Evening star., 1935-04-27
Barnaby Street House Will
Be Open to Public To-
morrow.
ARCHITECTURE FOLLOWS
EARLY AMERICAN STYLE
Designed to Meet Growing Public
Demand for Lower Price
Residences.

The first home in 1885 to receive
the Silver Star award for merit in
building will be opened tomorrow at
65O1 Barnaby street under sponsor
ship of The Star,
This home is designed to appeal to
thousands of future home owners of
Washington as a model in residential
construction, planning and architec-
tural design. All the charm and
warmth of the Early American style
of architecture is incorporated in this
small. moderately priced structure.
The Star selected a time to present
It's first model home of 1885 when in
terest in owning a home in Washing
ton has reached the highest point
slice pre-depreSsion days. This in
tereSt has been particularly keen in
dwellings of the lower price groups.
Men of finance, shrewd judges of pub
lie opinion. say the depression has
taught people not to purchase resi-
dence which is more than they can
carry financially. Hence the general
public has fixed as its ideal home a
less pretentiouS structure than here
tofore and has become more discrimi-
mating as to appearance and planning
Of the home. The new Silver Star
home has been selected in the attempt
to meet this growing public demand.
Home in Chevy Chase.
A "brand-new" section of Washing
ton is the setting for the home. Its
location on Barnaby street is still
within the confines of Chevy Chase,
and only short distance from Rock
Greek Park The new community of
which The Star home is part is be-
ing fashioned out of park-like
wooded area by the Barnaby Woods
Development Co., of which Edward R.
Carr, Well-knoWn member of the Cap
itars real estate group, is president.
Louis R. Moss, who has designed a
large number of the city's finest
homes, was architect for the model
home.
The new home was Endorsed by the
committee of experts which selects
all the houses that are to receive the
Silver Star award The committee is
composed of men who are specialists
in all fields of home building. 1t is
headed by James S. Taylor of the
Federal Housing Administration and
formerly chief of the Division of
Housing, Department of Commerce.
Edward H Rosengarten. builder and
member of the firm of Davis, Wick G.
Rosengarten; John Nolen, jr, city
planner of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. and Irwin
Porter. registered architect, were the
other members of the committee, who
carefully examined the home and
handed down unanimous approval.
Silver Star homes have long been
regarded as synonymous with the
best in residential construction and
planning. The committee believed
the Barnaby street house met the
standard of excellence set for these
homes Of former years. They pro-
nounced it model" in its price
range. The house is priced at
$11250.
Design Is Simple.
The house is simple. yet not COM
monplace in design. 1t is attractive
in its adaptation of the early Ameri-
can style of architecture. The struc-
ture is OF brick, painted white, with
a cubic content of 24,240 feet.
One of the most attractive features
of the new home is its setting. The
lot, SIS by 167 feet. is extremely deep
for house of its size The rear yard
is wide and deep. extending back to
q small brook. Trees dot the yard