Evening star., 1928-11-04
STAR MODEL HOME
WILL OPEN TODAY
FoxhaII Village House to
Provide Opportunity for
Months Inspection.

The public of Greater Washington
today will be given its fourth oppor-
tunity of the year to inspect a model
home, erected for exhibition under the
sponsorship of The Star, when the
English group house at 4422 @ street,
in Foxhall Village, is opened to the
public for a month of free inspection
and study.
This house, erected for the demon
stration by the firm of Boss & Phelps,
from plans drawn by James E. Cooper,
local architect, is the last of the 1923
Star model homes 1t is the only one
of The Star exhibition dwellings OF
this year of the group house type and
in many other ways, also, differs widely
from the three houses opened earlier
in the Summer and Fall.
The house is the central unit of
group of nine on the south side OF Q
street, overlooking large Government
reservation just being completed in the
center of the street, and also affords
vista of the Foundry Branch Valley,
east of Forty-fourth street, part OF
which is being developed as an extern
sion of the elaborate Government park
way system.
Suggestions Invited.
The model dwelling will be open
daily throughout the month from 9
am. to pm and during this time
visitors are cordially invited by The
Star to inspect it fer suggestions con-
cerning the planning, decoration, fur
nishing,. equipment and landscaping OF
house of this type.
The place may be reached by driving
out @ street to Wisconsin avenue,
north to Reservoir road. west 20 Forty
fourth street. south to Q street and
then a half block west to the house
Foxhall Village also may be reached by
bus from Dupont circle and by street
car to Foxhall Station, about three
blocks south of the village.
The house is unusually large tor
group house, consisting o. three stories
and containing 10 main rooms, three
baths with shower equipment, lull-
size basement, and having a two-car
garage at the extreme rear OF the lot.
The facade of the dwelling Is featur-
ed by a great gable and bay in the
upper two stories which overhangS the
first story in old English style. The
bay is of Stucco and exposed timber
work construction and other authentic
English touches are use of large, mold
ed clay chimney pots on the brick
chimney, stone balls on stone bases at
either side of the main section of the
facade. Interest also is lent to the
front of the house by the double ter
raced lawn which is marked off on
either side by neat brick retaining
walls.
The rear yard is as attractive as the
front. having as its focal point an
English rock garden, which contains
stone bird bath surrounded by tagging
and gravel walks, lawn and shrub and
flowers neatly arranged. The inner
wall of the garage at the rear of the lot
Is in keeping with this garden having
in its face three large receSseS in which
have been constructed lattice work on
which later will climb rose bushes
Running across the front of the
house is large living room, at the
right side of which is the winding
staircase leading to the upper floors,
and at the other, an English style fire.
place having a hand-carved oak man.
tel and stone base. On either side of
the fireplace are buit-in bookcases.
Trimming Distinctive.
Lending a distinctive tone to the
house is the natural, light color, wax
finish given the oak trimming through
out the lower door. The rough texture
sand finish walls of this floor have
been painted light tone to conform
to the color of the woodwork.
The living room is connected by an
open archway with the dining room
at the left rear of the building, which
In turn adjoinS the breakfast room and
kitchen at the center and right rear.
There are four bedrooms on the
second floor, the master bedroom at
the left front having an adjoining
private bath; while the third floor is
treated in an unusual fashion with
studio or lounge room at the front,
which has an adjoining bedroom at the
rear, reached through an open arch.
The bedroom also opens into the lat
teral hall in this floor At the head of
the stairs is a room furnished as a
study or office while adjoining the
studio is large cedar closet
The studio has the distinctive fea-
ture Of vaulted ceiling in which show
the lines Of the steep-pitched gable and
hip roof. From the peak of the ceiling
hangs an old English shop lantern.