The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Real Estate Activity Shows
Continued Growth of
the Capital.
OFFICE STRUCTURE
WILL COST $266,ooo
Another Calls for Expenditure of
$4,000, While Wyeth Resi-
dence Will Take $4,000.

Building activities on all sides are to
be noted. Not only in sales made
| through the offices of dealers is the
| thriving condition Of washington real
estate shown. but also in building
operations which cover the entire city
Here and there are dwellings and
apartment houses in course of construc-
ton, and when a glance is had at a list
Of operations decided upon for the fu-
ture there can be no gainsaying the
fact that Improvement is both steady
and unusual
There are a great many buildings now
planned. Many of these have been ar
/ ranged for in the past few weeks.
/ Among them are TO be noted the fol-
owing plans made or contracts awarded:
Nine-St0ry Building.
| Official permit has been issued for a
rine-stOry granite office building which
is to be erected for the Evans estate at
l4l7 New York avenue northwest. ar a
| cost Of S266.OOJ. This settles all do,,bt
as 70 whether the project would he
maintained Frederic b. Pyle is the
architect The contract has been award
ed to the George A. Fuller COMPANY.
The NJ. A. Winter Company will erect
a fOur-stOTy brick business building at
1896 to 144O Z street northwest. Charles
Gregg is the architect and the builders
are Richardson & Burgess The esti-
mated cost IS $4,000.
ID. +. Robinson will build one four-
story brick college building al 22r227- 90
Third street northwest. Z. NJ. Sunder-
land is the architect, and c. B. Robin
son, the builder The cost will be about
$4,000.
A warehouse with a g75-foot front and
27Ofoot depth will be built OF n street.
l between First and North CAPITOL streets
northeast. on land owned by r q. Don
aldsOn, Of this city. and Malcolm w.
Hill. Of Baltimore. II will be Of brick,
concrete, and iron. The floor space viii
be about 10000 square feet
Plans $4,000 Home.
Mrs Sarah Stewart Wyeth. Of Phila-
delphia, Will have a residence built by
John H. Nolan at 22l5 Massachusetts
avenue nOrthwes-. Tue cost will be
about $4,000. The architect is Nathan
c Wyeth, Of this city.
A new building vii be erected FOR
the Maxwell Taximeter Company for
its own purposes. Il will be IS by 40
feet. Material will be brick, stone. and
re-enfOrced concrete.
The Washington Mechanics Savings
Bank will have a building for its own
/ use at $50 Eighth street southeast. 70
cost about $500 It will be Of brick
and terra Gotta Plans were prepared
by Harding & Upman, architects. The
contract was awarded 70 A Getz &
Son
The Dime Savings Bank Will have a
new building built from plans prepared
by Frank L. Mi!burn & Co.
The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Will erect a new edifce.
An addition to the Hotel Grafton.
| Connecticut avenue and De Sales street
northwest. will be built from plans pre-
pared by Marsh & Peter. It will be
II by To- feet. and will cost $4,000.
New Theater Assured.
The project Of the Auditorium Amuse-
ment Company for a new theater on
II street will be carried through on the
| authority Of z. X Fox, OF the = X
Fox Company, and secretary and treas
urer Of the amusement company. Bids
! Will be received in about ten days
A new theater on the site of the Halls
Of the Ancients. on New York avenue,
just west of Thirteenth street, Is in
| Guided BY some experts as among the
! assured buildings Of the future.
Two modern business buildings will
be built on the site Of the old four
story residence on the east side Of Four
teenth street. just north OF T street. On
the adjoining lot, owned by the Harri-
son estate, another business building
| will be erected.
A public natatorium is to be built in