Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-02

New construction projects author
fzed in the District of Columbia dur
ing the past week amounted in total
estimated value to $l,207, 165, or ap.
proximately double the reported total
for the preceding week, according to
building permits issued by Col John
w Oehmann. building inspector.
The total for the past week was
swelled with the issuance of permit
for the construction of the nine-story
brick and tile building which will be
erected by the Wardman Construction
Co at 924 II street. Designed to
house printing firms and allied trade
establishments, the structure is to be
known as the Printcraft Building.
Building to Cost 100000.
The estimated cost of the building
"A set at 5000. 600 in the report from
the building office. The building will
be of Gothic design and will have
frontage of 124 feet on II street and
a depth of los feet. The building will
stand on the site formerly occupied
by the home of the st. Joseph's Or
pham Asylum. The old building re-
Gently was RACED and work now has
been started on the construction OF
the new building.
Included also in the list of new prof.
ects which have been authorized are
three apartments, % residences. one
swimming pool and a number of ga
RACES and considerable repair and re-
modelling work.
& Charles Sager is the building owner
tof an apartment house which will be
constructed at 636 Twelfth street
at a cost of S35 600. 1t will
y. stories
high.
: Two brick apartments. two stories
high. will be erected at 161523 Twelfth
street. at a cost of $4,000, by Young
& Oppenheimer.
List of Permits Granted.
Permits were issued as follows:
Wardman Construction Co, owners
and builders; Joseph Banner, archi-
tect; to erect one nine-story brick and
tile printing shop, 924 H street dot
119. square $3.50, to cost 100000.
Charles G. Stott, owner and build
er; John Albert Hunter, architect; to
erect one 2-story stone dwelling,
S242 Ellicott street DOT S02, square
2035), to cost $4,000.
w. G. Westermeyer, owner; F. c.
HUH. designer; w. B. Avery, builder:
dwelling, 800 Georgia avenue DOT
500, square 2S91), to cost $4,000.
. George B. Bryant, owner; Pierson
and Wilson, architects; Arthur l..
Smith, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 2S12 Chesterfield place
Got so, square 225S), to cost $35 900.
Scottish Rite Council, etc, owners;
Davis, Wick, Rosengarten Co, Inc,
builders: to make repairs, Sixteenth
and S streets Dot 500, square 1922, to
cost $4,000.
J. Y. WINS. owner, to erect rein
forced concrete swimming pool, 1901
Gallatin street Got S04, square 2714),
to cost $1,000.
Harry S. WEIGH, owner and builder;
C1aughton West, architect; to make
alterations, 1908 Massachusetts, avenue
Dot S14. square 317), to cost $4,000.
Mount Pleasant Garage, owners: w.
A. Kimmel, architect and builder; to
make repairs, 2424 Eighteenth street
Dot "a. square 2551l, to cost $1,450.
H. r. Howenstein, owner and build
err; E. C. RowZee, designer; to erect
one 2-story store and dwelling (brick),
1918 Fourth street northeast dot %,
square 1860, to cost $4,000.
Charles Sager, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect one 2-story brick apartment, 636
Twelfth street northeast Dot IL, square
983), to cost $35, 900.
w. NJ. livery, owner and builder: H.
W. Turner, designer: to erect one
1-story frame dwelling. $500 James
place northeast Qots % and 80, square
5206), to cost 1900.
John H. Hammond, owner; William
p. Lipscomb Co., Inc, builders; to
make repairs, 1921 Kalorama road DOT
194, square 1920, to cost 5000.
Joseph Tyree estate, owners; Mil
burn Hester Co., Inc, architects; Will
liam P. Lipscomb Co., builders; to
erect one 2-story brick addition, SOL
Sixteenth street dot $50, square 271S),
to cost $4,000.
Anna Herman, owner; Roy Hoff-
hines, builder; to make repairs, 1901
U street Got 20, square 1922, to cost
$500.
DR.. L. r. Wagner, owner; Walter