Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

there has been no change of late years in
the city that is more marked or of more
significance. The main business thorough
fare OF + street is now supplemented by
the increasing importance of G street,
while still to the north New York avenue
and H street are very recent accessions
to the locality devoted to trade.
As to the Side Streets.
In the meanwhile more and more at
tention is being given to what are known
as the side streets-that is, the' north and
south streets between the east and west
thoroughfares. In many instances these
streets are now wholly devoted to bust
ness places, and the changing of resi-
dences for the new uses is constantly
going on. It is expected that when the
south of the avenue disappears from
commercial Washington a large num-
Der of the places now there will be
located in the region to which reference
is made.
Sale of Residence.
The Stone & Fairfax real estate corpora
ton report a recent sale for Richard H.
Bailey of the new three-story and cellar
bay window residence 291O 18th street.
Columbia Heights. The house is Of brick
construction. trimmed with white stone.
containing ten rooms and two baths. 1t
is finished throughout in hardwood and
heated by hot-water system. The pur-
chaser paid 81 800 for the property and
will occupy it as home There re-
mains but one house unsold in this block
of seven houses just completed by Mr..
Bailey.
Three Properties Sold.
The real estate corporation Of Boss &
Phelps has sold for Robert c. Shinn to
John W. Fulmer the residence 1341 I
street northwest. The house contains ten
rooms and bath. heated by a furnace. The
lot is 1Sx1O0 to a paved alley. The price
paid was about $500 Mr.. Fulmer Will
occupy the house as his residence.
The same firm has also sold for M. NJ.
Tooker her residence, 2l27 10Th street
northwest The house is new and con-
tains seven rooms and bath. finished in
oak throughout. The price paid was 70
GEO. The house was recently built by
Harry Wardman and designed by Albert
II. Beers. The purchaser. L. +. Shere,
an out-of-town capitalist, Will retain the
property as an investment.
F.. owen Peed has purchased of Boss &,
Phelps. Inc. house 80 b street south
west, opposite the Pennsylvania freight
wards This is the fourth house this firm
has sold on this square during the past
few months Mr.. Peed bought the prop
erty as speculation. 1t was owned by
]. II. Stamford.
The Old Stone House to Go.
The old four-story residence on the east
side of 14th street just north of + street
is to be torn down and in its place will
he built two modern business buildings.
In addition to the residence the two one
story buildings between 1t and the office
building on the corner Will also De re-
moved leaving building space some
forty-tve feet in width. The northern
twenty-one feet. belonging to the Stone
estate will be improved by three-story
building which has been designed by Hill
& Kendall, architects.
The adjoining tWenty-four feet, be-
longing to the Harrison estate will also
be improved by a business building, the
character of which has not been decided
upon The old house is one OF the MS
toric structures of the city. mainly be-
cause it was for many years the home
of one of the old families of the city and
also because it sheltered Jefferson Davis
during portion of the time he lived in
this city.
however much architectural merit and is
an example of the fidelity as builder
displayed in some of the early WORK or
the late Charles Edmonston. VINO had d
wide reputation III his day anu WIZ cum
tinued to be in actlFe pusiiess UP W @oi"o
ten years ago
The Erection of Houses.
A row of six houses on Lamont street
between 18th and 18TH stree'S NORTHWEST
is being completed by the Kennedy &
Davis Co.. which has built SO largely in
that locality. The houses are colonial in
treatment and have porches and bay
windows for every alternate one. fea-
ture of the interior arrangement IS a
large living room occupying the whole or
| the width of the front 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 two-story houses at North Caro-
| lima avenue and 14th street northeast and
| intends TO begin ut once the erection OF
eight more in the same DOCK CurlhS
| the past year this company has punt ana
sold thirty seven houses in that iocaii'y
Beyond Rock Creek.
| Kennedy Bros, Inc, have begun the
! erection OF five three-stOry houses on
| Woodley place, which will be the first to
he built on that street which Is parallel
| and east of Connecticut avenue just be-
yond the street railway bridge over Rock
creek. The houses will have the unusual
width of twenty-four feet and will be CO.
loniaI in design with two-story porches
i'm front and three-story porches In the
| rear Owing to the location, which COM
mands a sweeping view of the gorge of
Rock creek the situation is thought TO be
| very attractive.
| LARGE Apartment House.