The Washington times., 1909-03-18
HOME BOUGHT HERE
BY CHICAGO WOMAN
Mrs. Juliana Petersen Pur-
chaSeS a Residence on
Decatur Street.
]. G. WALKER HOUSE
SOLD FOR $4,000
Structure Is Four Stories High
and Contains Eighteen
Rooms.

Chicago capital has made its presence
felt in the local realty market this week.
This was through a purchase made by
Mrs. Juliana Petersen, recently OF that
city, who has secured a residence in
Washington which she will occupy
The property in question is one of the
new detached houses built by Harry
Wardman on Decatur street. between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, IN
Sauls Addition 1t was bought through
the office of n. l. Sansbury for $500.
The house IS a two-stOTy structure, with
cellar and attic and contains nine rooms
and bath, being trimmed in oak
Forty-tfve hundred square feet OF
ground are contained in the lot on which
1t stands.
F. B. Essex Sells House.
Francis b. Essex has sold to Claude
B. WHITAKER his two-story brick resi-
dence, which is located at 256 Eighth
street southeast. Shannon & Luchs en-
gineered the deal 1t is understood the
consideration in the transaction was
s., 400 and that the purchaser will occupy
the residence
Georgetown Hotel Sold.
The three-story brick business prop
erty at the southwest corner of Thir-
ty-third and NJ streets northwest.
Georgetown, formerly known as the
Monticello House, and now occupied
! by Charles IL. Kendricl< for hotel pur-
poses, has been sold by it's owner
Thomas Hyde. The deal was made
through j. Mckinney Berry, and it is
understood the consideration in the
fronts thirty feet on NJ street and II6
feet on Thirty-third street.
Pays 100000 for Home.
Edward Wales has bought through
Story & Cobb the John c. Walker
home. which is located at 20O1 s street
mating $50, OO0- The house is Of TOM
stories. and contains eighteen rooms
( II Is built Of light brick and has lime
stone trimmings The property has q
Irontage of about ninety-iVe feet OF
: street.
z. W Tea a Buyer.
The biggest sale OF residential prop
erty next to that OF the Walker HON.
1 has been made through the firm o.
! oMore Hill in the transfer of the
] thfee-Story residence at 1Ol7 Fifteenth
street northwest Tor consideration sale
! 10 nave been 1880. The purchaser /,
| h. w Zea, who was represented in tn,
/ transaction by Boss & Phelps Abou
/ twenty feet is contained IN the frontagi
| OF the property. which has a depth O.
/ ninety-five feet.
Cleveland Park Deal.
Miss Jane G. Pennington. of New
| York, has bought the Cleveland PARK
residence Of Myron l. Fuller for s9,O0j
the deal having been made through tn,
Office OF Boss & Phelps. The house wa:
! built nearly ten years ago, and will b,
occupied by Miss Pennington.
Will Build Apartment.
a permit has been taken out by Johr
| Taylor Arms for the erection of ;
seven-story apartment house. at 80
| Sixteenth street According to the Dlan
FOR the structure, the exterior wall
/ will be Of stone to the second floor
/ above which they viii be finished il
terra Gotta. There Will be one suits o
rooms only on each focr. The fran,
building now occupying the premise
will be torn down Immediately.
Bank Sells Building.
Two frame buildings, owned by tn
| American National Bank, and locate,
AT 1$I and 739 Twenty-fourth stree
northwest, have been sold through Ston
/ X Fairfax. The houses are now oc
cupied by tenants and paw a rental o
nearly S4Ct Per annum.
The same firm has also sold for Y. NJ
| Davis the two-stoTy building located a
I4S Seventh street southeast. All tire
pieces OF property were acquired 70
investment purposes.