The Washington times., 1908-05-10
WEEK WAS ACTIVE
IN REALTY WORLD
Sale OF Apartment House for
$125,00 Largest Single
Deal.
! Home and Investment
Buying Vie for Su-
premaCy.

Another good week has been added to
the record Of activity in real estate
Sales for the week just closed have
been many The trading has included
al sorts OF dea3s The buying Of homes
ana building lots in the suburbs has
continued actively. while a number OF
large investment transactions also are
numbered in the list
The largest sale OF the week was that
reported BY T. H. PickfOrd. i'm the traps
fer of the Montgomery apartment house
at North Capitol and NJ streets. for
Sl25.0O3. Another apartment house also
was sold by Charles h Baues at lower
nEUre.
The James J. Lampton Company re-
ported several large sales. These in
cIude the sale Of the three-stoFy twelve
room dwelling 1870 = street mort Invest
. 10 Professor Randolph for S1S50O Mr..
Hampton acted Win David Rust in -his
transaction. lie also has sold in con-
aection with WilliEe. Gibbs & Daniel
and Boss x Phelps two houses al SOB
and 905 r street northeast Tor S5,5Gd
each
Names of Purchasers.
the first was purchased by w. +.
Burts and the second b. William +.
Adams. Robert Herrover purchased from
the James J. Lamptcn Company the
southwest corner of Nireteenth and e
streets northwest fer $500. This is a
lot 40 by 90 feet Mr.. Herrover also pUr-
chased the three-story dwelling 100
IroUrth street northwest for $500.
Building operations continue 10 in
crease According to the monthly re-
port $50 building permits, involving an
expenditure in the District OF Sl,O92. AS,
were issued by the building Inspector S
office in April. The permits include the
following Ninety brick dwellings, ssh
11e. PA frame dwellings. S360,55Oi seven
apartment houses. 1856. 800; two stores
ard dwellings, $4,000. and one hospital,
81. 600.
i'or building purposes. Charles W.
King has purchased through Stone *
Fairfax a lot 50 by 140 feet on the
south side of Girard street. between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Mr.
King is having plans prepared. and pro
poses 10 immediately erect residences
on the lot I'm keeping with the improve
ynents IA that section Of Columbia
Heights
Starts Building Operation.
Joseph N. Carmody has started the
erection OF eight three-story and cellar
houses at the southeast corner OF Four
teenth street and Columbia road. These
houses will cost $4,000 and each viii
contain ten rooms and bath. Each viii
have frontage Of eighteen feet. and a
depth of 12O feet George 5. Cooper,
architect. has prepared the plans for
these houses. and Stone & Fairfax.
through whom Mr. Carmody purchased
the lana. VIII offer them for sale after
complexion
John NJ Henderson the builder. has
had plans made for eight three-story
brick residences TO ne located on V
street and Ealorama avenue. Washing
ton Heights Ground was purchased
through Thomas J. Fisher and Co,
Inc. Three OF the houses are 10 be
built on The south side OF street
three on the north side between Eight
evnth and Nineteenth streets. and two
on the north side OF kaIorama avenue
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
IL has been announced tLat Charles
c. Lynch is TO erect thirty houses in
Third street and Marlboro place north
west. at a total cost Of SO. 600 Plans
have been drawn by Melville D. Henry.
Judging by the satisfactory conditions
boGl In real estate and building opera
lions. dealers are satisfied that the pub
lie believes that there are just as many
good opportunities now in these fields
OF Investment as in the earlier days
Some OF The transactions reported dur
Ing the week follow.
Stone q Fairfax.
For HAIRY Wardman. the six-rooru
dwelling 31v1 Fourteenth street north
west, for 5000. making the last In the
row 10 be sold
For z. r. Slander, the two-Story dwell
ing 516 r street northeast
For Charles ". King. jr., the three
story dwelling 1854 Newton street for
$4,000.
Fer Warren Foster. the two-story
dwelling 1921 9 street northeast. and
for James Burke, the three-stcry dwell
ing SO Fourth street northeast. for $500
for both.
Stone q Fairfax also report that dur
sng the winter and spring months they
have mado twenty-seven oJher sales of
residence property aggregating in value
S5l4Z50- Indicating the strong demand
for This class of realty. They follow:
For Clarence F BrandeY,h 11re~ the
fhree-story light brick and stone front
2101 S street northwest. SD
For the Robertson estate the four
story red brick and stone front 1850
Nineteenth street northwest. S25. 900.
For Charles O. Rice, the three-storv
red brick and stone front 23O0 street
northwest. 200.
For William Jesse. the three-story rcd
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