The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-05
BUCHANAN VILLAGE
HOLDS ATTRACTION
FOR REALTY BUYER
Joseph p. Day Will Offer
Big Section to Buyers
On March Is.


Twenty years ago the Buchanan
family built a substantial home at
Chester, Pa. on an attractive land
comprising a little less than thirty
five acres. The property was To-
Gated on high and dry ground and
made an Ideal place of residence.
The family lived here until after
the war broke out. when the United
States Shipping Board. Emergency
Feet Corporation purchased the
property and created Buchanan
Village" to house employees in ad-
iacent plants.
The buchanan homestead tract
was sub-divided into building lots
to- conform with the natural lay
of the land, and streets were lail
out so that the houses could be
placed most advantageously.
In laying out Buchanan Village"
the United States Shipping Board
erected not only one-family dwell
ings OF the semi-detached type and
in rows, but also a number of at
tractiye apartment houses having
accommodations of from four to
eight families each.
Every improvement was installed,
in Buchanan Village" including
sewers, water. gas mains, electric
ity, cement sidewalks, curbs, gut
tiers, and macadamized streets, in
fact everything that could be found
in the city of Chester, Of which
buchanan" Is a part
In addition large building
known as Buchanan Inn was erected
comprising about 152 rooms. a
garage building having accommo-
dations for twelve cars.
Now that the war Is over the
United States Shipping Board no
longer has use for these houses and
has commissioned Joseph p. Day to
auction all of this property off. to-
gether with certain vacant plots,
included in the tract. All told there
are S01 buildings in the Village"
The auction sale will be held on
Saturday. March Is. commencing at
l o'clock. The entire tract, includ-
ing all the houses, will be offered as
a whole and then will be sold In
dividuallyS which will give all
classes of buyers an opportunity to
purchase. Exceedingly favorable
terms are being allowed by the
United States Shipping Board for
the convenience of purchasers.
Mr.. Day intends to sell the
property on the same plan and par
ticularly as far as the tenants are
concerned. as he inauguraeed for
the recent sales OF the 1888 houses.
sold for the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton. and located at Fairview
Camden. n. j., and Hartman" at
Bristol, Pa, which was the largest
auction sale ever held in the world
This selling plan inaugurated by
Mr.. Day was adopted and made the
basis by the United States Shipping
Board for future auction sales of
this kind. By this plan the ten
ants are given the preference TO Sc
cure their homes at the highest bid
over any other buyer. This selling
plan was so carefully worked out
by Mr.. Day at Fairview and Bris-
toll that the tenants gave a public
vote OF thanks and submitted reso-
lutious to him expressing their
greatful appreciation.
In speaking of the coming auc-
ton sale Joseph P. Day said:
The auction sale which I will
conduct on March Is for the United
States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet Corporation, means the liqui-
dalton of Buchanan Village in its
entirety. Every dwelling and apart
ment house is to be put up at auc-
tion and sold. and IN order to give
everybody an equal chance, the
property will be offered as a whole
as well as in individual units. Spe-
cial provisions are being made so
that the present occupants Of the
houses may purchase the buildings
in which they now reside. In fact,
everything is being done to make
this sale a fair and square auction.
THE great success of this recent
government sale was the result of
truthful but forceful advertising,
and through promotion work which
required a large force of expert
statesmen from my organization
who personally interviewed the
tenants and other prospective
buyers. The success of this aucI
ton sale demonstrated that this
plan was the best one for the
United States Shipping Board to
follow and the repeat orders given
me Is strong evidence Of this fact.
Chester: Pa, occupies a unique
position. being located about mid
way between Philadelphia and WILL
mington with splendid train service
to both of these important cities.
My advice Is for everybody inter-
| ested in buying a home to examine
these properties most carefully be-
cause I consider them well worth