Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
DOOM OF OLD HOME
AWAITED BY OWNER
Louis Schneider, 80, PAGES
Yard Condemned for Street
Extension.

A stopped and gray old man may be
seen strolling around yard at Wis
consin avenue and Thirty-seventh
street, pausing now and then to con-
template the old red-brick house which
stands on the corner.
For So years that yard has been his,
and for most Of that period the house
has been his home. In 1t his five
children, four of his IA grandchildren
and two of his three great-grand-
children have played. And now 1t Is
about to be torn down to make way for
the extension Of Calvert street.
PAGES Yard He Loves.
The thought saddens its owner, Louis
Schneider, 80 years old, and that is
why he spends so much Of his time
pacing the yard-because he wants to
see as much of his old home as possible
before it is no more.
Mr.. Schneider was only % years old
when he and his wife, Mrs. Ozella
Schneider, moved into a house which
stood but a few feet from the site Of
the aged mans present home.
The place was owned by David
Green, butcher, by whom Mr.
Schneider was employed. Within a
few years, Mr.. Schneider and his
brother, the late John C. Schneider,
had saved enough money to buy the
house and the two-acre tract on which
1t was located
The Schneiders lived in the Green
dwelling until twin houses of the semi
detached type were built next door.
They then moved into the new homes,
and the old building was demolished.
Retired Twenty Years Ago.
And Mr.. Schneider has been there
ever since, carrying on his butcher busi-
ness until about 20 years ago, when he
retired. With the exception of one
daughter, Mrs. Lillian M. Trueworthy,
all OF Mr.. Schneider'S children have
established homes elsewhere. Mrs.
Trueworthy, her son, daughter and
two grandchildren still live there, how
ever. They, too, are saddened by the
prospect Of having to vacate the old
house. Mr.. Schneider's other children
are Mrs. Mary Kingla, Louis NJ.
Schneider, Mrs. Madeline G. Hanson
and James Raymond Schneider
Mr.. Schneider's wife died three years
ago. about two years after the proposal
to extend Calvert street was made.
The proposal was bitterly contested
by owners OF property so situated as to
be affected by the extension. After con-
siderable controversy which involved
litigation, however, the project was def
nttely decided upon and condemnation
proceedings were begun. Mr. Schnei-
der's home was appraised at $4,000.
Feels Home Is Doomed.
There is a possibility enough of the
house may be left standing TO justify
remodeling it, as the street, according
to the present plans, would cut through
the building at an angle which would
leave triangular-shaped portion of the
dwelling standing.
Mr.. Schneider is not optimistic
about this, however. He feels that his
old home is doomed, and that he might
just as well reconcile himself to the
fact that he will have to spend the re-
mainder of his life amid new and
strange surroundings. Just where that
will be, he has not yet decided.
Although I've been told work on the
extension will get under way pretty
soon" he said I'm not going to make
any plans until get my 80 days notice
to vacate. There's no use being in a
hurry to leave home-especially one in
which you've spent most of your life
and which you have learned to love-"