Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-01
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS.

Virginia Highlands Is to be the name
Of ffe.prooi, suburban settlement CO.
cupyiug the beautiful hills south o.
Arlingto0.
Work will soon be started on one
Of the most interesting suburban de.
VeIopsment enterprises ia this vicinity,
The site selected Is an Ideal one,
being on q plateau higher than the
pinnacle Of the Capitol dome, and sford
log a wonderful view over Washington
and the Polomsr.
1t hss frontage OF several thousand
feet on Mount Vernon avenue, which
will be made a National Boulevard,
and is adjacent TO Ger line', with only
few minutes ride to this city.
This will be rural and at the same
time a convenient home place.
II is proposed, at once, to construct
an attractive electric car station, and
10 short make every city improvement.
The land hiss already been subdivided,
streets have been laid out and graded,
and upon soma of the avenues trees
have been planted. The work will be
rashed, sidewalks, water service, and
trees planted, so that With the ten resi-
dences complete In the spring, this
attractive home place will appear as
slmost to have built by mseIc.
IL is proposed TO make sale OF houses
aud lots on easy terms.
Construction will be largely Of brick
and concrete, aud the entire group Of
houses will be fire.proo'.
The msjority OF the homes will be OF
four, FIVE and six room type. the
bungalow type will predominant. Many
houses will have fat roofs, aud theee
will be utilized SO roof gardens, from
which an exquisite view can he enjoyed.
The company will be composed oil
men high ia business and p;oiessiopa
circles, aud the enterprise will be cspi
tsllsed largely By New York parties
although 1t Is proposed 10 p ace SINAI
portion u the stock 10 this city.
The enterprise Is being undertaken
from commercial, rather than frou 4
pAilanthrop.et standpoint, although Il
10 proposed 10 demonstrate here, near
the national capital, the possibility Of
construction by modsra methods artistic,
substantial, add sanitary houses al
moderate cost,
The fIst lets win be sold a! approxlms'
tely the cos! OF improvements aud the
land will advance rapidly in value 81
thess improvements are carried out.
The TRACT purchased Ia known ai
AddIsou heighs, comprising over ont
huDdted acres, jlst SOnth Of Arlington,
Among thoss who will be prominent
10 the direction of the enterprise will b.
NJ. A. r. Severn formsr Chief executive
Of The civil service eommissIoD; Mr.
Ralph Some, OF the Geological Survey
Nj: o o. Lesdbester, senior member o.
the firm Of e. s. Lsadbeater sDd Sons,
wb olesale druggists, OF Alexandra, Vir.
gInIp. The members Of the company have
had considerable experience 10 res
estate operations, and taeir past enter
prises have heea carried out with mark
ed suece,s. Owing to the care and study
given to every detail tending to make
| homes convenient and attractive.
The plan IL tina. OF young WashiB g.
ton architect, Milton Dana Morrill,, who
for some years wac designer OF public
buildings 10 the Treasury Department.
he has made great study OF mode
houses and settlements, both In this
country aud abroad, and has equipped
himself for this type OF work.
For the concrete work In this new
settlement, standard steel moulds have
been invented, and thousand home
may be cast By one set OF there moulds,
having been so designed that they art
easlly put up, locked together, aud q,
easily laken down. The waite In th,
wood moulds aud expense Of building
new fo7ms for each house 10 eliminated.
The plates are 30 6nished that wher
they are unlocked fresA the walls ths
surface 10 perfectly smooth, requiring nj
plssteriDg or other 6OIsh.
Mr.. Morrill,, the architect, has already
built model house 90 q demonstrate,
of the prscticability Of his plan, this Il
located on Ivy street, ct Brentwood
Maryland, just outside the Dlstric
lire.
There is large spring Of delicious
water at Virginia Highlands, on th,
property, which will be piped for use
In every way the site selected SEEM
ideally suited to this most interesting
undertaking.
A rather unique advertising feature
will be employed, One of the housel
will be constructed 10 the rough, sne
will De filled With combustible mstefisl
sud set on ere, 10 demonstrate that they
will not burp. This together With th'
o,her novel features should sford much
OF public interest, during the carrying
out of the work.
The officers OF the company desir'
that VIrgiula Highlands shall point th'
way toward better houses, not only to-
Wssbir gtonisus, but be az example o
the possibilities Ia home building TO tn
thousand of visitors who annually vial
our beautiful Capital City.
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