Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-09
Home Owning Building Page for Washington
THE STAR WILL SPONSOR FIVE
MODEL HOMES THIS SEASON
VIC. GA. N. Miller to Build First of 1927
Group to Demonstrate Advantages
of Ownership.

IL v~v own sour home and enjoy
the feeling OF financial security ano
independence that results from home
ownership? Can you return TO your
residence after the days work ana
think This little place is mine:
Or do YOU live in rented quarters
having out month after month rent
money that win bring no future re-
turn? e..k,;oa
living i'm the United States now own
their homes, according to the latest
connpila ton based on Census Bureau
renorts. and without doubt the great
majority of the people living in this
country have an innate, urgent desire
TO possess homes of their own.
The Star believes in home owner
shin. believes that in home ownership
lies an excellent criterion OF good
citizenship and that. therefore, TOO
great an emphasis cannot be placed
on the planning, building and buying
Of better homes.
Sponsors Five Model Homes.
Seeking to encourage this move.
7nent and to foster the construction OF
houses Of attractive architectural de-
sign. be the home large or small, Inc
Star again this Spring and Summer
will sponsor the building of five dem
onstration model homes, to be located
in Washington and it's Virginia ana
Maryland suburbs.
In order &c coordinate the work OF
the architects, builders and others
participating in the model homes DEM
onstration, The Star is represented Dy
a general supervisory committee of
outstanding men familiar with home
building. who, while holding official
positions in the District government
and the building field, will serve only
IS individuals in this better homes
demonstra ton.
This committee, which already has
been actively engaged in making pre-
1iminary preparations for the bulld-
ing Of the model houses, is composed
OF the following men:
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst who is AS
sistant Engineer Commissioner OF the
District, in charge of coming matters,
named general chairman.
Robert r. Beresford, president OF
the Washington Chapter of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects. who has
been named as supervising architect
nection with the model homes demon
stration.
John E. Maury. president of the
Washington Real Estate Board.
Rufus S. Lusk, who is president of
the Operative Builders Association of
this city. Mr. Lusk also was mem
her of the supervisory committee in
charge of the demonstration last year.
WIN Direct Program.
This committee, to be known as
The Star Model Homes Committee.
will have general charge of the better
homes program throughout the Spring
and Summer, naming the builders who
win erect the model houses, selecting
the sites on which the homes are to
be built and passing on the construc-
ton of houses, which are to be built
from plans approved by Mr.. Beres.
ford, as the supervising architect of
the Home Owners Institute.
The model homes demonstration will
be conducted in Washington In con.
junction with a concerted Better
Homes program inaugurated through
out the country by the Home Owners
Institute of New York City, an organi-
Ration pledged to encourage better
Residential construction.
Aomes were erected in Washington
last year during the better homes DEM
.onstration, there will be but five this
Eear, in order that closer study may
be made by prospective home buyers
ef methods employed in the planning
and construction Of the houses, their
furnishings, ETC.
The Star has undertaken to sponsor
this better homes movement in this
city as service to its readers, pro-
Tiding means whereby the great for
yard strides that have been made may
be demonstrated to the public.
Definite Demand Indicated.
While it is recognized that rented
houses and apartments play d distinct
and vital part in the life of congested
areas, the great volume OF money ex-
pended in Washington annually for
residential construction is taken as in
dicative of the definite demand OF
Washingtonians for homes of their
own.
Largely due to the emphasis that is
placed on beauty or architectural lines
in local construction in Washington
and its suburbs, the Capital is coming
20 be known as 'the city of beautiful
homes
The Star Model Homes Committee
has selected the firm OF W. c. & A. n.
Miller to build the first Of the 1927
model homes. The four other Wash
ington builders win be named later.
when details of the house plans, fur.
nishings Of the homes and other fea-
tures Of the demonstration will be an
nounced
The site of the Miller home already
has been selected and ground will be
broken next week in anticipation of
f. mediate activity in the construction
of the home.
Tentative Dates Selected.
Dates for the starting of the other
four homes, OF course have not as yet
been set, but to give an idea OF tho
general program the follOwir~ tenta-
tive dates have been selected on which
the homes are to be completed, one at
a time July 80, August 81, Septem' er
-, October p and November 10.
On, by one, also, as the construc-
ton OF the homes is started, there win
he descriptive stories and pictures Of
the houses, together with floor plans.