Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02

banking room fthei National Safe Deposit,
savings and Trust Company, at the north
west corner OF York avenue and 18th
street, while the space now occupied Uy
the Washington Loan and Trust Company
In Its office building at the southwest cor
ner OF 9TH and r streets. is to be added to
Dy taxing In the entires first floor of the
building. An addition isgto be made in the
rear to the building of the Second National
Bank, on 1th street. between E and +
streets, while general alterations are plan
ned for the interior of the banking room of
the Citizens Bank, On 18th street between
F and G streets.
In short time the Home Savings Bank
VIII occupy its fine new bslilding which has
just been erected at the northeast corner
OF Massachusetts avenue and 7th street
1t is probable that before the close of the
present season beginning will be made In
the construction of the new building which
is to be erected at the northwest corner of
pennsylvania avenue and 18th street by the
American Security and Trust Company for
Ing OF the building on 14th street between
+ and G streets for the use of the Amerf.
can National Bank, an institution when
was lately organized, is about completed
Garfield Hospital Purchase.
The purchase by Garfield Hospital of the
Schneider tract, which adjoins its property
on the west, completes the holdings of the
hospital so far as to include the entire
frontage of the block on Florida avenue
between Sherman avenue and 10th street
and 18th street. 1t is the intention to put
up new building which will contain the
operating rooms, but the exact location
has not, as yet, been determined upon.
The plans for the structure are being
drawn by Appleton p Clark, jr., architect.
Some New Houses.
handsome house has been designed by
Glenn Brown, architect, for David Moore.
1t is to be located on California avenue
near Columbia road. 1t will occupy the
entire frontage of the twenty-five foot lot,
and will be three stories in height. The
front, which will be built of brick and
stone, will be colonial in design.
The same architect is also preparing
plans for a house for Joseph Beale. which
is to be at the corner of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. and r street at the northeast side of
Sheridan Circle.
Two Large Building Sites.
During the past week the sale of two
large blocks of ground for building pur-
poses was announced. One was the Henry
D. Cooke property at the southeast corner
of Both and @ streets, the total area of
which is $4,000 square feet, and the price
paid was about one dollar per foot. The
new owners forming an apartment house
company composed Of citizens of George
town. intend to improve the property by
The other site fronts Stanton Square to
the west and is bounded by Maryland ave-
nue.. c street and 4th street or Stanton
Park. 1t contains 21,21S square feet and the
of s165 per square foot. The purchaser
was Mr. J. William Lee, who, through his
agent William A. Foy, real estate broker,
bought the property from Jackson Cole. 1t
is the purpose of Mr.. Lee to build on this
site either row of houses or an apartment
house.
Lincoln Park Improvements.
Quite good deal of building activity is
noted in the vicinity of Lincoln Park
Messrs. Wright and French are building
six attractive dwellings on 18th street
between Massachusetts avenue and B street
southeast: Mr. Roderick is breaking ground
for six dwellings on street near Ken
lucky avenue, and DR.. Gordon is building
seven fiat houses on Massachusetts avenue
just east Of Lincoln Park.
The Washington Real Estate Company
has sold four lots on the corner of 14th and
f streets southeast to j. H. Bryant which
are to be improved at once The same COM
pany sold frontage of fifty-two feet on
East Capital street to DR.. Ogden who pro-
poses to improve the same by the erection
of a fiat to contain sixteen apartments of
five rooms and bath each.
B. F. Pyle, architect, has prepared plans
for four press brick and stone dwellings,
Company on East Capitol street
Sales of Realty.
The Miller-Shoemaker Real Estate Com
pany reports twenty-one deals consum-
mated for the month of April, and a num-
Der are pending. The company reports a
lively demand for medium priced homes,
and the sales are limited only by the sup
ply. Some of the sales made are as fol-
lows
For G. G. Boteler, part of square west
of 2, fronting 20 feet on Pennsylvania
avenue by a depth of JOG feet, adjoining
Pennsylvania avenue and the Rock Creek
premises in square 1874: for Richard Lit
tie. part of square. 12I-. for H. c. Riley,
46 feet on 33d street, in square 1878 i'm
proved; for Charles A. Sickle, house 1882
risen; to P. T. Moran, for Guy v and
William II. Collins, trustees, ten-room
brick, 3416 street, for the Hazard-Du-
pont Powder Companies, two tracts of
lend on the line of the Great Falls rail-
road, west of Georgetown, improved by
brick and stone buildings; to Lille Row
Germs, for George P. Hoskinson, house
1868 32d street.; to Mary E. Balser, for
Henry E. Weaver. house 1911 33d street,
tWo-story bay-Wndow brick; for the Su-
perannuated Fund Society of Baltimore,
two frames at the corner of 33d and r
streets; for P. B. Ray, through John F.
Donohoe & Son, house 1243 K street south
east; for F. L. Moore, houses 3101 and
31O3 K street, having a frontage of 81
feet by depth of 123 to an alley; to Pat
rick F. O'Donoghue through Heiskell &
McLeran, house 80 l. street northwest; to
v lillian Wilson, house on Grant road, Ten
leytown for Taylor estate, lot on Dart
mouth street northwest; to John G. Hill
leary, part of White Haven; to Doreatha
Mccormick, two lots in Burket's subdi-
vision, Tenleytown; to Francis B. Libbey.
house 76O Harvard street, to Thomas J.
Giles, house in Friendship Heights.
The above mentioned property, the COM
pany states, aggregates in value $4,000.
In speaking of the general situation Mr..
Barton Miller of the company said: THE
apartment house construction wave has
struck Georgetown, and investors gre meet
ing with financial success. The oss flats.
on U street; the Kanawha, on DA mbarton
avenue; the Colonial, on Both stf,et; the
Stoddart, on @ street, and the Irving, on
Irving place, are always rented and there
is always a waiting list Of applicants. c.
A. Snow is about to begin the erection of
another handsome apartment house on Irv-
ing place, and the sale of the old Jay
Cooke mansion, on 30th and Q street. this
week marks a preliminary step to another
apartment house construction.
"Other improvements on in Georgetown
include the construction of four new homes