Evening star., 1929-06-10
CROWDS INSPECT
STAR MODEL HOME
Novel Treatment Adds Inter-
est and Beauty to English
House in Foxall.

| Despite rain yesterday morning, clear
ing skies after noon brought great
thtong Of visitors to The Star model
home in Foxall, the third of the series
of demonstration dwellings being spon-
Sored this year by The Star and the
Operative Builders Association.
The house, one of nine English group
houses erected on the east side OF
Forty-fourth street. just below Q street.
| in Foxall overlookS the WOODED slopes
of Foundry Branch Valley.
! The dwelling was crowded all after
noon and visitors were arriving as late
as o'clock in the evening. There
will be ample time for all interested II
modern home planning and conStruc-
main on exhibition throughout the
month.
Novel Treatment is Discovered.
The Foxall n gel home is the only
"nttached" dwelling in the series OF this
wear. and additional interest Is attached
To it in that it is of the double front
type. special attention having been given
To Identification of the rear elevation
and the rear lot, which affords nne
vista over the valley below.
visitors found a sodded rear yard
! md running along the edge OF the val
lev is Park lane instead OF an alley.
/ Garbage receptacles sunk below the
! level of the lawn practically eliminate
| this ordinarily unsightly though neceS-
sary service convenience OF "a mouse
Then there we're seen removable Whlrl-
! ing clothes dryers, as part OF the rear
ward equipment solving the problem OF
clothes lines and poles.
The brick wall of the garage. built
under the rear porch. visitors discovered,
had been extended sufficiently to form
| q screen behind which could be placed
ash and trash cans awaiting collectlon
The building of the garage on the
ground level. under the double-deck rear
porch avoided the construction OF
separate garage building at the end OF
| tho rear lot and also MADE Tor greS-'
| convenience for the householder by pro-
viding a covered access to the garage
! from the house.
The house is distinctly English inh its
, conception. although it is decidedly mod
! ern in its planning and finishing. 1t Is
Of brick construction, in full range OF
| rich red colors and laid with some
| Clinker brick in the interesting English
garden bond pattern.
| Porch Is Covered.
There is a covered front entrance
! porch which adds to the architectural
appesrance and also provides An en-
! trance hall before the living room across
the front of the house.
/ Forming contrast in the color scheme
of the exterior are slate shingles OF
! variegated colors of green and purple,
/ tinted stucco on panels on the side OF
| the entrance porch at the front and
adzed structural timbers of cypress and
oak. which have been stained a
weathered gray brown.
Another feature is the vista from the
front entrance, through the living room
and dining room beyond and out onto
! the valley at the rear of the property.
i The dining room opens onto the rear
porch.
To the left of the dining room is the
specially designed kitchen with its un-
usual cupboards on either side OF the
large kitchen window, special cupboard
in the rear wall for temorary storage OF
/ vegetables, and other modern equip
ment.
On the second floor is the master
bedroom, at the front, with guest
room and nursery at the rear, both
of which connect with the screened
rear porch On the finished third
/ floor are two additional bedrooms with
an adjoining lavatory.
| The house was built for the DEM
| onstration by Waverly Taylor, Inc, and
! was designed by Waverly Taylor, In
I association with PORTE & Locke. 1t
was furnished for the demonstration by
w. B. Moses & Sons under the direc-
! tion of Genevieve Hendricks.