The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
HOUSES SELL WELL
Real Estate Market Takes on
Autumn Activity.
BROKERS GENERALLY BUSY
Hesidences- UnimDroved Property.
Bustness Sites Among Recorded
Sales of Week-CaPt. J. F. Oyster
DtsPoses Of HIS Country Home.
Judge De Lacy Buys City Square.

The real estate market during the past
week has taken OF a measure Of the au-
tcnn activity and good sales have been
reported Most OF the brokers are doing
taiT business and have confident ex-
pectation OF an active campaign through
the fsu months.
stone & Fairfax report the sale Of The
brick dwelling at 5525 T street northwest
for the estate Of Frederick ". Hui5a-
koper- This house Is one OF the several
erected for Mr.. Huidekoper about tvro
years ago by AlIard & AppIebv. builders
Il Is two stories and cellar with bzv-
window projections The purchaser. who
was occupying the house under 4 lease
viii continue 70 reside IN the premises.
D " Manners has sold. through Stone
< Fairfax, the two-story brick Dwelling
at 23l9 Ontario road. Washington Heights
This house IS OF colonial style, with large
covered front porch II was built abo15r
three years ago The purchaser is .
nonresident, and VIII hold the properly
as an investment
Sales by Stone d Fairfax.
The same firm reports the sale fol. .Jobn
h Ontrich, the two brick apartments
l21S an d12lo G street southwest Tkasa
buildings were erected about five wears
ago. and are steadily rented. being br1-
q short distance from the Smithsonian
Institution and the Agricultural Depart-
ment- The purchaser. Z. y. Richards
VII hold the property as an investment
Stone & Fairfax also reoo-r the reoa7+
sale for Joseph ". Carmody Of the bricl,
dwelling at S26 D street northeast. The
house has front Of light coIored brick
IS two stories and cellar. and is heated
by hot-water system This firm has also
sold the two-tory brick dwelling. 51s n
street northeast. containing six rooms and
bath now under rental The conn1a-so-,
OF the new Union Station has created .
strong demand for this class OF uroDer+y
in that section Of the city.
capt James F Oyster has sold ,ss
country home and farm, near C,srre+t
Park. Nd. TO Charles Corby. the bal,e-
Ior Ss9,yy0. M Corby viii take posses
son OF the property about October /
Wnen capt Oyster and his family re
turn 10 the city for the winter IT,.
property consists Of about 100 acres II
IS situated on the Rockville pike he
tween Garrett Park and KensinRto7 Il
IS understood that M Corbv viii r,ai-s |
some improvements and occupy il nexf
year as his summer home
Judge De Lacy Buys Block
Winige. Gibbs and Daniel have soi5
Tor the Moore and Barbour estates n /
Judge William H De Lacy tbA en+,-.
block in Moore and Barbour's addition
bounded by Rhode Island avenue. I /
street and Lincoln avenue II is under
stood Judge De Lacy will improve the
property at once with frst-class dxau-
qgs- The price is withheld from NH
ication
me same firm reports unusual sue
,ess in the disposal OF building f-o,.-
-ges in this section during the past tort-
light. thirty-six lots. having an asere
'ate Of $50 feet and q total area of 81
% square feet. having been sold 70 va
1ous builders and investors during +bo+
'eriod. representing an outlay OF apnro1-i !
nately 5000 The purchasers have in
ach instance an intention Of improving
he lots AZ once with high-grade rest
ences for the market
The same firm reports the sale 1o-
drs- Mary Johnson 20 Edwin p R-s1t- |
ontractoT and builder. lots % 10 30. in
iusive- IN block Of Moore & Barbour's
ooluon, on the south side Of Rhode
sand avenue and extending eastward
long Z street They have an aggregate
7outage OF 1s7 feet. BY depths ranging
rom y 70 loS feet, s2d have an sggre-