The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
REALTY
SALESBOOMING
Navy Building. Which Brings
I $500. 900, Breaks Record
for the Week.
MANY PERMITS ISSUED
Review of Conditions of Last Three
Months Shows Increase Of August
Business Over July.

Maj. D. c. Phillips made the largest
purchase of real estate during the week
when he bought from William II. Walker
the new Navy Building, In New forh
avenue. near Eighteenth street, for
price said to be $4,000.
B. H. Fowle made the sale for Mr.
Walker. The property was transferred
to Mrs. Eliza L. Phillips, wife OF MAI
Phillips.
The new building was completed last
spring. It was made for government
use, and is held by the United States on
a ten-year lease. II Is occupied by the
Marine Corps and branches Of the Navy
Department formerly In the Mills Build
ing.
A review Of the realty conditions during
the three months that will end tomorrow
holds the volume OF transactions TO be I'M
usual, under the conditions. There were
!. 800 sales, with Ala lots and parcels OF
real estate involved. August showed an
Increase over July.
Three apartment houses-the Derby
shire, the winchester, and the Prince
George-changed hands last week. w.
Warrington Evans sold the Derbyshire, at
1851 Columbia road, TO Alonzo c. Miller.
The winchester. at 1893 Eighteenth street.
was sold to James II. Hensley by Law
renee J. Mangan, and the Prince George
1918 bAiNNAH was SSNbAN - -
SprIRR Poole from Abhie G. Fox.
The Munsey Trust Company. for an I'M
known client. bought 35S lots in Stotts
Park and Chillum Castle Manor from
Emanuel NJ. Berkeley and other trustees.
Wells. Fargo and Company bought
the garage property in an alley In
closed by Third. Fourth, g and II
streets northeast The company also
bought the property at rs, II and -
pah-
erts was the owner Of all the property.
Many New Residences.
Building permits for new residents
reached a total Of more than $4,000 +.
A. Kendall and DeIos II. Smith are
architects for a two-story stucco resi-
dence to be built for n. B. Scott at 1850
Belmont street, to cost $1,000.
W. G. Gearing is TO build a house at
Ontario road and Florida avenue, to
cost $500. Eugene Edwards will build
a home at 1871 Longfellow street. to cost
s., 500 and Mrs. Mary E. Stentz Is hav-
ing erected by the Melton Construction
Company a home at 1923 Mount Pleas
ant street.
Charles S Tankersely is building a
row OF 1--WE houses at 3s24-32 New Hamp-
shire avenue. Simon Oppenheimer Is
building five houses at 3O2s-SOS Park
pace nOTInedhI
Mary Cunningham bought the property
at T31 Twelfth street northwest from
Ethel NJ. Rutty. AlonZo c. Miller sold
to Robert II. Featherstone the house at
| his Q street. Title was reconveyed 10
Matthew Trimble, jr. Mr.. Featherstons
also sold the house at 2l3 Florida avenue
to w. Warrington Evans. Frederick A,
Fenning and Frank J. Hogan, trustees
sold the property at I'M U street, and
two lots in University Park, to Ed
nlund Shaw. Myra l. Spencer bought
the premises. 1T73 T street, from Daniel
S. Leahy.
Lewis E. Breuninger is completing nine
teen houses in Hobart street, west OF
Sixteenth street He has already built
forty-four houses in the street.
Nine houses at 250-68 North Capitol
street are being completed by the II. r.
Hownstein Company.
Charles l. Tankersely has Just com
pleted five houses at 3s14-ss20 New Hamp-
shire avenue. adjoining the FIVE now I'M
der construction.
n. L. Sansbury Company report sales
involving more than $4,000.