Evening star., 1934-06-16
DISTRICT BUILDING
PERMITS HIT LOW.
Total for Week Is $59,410,
Least Recorded in Re.
cent Months.

Building construction In the Dis
t1ct as gauged by permits issued at
the District Building struck a new
low for recent months this week when
permits were issued for only $59,4l0
in new building and renovation work.
The total for the previous week had
fallen to a surprisingly low figure and
this weeks permits were approximate
ly $4,000 less than last. Building
experts were at a loss to explain the
heavy dropping off in the more ex-
pensive type Of construction. such as
larger homes and commercial build
lngS
One figure in the building field at
tributed to the uncertainty and delay
in getting the administrations hous-
ing bill through Congress the falling
off of activity in the industry. The
average for recent months in the
matter Of the weekly total value of
permits has been several times the
amount for this week
Largest Permit $4,000.
The largest single permit of the
week was for only $4,000. It went
to Frank Duchesne, ell Decatur
street, for a two-story brick dwelling
to be erected at 6523 Sixth street
R. C. Archer. jr.. was named as srchi-
tect, and A. Mihill, builder.
Others of the larger permits in
clude:
Frank Fagen, 5l00 Sheriff. place.
owner and builder: Clsughton West
architect; to erect two 2R-story brick
dwellings. 5028 and 5026 Dana place;
TO cost $4,000 each.
Capital View Realty Co, 927 New
York avenue. owners and builders;
w. Valentine, designer; to erect one
l-story brick and frame dwelling
4ol5 Blaine street northeast; to cost
$4,000.
D. C. Developing Co.. Inc. 12l5 K
bian, architect; to erect six 2-story
brick dwellings, 60l to Gil Quintana
place: to cost $4,000 each.
North Washington Realty Co., Sill
yer Spring, Md, owners and builders;
D. S. johnson, architect: to erect two
1-story brick and limestone stores
1902 and 1904 Alaska avenue; to cost
$4,000 each.
Tolson, Kemp g. Nix. 23l4 Rhode
Island avenue northeast, owners and
builders; A. c. Tolson. designer; to
erect one 1l2-story ! brick dwelling.
4012 Twentieth street northeast; to
cost $4,000.
2-Story Brick Addition.
r. 3. Keech. 170l Connecticut ave-
nue., owner; j. H. de Sibour, 1701
Connecticut avenue. architect and
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
addition. 2010 @ street; to cost $4,000
Eula B. Absher, 1904 Thirty-second
street southeast, owner and builder;
W. L. Eaton. designer; to erect one
1-story brick and frame dwelling, 2505
Branch avenue southeast; to cost
$4,000.
Bessie G. Lubore. owner: c. M.
Wilcox designer; wilcox Construction
Co. Inc, 1912 S street southeast,
builders: to erect two 1-story brick
dwellings, 1889 and 1143 Forty-ninth
place southeast. to cost $2,500 each.
B. C. Piper, 724 Third street, owner.
uccl&uCl duu DulIdcA, W ClCSt Uiie
l-story frame and brick dwelling,
4441 Alabama avenue southeast, to
cost 81 200.
Leonard H. Mitchell. 22l9 Cali
fornia street, owner; T. L. Bunch, 309
Webster street. builder; to make re-
pairs, 12o5-o7 G street, to cost 81 900.
Antioch Baptist Church, owners;
L. w. Giles, architect; to make re-
pairs, 1lo5 Fiftieth street northeast.
to cost 81 900.
H. M. Warnix. 722 Minnesota
avenue southeast. owner and builder;
L. w. Giles, architect; to erect two
1-story frame additions to dwelling
722 Minnesota avenue southeast, TO
cost $500
A Sachs. owner: J. Potts, designer:
N. F. Baessel, rear 1920 Columbia
road, builder: to erect one 1-story
brick addition, 1913 Webster street,
to cost $500.
H. F. Dowling, 927 Fifteenth street,
owner; P H. Willis. 927 Fifteenth
street, builder; to erect brick garage,
2l09 Bancroft place, to cost $780,
Mary E. Freeman. 20l9 Wisconsin
avenue, owner; to erect concrete and
glass greenhouse. 2019 Wisconsin
avenue. to cost $3.50.
Raleigh Haberdasher, 1910 F street;
TO erect water cooling tower on roof,
1910 F street. to cost $3.50.