The Washington times., 1906-03-18
DESIGN Of TWENTY
INGLESIOE HOUSES
Osterman & Butler Will
Break Ground at Once.
FINE STRUCTURES PLANNED
Artistic Beauty Cleverly Mingled With
Real Home Comforts in the
Score of Houses.
FINE STRUCTURES PLANNED

Osterman & Butler. who have so sue
cessfully operated in building blocks Of
dwellings of the better class. will i'm
mediately break ground on kiibourne
place. formerly known as Joliet street.
and near Eighteenth street. in Ingle-
side
This beautiful section has been i'm
proving in d marvelously rapid manner
with substantial and elegant residences
and the twenty buildings which Oster-
man & Butler viii erect here VIII mark
a long stride in advance in architectural
beauty, stability, and refinement of
taste, both in the planning and interior
decorations. as well as all the little con-
veniences which go to make home
complete
Wide Terraced Yards.
The houses will be placed well back
of the building line, insuring a wide
terrace and enabling the architect to
design well proportioned and roomy bay
windows. an accomplishment. according
TO many architects. well nigh limos
sible under the recently revised build
ing regulations. which have practically
prohibited the building of square bay
windows when they project into the
public parking space
Each house viii be nearly nineteen
feet wide. and so arranged that prac-
ticaiiy all the rooms will be the full
width Of the lot. The parIor. reception
hall, and dining rooms are en- suite: the
staircases broad and roomy. and finished
IN colonial cream and mahogany. The
dining rooms. really the main feature of
the houses, will be elegantly lighted with
very broad windows. loaded glass sky
lights, and paneIed high up in a dis
tinctively artistic manner.
The mantels. illuminating FIXTURES ad
wall decorations have been designed
with discriminating care that each house
VIII preserve its own individuality.
Roomy Kitchens.
The kitchen is roomy, amply lighted
and provided with all the et-ceteras
necessary to make the workshop of the
house complete and handy. The pan.
tries are large and have abundance OF
shelving and china cases, dish and par
| closets. sinks, ranges, etc, and are pro.
vided with special ventilating arrange
ments to cary of the kitchen odors. A
separate staircase connecting the laun
| dry. kitchen and rear upper stories is
provided in addition to the main stairs
There are four large chambers on tn,
second floor and two large bed rooms OF
the upper story witt closets galore
The bath rooms are commodious anC
will be elegantly appointed.
Laundry in Cellar
| The cellar will be under the entir,
/ house. lofty. well lighted and dry. wher,
will be located the laundry. the no
water heating plant and the storag,
! rooms
The fronts will be OF one Of the newes
shades OF impervious light colored bricl
and trimmed in a light stone. The.
Will be IN simple lines, with well mod
4 eled cornices and door heads The man
sards will be covered in duh red un
| glazed tiles and widely overhangini
caves. the whole being designed TO Great
| harmonious blending of tints ant
/ strong effects in light and shade.
The houses will be ready for the mar
! ket in the early fall and will be bull
ui.der the supervision of William J
Palmer, the architect. who designe'
| tEem.