Evening star., 1927-05-14
CAPITAL BUILDING
REACHES NEW Low
Permits for Construction
Work During Week Total
S247,525.

Construction projects authorized II
the District of Columbia during the
past week reached the low level oi
S247.525, according to the report oi
building plans approved by Col. Johr
w. Oehmann. building inspector. The
total for the preceding week was
$f.405, ,4S0
Twenty-four homes are provided for
IN the new list of operations approved
The majority of the permits, however
were for repair or remodeling work,
with n large number providing for
construction of garages. There were
no apartments in the list.
The largest project approved calls
for the erection of eight 2-story brick
dwellings, in the $500 block of
Beecher street. at a total cost of
S400 The Presbyterian Home of
the District of Columbia will erect a
two-story brick and tile addition to
their home at 1910 Newton street,
costing $3S,000.
Permits were issued as follows:
Cosmos Theater Co., owners; Hoff-
man-Heron Co, Philadelphia. Pa,
architects and builders: TO make re-
pairs. Thirteenth and f streets, Earle
Building dot SO, square 290), to cost
$1,000.
Capt. J. #. Eddie. owner: Davis,
Wick Rosengarten Co.. Inc, builders:
TO make repairs, 1923 Sixteenth street
Got S11. square 179), to cost $4,000.
II. III. kameron, owner; Durable
Garage Co. builders; TO erect one
metal garage. 926 Emerson street Dot
SS. square Sold, to cost $500.
Poretsky, Silver & Rosen, owners
and builders: G. T. Santmyers. archi-
tect: to erect addition. 1868 Neal
LfT
TO cost $400.
Thomas w. Dorsey. owner and
builder: L. W. Giles. architect; to erect
one 1-story frame dwelling, 5016
Sheriff road northeast Qots 40 and SO,
square $1,000. to cost $4,000.
st. Josephs Church. owners; to
erect wall or fence, 220 c street north
east DOT sos, square 1850, to cost
$1,000.
Ii. Kramer, owner and builder; r.
G. Archer, jr., architect; to make re-
pairs, 2S39 Eighteenth street DOT 62,
square 2560), to cost 5000.
James T. Mullikin, owner; Charles
A. Lohr, builder; to make repairs, 636
Alabama avenue southeast DOT 40,
squar 5954), to cost 81 500.
The Presbyterian Home of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, owner: Arthur B.
Heaton, architect; Skinker & Garrett,
builders; to erect one two-story l-ick
and tile addition. 1910 Newton street
Cots S67, S39. Sal. S43. S45 and S26,
square 26l5), to cost $4,000.
George w. Vedderburn, owner and
builder; to erect one one-story frame
dwelling, 3619 Austin street southeast
dots 80 and 36, square 56SD, to cost
Sc, 500.
NJ. Il. Lands. owner and builder; A.
II. Bellman, designer: to erect one
two-story frame dwelling, 2211 Kear-
ney street northeast Qot 80, square
424S), to cost $4,000.
Mrs. l.. Mcdaniel Browne, owner;
Donald ID. Simpson, architect: Frank
Simpson, builder; to erect one two
story frame dwelling, 3406 Lowell
street Got 4, square 2090), to cost
S14,S75.
Joseph Xander, owner and builder;
l.. w. Giles. architect: to inclose porch,
4531 New Hampshire avenue DOT 50,
squa-e 330Sl, to cost $500.
James Kerr, owner; MartiT. Bros,
builders; to make repairs, 1909 Con-
necticut avenue DOT 500, square I'D,
to cost So, ,000.
Michael Walsh, owner and builder;
A. S. J. Atkinson, architect; to erect
one two-story brick dwelling, 20 Ninth
street northeast Got 26, square 941),
to cost $4,000.
-Washington Gas Light Co., owners
and builders; j. B. Fox, architect; to
erect one one-story rear brick addi-