The Washington times., 1905-12-03
QUICK SALE MADE
ON WELL|NG PLACE
Most of the Row Of Sixteen
Bought Before Completion.
HOUSES HAVE EXTRA WALLS
0sterman & Butler Are Building Simi-
lar Structures at Twentieth
and Streets.

Indicative of the demand for modern
residence property in Washington has
been the sale by Moore & Hill, lncor-
porated. OF the houses in yelling place
(now Douglas street, erected and plac-
cd on the market by Osterman & But
ug.
These houses. an Illustration of which
appears in this issue. are Just on the
Fourteenth street car line and are num-
bered i4iS to 1873. sixteen in all. OF this
number. eleven have already been sold.
every one OF which was taken before
the dwelling was completed. workmen'
still being bus on the row. which
promises to be sold out before they are
through.
Design of Local Architect.
The houses. which were designed by
Architect Appleton Clarke. are OF three
stories and ten rooms. and sell for $500.
q very popular price for houses of that
character in the Mt. Pleasant section.
as has been evidenced by the rapid
sale of the property The plan compre-
hends four rooms each for the first two
floors and two rooms. with a trunk
room extra. on the third
on TIE first floor is found the parlor:
the foyer or reception hail. which Is q
good-sized room in itself: the dining
ROOM a very bright. cheer apartment.
and the kitchen. which is amply large.
The kitchen is provided with both coal
and gas ranges. of approved types
Large cuDboards and pantry are ad-
juncts of the culinary department. A
most attractive china closet and silver
and linen cabinet grace the dining room.
while q massive oak mantel. with open
fire place distinguishes the parlor.
Ample Closet Room.
-Four sleeping rooms and handsome
tiled bath room are on the second floor.
Ample closets go with the bed chambers
The houses are provided with two-storv
back porches. which look out upon un-
usually deep yards. running through 10
a tventy-foot paved alley. The heating
system used is hot water. The laundry
IS in the cellar. a well-lighted portion
of the dwelling.
An especial feature that has in nc
small &c gree contributed toward the
rapid sale of these houses has been tho
careful construction that marks them
as unusual Built on the very crest OF
Columbia Heights, they stand on soliC
ground
Besides the regular walls are four ex
ira cross walls in the cellar TO protec
the floor joists and to carry the weigh
Of the upper floors, and 13-incl
cross partition wall built in the centei
of the house, running from the founda
ton to the roof. These extra walls add
10 the soiidity and durability of tn
houses and are not built in any simila
houses in the city. They have doubl'
floors. hardwood throughout the frs
floor and a-e finished IN natural Woo
on the second and third floors.
Have Pleasing Appearance.
The fronts are attractive. both as in
dividuaI houses and as a row. the alb
sence of that monotony in appearance
that marks so many rows where all th
dwellings are precisely alike In outwar'
style being noticeable. Red presses
brick. with trimmings Of brown stone
is used effectively. The bay windows ar
square and the doors and window
large.
OF the eleven houses already sold. sev
en- have been sold personally by Charlie
r. waI,raff, treasurer of the Moore
Hill Corporation. who last year made
record sale Of ten cut of a row G
twelve houses handled by his compan
and erected by the same builders. Ostel
man e. Butler. The latter are jus
completing "A like row Of houses at
and Twentieth streets northwest. wnic
will be handled exclusively by Moor
g. Hill.
Some of the Purchasers.
Among those who have purchased II
Weiling Place houses are the following
DR.. w. F. Gatchell. OF the Steambo'
Inspection Service Bureau: w
Gregg. Of the Department OF Justic
Philip r. Winter. OF the Treasury ID
partment. Joseph Abel. Department
Agriculture. Mrs Mary +. Pillo'
George II. Thompson. r f. Billings. '
o. Butler, Andrew j. Simms and Osc;
Jones. OF the Geological Survey.
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