Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-02
D. C.. PERMITS REACH HIGHEST.
r WEEKLY TOTAL THIS YEAR
Apartment House to Cost ST 500 900 Heads
3. List of Private Building
Projects.

Plans. for the Mammoth Apartm emf
House, costing 81 $780, 900, to be erected
tby the Ell g. Kay Building Investment
Co, Inc, at 1901 Devonshire place
were included in the new list of private
construction operations approved this
week by Col. John w. Oehmann, build
ing inspector. This project Swelled the
estimated total cost of all new work
here. exclusive of Federal operations,
to $1,743,830. the highest weeks total
thus far this year.
The apartment structure, to be known
as Woodley Park Towers, has been
designed by Louis T. Rouleau, architect.
1t Will be of an unusually radical plan
in outline. providing additional light,
air and outlook to the apartments in the
various wings to the rear, and will
overlook wooded park era. 1t will be
of five stories of brick facades orna-
mented by stone trim and plans call
for extensive landscape development.
There will be garages in the structure
Tor tenants and other special services
are included in plans.
Permits were issued this week also
Tor 80 dwellings of various classes, for
several business buildings and repair
and remodeling work. Permits were is
sued as follows:
Ell g. Kay Building g. Investment Co,
inc. owners and builders; Louis T. Rou-
leau, architect; to erect one five-story
brick and concrete apartment building,
2901 Devonshire place (parcel $3.50,
square 2106) to cost $1.500,000.
j. Freeman and I. Feldman. owners
and builders; l.. w. Giles. architect; to
erect nine two-story brick dwellings.
1920 to 1880 Minnesota avenue, and
17l7, IS and - Seventeenth street
southeast dots 1865 to 1877, inclusive,
square 5000 to cost $45 900.
Six 2-Story Homes.
Cooley Bros, owners and builders;
George T. SantmyerS, architect; to erect
six two-story brick dwellings, 410 to
420 Gallatin street northwest dots II
to Is, square $3.50 to cost $4,000.
A. B. Johnson, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect
four 2-story brick dwellings, 4610 to
46l6 Arkansas avenue dots 81 to "a,
square 28lD, to cost $4,000.
Theodore w. Noyes, owner: j. L.
Parsons, jr., builder; to reconstruct
elevator shaft and make general repairs
72l Eleventh street dot 80, square 345),
to cost $4,000.
Young Enterprises, owners and build
ers; George T. SantmyerS, architect; to
erect two 2-story brick flats, 1919 and
1921 A street northeast (lots so and 81,
square 1084) to cost $4,000.
Edwin Jacobson, owner. designer and
builder, to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling, 5452 Broad Branch road Qot
10, square 2026), to cost $500.
P. M. Brown, owner and builder; o.
E. Volland, designer: to erect one
1-Story brick store. 1900 Seventh street
.(lot 800, square 416), to cost $4,000.
Edwin Jacobson, owner, designer and
builder. to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 5408 Nebraska avenue 0ots 81
and 81, square 2024), to cost $4,000. r.
Walter q. Kolb, owner and designer:
Morrison Bros, builders; to erect one,
2-story brick and tile dwelling, 490l
Albemarle street dots / and "A, square
1850, to cost $1,000. q
Frame Dwelling.
Ralph E. Lancaster, owner and
builder; Sears, Roebuck & Co., design
ers; to erect one 2-story frame DWELL