Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP.
Activity Shown in the Building
of Houses.
GROUPS OF DWELLINGS
New Subdivisions Of Land Made in
Various Sections.
TWO AND THREE STORIES
The Season for Active Outdoor Work
Has Fairly Begun and Much
is in Contemplation.

ton of an attractive three-story res
idence on the triangular lot at the north
east corner of New Hampshire avenue and
X street which will be occupied at compile
ton by Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Calvert Carter.
The design, prepared by Marsh & Peter.
architects, is in the colonial style and will
be executed in red bricks laid In Flemish
bond, in combination with white stone work.
cornices and roof balustrade.
The principal entrance will be on New
Hampshire avenue and will lead to cen
trail hall with its staircase, communicating
with the parlors, library and dining room.
| The interior woodwork will be in ivory
white with mahogany doors, glass knobs
and polished brass hardware The roof
space will be unusually large TO afford
upper story from the excessive heat of a
small air space.
Purchases of Property.
An additional purchase has been made
| by Mr. John Hays Hammond in the vicinity
of the square which he recently acquired
through Murray A. Cobb real estate brok
err He has just bought through Mr.. Cobb
tier of lots on U street opposite the square
of land where he intends 10 erect his house
ana which Is bounded by 2ith and Pres
COT streets
1t is said to be the intention of Mr. Ham
mond to begin during the coming season
active building operations. The object in
acquiring this additional land was not for
the purpose of securing more room, as he
has ample in the ground which he already
owns, but as he intends to make a rather
costly Improvement, he concluded to buy
the opposite lots so as to control the out
look in that direction. The price of the
lots averaged about So cents per square
foot.
During the past week Mr. Cobb closed
the deal nv which the Rjtti DrODertV
the west side OF Connecticut avenue be-
tween l. and M streets was transferred to
Mr.. James M. Johnston. This property has
a wide frontage-namely, 6S1o feet-but is
very shallow, that the entire area is
only about $500 square feet. The improve
ments consist of two-story buildings which
are leased for business purposes. Tie price
is said to have been $4,000 which is at the
rate of over S14 per square foot.
The Plans of Cities.
It Is suggestive of the present tendency to
find among the subjects that are to be con-
sidered at the international congress of ar
chitects, which Is to be held In London dur
ing the coming ssmmer that which might
be called public architecture Is to be given
an important place In addition to the de-
signing of large or monumental buildings,
which of course is a matter of consequence
In the profession as to a large extent at
least illustrating the standard of taste of
the country, 1t has come now to be looked
upon of vital consequence that attention
should be given to the planning and laying
out of streets and open places In cities.
In this country, indeed to large ex-
tent even in the countries of Europe, too
little attention has been given TO the needs
which should arise when the population
comes to be dense, and hence 1t Is that
efforts are being made to correct the
mistakes of the past In this respect. For
this reason the plans of cities are to some
extent being revised In order that provision
ms he for parks and open places
and the widening of thoroughfares
The First Impression.
This was done in Baltimore, the opportu-
nifty afforded by the great fire permitting,
and in other places plans are under way or
being considered for improving the APP
proach to the main railroad depots so that
the arriving visitor may have that impor-
tant first impression a pleasant one. The
utility of such improvements as well as
their money value are recognized or else
such schemes would not be adopted, involV-
ing as they do, an outlay on the part OF
taxpayers.
The members of the permanent committee
Of the American section of the congress VINO
live here are Mr.. Glenn Brown and Mr.
George o. Totten. Mr.. ]. Knox Taylor Is
a member of the general committee.
Adding to the City Lots.
The city surveyor has considerable work
on hand lust row in the way Of examin-
ing plats of Subdivisions or land which are
proposed to be made In various sections OF
the District where acreage property still
exists without being traversed by the lines
of CITY streets. 1t would seem to the
casual observer of the growth of the city
that there Is not very much in the way or
property of this sort that Is still left in the
condition in which il was before the de-
mands of city life began to make them
selves felt.
A view Of any modern map or the DIS
trict would further confirm one In this
conception of the condition OF AFFAIRS with
in the bounds OF the District, for there APP
pears from such a showing that there Is
hardly any land left that has not been
subdiytded This is not the actual case,
as Mr.. Richards, the city surveyor, and
his assistants can testify. Just at present
there are In the Office, or having recently
left 1t, the plots OF the SUBDIVISIONS OF quite
q good deal OF land
Across the Anacostia.
The section OF the District beyond the
Eastern branch is well represented There
are nineteen acres of land of Hungerford's
subdivision of Bellevue. on the Glesboro
and Livingston roads. and also subdl-
vision for Sharp Il Fague of sixty acres OF
the owen tract near Benning.
Near Anacostia is SUBDIVISION OF floyo
E. Davis, known as Chichester. containing
some ten or twelve acres. To the north of
an addition OF forty acres Ii being made to
the subdivision of Pinehurst by Mr.. Nc
Lachlen.
Along 18th Street.
IT might be expected that the opening OF
the 14th street road nearly to Brightwood
beyond the present terminus at Whitney
avenue would bring about the opening or
streets all through the country which bor-
ders on the new road. good deal is
going on at the present time, and more
will follow, until 1t may be anticipated
that the entire region will be traversed by
city streets. 1t does not take much OF a
stretch of the Imagination to see the en-
tire region built up with houses. just
the locality Immediately to the south has
been.
Some OF the acreage property along this
new thoroughfare that is being turned into
city lots is the Saul tract OF some forty
acres, which lies north of the Spring road,
along I4th street extended Then comes
the Rhees tract, farther to the south and
the addition to the SUBDIVISION or Hoi-