The Washington herald., 1910-06-12
BUILDING ACTIVE
OUT IN PETWORTH
Builder Purchases Ground at
Seventh and Quincy.
HOUSES SELL VERY RAPIDLY
city Crosses Rock Creek Church
Road AID Invades the Vacant
Property Beyond-SOme OF the Iua-
Provements Recently Made De-
scribed-Ten Houses Going Up.

Among the latest development opera.
tons in Petworth is the purchase Of ID. OOI
feet of ground at Seventh and Quincy
street by Timothy Miller. for the purpose
OF erecting ten houses of the type being
constructed in that locality. The sale OF
the ground was made by A. c. Houghtor
& Co., In conjunction with ]. W. Pilline
and the ButIer-T aliaferro Company The
price paid for the ground is withheld
but is assumed to be 80 cents TO the
square foot
Building operations have been started
upon the ground by way Of excavation
and laying the foundations.
Extensive improvements Near.
This improvement is but one square
away from the extensive building project
being carried On BY the Kennedy Brothers
along Rock Creek Church road and on
Seventh street toward the soutk. upon
the ground OF the old Cammack estate.
Though the Kennedy houses were not
begun until about the beginning OF vim
ter. one row or them is completed and
a number Of them sold and occupied.
Several other rows have been built in
the immediate vicinity in recent months,
and are being sold rapidly A block of
four on Randolph street, near Fifth. are
especially attractive. and TWO have re-
Gently been sold
George C. Hough is building a row OF
nine new houses on New Hampshire ave-
nue. above Randolph street. and two will
be added around the corner on Shepherd
street. Four houses are also under con
struction at Georgia avenue and Ran
dolph street. which will serve to obIt-
crate the unsightly clay bank that has
been an eyesore 10 that part OF the sub
division for years.
Four Houses Going Up.
Just below on Georgia avenue four
houses were completed in the early winter
months and are now occupied by their
owners. Four more houses OF the same
type are under construction adjoining
them. practically filing out the square
10 Shepherd street. A few months ago
Two fine houses were built on the west
side Of Georgia avenue, facing Ninth
street and Randolph at their intersections
with the avenue Both houses are oc-
cupied by their owners. On Eighth
street fronting its intersection with New
Hampshire avenue two new houses
built by George c, Hough are receiv-
ing their finishing touches.
On the east side of New Hampshire
avenue opposite six new houses were
finished late in the winter and are now
occupied. while four more are under con-
struction. and two around the corner on
Quincy street
Government Parks Triangle.
The government reservation formed by
the intersections OF Eighth, Randolph
and New Hampshire avenue has been
recently improved by parking aud IS ole
OF the beauty spots Of the subdivision.
All through the subdivision up 10 ALI
son street the work of building is going
rapidly forward, and Petworth is soon 10.
be added to Park View and Schuetzen
Park as part Of the city.
Houghton and Co. also report the
sale Of the property at 605 T street
northwest. for Dr. Llewellen Davis, 20
r. Beresford, for $4,000, The lot
has a frontage of 1s.A by depth of
l0l feet
This firm has also sold the property
at 81 o street northwest for Mrs. Amelia
MaultneT TO Thomas II. King, for Sc, O00
The house is Of red brick containing six
rooms and bath.