The Washington times., 1911-08-11
THREE APARTMENT
HOUSES ARE TO Be
CHANGED To HOTEL
Miller Brothers Also Will
Establish Summer Garden
in Fourteenth Street.

Upper Fourteenth street is to have
another modern summer garden, cafe
and hotel. The Miller Brothers have
purchased the three adjoining apart
ment houses, the Helvena, Oregon, and
northwest for the purpose of transform
them into one hotel and garden.
The three apartments have COM
bined frontage of sixty feet and a depth
of log feet. About $4,000 was paid for
the property. Between $4,000 and 1900
will be spent in remodeling them.
Wilton ]. Lambert conducted the ne
gotiations for the buyers and J. d.
Sullivan for the owner.
Contract for the sale of the property
has just been closed. but no plans have
been drawn or bids asked for the re-
modelling of the three buildings. The
purchasers Of the property intend TO
make a first-class, modern establish
ment
Sell to Investor.
Shannon & Luchs have sold to a local
investor the new three-story dwelling at
35B Fourteenth street northwest for
$780, The house contains ten rooms
and two baths. They also report the
edl6 10 hIS. LUNA IlGSSGNN VI NllC INO-
story dwelling at 1855 Holmead avenue
northwest. The house is one of twenty
FIVE just built in this block.
New Store and Office Building.
BENJAMIN Schwartz has awarded q
contract to Frank p. He'll for the con-
struction of a four-story store and Of
fee building at go F street northwest
to cost about SO, 0OO The contractor to-
day completed the demolition of the
old three-stOry building at that place,
and will commence the new building at
once. Mr.. Schwartz, whose business
has occupied the street floor, has moved
temporarily to 40 Ninth street north
west He will remove to the new store
upon its completion.
To Remodel Building.
Appleton p Clark, jr., is preparing
plans for remodeling the building at
1917 F street northwest for the occupancy
Of the F. G. Smith Piano Company,
which will move its business from l225
Pennsylvania avenue northwest upon
completion Of the rebuilding. The first
floor Of the F street building formerly
was occupied by the Veerhoff art gal
lery, which has taken new quarters in
the remodeled building at 1920 F street.
The new store at 1922 F street has been
taken by Reid S. Baker, who moved
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Another remodeling operation has been
started at l311-13 street. In this case
an additional story is being put on the
building.
To Build Five Houses.
The H. R Howenstein Company has
purchased five lots, 2O4 to PIP Rhode Is
land avenue northwest, and will start
the construction of five eiEht-rOOm
dwellings, on Monday, adjoining a row
which they have already built. The
house at 24 has been sold from plans
and specification to Thomas ]. Marks
foY $3.50.
Buys Residence.
William D. Barry has purchased the
residence at 1851 Fairmont street north
west for $500. The house is on a lot
containing 1900 square feet of ground.
The sale was made through the office of
Moore & Hill. They also have sold to
Miss Henrietta Storer the semi-detached
house at I7+O Park road.
Real Estate Transfers.
whitney-walter P. Plumley ct ux. to Edith
H. Gottwals. lot I. block II, $40.
25l7 street northwest-Vearl V. Sears to
Marie NJ Stewart. lot 81, square l245. 80.
Marie NJ. Stewart conveys same property TO
Myra b. Lundy. 81
1910 street northwest-FTank B. Swart
trustee, to Andrew T. jackson. part lot
II, square 256 $.2OO.
Ninth street northeast between and D
streets-Joseph NJ. Carmody to Annie NJ.
Crmmins. lot ~. square S3S. SO
c. Wilson ct uX. to Northwest Washing
ton Improvement Company, lots 55 and S.
square 1857. $40.
Richmond Park and Cleveland Park-Eliza-
beth G. Smith to Northwest Washington
Improvement Company. lot 66, square 1851
SO.
Chevy Chase Terrace-Allan E. Walker ct
ux. to Ralph M Rogers, lot %. square
1873. Slo0.