The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
.HOKE ESAlTH HEADS
BELMONT COMPANY
IN REALTY CIRCLES
New Organization An
nounces Plans for Mod
ern Theater Building.

Men prominent in washsnstons
financial and business circles are
among the personnel and ofncers of
the recently formed Belmont Build
ing company, the list Of which was
announced yesterday by the Allan
Z. Walker Investment company.
The frm, which is soon to start
the erection of large movie theater
and stores at the corner OF Florida
avenue and Fourteenth street north
west, has az its officers former Sem
ator Hoks Smith. president; Will
lam H. Sholes, vice, president; VIII.
lam l. Browning. treasurer, and
David s. Hendrick, secretary. The
directorate includes Charles +. Ber-
ry, William L. Browning. W. w.
Chisweil. C. T. Clagett, William H.
Gottlieb. Sidney E. Kent c. 7.
Kingsbury, Austin M. Knight. Harry
C. Moses, william H. Shoies. Hoke
Smith. John Lewis Smith. +. HI.
Snyder and Allan e. walker.
TAeater win Cost ssoo.ooo.
The theater contains $4,000 square
feet, with a frontage of $40 feet on
Fourteenth street, and q depth OF
125 feet. The structure when COM
pleted will represent an expenditure
Of nearly $500. 900.
The theater will be known as the
Belmont 1t will have q seating
capacity of f.74o with entrance on
Fourteenth street The auditorium
will be - feet long with screen at
the south end. Eight large boxes
will be located midway back from
the screen. Spacious aisles will
make for convenient entrance and
exit. A large reception lobby con-
meets with the auditorium, and Is
equipped with an artisticaly decorat-
ed skylight. women's retiring
rooms and the smoking rooms will
be entered from the reception lobby.
There will be an exit leading to
Fourteenth street as we'll as emer-
geney exits on the east side.
One of the interior features win
be a 3o-foot stage which will an
swer all Of the requirements for
vaudeville and regular plays.
Particular stress is laid upon the
perfected heating and cooling sys-
TENS, to be installed, which will in
clude the very, latest improvements
known to engineers In theater ven-
tiiation. The theater will have
three-color lighting effects similar
to those in use in the newest New
York playhouses.
Nine large store rooms, with at
tractive one-story fronts and facing
on Fourteenth street, comprise. an
other important feature of the build
ing. The store at the. intersection
Of Fourteenth street and Florida
avenue, will have double door
way at the corner.
The building and theater were
designed by Robert F. Beresford
with Thomas w. Lamb, prominent
New York theater architect, as con-
sulting architect. Erection of the
theater and stores will mark the
occupancy OF the last. bit of avail
able space on Fourteenth street In
this vicinity. =
Located in the heart of the Di.-
trict. containing many large apart.
ment buildings. and an unusna,
density OF population. The theater
Is expected to fill an essential need
OF the community. The theater will,
De operated by the Belmont Build :
ing company.
This Is the second building pro-
)ect OF the Allan Z. Walker Invest
ment company in this section. The
corporation recently completed a
block of stores On Fourteenth stree,
at Belmont. :