The Washington times., 1911-12-04
MUNSEY BUILDING
TO Be REMODEtED
WITH EXTRA STORY
Entire Front Above Fourth
Floor Will Be Changed.
Marble Above Columns.


Plans have been completed by Mckim,
Mead & White for such an extensive
remodeling of the Munsey building that
practically a new structure will take
the place of the present one when the
work is finished. The work of recon-
struction will commence within two
weeks.
The entire front. from the fourth
story up, is to be changed, and an ad-
oitional story built, making an eleven
story building more than $50 feet in
height. The terra-cotta material, of
which the front is built above the COL
umns which reach to the fourth story,
is to be replaced by white marble This
will give nice balance to the white
front Of the District building opr osite.
The additional story also is to con-
form in O. general way to the treatment
ing; thst is, by leaving the present
cornice in its position and placing the
story above that, instead OF making a
new cornice to surlnount the whole
structure.
The interior rearrangements are to be
as extensive as those of the exterior.
Many of the large rooms are to give
ply the demand for offices of the latter
type. This will result in II large mum.
Der of offices, an6 the new floor viii
itself add about twenty new rooms.
One of the most important changes Is
to be in the elevator service. An addi.
tional elevator shaft is to he con-
structed. making battery of four ele-
alro are to be changed. The present
ones are to be discarded for a modern,
overhead traction type. The speed OF
he. new elevators will be 400 feet
a y ~ CT 90 49, onf of n
figances an6 fashlight enunciators also
are q, be substituted.
3'ae Changes are designed to make the
Mettaa building u completely up-to-
data ofhEb structure of the highest effi-
Net 20 Erect Building.
Tsstalls OF "a real estate deal closed
Saturday, in Which the Hendrick build
ing. on Fifteenul strNt, and the Rich
building, at the no. ,h -sest corner Of
Tenth and Y streets northwest, figured,
Secfe made known this afternoon.
.sgs. henrietta N, Halliday V the new
& owh@r' of the Hendi5ck haildIrg For t
she SsanatefrsG 10 Thiiman FCnAricK
\ ssg ssla clarence ss~ment, torn:er arn-
buhding end Plot " unimproved
ground On the east side OF Fifteerth
street south of Columbia r~As, contain
this was + cash confederation. the
amount OF which ia not disciossd.
A new building on ths Ifsndrick prop-
erty Is not e2ebacted 20 be erectso at
this time. The ouilalng has recently
been thoroughly fennfeiad at a cost az
$4,000, and has beer ieasod for o term
Of five years The tref ssction wssg ne
gotiated by e. c. BrasaaTd ans, John
P. Story. jr. go,
B. and o. Make LessS.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
leased the gr0und floor rooms at the
southeast corner of Fifteenth street and |
New York avenue, to be occupied March |
!, as its main passenger and ticket Of
sharp competition between the railroad
and the United Cigar people, who now
occupy the room, in which the price
went to startling figure and the rail-
location is the ideal one Of the whole
city for such an office. The establish
ment is to be fitted In the finest style. |
and 1t is intimated that its opening will
policy on the part of the Baltimore and
Ohio In passenges business.
Buys Residence.
Harry F. Riley has purchased from H. |
s. Manchester the three-story, eight
room dwelling at 1854 Park road north
west for T,700 The house was built by
Middaugh & Shannon, and will be occu-
pied by the purchaser. The sale was
made through the office or the J. Louis |
Willige Company.
Sale In Georgetown.
The Erwin apartments at 1214 Thirty
first street northwest, a two-family
dwelling. is reported sold for $500 by
c. Irving Wood.
Real Estate Transfers.
Holmead Manor-Helen s. NJ. Smith to Carl
Sn-
Carl H. Smith to Helen s. NJ. Smith, part
lot sos, square 2S3s. $40.
K street northeast, between Fifth and Sixth |
streets-Herman r. Howenstein ct ux' to
Rsrss Gs Es square to ame. ss 80
-Feeney, lot 5, square 53s1. SO.
blinth street northwest, between and s
Frank p. Reside and Guy H. Johnson |
trustees, lot s6 square 3SS $40
Lanier Heights-,susanne oldbers to Frank
f. ssf' $40. anu '
twelfth and o streets southeast-Mary N
Hper to Margery c. Miller lot l. square
Eighth street southeast, between and C !
streets-Judson o1s T. Gull GU to William F. Au,
Twenty-sixth and streets northwest-John
Boyd to Grafton d. p. Bailey, part lot 50,
1889 Thirty-sixth street northwest--Mary A.
Coleman to Oscar Iehaan' part lots As
sad and skiSssosLJoSn ts iSsa5e jon ny Nolan ct x
william C. Downey lots 10 and 20, square
s6ls. $40.
William Gadsby, lot 70, SO.
South Kenilworth-Bernard G.. Brown ct ux
to william r. Bundy, lot 80, square 5l55.
Mt Pleasant and Pleasant Plains-Elizabeth
Mclean Chambers ct vir, David g.. to Carl
L. Davis. lot $780, ao
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