The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Handsome Office Building
May Be Erected on Old
Y. IA. C. A. Site.
NEWSPAPER ROW PLANNED
structure to Be Erected on Fourteenth
Street by Henry A. Willard Designed
Tor Use of Correspondents - Private
Residences Planned.

during the week in the sale of the old
foung Mems Christian Association prop
erty on the north side of New York Ave-
nue.. between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Streets northwes,. The sale of this prop
erty was interesting because Of the fact
That il is the purpose Of the new owners.
1t is said. to improve it with the erection
OF handsome building for business pur-
poses, and the price which was paid for it.
Ihe improvements on the property can be
considered of no value whatever. as what
remains OF them is a mere shell. The in
side OF the building was entirely destroy
ed by fire several years ago. There are
h,Ooe-odd square feet of ground, and the
price paid was SIS per foot.
This transaction is looked upon as in
dicating that values in that section of the
city are holding their own, and, if any
thing, rising. About three years ago the
property on which the Bond building
is situated, on the opposite corner
sold for Sl2 per square foot. In that piece
there are nearly Il, 900 square feet.
Offices for Correspondents.
new structure intended to be used by
newspaper correspondents and to be
known as the Willard Building, is being
erected for Mr.. Henry A. Willard On the
east side Of Fourteenth Street, on the
site of the cid structure known as the
Occidental. This building has been
Planned by Mr.. James G. Hill, architect,
and is designed fer use as an Office build
ing, and will be particularly adapted for
newspaper correspondents, thus re-estab-
fishing what was known as Newspaper
Row. 1t is to be eight stories in height,
and the material used in the front will
be light stone brick. and terra Gotta. The
latter will be employed for ornamental
purposes, and this feature win serve to
make the frcnt an interesting example of
the decorative in architecture. Above the
third stcry there will be a terra Gotta
colonnade, the columns being three feet
in diameter ard thirty-one feet high. The
ornamental details will be kept subordi-
nate to the main purpose OF the struc-
ture, which is essentially to be a busi-
ness building. II is to be frcproof
throughout The frame viii be of steel
and the floors of terra Gotta. The ar
rangement of the office rooms will be such
they Will have what is most valuable in
This climate, an abundance OF light and
air. What is known as the dumbbeil style
has been selected. BY this plan the Of
fees on each floor will be separated by a
wide court. The front suite of rooms will
extend from the front OF the building to
the court, and the other suite from the
court to the rear which is on the alley. |
The two parts will be connected by |
hallway, which forms the handle of the |
dumbbell.
Private Residences.
Mr. W. L. Conley, architect, has Just |
finished plans for residence for Mr.. |
Louis H. Schneider to be erected at 1446 1
Kenesaw Avenue
1t is to be three stories in height, with |
a slate roof. The material used in the |
front will be pressed brick and brown
stone. The house will be heated by steam
and finished with hard wood. On the first
floor there viii be a parlor, reception
room. dining reom, kitchen, and pantry,
weele on the ssesad floor will be five bed
rCei1s and bath. and on the third floor
win ee four bedrooms.
T15 same architect has also prepared
plans n a house TO be erected for W. E. 1
Cotton on Richmond Street, Fairview
Heights.
Together with Mr. Paul j. Pelz archi-
tect, Mr.. Conley is preparing plans for the
'nrge building on Connecticut Avenue, op-
bosite De Sales Street, which the Stumph
Bedding Company intends to erect for its
business use.
The frontage of this structure will be
CT feet inches, and the depth 102 feet.
It will extend through the block from Con-
necticut Avenue to Eighteenth Street, and
while only one story in height, as far as
The outside treatment goes, yet in fact II
will be a two-story structure, as the
large room will be surrounded by a gal
|ery which will practically be story.
Considerable interest is manifested by
The holders of property In the neighbor-
hood Of Twelfth Street, between G and
H. over changes that have taken place
recently in the ownership of the property.
Mr.. j. B. Winner has bought from Mrs. /;
Lusk. or rather exchanged for a resi-
ience, the property known as 70s Twelfth l
Street The consideration named in the {
was $4,000. This property,
which is improved by frame house, has
| frontage of twenty-five feet and ex-
ends. back to the alley and contains
.1s1 square feet. Il adjoins the building
II the Washington Savings Bank. I
Two Important Sales. c
little farther along on the same block ]
wo pieces of property have changed !
hands. II is understood they have been 4
ought by Thomas J. Fisher e Co. for 4
lient. The total frontage is forty feet and II
he depth 155 feet On the north side there $
= a fifteen foo, alley, while in the rear =
here is a thirtyfoot alley. II is stated
hat il is the purpose to erect an apart
,ent house on this site.
Just across the street the property des-
gnated as III Twelfth Street has been
old for the Busey estate to the Columbia
Investment Company, b. F. Edwards man
ger. This property has frontage of 29.50 ,
ret by depth OF ninety-five feet to an
Hey, and the price paid was $4,000. The
ew owners intend to cut down the ter 4
ace and put in a front and change
he building SO as TO fit it for business
ses.
Moore G. Hill have recently sold seven Z
I the houses erected by Speich d Haislet .
n First and Y Streets, in Bloomingdale,
DR. s. 500 each.
This firm is closing up several deals
hey find that there is still an active de-
,and for property for investment pur-
oses: that, in fact, the supply is not =
rual to the demand Mr.. Hill says people
re satisfied with property that nets
er cent.
David Moore. of the firm OF Moore &