into September
Mr.. Fairfax noted this morning that the
inquiries received at his Office for property
represented very high grade of custom
and argued from shat sfact that the fall
and winter season. in house building and
sales would be the most advantageous in
the history of locat reaf estate