The Washington times., 1911-07-28
DOCTOR To ERECT
BEAUTIFUL HOME
IN THE SUBURBS
Richardson Residence, On
Grant Road, To Cost
$4,000.

Work has started on a $50. 900 Colonial
house on Grant road, near Connecticut
avenue, which will be the suburban
home OF DR.. Charles w. Richardson, of
1917 Connecticut avenue.
The residence will be one of the first
expensive residences to be built in this
section, which lies about midway be-
tween Chevy Chase and Cleveland Park.
Doctor Richardson's home, when COM
pleted will be the most ornate house in
that locality.
The plans, drawn by Marsh and Peter,
architects call for a central house Of
Colonial design, with upper and lower
Colonial porches, and for two gable
rooted wings, lower than the main house.
The house will be built OF gray stone,
of tract of about fifteen acres, which
recently was purchased by the physi-
Cian. The building will be erected by
s. H Edmondston.
Apartment House Planned.
Percival D. Emmert and H. V. Bouic
have begun to prepare the site now oc
cupied by an old residence at 1703 New
York avenue, opposite the Corcoran Art
Gallery, for a four-story apartment
house for bachelors. Including the site,
the construction of this building will
Involve about $4,000. Percival D. En-
inert drew the plans, and Louis II. EN-
inert is the contractor.
The building is planned in one and
two-room apartments for the convent
ence Of Government clerks, employed in
the departments near Seventeenth
street and New York avenue.
The three-story brick residence at
1927 Biltmore street has changed owner
ship, through q deal just closed by the
office OF Walker & Son. The prop
erty was purchased for about SIC, ,O00 by
George Y. Wcrthington, who it is un-
derstood will hold it as an Investment.
The place was the property Of Howard
AtChtson. The house has frontage of
twenty-five feet on Biltmore street.
NARROW Buys Lots.
Edwin D. NARROW, treasurer of the
Potomac Electric Power Company, has
purchased three lots on Bradley lane,
enc of the best residential streets north
of Chevy Chose Circle. Mr.. NARROW
plans to build a home on the site. 1t
was the property of Helen Stewart and
was sold for a price said to approx
mate $4,000.
The residence at 122 Fifth street north
east also has been sold through Mr..
Walkers office. The price was $5,0oO
and Z. L. Gross is the purchaser.
Real Estate Transfers.
RandIe Park-Emma A. Jones To trustees Of
Congress Heights Baptist Church, lot %,
block ], $500.
First street southwest, DetWeSn y ana V
etreets-William E. Norris ct Ux- to James
H. Carter, part original lot IA, square Gil,
so
National Highlands Weber W. Bell ct ux.
to Rene W. Campbell, lots l and 2. square
1854 SO.
East Capitol street northeast, between Second
and Third streets-James F. Oyster ct al.
to George NJ Oyster, part original lot T.,
square 759, SO
Sixteenth street neutrality-suspicious. Invest
nent Corporation to Willard n. Holmes,
lot IS, square 273I, $40.
East Capitol street northeast, between Sec
ond and Third streets-George NJ. Oyster
to James F. and George NJ Oyster, Jr.i
trustees, lot A and part original lots 3
and e. square 759, so.
Mt Pleasant and Pleasant Plains-Charles
f. Wire ct to Samuel NJ Brosius, lot
7l6 SO.
Il street northwest between Twenty-ffth
and Twenty-sixth streets-Violet A. Cla-
gett to Joseph T. Kengla, lot 32 square
/ SO Violet A Clagett 70 Walter NJ.
Brown lots SO, 81. 35, square l. so.
Tenth street northeast, between G and ID
etreets-Herman R. Howenstein ct ux. 70
Arthur G. and Dorothy Bishop, lot SO,
square s63, so.
ms Oregon street northwest-Willlam E.
Edmonston ct al, trustees: to Julia Z.
Lindsly, lot 50, square 152, 5000. Juiia I.
IIndsly conveys same property to William
c. Prentiss, so.
IsI7 Riggs street northwest-Annah c. Cole
man ct al. TO Blankenship Law ana Com
mercial Company, part square 49, $Iu.