Evening star., 1932-03-12
Homecoming and Building Section Washington and Suburbs
SMALL HOUSES TO SHOW
WAY IN HOME BUILDING
Survey Indicates They Will Reveal First Signs of
Revival i'm Residential Construction, With
1882 s'Critical Year.

MALL house construction, in
signs of revival in residentis
~ and 1882 probably will be
residential trends, according
Corporation, statisticians.
New residential building in
tendency to turn upward. In fact
produced turn for the better, v
developments, proved to be short
'T'he year 1882 probably is t,
Dental trends. If the curve durin
1921 low level then it would appe
Is in the offing.
1T is not that any abrupt return to
the levels of 1925 or 1923 Immediately
looms. 1t is rather that the volume of
residential building will return to
level commensurate with requirements
below which it has fallen consistently
for the past year.
Small Houses First
'It is highly probable that the small
house will give first signs of revival in
residential building" the report, pub
lished by General Building Contractor,
continues. This conclusion seems to be
warranted from the building permit
record of small house construction in
257 American cities over the 12-year
period of 1920-1931, inclusive. From
study of this record it is seen that 1925
was the peak year of small house con-
struction. Since then each succeeding
year showed a smaller number OF new
housing units in this housing type than
In the preceding year.
six wears of continuous decline in
small house construction, coupled with
the fact that 1881, of all the years OF
decline, showed rather abrupt change
In the magnitude of loss, gives rise to
the belief that we may be nearing the
point where the small house will soon
reflect an increased production vol
ume."
Residential construction in the Dis
trict of Columbia has shown increased
activity during the past several months,
Judging from permits obtained.
During the past week plans for 80
dwellings were approved by the District
building inspector, Col. John W. Och
mann. The total cost of all new build
ing operations planned amounted to
S265, ,678. Residential projects were re-
sponsible for the majority OF this sum.
Permits Issued.
Permits were issued Tor the following
projects here this week:
Brown Bros, 925 Fifteenth street,
owners and builders; George T. SAINT
MYERS. architect; to erect ten 2-story
brick dwellings, 100 to lib Longfellow
street; to cost $4,000.
Security Homes Co., 1927 I street,
owners and builders; George T. SAINT
myers architect; to erect seven 2-story
brick dwellings, 5601 First street and
SO to SO Longfellow street; to cost $685.
0C0
yyapIe g. James, 1926 Fourteenth
s.r3et. owners and builders; F. G. Will
coz, designer; to erect five 2-story brick
dwellings. 900 to 3e8 Longfellow street;
w. C. & A. N. Miller, 1119 Seven
teenth street, owners and builders; G.
E MacNeil architect; TO erect one g.
story brick and frame dwelling, 4943
Hillbrook lane; to cost $13,878.
Gilbert Seek, 4316 Third street, owner
and builder; Charles e. Dillon, designer;
to erect two 2-story brick and tile dwell
ings, 6614 and 6618 Seventh place; to
cost $4,000.
James Mcclellan, 1927 Livingston
street, owner and builder; Vincent Ma
plIire, designer; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 34o0 Oliver street; to
cost $4,000.
Everett A. r. Scarf. Denrike Building,
owner and builder; H. L. Edwards. de-
signer; to erect two 112-story brick ana
frame dwellings, $500 and 66O6 Sixth
place; to cost $4,000.
Loren M. & Joseph A. Herbert, Jr,
1913 Fifteenth street, owners ana bullo-
ers; George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4927
BrandyWine street; to cost $4,000.
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1913 Fifteenth street. owners and build
ers; George T. Santmyers, architect; 10
erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4Sl5
Forty-seventh street; to cost $4,000.
Mabel S. Hutchinson, 1918 B street
southeast, owner and builder; George
r. Santmyers, architect; to erect one
2-story brick dwelling, 2507 Thirty
third street southeast; to cost $4,000.
Roy F. DeHaven, STAT Thirteenth
street, owner and builder; +. u: WILCOX,
designer; to erect one 2-story masonry
dwelling, 5616 Nebraska avenue; to cost
$500. ~.
Harvard Terrace Development Cor
poration, 1920 K street, owners; c: N.
Norton, architect; Shapiro Constructor
Corpo-ation, builders; to erect one z
story brick dwelling, GIG Thirty-second
street, to cost $1,000.
chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co, TBS Thirteenth street, oWners' odAn-
uel j. Prescott Co., Inc, builders; 10
make repairs, 926 Gallatin street, TO
Evan A. sholl, 1919 G street, owner;
Geary-Johnson Co., Silver Spring, Mo,
builders; to make repairs, 1919 to l22l
G street, to cost $4,000.
William A. Stuart, Chandler Building,
owner and builder; G. S. White, de-
signer: to erect one 2-story brick dwell
ing, 4817 Forty-sixth street, to cost
$4,000.
Lillian E. Armstrong, 1912 Kearney
street northeast, owner: V. T. H. Blen,
designer and builder; TO erect one l.
story brick dwelling, 22l8 Bunker Hill
road northeast, to cost $4,000.
]. A. Absher, 1904 Thirty-second
street southeast, owner and builder;
Clyde E. Phillips, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and tile dwelling,
22l2 Thirty-first street southeast, to
cost $4,000.
Gilbert Seek, 43l6 Third street, owner
and builder; Charles z. Dillon, designer;
to erect one 2-story frame and tile
dwelling, 5l8 Butternut street, TO cost
$4,000.