The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
REAL ESTATE MARKET
MOVES QUITE BRISKLY
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some forty-fve feet in width The north
crn twenty-one feet. belonging TO the
Stone estate. viii be improved by a three
story building which has been designed
by Hill & Kendall. architects
The adjoining twenty-four feet. belong
ing 20 the Harrison estate. viii also be
improved by a business building. the
character OF which has not been decided
upon The old house is one OF the his
to-ic structures Of the city. mainly because
il was for many years the home OF one Of
the OLD families of the city, and also be
cause II sheltered Jefferson Davis during
q portion Of the time he lived In this city
Apartment House Planned.
Plans have been prepared by Frederic
3 Pyle. architect. for a seven-story
apartment house. which IS 10 be erected
OF the south side OF K street, between
Connecticut avenue and Eighteenth street
northwest The ground. with q frontage
Of slxty-dvs Teet. IS bounded on the east
by an alley. while on the west side there
viii be a reservation. and the building
will extend back 70 wide alley. so that
il viii stand entirely detached
There VIII - four suites Of five rooms
each on every floor. Stone and brick of
/ light shade viii be used in the exterior
walls. The owners OF the property are
E S0uthard Parker and 5 W Wood
ward
Kennedy Bros. Inc. have begun the
/ erection Of FIVE three-st0ry houses IN
woodley place. which VIII be the frst TO
be built in that street, which is parallel
and east OF Connecticut avenue. Just be-
/ yond the street railway bridge over Rock
l Greek. TIE houses VIII have the unusual
width Of tweuty-four feet. and VIII be
( colonial IN design with rwo-s-0ry p1rcEes
1 IN front and rhree-story porCEes in the
rear Owing 20 the location. which com
mards a sweeping view OF the gorge Of
Rock Creek. the situation IS thought 70
be very attractive
A row Of SIX houses on Lamont street
{ between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
! streets northwest. is being completed by
| the Nen-edv & Davis Company. which
has built so largely IN that locality. The
houses are colonial in treatment and
[ have porches and bay windows for every
Z alternate one a feature OF the interior
I arrangement is a large living room oCcu-
I pviuE the whole Of the width OF the front
I IN the second story Each house contains
/ ten rooms and two baths. and has hot
water heat and hardwood finish. with oak
[ floors
The same company Is also building
/ twelve rwo-sroTy houses az North Caro-
| lima avenue and Fourteenth street north
east. and intends % begin al once the
| erection OF eight more in the same block.
/ During the past year this company has
/ built and sold thirty-seven houses in that
| locality.
LOthrop House Started
/ Work has been started upon the resi-
dence which Nj Alvin II Lothrop VIII
/ erect on the site at the intersection OF
! Connecticut avenue and Columbia road.
I On a high terrace at this point Mr-
! Lothrop Is about 10 place handsome
/ house for his cun use It viii stand op-
posite the Highlands apartment house,
and from the front piazza 0Ir. Lothrop
and his family viii look down upon the
/ equestrian statue OF Gen George 3 Nc
/ Cleuan. erected there last year
Mr.. Lothrop several months ago ac-
quired Two large lots for his house
( through the Office OF J 3. Winner. Mr..
Lothrop first purchased the Old home Of
Dr. William Tindau. and l3ter the ad-
Joining lot. for both of which he paid
about s6S co.. Mr.. Tindaf-s house was
removed last winter
Recently q force Of men and teams
were engaged upon the excavation for
the foundations Of the new house. and Il
Is understood that work viii proceed upon
the structure through the fail months
The house VIII be a large one, Of impos-
ing architecture. and when completed viii
be one Of the most slightly residences IN
that locality.
F \ Blundon will soon erect nine two
story brick houses at I1l5 10 1I31 Eighth
street northeast, according 70 plans pre-
pared by W. Allard, architect ". c
] Blundon has been commissioned 10 con.
struCt the buildings at an approximate
cost Of SS5.O00. Mr BlUndon viii erect
a similar house at sll Florida avenue
northeast, at an estimated cost OF 5000
J J. White expects TO repair his stable
at 1l20 Nineteenth street northwest at &
cost Of $500 Contract for the worl
has been let to c. A Langley.
A A. Lane conternplates the buildins
of three tVo-story brick houses ar 315 L
81 T street northeast, at a cost Of 81 loo
John Il. Lane IS the architect and build
er
". 2. Nash IS soon to erect a two-storl
brick house a. Is L street southwest. q
a cost Of $500
T. H. Lewis will erect shortly a three
story apartment house at 1873 7 stree
northwest. for which Wood. Dom & De
ming prepared the plans John H. NolaI
will do the work Of construction. Tit
cost IS estimated at $4,000.
T D. Casey has in hand the erection o
q brick store and dwelling at go Four
teeuth street southwest, at an approx
mate cost Of $500. r. Jennings will con
! str11ct the building