Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Some Proposed New Buildings
and Their Uses.
CHANGES IN RESIDENCES
Much Larger Building Sites Are Now
in Demand.
NEED OF GRASS AND sHRUBBERY
Various Matters of Interest That Have
Been Noted in the Current
Realty Market.
CHANGES IN RESIDENCES
ICED OF GRASS AND sHRUBBERY

to be removed In Oruer TO make place Ioi
a modern structure 1t Is a portion OF the
building that was famous IN the years past
as the seminary of Miss English, located
at the northeast corner Of 30th and
streets.
On the site is to be erected a building
that will be the center of a charity. In
other words home for aged women is to
be located there. The charity has been
made possible by the generosity Of the
late Miss Margaret Edes, who in her will
gave instructions to have the property de-
voted to that purpose.
Colonial in Design.
Miss Edes owned only the ~portion Of the
old seminary building which is on the
corner. The rest of the building Is in
other hands. and several years-aso was
changed into an apartment house. The
trustees of the Margaret Edes Home,
through the building committee, of which
Mr. Nicholson Is the chairman, has COM
missiened Marsh & Petef,-~architects, to-
draw plans for a building that will be suit
able for the uses OF the home. The archi-
tects have designed a structure colonial
In treatment and three stories in height
with an attic and basement
The arrangement OF the main floor will
be such as to have on one side Of the en-
trance hall the parlor. and on the other
the dining room, while at the rear of the
entrance man, WHICH stretches through the
depth of the building. will be the staircase
hall At right angles with it will be
corridor, which separates the front tier of
rooms from those in the rear. There will
be bed rooms on the upper floors.
Business Building.
The same architects have prepared plans
for tuiding which Is to be erected by II.
X. Fulton at 72S 18th street The lot Is
30 by 100 feet, and the new structure is to
be four stories in height with provisions
for stores on the first floor and offices
above. The design of the exterior will be
colonial and the brick will be laid in
Flemish bond
Changes in Property.
1t is the intention of John A. Hughes
to erect house for his own use on 21st
street near the corner of P street. The lot
has a frontage of twenty-six feet and a
depth of eighty feet.
The residence III Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. built by James Hoban, has been
leased by Mrs. Charles Lee of New York
for term of five years. Some changes
and improvements are contemplated for
the use Of the new tenant.
Larger Building Lots.
A change in the condition of the realty
market in this city which is attracting at
tention just now is the disposition shown
by buyers. especially those who intend to
erect houses for themselves. and, of course,
to a certain extent, on the part of those
who plan to build houses for sale, to secure
large building lots. At one time, owing to
various circumstances the tendency seem
ed to be to cut down the size of the build
Ing lot and when one was secured to make
use of IL to the fullest extent.
low ii appears the advantages Of open
space both at the rear and at one or both
sides of dwelling seems to be looked upon
as essential on the part of those who are
intending to build either for themselves or
for others. Hence 1t is that detached and
semi-detached houses are being put I'D and
the depth of houses is determined with
some reference to the depth of the lot
Public Requirements.
The building regulations have helped on
this movement to some extent by increas-
Ing the width of the space that is required
between the wall of the back building of
a house and the party line of the adJoin-
ing property. Owing to this change It is
now impossible to have a back building
to house that is on lot having width
OF eighteen feet or less. There is not
room enough for the required area and
also for the building.
In this way the semi-darkened back par
Tors or halls and dining rooms have been
largely done away with, and either there
ar no back buildings else the width of
the house Is increased. In dwellings of
what might be called the larger class, the
same change Is noted, and that Is due to
the more liberal buying of land by those
wishing to build or course, there is still
In evidence the tendency which seems to
be a natural one to make use of as much
or the building space as is possible and at
the same time where it is feasible to leave
q portion of the ground so that in the
future the owner may be able to carve out
another building lot and sell II.
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1t might seem that such a consideration
as the last named would have but little
influence in case of the purchase made by
a wealthy man of ground where he intends
to build house for himself. However.
there are examples of large houses built
on small lots. and also OF houses placed at
one side of a lot, and as such property
ranks among the most expensive in the
residence section Of the city, 1t Is quite evil
went that even those who are able to
own expensive houses are not averse to
supposed economies of this nature.
1t is held by those who are competent to
express an opinion that a generous pro-
vision OF space about a city home, while
perhaps adding to its cost, tends also to
increase it's marketable value and attract
iyeness.
influence in the Suburbs.
The value OF lawn and shrubbery Is
also not looked upon as a matter OF indif-
ference in the surroundings of a home
here. In addition there Is an apparent in
crease in the amount of money people are
willing to spend for such a purpose. The
influence of such change In the living OF
the people Is likely to be widespread, and
II Is not at all improbable in the near
future there will take place a development
IN what is known as suburban property
along the lines that are followed with
such success in other cities.
In such undertakings the essential fea-
ture is large building lots which are i'm
proved with the view OF having but the one
building lot. II the lots are 100 feet
In width, then the house Is planted about
In the center OF 1t, so that there will be
lawn space both sides. All the other
houses IN the vicinity are built in the same
way. and the result Is the improvement
of the entire property Is that of park
with houses dotted here and there.
The facilities in the way of rapid transit
that are now to be had renders distance
from the business center not such a
formidable matter as formerly, SO that
there is nothing In the way OF the outward
spread OF the population except provision
for comfortable living
Mr.. Moore's House.
A house is being built by Clarence NJ.
Moore on the east side of Wisconsin avenue
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