Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
STAR MODEL HOME
J ATTRACTS CROWDS
Wesley Heights Residence
Viewed by Steady Stream
of Visitors.

Opcn.house to Washington at large
ct The Star model home. 2910 Forty
fourth place. Wesley Heights. yester-
day brought out snauy home lovers to
that community to reVel in the model
product of modern architecture, build
ing interior decoration and landscape
gardening.
Thousands filed through the model
home and about its gardened grounds.
During the late afternoon, when the
greatest crowds visited the hone, it
was impossible for the hundreds on
hand to enter the house at the same
time. so while one group viewed the
interior and another capacity crowd
roved over the grounds. the arriving
scores contented themselves with brief
excursions about the neighborhood as
they awaited their turn.
Members of the staff of w. G.. & A.
N. Miller, builders of the home, were
stationed about the premises to direct
the visitors, to explain to them the OPP
Grafton OF the modern equipment with
which the house is plentifully sup
piled and to point out unusual fea-
lures of construction.
Interested i'm Features.
While husbands found themselves
particularly interested in the big fur
mace for the whole Winter and beside
it the gas boiler furnace which, it APP
peared to most ciinker-tired family
heads, would solve the problem of
chilly Fall and Spring eveninSs-wives
busted themselves with minute in
spections of the kitchen with it's gas
operated refrigerator, gas range, one
piece porcelain sink and drain board,
its light and air through ample win
dows, and its well appointed pantry.
Following the inspections Of their IA
vorite features, husbands and wives
united in the visit to the living and
dining rooms.
Comments of appreciation and lively
criticism of planning and furnishing
were heard throughout the day. The
interior decoration, as executed by
w. & j. Sloane, won praise from hus-
bands and wives alike for the needs
of both in the home, seemed amply
provided for.
Ascending the stairs, visitors were
confronted with an example of what
wise planning and appropriate fur
nishing might produce. The four bed
rooms on the second floor, each diff
ferinG from the other in decoration
and furnishing. provided the visiting
home lovers with suggestions for their
present homes or the home they
might be building.
Perhaps the most widely discussed
feature of the whole house. however,
was the third floor. Familiar with the
heat of most attics and rooms under
the roof yesterdays visitors were
almost startled to find two delightfully."-
furnished and really cool rooms. Yes
terday was warm day, but the attic
rooms We're as cool as those on the
second floor. Expressions of real
amazement greeted this discovery as
each new visitor reached the third
floor. Proper building insulation is
responsible for this feature, the build
erS explain.
Parked Autos Jam Street.
Fortyfourth. place was jammed
with the parked automobiles of the
visitors all day yesterday, and scores
of those. who inspected the house,
were particularly interested in the
garage. They found it almost hid
den in grove of trees behind the
house and separated from it by a
little gulley, and reached by curv-
ing roadway. The landscaping of the
ground between the house and garage
as planned by John H. Small Sd, was
another feature which pleased many
of the visitors.
The Wesley Heights home will be
open for public inspection for four
weeks. beginning yesterday, and
representatives of the firm of build
ers will be on hand each day 10 show
the house to the visitors.
The home may be reached by driv-
ing west on Massachusetts, avenue
from Dupont Circle, crossing over
Wisconsin avenue, and Immediately
thereafter bearing slightly left from
Massachusetts avenue. down Cathe.
dral avenue for a distance of one
half mile. This will bring one to the
front door of Wesley Heights, where
the driver should proceed west one
block, turning left. or south, on
Forty-fourth street for one block,
then turning to the right on Haw-
thorne street and travelling in west
erly direction one block to Forty
fourth place. The site is then to the
left. and on the right hand side of
that block-Forty-fourth place be-
tween Hawthorne and Garfield streets.