Evening star., 1932-09-10

The house may be reached by driv-
ing out @ street, Wisconsin avenue and
Reservoir road to Hoban road, just be-
yond Forty-fourth street, then right,
or north to the dwelling. The place
also is reached via the Foxhall- Potomac
Heights bus line, starting from
Thirteenth and H streets.
The Silver Star Home was built by
Boss & Phelps from plans by Horace
W. Peaslee, architect. The landscaping
was executed under the direction OF
Miss Rose Greely.
Judged by Specialists.
The dwelling was awarded a place
In the better homes demonstration by
the committee of specialists in the
home building field, which conducts
the program for The Star.
Members of the committee are James
g. Taylor, head of the division of build
ing and housing, Department of Com
merce; DR.. Louise Stanley, chief Of the
United States Bureau of Home Eco
nomics; Frederick v. Murphy and Gil
bert L. Rodier, architects E. H.
Rosengarten, past president, Building
Trades Employers Association; j. F. NJ.
Bowie, president of the Real Estate
Board, and John H. Small, Sd, land
Scape architect.
The house contains IL main rooms
three baths, a guest laVatory on the
first floor, a servants laVatory in the
basement, a two-car garage built into
the basement, laundry, furnace room
and numerous and conveniently located
storage space, cupboards and closets.
The exterior of the dwelling is an
interesting study. OF brick construc-
tion, the facades have been coated with
a cement paint in creamy white, which
forms a bright contrast against the
dark green background of the thickly
WOODED area of the Government park
way to the rear; the gray stone of the
slate roofing and the soft green of the
shutters.
There is a balanced proportion and
symmetry to the house which adds to
its feeling of grace and ease. This is
noticed in the fenestration and the
placement of the neat dormers as well
as in the wide chimneys rising at each
side of the house.
Terrace at Rear.
At the rear of the house is spacious
terrace floored with large f1agstones,
with sufficient space left along the
inside of the terrace retaining walls to
permit a modicum of planting. Be-
yond the rear terrace the lawn drops
away to the level Of the wooded Glover
parkway.
The house is of the center-hall plan,
with projecting vestibule, covered by
a small pediment, constituting the en-
trance. This feature is in keeping with
the motif in houses in Eastern Massa-
chusetts built during the Middle Colonial
period, from 100 to IT'S.
The entrance vestibule, lighted by a
round window on the south as well as
by a narrow strip of panes over the
door, provides a wide window seat on
one side and coat closet on the other
From there the visitor steps into the
hall which connects with the large liv-
ing room at the right, or south, of the
house, running the full depth of the
building, with an interior length of 26
feet S inches A fireplace of simple pat
tern, trimmed with marble and wood
is a feature of the middle of the south
wall At the rear there is door giving
onto the rear terrace.
In the rear center Of the house, be-
yond the stairway to the second floor is
the dining room, which measures 16
feet inches by Is feet inches. 1t,
too, has a door giving onto the flag
stone terrace. Also there is a win
dowed alcove off the dining room. with
closer outlook over the woodland to
place for breakfasts.
At the left front sof the house,
reached by the center hall, is small
library, with a corner fireplace with a
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