The Washington times., 1911-06-22
BAL I|MOREANS BUY
TWO BUILDINGS ON
LOUISIANA AVENUE
Second Sale for Remodeling
Structures for Whole
sale Trade.

Following the recent sale Of the Gun.
ton office building in Louisiana avenue,
adjoining the old District building, for
the purpose of remodeling for wholesale
trade or manufacturing purposes comes
another sale of old office buildings in
that vicinity for the same purpose.
The George F. Miller Company, of
Baltimore, has purchased the two four
story buildings at 4S2-4S6 Louisiana ave-
nue. northwest, and will remodel both
into one building. which they will oc-
cupy for their building material busi-
ness. The sale of the property was made
through the office of Thomas H Pick
ford. The buildings occupy a plot 65 by
l25. 1t is understood that about q q
square foot was paid for the properly.
b. Stanley Simmons is now preparing
plans for the new building which will
De constructed from the two old ones.
MacVeagh House Transferred.
Mrs, Emily E. Macveagh, wife of the
secretary of the Treasury, has taken
.tie 10 the new mansion which she
pullt last winter on Sixteenth street.
Meridian Hill, as a gift to her bus.
hand The title to the property. I'D to
security and Trust Company, as trus-
tee, and was placed there originally nv
Mrs. MacVeagh, with strict Instructions
70 keep secret from everyone the iden-
Ety of the owner. The secret leaked
from some source outside of the trust
company last December, and the story
Of the big Christmas gift which Mrs.
MacVeagh was building for the Secre-
tary then became public, but not until
after the house had practically been
finished
Georgetown Houses Sold.
James O'Donnell has purchased three
houses at 3J0S-10-12 Prospect street. and
three at 1314-l6-18 Thirty-second street
northwest. for SI5,750. He took title to-
day. The property was sold at auction
by Thomas J. Owen & Sen. The houses
on Prospect street have a combined
frontage Of fifty-twO feet and those on
uhirty-third street of forty-five feet
another house at 1906 Prospect street,
was sold to H. w. Offutt for $3,075.
Buys Irving Street Lot.
Fl. NJ. Dante bought lot 5Ox19O feet
on the north side of Irving street, near
Mt. Pleasant street. for 81, $50. The prop
erty was cold at auction by Thomas J.
Owen & Son.
Two other sades at auction are also
reported today: the two-story frame
dwelling at 1907 Four-and-a-half street
southwest, for $3.50 and the two-story
brick dwelling at 764 Gresham street
northwest. for $3.50. to Paul E. More
land.
Sells Suburban Tract.
A tract of over four acres of ground
between Takoma Park and Brlghtwood
avenue. has been sold by Henry P.
Fahrner to Henry c. Moser and Thad-
deus NJ. FELTON,, who. it is understood,
VIII subdiVide 1t. The property is a
part Of what is known as the Girls Por-
ton. The price is withheld. The sale
was made through the office of H. L,
Thornton.
Real Estate Transfers.
peanwood Heights-Jabez Lee ct ux to L.
E. B. Rosser, lot 16. block 10, $50.
Washington Heights-George G. Cornwell ct
al to Sarah e. Cornwell. all interest in
lot 40. square 252S. $40 Sarah E Corn
well ct al. TO Eleanor L. Boiling, part lot
10, square 252S, SO.
1905 R street northwest-Adelbert o. Potter
ct ux. TO Blanche w. Taylor, lot no.
square 1873, SO.
Pickford place northeast between F and G
streets-Blanche w. Taylor to Adelbert o.
r street northwest, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets-Grace A. K. Steele ct
Vir, Edward s., to David n. Rust jr.,
part lots 81, SO, S, square 1S2, SO.
Chevy Chase-Thomas s. Marshall to Fulton
r. Gordon. lot H. square 1857 $40. Same
1857, 81, 1924.
Washington Heights-B. Fenwick Harvey ct
ux. TO Leonard D. McGrew, lot a. square
2555. so