Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-19

to beyond the grounds OF the Naval OBJ
servatory. There Is to be a driveway ex-
tending along Rock creek, with quite
space between the road and the edge of
the water, which is to be dedicated TO
the public use, and will fit in with the
System of what is known as the open
treatment of Rock creek.
:: Another public dedication will be of a
strip of land along a tributary of Rock
creek which passes through this property
at the bottom of glen something like
that through which Piney branch runs
west OF 18th street. There is to be a
driveway there which will be a part of
the system extending along Rock creek
and through the two parks. The plan
for this parklike subdivision is being also
made by Mr.. Howell for the owners,
the Thompson estate.
To Build Up Entire Square.
B. The entire square bounded by 9th, 7th,
D and E streets and. Maryland avenue
northeast will be built up by Kennedy
Bros, Incorporated.
This square affords space for 11s houses
each twenty feet front, forty-four OF
which viii front on Lexington place.
which has been opened through the
square and which will be eighty feet
wide between building lines.
The enterprise has been started by the
erection of twenty nine-r6om houses
fronting Maryland avenue and the
reservation formed by the intersection of
this avenue with ID street. These houses
are of the colonial design, with front
pcrches and overhanging Spanish roofs
covered with green slate. They are
equipped with electric and gas lights,
hot-water heat and automatic water heat
ers. The halls, stalrwayS and dining
rooms are trimmed in oak, while the bed
rooms haze white enamel trim with ma
hogany-firished doors. Oak floors were
used on the first floor. There are also
two-story back porches and cold-storage
rooms under the front porches..
1t is the intention of the owners to
continue building operations until the en-
tire square is built up, and they will
soon break ground for large number of
houses to be completed by September l,
some of which will have six rooms and
bath and will be equipped with the same
conveniences and finished in the same
manner the larger houses.
Canmack Estate Subdivided.
The same firm has begun the develop
ment of that large tract Of land known
as the "Cammack estate" which was
purchased last fall. This land comprises
about nineteen acres and is bounded by
Otis street. Georgia avenue, Rock Creek
Church road and the grounds of Soldiers
Home. 1t has been subdivided into about
500 lots from 70 to 30 feet WIDE, ana VIII
be improved principally by three-story
houses, containing eight rooms and two
baths.
These houses will be planned and de-
signed to avoid the usual monotony of
long rows by arranging on the same
square several groups entirely detached.
each group being OF different colored
brick and finished at the ends with
seml-detached house The architectural
effect will be still further heightened by
the fact that there will be neither a con-
tinuous line of porches nor bay windows.
but these two features will be so grouped
and alternated as to produce harmony
without sameness.
These houses will be equipped with such
modern convenences as few years ago
would not have been thought of for any
but much more expensive homes. They
will have electric and gas light, hot water
heat, two bath rooms, hardwood floors,
open fireplaces, enamel-lined refrigera-
tors, automatic hot water heaters,
servants toilet and cold storage
rooms. !. The woodwork of halls. stair
ways and dining rooms will be oak and
the woodwork of the upper stories Will
be white enamel, with mahogany finish
Twenty of these houses are now under
way. most Of which have already been
sold. Ground will be broken in a few
days for forty-three more, which Will be
finished by October L.