The Washington herald., 1921-06-26
!: PROPERTY WORTH
3 OVER sl,50,OOO
CHANGES HANDS
Gardiner & Dent Report
:: Large Number of I'm
portant Sales.
~@PUBLIC is BUYING
W. Johnston Purchases the
Hermitage Apartment
House.
.SPUBLIC is BUYING

A remarkable list of sales trans
actions featured the past week
More than s1.5oo,ooo would hardly
!. represent the monetary values OF
the properties changing hands
nProminent Transactions were the
Gordon Hotel. a s5oO,ooo property
at s1s Sixteenth street. and the
> Fontanet Courts, a s75o.ooo apart
nent house at Fourteenth and Fair
.. mon streets northwest The latter
contains 100 suites and was sold by
SwartzeII, Rheem &c Hensey Co., TO
Felix Lake
Gardner 4 Dent.
Gardiner & Dent. Inc, real estate
brokers. report the sale of the Cor
oTlon Hotel, a five-story brick struc-
turs occupying a lot something over
Aftv foot frontage on Sixteenth
. street bv a depth Of 100 feet to a
tventy-five foot alley. 1t contains
about It's rooms and forty-five
baths. The property produces an an
nual rental around 100000. 1t was
" sold for Col. /. s D. Sauls to Felix
lake. The consideration is stated
to have been s500,0Oo.
= The same firm reports the sale OF
The Hermitage Apartment house at
i1l7 Vermont avenue and 1l1O-1112
9 Fourteenth street. 1t Is four-story
6rtck building containing twenty
<rartments occupying a lot with
frontage of thirty feet on Vermont
avenue and about the same on Four
teenth street, having a total depth
Of about 12O feet. 1t produces an
annual rental Of about $4,000.
There are also two stores in the
building. It was sold for F. NJ
Plock and z. NJ. Berkeley of Flint,
Mich, the purchaser being l. NJ
Johnston. of Virginia
y" Another sale reported by the same
frm is the sale of the apartment
house located at 1305-15 Thirtieth
street, known as The Colonial. 1t
is a four-story building occupying a
lot 1i7.5 feet on Thirtieth street by
a depth Of no feet. 1t was sold for
p. B. Weaver to a local business
man at a consideration said to have
been ys5,oO0. Weaver Brothers rep
resented the seller in this transac-
ton
Clifton G. Burgin purchased the
Nottingham Apartment, located at
R124 P street northwest This is a
three-story brick building contain
ing fifteen apartments producing an
annual rental Of about $1,000. The
consideration is mentioned as $780,
900.
OF Gerson Nordlinger sold through
the same office two houses in Brad
1ey Hills. Nd. for a total considera-
tion of s25,000-
In Johnston disposed Of through
the same real estate firm 605-609
North View Terrace and 109-111
Johnston avenue, in the subdivision
known as North Rosemont, Alex
andria- Va Each house is a two
story. detached brick, containing
about eight rooms and bath. The
= total consideration was S45,O0o.
Mr.. Harry Allyn. manager OF the
.Tidewater Motor Co, was the pur-
f., chaser OF a forty-eight-acre tract
. located at Silver Hill, just outside
a Of the District, in Prince Georges
County. Nd. This property is i'm
= proved by a ten-room dwelling with
outbuildings and has a beautiful
: grove of oak trees surrounding 1t.
~ IdCcS On the w LcOu-
ardtown State road. Mr.. Allyn has
made extensive improvements and
will occupy it The consideration
was $4,000.
= Another sale reported by the same
real estate firm is the twenty-five
acre tract located near Silver Spring,
Montgomery County, Md. 1t is i'm
proved by a ten-room dwelling with
eAnuanNanaao
ings. The purchaser, Capt H. E. P.
Baden, will occupy the premises.
fhe consideration Is reported as
s23.ooo. n
80 Owen Sells
Vernon G. Owen. of the firm Of
Thomas J. Owen & Son. real estate
auctioneera reports that his sales
have been well attended and in most
cases the bidding has been spirited
and the prices obtained very salts
factory.
Among the properties recently
sold at auction by Mr.. owen were
the 2-story brick store and apart
ment. 633 H street northeast, with
several 1-story garages in the rear,
for s13,5o0; a 2-story and basement
brick dwelling on G street. near
Thirteenth street northeast, s2,775;
the large 3-story brick dwelling, 22o
I street northwest. for $4,000; the
f-story brick dwelling. 713 K street
northwest, for $500; the store and
dwelling. 1898 Seventh street north
west. for s11,5o0; z-story frame
dwelling. $50 L street northwest, for
$500; 2-story brick dwelling. 1888
New York avenue northwest. s2,5oo;
two brick houses in Browns court
FOR s1,7oo; the 2-story and basement
brick building. Is l. street south
west. for $500; 2-story brick dwell
Ing on Georgia avenue, near Otis
street. for $500; four brick dwell
ings In Myrtle street northeast,
s5.725; $3.50 Georgia avenue, a
large brick and frame dwelling,
$500; an unmiproved lot In Six