The Washington times., 1908-07-19
Handsome Block of. Dwell
ing Houses on Columbia
Road Nearly Finished.
CORCORAN HOTEL
TO GO AT AUCTION
Judd & Detweiler Buy Land Where
They Started in Business
Twenty Years Ago.

PuHding operations are TO be noted
here and there as one rides through the
city, no matter in what direction. In
some cases work has almost been com
pleted, and instances of failure of the
builders 10 call general attention 20
these are not lacking
Once outside OF the more thickly- set
tied portion of the city a given enter
prise sometimes escapes notice One
notable illustration Of this phase Of the
real estate situation is to be found on
Columbia road. at the corner of Four
ueenth street. Columbia Heights.
A Block Of dwelling houses being built
/ by Francis S. Carmody, the owner. IS
nearly finished. Work on the outside is
practically complete, but the interior
iuishings have not made much progress.
Enough has been done, howeve-. 10
show that another handsome block is 70
be added 10 the other fine houses al
ready in that neighborhood-
They are three-story houses, each
with basement. modern heating appa-
F. ratus and open plumbing installed. The
corner house viii cost about $1,000, Il
! is understood. and the others about
$500 The plans were drawn by George
s. Cooper. The land. 10000 square feet.
was purchased through the Office OF
Stone & Fairfax. the price being about
$4,000, or 81 per foot
Monocacy Valley Road Sold.
/ The MonOcacy Valley Railroad. run
ming between Catoctin Furnace and
/ Thurmont, Pa, has been bought by the
\ Washington. Frederick and Gettysburg
I Railway Company The old board Of
directors has retired, and their places
( have teen taken by the new board.
/ Prior TO the change a deed Of trust was
executed by the old board to secure
$4,000 first mortgage bonds. For the
| present, the Monocacy Valley Railroad
| Company VIII not actually be absorbed
/ by the Washington, Frederick and Get
/ tysburg company, but viii be continued
as a separate corporation. leasing its
line OF railway to the latter company,
which viii operate It as part OF its line.
The Washington. Frederick and Gettys-
burg company is building a line from
Lewistown to Catoctin Furnace. TO con
meet It's railway, now IN operation be-
tween Frederick and Lewistown. with
| the Monocacy Valley. It IS expected
| that this connecting link viii be com
/ pleted about September Is.
/ An old frame house on the south side
Of Massachusetts avenue, between Sew
! enteenth and Eighteenth streets. IS to
/ be replaced by a handsome. modern
/ dwelling which win be in harmony with
/ the residential standard now in force
in that section. y large building site
| has just been purchased for this pur-
! pose, consisting OF the house mentioned
/ and the adjoining lot, owned by DIT.
Il Dol THsrr=F
| frontage Of about fifty-six feet and a
/ depth on one side Of 15e feet and on the
| other Of 40 feet, the total area beins
/ over 5000 square feet
/ The country home known as the Car
| Isle residence at OakmOnt, washington
| Grove. Nd, has been transferred from
I p. A. Drury 70 William Achenbach, who
VIII occupy IL as his permanent resi-
| dence. The transaction was effected
| through the Office of the H. R How
| enstein Company
A lot 90 by 200 feet, on the south side
| Of L street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets, has just been pUr-
| chased BY NJ A Winter and George
/ W. Farris, through the office Of David
| son & Davidson. the price paid being
| about $165O0. The sener was Henry
I Matthews A large two-story brick
building is TO be erected on the property
IN the fall, to be used for business pur-
! poses. It viii occupy as much Of the
site IS the building law permits.
/ The corner residence at 1901 Harvard
| street northwest, has been sold by Boss
/ & Phelps for Richard II. Bailey 10 a
] local business man who viii occupy Il
/ as his residence in the fall. when the
| house is completed. The lot is q by
l4s feet The house contains ten rooms
/ two baths, with hot-water heating. Oak
is used throughout the house. The price
was $500.
Corcoran Hotel Goes Under Hammer.
The three-sJory Corcoran Hotel in
/ Rockville is 10 oe sold at auction July
| Is. The land contains about one and a
/ half acres. with a frontage Of 1897 feet
/ on Montgomery avenue There are on
| the premises an icehouse. stable. and
necessary Outbuildings, also a two
story house. Il Inting on Montgomery
| avenue. occupied as an Office building
| The purchase Of the property at AZ
| Eleventh street by Judd and Detweiler,
] incorporated, a printing firm at that
/ address, has back of it a little story.