Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
REALTY WORTH MILLION SOLD
ONE CONCERNS REMARKABLE
SUMMER BUSINESS.
Fewer Empty Houses in Washington
Than Ever Before-Encourag-
ing Conditions.

| The past three weeks has been the most
successful in the history of Moore & Hill.
| During this time they have sold two
| apartment houses at $4,000 EACH bust
! ness property and an apartment house
| at $4,000 and one at 100000, besides
| thirty-two houses 10 separate purchasers
| in different sections of the city.
During the summer of 1908 they have
| sold over a million dollars worth of
| Washington property. Within the past
| few weeks this firm has sold property of
the value of $4,000.
The vice president. Rignald w. Beall.
predicts that there will be a large volume
of business done by the various brokers
this fall He claims that there are far
less vacant houses in Washington at the
present time than there has ever been
during a like season in the history Of
Washington.
These are the sales made by the con-
Germ.
For Harry Wardman. 3547 10th street
northwest. 81. 800.
For Sanford Edie. lots AZ and 43. in
Holmead Manor, $1,000. This ground has
been subdivided into eight lots and will
be improved by two-story SiX-room dwell
ings to cost about $4,000 each making
total investment of about $:S5.WH.
To Austin NJ. Cooper. three-story ten
room brick house. SIG DIST street north
west.
To Thomas Bones. six lots at the cor
ner of 18th and NJ streets northeast.
which are to be improved by six-room
and bath houses.
For, D. 3. Murlock. 2417 18th street
northwest. $500 This sale was made to
Dr. Strohecker, a resident of Roanoke.
Va. who has retired and viii make his
home here.
For Conrad H. Weiss and Leonard H.
Nicholson. a block of lots on 18th street
northeast.
nd NJ;cc
Mcdonald. four lots on Irving street near
18th street
For Mrs. Elizabeth F. Moore. two-story
apartment house. No. 437 Tennessee ave-
nue. northeast. at So, 500.
For w. Wallace Chiswell. four two
story houses, III. 113 III, 119 l. street
southeast.
TO Franklin T l.. Sanner. lot in Laner
Heights. for William H. Walker $1,000.
Mr.. Sanner intends to erect a four-story
apartment house on this lot.
To j. Ford Taylor, lot 80 on Lanier
avenue. This lot is also to be improved
by large apartment.
To James j. Lamtin, 500 32d street
northwest. for Harry Wardman. the
DevonShire apartment house, at $4,000.
This building contains six apartments of
five and six rooms each. located on the
north side of Columbia road near 18th
street. This sale was made to Gen. A. A.
Birney who purchased the building for
permanent investment.
Six new two-story six-room colonial
houses. building by Harry Arthur Kite
on the north side of street between 18th
and 14th streets These houses were pur
chased by local investors at $500 each.
A large business property near 18th and
II streets northwest.
For II. C. Stone. two-story and six
room residence 1416 street northeast.
S5.S0C.
No 1868 10th street northwest. at $500.
for Harry Wardman This is the last of
two blocks of houses built by Harry
Wardman on this block on 10th street.
about thirty in ALL
2212 Flagler street northwest, for II. ].
Mattern; price, $500
1900 G street northeast, for w. b. Muir
lock; price, $500.
The two-story Queen Anne cottage No.
1897 Highland avenue, Cleveland Park.
for Charles G.. Allen. $500.
For Franklin T. Sanner, a lot 25x9O on
Dist street, near o. $4,000
2}32 LIST street northwest. for Jesse B.
Schafhirt. 1896 This is a three-story.
ten-room brick residence opposite Nc
MILAN Park
For John Sherman. four semi-detached
and detached houses in Cleveland Park;
price paid for these properties about 49,
600. The purchase was made by q local
business man for speculative purposes
1910 X street southeast, a two-story,
six-room cottage for E. W. Ellerson,
s.. 500
OF " .V-f " street
northwest. a new eleven-room house, re-
Gently completed by Harry Wardman and
purchased by a local physician who will
occupy it as his home. The price paid
was Sill 900.
2216 Flagler street, for III. j. Mattern
for $4,000.
10 Harvard street. for Mrs Imogene,
$3.50
For Nathaniel Carusi the three
story and basement dwelling, 1853 18th
For John Warren to Mrs. Wilson, 2745
Macomb street $1,000.
Nos. So and 654 Acker street northeast.
two-story six-room houses. for 2. F.
For Mrs Helen Birney, 17OS Oregon
avenue. a three-story eight-room resi-
dence, $500.
No. 1903 Sd street northwest. large
double house of ten rooms. 81 800.
1417 and 1919 9th street northwest. for
two local investors. $500.
The Alamo apartment house. for Harry
Wardman, to Bladder Forest, for about
apartment building erected by Harry
Wardman on plans made by Robert R.
Beers, architect. This building has the
record of having been built. entirely
rented and fully occupied in less than
six months. The apartment was sold to
d local business man for permanent in
veStment.
For Bladder Forest, eight two-story
houses on 9th street northwest near S,
81 900.
For B. D. Mudock 1907 Rhode Island
avenue, $500 to Mrs. Mary Mulcan, who
will spend several thousand dollars re-
modelling the house for her home.
For Margaret Davis to Mrs. Harriet A.
Mills. 767 Gresham place northwest, 81, 800.
Lot on Dist street near Connecticut ave-
nue.. II by 100 $4,000.
To j. T.. Perkins, 927 New Hampshire
avenue northwest, a three-story basement
brick dwelling. $1,000.
No. 133 Girard street northwest to Mrs
Nellie Hill Watson for 5000
For j. w. Alderton, an Ohio banker
1915 East Capitol street, eight-room
detached residence near Lincoln Park
81. 900. About 800, 900 square feet of ground
in the northeast section of the District TO
be used for subdivision purposes.
The Cheshire apartment house for
Harry Wardman, containing six apart
ments of five and six rooms and bath on
the north side of Columbia road near
18th street. $4,000
5000. This is one of those attractive de-
tached residences SO characteristic at
Cleveland Park.
2O16 Columbia road. for Mrs. Kate A.
FIagg, to DR.. Simon Walfe, the consdera-
ton being about $4,000. This is hand
some English basement residence. contain
ing fourteen rooms and two baths, on
Columbia road opposite the Dean estate.
This concern also reports the sale of the
on Columbia Heights near 14th street.
The purchaser is a local business man
who makes the purchases for an invest
ment, the price being 100000.
J. c. MOORE Is CANDIDATE