The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

" kept pace with the record set
during the month OF January Yet much
has been accomplished. and a good mum
be1~ -eIes reported OF properties rang
Ing IN price from S4009 10 $4,000. The
record OF transactions at the Office OF the
reegder OF deeds has been well Up 10
Il zaverage. and most brokers are in q
cheerful state Of mind regarding the
future
The warm days of the past week have
given builders a chance. and new work
has been started in many parts OF the
District This IS especially true N the
northern part Of the city, beyond the
old Boundary, where builders are fast oc-
cupying unimproved ground. and adding
row after row of speculative properties
10 those recently built and sold. Beyond
many detached homes are going up. and
the coming spring promises to De one Of
the most active in building seen in Wash
ington for several years.
Sales by Fox Company.
Several transactions recently closed by
the A F. Fox Company. and not here
tofore reported. are Of more than Or
dInary interest
A vacant lot in N street, between Sew
enteenth street and Connecticut avenue.
having a frontage OF sixty feet. and con
tanning nearly 5000 square feet. was sold
FOR aDout S1SGo0 This lot was bought
some months ago by the Epiphany
Church Home for the erection Of a suit
able building 70 take the place Of the one
recently sold in II street adjoining the
Fredonia Hotel, but later the trustees
having decided to purchase the hand
some building in Massachusetts avenue,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
now occupied by them. It was decided TO
dispose OF the II street lot
The purchaser. John l. Warren, viii
erect on the site a modern apartment
house cf tveuty-f0ur complete apart
ments. which. IN such a location. is prac-
ideally assured OF immediate rentals and
. waiting list"
Another sale showing the present de
rnand for good income-p producing real
estate by investors is that of the Lanier
Rpartment house. on the north side Of
Ianier Place near Adams Biill road. This
building. which is not Yet completed. viii
rOntain fifteen apartments and occupies
! lot 50 by 80 feet II Is exceptionally
we'll located being z-ithin few steps
Of the lines ef both car systems and its
architecture is In keeping with the high
grade Of improvements IN vogue in that
section. Il is understood the price was
lbout $4,000 and the purchaser VIII re-
lain the property as an investment
Business Property Sold.
Down in the central business section
the Fox Company has sold for Robert
a. Bates the business property AT Fso
louisiana avenue. opposite the new Police
Court building. This property consists Of
large building covering a lot . by 1G1
Teet. three stories in height. with cellar
under the entire building. One large store
room occupies the main floor, which IS on
grade with Louisiana avenue. and the
cellar floor Is on grade with a thiTty-fOOt
alley in rear. thus giving access. on grade,
20 about 10.eoo square feet Of floor space,
making the property especially available
for wholesale or other lines Of business
Involving heavy handling, such as is
gradually centering in this section. The
sale price was Si5.GC9.
Among the residences recently sold by
the same firm are three Of the row OF
fifteen new dwellings. in Oregon avenue.
between New Hampshire avenue and
Eighteenth street. These are Dp-tO-date
houses in every respect. some Of colonial
style and others Of bay-window front
They contain seven rooms and bath and
are heated by bot water and trimmed
with hardwood throughout. These were
sold for the builder. John F Lynch. al
$500 each
VIII Build Apartment.
Two vacant lots have been sold in con-
necton with George Y worthington for
John H. Nolan. One Of these. located in
Florida avenue north Of Massachusetts
avenue. has a frontage Ct nearly % feet.
and is more than 100 feet in depth. Il
IS within forty feet of the Townsend
property. on the Massachusetts avenue
corner. while many other magnificent
homes surround il on all sides
a small apartment house. N keeping
with the general style OF building IN this
vicinity. viii soon be erected on this lot.
The other lot. Of slightly larger dimen-
siOns. is on the west side Of Seventeenth
street. north OF r street and the pur-
chaser has not yet anno--nced the char
made here. The location would justify
one or two handsome residences or {
small. exclusive apartment house. Fol
the present. however. no immediate i'm.
provements are contemplated. While ths
exact price paid for these lots has not
been disclosed. il is understood that they
figured al about $3.50 a square foot.
Bay Lots in Sixteenth Street.
Mrs Levi P. Morton. wife Of former
Vice President Morton, who week agc
purchased the unimproved property front
ing on Sixteenth street. between L and
NJ streets, intends to erect a handsome
residence on the property, which she vii
occupy as her home The lot adjoins tha.
purchased by Mrs George N. Pullman
who also intends 70 erect a handsome res
fdence on the newly purchased property
The former home Of the MortOns, th'
red brick mansion. on the triangle formed
by Fifteenth and \ streets and Rhode
Island avenue will be sold in the neal
future as negotiations with that end il
view have been going on for some time
The house was formerly occupied by th'
Russian Embassy, and Is now occupies
by SenatOr-elect Root
DR.. J. c. Boyd. surgeon. l. s. y, ha.
purchased from Gen. John Watt Kearney
through T. ". Graham & Co. a. lot 50 By
leo feet al the southeast corner Of Twen
ty-second and r streets. for S95,ooo-
wood. Dom q Deming. architects. ar
preparing plans for a residence which TIT
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