Evening star., 1927-11-12


two-story brick store and office build
ing on the northeast corner of Four
teenth and z streets, just above
Pennsylvania avenue, by the United
Cigar Stores Co. of America, long
term lessee of the property, this week
were included in the new list OF oper-
ations approved by the District build
ing inspector. The cost of the build
ing was estimated at $S5 900.
Razing Of the old buildings now on
the site, which has a frontage of about
80 feet on E and of $50 feet on Four
teenth street, is expected to be ac-
complished soon, but plans for the
structure voluntarily have been SUBJ
mitted to the Fine Arts Commission
for suggestions as to exterior design.
It is expected a number of changes
may be made in the building. Sub
mission Of the plans to the fine arts
body for review was made by national
officials of the cigar concern, follow
ing a suggestion to this effect by men,
hers of the public and private build
ings. committee of the Washington
Board of Trade. The commission is
expected during the coming week TO
make its recommendations concerning
the structure.
cooperation Is fFdlScO.
The act Of the cigar company in
asking the Fine Arts Commission to
pass upon its plans for this building,
which will be on prominent site
facing the great Federal building pro-
gram south of Pennsylvania avenue,
anticipates a new Zoning procedure
proposed in bill now being drafted
for submission to Congress at the
coming session.
Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, executive
secretary of the Park and Planning
Commission. who is engaged with
others in drafting this measure. eX-
pressed qualification at the willingness
of the United Cigar Stores Co. in sub
mitting plans for the building to the
fine arts body. Robert +. Beresford,
chairman. of the Board of Trade COM
mittee on public and private buildings,
and others also commended the COM
pany for its act. and said they hoped
it would prove precedent to be fol-
lowed by others contemplating new
buildings nearby Government struc-
lures or large park areas.
Permits Total Se97.14O.
Plans for the Fourteenth street
building were taken out in the name
Of the United Stores Realty CO., a sub.
sidiary of the United Cigar Stores Co.
The value of all new building opera
lions in the District, exclusive of Fed.
eral projects approved during the
past week amounted to $297 lao, of
which $150,500 was for construction of
Is dwellings of various types. There
were plans also for nine small store
buildings and considerable relnodeling
and repair work. - ~ y.
Plans were revealed also for the con-
struction of a one-story frame Sunday
school building at 1911 Foxhall road
for the st. Adams Parish.
Permits We're issued as follows:
Store and Office Planned.
United Stores Realty Co., owners;
Julius Wenig and II. G.. Mitchell. as.
sociate architects; James L. Parsons,
,jr., builder; to erect one 2-story brick
store and office, SOL Fourteenth street
Cots S11 and S12, square 254), to cost
$s5,000.
Mrs. NJ. S. McConike, owner; ]. w.
Whelan, architect; McConike &
Whelan, builders; to erect one 3-story
stone and tile dwelling, 2435 Kalo-
rama road Cots and 5, square st502).
to. cost $4,000.
Fred w. Strobel, owner; to inclose
Qot 40, square 3247), to cost $500.
Eudora B. johnson, owner: George
T. Santmyers, architect; +. NJ. John
son, builder; to erect two 2-story brick
and tile dwellings, 2S15 and 2S17
Bellevue terrace Qots 10 and II,
square 1879, to cost $4,000.
Eudora B. Johnson, owner; to erect
two brick private garages, 2S15 and
2817 Bellevue terrace tlots 10 and IL,
square 1879, to cost $1,000.
Mrs. Fannie l.. Harvard, owner;
Lewis Homes Mfg. Co., architects; to
erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 5125
Cathedral avenue dots 40 and Al,
square 1449), to cost $4,000.
Max Fillmore, owner and builder;
L. w. Giles, architect; to erect four
2-story brick dwellings, 818 to S24
Sheridan street Qots IL and II, square
2ssO). to cost $4,000.
i William T. Belts, owner; George J.
Fletcher, builder; to erect one, brick
garage, 4911 Forty-sixth street Cots
Is to Is, square 1872, to cost $400.
William T. Belts, owner; Rodier
q Kundzyn, architects; George j.
Fletcher, builder; to erect one 1-story
frame dwelling, 4911 Forty-sixth
street 0ots 13 to Is. square 1922, to
cost $4,000.
Virginia Diem, owner: A. S. ]. At
kinson, architect; George J. G. VIII.
liam Hughes. builders; TO make re-
pairs, 1200-1202 G street Got sos,
square 2S9), to cost $1,000.
Three One.story Stores.
B. D. Friedman, owner; George T..
Santmyers. architect; Federal Con.
struction Co, builders: to erect three
1-story brick stores. 1407, 1909 and
I41l T street dots So4 and SO, square
205). to cost 1000.
Mrs. r. P. Whitty, owner; j. A.
Richards, builder; to make repairs,
925 Four-and-a-half street southwest
DOT ], square 499), to cost $4,000.
= John J. Cleary, owner and builder;
l.. w. Giles, architect; to erect one
2-story brick rear addition, roo Second
+. street Got s02, square So, to cost
$1,000.
NJ. A., and ]. r. Duffey, owners;
2 John r. Duffey, architect and builder;
to erect addition, II p street Got 807,
square 615), to cost $500.
8 r. Lee Horton, owner and builder;
Harry A. Brandt. architect: to erect
three 1-story brick stores, 5112, STA