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

Virginia Highlands is to be the name
Of 6re.proof, suburban settlement CO.
cupying the beautiful hilla south oil
Arlington.
Work will soon be started on one
of the most iutsreating suburban de.
velopsment enterprises 10 this vicinity.
The site selected Is an Ideal one,
being On a plateau higher than the
pinnacle of the Capitol do me, and sford.
ing wonderful View over Washington
ard the Potomac.
1t has frontage of several thousand
feet on Mount Vernon avenue, which
will be made National Boulevard,
and ia adjacent 10 Ger linep, With only
feR minutes ride to this city.
This sill be rural and q. the ssme
time convenient home place.
1t Is proposed, at once, to construct
an attractive electric car station, and
10 short make every city improvement.
The land hiss already been subdivlded,
streets have been laid ont and graded,
and upon soma OF the avenues trees
have been planted. The work will be
rushed, sidewalks, water service, and
trees planted, 40 that with the ten resi-
dences complete in the spring, this
attractive home place will appear as
slmost 10 have built by magic.
II 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 frc.proo',
The majority 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 bs composed of
men hIgh in bn.iness and :ofessior al
circles, aud the enterprise will be cspi-
tslized largely By NoR York parties,
although 1t is proposed 10 pace small
portion Ut the stock 10 his city.
The enterprise Is being undertaken
froul commercial, rather thsn fyou a
pailanlhrop:et standpoint, although 1t
Is proposed 10 demonstrate here, near
the rational capital, the possibility Of
construction by modsrG methods artistic.
substantial, ADD sanitary houses at
moderate cost.
The GEst Its viii be solo a! approxima.
tely the ccs! of improvements and the
land will advance rapidly 10 value So
these improvements are carried out.
The tyaQ. purchased ia known as
Addiaon Heigh's, comprising over one
bundled acres, j1st sonlh of Arlington,
Among taoss who will be prominent
10 The direction OF the eotsrpriss will be
M. A. r. S,yern former caief executive
IF The aigil ssfvics connissioE; Mr..
RALPH Some, OF the Geological Survey;
MI: O O. Leadbeater, senior member o!
the firm of e. s. Lsadbca;cr snd Sons,
wholesale druggists, of Alsxsndt'a, V!r.
ginia. The members OF the company have
had considerable experience 10 real
estate operations, and laeir past enter
prises have hsaa carried out with msrk.
ed saeca:s. Owing to the care and study
given to every detail tanding to make
homes convenient and attractive.
The plan is that Of young Washin &.
ton architect, Milton Dana Morrill,, who
for some years was designer OF public
buildings 10 the Treasury Department..
Hs has made great study OF model
houses and settlements, both In this
country and 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 8
may be cast by one set OF there moulds,
having been 30 designed that they are
ssslly put up, locked together, and a.
easily taken down. The waste In the
wood moulds sad expense OF building
ueW fo7ma for each house Ia eliminated.
The plates are 80 flashed that when
they are unlocked fresA the walls the
surface is perfectly smooth, requiring no
clustering or other 65ish.
Mr.. Morrill,, the architect, hss already
built model house az a demonstration
OF the practicabilily Of his plan, this ia
located on Ivy street, at Brentwood,
Maryland, just outside the District
llne.
There Is a large spring of delicious
water at Virginia Highlands, on the
property, which will be piped for use.
In every way the site selected seems
ideally suited to this most interesting
undertaking.
A rather unique advertising feature
will be employed. One of the houses
will be constructed 10 the rough, and
will be filled with combustible material,
sud set on fire, 10 demonstrate that they
Will not buru. This together with the
other novel features should afford much
OF public interest, during the carrying
out OF the work.
The officer. OF The company deaIre
that Virginia Highlands shall point the
way toward better houses, not only for
Washic gtooiaus, but be an example OF
the possibilities In home building TO the
thousand of visitors who annually Walt
on, beautiful Capital City.
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