The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
ACTIVITY STIRS
REALTY MARKET
Permits for Structures to Cost
$l75,000 Issued During
the Week.
NEW STORES PLANNED
NEW STORES PLANNED
Office Building viii Be Erected on
Northwest Corner Of Connecticut
Avenue and L Streets.

Notwithstanding the depression which.
say men in many lines Of trade, has put
a damper on business, a very active
week has just closed in real estate and
allied lines. A glance at the list OF
buildings under construction or about
to be constructed would convince hard
ened skeptic that the Washington realty
market is booming. Building permits for
structures to cost nearly $175,000 have
been issued in the last six days
One of the most important projected
improvements is the erection Of a hand
some, three-story store and ONCE build
ing on the site of the present little
structures on the northwest corner Of
Connecticut avenue and l. street north
west The new building viii front ninety
feet on the avenue and thirty-seven feet
on L street, and its architecture VIII
be of the Italian renaissance. The
facade will be of Indiana limestone, and
will consist of two coIlonades, the lower
to extend two stories up from the ground
and to be of pillars with doric capitals,
the upper to be of pillars with corinthian
capitals There will be four large stores
on the ground floor with ceilings high
enough for a mezzanine balcony, twelve
office rooms on the second floor, and the
third will be a large convention hail.
Clarke Waggaman drew the plans tor
William Hitz, the owner.
Plans for Another Building.
The plans Of a building to be erected
in the same block, 1126-S Connecticut ave
nue., have been prepared by w. b. WOOD
for James NJ johnson, calling Tor t"o-
story building to contain three stores
II Is understood that plans also are be-
ing drawn for another building TO be
erected on the plot between the Hitz ana
Johnston improvements. The present
buildings on the corner Of Connecticut
avenue and L streets will be razed with
in few days.
A seven-story building with three large
apartments on each floor is to be erected
on the northwest corner OF Eighteenth
and K streets by ]. J. Moebs at cost
Of $1,000 1t will be of brick and con-
crete with a frontage of sixty feet on
X street and sixty-ive feet on Eighteenth
street
Winfield Preston will erect three two
story brick buildings at 4OS-i Columbia
road at a cost of $780, and H. R. How
enstein has obtained permits for four
structures at 25I5-2l North Capitol street
to cost So, 900, while John H. Lewis has
ordered the construction of three similar
buildings at ll57-6l Neal street northeast
to cost 5000. G. A. & NJ c. Didden
have arranged to build three-story brlck
warehouse at 50 Q street northwest, which
will have more than 1900 feet OF moor
space 1t will cost $4,000.
To BuiId Country Club.
contract for the construction of the
home IF the Knights of Columbus Coun-
trv Club. near Fort Myer. has been |
awarded to S. A Gaskins Son The
building and the baseball, tennis and |
athletic fields surrounding it, are to be |
ready for occupancy in forty days. The |
cost is to be about $4,000. The Treas |
ury Department yesterday awarded TO
W. E Mooney. of Washington. con- |
tract fer the construction of prom |
enade covering on the roof of the new
building Of the Bureau of Engraving and |
Printing the price being S9,1oS.
Mrs. Charles G. Dulin has bought the !
residence at 1875 X street northwest from |
the Edmunds' estate for So. 600, and Karl |
Brodt has purchased the Isobel apart !
ments. at 125-7 Eleventh street northeast, |
from Laurence J. Mangan at Nalua- |
ton of $4,000. He gave lot at Eleventh |
street and Otis place in part payment.
One of the largest sales of the week !
is that of the Belmar apartments, 1888
Belmont street northwest by r. S.
Wolfe to F. Baker Weaver and George
W. Wise for $65, 600. The sale was made
by the Goldenburg-M Moran Company,
which also disposed of two important
residence properties this week.
Will Erect Five Houses.
The A. c. Moses Company next week
will start the construction of five houses
in Eighteenth street, between Kilbourne
and Kenyon streets northwest. They
will be placed on the market at about
s., 900 each. The Moses Company is also
starting plans for fifteen houses in Ran
dolph street between Fourth and Fifth
street northeast. near the Soldiers Home
Park. These will be six rooms and bath
each.
The Real Estate Trust Company
moved yesterday from ias old quarters,
1914 F street northwest, TO the new Real
Estate Trust Building on the northeast
corner Of Fourteenth and H streets
northwest, and will open for business
there tomorrow morning. The company
is occupying the entire first floor and
basement.
The new Offices have mahogany fix
tures throughout The corridor floors
are of white marble and the Office floors
of oak parquerry. The first floor office
IS a spacious room, along one side OF
which is a mezzanine gallery. The base
nent is to be used by the company as
a restaurant primarily for its agents
n .