Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Public Urged to See Sill
yer Star Project In
Foxall.
STRIKING DESIGNS
PLEASING TO VIEW
Sixteen Attached Homes Of
fer New Standards of
Convenience.
r INTERESTING roof lines, rear lawns

INTERESTING roof lines, rear lawns
free from service facilities that mar
the view, an attractive combination
of stone, brick and stucco as ex-
terror facing materials, and happy
Arrangement of rooms-these are 1ea-
lures OF the Silver Star Homes now
on display in Foxall under auspices OF
The Star.
This development on the north side
Of Volta place, between Forty fourth
street and Foxhall road, west OF Foun-
dry Branch Valley, tomorrow Will enter
the second week of its month OF exhlbl-
ton in the Silver Star Homes program.
The public Is invited to visit the
group of houses at any time In the
next three weeks, between am. and
10 pm, to make q leisurely inspection
of their design, planning, construction,
landscaping and other features.
individuality Preserved.
Here are found Is attached houses.
all having an English architectural
motif, the whole project being planned
as one mass, yet with ltS evening
being given individuality In outline.
Some OF the houses are OF Two Storles.
with six main rooms. Others are of
three stories, with eight rooms. Heavy
double chimneys, capped by tile Chin
Eey pots, rise into view above the
broken lines of the roofs, adding in
terest to the picture.
Gable ends, dormers and the roofs
Of the front entrance porcnes aoo
variety to the appeal of the group house
architectural plan. Some of the slant
ing, hipped roofs are presented broad
side to view from the front and the
rich color of the slate forms a part
of the color scheme. Shrubbery, planted
near the base of the facades, Softens
the effect.
The front lawns are unbroken, ex-
cept for the neat concrete entrance
walks. The rear lawns present much
the same restful appearance, due, to a
plan for shielding from view the service
facilities. A neat wire fence separates
each lawn from its neighbor.
With the brick garden wall near the
rear of the lots as background, and
suitable planting of poplarS, crabapple
trees and shrubbery, there is ample OPP
portunity for the development OF
charming rear garden treatment, 1t is
explained by John H. Small, Sd, land
scape architect, a member of the Silver
Star Homes Committee, which Is in
charge of The Stars better homes
program.
Space in this Silver Star Homes de-
velopment, he points out, has been. pro-
vided for trash containers, suitably
screened from view behind the garden
wall, and garbage receptacles sunk be-
low the level of the ground practically
eliminate these necessities from view.
They are located beyond the rear gar
den wall, where the ground level is well
below that of the rear garden. The
garage Of each house also Is hidden
back Of the garden wall.
Socket holders for removable clothes
dryers have been set into the. rear
lawn, so as to avoid the necessity of
maintaining permanent clothesline
poles.
On the rears of the houses are two
story porches of comfortable depth,
which have been screened to give them
warm weather Inability, the upper
porches being available for use as a
sleeping porch. The rough-hewn tim
bers of the porch structures have been
stained a neutral tone, blending well
with the dominating colors of the
houses.
To return to details Of the frontal