Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-30
BIG DEAL IN REALTY
The Richmond Park Syndicate
Property Sold.
PRICE PER ACRE Is $1,000
The Grounds to Be Laid Out in Villa
Sites.
BOUGHT BY GEO. P. ROBINSON co.
Virginia Capitalists Become Interest
ed In an Enterprise That Involves
an Expenditure Of 100000.
PRICE PER ACRE IS 5000
The Grounds to Be Laid Out in Villa
Sites.
OUGHT BY GEO. P. ROBINSON co.

The largest deal in suburban property
that has been made this year has just been
completed by the George P. Robinson Com
pany. This Arm has Just sold to Messrs R.
Holt Easley and William D. Hill of Vir-
ginia tract of land containing ffty-seyen
acres. known as Richmond Park The prop
erty was bought from Messrs. Bowe, Coke
& Goldsborough. trustees for a syndicate
composed of Richmond, Va, men, who
have owned the property for about fifteen
years. The owners were represented in
this transaction by the real estate firm of
Ellerson & Wemple.
Inc sale Is an important one. as this acre
age property is in the rapidly developing
sectlon along Connecticut avenue extended.
1t extends from the Connecticut Avenue
highlands subdivision. at point just one
block west of the Connecticut avenue car
line to the Tenleytown electric line on Wis
consin avenue. and fronts on the latter
avenue Just opposite Mr.. John r. McLean's
place. The tract lies along the entire north
ern boundary of Cleveland Park, and it's
western frontage adjoins the subdivision re-
Gently opened up by Weaver Bros, on Wis
consin avenue.
$1,000 Per Acre.
The price paid is very close to $500. 600. or
about $1,000 per acre. which is said to be
"Aoe oily ioIU Has SOlQ LOT IN
that neighborhood for a number of years.
The tract facing on Wisconsin avenue and
adjoining this property recently sold for
IS, 900 per acre.
The Geo. P. Robinson Company has been
gwen the exclusive management Of the
properly, and Will at once subdivide the
same into villa sites and lots The ga STERN
iiail OF the property is covered with a beau
tiful growth of forest trees while the west
ern malt Is mostly cleared land. The deal
rtrrh oe
past tWeiEe months.
Plans for Improvement.
Mr. George P. Robinson Of the Geo. P.
ROBINSON Company, In speaking Of the plan
Tor the development of this property, said:
= have given great deal of thought to the
pest way of subdividing and improving the
WOODED portion of the Richmond Park prop
erty, and owing to the rolling character of
the land. together with the great demand
Tor villa sites in the fashionable northwest
section, came to the conclusion that wind
Ing roadWays to suit the topograp ply of the
land would make a more attractive s,r4,-
division than to run the streets according
to the permanent system of highways
With this In view secured the passage of
9 bill through the last Congress abandoning
Rodman street through this tract from the
line Of Connecticut avenue highlands as
Tar west as Reno road, and secured the ap-
provai Of the District surveyor to running
winding roadways instead OF the straight
streets. While the villa sites with which
the land will be subdivided will be put on
the market at very low figure, as low as
seventeen cents to twenty cents per square
foot the character Of improvements will be
kept at a standard, as all deeds will contain
building restrictions, permitting no house
to be erected at a cost Of less than S. 600
Sucn prices seem ridiculously low in a
neaghborhood where ground is selling at
30 cents to 70 cents per square foot but 81
Is desire to Snnp1V he o,,x7f o,
kind OF property, at as low a figure as DOS
si.Ae
The title to the property will be taken
by company now being Incorporated to
be known the Richmond Park Com
pany, and the name Of the new subdivision
will be Richmond Park
Getting Ready for Building.
By this purchase Mr.. Robinson's firm
comes into the exclusive control OF the
entire strip of land on the north Of Cleve-
land Park, running through from Connecti-
cut avenue to Wisconsin avenue. A large
force will Immediately be put to work
clearing out the underbrush and undes:r-
able trees, and just as soon as the Dis
trict surveyors complete the subdivision
pushed to completion.
The entire property will be furnished
with sewer, water and granolithic walks.
and everything done to make it strictly
first class. The approaches to the new
subdivision from Connecticut avenue will
be by way Of Ordway, Porter and Rodman
streets, which now run through the sub
division Of Connecticut avenue highlands.
The Robinson Company, in addition to op-
Grating in the Connecticut avenue sec
ton also have subdivision out 18th
| street extended. being the exclusive agents
for the Fourteenth Street Heights Land
Company. The company made sale last
week, as reported in The Star, of all Of it's
holdings in Fourteenth Street Heights with
the exception Of thirtty-elght lots. After
disposing of these lots the firm will give
most of it's attention in the suburban line to
the Connecticut avenue section.