Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
BUILDING.

The house will be heated by steam and fin
ished with hard wood. On the first floor
there will be a parlor. reception ROOM din
ing room, kitchen and pantry, while on the
second floor will be five bed rooms and
bath, and on the third floor will be four
bed rooms.
The same architect has. also prepared
plans for a house to be erected for w. e.
Cotton on Richmond street, Fairview
Heights.
Business Building.
Associated with Paul ]. Peiz, architect
Mr.. Coniey is preparing plans for the
large building on Connecticut avenue oppo-
site De Sales street which thesStumph Bed
ding Company intends to erect for1its bust
ness use. The frontage ef4this structure
will be be 81 feet inches and the depth
102 feet 1t will extend through the block
from Connecticut avenue to 18th street and
while only one story in height as far as
the outside treatment goes, yet In fact 1t
will be two-story structure, as the large
room will be surrounded by a gallery which
will practically be a story.
The Willard Building.
One of the most substantial structures In
tended for office purposes erected In this city
will be the Willard building. which is now
under construction for Mr.. Henry A. Will
lard on the east side of 18th street and on
the site of the old structure known as the
Occidental: This building mas been planned
by Mr.. James G. HILL architect, and is de-
signed for use as an Office building and
will be particularly adapted for newspaper
correspondents, thus re-estabishing what
was known Newspaper Row 1t is to be
eight stories in height and the material
used in the front will Delight stone, brick
and terra Gotta. The latter will be en-
ployed for ornamental purposes, and this
feature will serve to make the front an in
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chitecture. Above the third story there
will be terra Gotta coionnade the col
umns, being three feet in diameter and thir-
ty-one feet high. The ornamental details
win De Kept subordinate. to the main pur-
pose of the, structure, which is essentially
to be business building. 1t is to be fire.
proof 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 offices
on each floor will be separated by wide
court. The front suite of rooms will ex-
tend from the front of the building to the
court, while the other suite from the court
to the rear, which Is on the alley. The two
parts will be connected by a hallway which
forms the handle of the du,nbbell.
Changes in 18th Street Property.
There have been several changes recently
in the ownership of property in the block
on 18th street between G and H streets,
which have created considerable interest
among those who have holdings in that To-
cality. Mr.. j. B. Winner has bought from
Mrs Lusk, or rather exchanged for resi-
dence, the property known as 70S 18th
street The consideration named in the
transaction was $4,000. This property,
which is improved by frame house, has
a frontage of twenty five feet and ex-
tends back to the alley and contains !, 761
square feet. 1t adjoins the building of the
Washington Savings Bank
little farther along on the same block
two pieces of property havetchanged hands.
1t is understood they have been bought by
Thos. ]. Fischer & Co. far a client The
total frontage is forty feet and the depth
155 feet On the north sids there as fif-
teen-foot alley, while in the rear there is
a thirty-foot alley It is STATED that it is
the purpose to erect an apartment house
on this site.
ignated as TIT 18th street has been sold
for the Busey estatesto the Columbia In
vestment Company. B. F. Edwards mama
ger. This property has a fnontageof $3.50
feet by depth OF ninetyahve feet to an
alley and the price paid was $4,000. The
new owners intend to cut down tho terrace
and put in new front end change the
building SO as to fit It for business uses.
Some Exist3ng CoaHiitiona.
Moore & Hill. real estate bnokers, are
gratified with the appreciation manifested
for the houses erected by apeieh 81 Haislit,
on LIST and v Streets In BloomingdaIe.
which they offered for sale During the
past two weeks they have sold seven Of
these houses for $500 each
This firm is closing up several deals
They find that there Is still an active de-
mand for property for investment purposes;
that, In fact, the supply is not equal to
the demand. Mr.. Hin says people are salts
fed with property that nets K per{cent
David Moore Of the firm Of Noore &
Hill is building five houses on U street be-
tween North Capitol and LIST street. in the
Moore and Barbour subdivision. The houses
will be two stories and an attic each, and
each will contain eight rooms and q bath.
II see by the posters that ynung Stager,
the comedian, travels under his wife's man
agement."
SO do most men. hut they don't adyer-