Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-07
AN ATTRACTIVE DESIGN
FOR APARTMENT HOUSE
Col. George Truesdell Invites Bids
for Construction of Seven
Story Building.

portion of the rresular-sha ped
block bounded by Columbia road. Wy
ominS avenue, Goth street. kalorama
road and 10Th street. the property or
former District Commissioner George
Truesden, is TO he utilized for the
ERECTION of a seven-story apartment 10
he unlike any structure of the klnd ~
Washington. Announcement OF
i,lans of Col. Truesdell was mace
DAY when several contracting
we're invited to submit BIOS loi
work. Plans for the proposed s''
ture have been prepared BY -A''n'i
i4eaton. architect
The center OF the block on when the
.na-fr,eut is TO be built is occupied os
- T~raSdaIrs home the first hne
reSiderce erected in the Nashlnst oii
Heights section. The house IS OF itn"e
construction. and is SURROUNDED "
number of beautiful shade trees ihe
iInni b,c +. frontage of 2S6 feet on Co
I,,mhia road 1Ol feet on Wyoming ave-
nue.. SEA feet on goth street. so ,eet
on Kalorama road and IL. reef on 80
street Its situation Tor use do
mark is IDEAL. and residents OF the
neiphborhood have always been ahA-
ious that the government should &C
cure the property for that purpose.
To Be Built of Limestone and Brick.
Tho apartment is TO he built at the
south end of the property ana IS 10
have frontaees Columbia roao
wyoming avenue and goth street. IL
= 70 he of limestone and brick con-
struction and the roof IS to be OF req
file The building is to be OF lime
s,oue IN to the level of the second
door. and above that point the Wais
are TO be of rough texture bun -coioreo
brick. characterization about the man
entrance IS to be OF carved "hi'e MAJ
BILE - b;,aire
An unusual feature of the bulldlhe
will be the location of storage rooms
above the apartment floors lnsteau "
in the basement, which IS the usual
custom in such structures the pur-
nose nf This arrangement is to utilize
high attic space to be allowed above
the sixth floor so as to ma ke the rooms
on that floor as cool as posslole our
ing the summer months
Three floors of the building are 10 De
,,eyoted TO suites of ten and twelve
rooms and four baths each. Three noors
also will be devoted to bachelor apart
fnents of two. three and four rooms
each.
portion of the upper floor on
which the storage rooms are TO ne
....-sttt,ti. Is to contain rooms to be useo
r.. aut"rtaining purposes by guests.
Of suffcient size to hold dances, and
,,l,-rtad with this will be card
room, courtroom. kitchen and toilets.
adjoining the entertainment room Is
o be loeeia facing to the south, and
.noye there is to be roof garden with
-oofhouses at either end.
Sleeping Porches Provided.
The ten-roon and twelveroom
apartments are to each have two sleep
ing porches with bath adjoining. Each
Of these suites is to have round re-
ception room. and about this will be
located the other rooms comprising the
suite.
The kitchens are to have tile walls
and gas and electric stoves and in
Generators. An elaborate ventilation
system is to be installed. A vacuum
cleaning system twill extend to every
room in the building
The elevators are to be located in in
closed shafts which will open out on
TO Railways separate from the main
hallway on each floor. BY this ar
rangenent all noise will be eliminated.
The stiruays also are to be located in
freproof shafts and are 10 be cut off
from each floor by fre-resisting doors
BY this arrangement the stairways viii
constitute inside fire escapes
The apartment is to front on Wyom-
ing avenue, where it will overlook a
triangular shaped reservation formed
by the intersection Of Wyoming ave-
nue., Columbia road and Goth street
The space between the north side of
the proposed building and Col Trues-
dell's home place Is to be preserved as
garden Thus the apartment Will be
located between two parking spaces