Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
STAR MODEL HOME
TO Be OPEN TODAY
FoxaII Structure Only One of
1929 Series in Class of
Group Houses.

The public of Greater Washington is
invited today to visit the third of the
= series of model homes being sponsored
this year by The Star and the Opera
tive Builders Association, which will
be opened opened this morning for 4 month of
This is an English group house To-
Gated at 1873 Forty-fourth street, one
of nine attached dwellings of the same
architectural mode. but each of individ-
ual design, erected on the east side
of Forty-fourth street below @ street
in Foxall. 1t has been furnished espe-
cially for the exhibition by w. B. Moses
e. Sons under the direction of Gene
We've Hendricks. interior decorator. and
presents many new ideas in home de-
sign. construction and decoration.
The FoXall model home is the only
group house in the series of 1929 model
dwellings, offering a study greatly diff
-.ferent from the detached houses now
on exhibition or which are to be opened
at later dates. This is called a ''dou
ble-front" house, due to the special at
tention paid to Identification of the
rear elevation, in keeping with modern
trend in building of what formerly was
known as a row" house.
, Meanwhile, the first two houses of
The Star model homes series remains
: ON exhibition and the public is also
lNISO 10 NISll OIle S the large
! modified French style dwelling on Ken
nedy drive in Kenwood, Md, built by
the Kennedy Chamberlin Development
Co, and the other a bright colonial
house of modest size, built by M. & r.
B. Warren at 4509 Elm street, Le-
land, Md.
3, Supervised by Committee.
= The Foxall dwelling was planned and
! constructed under the supervision of
The Star model homes committee, as
were all six of the series. This COM
mittee consists of Horace w. Peaslee,
president of the local chapter of the
American Institute of Architects: Ben
. T. Webster, president of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board: Maj. Donald A.
: Davidson, assistant engineer commits
,ssioner w. j. Waller, vice president of
. the District of Columbia Bankers AS
ISOLATION; Monroe Warren, president of
/! the Operative Builders Association and
Rufus Lusk, secretary of the aSsocia-
ton.
J To reach the Foxall home, drive out
% street through Georgetown, out
Reservoir road to Forty-fourth street,
south or left on Forty-fourth street to
below @ street. The model home is the
. fourth house from the corner. The
house also may be reached by the Bur-
leith bus from Dupont circle and the
Foxhall Village bus to Forty-fourth
street. The bus connection is opposite
/ Western High School.
I Special attention was given to the
rear elevation and the rear yard of
the model home due to its location over
looking Foundry Branch Valley, to the
= east The house has double deck rear
porch, connecting with the living room
on the first floor and two bedrooms on
/ the second floor.
! There are limited service facilities at
! the rear of the house and in the rear
/ lot. but visitors will find these handled
s in manner not blight to the attrac-
= ton of the house.
> Handspring of the property was
: executed under the direction of John
{ H. Small.
Arrangement of House.
/ On the first floor is living room
10 feet 3 inches by Is feet, q dining
room IL feet inches by IS feet 8
inches and kitchen z feet inches by
. IS feet inches. On the second floor
is a master bedroom at the front ID
Z, feet deep by Is feet IL inches wide, a
|. guest bedroom at the rear 10 feet 6
Z inches by IL feet, a nursery 8 feet
4 inches by IL feet and az bath with
shower. There are also two other bed
rooms and a lavatory on the finished
third floor.
There Is a built-in garage, opening
onto Park lane at the rear of the house.
From the basement there is a separate
door opening onto the rear garden
which is on the same level as the base
ment floor This door has an electric
lock controlled by push button in the
kitchen by which the door can be
opened automatically.
: Due to delay in the laying Of gas
mains Forty-fourth street as yet has
not been paved. but there is easy access
- to the house. Sidewalks are completed.