The Washington herald., 1908-08-23

house, having side light. makes al
rooms bright and vel ventilated The
house was designed by Appleton P
. Clark, II, architect. and most carefully
constructed under the personal supe-vi-
sion OF J. H Nolan Il contains ten
large rooms and two tied baths. with
/ hot-water heating system An arCrsc-
tive tWo-story porch extends across the
entire front The square Is considered
one Of the prettiesr in this section OF The
] city, nearly all Of the houses being either
detached or semi-detached- The price
paid was SSs51
Boss x Phelps have also sold for Mrs
L b QuinJol her residence al 1888
street northwest to Mrs Elizabeth
Thompson who VIII retain the property
as an investment The house contains
ten rooms. and is heated by hot air. The
( consideration was S5.5oo
UnimprOved Land sold.
There has just been consummated the
sale Of q large piece OF uninproved prop
erty on the north side Of Rhode Island
avenue. east Of North Capitol street,
comprising original lots 1 20 in block
10. IN Moore * Bar5our's addition. and
occupying the entire frontage from the
row Of houses on the north side OF
Rhode Island avenue TO the east end Of
the block and uorthward on Lincoln ave
nue. The property was sold for Mrs
Mary \ Johnson by Willige. Gibbs &
Daniel, who report unusual activity IN
the demand for building lots in the
Blcomingdale section It is understood
that S11,5d0 was represented in The trans
action.
It is the purpose Of the purchaser.
whose name is withheld, 10 make az
rangements al once for improving The
entire property with substantial brick
residences having eight rooms. tiled
baths, hot-water heat. stationary laur-
dry tubs. and other modern appUrte-
nances-
Big Building Projects.
The week has been notable for the num-
Der Of new building enterprises an
nounced- The uptown business district
VIII soon have three important additions
10 its buildings. # present plans in that
direction are carried out
Chesley & Chesley are about to remove
the old residences al I5I7 and 1913 New
York avenue northwest, and erect IN
their places q new three-sJory Office
building. The property to be utilized fo-
this purpose is upon the fiat iron
formed by New York avenue and H
street in the thirteen hundred square.
and the new bUildins VIII have froutages
on each street
Plans for this structure were prepared
by Wood Dom & Deming- The fronts
Of the building VIII be stucco with cast
cement ornanentation Of pleasing design
The building VIII have tiled root with
the supporting beams 5utting out some
what upon the two fronts and each VIII
have an electric globe partially buried in
the wood. making a new and novel light
ing effect az night
~.
the ground floors and the upper stories
VIII be used for Office purposes
Evans Estate TO Build.
The Evans estate has practically ma
tured plans for the erection OF a fine new
Office building al 1g4 10 I424 New York
avenue northwest The property Is oc-
cupied at present by an old Office build
ing that has done service there for many
years. This viii be torn down and a
new building erected. nine stories n
height. Frederic B Pyle Is preparing
the plans for this building The constryc-
ton VIII be freproof and the arrange
ment Of the interior VIII be upon lines
similar 10 that Of the better class Office
buildings in Washington The front viii
be Of terra Gotta and stone. The new
building viii contain 1s5 Offices. with
stores on the ground floors
Some days ago notices were served on
the tenants Of the present building 10
vacate the premises preparatory 10 build
ing. and it is expected that active opera
tons will be started in the early fau
The old foUr-stOry residence on the east.
side Of Fourteenth street. just north Of F
street, is TO be torn down and in its place
VIII be built two modern business build
ings. In addition 70 the residence. the
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the Office building on the corner viii also
be removed. leaving a building space
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