Evening star., 1934-09-01
BUILDING PERMITS
HERE HIT $4,000
Figure Is Above Years Av-
erage Despite PrehoIiday
Slump.

struction, for which permits wer
issued during the past week, shove,
O preholiday slump from last week
total, but was well above the week.,
average for the year, according t,
figures at the District Building.
The total valuation for the weel
was $193, 3,540.50, compared with slight
ly more than S343,0 900 in the previous
period In number the 80 permit
were % less than last week. How
ever, there were 81 repair or modern
ization permits issued, four more thar
last week.
Increase in licenses for renovation
work was attributed to interest o.
home owners in the Federal Housing
Administrations campaign inaugu'
rated three weeks ago.
Largest permit on this weeks list
was issued to the Washington Post
Publishing Co., for a six-story addi-
tion to its plant at 1887 E street. The
work is being done by James Baird
Inc, builders, under the supervision
of w. B. Wood and w. I. Dening
architects.
Largest of the permits are as fol-
lows;
Washington Post Publishing Co.,
owners; James Baird Co., Inc, 810
Eighteenth street, builders; w. B.
Wood and W. I. Dening, 808 Seven
teenth street, architects; to build one
6-story concrete stone and brick ad-
dition, newspaper plant, 1887 street;
TO cost 100000.
Biron Bros, Inc, 1859 Sheridan
street owners and builders; George T.
Santmyers, 1410 H street, architect;
to erect four 2-story brick, tile and
stone dwellings, l343 to l349 Sheridan
street; to cost $4,000.
A. H. Ryan, WestcheSter Apart
ment, owner and builder; Charles E.
Dillon and j. H Abel, designers; to
erect two 2-story brick and stone
dwellings, 1727-l729 Varnum street;
to cost $1,000 each.
L. E. Breuninger g. Sons, Inc, 211
Investment Building, owners and
builders; Harvey Baxter, l0l6 Six
teenth street, architect; to erect one
2-story attic dwelling, 270l Foxhall
road; to cost $500.
Thomas D. and Michael Walsh,
owners; Lord Baltimore Filling Sta
ton. Inc, 1873 Pennsylvania avenue,
builders and designers; to erect one
1-story brick, cone stucco metal roof
tile gasoline service station, 721 Water
street southwest; to cost $4,000.
o. r. and w. A. Carr, Mills Build
ing, owners and builders; r. B. Carr,
5O53 Massachusetts avenue, designer;
to erect one 2-story brick and tile
dwelling, 1895 Butterworth place; to
cost $1,000.
Waple & James, Inc, 1926 Four
teenth street, owners and builders;
J.. r. Kennedy, 100 Carroll avenue,
Takoma Park, D. c., designer, to
erect one 2-story and attic brick and
slate residence, 5710 First street; to
cost $500.
William A. Stuart, 1921 Forty-sixth
street, owner and builder; to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwelling,
3643 Ingomar street; to cost $4,000.
L. E. Breuninger & Sons, Inc, 2ll
Investment Building, owners and
builders; H L. Breuninger, architect;
to erect one 2-story brick and frame
dwelling, 7121 Eighth street, to cost
$4,000.
w. G. Irwin, 5516 Thirty-ninth
street, owner and builder; George T.
Santmyers, 1410 H street, architect;
to erect one 2-story brick and frame
dwelling, 4044 Fessenden street, to
cost $500.
Maude ". Tanning, owner; Frank
L. Tanning, builder; j. H. Smith, 1928
Third street northeast, designer; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 804
Quackenbos street, to cost $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Noreteau,
owners; L. Noreteau, 804 Seventh
street southwest, designer; B. r.
Lemke, 300l Charming street north
east, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick addition, 29e8 Alabama avenue
southeast, to cost $4,000.
Helene B. Swenson, owner; Thomas
j. Jones, 4309 Dewey avenue, Brad
bury Heights, builder and designer;
to erect one 1-story frame dwelling,
1881 Barker street southeast, to cost
$1,000.
Ida G. Sterrett, owner and builder;
to erect History brick and cinder
block addition, 3425 Rodman street,
to cost $500.
L. P. Vallario, owner. and builder;
Marcus Hallett, 6525 Piney Branch
road, designer; to make one 2-story
brick addition, 321 East Capitol street,
to cost $1,000.
Charles S. Vaccaro and John Lyles,
owners; j. Light, 1859 U street,
builder; r. C. Archer. jr., architect;
to make repairs, 316 H street, to cost
$1,000.
Samuel Levine, owner; c. G.
Greene, Bladensburg, Md, builder;
Marcus Hallett, designer; to erect one
1-story brick addition, 2515 Bladens-
burg road northeast, to cost $1,000.
S. Kann's Sons Co., owners; H. z.
Rawlett, designer; James L Parsons.
Jr.. 1927 street, builder; to construct
balcony in rear of store, GOT Thir-
teenth street, to cost 5000.
Hugh K. Valentine, 113l Fairnont
street, owner and builder; Lewis w,
Giles, 1900 U street, architect: to
erect one 2-story addition, 1131 Fair
mont street, to cost $500.
Raleigh Hotel Co., owners: E. D.
Denton, designer; Frank Paris 3
MARYLAND avenue. Clarendon, va.
builder; to erect steel column in ele-
vator shaft, Twelfth and PennsvI-
Vania avenue, to cost $500.
Mrs. Harry English, owner: Harry
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