Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
PLANS FOR new RESIDENCE
A. M. LoTHROP'S SITE ON BROW
OF HILL.
Italian Design and Spacious Plan
for the Interior-Commanding
View Afforded.

The building site at the intersection of
Connecticut avenue and California or r
street northwest which was purchased
about year ago by Mr.. Alvin NJ Lothrop.
is to be improved by the erection of a
residence for his use. In several respects
this house will be distinguished from
nearly all the residences of the larger
class in this city and in none more eff
fectively than in the setting which it
will have
In addition to a generous building site
which makes possible space on all sides,
the location is a commanding one, 'front.'
ing to the south it does, the broad
plaza formed by the juncture of Connec-
ticut avenue, California street and CO.
lumbia road and on the brow OF the hill,
closing the vista of the wide sweep of
Connecticut avenue as it mounts to the
summit. The equestrian statue of Nc
Clellan. which is on the south side of
California street, is located just 10 the
west of the extreme western end of the
lot. so that both the house and the statue
have entirely different central lines.
Of Italian Design.
Such surroundings as well as the nat
ural grade of the land were carefully
studied by the architects, Messrs. Horn
blower & Marshall, in making the design
of the house. AS one result. the design
will be Italian with the southern front
of seventy-six feet and placed on plat
form of stone with garden and stone
terrace from which the structure will
rise to the height of three stories and will
be finished by high roof of sturdy pro-
portions which will be in keeping with
the breadth and dignity of the walls.
The effect of the stone platform form
ir,cr fI4 10 h, n
keep an elevation which the surroundings
require, and will form. with the retaining
walls, the garden and tie terrace, an in
tegral part of the design. Stone of a
light shade of color will be used in all
the exterior walls, and while the treatment
will be simple and restrained, yet the
sweep of the rounded projection of the
south front with a pediment at the roof
line filled in with decorative design and
the carving in the cornice will give a
pleasing relief to the mass.
The space on the east side will provide
an approach to the basement as we'll as
to the automobile house at the rear. The
roof of the latter will rise a few feet
court which is at the north end of the
house.
Spacious Apartments.
The main entrance will be through a
driveway at the north end of the house
from Connecticut avenue into a courtyard
On one side of the entrance hall there
will be an Office room. through which an
other one in approached, with windows
overlooking the avenue. The main hall
of the house will extend east and west,
and opening from it will be the three prin-
cipal rooms, that on the west side a
spacious drawing room, then that central
space forming a noble apartment termed
the living room and on the east side the
dining room. also of large proportions.
Large windows reaching to the floor
form nearly the entire front wall space
of the living rooms and these open
directly on the stone terrace from which
access is had to the garden.
The great extent of the house gives an
opportunity for the same generous treat
ment of the upper floors as is found on
the principal floor, and the spacious bed
rooms have dressing rooms in some in
stances as well as bathroom.
18th Street Property Sold.
The property 1924 14th street northwest
has been sold through the Willett &, Rel
necke Company for Albert F. Gutekunst
to Mordecai F. Russell for about $4,000
The improvements consist Of a three
story and cellar house with a stable in
the rear. The lot is 25x13 feet and has an
area of $3.50 square feet.
At meeting of the Willett & Reinecke
Company, held yesterday at the office of
the company, S1j 18th street northwest,
the resignation of Samuel l.. Harris as
secretary of the company was accepted
and Charles F. Warning was elected to
fill the vacancy.