The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-05
DOCTOR MAKES
GOOD IN REAL
ESTATE
Major Maddux Quit Service
Year Ago to Go Into
Business Here.

Z Straws change lives. Maj. H. c..
Maddux, vice president and moving
spirit Of Maddux, Marshall & Co.,
the Sixteenth street realty firm,
was a lieutenant !, IN the. medical
corps stationed at Walter Reed
Hospital few years ago.. He be-
gan dabbling in real estate. The
business intrigued him.
Right there the medical profess
sion lost good doctor, and the
real estate business gained a good
salesman, who in less than year
has sold approximately $2.OOO,OOO
worth Of property in and about
the city, and has built up a COM
pany Of his own.
Major Maddux's advent into the
real estate field was somewhat de.
layed because of the war. It was
not until a year ago he became
active in it. He was born in
Harrisonburg in 1886 and was grad
uated in 1908 from the University
of Virginia. where he took a lead
ing part in athletics, particularly
football and baseball.
Served In War.
Upon his graduation he was at
tached to the Memorial Hospital at
Richmond two years, and then
Joined the army with the rank of
first lieutenant. On the outbreak
of the war he received a cap
taincy and soon was promoted to
a colonelcy and sent to France,
where he had charge of one of
the largest hospital centers of the
"A. e. F., receiving decorations from
poth the French and American gov
eLnments. ~
When his mind turned from his
duties, 1t dwelt on. the real estate
business. While in Washington he
OFTEN had heard fellow officers as.
signed to the Capital complain of
being unable to obtain suitable liv.
ing quarters at a reasonable ex.
pense.
Upon his discharge from the
army with the rank of major a
nttle more than year ago, Major
Maddux organized Maddux, Mar
snail & Co., with himself and Ger.
n. &. Marshall, who was chief of
the Construction Division of the
army, and is now president of the
Associated General Contractors of
america, as it's heads, for the pur.
pose OF developing a service COLONY,
A tract on the Old Georgetown road
ana Wilson's lane, about twenty
live minutes from the Treasury by
motcr, was purchased. and Battery
Park founded. ~
Sites Sell Fast.
Ground for the first home in Bat.
terry Park was broken in February.
1923. and year later fifty.two had
been completed and more than 100
home sites sold. Meantime. Mad
dux, Marshall & Co. acquired the
adjoining suburb of Edgemoor. and
its business had expanded to EN-.
brace departments handling insur-
ance, rents, mortgages and loans,
as well as city property.
Although Battery Park was orig
lnally promoted as residential
colony Tor members Of the military
service and Congress, it was de-
cided with the acquisition Of Edge
moor, to invite others to buy homes
In the suburb. That it attracted
Is shown by the fact that of the
purchasers of homes and sites in
the park nearly so cent are civil
lans.
Major Maddux recently negotiated
the sale of the Altamont apartments
on wyoming avenue and Columbia,
road. The property was purchased
by a New York investor from, James
O.Donnell for about 100000 and
Major Maddux represented both
parties to the transaction. The deal
swelled his total sales to nearly
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