Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
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Club. and the colonial dwelling of DR.. ].
G. Butler.
At the corner of Newland street and
the Brookville road is the home of. Mr.. s.
w. MellOtt. which was finished just be-
fore Christmas. This dwelling is unique
In that it is the first one of concrete con-
struction. A little farther out, near Brad
ley lane, is the attractive bungalow of
Mr.. Harry Giovannoli and the pebble da sh
residence of Mr.. Horace Troth On Brad
lay lane. facing south. is the large and
| commodious home of Mr.. James Durant;
| to the north on Taylor street. is that of
Mr.. Edward II. Jones. facing east, on a
pretty elevation with very attractive
porch; while on Connecticut avenue ex-
| tended, and west of the Jones residence,
are the homes of James Nick. Eiker and
| the attractive cottage of w. D. Nichols.
! All of these residences have been finished
within the past year. the building opera
lions closely following the sale of the
ground.
| Since the beginning of the present sea-
son the same general activity is apparent.
At Chevy Chase, ID. c., Capt. Harry Bing-
| ham will shortly build bungalow on Pat
terson street adjoining the handsome CO.
Ionial residence which is about to be
erected for Mr.. George B.. Sudworth Just
south of these new dwellings,, John M.
Henderson Is constructing an attractive
| cottage for Mr.. James w. BeVanS. While
| on oliver street the firm of John Simp-
| sons Sons. Inc, are erecting two-story
and attic dwelling for Mr.. w. b. Olmsted;
| and on the south side at the crest or the
subdivision. the same firm is completing
y spacious and commodious residence tor
g. w Parker. Almost directly In front
of the Parker house is the colonial cot
tagc of Mrs Beatrice Rogers, now practl-
cally completed -,
ON Grafton street, in Chevy Chase, Nd,
Mr.. s. NJ. Chase has broken ground for
q very attractive addition to this already
pretty suburb. The residence of Mr.
Charles D. Parker on Newland street, Is
nearly ready for occupancy, while Just
acrosss the street the future home OF Mr..
Jesse Nicholson is we'll under conStruc-
ton. On the north side of Melrose street.
lust east of the avenue, Mr. Joseph boWle
will shortly begin the erection OF q dWeli-
ing fashioned after his own IDEAS Sew,
eral other houses are planned and will
soon be commenced.
New Subdivisions Projected.
This beautiful section has always been
popular with home builders, and it is said
a new subdivision involving an outlay
of nearly quarter of million of dollars
is contemplated in the near future. I'm
mediately west of Georgetown College
with frontage of nearly half mile On
both the Foxhall road and the Cabin John
Electric railway, lies that part of the
FoXhall tract which was recently pur-
chased by Representative Hayes of Cal
ifornia from Mr. r II. Pickford, and
which he is having made into new sub
,diviSion, to be known as "FoXhall
Heights" At this point the elevation is
about $50 feet, making it cool and health
ful and furnishing u splendid view of the
river and surrounding country. The lots
will have a width of twenty-five feet
each, with varying depths, abutting on
fifteen-foot alley. Four streets will be
opened through the subdivision a line
with the same streets in Georgetown. 1t
is said that in a short time the city
streets will be opened to the Foxhall road.
Lieberman & Hawn will have charge of
the property.
In Cleveland Park, another of the city's
beautiful suburbs, six new dwellings,
costing from $1,000 to $4,000, are being
erected. The opening of the beautiful
new Connecticut Avenue bridge means a
direct route to this section. and the de-
mand for lots and houses, it is declared,
is growing every day. Cleveland Park is
beginning to be recognized as the home
of "aristocracy of intellect it is said
rather than the ''aristocracy of wealth."
and numbers among its lovers and home
owners many people prominent in liter
AIRY. scientific and artistic circles
A number of lots are reported as having
been recently sold to persons who shortly
contemplate the erection of homes. The
demand for this property, it is said, is a
steady regular demand and not at all
SpaSmodic.
Represents Million Outlay.
The outlay of the Southern Securities
and Development Company in suburban
operations, it is claimed, represents near
ly million dollars. OF Manor Park,
which includes the Orlando Gray, the
Garvin and the Ellin tracts, nearly half
the lots have been sold already. and the
investment of the 125 purchasers repre-
sentS about 100000. Manor Park con-
tains sixty-five acres. 1t has both water
and sewers. Rittenhouse street was
graded last fall. and the tract between is
being laid out and improved as a beauti-
full lawn. Some fine residences nave
been erected there. Stott's Park or Chill
lum Castle Manor. comprising eiyilty-four
acres, near StottS station has also been
la1d out, and Is being improved. A new
station of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road will soon be erected there.
Street grading will begin at once,
soon as the New Hampshire avenue ex-
tension question has been settled. The two
properties lie close to each other and Will
be developed along the same lines.
Fourteenth Street Heights. under the
direction of Mr.. Gilbert c. Splitter, man
ager of the Valley Realty Company, is
another suburban development that has
shown activity in the market. 1t has
graded streets, and contracts are about to
be entered into for laying sidewalks. as
property contains ten acres Subdivided
into l25 lots, % by 125 feet in size and
ranging in price from $500 to $1,000.
Twelve lots have been sold since January
l. leaving only thirty Of the 125 unsold.
Ten brick semi-detached dwellings, worth
from 5000 to $1,000. are about to he
erected. This property, it is said, has
been sold chiefly to Virginians who have
established their homes there.
Mr.. Splitter also recently built eighteen
eight-room brick houses with water. gas
and all modern conveniences, ranging in
price from 81, 800 to 1880, twelve of which
have already been sold. Mr.. Splitter says
the ready sale of his properties is due
to the fact that they are offered without
requiring a large cash payment. Pay
ments are made in monthly installments
amounting to about one-third more than
the properties would rent for. He has
just entered into deal whereby he hopes
to shortly place on the market forty-two
more houses and dispose of them in the
same way. They are all located in Pet
worth.
Benning Heights.
The operations of the Valley Realty
Company are for the present confined to
'Benning Heights. tract of sixty
seven acres, subdivided into $50 lots. %
by 125 feet in size, and ranging from
$50 to $500 each in price. This property
is located about $40 yards from the Ben
ming station of the Pennsylvania railroad
Little has been done in the way of grad
ing the streets or extending water and