The Washington times., 1902-06-08
NEGLECTED SECTION
TO BE REJUVENATED

of Connecticut Avenue and L Street
which extends nearly to the corner OF
! X Street on the south and east to a
| point close to Seventeenth Street 1t
| is understood the work of tearing down
! the present structures will be started
! this month. but as there are fifteen
! buildings to be taken down, including
| seven three-story houses on l. Street.
large residence and store at the cor
ner. and five dwellings on Connecticut
| Avenue. the undertaking will require
considerable time.
Plans for the structure are in the
| hands of Architect James G. Hill and
call for a building to cost at least
$500. 900. 1t will be eight stories in
| height, thoroughly fire-proof, and will
have a frontage of 3l4 feet on Connecti-
cut Avenue and 1873 feet on l. Street.
1t will probably be a year and a half
before the huge structure is completed.
Many Important Transfers.
Mr. E. Lodge Hill. the real estate
broker. has made the following sales
recently: For Joseph P. Hill, three lots
on Washington Heights. for $4,000; for
Joseph Paul. nine lots in Bloomingdale,
for $500. Fine residences are to be
erected upon these lots. For Harry o.
Hine to E. l.. Hill, 62i Twenty-third
Street northwest, for $3.50; for DR..
William Bohrer. house at Garrett Park,
for $4,000; to Robert Cumberland, 2130
II Street northwest, for $3.50; to Mrs.
White, through Moore & Hill. 212S II
Street northwest. for $500: to John W.
Hancock. 132 + Street southeast, for
$500; TO James ID. Markley. 1876 f
Street southeast. fer $500; to A.
Creme Smith, 2S3 Fourteenth Street
northeast, for s2,100; to J. A. Eberle,
Alb L Street southeast. for $1,000.
Mr.. p. +. Sutor, who is associated
with MIR. Hill. says that the buying
public is very easy to please, one $1,000
deal last week being made in eighteen
minutes. People are seeking homes in
the Northeast and Southeast sections
of the city. and the demand far cx-
ceeds the supply.
Among the recent sales made by
Moore &. Hill are the following: For
Jesse H. McCalley l23 Seventh Street
northeast. for s3,250; for Mrs Sarah r.
Hallam, 925 North Carolina Avenue
southeast, for $4,000; to Miss Elizabeth
A. Nolan. 3417 Holmead Avenue, for
Sc. 800; to Alfred H. Lee, 91S French
Street northwest, for 81, 600; for Speich
q Haislip to DR.. Alexander d. Cobey.
house southeast corner First and W
Streets northwest, for s6,500; also to
Henderson Presnell, 2101 First Street
northwest. for $500. and to Mrs. Ellen
Temple, 2103 First Street northwest, for
Franklin T. Sanner, 1S5 Mintwood Place.
Washington Heights. for 50. 900; to Sam
uel G. Davis. SIS Tennessee Avenue
northeast; for Francis H. Smith. place
at Hyattsville. for $4,000; TO Eugene
Jefferys, lot I, block 20. Columbia
Heights, improved by two frame cot
tages. The same firm has also sold
two houses on Washington Heights for
s12, ,000 each and has under way several
large deals which have not been closed.
Columbia Heights Improvements.
Stone & Fairfax. real estate brokers,
report the following sales: Samuel A.
Drury placed in their hands for sale
five houses on Kenyon Street. Columbia
Heights. between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, and during the past week all of
them were sold; 81. 500 represented the
total amount OF the sale. as each house
sold for IS, 500 cash. They have also sold
for Richard Bell and R. Preston Shea
ley, trustees, a three-story brick resi-
dence, 1907 Sixteenth Street, for sl0,-
900 cash, the purchaser being a non-resi-
dent, who will make some improvements
and occupy it.
For Francis A. Blundon they have sold
six two-story houses, which he is erect
ing on Street between North Capitol
and First Streets, Bloomingdale, for
400. being s4,S50 each the considera-
tion in each case being cash. AS was
the case with the other houses erected
by Mr.. Blundon and placed on the
market through this firm, these DWELL
ings were sold before being fully COM
pleted. For NJ. W. Emmett, house 1902
L Street, for 1000 cash.
Mr.. +. A. Blundon is building five
houses at the corner of First and Ran
dolph Streets and eight at the corner
of First and s Streets. One of the first
mentioned row has been sold by this
firm.
Dr. c. II. Howland has bought house
1923 Staughton Street, Columbia Heights,
for 81, 500 cash. For NJ. l.. Johnson,
house 402 Spruce Street was sold for
$4,000; for Alexander Varella, house 532
Sixth Street southeast, for 50 100; for
James hampton, house 2106 o Street, for
$500; for A E. Bell. house 22l5 II
Street, for $500: for S. A. Craig, a lot,
fro nting on Lincoln Park and adjoining
the corner of Thirteenth and East Capt.
iol Streets. % by 20 feet, for Sl.25 per
square foot; for NJ. r. Brown, house
1905 Caroline Street, for 50, 500.