Evening star., 1931-12-26
BUILDING
ADDS TO CAPITAL
Many New Projects Listed in
Last Year Change
Skyline.

Progress in the physical development
of the National Capital by private
builders, which has brought many last
ing changes to the skyline, is shown in
the following list of new projects which
were approved in the last year:
Five-story apartment house at 1920
Fuller street, costing 5000, ,OO0 project
of the Ell & K Building and Investment
Co.. the huge third unit of the West
chester Apartments at 1000 Cathedral
avenue. overlooking Glover Parkway, an
eight-Story building having an esti-
mated cost of S3000,000 and owned by
the Westchester Development Corpora
ton: four-Story warehouse for the
Hansen-Owen Co, at 1921 Fourth
street northeast costing S75,000
The eight-story medical Office build
ing at 1928 I street, built by the 1925
l Street Corporation, the cost of which
was estimated at $650000; History
apartment for Baer g. Scholz at 2l50
Pennsylvania avenue, having a cost of
$780, 900; seven-story apartment build
ing at 5000 Fourteenth street, built by
Goldsmith & Keller, the cost being
S425 900: four story warehouse at 1927
First street northeast for the Palais-
Royal Department Store Co., costing
$250,000.
Home Costs $4,000.
Home for Raymond T. Baker, direc-
tor of the mint under the Wilson ad-
mlniStratlOn. a three-Story residence at
2300 FoXhall road, having an estimated
cost of $4,000; three-story printing
plant for the National Capital Press, at
301 N street northeast. having an esti-
mated cost of $4,000; three story
warehouse for the Thomas Somerville
Co. at 1885 First street northeast, hav-
ing a cost of S81,OOO
Eleven-Story apartment hotel built by
Lester A. Barr at 1913 G street at an
estimated cost of S275.OOO: church
structure for the Latter Day Saints be-
ing erected at 2810 Sixteenth street, at
the corner of Columbia road. having an
estimated construction cost Of SITS, 900.
Three-story garage building for L. P
SteUart Co., at 1436-l446 P street, hav-
ing a construction cost of Sl15,000
four-story dormitory for Emergency
Hospital at 1912 F street, costing S20,-
900: five-story apartment for Monroe g.
Hugh Warren at go Rhode Island ave-
nue., having a cost estimated at S225,-
600; five-story apartment building for
Seaboard Realty Co. at 1911 Georgia
avenue, $l25,000 five-story apartment
building, an addition to the headquar-
terS Of the Board of Temperance, Pro-
hibition and Public Morals of the
Methodist Church, at ia Maryland
avenue northeast, costing s33O,000.
Cathedral Work Advanced.
FiVe-story apartment building for
Seaboard Realty Co. at 770l Georgia
nv 11nJ IF
three and half story dormitory for
the Capuchin Fathers at 4121 Hare
wood road, costing SOS, 900; transcept
and roof for Washington Cathedral,
Woodley road and Wisconsin avenue,
costing 100000; five-story apartment
for Southern Construction Co., at 1925
Connecticut avenue, costing $500,000.
Six-story office building for the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey at POI
B street, costing an estimated sum of
Sl.250000: three story apartment build
ing. G. B. Mullin Co., at 4025 Thir-
teenth street, costing $4,000: four
story office building for the National
Geographic Society at 1856 Sixteenth
street. costing 1891 900.
Two-story telephone exchange build
ing at 1853 Wisconsin avenue for the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone Co.,
estimated to cost $4,000; eight-story
apartment building at 1906 Wisconsin
avenue. for Gelman Construction Co.,
estimated to cost S275000.
Remodeling of building at 613 G
street for the Hecht Co., department
store. estimated to cost 100000; church
building project at the Washington
Cathedral Wisconsin avenue and
Woodley road, estimated to cost 100000:
four-storv dormitorv at 235 Second
street northeast, Young Women's
Christian Home, estimated construc-
ton cost of $95,000
Shop building at 1917 U street for
the District of Columbia Repair Shop
estimated to cost $4,000; settlement
house at 608 Massachusetts, avenue for
the Christ Child Society. estimated to
cost 100000; fire station at Thirteenth
and K streets, for the District Fire De-
partment estimated to cost Sl50,000.
Two-storv dormitory building at
Randall Station. Md. for the nurses
home at the District of Columbia Chill
dren's tuberculosis Sanatorium, esti-
mated to cost $50 900. and a three-story
parish house for the Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Church, 1866 Chevy Chase
parkway, estimated to cost $4,000.
Other projects placed on file with the
District building inspector In the last
few days include plans for a five-story
apartment house at 552l Colorado ave-
nue., by the Webster Construction Co.
estimated to cost $500, 900: a two-story
manufacturing building for the Colonial
Ice Cream Co. at 4i6 Canal street
southeast. estimated 10 cost 100000
and four-story lodge building at is4g
Ninth street for the Grand United
Order ot Odd Fellows, having an esti.