Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24

| erection Of houses has already been begun.
| and series OF what are termed semi-de-
| tached houses II being built
subdivision into several oiocks OF land
| New Hampshire avenue ana whitney road
| by Ernest Ateiger, and in this way an adj
| dition win be made to the number or build
| ms lots In that locality.
| A New City Value.
| The old Broadway Tabernac3o Church
pre- perty. at 84th street and Broadway
northeast. and an abutting parcel. Nos. o.
68 and 20 West 3Sth street. New York city.
was sold recently for considerably more
| than 81, 225. goo.
| On December 49, 1901, Edward F. Scaries
purchased the Tabernacle plot for y. 300 coo
| from the trustees Of the church corpora
| ton. and Nos 6S and 20 West 35th street
| for about $4,000, making a total invest
ment of 81. 10000. In 1857 the Broadway
Tabernacle Church corporation bought It's
| old site for S7S,50O.
! When Mr.. Searles bought the property 1t
| was said that he intended to erect on the
| plot a large hotel having many unique feat
ures. That project was abandoned ana
| about two years ago Mr.. Searies enlarged
| the property by the purchase of lot 'front.'
| ing 81 feet In 35th street, and then trans
| ferred title to the property to the Roxton
Realty Company. the seller in the present
transaction.
| Mr. Martin. the buyer. will begin in the
future the erection OF d teH-Stoiy VA
higher fireproof building on his premises,
which have a frontage of $50 feet In BROAD
| way $50 feet in 34th street and % feet IN
| 35th street.
The Building of Houses.
| House building promises to be a distlno-
| tive feature of operations during the COM
| ing season. Plans are now being consid-
cred which. If carried out, Will result in
| large addition to the house accommoda-
| ton of the city. In some cases active work
| has been begun and as the weather will
| permit will be prosecuted so that betore the
| close of the summer it will be possible Tor
| those who want to buy or to rent to make
their choice among the new additions
| In the subdivision of Brightwood Park,
which lies to the south of the place of that
name and to the east of the old 18th street
road, Mr.. Thomas II. Pickford has an en-
| tire block, namely, number 10. where ne
| is planning to build some forty houses.
| They will be two stories in height.
Mr.. Pickford is also building or rather
| just completing ten two-story houses at
| 14th and * streets southeast, and also O
| three-story apartment house on T. street
| between list and I'd streets southeast, which
contains twenty-four suites of rooms, and
| is one of the largest buildings Of the sort
| In that section of the city.
Mr.. Pickford has also sold the apartment
houses at 707 22d street northwest to Mr..
Terence j. Mcmahon for $4,000.
Rows of Homes.
A tier of eighteen lots, comprising the
entire space that has not as yet been built
up with houses on the north side of Joliet
street between 18th and 18th streets, has
been sold by Mr.. B. P Mimmack to Oster-
man & Butler. The new owners intend to
build up the entire space with three-story
houses. The price paid for the ground aver
aged about 81 per foot.
Around the corner from this on the block
on 18th street between Joliet and Lamont
streets twenty-one houses are being built,
which will take up all the building space
in the entire block The latter improve
| ments are being made by Points & Mock
abee, builders
In the Ingleside Section.
The building activityin this general section
has its developments in the region farther
north, for there a group of twenty-nine
three-story houses are being finished up by
Eugene A. Atkinson on Ingleside terrace.
These houses are very attractively placed.
as, owing to the elliptical form of the
street, the lawn space in front has an IN
usual depth--Something like forty feet On
the opposite Is a cluster of old forest
trees, which affords the unusual combina-
ton of city and country.
A row of eleven three-story houses are
being finished by John F. Lynch, at the
corner Of 18th and Howard streets, while
to the south on 18th street there is Just
being placed under roof eighteen three
story houses Each of these houses will
have roomy porch at the front entrance.
Sales Of Realty
Moore & HILL Incorporated, report a
busy season IN real estate. Among the
sales recently made by this corporation are
the following:
For KIipstein & Lindsy, 1871 North Car
DINA avenue northeast.
To George f. Stone, 1929 Macomb street
fv1a,ra 11,1 Do al T..
erection.
For Harry Wardman, 2o29 and 1882
Flagler street northwest, at $500 each.
To Mrs. Rose Saks, so6 18th street north
west
For John A. Eckert. 1910 Florida ave-
nue. northeast.
For S. L. Lee. 1922 School street north
west.
For Francis NJ. Carmody, 300 and 2315
n street northwest. two family apartments
To II. c. Harding. 2313 n street north
west.
For Osterman g. Butler, 2024 F street
northwest, at 81, $50, $50 D street northeast
For Osterman & Butler, b14 and 51S ID
street southeast, two two-family apart
ments.
A Business Improvement.
The old frame building occupying the
northeast corner of 18th and F streets south
west occupied as a drug store is to be de-
molished and upon the site the owner, Mr..
I. A. T. Judd. proposes to erect hand
some two-story and apartment building
from plans prepared by Mr. B. S. Simmons,
architect. The building will have a front
age of twenty feet on 7th street by a depth
of seventy-five feet on F street. The en-
trance to the store will be on the corner
between two large plate glass windows and
the entrance to the overhead dwelling at
the extreme end on T street The front will
be Of red press brick and lime stone in the
colonial style and the interior trimmed IN
birch. 1t is expected that this Improvement
will be completed within four months Mr..
Samuel J. Brnkly is the contractor
A wide parking is to be left between each
pair of houses, using the same treatment
on the sides and rear that used in the
front. Especial attention will be given to
fences, etc, In the rear, to make the
group pleasing from all points of view
These houses, while not very large, are be-
In Tod out In