The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

Sales OF real estate during the week
have been OF the usual character, with
Two or three .eonveyanees Of large d.
mensions- The market IN general has
been quiet. with the completion OF & few
deals that have been pending for some
time. Building plans are going on with
increasing momentum. and several large
operations are among those projected
during the week
Senator Rayner OF Maryland, has pur-
chased for his son. through the SouIe
Realty Company. a summer home, To-
Gated one mile from Cambridge, Dorches-
ter County. Md. on a broad salt water
river. practically portion OF the Chesa-
peake Bay The estate contains l65 acres.
The mansion is brick. has seventeen
large rooms, is steam heated. and has
every modern convenience. Il Is lighted
BY aCetylene, and has hot and cold wat
er bath rooms. as fine as can be found
in any city home. The walls are dec
GRATED, and the nanteis are OF Ital-
ian marble. The property cost the for
mer owner over $4,000
Pennsylvania Buys Home.
H. n. Nichols. president OF the CitI-
zens' Banking Company, OF on City. Pa,
has purchased from the heirs OF Samuel
c. Viers part OF their estate known as
the Home Farm" containing seventy
five acres. for $1,000. The farm is in
the Bethesda district. and IS near the
estates OF Messrs- Weaver. Steuwagen.
and Edison. Mr.. Nichols intends build
ing q modern residence and contempIates
other Improvements that VIII make his
farm one Of the handsOmest OF the many
fine places in this section. The sale
was made through the Souie Realty Com
pany.
Elizabeth c. Boyland. Of the firm OF
Meyer, Boyland & Co, has corr
pleted a deal for the transfer OF eight
and siXJy-seyen One-hundredths acres OF
ground near Connecticut Avenue Park
from William Voght 70 Misses Rose L
and Martha D. Rawlings. The consid-
Grafton was $50 0o0.
Fronting 200 feet on Belt road. the
ground is high and rolling. The Misses
Rawlings win at once have Il subdiyided
into one-cuarter lots, which viii be put
on the market as building sites.
Four Of the lots have already been
sold. and the purchasers VIII erect resi-
ceLces upon them as soon as they have
been graded and laid out The tract Is
now covered with timothy.
Buys Home in Newton Street.
The dwelling al 762 Newton street north
west. az the corner OF New Hampshire
avenue. has been sold 20 ". Offutt. who
viii occupy TIE property as his home.
This house was built by MiddaUgh &
shannon about year ago. The con
sideration was $3.50 The deal was made
through the once of shannon & Luchs.
Taggart a. Fraser. IN connection with
Ballard & Latham. have sold 20 William
Y. MahOney. OF this city. the Allegheny
Hotel az Goshen, Va This house falls
within the summer resort class. and IL is
undersoOd the price was in the neighb bor-
hood OF $4,000. The Allegheny. which
contains several hundred rooms. was built
six years ago. and, with its equipment.
cost about S220 geo
Taggart & Fraser also sold 20 Henry
=. KEEPS the ten-acre tract and four
teen-rooTa house at Takoma Park which
for many years was the home OF Gen.
). s. Carroll The consideration was
$500
The same firm proposes entering the
field Of speculative building.
II has purchased six lots AZ the corner
OF Twenty-ninth and r streets, George
colonial type houses.
VIII Build Eighty Houses.
Having purchased eight acres Of ground
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets
northwest. Harry Wardmaa VIII soon
commence 10 build eighty houses. al a
cost OF from $500 70 $3.50 each. The
total investment win be approximately
$4,000
The tract consists OF the entire Os-
born property, fronting on Allison and
Buchanan streets. and running from
Fourteenth street west nearly 70 SIX
teenth street II IS regarded as being the
most available piece Of property Tor build
ing purposes on Fourteenth street be-
tween Columbia Heights and SauTs Ad-
ditiOn- The price al which II was sold
has not been made public.
Grading Of the property viii be COM
menced at once. The tract viii prob
ably be subdivided into eIghty-four lots,
each Of which viii have a twenty-four-
foot frontage. on number OF the lots
construction Of the houses will be COM
menced this summer
Architect A H. Beers viii design the
residences
8Ir. Wardman also has plans in hand
for the erection Of seven apartment
houses. which viii cost about S50oOO0.
Sales in Virginia.
". C. Collins, Of Clarendon. Va. re-
ports the following recent sales
For the Harmon Co. one lot. 10
Edward a. Wilson. Of Indian Lake, y. Z.
For Mrs l. c. Reed. Of Newbury-
port Mass. one acre and a quarter OF
land located near Alexandra County
Court House, 10 J. II. Carmichael Of
Washington
For Wood-Harmon Co, two lots at
Clarendon 10 Arthur J Porter.
For George ". Easterday, OF Wash
ington. one lot at Clarendon TO Arthur
J. Porter
For Jacob ". Gerke. one house and
three lots at Farlee. te Joseph Stewart.
OF Washington.
For the Wood-Harmon Co. four lots at
ClaredOn. 10 John A. Kinsolver-
Buys Big Lumber Tract.
Hickory. \. c.. July 3-The Reid Lum-
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