The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
MARKET IN REALTY
Many Deals in Making, But
Few Are Closed.
HUNDREDS SEEKING HOMES
Assessors Report Shows that WASH
iagtOn Has Had Remarkable Build
ing Growth in the Last Ten Years.
Numerous New Dwellings Planned.
Many improvements to BE Made.

1t was a dull week IN real estate.
Salesmen were busy showing prospective
customers properties. but few deals were
ready TO close by yesterday. Hundreds
Of homeseekers inspected the new houses
recently built or in course OF consruc-
tion, and admired the arrangements, but
decided to wait a few days before closing
the deals
A number Of prominent dealers yester-
day said they had operations in progress,
but few Of them could report anything
tangible in the way Of actual sales. The
hopeful turn of the situation is that the
inquiry for homes continues large. and
prospective buyers say they viii pur-
chase if they can find homes to suit at
reasonable prices.
Among the sales Of the week were:
The school site by Joseph I. Weller for the
Thomas T. Young estate, at the corner Of N and
Fourth streets southeast, for S9G
House and Dot in Sauls Addition on Fourteenth
street hy WIlise, Gibbs Daniel 10 d. G Stutler.
TENS not stated.
The Grant Mansion to settle the estate Of Mrs.
Joyce. at auction, Tor Sl4750, located at 525S r
street northwest.
Sale OF property on Twelfth street. adjoining the
Washington Savings Bank by shannon d Luchs. to
the Z. h Murphy Company, for business purposes,
at E5.coO
The SaegmuIer property N Fairfax County Va.
10 persons connected with a prominent educational
Institution in the South. for $I2j.0)l
Business property az 1877 and 1853 Wisconsin ave
nuo northwest. TO Charles Herz5z
The Richards tract al Benniug Of siVty-sevrn
acres to the Valley Realty Company foG $1,000.
Two three-story brick dwellings and store at 1888
and 1851 Wisconsin avenue by the Georgetown Real
Estate Company to j. W Bogley & Bro. for sllgoJ.
By the same firm, three brick dwellings on Capt
tol Hin. for ". B. Clarkson
WashinGtOn's Rapid Growth.
An interesting item hidden away in the
body OF the Assessors report last week
illustrated strikingly the growth Of Wash
ington in building within ten years:
a retrospect Of the work of the board
Of assistant assessors from 1887 10 1906.
Mr. Darneine says, gives an idea of the
progress OF building operations. In 1851
Bloomingdale had 81 houses, now it has
500, so far assessed. lie Droit Park addi-
tion had % houses; it now has 69S. Dob
bins addition was vacant land At the
present time there are 1S2 buildings
Moore & BarbOur's addition. which was,
in 1897, a tract OF twenty-seven acres. with
one old building. now possesses 237 houses.
These subdivisions, lying contiguous 10
one another, have a total of 1914 dwell
iugs and six substantial church ediices,
with an estimated population Of about
5000, a city in itself"
The Assessor added that similar progress
had been made in other Subdivisions. and
that since 1885 no less than s.73S new
buildings had been added TO the tax rolls.
making the total number of taxable build
ings now in the city 63.S7. or this num-
ber 80 are apartment houses, the valua-
ticn Of the latter being ST. 100
Building Active Now. Too.
These facts are indicative Of the expan-
sion OF the city that began in the middle
SOS. and has gone forward with increasing
momentum 10 the present time Among
the principal building operations reported
last week are:
z B. Berry. a tvostory brick dwelling at o
Florida aTenue northwest. 90 cost S260. plans by
the y. T. Haller Company.
T. B. sherman, a Jwo-story frame dwelling at $3.50
McComb street. Cleveland PARK 90 cost 81
Simpson 4 Sons. builders
Daniel Eli a row Of brick dwellings at the south
west corner Of Ihirty-fourth and streets George
6. E Garner three dwellings at I3g5 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, lbs and liz Robinson street
southeast cost Of each. s. 29l
Barry Hopper. handsome suburban home on the
Connecticut avenue terrace 20 cost $1,000
F. a. Keep. = home at psi R street northwest At
estimated cost of So CO.,
Aliddaugh & Shannon. six tro-story houses at i35
and l55 Park road. at estimated cost Of $1,000.
The same firm. Eve two-st0ry frame houses at 425
10 l5i Manor place. and seven similar residences at
423 10 s35 Manor place, the estimated cost Of the
former being S500o; and Of the latter 81 O01 Joseph
Bohu, jr Is the architect
VI B. Newman, on u street near North Capitol
new dwelling three stories high and containing
Ten r0ons,
James EHeTson fifteen tvo-story brick houses at
So to SD Fourteenth street southeast. the cost 70
Charles W King. IT,, two new brick dwellings at
l52l and l5Z Oak street. Mount Pleasant 70 cost
Pumphrey & Palmer. seven twostory brick dwell
ings AZ ls9 % l3l Fourth sIreet northwest 70 cost
S2l.a0. E Yolland being the architect
Many improvements Planned.
Permits have been issued for improve
ments Of a substantial character on the
following buildings:
James r. Stafford fer remodeIing the store build
ius at seventh and II streets northeast designed by
Speden & Speilen-
Thomas r. Melton viii remodel the Old house AZ
1915 New ICTk avenue and convert IT into store.
similar % the improvement Of the property 40 1913
which IL Joins. Appleton p Clark Is the ARCHITECT.
Tie store at l129 street IS undergoing extensive
Improvements al the hand Of the builder. Benjamin
Plysh0n.
The wetzel corner. at Thirty-tourth and p streets
northwest. which was rcceutiy sold at auction far
S858 vil be- extensively repaired.
Plan Improvement TO Church.
Extensive additions and improvements
are proposed 20 the New Jerusalem
Church. Sixteenth and Corc0ran streets
northwest Following the same style of
architecture as the church. "A Sunday
school house and pastors residence will be
erected on the vacant Tot beside the
church. During the building operations
the church proper viii be gone over and
improved, and attention viii be given 10
some of the interior decorations.
Real Estate Notes.
Garnett a Smith. formerly with Percy
H Russell. has formed an association
with Robert Z. Heater for the sale OF
property In the Connecticut avenue ter
race, now being offered in the Fulton r
Gordon subdivision.
John II. Clipper has resigned his posi-
tion with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission TO enter the real estate Office of
the r. r. HowesJin Company