Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
RUPERT HOME, ANACoSTIA.

Gated at Buck Lodge Montgomery county,
Ma. has been purchased by DR.. George
Hyde Lee. DR.. Lee will add a number of
improvements and convert the estate into
handsome summer home.
New Residences.
To the northwest OF Bloomingdale, where
they have erected large number of houses
and in the Park View subdivision, which is
bisected by the Park road, leading to the
western entrance Of the Soldiers Home
Middaugh & Shannon will erect six two
story dwellings at $3.50 to 3540 Water street
Joseph Bohn, jr., architect. furnished the
designs in colonial style. The houses will
be constructed of brick and frame, and
will each contain six rooms the first floors
all to be finished IN oak It is understood
that building operations will begin at once
and that the residences will be completed
In three months.
M. II. Merriman has just completed ar
rangements for the construction OF five
brick residences, to be located on lots Al
to DO, inclusive, Bryant street northwest.
These houses will be three stories in
height. Of brick with stone trimmings, and
VIII be built at an aggregate cost OF S21,
OO0 H Wardman will build four two
story frame dwellings at 3S10 to 3S16 9Th
street at cost OF $4,000, and also five
two-story frame houses at sol to 5Oe
Quincy street at cost of $40, 500.
The handsome residence of Frank P Rec
side will be erected at 212S Bancroft place
at a cost of $4,000. A description of this
house has already appeared in The Star.
Other Building Operations.
Mrs. NJ E. Norment has contracted with
Robinson & Jenkins, builders, for repairs
at 923-925 7th street at an expense of
$4,000
F, H. Morohart and H. H Ward Will
make a one-story brick addition to build
ings at 1924 9th street northwest and at
2135 Wyoming avenue, respectively, the
cost in each case to be $500.
H. A Paquette. the builder will soon be-
gin the construction of the new ene-story
brick synagogue to be erected at 467 z
street southwest at cost of So, 600 Jo-
seph Henning will build a two-story frame
dwelling on Park place between 23d and r
streets southeast for 1900; c. c. Meade
Will construct two brick residences at 1927
and 1899 South Carolina avenue southeast
costing 5000. and the Otis Elevator Com
pany will install an electric passenger ele-
vator In the house of Charles NJ. Ffoulke
at 2O11 Massachusetts avenue at a cost Of
s. 100.
Grant Parish, the real estate broker, has
decided 10 remodel his present residence,
PIT street southeast, into a complete
four-story fiat An addition will be built in
the rear, four stories high, running back
for 100 feet to an alley. Plans now
being drawn and arrangements completed
for early building.
New Parochial School.
Plans are being prepared for a parochial
school for St. Mary's German Catholic
congregation, to be erected at the north
east corner of 9th and Washington streets
northwest to take the place of the present
old school building, erected fifty years ago.
The new building will be two stories In
height with a basement, fronting 40 feet on
9th street and 1872 feet on Washington
street. The first floor will contain six
school rooms, wardrobes and stair hall to
second story and basement. The second
story will contain a hall 81 by 30 feet and
a large stage and ladies' dressing room.
The mems hat and coat and smoking
rooms will be located in a mezzanine story
above the second floor. In the basement
are located the school, lavatories, kitchen
and heating room and a hall 81 by 90 feet
that will be fitted up by the Windthorst
Club of st. Mary's Church with bowling
alleys, shuttle boards, swimming pool and
shower bath The 5th street and Washing
ton street fronts will be of selected hand
made brick and white stone trimmings. 1t
IS expected that ground for the new build
ing will be broken within two weeks. Arcn-
itect julius Wenig will furnish the plans.
Northwest Subdivision.
Among the subdivisions of recent date is
that of H. NJ Martin, who has already plac-
ed upon the market what he has called the
first, second and third additions to Chevy
Chase In these additions within the last
fourteen months some seventeen houses of
value have been erected by
the purchasers OF lots. The fourth addition
TO Chevy Chase by H. NJ. Martin Is now
opened and is situated on high land, from
which there is a fine view. The property Is
close TO the Chevy Chase cars, being east
of the railroad and easy of approach. The