The Washington times., 1911-02-25
FOUR PROPERTIES
~REALTY FEATURES
Victoria Apartment House, New Woodward Office Build
ing Cotton Residence and Eleventh Street Business
Building Interesting in Weeks News.

Four properties are Conspicuously in
teresting in the real estate news of the
week, the Victoria apartment house,
one of the Oldest in the city, which was
sold for $175 800; the new office structure
which Samuel W. Woodward is having
erected at the southeast corner of
Fifteenth and " streets northwest; the
Cotton residence at 1917 Connecticut
avenue. which is to be sold at public
auction Oh March !, and the business
building at the northwest corner of
Eleventh and Z streets northwest,
which was sold for $4,000 for perman-
ent home for the Perpetual Building AS
sociatiOn.
The first picture of the Woodward
building as it will appear when COM
pleted is printed today. Although the
architects, Harding & Jpman, have long
since completed the working drawings
and the old buildings of George Wash
ington University have been razed, the
perspective drawing of the new build
ing, which shows il as it will appear
was not completed in time for publica-
ton until today.
Appearance of Building.
building of eleven stories, and conveys
the impression to a limited extent of
how the materials which have been
chosen for its exterior will appear. The
first three stories will be of cream
marhIeE cream brick then continues to
the tenth floor and the top two stories
are finished in cream terra Gotta. The
elahurateIy ornamented cornice contains
the first touch of bright color; ii is to
he Of pOlychrume terra Gotta.
The main front of the building is TO
he on II street: the building faces that
street Tor ia feet; but the plans as
shown are to be slightly varied, so as to
provide for an entrance from Fifteenth
street. The main entrance on II street
IS elaborate with six two-story polished
marble columns. a similar, though
smaller. entrance will be built on Fiji
tcenth street.
The modern features Of the interior
arrangement and equipment are indi-
Gated by the plans which call for hot
and cold water in each room, and
vacuum cleaning system. Another fea-
floor corridor The walls Of these, as
well as of the whole corridor, are to
be of COlOred marble, and each booth
will have a front of ornamental iron.
The space in the basement will be eX-
caVated to the curb line, in order to
give stores on the first floor all the
basement room possible. There are to be
five elevators and APO offices.
Space Saved
The Woodward building differs from
the general plan of the new Southern
building opposite in that projecting into
the central court from the third story
up the Woodward building is to have a
section large enough for a suite of
offices on each floor, each of which will
have light from three sides. The device
also utilizes considerable space without
cost of light to the other parts of the
building, which would otherwise go to
waste.
The construction is being done by F.
T. Nesbit & Co, of New York. The F.
j. Smith Company have charge of the
rentals. Up to today no definite an
nouncements could be made by the
rental agents with reference to space
contracts. The Government is consider
ing using some of the offices, but no
final arrangement has been made.
Officers and trustees of George Wash
tngtOn University today are interest
edly examining a number of relics of
the time when the building which has
1ust been torn down to make way for
the Woodward building was construct
ed. Back in 1898 the cornerstone was
IOldy, again see the light of day.
Prof. Richard Cobb, secretary of the
university, is today making catalogue
OF them.
Corner Store Opened.
John B. Larner, chairman of the
board of trustees, secured the consent
of the owner, Mr.. Woodward, to re-
cover the cornerstone 1t was obtained
and opened and the papers and relics
placed in possession a the secretary |
Papers, magazines, and catalogues of |
the time were found, and one old docu- |
ment, one of the original announce
ments of the university, published in
1871, were among the papers.
The Cotton residence at 1917 Connect
cut avenue, one of the notable resi- /
dences of the Connecticut fashionable |
section, is to be sold at auction next |
Wednesday at 4 o'clock in the after |
noon Conrad II. Syme and r. Golden |
Donaldson, trustees of the estate, have |
ordered it sold to settle the contest |