The Washington times., 1912-05-17
BUILDING WORK ON
MODEL VILLAS IS TO
BESTARTED MONDAY
Eight Structures to Cost
From $4,000 to $4,000
j Will Be Erected.

On Monday the construction of eight
model Villas ranging in cost from
$4,000 to $o5, 600 each, will be commenced
/ In Bradley Hills, the new suburban sub
division just west of the Chevy Chase
Club grounds, by Wendell & Treat, of
Philadelphia.
This is probably the largest and
most elaborate building operation ever
undertaken in the history of the sub
urban development of Washington. The
residences will be of rock-faced stone,
colonial In style. and similar to the
type OF the new Chevy Chase Club
I house, which Is considered one of the
best examples Of this class OF arch-
lecture I'm this vicinity.
. The Philadelphia firm Is one of the
best known among the landscape arcil-
tects of the country, having designed
the Philadelphia suburban residential
sections of Wayne, Overbrook, and
others, and several of the good suburbs
of Greater New York. They have also
completed the preliminary plans for the
grand boulevard from Bradley lane at
Chevy Chase to Great Falls. watch is
to be similar In design to a new boule-
ward now being constructed out of
Paris.
To Be Show Place.
Herman NJ. Wendell. of the firm, said
i today that 1t is the intention to make
the section one of the show places of
Washington, and that upon completion
of the eight residences, which will be
commenced Monday, others will be
built Work Is to be pushed upon the
construction of the boulevard at the
same time.
The operation is the largest to follow
the departure in residence building made
recently by Joseph Letter, who pur-
chased a large tract on the Virginia
side of the river and erected a country
house of large proportions, which has
Just been completed.
High View Houses Sold.
Harry Wardman has sold to Richard
I. Purcell the new two-story dwelling
at 162 INLAND terrace northeast for
$1,000. He has also sold to Robert b.
Campbell a similar house at $50 U
street northeast, for the same price.
Both purchasers will occupy the houses,
which are part of the new High View
operation; The sales We're made
through the office of Shannon & Luchs.
Realty Meeting Called.
John l.. Weaver, chairman of the
construction committee OF the proposed
Real Estate Association, today called a
meeting of his committee and that of
, which Charles W. Fairfax is chairman,
for next Tuesday afternoon at 3:3C
o'clock at his Office in the Woodward
building. The two committees will con-
slider the draft of the constitution
which has been prepared and will then
ask William H. Saunders, chairman OF
the temporary organization, to call q
meeting of the licensed real estate
brokers of the city for some night
later in the week. The meeting will
probably be held at the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce. At the latter
meeting the organization is to be per-
fected.
Opens Realty Office.
DIR. Arthur C. Merriam, a Washing
ton builder and real estate operator, has
opened a general real estate office in the
Woodward building.
Moreland Brothers have leased for five
years from II. a. Hall the property al
ll13 Fifteenth street northwest, at a
yearly rental of Sc, 900, and will make eX.
tensive improvements. Plans for re.
modelling are now being made by Ap-
pleton p. Clark, jr. The lease was
made through SwartZell, Rheem d
HenSey.