Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-29
Apartment House Prices.

tween the various structures.
Apartment House Prices.
There is another point of difference and
that Is the range Of prices. 1t may be said
that in this city may be found the extremes
in buildings of this class. 1t Is possible
that in some of the larger cities there may
be fiat buildings for which higher rents are
paid than can be had for the same grade
of building in this city. But this is mainly
due to differences in the cost of the prop
erty which makes it necessary to have the
rentals on higher scale.
At any rate, here may be found apart
ment houses where suites can be secured at
annual rental of $500 and at the
other end of the scale. accommodations can
be had at as low a figure as $50 year.
Between these two points there is, Of
course. wide distance. For the first
amount suite can be had comprising nine
rooms and three bath rooms in building
that has handsome appointments and is To-
Gated in what is considered a desirable res
idence section & the city. For the other
amount three rooms and bath in two
story building and in a locality that is not
fashionable may be procured.
Competition in Rents.
An interesting phase of the development
of the apartment house business in this
city is the fact that the bulk of such build
ings is between these two extremes In
point of number the two-story and three
story buildings devoted to this purpose
more than equal the larger structures Of
four and more stories in height, which nave
elevator service.
Still. the latter class furnish homes for
the large proportion of the apartment
house population The average rental
charges in this grad, of buildings are $40
or s12 per month per room. 1t is be-
lieved by some who lave given this sub
ject some attention that it will be possible
to put up buildings with an elevator serv-
ice where the rentals will not average
more than s. month per room. 1t is
probable that something, of this kind will
be attempted before another season.
Some Elaborate Structures
While these efforts are being made to
bring down to the lowest limits the cost
of housing, there is manifest, on the other
hand, a tendency to erect buildings which
represent the most elaborate type of struc-
lures of this Lind The more recent build
ings of this class including the Stoneleigh
on Connecticut avenue, and the Highlands,
farther north on the same thoroughfare,
have suites of nine and seven rooms, and
the number can. of course, be added to by
throwing two suites together. Rooms for
servants are provided as a part of the
suites in buildings of this class, and in
some cases, in addition to furnishing heat
which is service common to all large
apartment houses, lighting is also fur
nished, and telephones and ice water and
other conveniences Kitchens are, of
course, part of such apartments, and the
occupants can supply their own meals or
take them in the general dining room.
Detached Homes
building operation of quite an extensive
scale is now being carried on by Messrs.
John l.. and Bates Warren, who are erect
ing block of eighty-four houses between
Princeton and Harvard streets and Bright
wood and Sherman avenues, Columbia
Heights. These are detached houses in the
colonial style. Over $500, have been in
vested in this enterprise, which is designed
to supply healthful and desirable homes
The exclusive handling of this property has
been placed with the II. r. Howenstein Co
who report that they are selling the houses
faster than they can be finished, having
already disposed of fourteen in the last
two weeks. This style of house has been
built for a number of years in New York
and Philadelphia, but is rather unusual in
this city