Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
STAR MODEL HOME
At FOXALL OPEN
Many View English Group
House, Which May Be
Seen for Month.

Throngs Of visitors yesterday passed
through the English group house at
1909 Forty fourth street, in Foxall, the
second of the series of model homes
sponsored this year by The Star in CO.
operation with the Operative Builders
Association.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public of Greater Washington to in
spect this unusual and expertly plan
ned dwelling today or during the en-
suing month. The house will be open
daily between the hours Of 8 am. and
10 pm.
The house was erected by Waverly
Taylor, Inc, from plans by Waverly
Taylor In collaboration with Porter g.
Locke, local architects. 1t has been
furnished for the exhibition by the de-
partment store Of w. B. Moses & Sons.
The Foxall model home. Is reached by
driving out @ street and Reservoir road,
past the new Georgetown University
Medical Building, to Forty-fourth
street, then left on Forty-fourth for
three blocks to the model home, be-
tween Volta place and p street The
house is marked by Star model home
sign.
Find Many New Features.
Visitors who attended the opening
yesterday found many new features in
home design, equipment and decoration
which brought forth expressions Of ap-
probation and approval.
There was the neat landscaping plan,
In which the lawns, walks, distinctive
steps, flowers, shrubs and stone pedestal
in the rear garden all served to provide
charming setting for the house. At
the rear the visitors found an appealing
outlook over Foundry Branch Valley,
the large hillside and ravine area Of
natural forest, which Is to be developed
into Q Government park.
Another feature is the covered porch,
which is q constituent part Of the
architectural plan of the house, which
provides an inviting entrance into the
house proper where one found himself
In an entrance hall, both charming and
practical in treatment, with tile floor
ing and having coat closet. From this
the visitor stepped through an arched
opening into the living room. From
this position one could look through
the dining room and screened rear
porch out upon the forested section to
the rear.
While men found favor with the
workable arrangement Of the basement,
with its adjoining garage partly under
the house and partly under the rear
porch, modern heating system and other
service features, the visiting fair sex
were voicing appreciation over the
compact facilities of the practical plan
Of the kitchen with its efflcient array
window overlooking the park, mechen-
ical refrigeration, special lighting plan
and storage cupboards.
Third Floor Attractive.
On the second floor were found
master bed room at the front, two other
bed rooms at the rear, both connecting
with second-story screened rear porch
An especially attractive feature Of
this model home is the third floor which
is distinctive both in arrangement and
Across the front of this floor is q study
or sitting room where one may retreat
for rest or study, secluded from the
other portions of the house. At the
rear Is an additional bed room, with o
private bath with built-in shower. Both
rooms have walls of heavy insulating
material which has been painted and
Stippled to present an unusual and
pretty mottled effect, the lighter tones
Of the base color showing through the
tints of the top coat.
The ceilings of the rooms of this floor
are high and show largely the broken
roof lines of the house. The ceilings
are sufficiently vaulted to provide full
use of the room without the slanting
roof lines interfering with movement
about the rooms.
The house, one of group of eight Of
the same general architectural motif,
each of which differs somewhat from
its neighbor in plan, Is Of the double
front" character, with special attention
being given TO the rear elevation and
raar laur IN eliminate the UnnIepsa