Evening star., 1902-01-18
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Buildings Going Up in Various Parts
of the District.
INCREASED BRICK CONSUMPTION
Apartment Houses Still Occupy the
Attention of Investors.
MATTERS OF INTER- E S 7

An elaborate residence for his own use is
to be built by Mr.. Charles w. King on the
north side of Huntington place, west OF
14th street. He has reserved for this pur-
pose thirty-two feet of a fifty-foot lot
which he owns and he intends to leave a !
lawn space of about ten feet on the side.
With this provision for light and air he Will
extend the house back about seventy feet |
and the rooms will have the benefit of the
full width of the building lot. There |
will be a paror, library, dining room and |
kitchen on the first floor and roomy cham |
bers on the upper floors, with two bath |
rooms on the second floor, one in the base |
ment and one on the third floor. The plans |
are being prepared by N. T. Haller, archi- |
tect Mr. King will build a house on the |
remaining eighteen feet of the lot.
Mintwood Place Houses.
It Is the intention of Mr.. Franklin T.
Sanner to build three houses on Mintwood
place. They will each be twenty feet front
and will be built of stone and brick of at
tractive design.
The Making of Brick.
The figures from the office Of the building
inspector, recently printed in The STAR
showing the increase in the amount of
money expended during the past year In
building as compared with the previous
year. bears out the opinion that has gen
orally been entertained by those fam1l' ar
with the conditions prevailing here. The
increasing activity in this respect, Whlch
has been such a notable feature OF the
last years record, receives further con-
| firmation from the statistics of the brick
making business.
| According to Mr. Theodore L. Holbrook,
| who is at the head of the company through
| which a large proportion of the brick made
| here for the local market is handled, the IN
crease in the output of this industry during
| the past year shows quite an advance as
compared with that of the preceding twelve
| months. During the year 1900 the local
| companies which furnish all the rough brick
large proportion of the fancy varieties sold
| from 70,000,o0o to 100000 brick
| An Increasing Demand.
| Last year the consumption reached ap-
| proximately eighty millions 1t is estimat-
| ed, from the business already on hand and
| which is In prospect, that during the COM
ing year the output of brick will reach
ninety millions, and perhaps exceed those
figures For several years past the use
of brick has steadily increased, marking,
of course the growth of the building in
terests of the city, and there Is an en-
| couraging prospect that the local market
| to the volume of business of the year 1880,
Just before the period of financial depres-
sion set in. In that year the high-level
| mark Of the brick market was reached, as
the consumption was 12O000O00 Since
| that date the building business here, as
| elsewhere throughout the country, reached
! a pretty low ebb, and one year the con-
sumption Of brick here did not go beyond
50,O0O,OOO.
. The industry of brickmaking Is Of i'm,
) | portance in the District, and 1t is estimated
. . | that the yearly value of the product is
about 5000 O0O Some two millions of dol
| lars are invested in the various plants
I | large proportion Of the companies are nov
+ | located across the Potomac river near th'
= | Virginia entrance to the Long bridge
: Some seven of the eighteen companies Still
] have their plants within the District, Th
: | growth of population and the increasin:
| value of the land, with other reasons, hav
: ! tended to bring about a change In the 10
: | cation of many of the brick establishments
s and, as a rule. they seemed to have cen
a | tered about the southern end OF !on
o bridge.
Mr.. Bergling's Residence.
house is to be built for H. G. Bergnn
on 9Th street between M and N street
Il northwest from plans prepared by H. A
Campbell, architect. An attractive front
It to be enriched by combination of brow
l. stone and Roman brick. convenient al
n rangement of the space on the first foo
d comprises a parlor, reception hall, dinin
- room and kitchen. The finish Of this floo
~ will be in hard wood. There are to b
'r four rooms and a bath on the second fioc
5 and two rooms on the third. The dinner
g sions Of the house will be twenty by Sc,
-, | enty-five feet.
r. A Business Extension.
g. Plans have been prepared by the sam
ir architect for the enlargement Of bus
,e ness establishment on Connecticut avenr
g which will add to the firms facilities. TT
l oocff
az thousand to sixty thousand dollars. and
y, lis expected that during the coming sprir
n the work will be begun.
Some New Houses.
Mr.. Campbell intends to erect a house
the north side of street between 18th al
- | 10Th streets, which will be twenty by Sc
enty-three feet. The new structure W
ny contain ten rooms and the arrangement
n the first floor includes kitchen
nd Four three-story houses and an apal
,ig ment house are to be built at Sd and
of streets from plans prepared by Mr.. Cam
| bell. Each of the houses will contain t
eK' | rooms and a bath and will be finished wi
ell hard wood. The apartment house will
he | three stories in height and there will
re- | one suite on each moor containing nVe rool
n. | and bath.
VT. Mr.. Campbell has also started to prepa
'ad plans for an apartment house to be focat
ak on 10Th street between l. and M stree
sed depth Jos feet and the height will be f
,es. stories. Gray stone and light brick will
I'd. used in the front. The apartments will
viii divided into suites of two and three roo
asst each The same architect Is also prep;
ing plans for three three-story houses
be erected on Columbia Heights. TT
will each contain eleven rooms and BATH
~, A whole Square of Ground.
An entire square Of ground In Georgeto
,,. has been purchased by Mr.. Stilson Hut
1p ~ ms. It is the triangular piece Of grou
u Lying between SD and Saith streets a
-. north Of U street. At present 1t is bel
w. the grade and 1t is the intention OF
tha new owner to bring 1t up to grade, but
t,r,o does not contemplate improvements. Z
nc transaction was made through Early
Hampton, real estate brokers. in connect
with B. B. Bradford. Early & Lamp
have also sold the residence known as I
d. Connecticut avenue for SIS 600 to Mrs. n
.red tie I. Bradford and house 2119 Bancr
,n,s place for $15. 600 to James B: Winner A
| to George B. Williams house 1898 Clint
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