The Washington times., 1903-04-26
UNIFORM GROWTH OF CITY
OF MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES
Expansion Of Washington in
All Directions STIMULATING
Source Of Increase of Real
Estate HalUeS.
Buildings hOoiUmg Each an
Outlay of a Million Dol
las Nearing Completion.
A PaLatIQi Stable

II EULQIIQk aCEQCIe
There is perhaps more construction
nearing completion at the present time
than has been the case at any one
period for several years StoneIeigh
Court, representing an expenditure of
about 81 600, COO viii be under roof early
in June. and will be ready for occu-
pancy by December. The addition 10
the Willard Hotel. which completes al
outlay of another $1,000 600. viii be IN
der roof about the same time. The new
Chinese legation at Nineteenth Street
and Vernon Avenue, will be occupied in
the ensuing week, and the dedication
exercises Of the Grace Reformed Church
President Roosevelt's house of worship.
are set for June = All over the city
bright new roofs of private homes are
daily appearing. and the surrounding
skyline presents an ever changing pano-
rama which is slowly but surely incltn-
ing toward 4 higher level.
One feature of Washington real es-
tate which is the cause of much conf
dence among local property holders. is
the uniform increase in values as the
city expands It Is the history of most
all larger municipalities, that the
growth in one particular direction has
been, to a marked degree, TO the detri-
ment of the remaining portions of the
city Although this is true TO a certain
extent in Washington. the advantage
nv E--
f1eient to discourage the property
holders OF other sections, nor TO retard
the general movement toward better
values.
Progress IN the East.
A case in mind is that of the Lincoln
Park district. including a radius of half
g mile from the junction of Eleventh and
East Capitol Streets. Fifteen years ago.
when values in that section seemed to
have reached high-water mark. choice
building lots were advertised at 80 cents
a foot. That was in the days when the
old horse car line stopped at Ninth and
East Capitol Streets, and the territory
beyond that point was experiencing any
thing but a boom
It was about that time also that the
tide began to sweep westward and north
ward Mount Pleasant was q nice Ioca-
ton for summer home, and the local
population was wont TO take car rides
TO the terminus of that line for q
breath OF country air But things
changed rapidly, until today Mount
Pleasant, Columbia Heights. and the
district Immediately beyond are part
and parcel of the city proper Fortunes
nave been made over and over again BY
the transfer of property in that locality,
and the prophetic finger still points
toward the north and west.
Large Increase in Values.
In the meantime those who held prop
erty surrounding Lincoln Park have
seen their lots increase in value from 90
cents 20 g per foot, and there Is no rea-
son to believe that the limit has been
reached. The car line has extended 10
and beyond the park, the sound OF the
builders hammer has been incessant.
ana the different citizens associations
whose interests lie in that section of the
city are daily appealing 10 the rnuniei-
pal authorities for the opening Of new
streets and the paving OF those already
established
The Washington Real Estate Com
pany, which is interested extensively in
Capitol Hill property, reports the fol.
lowing recent sale Of four lots at the
corner of Fourteenth and Streets
southeast, TO John H. Bryant. These
lots viii be improved at once by the
erection of dwellings. The same COM
pany has sold TO Dr. ogden frontage
OF ffty-two feet on East Capitol Street.
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Streets. and a contract has been let for
the building OF an apartment house to
contain sixteen apartments Of five
rooms and bath each. B. F. Pyle. archf-
tect. has prepared plans for four at
tractiYe three-story dwellings to be
built by this company on the south side
of East Capitol, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Streets, at cost Of 81. 500
A Classic Store Front.
One OF the best examples Of what NAV
be termed the free Doric treatment. rs
applied to exterior, TO be found in Wash
ington Is Incorporated in the building
OF stumph & Lyford, 112S-I130 Connect
cut Avenue. erected after plans by sher-
man. Sherman & Lockwood, architects.
The immense portieo, following almost
heroic lines. 10 thirty-one feet high.
with q breadth Of sixty feet Recessed |
behind the Doric columns is the store
front proper, reached through a clear
span OF thirty-three feet. The entrance
feature is in the form of a semi-circu-
lar vault twenty-five feet high TO the
keystone. supported at the springer by !
q secondary Doric order from the right /
and left Of which are spIayed the show
windows
The building covers an area of 60 by
loo feet and was erected by John T. |
Walker & Sons. builders, al an approx |
mate cost, exclusive of the site, OF $40 /
600. II marks new era IN store struet- /
ures and has been the subject Of much /
comment among those interested in 10 /
cal architecture.
Finest Stable in the City.