The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-29
WILLIAM J. KEHOE
BUYS DOWNTOWN
CORNERPROPERTY
Pays Fifty-fve Thousand
for Holding at Fourteenth
and l. Streets.

An important sale of a downtown
corner is reported today by the James
J. Hampton Company. William j. ke-
hoe has purchased for $4,000 the
four STORY store and apartment build
ing at the southwest corner of Four
teenth and l. streets northwest from
Dr. D. Franklin Pyle. The building is
leased for $4,000 a year.
Recently the property on the north
west corner of these streets was sold
for about $4,000 and the property on
the southeast corner is that of All
Souls Church which is attended by
President Taft and is now on the
market for 100000.
Sell Houses.
Kennedy Brothers have made a record
in house building and selling within the
past two years. Out of 40 houses which
they have built in that time all but
four have been sold. Every one OF the
fifty-four houses in the subdivision of
the Cammack estate along Rock Creek
Church road, just east of Georgia ave-
nue., have been built and sold within four
teen months at prices varying from
$500 to $1,000. Within a year and d
half forty-four houses have been built
in the northeast section of the city
on Sixth. Lexington and D streets and
Maryland avenue, and all but one nave
been sold at prices ranging from 1880
to $500 Within two years they have
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets northwest and have sold thirty
nine of them for from $500 to $1
each.
To Build Fifteen Houses.
Kennedy Brothers have completed
plans for fifteen houses which they will
start in the northeast section of the
city this week Seven OF the houses
will be built on Sixth street between
Lexington and Z streets and eight VIII
be put up on Lexington street. All
save the corner houses will be six rooms
and attic and those will contain eight
rooms on two floors.
To Remodel House.
Judge Chandler P. Anderson, who re-
Gently purchased the Hillyer residence
at 1913 Twenty-hrst street northwest,
has had plans prepared for remodelling
it at a cost of between 5000 and $s'oOo.
Sell Four Residences.
The sales Of four dwellings are re-
ported today by Phillips & Sager.
Two of the new houses built by Charles
E. Wire, on Thirteenth street, north Of
Monroe street northwest. were sold to
Samuel s. Marks and Mrs. Mary G..
kreiger, for $500 each.
The dwelling 2703 P street northwest.
was sold for H. G. Lugenbeel to DR..
Michael ]. Ready for $3.50 as an ir-
vestment.
A. ]. Cummings bought from John
&. Deichman the six-room house, 152S
street northeast for 1875.
To Open Old Residence.
Visitors to Sixteenth Street Heights
tomorrow will have an opportunity to
inspect the old home of the late Alex
ander r. Shepherd, the last governor
oe the District Of Columbia. The own
ers of the new subdivision, in the midst
Of which the old mansion stands, Will
throw the house open to the public all
day Memorial Day.
The Victoria Transferred.
The Victoria apartment house, at
the southwest corner of Fourteenth
and Clifton streets northwest, was
transferred today by Brainard H.
Warner ct al, trustees, to EDWARD j..
Hannah, william J. Mcclure. and
George H. Zellers, trustees, at con-
sideration of $sS,000.
Building Permits.
The following building permits were issued
today:
To Jesse E Butt a two-story frame dwell
ing at Alton place northwest; architect. H
G. Howes; builder, Jesse E. Butt; esti-
mated cost. $500.
To Frank jackson, jr.. a two-story frame
dwelling at 1888 Lawrence street northeast
architect Frank jackson jr.; builder, A.
Jeffery; estimated cost, $1,000.