The Washington herald., 1910-04-10

iness Is Report ed-Deals Tor Prop
erty and Building Projects.
Real estate operations last week were
less spectacular in that fewer were re-
ported in the newspapers. but brokers
reported yesterday a good volume of
business for TIE week. and said that the
average for the spring months had been
maintained Building activities increased
during the week. old jobs going forward
rapidly toward completion and ground
being broken for many new houses and
rows
A feature Of the sales reported by
Thomas J. Fisher & Co. was the pur-
chase of additional holdings by several
persons who had already bought lots in
Chevy Chase, Or. H. l.. Brooks has ac-
CURED frontage on Morrison street. on
which he viii soon erect a house 20 cost
in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
a Georgetown business man purchased
a hfty-foot lot. on which, it is said he
intends to erect a home.
2. H. Simpson has bought additional
ground. and Lee 5. Jones has sold a
| large lot he formerly acquired in Kirk
street to Mrs. j. f. Angel.
The name of the purchaser is withheld.
but the large lot at the corner Of Wyoming
avenue and Nineteenth street has
changed hands. the consideration being
3D. 800 Fisher & Co. made the deal in
connection with Randall H. Hagner The
property has a frontage Of sixty-six feet
on Wyoming avenue and sixty-nine feet
on Nineteenth street
Bring High Price at Auction.
One of the proofs that desirable prop
erty in Washington is on the increase
was furnished during the week in the
sale at auction OF the house and lot at
les II street northwest. The house is a
small frame affair. two stories high. and
the owner il is said. had made up his
mind TO be content with about 5000
which he thought the property would
bring. The auction arrived, and the
premises We're overrun ~ real estate men
and others who came 10 have a look at
the property and witness the sale. Be
fore the auctioneer was through the prop
erty had been bid up to $500. much 10
the satisfaction Of the former owner
Announcement has been made of the
immediate building OF an apartment house
in Georgetown. in Thirty-first street. be
tween . and r streets. The building will
have considerable space about it, and
will not be wedged in between other
buildings. George 5. Cooper, architect,
prepared the plans, calling for thirty-one
apartments. ranging from single room
and bath to suits of six and seven rooms
each. The building viii be four stories
high, and as the site is high. the rooms
viii have a pleasant outlook upon the
city and its surroundings, especially 10
the eastward.
City Advances NOrthward.
Building activity is very great in the
northern suburbs. The city is now al
most Solidly built up to Park road. and
rows are going up along New Hampshire
avenue, Georgia avenue. and in other
streets in Petworth, Brightwood. and on
out into Takoma Park and beyond in
Maryland. in the past two years hun
dreds of houses have been erected in this
territory, most of them OF the detached
type. This year few of these are go.
ing up. but the builders are filling in tine
vacant spaces with solid blocks. and al
the present rate Of progress the advance
will be well past Petworth In three years
more
The old Cammack estate at Rock Greek
Church road and Georgia avenue is TAX
ing on changed appearance. A long row
of three-story brick houses has beer
erected along the Rock Creek Church
road front. which is being carried on out
to Seventh street The builders expect
soon TO begin operations upon the in.
tersecting streets. and in all some %:
houses viii be erected there probabiy
within two years.
The Army and Navy Preparatory
School has purchased two lots at Fern.
wood Heights. and it is understood vii
soon begin the erection of a handsome
addition to the school buildings. The
deal for the property was made by
Thomas J. Fisher & Co.
III street.
Roland Wallace has the plans in hand
for a new moving picture theater al
slS Ninth street northwest. A. B. Mul.
lett d Co. prepared the plans, and
preparations for renlodeling the building
for the purpose named are about to begin
A company will be organized to hold
the property and operate the house.
The building at 1918 Fl street north.
west is undergoing extensive changes
for business purposes. under the direction
of z. c. Brainerd, who viii move his
Office there from 100 G street north
west when the building is completed.
Dulin & Chesley, composed of A. s.
Dulin and II. W. Chesley, is the style OF
the new firm of real estate operators
formed during the week. The Groves
Park Company is another new firm for
Washington which recently moved its Of
fees from Norfolk. Va. to this city
Benjamin F. Edwards is treasurer of the