Evening star., 1927-04-23
BUILDING PERMITS
HIT MILLION MARK
Press Club Addition Among
Features of Weeks
Program Here.

Building operations authorized II
the District of Columbia during the
past week again climbed above the
million-dollar level, slightly more thar
doubling the total for the preceding
week. Building plans this week ap
proved by the District building in
spector amounted in total value tG
$1,O71.475, as compared to $504,925 for
the week ending April IS.
Included in the new list of opera
tions are plans for the addition of
stories to the II already approved
for the National Press Club Build
Ing, now rapidly being completed on
the site Of the old Ebbitt Hotel at
Fourteenth and + streets. While the
History building was approved by a
special act Of Congress, the permit
for the upper three floors has just
been taken out.
Permits also We're issued for a mum.
ber of apartment structures. A
5-story brick apartment is to be
erected at l901-1905 G street at a cost
of $4,000; 4-story brick apart
ment, costing $4S,O00, is planned for
1920 Oregon avenue another, of
brick and tile construction of two
stories is to be located at 1922 Four
teenth street and another at 22O7-
22l1 Rhode Island avenue northeast.
costing $4,000.
Plans include the erection of ten
2-story brick dwellings at 207-225 Ken
nedy street, at a total cost of $50. 600,
Permits were issued as follows:
National Press Building Co.. owners:
c. w. & George l.. Rapp. designers:
George A. Fuller Co., builders: to erect
one 3-story addition, Fourteenth and
+ streets DOT Sl3, square 2541; TO cost
$3.50 .000
Paul G. Dietrich, owner and builder:
J. h. White, architect; to erect one g
story brick dwelling, 5453 Nebra ska
avenue Got 4, square 2025G to cost
$3.50.
Wolfe. Shapiro & HAYES. owners and
builders; William r. Lamar, architect;
to erect one 2-story brick and tile
apartment, 1922 Fourteenth street dot
rs, square 2696); TO cost $4,000.
Taylor & Cross, owners; George w.
Taylor, architect; James y. jackson.
builder; TO erect one 1-story frame
dwelling. Sol Forty-seventh street
northeast Cots II and II, square 5142)
to cost S2,500.
William Hutton, owner; William
Burke, designer and builder; to make
repairs, 625 Fifty-fifth street DOT Z,
square 521S): TO cost $500.
Il. T.. BraShear- owner and builder;
]. A. Melby. architect: TO erect one 2
story concrete block and frame dwell
ing, 2030 Otis street northeast Got 8,
square 1926; to cost $3.50.
L. r. Brashear, owner and builder:
to erect one metal private garage, 2030
Otis street northeast Qot 3, square
4226l: to cost $500.
Biggs-J ohnson Construction Co.
owners and builders; G. West, archi. |
fect; to erect fourteen 2-story brick
dwellings,, 5146, $50, 5152, 5l56, 5l5s, |
el62, 5lG4, 516S, 5l70, STA, 5176, $3.50,
6lS2 and 51S6 Fulton street Qots % to
rs and west half of lot 20, square !
14l9l; to cost $4,000.
X. s. Beal, jr.. owner, architect and |
builder; TO erect two 2-story brick |
dwellings,. 1929 and 3031 Rodman |
street Cots 1S and IA, square 2O60); to |
cost $4,000
w. M. Ward, owner and builder: |
George T. Santmyers. architect; to |
ersct one 2.story brick dwelling, 1920 |
Montague street DOT 81, square 2796); |
10 cost 81 500.
John J. Carey, owner and builder: |
Vaughn Ferguson G. Co., architects; to |
eFct three 1.story brick stores, 7T3e ;