Evening star., 1936-11-07
SILVER STAR HOME
. OF ROW TYPE OPEN
TO VIEW OF PUBLIC
Dwelling of Colonial Design
Goes on Exhibition
! Tomorrow.
LOCATION CONVENIENT
TO PARK AND SCHOOLS
Building Priced at $3.50 Is Ex-
pected to Appeal to Larger
Group of People.

The sixth Silver Star Home Of
1886, an attractive dwelling of Co.
lonial design located at 4112 Tenth
street northeast, will be opened to
the public tomorrow under sponsor
ship of The Star. 1t will remain on
exhibition for a period of 80 days.
This is the first row-type dwelling
The Star has sponsored in several
years, as the Silver Star Homes Com
mittee, a group of experts in housing,
have felt that row house to receive
the Silver Star award for merit in
building must be unusual in design
and of the highest type of construc-
ton. The committee indicated their
opinion of this Tenth street home by
1ndorsing it unanimously.
The new home was built by NAL
colin Matheson, Jr. Inc, and is a
part of a large development planned
for the area. 1t was designed by
Edwin Weihe and has been complete
ly furnished by the w. B. Moses Co.
1t may be reached by driving out
Rhode Island avenue to North Capt.
tol street, thence north on North
Capitol street to Michigan avenue
and right to Tenth street northeast.
Then turn left on Tenth street to
Taylor. The house is the second on
the left from the intersection OF
Tenth and Taylor streets.
House Priced at $3.50.
Sponsorship of this home may be
described as the first venture OF the
year for The Star into the low-cost
field. 1t is priced at $3.50. The
committee feels that it offers a good
home to a larger group of people.
The group to which this house will
appeal is believed to be considerably
larger than any which has been at
tracted to the comparatively large
and high-priced homes sponsored in
the northwest section The location
of the house is considered excellent,
as it is directly opposite a 15-acre
park and playground, which is now
being landscaped by the District. 1t
IS conveniently located to schools and
is within two blocks of bus communi-
cation with the downtown district Of
the city. Catholic University is near
by, and the Franciscan Monastery
may be seen from the front of the
home.
The house contains six rooms and
bath. 1t is one Of group of seven
homes. Each one of the group is in
dividual in design, and each has the
Colonial atmosphere. The lots are
100 feet deep, and the houses are 20
feet in width, 2 feet wider than the
average row dwelling. The contents
of each house measure 10000 cubic
feet.
Construction features possessed by
the most expensive detached homes
have been placed in the new Star
home All exterior walls are furred.
Four inches of rock-wool insulation
has been placed above the upstairs
ceiling. The woodwork is of the finest
grade, and a special Colonial over
size brick has been used in the walls.
The roofs are of New England slate,
and all of the fashings and down.
spouts are of copper.
Rooms of the Star home are un-
usually large for row house. The
living room is spacious and has an
attractive Colonial fireplace and
mantel. A bay window adds to the
beauty of this room.
Stairway Out of Hall.
The houses are designed with an
entrance hall running the full depth
to the kitchen. The stairway leads
out of the hall rather than the living
room, furnishing extra room and bet
ter circulation of air There are
three bed rooms and bath on the
second floor. The first floor has liv-
(See SILVER STAR, Page C-6)