The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-18
LEE HEIGHTS IS
PART Of FIVE
TRACTS
Big Arlington Tract Is Opened
In Virginia by Mrs. Ruby Lee
Minar, Washington ReaItor.

What is said to be Arlington
county's largest subdivision. Lee
Heights. was placed on the mar
ket July l by Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar.
Washington real estate woman.
This great tract embraces in the
neighborhood of 400 acres, stretching
from the Washington Golf and
Country Club two miles to the Po-
tomac river.
Lee Heights includes 100 acres of
the "Netherfould" farm. bought by
DR.. Presley M. Rixey in 1890: l2O
acres of DIR. Rixey's Crystal
Spring Farm" which extends from
the old Military road to the Po-
tomac: lightweight acres once
owned by DIR. Joseph Tabor John-
son. a distinguished washington
surgeon a quarter of a century ago:
fifty acres of the Annie M. Wun-
der estate: about sixty acres owned
by z. L. Cockrell. and seven acres
Of Mrs. George L. Devers.
In Arlington County.
Lee Heights lies in the northern
part of Arlington county ana Is
reached by way Of Georgetown over
the new Key Bridge and the Lee
Highway, or by way of the Old
Dominion electric railway. The Lee
Highway running east and west, and
the Chain Bridge road. running north
and south, both pass through the
eastern section of the property and
at this point are concrete boule-
wards.
Five trolley stations are on the
property. The Lee Heights office
Is at the Greenwood station. The
other stations are Maplewood, Liv-
ingstone Heights. Summit and
Rixey.
Controls 400 Acres.
Control OF the entire 400 acres
was acquired by Mrs. Minar at va
rious times from a half dozen indi-
vidual owners. She is first develop
ing and selling the land lying near
est the Lee Highway and the Chain
Bridge road. Such improvements
ers and electricity will be installed
as the property is opened up for
sale. The development will be un-
dertaken in sections Of about twenty
acres each and will proceed from
the Lee Highway and from the
Country Club district eastward to
the Potomac river.
To Spend $500, 900.
It Is estimated that the improve
ments alone viii represent an ex.
penditure Of a half million dollars,
and the development work, section
by section, will require ten years
before the final section has been
Handicapped, improved and sold.
Mrs. Minar's plan Is to develop
Lee Heights gradually from the
section already improved and built
up so that at no time win the new
homes. Fine residences. such as
those of DIR. Presley M. Rixey. rear
admiral, retired; Frank Lyon, law
yer and real estate developer, and
Frank Upman. Washington archi.
tect, have set an unusually high
standard OF homes for the com.
munity. The buildings and grounds
Of the beautiful Washington Golf
and Country Club also adjoin the Lce
Heights property. In the sale Of
land, Mrs. Minar imposes restric-
built in this attractive region will
be in harmony with their surround
ings.
Experienced landscape architects
were engaged to lay out the prop
erty best to preserve its natural
beauty and take advantage of the
contours of the land. w. F. Sun
derman. Of the John H. Small Com
pany, prepared the landscape plan.
A. W. Dorgan, of Detroit, was en-
p1oyed as consultant architect
Hough & Valentine, Virginia civil
engineers, have done the surveying
and plating Of the first sections.
4OO-FOOt Elevation.
Mrs. Minar picked Lee Heights
as the site for her large subdivision
because of it's splendid elevation,
400 feet above Washington, its
proximity to the city by trolley and
auto, and its exceptional beauty. It
commands view for miles around
and descendS in a series Of TERRACES