Evening star., 1937-05-29
SILVER STAR HOME.
IN KENWOOD WILL.
OPEN TOMORROW
Beautiful New England
Colonial Dwelling Has
9 Rooms.
HOUSE IS FURNISHED
FOR MONTHS SHOWING
Spaciousness Combined With
Beauty in Kennedy-Chamber-
lin. Offering.

A beautiful new home Of New Eng
And Colonial design will be opened
to the public tomorrow at 800 Brook
side drive, Kenwood, as the fifth
Silver Star Home of 1887. The house
will be on display for 80 days under
sponsorship Of The Star.
The new dwelling, constructed of
stone and white painted brick with
white clapboard sides, was built by
the Kennedy -Chamberlin Develop
ment Co., developers of Kenwood COM
nunity, which is nationally known
Is 4 residential section of beauty and
architectural distinction. A. H. Son.
nemann, prominent architect, de-
signed the home.
The home is fanked by wide lawns
dotted with trees. The lot contains
1856 square feet, with frontage
OF 122 feet on Brookside drive and
ll6 feet on Dorset avenue. 1t has
oeen attractively Handicapped by j..
H. Small d. Sons.
There are nine rooms and four
baths in the spacious home. All of
the rooms are large, and supplied
With abundance of closet space. A
recreation room in the basement,
"a by 20 feet in size, is feature.
In addition, the attic, which extends
above the entire second floor, is
finished and exceedingly livable.
Give High Rating.
The dwelling bears the unanimous
Endorsement of the Silver Star Home
Committee. This group of five housing
experts thoroughly examined the Ken
wood house from the viewpoint Of
construction, planning, architecture
and value. They gave it an unusually
high rating. The committee is headed
BY James S. Taylor of the Federal
Housing Administration, chairman.
Other members are Edwin H. Rosen-
xarten, builder. member of the firm Of
Davis. Wick & Rosengarten; Thomas
SandoZ, broker, serving for his father,
Comdr. F. L. Sandoz, president of the
Washington Real Estate Board; Irwin
q. Porter, prominent architect, former
president of the Washington Chapter,
american Institute of Architects, and
John Nolen, jr., director Of planning
Of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Draped and decorated under direc-
Mon Of the Kennedy -Chamberlin De-
selopment Co., the house has been
completely furnished by Hutchisons,
Inc.
The hrst-story front is built of
Held stone, while the ends and garage
are constructed OF brick painted white.
Tho second-story front and rear are
Of cypress siding painted white. Blue
blinds against the grey stone make
the home particularly attractive.
Douglas Fir Framing.
Framing lumber used through the
entire house is of Douglas fir. First
floor construction is unusual in WASH
mgton. 1t is built with Reynolds
steel joists and composition subfoor-
ting, over which is laid random width
oak flooring to conform to the
architecture of the home. Steel joists
and composition subfooring guard
against shrinkage. These features
provide flreproofing and preventing
filtration OF dust from the basement.
One finds the interior. on entering
through the white Colonial door with
vide paneled jambs, as charming as
the exterior. The spacious living
room Is to the right Of the entrance.
It has three exposures. A brick hearth
and fireplace are surmounted by an
. attractive Colonial mantel with futed
pilasters. A door leads from this
room to the large living porch. At
the left Of the entrance hall is a room
which may be used either as library
Or q bed room. This room has COM
plete bath room adjoining it. One
side of the room is paneled in clear
white pine.
Immediately at the rear Of the en-
trance hall, and also reached from
the living room, is the dining room.
This room has triple window facing
east, thus obtaining all the morning
sun. A door opening onto the living
porch makes it convenient to serve
(see STAR HOME, Page C-5.)