The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-13
REALTY TRADING
HOLDS ITS own
Brokers Record Il8 Deals,
Involving a Total of
$90,450.
MANY NEW RESIDENCES
Middaugh & Shannon Report Largest
Operation. Seven Two-stoy
Houses. at $4,000.
MANY NEW RESIDENCES

Although the volume Of realty trading
was kept down last week because Of the
holiday on Monday, the encouraging
average established early this month was
maintained during the following five days.
Brokers recorded lis transactions, which
involved 14s lots and parcels Of real
estate.
Building permits were issued for a
total of $50, $50. They comprise a three
story apartment house and eighteen new
residences.
Harry Wardman is building a three
story brick apartment house. TO accom-
mOdate six families, at 1871 Fifteenth
street northwest. F. p. White & Co. were
designers. The building is to cost $4,000.
Middaugh and Shannon announced the
largest operation. That is the erection
of seven two-story brick houses at 524-
536 Taylor street northwest The houses
will cost $1,000 They are to have man
sard roofs and hot-water heat
Row of Houses.
Simon Oppenheim is erecting a row Of
houses at 416-426 Irving street. They will
be of brick two stories high, and are to
cost $1,000.
George W. Barkman is having built a
two-story frame house, at 1872 Dogwood
street, to cost IS, 90. AbTam HUH Is
building a frame huose at Fifty-Seventh
and Blair STREETS northeast, and W. n.
Dovener is erecting a frame dwelling in
Conduit road near Weaver street
Edgar T. Wherry is building a hollow
tile home at 1881 Stephenson street. c.
West is the designer. The home will cost
$500.
Fulton R. Gordon is building a two
story residence of hollow tile at 1914
Legation street. 1t will cost $500
Chief Justice J. Harry CovingtOn, OF
the District Supreme Court, leased the
three-story residence at 1852 Biltmore
street, which had just been purchased by
L, B. Audiger. Story & Cobb negou-
ated both the sale and the lease. The
price paid for the residence by Mr..
Audiger was 81, 900 The home is Of
roof There are fourteen rooms and three
baths. The property is one Of the hand
soonest in BiItmore street
Phillips & SageTS have commenced the
erection of a row of ten houses in Park
drive, facing Soldiers Home Park. A
number Of attractive six-room houses
have been finished recently in Columbia
road near Park drive by the same firm.
Include Sleeping Torches.
J. A. Common & Co. have just completed
several homes at Columbia and Ontario
roads. These houses have screened sleep
ing and breakfast porches, cold storage
rooms and freproof garages.
H. R. Howenstein Co. have built
row of houses at Seventeenth and New
ton streets northwest.
Harry wardman has reported trading
to be brisk. This firm has sold more
than sixty homes during the last three
months it was reported. The follow
ing recent sales have been made by
them:
To Albert Sommer, the residence at
1921 Jenifer street, Chevy Chase. D. g.
for 5000: TO James Hobbs. 3Tl9 NJenifer
street. Chevy Chase, D. C, for $500;
to Jacob LEICESTER. BIZ Jehifer street,
Chevy Chase. D. c.. for $500 and 1921
Jocelyn street. Chevy Chase, D. G, to
William T. Carpenter, at $500.
The firm also reported the sale of the
following houses at $500: 2429 Ontario
road. to John Lockyer; 243l Ontario road,
to N II. Holderman: 2433 Ontario road,
to Paul Draper, 2S35 Ontario road, to
Albert Sykes, and 2437 Ontario road, to
Mrs. Laura Talbert.