Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
REALTY IS NOTABLY ACTIVE
COLONIAL RESIDENCE ON PARK
ROAD CHANGES HANDS.
American Minister to Colombia Buys
Modern Home Through Stone &
Fairfax-Sales by Fisher Co.

Realty transactions in the past few
days have been showing an encouraging
degree of activity. One of the notable
sales was consunmated by Stone & Fair
fax, who report sale for Charles +.
Stone of the three-story and cellar CO.
lonial residence, 1850 Park road, Mount
Plea SAINT, the purchaser being Thomas
CIcland Dawson, American minister to
Colombia. This house is of brick con-
struction with colonial porches, semi
detached, affordng side light and expos
baths, with electric lights and other mod
bths with electric lights and other mod
ern convenences. The property has
frontage of nearly twenty-five feet by a
depth of 12J feet, with paved rear alley.
The house was erected by John II. Nolan
from plans prepared by Appleton L.
Clark, jr. and was tho remaining house
of the several acquired by Mr.. stone
last spring in real estate exchange.
Several interesting sales are reported
by Thomas J. Fisher e. Co. Qn-
corporatetD during the past few days, as
follows:
For John NJ. Henderson, to Frank &.
Berens. house 1S47 v street. for $3.50;
a three-story and cellar home, containing
nine rooms heated with water and hav-
ing gas and electric lights. For the
trustees of Woodley Park, to the Ken
nedy &, Davis Co, two lots on the east
side of Woodley place. directly opposite
their new houses overlooking Rock Creek
Park, and adjoining frontage recently
purchased by them from the Fisher Com
pany, on which they will build in the
near future; for A. e. Thomas. to F. u.
McAuiff. four lots on Georgia avenue
southeast on which houses will be built
for sale: for the Newlands COMPANY, to
DIR. Alex Hardlicka. lot 40 by Ito feet,
on Tilden street, Fernwood Heights, ad-
joining site purchased by him year ago,
100 by 175 feet; for John M. Hender-
son, to p. J. Haltigan, house 1913 kalo-
rama avenue. through James r. Shea
for $500; for the Sharon Estate Com
pany. tWenty-five-foot lot on the north
side of S street near the French embassy
site, to Edward w. Dom. jr., for $o,5O;
for the Sharon Estate Company, two lots
twenty-five feet front each on the north
side of Bancroft street, for $1.1OO; for
Joseph Paul, through the HoWenSte1n
Company to G. F.. Lewis, four lots on
Bryant street in the Bloomingdale sec
ton; in the Chevy Cha-e section, to
Waddy B. Wood. eighty feet front by a
depth of 200 feet on the north side OF
Bradley lane: to William I. Deming. 100
feet front by POO on the north side OF
Bradley lane, adjoining the site of Mr..
Woods and opposite that recently pur-
liams. seventy feet front by lbs feet on
the north side of Grafton street. for
twenty cents square loot; TO George
H. Chandlee, large lot 1888 feet front on
the southeast corner of Connecticut
avenue and Oxford street, for about
$1,000; to DIR. Murray Calf Motter, $50
feet front on the southeast corner of Con-
necticut avenue and Newlands street, Tor
about $1,000; to George W. Stone. seventy
feet front on the north side Of Bradley
lane. adjoining site recently purchased
by Mr.. Durant: to r. f. l.. Yellott, eighty
feet front, adjoining the above ON the
north side of Bradley lane.