Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

that account II will be possible to SO ar
range the interior that back buildings will
be unnecessary The material used in
the wall will be stone of light shade.
When these houses are built, they will
complete the record of seven dwellings
which have been put up in that locality by
Mr.. Waggaman in the past two years.
One of the houses is Mr.. Waggan1an's
home. and the others have been sold.
g Street Transactions.
A few days ago the announcement was
made by the F. H. Smith Company of the
sale. through its office of the property
1112 G street northwest, and day or so
later came the sale of the southeast cor
ner of 18th and G streets. These transac-
tions possess good deal of interest both
for business men and for those who in
vest In property, especially If they afford
evidence of the development of that Sec
ton.
The future of that thoroughfare is
looked upon as likely to be of conse-
Quence, not only to property values there.
but also as showing a constant progress
toward becoming one of the leading
streets in the business section of the city.
To some extent the prices paid for prop
erty mark the extent of such progress.
In the case of the transaction involving
the change in the ownership of 1112 g
street the consideration was given az SIS
a square foot The ground has a front
age of % feet and depth of 100 feet. In
the case Of the corner property the con-
sideration was not given.
In February of last year several trans
actions in G street property were reported.
The building at 1903 G street at that TINA
sold for $3.50 a square foot, having a lot
15xj6 feet. while for the northwest corner
of 18th and G streets $65.OO0 was paid for
the 2325 square feet, the dimensions being
3s.9x60 feet. The square foot figure was
nearly $2S.
Corner Property.
For the southeast corner of 18th and
streets. in that year, $4,000 was paid,
the ground being 25xs6 feet and the foot
price being over So.
In the preceding year of 1906 there were
several sales of property on G street that
are of interest.
streets sold for $4,000, or about $23
square foot. The dimensions of the lot
are 53.4x6O feet.
For 11O6 6 street s14 a square foot was
given The lot has frontage of Is feet
and depth of 100 feet.
About the same time 1926 G street
changed hands as the result of the prop
erty being offered at auction. The un-
usual depth of the lot accounts for the
comparative small per foot price, which
was about $11. The frontage of the lot is
% feet and the depth 212 feet, giving a
total area of ASS square feet.
A still earlier transaction than any of
those mentioned took place in the early |
was sold. The consideration was $4,000,
which is at the rate of about s14 a square
foot The lot is 1S.45x113 feet.
Location Of Realty Offices.
The fifth anniversary of the Soule Realty
t,oe
moval Of the offices of that company from
the Bank of Washington building at
Louisiana avenue and It'll street to 1913
New York avenue. In their new quarters
the company has more room and that was
one reason for the change in location
The speciality of the company, hadIing
suburban property. is illustrated by a
unique covering for the walls of one OF !
the offices. which Is lined from floor to
ceiling with photographs Of houses and of
localities In addition to this office the
company also maintains suboffices at
Laurel. Berywn, Ellaston Terrace and
Glendale.
The offices of A. w. and L. o. Mallory
have been removed from 1417 q street
northwest to 3O6S NJ street northwest,
where the location is thought to be bet
ter adapted for some of the specialties
which form part of the business OF
this firm.
TWo-Fam1ly Apartment.
Miss Henrietta Schlerf has awarded the
contract to John w. Swanson for the re-
modelling of the brick building owned by
her and located at OFT P street north
west
The plans and specifications were pre-
pared by Joseph Bohn, jr., architect.
The building. when completed will be
two-famiy apartment dwelling with a
suite of five rooms and bath on each
floor There will be bay windows and the
front is to be of press brick with stone
trimmings. Each suite will have it's own
cellar and rear yard and hot-water heat
ing plant. -,
To Build on East Capitol Street
Joseph Bohn, jr., architect has designed
three brick dwellings to be built for E.
w. McIntire at 716-1S-2O East Capitol
street.
Brick and stone of light shade of color
will be used In the fronts. Each house
will be three stories in height and will
contain ten rooms and bath. Mr. McIn-
tire will occupy one of the houses as his
residence and will hold the other two for
sale. Plans are now in the hands of the
contractors for estimates. which will be
opened next week.
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