The Washington times., 1922-08-12
LARGE sales
TRANSACTED ON
BLAIR ESTATE
Many Lots Bought Since His
toric Site Mas Placed
on Market.

on MdrkoI.
Blair. the thoroughly improved
home place of the Hopkins Land
Company, cut from part OF the
historic Blair estate on the Brook
vile pike just beyond the intersec.
eion Of Alaska avenue, Is now In fuh
stage Of development and Is attract
Ing widespread attention among
home builders in Washington.
While this well situated property
has only been on the market less
than 30 days. the sales In building
sites to date total s146,130. which
is striking evidence OF the merit
and desirability OF Blair as a home
place.
Blair is being built scientifically
and thoroughly developed by a COM
pany Of wide and successful expert
ence. Washingtonians who have
driven through the beautiful Avdu-
bon boulevard and Fountainbleau
drive in New Orleans, or Capital
Heights in Montgomery, Alabama,
or visited picturesque Indian River
park overlooking Hampton Roads,
Va. can visualize without great ef-
fort the completeness of improve
nients and the attractions that Blair
will offer to home builders when the
improvements, now well advanced,
are completed and the last touch OF
the landscape engineer has been
given to It's well planned thorough
fares and park places.
Many improvements Made.
What particularly impresses the
visitor to Blair is the activity and
business like manner in which i'm.
provements are being constructed.
Since the Hopkins Land Company
erected it's barracks on the property
Tor its crew Of experienced work
men, one mile OF concrete sidewalks,
one mile of concrete curbing and
gutter have been installed, and two
miles of streets have been cleared
and graded. In fact, the work of
grading the entire subdivision VIII
sewerage have been installed Tarvia
driveways will be constructed.
The keynote Of the development
Of Blair is the construction of
Falkland Drive. The main en-.
trance to Blair from the Brook.
vile pike will be through Falkland
Drive. This win place the prin.
cipal gateway to Blair nearly to
the District line below where
Alaska avenue intersects Brookvllle
pike. A bridge the full width OF
the street will be constructed over
the B. and o. tracks on Falkland
Drive 40 as to make the homes In
Blair accessible without entering
by way OF the grade crossing at
Silver Spring.
There is q lease on that portion
Of the property where the main
entrance will be. but as soon as
this expires work on Falkland
Drive. where 1t intersects with
Brookville pike, will be started.
Falkland Drive will be one OF the
show streets OF Washington. II will
wind through the heart of Blair
and will have three handsome floral
circles at the Intersections Of var
ious streets in the plat.
Driving out Sixteenth street and
swinging into Alaska avenue you
will be impressed with the beauty
and convenience Of approach.
AS a place in which to build
your home and bring up the kid.
dies Blair offers many advantages.
1t will have all the modern resi-
Dental improvements. These i'm
provements are being rapidly in
stalled and are not promises usually
handed out in connection with the
sale Of suburban properties. 1t is
surrounded by a well established
built.up neighborhood. On the
north 1t is environed by Silver
Spring. on the east Takoma Park
IL built solidly to Blair, while to
the south Washington Is expanding
rapidly In the direction OF Blair.
List Of Purchasers.
The following Is a list Of pur-
chasers in Blair:
Mrs. Frances l.. Adams, Mr.. and
Mrs. A, Almquist. Harrison E. Amos.
c. H. AMMAN, John p. Appleman, Mr..
and Mrs. c. Stanley Armstrong, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick W. Ashley, Wal
ter H. Avery, Arthur A. Browne,
Mr.. and Mrs. william w. Burch,
Fannie B. Cattell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win 8. Clarkson, Heeleedee E. Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Collins, Marcus
A. Davis, Ignatius J. Degen, Harry
r. burst, Harry c. l.. Feast. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Z. Feissner, Mrs. Emily
Fletcher. Mr.. and Mrs. John v. Foei.
Ter, William 8. Glennon, ]. L. God
win, John r. Goldie, Charles F.
Granholm, Clara e. Hamacher, p.
r. e. Hatton, Roy M. Heizer, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Henderson, e. M.
Hickman, A. A. Hileman, ] Howard
Hixson, DR.. H. III. Hewlett, Mr.. and
Mrs. James l.. Hudson, Claude @.
Johnson, w. II. johnson. jr., Ray.
mond Jones, Jeanette c. Joyce, A. B.
Joseph, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Kennedy.
Victor Lindenburg, r. H. Lohr,
ton Mantz, Ellen 8. Meyers, Bertha
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