Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-07
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
New Buildings in Progress in
Various Sections.
DEMAND FOR HOUSES
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE
PAST YEAR CONTINUE.
The Additions in the Number Of
Houses and Apartments Find
Ready Market.

douSeS ana Apartments E1nQ
Ready Market.
A fine building site in the northwestern
| section of the city has been sold through
Mr.. Murray A. Cobb. real estate broker,
which it is the intention of the purchaser
| to improve by the erection of a residence.
| The location is the northeast corner of New
Hampshire avenue and street. The ground
| has frontage of 9E17 feet on r street and
| J3. 70 feet on New Hampshire, and contains
| 1910 square feet. The price paid was $1O,-
| COO When the building is completed it will
| be the home of Rev. George Calvert Carter,
| the rector of st. Andrews Episcopal
| Church.
Building of Large Houses.
During the past season several improve
ments of consequence in the way of ad-
dit:ons to the number of large residences
| have been made In this general locality
A residence has been erected at the north
| west corner of 18th and Corcoran streets
| by Mrs. Huidekoper which Is about COM
| pleted. On the opposite side of the street,
| but fronting New Hampshire avenue.
| is the house that is being built by Mrs
John Davis. and which IS nearly finished
| Farther around on the corner of 18th and
Q streets is the site which is to be i'm
| proved by Representative Huff, while at
the northeast corner of 18th and r streets
| Is the large residence which is being erected
| by Mr. McKim.
| The house of Mr.. Thomas Calf at the
| southwest corner of Goth and Q streets,
| Will be ready for use this season. and like
| the others that have been mentioned, be-
| long to the class of large private resi-
| dences. There are other houses of this
itJr hut in,
| others. Those named will be sufficient to
show that the activities of the season that
| is drawing to a close has included additions
| to the number of big houses as well as
| the notable enlargement of the housing
| facilities in the way of small houses and
| of apartments.
Leased and Sold,
| The residence 171S NJ street which was
| formerly the home of DR.. Curry, at one me
| minister to Spain, has been leased through
| Mr.. Murray A. Cobb to Mr.. Theodore P
| Shonts. the chairman of the Panama canal
commission Other houses leased through
the same office within the past few weeks
| include the following:
| To Lieut.. Samuel s. Robson, U. S. NJ,
l415 2lst street: to Major A f. Ladd
u s. A, 1903 21st street; to ]. H. Rine-
Dennis Company, Scranton, Pa, 1886 10th
| street; to DR.. John B. Biggs, IT'S Rhode
| Island avenue; to Mrs Mary p Crane
1907 2lst street, and to G. Thomas Dunlop,
| 1413 21st street.
| Mr.. Cobb has also sold the following
| houses:
To Mrs. Meta Morris Evans, 1S41 10th
street. Tor Sl2,OO; to Commodore A. L.
Key, U. s. N, 1918 10th street. for SIT 900;
to G. Bowie Chapman, manager e. r.
chapman & Co, bankers and brokers, 1914
10Th street. for s1s.oo0
An Old Landmark Gone.
| One of the familiar features of the re-
| gion in the vicinity of 18th and Park
streets, Mt Pleasant, has recently disap-
peared, and that is the large oid-fashoned
! place which occupied extensive grounds at
| the southeast corner of the streets named
The property belonged to Mr.. Louis Bail
| lieux, who had maintained there for good
many years garden. AT one time the
| place was the source of supply for flowers
| but of late years the owner did not attempt
TO keep 1t up for business purposes. 1t was
| one of the oldest places Of the kind near
| the city and was well known to the older
| residents.
| Recently the property was purchased
| from Mr.. Baillieux by the Messrs David
son 6 Davidson, and the Old buildings
| have been removed and the ground cleared
| up. 1t is the intention of the new owners
| to ultimately improve the property by the
| erection of houses, as 1t is capable of an
| economical subdivision owing to the fact
that 1t has wide frontages on two streets
AS totdi AREA Is square IeeI, as
| there is about 800 feet on each front The
| price paid was about sl.2o per square foot
A Residence Sold.
| Diagonally across the street from this
property is the residence OF Capt Eddy B.
| Townsend. He has just sold 1t through
| the first of Davidson & Davidson, real es-
| tate brokers, to Mr.. Richard c. Adams
There Is COO square feet of ground and
| the house Is a substantial one and modern.
| The price paid was about $35,o00
| The large building owned by Mr. S. c.
| Roland of Baltimore known at 1912 III
4 street, is being remodeled according to
plans prepared by r. B. Pyle, architect. @ft
/ Is the intention to arrange the first floor for
| store uses and the upper floors for Office
| purposes. The width of the property is
sufficient to allow two good-sized store
rooms on the first floor. while on the upper
| floors there Will be forty or fifty office
rooms. The building has only recently been
used for business purposes, having since
1 it ceased to be residence, which was a
number of years ago, been used for club
| house and then as boarding house. The
/ change Is In keeping with the movement
which is in progress on that block and also
/ on the block TO the west. OF turning the
residence property into business places
Changing Buiiding's Uses
/ Mr.. Pyle is also planning a carriage house
and stable. which Mr.. +. C. Stevens L. to
erect at 1907 Ccrcoran street, to take the