The Washington times., 1912-01-20
TEN-STORY OFFICE
STRUCTURE SOON TO
RISE ON f Street
Building of Interstate Com
merce Commission to Be
Largest In Neighborhood.

The announcement OF plans for q new
ten-story onice building for r street
brings prominently forward the i'm
provement OF the street which is pro-
ceeding at the present time.
From Fifteenth street to Seventh, on
both sides. there is good volume Of
building now In progress or just COM
pleted.
The new building for the Interstate
Commerce Commission will be the larg-
est erected on r street since the old
structure Of the washington Loan and
Trust Company at Ninth street was
built. Since 1t will be Joined on each
floor with the American National Bank
building, the combined building will be
one of the largest Office structures In
the city.
Two kell-known buildings are to be
RACED at once to make way for the new
one, the two-story building at 1919 r
street. until recently occupied by Lewis
johnson & Co.. and the three-story re-
modelled residence at 1921, occupied now
by real estate OFFICES and stores.
h Miibnrn, mna. Hest Hester Co. architects
ture of ten stories to cover the entire
lot Of 60x127 feet. 1t will thus be one
story higher than the American Ma
tional Bank building. In the two will
be housed all the bureaus Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, now scat
tered over the bank building, the Glover,
and other buildings.
To Start Work Soon.
The George A. Fuller Company is
planning to start the work of demoli-
uon and construction next week. or az
soon as the present tenants of the two
buildings can find new quarters.
The new home Of the Equitable CO.
operative Building Association nearer
Ninth street is one Of the best pieces of
classic styled architecture in a private
office building in the city. 1t has just
been completed and was occupied this
week. On Monday the officers of the
association will begin a three-da-s' re-
certion and irspection period during
the public both day and night until 10
o'clock.
The first large office building in
Washington. that Of the Washington
Loan and Trust Company, just opposite,
is now being made one Of the most
modern and deliberately finished as tn
interior. The work is nearly c6nI letel
In the new banking room. Marble
columns and fixtures of the most mod
old and out-of-date banking room fx-
lures and arrangements.
At .pO street, few doors to the
west, the four-story store and office
building for Ben Schwartz is nearing
completion. Two squares to the east.
at 6l1 Seventh street, an old building
has ,'een entirely remOdeled and mod.
erDized for Horn, the tailor. He ex-
poets soon to move his brciness from
G3T F street to the new location.
Other Changes. ..
Other new buildings in F street Inn
medletely in prospect Is tho renodellny
OF the cid Equitable building at 1903
F. for Woodward & Lothrop. making
it a part OF their department store. The
old Cruit residence at 14ae is also t. be
reconstructed for william, Ballantyne
s Sons book store. now located in
Seventh street.
The F. G. Smith Piano Company is
now making extensive improvements to
the frcnt of it's building at 1917 F street
adding an ornamental iron msrquise.
Recently other extensive improvements
to the building were made.