Evening star., 1937-11-27
BUILDING ACTIVITY
DROPS IN CAPITAL
Local Permits for Week
Reach Total of Only
$130,99O.

mann approved permits for construc-
ton projects with a total valuation
Of only $130,990. It is the lowest
weekly building permit valuation in
more than two years.
Included in the list for the week
were permits for the erection Of IA
one-family dwellings and fiat.
Capital builders apparently are
holding up plans for new construction
In order to permit the number of
homes now on the market to be alb
sorbed Experts do not expect a great
amount OF new building here in the
immediate future, but they expect
activity to be resumed in the late
winter or early spring to a point
comparable with that of the early part
of this year.
Largest Permit of Week.
Largest permit of the week was
issued w. D. Sterrett. 3425 Rodman
street NV, for erection Of two dwell
1ngs in the 370O block Of Upton
street NV. Capital View Realty Co.,
e25 New York avenue NV. obtained
a permit to build four homes in the
$500 block of East Capitol street.
Important permits of the week are
as follows:
w. D. Sterrett, 3425 Rodman street
NV, owner and builder: Dana B.
Johannes, jr., designer; to erect two
2-story k-and-cinder-block dwell
tngs, 37l3 and 37l7 Upon street NV:
to cost $4,000.
Capital View Realty Co.. 925 New
York avenue, owners and builders;
Walter Valentine, designer: to erect
four 2-story brick-and-cinder- block
dwellings. 5326-32 East Capitol street;
to cost $4,000
Frank S. Phillips, Fifteenth and K
streets NV, owner and builder:
Dillon & Abel, designers: to erect one
2-story brick dwelling, 290l Forty
ninth street NV: to cost $16,500.
Meyer Miller, 7444 Georgia avenue
NV, owner and builder; Thomas
M. Medford, architect; to erect one
2-story brick dwelling, 1900 Thir-
teenth street NV; to cost $4,000.
Robert Brooke Furman. owner; Ed
win Weihe, architect; Stone Construc-
ton, Inc, 927 Fifteenth street NV,
builders; to erect one 2-story brick
and-frame dwelling, 2917 w street
Sc; to cost $4,000.
w. D. Sterrett, 3425 Rodman street
NV, owner and builder; Dana B.
Johannes, jr., designer; to erect one
2l2-story brick and = concrete block
dwelling, 37Ol Upton street NV; to
cost $4,000.
Robert B. Clark, owner; Edwin
Weihe, architect: Stone Construction,
Inc, 927 Fifteenth street NV, build
ers; to erect one 2-story brick and
frame dwelling, 5028 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, to cost $4,000.
Two Story Brick Flat.
Mary c. Sullivan, 1920 K street NV,
owner; George T. Santmyers, archi-
tect; Sullivan Bros. 1920 K street
NV, builders; to erect one 2-story
brick fiat, 1905 Fourth street NE, to
cost $6,000
William c. McAllister. 1922 Jenifer
street NV, owner and builder; F. G..
Milcox, designer: to erect one 2story
brick dwelling, 4o40 Fessenden street
NV, to cost $4,000.
James w. Wray, 1917 Corcoran
street NE, owner: o. z. Cousins. 2411
Thirty-second street Sc, designer
and builder: to erect one 1h-story
brick and cinder block dwelling, 3713 S
street Sc, to cost $4,000.
s. M. williams, Silver Spring, Nd,
owner and builder; A. L. Anderson, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick and
tile dwelling, 6147 Thirty-flrst place
NV, to cost $4,000.
New Amsterdam Apis. 2701 Four
teenth street NV, owners; Essex
Construction Co., builders; to make
repairs, 27O1 Fourteenth street NV,
to cost $4,000.
Arthur G. and 1nez B. Robinson,
1918 Thirty-third street NV, owners;
George S. Brock, Jr., architect; D. c.
Developing Co., Inc, 1912 K street
NV, builders; erect second story
addition, 1918 Thirty-third street NV,
to cost $1.50O.
Edith B. Walker, 1140 Buchanan
street NV. owner; j. Marcus Hallett,
designer; General Contracting Co.,
1l14 Ninth street NV, builders; to
erect one 2-story brick addition, 1140
Buchanan street NV, to cost 81 500.
Northeast Fruit Stand.
Clayton Higdon, 2615 Twenty-second
street NE, owner; Richard c. Higdon,
2ol5 Douglas street NE, builder; to
erect one 1-story brick fruit stand,
1915 Rhode Island avenue NE, to
cost $3.50.
w. D. Sterrett, 3425 Rodman street
NV. owner and builder; to erect two
brick and concrete block garages, 3713
and 3717 Upton street NV, to cost
$1,000.
Judd g. Detweiler, Inc, owner; Ar
thur B. Heaton. architect; Skinker g.
Garrett, 1719 I street NV, builders:
construct pent house for air condi-
tioning, 130 Florida avenue NE. to
cost $1,000.
Israel Weiner, 1900 Georgia avenue
NV, owner and builder; A. S. j. At
kinson. architect: to make repairs.
2300 Georgia avenue NV; to cost
$500.
c. Wildensteiner, 17l2 Twenty fifth
street S. E., owner; to erect metal ga
rage. 2244 Nicholson street Sc; to
cost $780,
Edith B. Walker, 1140 Buchanan
street NV, owner; j. M. Hallett, de-
siener; General Contracting Co., 1ll4
Ninth street NV, builders; to make
repairs, 1140 Buchanan street NV:
to cost $500.
Vernon o. Dinger, 1918 Kearney
street Me-, owner; Armor Roofing Co.,
Inc, 800 Rhode Island avenue NE,