The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
BUYS Ten CITY
SQUARES IN
NOR WEST
Shannon q Luchs, Purchasers,
Start Operation of 500
Dwellings.

One of the largest purchases Of
ground ever recorded in the history
OF the city was consummated this
week when the, real estate firm OF
Shannon and Luchs bought ten city
blocks for the development Of SOC
4fl1an homes.
The property, known as Burleithr
Comprises an of the land holdings OF
Colonies Frederic L. and Reginald s.
Huidekoper. of Washington, and in
ciudes all of the squares lying north
and west of the present Western
High School. Ten city blocks
bounded on the south by Reservoir
Ecad northwest, and extending to the
north of T street and running from
Thirty-sixth street as a partial
eastern boundary to Thirty-ninth
street northwest, are represented in
the deal.
THE firm reports this purchase as
the largest city ground deal made
IN the past ten years. 1t will rep
resent q home development of about
five hundred. homes.
$40 the south Of the property,
besides the Western High School,
ID the Georgetown University, the
Convent of. the Visitation and the
Famous Georgetown Hospital. Di-
rectly west and adjoining this
holding is the 7U7acre estate of
mrs. Anna SaunderSon. The logical
approach to this subdivision is
vest on r street by the present
O11.< u
Gently Assistant Secretary of State,
and also the well-known Dunn
barton Club.
ssBurleith was originally laid out
and improved by Frederic w. Hell
dekoper. father of Coils. Frederic
=. and Reginald w. Huidekoper.
Frederic w. Huidekoper was wide
" known in railroad and real
estate circles. He had long be-
fore visualiZed a home develop
Tnent on these hills overlooking
the Potomac. It is said that the
trees planted and cared for under
his supervision are among the
finest Of all Washington.
The Shannon and Luchs organiza-
ton reports that It will produce
small homes of a very. high quail
fly. The architecture will come
under the direct supervision of
Arthur B. Heaton, architect.
Mr. Heaton now is developing
q general architectural study OF
the entire operation. This. it is
said, is being done to avoid any
A very interesting phase of real
estate and population study is de-
veloped In looking for the factors
which brought about the purchase OF
this ground. First, the number Of
smaller homess that have been built
in Washington since the war has
been noticeably small in comparison
to higher-priced properties. Next, it
was discovered by Shannon and
Luchs that the great bulk Of Gov
eminent employees are now employed
in the vicinity of Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue north
west.
This center in the old pre.war
day was located near Ninth and r
streets northwest. Thus, it de-
veloped by study that there had not
been any organized effort to supply
moderate-priced homes in number to
this newly established congested
point Of population.
The nearest point OF contact
9VallaOIe 10 TINS new Government
center is Burleith, by. automobile a
little over ten minutes and by car
transportation matter of less than
twenty minutes.
Ground for the first twenty homes
has been broken. A completely new
exterior. as well as interior arrange
ment, win be introduced in these new
homes. This new design will, in the
opinion of the builders, revolutionize
small-home building.