Evening star., 1923-11-24
D. c. BUILDING DATA
SHOW VARIED Gain
Valuations and Character
Classified in Board of
Trade Report.

The Washington Board of Trade
has Just completed n comprehensive
statistical report on building permits,
showing the number of dwellings,
and apartment buildings. distributed
by districts and classified according
90 valuation. These tables We're
prepared in the newly organized sta
tistical division of the board, and in
corporation with the civic develop
ment department of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United states.
The first table shows the distri-
button of one and two-family dwell
ings according to estimated Valua-
tion, taken from the estimates on the
permits themselves, and covering the
fiscal years Cnding June 20. 1921,
1922 and 1929. Another table shows
the distribution of one and two
family dwellings, existing in 1920.
and the permits for such buildings
issued during the three later years.
y third table shows the distribution
of apartment houses. divided as to
those existing in 1926, and permits
issued for such during the following
three years. and two more tables give
IL comparison Of estimated values and
a comparison by Districts.
Standing of Districts.
The report shows that District 13,
lead five in the number of permits
issued for dwellings,. while District
10 lead tNe in the greater percentage
OF dwellings between $1,000 and Sl0,-
000 District ! > had the create st per-
centaEe of buildings of $4,000 or
more.
In the table for one and two family
dwellings il was shown that districts
/ to 10 lead in this type Of building,
lrs.l
three fiscal Years ending June 80, 1928.
FOR zoos such structures. The re
port shows that in 1920 there were
2,561 apartment buildings in the Dis
trict, and during til" three follow ing
Years permits We're issued for the
construction Of lID.
The section known as districts to
10 lead in the number of on" and two
district No. - showed the greatest
construction Of this type during the
years 1921. 1922 and 1923.
Districts Nos. to 10 lead in the
number = apartments existing in
1920, the number being given as III ..
and to this number We're added in the
three following years 50, which also
was the greatest number for all of
the districts. The figures show that
there were a total OF ISL apartment
houses in the District i'll 1920. and the
end of the fiscal year 1923 showed an
addition of 10 buildings of his tyne.
The total Of on" and two family
dwellings existing in the city in 1920
iS given aS IH.3Sj, to which Were
added during the following three
Years, according to the report, 5,StI.
District boundaries.
The districts into which the COM
pilation was divided for the purposes
of the report follow:
I-I\-Frum GEORGETOWN College to
Volta place, 35th street, l. street, Wa
terSide drive, - street, Florida ave
nue., Barry place, College street, lSt
street. Y street, 3rd street Florida
avenue, BenninS road, Anacostia river,
Potomac river and west along POto-
mac river to GEORGETOWN College.
X-From Rock Greek Park at Piney
Branch parkway to Spring road, ROCK
Creek Church road, Park place, Michi-
gan avenue, ist street, College street.
Barry place. Florida avenue, - street,
WaterSide drive, geological Park.
Rock Creek Park and west through
Rock Creek Park to Piney Branch
parkway.
XI-South of Wisconsin avenue be-
tween r street, 35th street, Volta
place, Georgetown College and the
District lines.
NII-From District line at Rock
Creek Park to Geological Park, Wa
terside drive. r street, Wisconsin ave
nue. and west along Wisconsin ave
nue. to District line at Rock Creek
Park
NIII-North of Rock Creek Park
between Piney Branch parkway.
Spring road Rock Creek Church road,
RIGGS road and the District lines
XlN-From District line at AnacCs-
tia river TO Beuning road Florida
avenue, Sd street. 7 street, LIST street
Michigan avenue, Park place. Rock
Creek Church road Riggs road and
east to AnacOstia river and District
line.
XV--North Ridge road between An
acostia river and District lines.
$FI-South of Ridge road between
Anacostia river, Potomac river and
the District lines.