Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
NEW STAR MODEL
HOME OPEN TODAY
Stately Colonial Structure
at KenWood Ready for
Months Inspection.

A stately colonial home. of mansion
! like proportions, placed in an unusual
| and spacious setting of evergreen and
dogwood trees and handicapped lawns,
will be made available to the public 01
Greater Washington for study this
morning, when The Star model home a.:
Kenwood, Md, is opened for month Of
exhibition.
This house is the third of the series
of four demonstration houses in and
near Washington being sponsored this
year by The Star and the Home Owners
Institute as means of promoting home
ownership and the construction Of bet
ter homes
A cordial invitation is extended by
The Star to all interested in phases of
modern home development to visit the
house today or at any time during the
ensuing month The house will be open
daily from 10 am to 8 pm. An old
! time house servant, garbedf in Colonial
knee breeches and other apparel OF the
Jeffersonian period, as we'll as represent
ativs Of the builders, the Kennedy
Chamberlin Development Co., will be on
hand to receive visitors, who will be
permitted to roam over the house and
its grounds at will, to study features of
the place.
Route to Be Taken.
The Kenwood model home may be
reached by driving out Connecticut
avenue to Bradley lane, turning lett
into the lane to Wisconsin avenue, then
through Bradley boulevard to Kenwood.
The house is at the corner of Ken
nedy drive and Chemberlin avenue.
Bradley boulevard still is under repair,
but the road will be open to traffic.
The house also may be reached by
going out Connecticut avenue to Chevy
Chase Circle, turning left into Grafton
street to Wisconsin avenue, then con-
tinuing west through Dorset avenue to
Kennedy drive in Kenwood, then turn
ing right to the house at Chamberlin
avenue.
The Kenwood model home at once
reveals its palatial proportions and
Colonial treatment. It is situated In "a
setting Of tall trees we'll back from the
streets, leaving wide expanse Of neatly
handicapped lawn in front, unbroken. A
winding brick walk laid in herringbone
pattern, leads to the entrance from the
lar right of the lot, and the driveway
to the garage, at the ;ear of the house,
leads In from the extreme left of the
property.
The facade of the house Is featured
by a two-story, semlcircular portico
at the front entrance, large solarium
jutting from the lett side of house,
where maximum of sunlight and air
will be available; an oriel window IN
the dining room on the right side of
the house, three interesting dormers
which pierce the notified slate roof in
the front, and great. double Colonia!
chimneys on either side of the main
u;ino 0f the houSa
Unusual Color Scheme.
The dull red of the colonial brick
walls of the house, the glistenlng
white of the portico and its crowning
balustrate, the white of the solarium
and the modest green tone OF the typl-
cal colonial blinds on the large windows
of the first and second floors of the
house lend to the dwelling an unusual
color scheme which is augmented by
the green of the wide lawns, shrubs
and evergreen and dogwood trees.
The house has been furnished Tor
the month of exhibition by Mayer &
Co. of this city. in keeping with the
Jeffersonian colonial architectural style
of the dwelling. Conservative in tone,
to conform to the whole atmosphere
of the stately building, the furnishings
and drapertes and other decorations
are at the same time rich in color.
Green is the prevailing color of all
major floor coverings, and providing
variety to the interior color scheme,
the dominating tones of the draperies
and furnishings of the various rooms
are burnt orange, bronze, wiSteria and
different shades Of green, for the most
part.
A baby grand reproducing piano and
radio set have been installed In the
house to furnish music for the enter
tainment of visitors while they inspect
the home.
Construction Feature.
A feature of the construction Of the
house is the heavy concrete slab base
laid for the first floor. This gives great
rigidity to the whole house structure
and, In addition, serves as barrier to
any possible annoyance from dust or
noise in the basement and as barrier
to fire in the basement.
There is a commodiouS living room
to the left of the center hall on the
ground floor, adjoining which is the
sun room on the left OF the house. At
the front right of the house Is the din
ing room, and back of this are break
fast room and kitchen, which has two
exposures, and at the rear constitu-
ent part of the house, is the garage
On the second floor is master bed
room on the left, with an adjoining
dressing room and bath and cedar
closet, and on the right are two bed
rooms, served by separate baths, while
at the extreme rear, over the garage,
are the servants rooms.
On the third floor are two additional
bedrooms, one furnished for girl and
the other for a boy. There is. a large
bath off the third-floor hallway, and
adjoining the girls room is cedar
closet of great size. Opening off the
boys room is a large storeroom.