Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-02
EXTENSIVE HOME
BUILDING PLANNED
IN THE DISTRICT
Two Half : Million Dollar
Apartments in List-Church
to Be Erected.

10 BE Erected.
Permits were issued this week by
the District building inspector for the
erection of five large apartments and
Tor number of extensive home build
ing operations. contrasting widely
with lethargy, which has marked con-
! struction work in Washington for
several weeks. In addition, permits
were granted for several manufac-
turing plants and for one theater.
| Prominent among the projects ap-
proved were the erection of two half
million dollar apartment buildings by
avenue and Woodley road. northeast
corner. and another at Gath and Cal
vert streets, northwest corner.
$2sO,OOO Apartment.
William E. Fowler will build an
apartment house at 1909 18th street
northwest at a cost of $2SO,000, the
records show. The Meridian Apart
ment Company contemplates construc-
ton of an apartment building at 1853
Belmont street northwest at a cost
of $125,000. H. Wood is to build one
at 1712 21st street northwest. the cost
being $4,000.
With the issuance of a permit by
the OuIIulHS Inspector, COuSlIuClIou
of the new Epworth Methodist Epis-
copal Church. South, at North Carolina
avenue and 18th street northeast will
be started shortly, it was announced
| today by w. F. Hummer, chairman of
the building committee
The new church building will cost
approximately $175,0oo. The audi
torium will have a seating capacity
of 500. The structure will be.of brick
and stone, and will include many I'M
usual features.
Theater to Cost 100000.
Crandalrs Lincoln Theater Corpora
ton received permission to build a
! 100000 theater at 1915 U street
northwest
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company will build a four
story exchange at the northwest cor
ner of 14th and r streets northwest
at cost of $4,000.
H. r. Howenstein took out a permit
| for fifteen homes, to be built at 719
to TAI Princeton street northwest.
These houses, it is understood, will
contain eight rooms and built-in ga
! RACES, and will sell for $41,500 each.
This operation will complete the en-
| tire row of thirty houses on Prince
| ton street built within the last four
months by this company.
The Washington Ice Manufacturing
| Company was granted a permit for
COHSlTuCIlOu OIL us new ice TndHuIdC-
| turing and storage plant at 1885
| 23d street northwest. The plant will
cost about 100000, according to the
records.
Nejib Hekimian will erect stor-
age house addition to 212S Wardman
Court at a cost of $4,000.
Other Permits Listed.
The list of other permits follows:
]. A. Trunnell, to repair 1926 18th
q 70 nnYf cost SS00
B. Rosenbloom, to erect garage rear
of 1899 E street southeast! cost.
NJ. L. Hallenback. to repair 1924. I'd
street northwest; cost, 5000.
r. o. Burton, to repair 1341 Ran
dolph street; cost, $685..
William Donohue, to repair 625
North Carolina avenue; cost, $500.
E. G. Meers. to~erect garage rear
of 370S Patterson street; cost. $40.
Albert V. Denham, to erect garage
iSear of 512 11th street southeast;
cost, $3.50.
Y. D. Cogswell.. to erect garage
rear of GAL G street southwest; cost,
william A. Reid. to erect garage
81 200.
l. L. Pettus. to erect garage rear
of 1892 Randolph street; cost, $500.
George H. Becker, to erect garage
rear 1886 Upton street; cost. 81 900.
r. A. White, to repair 1912 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast; cost. $50.
c. L. Bowles, to build dwelling 1900
18th street southeast; cost. $4,000.
W. E. Stafford, to erect garage rear
1888 Mount Pleasant street; cost. $3.50.
L. NJ. Barnett, to repair, 2132 Ban
croft place; cost. $3.50.
J. n. Pierce, to erect garage rear
1926 Upton street; cost, $1,000
d. Rynex, to repair 1928 18th street;
cost. $275.
r. S. Hoover. to erect garage. 1920
Irving street; cost 5000.
Mrs. NJ. L. Grimm, to repair $50 A
street northeast; cost, $3.50.
N. Robinson, to erect garage rear of
1882 Riggs place; cost. $245.
Madeleine Palmer, to erect garage
rear of 1917 Lamont street; cost, $197.
John w. Farran, to erect garage
rear of 1888 Maryland avenue north
east; cost, $500.
J. G. Webster. to repair sos D street
northwest; cost, 500.
H. G. Emrick: to repair All Sth street
| Mrs. ]. Forrey, to repair 1517 y
| street: cost, $500.
Stanley H. Horner. to repair 1913
| 14th street.
| Louis De FRANCESCA, to repair 1908
| 1905 25th street; cost, $1,000.
! M. M. Lucas, to erect garage 456 n
| street southwest; cost, S25O
$4,000 Repair Item.
| L. P. Stewart & Bro, to repair lao
18th street norteast; cost, $1S.0OO>
D. Blum, to erect garage rear of 511
L street northeast: cost, $3.50.
| George c. Ober, jr.. to erect garage
rear 125 B street southeast; cost, $500.
| Frank Perna, to repair 1859 Wiscon-
sin avenue northwest; cost. $4,000
| Daniel 'Histon, to erect garage rear
COL K street northeast; cost, 1000.
| John Jackson, to erect garage rear
| of 1011 T-street northwest; cost, $4,000.
Albert Carry, to repair 1901 street;
cost, $500.
Isaac Mendelson, to. erect garage
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