The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-29
High Stores Line Both Sides
Where Old Residences
Formerly Were.
OFFICE BUILDING
NEAR TWELFTH
Ground Just Broken for New Struc-
ture That Will Add Distinction
to ThOroughfare.

A new business thoroughfare has
practically been added to the city by
the rapid building up Of G street From
Fifteenth 10 Tenth it is now almost
entirely occupied with retail business
establishments and other business
structures. From that point TO Seventh
there are few old residences left
Builders are completing the trans
formation of G street into a street of
good business houses. This week
ground was broken for a new five
story store and office building on the
south side between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, and just across the
alley running beside the comparatively
recent building of the Dulin and Mar
tin Company It is TO be built by the
Boyls-RobertsOn Construction Com
parry from plans by Appleton p. Clark.
jr-, for Fred A. Schmidt, who will move
his business from Ninth street upon
completion.
Old Riggs House To Go.
Spring viii witness the passing Of
the old Riggs House at the corner Of
Fifteenth street, and the erection upon
that site Of one Of the most pretentious
office structures in the city. A few
bank building of the District National
Bank is nearing completion, and viii
add TO the street one Of the best bank
buildings Of the city.
Passing down the street toward the
east, the next important change in its
appearance is promised for the site
now occupied by the three-story build
ing at 1881 and 1893 G. street. which
wNFmD
CaverIy and others, who desire to erect
thereon a modern tall office building.
Four music houses now have their
homes on G street, between Fourteenth
and Eleventh streets. The most recent
is the new Percy F. Foster Piano Com
pany. which has taken the building at
1895, just opposite the proposed build
ing for Mr.. Caverly. At the next
corner the music house of +. +. Droop
& Sons now occupies the new building
on the southwest corner Of. Thirteenth
street O. J. De Mol & Co, another
music house. has recently taken d
similar building on the southwest cor
ner Of Twelfth street, while in the
center Of the south side of the block
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets
the music concern Of Hugo Worch is
housed in five-story structure.
Old Houses Remodeled.
Che old residences at the southeast
cU1Aer of Thirteenth street recently
were made over into business buildings,
and work is now about half finished
upon the same kind Of a job at the
southeast corner Of Twelfth street.
Here Hugh Wallis is having made a
building for store and office purposes,
and already leases have been signed
for most Of the space.
The north side OF G street between
Thirteenth and Eleventh mas now al
most entirely been taken up with new
stores and store buildings. The build
ings now occupied BY BisseTs Bazaar,
at 1907, and MCCalley q BalderstOn. at
11l3. are two Of the most recent aCquisi-
tions Of the street.
A new four-story store building has
just been completed at 1109 G street,
which as yet Is unOccupied- Recent
fve-Story stores on the south side Of
the street i'm this block are occupied
by J. l. Leverton & Co. Hugo Worch,
and r. W. q J. 3. Henderson.
Quaint Hotel Gone.
At Eleventh street the old La Fetra
Hotel has given place to a modern Of
fee building, the ground floor Of which
is occupied by a retail establishment.
while the Palais Royal is Just now
completing its additional story over the
entire building Of the department store.
At the northwest corner Of Tenth
street a new steel office building for
the McLachlan Banking Corporation is
rapidly rearing its head TO take a
place among the skyscrapers of the
street. and a new building of similar
character is projected for the northwest
corner of Ninth street.
@ street is now being widened be
tween First and Fifth streets to the
width on the north side of the Pension
building.
Altogether @ street now has come into
It's own as one of the principal business
avenues of Washington.