Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
STAR MODEL HOME
: FINAL OF SERIES
Rock Gables, at Redwood
B Terrace and East Beach
Drive Opens Today.

The 1929 Star model home demon
stration enters its last stage today with
the opening Of Rock Gables, the sixth
of the series of exhibition houses spon-
sored this year by The Star and the
Operative Builders Association.
This palatial stone dwelling, which
shows the influence Of the English
gentleman's farm house Of the fifteenth
and sixteenth senturies, in Cotswold
manner, is located at Redwood terrace
and East Beach drive, in Rock Greek
Park Estates, In the northern tip OF the
District, adjoining Rock Creek Park.
Unusually distinctive in architectural
outlines, construction, decoration and
finishing, this house Is the largest and
most costly of the 1929 Star model
home series, affording subject of In
tereSting study In modern home build
E. Cooper, local architect, by the Will
liam p. Lipscomb Co. for the Edison
w. Briggs Co., developers. 1t has been
furnished for the exhibition, which will
continue daily for month, by w. d J.
Sloane Co.
TO reach this house, drive out Six
tenth street to Kalmia road, left on
the road into East Beach drive, then
north to the intersection with Redwood
terrace.
Invitation In General.
A cordial invitation to all interested in
modern home building to visit the
house this afternoon or any day DUR
ing the ensuing month by The Star
model homes committee which has SUI
pervision over all the model homes.
This committee consists of Monroe
Warren, president of the Operative
Builders Association; Maj. Donald A.
Dawson, assistant engineer commits
sioner in charge of building and 2oin-
ing; w. j. Waller, president OF the Dis
trict of Columbia Bankers Association;
Ben T. Webster, president of the WASH
ington Real Estate Board; Horace w.
Peaslee, president of the local chapter
j of the American Institute of Archi-
tect, and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary OF
the Operative Builders Association.
Visitors to Rock Gables will find q
large stone dwelling of two main floors,
the predominant characteristics being
its rugged outlines, fine finishing, I'M
usually thick and sturdy walls and gen.
lines of the heavy slate roof; interesting
stone gables, the deep reveals" OF the
windows and doorways, the landscaping
plan which includes a formal garden in
the rear lot and the dignity OF the gen.
eral lines of the house.
This house, which Is more than 100
feet in width, contains eight main rooms,
all of commodious size, four baths and
an extra lavatory; in addition to ur-
usual closet space, storage room, two
maids rooms, three-car garage, base
ment of adequate size for the heating
plant and other service features, pam
try and cold closet. There is heavy,
covered porch at the left end OF the
building, two-story rear porch with
a roof deck serving the second floor and
Q stone terrace opening off the library.
First Floor Attractive.
Unusual interest and attractiveness
Is given the first floor by the three diff
ferent floor levels. From the entrance
lobby, which is on the ground level with
the front door, one finds two steps lead
ing to the main stairhall and to the left
of this hall are two steps down to the
gives extra height to the living room.
There is q great fireplace at the end
of the living room, second fireplace Is
found in the dining room, to the right OF
the stairhall. while there Is third
in the master bedroom, over the living
room.
The house will be open today from l
during the next four weeks from 10 am.
to pm.
Meanwhile, three other houses in the
1929 Star model home series, which were
opened to the public at earlier dates,
remain on exhibition and the public Is
invited to visit them as well as the
Estates home. These are the English
group house at 1878 Forty-fourth street,
in Foxall, built by Waverly Taylor, Inc;
the brick colonial dwelling at 1347 Iris
street, Shepherd Park, built by L. E.
Breuninger & Sons, and the large, new
England colonial house at 1907 Row.
land place, Richmond Park, built by
William d, Sterrett