The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-08
RECORD PRICE FOR
AVENUE PROPERTY
MADE IN CALF SALE
Old Building, At Auction,
Brings Eighty Thousand
Dollars.

A record in prics for Pennsylvania
avenue property has just been set in
the sale of the Gait building at 1l01
Pennsylvania avenue for $SO,500. The
property contains 2,057 square feet. The
old building was sold at auction yester-
day afternoon 70 the Evening Star
Newspaper Company, after one of the
most spirited sales recently conducted.
The sale was made by Thomas J. owen
& Son.
The building is one of the oldest on
the Avenue. having been erected by the
Gait brothers about fifty years ago and
occupied by their iewelry house con-
tinuously since that time Their lease
runs until October 81. 1872. at $500
Year.
Other Sales.
Several other sales of real estate at
auction are reported today by Thomas
J. Owen & Son. The two-story dwell
ing at 1910 V street northwest was sold
for the Swart estate to A. T. jackson
tor $500. The lot at the southwest
corner of Georgia avenue and Buchanan
street was sold for Newton & Gillette
TO G. 7. Lacey for $1,S53.
The frame dwelling at los L street
northwest was sold tor Judge Job Barn.
ard TO Peter S. Tutweiler for $500.
AZ ou4Au On playground.
Harry Wardman has had plans drawn
for the construction of a large apart
ment house on the north side of Co.
lumbia road. few feet west of Four
teenth street and for several stores adj
; Joining 1t along Fourteenth street north
OF columbia road. The property upon
which the new construction is proposed
10 be built is the MI. Pleasant play
GROUND plot $50 by l54 feet The
property is held at $4,000, or a little
over g square foot In case Mr.,
Wardmans offer for the property is
T. accepted, the buildings will be put UP at
once movement to form a syndicate
Tor its purchase as a permanent play
ground has been started, and 1t is un-
derstood that another offer viii DE
MADE upon completion of the syndicate.
Big Permit Issued.
Wells Bros. & Co., of New York, con-
tractors for the new Riggs building, at
the southeast corner of Fifteenth and
q streets northw est. took out a Permit
lor It's construction this morning The
estimated cost of the building is given
as $3.50. 900.
Real Estate Transfers.
Edgewood-John Sherman Estate Companv m
Allan E. Walker, lots g. 2 S. block i so
Pennsylvania avenue southeast between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets-Herman
l..
lot y, square northeast of 1865, IS, $50
Kosciuszko place-Willlam A Hall ct al.
Trust Trustees e. to s.G Victor G. croissant lot 80,
Eslin Estate-Francis A. Blundon ct ux to
e,i Harry NJ Dante, lots 65s and $50, SO.
Weaver to Catherine b Mace Iot 10
square $50. SO.
Villa Park-Clara a. Marden ct vir, Edwin
R., TO H. F. McCoT b. lot 80, square 5227
5, square 4243, S522 -
Wylie street northeast, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets-Elizabeth W. Voorhees,
to to. Joseph A. Roth. lots IS and S. square
Massachusetts Avenue Heights-American
Security and Trust Company ct al, trus-
tees. 70 John A. Garner. lot q square
KaIorama Heights-samueI T. Kalbfus ct ux.
Kalorama Heights, and part Of Widows
I4Oe L street northwest-EmiIy L. Elliott to
Sophia J.. Farrell. lot 81, square 217, SO.
West Woodridge-Lee N. Clarke ct ux. to
Oscar p. and Alice c. Meinzer, lot 9, square
Chevy Chase-Fulton R. Gordon ct ux. to
teenth and Eighteenth streets-F. Isabel
Sinclair to CORTLAND H. Smith, lot los,
Scheutzen Park-Daniel c. Leahy ct ux. to
Royal H. and Lucy S. BraseI, lot 50. block
lie Droit Park-GeorEe W. Wilson ct ux to
jackson H. Ralston and Frederick Parks
trustees. Norwood Real Estate Company.
lots 50, 20, Il. %. "A, block u. 80 Thomas
w Maccubbin conveyed same property to
George W. Wilson, 80.
Building Permits.
The following building permits were Issued
today:
To Riggs Realty Company, for one eight
story freproOf theater and office building
at Fifteenth and G streets northwest;
architect, J. H. de Sibour; builder, Wells
Bros. Company. Of New York; estimated
cost, s750.0Oo..
To Elmer Johnson, for one two,story brick
dwelling at S31 Rittenhouse place, North
Brightwood: architect and builder, Elmer
johnson; estimated cost, s., 500.
To H. c. Enrich, for two-story brick
dwelling at ca South Carolina avenue south
east: architect. A. H. Beers; builder, r.
c. Hess; estimated cost. IS, 900.
To Henrietta E. King, 10 repair dwelling
at $50 Columbia road; architect. Fred J.
Schneider; contractor, J. D. Bunsey; esti-
mated cost, S6.l53
To Mrs. Z. J. Somers, to repair seminary
at Eleventh and NJ streets northwest;
architect T. W. Power Engineering Com
pany; contractor, s. J. Prescott g. Co.;
estimated cost, Sc. 900.
and store at 1GlS Fourteenth street north
west; architect. Marsh Peters: con-
tractors. Barger & Smith; estimated cost,
$3.50
To Washington Warehouse Company, to re-
pair United States Government offices and
storage building 10 and p NJ street
northeast: architect. A W. Hodgkins; con-
tractor, Washington Warehouse Company;
estimated cost, 50, 200.