Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07

The above figures cover properties
fronting on Sixteenth street and some
properties fronting on side streets
where they would come within the resi-
dental coming limit of Sixteenth street.
Comparison Of lnterest.
A comparison of the average hand as
SeSSments for the current year, In rela-
ton TO zonlng classiflcations. between
properties on lower Sixteenth street and
other sections may be of interest.
On Sixteenth street from II street to
Scott Circle the average land assess
ment Is $17.05 per square foot These
properties are zoned residential, per-
hitting private dwellings. apartment
houses and hotels, in addition to edu-
cational institutions, the building
height being limited to 90 feet.
On Sixteenth street from Fl to K
streets properties have an average as
sessment of 325.l7 per square foot.
This section is zoned residential and
On Connecticut avenue from Dupont
Circle to Florida avenue the assessed
land values average $l3.78 per square
foot The section Is zOned first COM
mercial and has q 20-foot building
height limit.
On Connecticut avenue. Dupont Cir.
Gle to X street, the average per square
lOOL ASSeSSmSnL lOT IAIu mere IL S1S.tV.
This section Is zoned frSt commercial,
with ll0.foot building height. which
permits q maximum height limit of 1870
feet. with setback above 40 feet. The
section has In the past few years been
rapidly changed from residential to
business
On K street from Sixteenth to Seven
tenth streets, with the exception OF 100
feet Of property nearest to Sixteenth,
h. kaI he
average square foot assessed value Is
$l678 With the exception OF the
southeast corner of Seventeenth and K
streets this property Is zoned first COM
mercial, with 11O-foot height limit.
On the west side of. Seventeenth
street, II to X streets, the average
square foot assessment for land is
$25.77. This section has first CONNER
cial zone, with 11O.foot building height
limit.
closer analysis of assessment fig
ures for dwelling and apartment house
sites on Sixteenth street compared with
those Of other sections may prove In
teresting.
1t was found that the assessed vslua-
tons of dwelling sites on Sixteenth
street from II street to Scott Circle
ranged from 81 to $50 per square foot
The general range of figures for
Massachusetts, Avenue Heights are 50
to S2.75: Kalorama Heights. $1.75 to So:
Sheridan Circle section, 81 to Sll;
Massachusetts, avenue, Dupont Circle to
Florida avenue, 81 to $40: and Six
tenth street, Florida avenue to Co
lumbia road, $l.75 to $3.50.
Apartment houses on lower Sixteenth
street have assessed land valuations as
follows: 1916 Sixteenth street. $12:
1926 Sixteenth, the Presidential Apart
ments, 500; 1907 Sixteenth street,
Greenbrier Apartments, $40: 1903 Six
tenth street, $l3; 1855 Sixteenth street,
$13; corner of Sixteenth and NJ streets,
the Jefferson Apartments, SIS: 1915
Sixteenth street. $40; and 1922 Six
tenth street. $40.
In comparison with these the follow
ing per square foot assessed values on
sites of other apartment houses are
given as follows: Meridian Mansions.
Sixteenth street above Crescent place,
80; Argonne Apartments, Columbia
road and Sixteenth street. $3.50:
Chastleton Apartments, Sixteenth and
r streets, 81; 2lOl Connecticut avenue.
between wyoming and Kalorama ave-
nues, 50; Alban Towers, corner OF
Massachusetts, and wisconsin avenues.
Sl.65; the Fairfax. 2100 Massachusetts,
avenue, $40: Corcoran Courts, Twenty.
third and d streets, $3.50; the Nc
Reynolds. 7O5 Eighteenth street, $3.50:
and the Wisteria, l1Ol Massachusetts
avenue, 81.