The Washington herald., 1911-10-18
BUILDING NEWS HSg GSSsii +;

Kennedy Bros, builders, are getting
ready to start work on the erection o.
sixteen houses in Quebec street, between
Georgia avenue and Water street. Tn,
| houses will contain eight and nine room!
and two baths each, with hot-watel
heat, and oak and mahogany finished
interior. The fronts will be of pressed
| brick. The lots have a frontage o.
about twenty-five feet and run bacl
| deep to an alley The houses wher
completed will sell for about $3.50.
Harry Wardman commenced WORK
Monday on the construction of twenty.
one houses on the south side of Ehuland
| terrace, between Second street and Sum.
NIT place. in High View. The houses
will contain six rooms and bath each
and will sell for between $500 and g, 7J(
each.
( Work on the new home for Associate
Justice Charles E. Hughes, OF the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, on the north
west corner of Sixteenth and V streets
is practically over. The house will be
turned over by the contractor, John II.
Nolan, within a few days.
Most of the stone work on the hand
some Sixteenth street home John H
Nolan is erecting for Senator Bailey is
completed. The wOrkmen are almost
ready to starr on the roof. The building
will be completed by February l.
John H. Nolan has started the work
on the foundations of the $4,000 semi
suburb home which is being erected
by Story & Cobb for clients at the cor
ner Of FOrty-seCond street and Massa-
Chusetts avenue.
Plans are now in progress for the
erection of several one and two story
stores and apartments at the corner of
Fourteenth and Newton streets north
west. The buildings, which will be erect
ed by Louis Sherman after plans by
n. r. Grimm, architect, will be of brick
construction, with tile roofs and mod
ern improvements
Bids are in for the erection of a five
story business building for NJ. Golden
berg, at SD5 and 9O5Ig Seventh street
northwest after. plans by Rich & Fftz
Simond, architects. The building will be
Of brick construction with terra Gotta
trim. Frank a. Wagner. Gormley -POyn-
ton, F. NJ. Piper. and W. P. Lipscomb
are bidding.
The contract award will he announced
shortly for the construction OF a one
story addition to st. Martins Catholic
Church. on the northwest corner of North
Capitol and T streets. The plans were
prepared under the direction of the pas
tor. Rev. Eugene A. Hannah, by Frank
Wagner, architect. The plans call for
concrete and brick structure. with tile
roof and re-enforCed concrete floors. It
will be steam heated and electric lighted
throughout and will conform in general
appearance with the church.
Plans have been prepared by n. r.
Grimm. architect. for five two-story and
attic dwellings in Ontario place for c. W.
King. The dwellings will contain six
rooms and bath. will be constructed of
brick, and will contain many modern and
novel Improvements.
The same architect has prepared plans
and bids are now being taken for three
two-story dwellings in L street, near
TWenty-first street for Charles L. Tan
kersly.
Slaughton West. architect, has drawn
plans for a one-story store at SO42 Four
teenth street northwest. The name OF the
owner is withheld for the present. The
store will be of brick construction with
Stag roof, steam heating, and electric
lighting. The bidders for the contract
are J. D. Mckay. Walter Avery. r L.
Jennings, John Payne James l. Jones. |
and Mertzler & Reilly. Bids were called
in last Saturday.
John R. Ferris will erect after plans by |
W. I. Davis. architect, a store. apart |
ment, and three residences, IOI to lo7 |
Seventh street southeast. All the build |
Ing will be of brick construction.