Evening star., 1937-01-09
PERMITS Of WEEK
INCLUDE TW0F0R
OFFICE BUILDINGS
Small Apartments, Also Help
Swell Figure to Total
of $1,398,013.
VALUATION SUM is NEAR
RECENT YEARS RECORD
Conversion of Garage Structure
Is Largest Single Item
in Report.

Featured by permits for erection OF
two large Office buildings and numer-
Gus small apartments, private con-
struction approved by the building in
spector'S Office during the past week
reached valuation total of 81 l,398,0l3,
the second highest figure for any week
in the past five years.
Building activity in the week. just
ended was second only to week in
July last year in total valuation, and
was only S150,O00 short of the total
for the entire month of January, 1886.
The squirt in construction was decided
1y contrary to normal seasonal trends.
Permits for % apartments and "a
one-fanily dwellings were issued by
the Office of Building Inspector John
w. Oehmann during the week.
The largest permit was granted
Glassman g. Ostrow, 1908 Fourteenth
street, for conversion of a garage
building now under construction at
1331-1341 U street to an Office build
ing, with the addition of two stories.
This work will cost $475,000. A. S. J.
Atkinson is architect for the project
and Morris Gumenick, 1416 I street,
the builder.
Office Building Planned.
Permit to build the Walker Building,
History Office structure, under con-
struction at 734 Fifteenth street, was
also approved in the week. This build
ing which William H. Walker, real
estate man, is erecting was announced
two months ago. Porter & Locke are
the architects, and the Schneider
Spliedt Co., 1922 F street, the builders.
The building will cost approximately
1892 900.
In addition to private construction
announced during the week. the Dis
trict obtained a permit to build a
s155,000 school addition at 570l Broad
Branch road.
Robert c. Willis, Investment Build
ing, was issued a permit to erect
100000 apartment at PALS Fifteenth
street. Bowling & Gardiner, 925 Fiji
teenth street, obtained the right to
build 10 brick apartments in the 1900
block of D street northeast.
Another large permit was granted
Brown Bros, Inc, Insurance Building,
for construction of Is one-family
dwellings in the 200 block of Gallatin
street.
Important Permits Listed.
More important permits of the week
are as follows:
Glassman e. Ostrow, 1908 Four
teenth street, owners; A. S. J. Atkin-
son, architect; Morris Gumenick, 1416
I street, builder; convert garage build
ing now under construction to Office
building and add two additional
stories, 1914 U street; to cost
S475,000.
William H. Walker 734 Fifteenth
street, owner; Porter g. Locke, archi-
tects; Schneider-Spliedt Co., 1922 F
street, builders; to erect one History
brick, steel and concrete Office build
ing, 734 Fifteenth street; to cost
1892 800.
District of Columbia, owner; to erect
IWO 1-SGOIy dllu COllCIcJc dOul-
tions to school, 57O1 Broad Branch
road; to cost s155 900.
Robert c. Willis, Investment Build
ing, owner; David L. Stern, architect;
David L. Stern Construction Co., l412
I street. builders; to erect one 4-story
brick, concrete and stone apartment,
24l5 Fifteenth street; to cost 100000.
Bowling e. Gardiner. 925 Fifteenth
street. owners and builders; George T.
Santmyers, architect; to erect 10
2-story brick apartments, 1812-48 D
street northeast; to cost 100000.
zarin & Norman, 1913 Fifteenth
street, owners and builders; George T.
Santmyers, architect; to erect two
3-story brick apartments, 7440 and
7444 Georgia avenue; to cost $4,000.
Brown Bros, Inc, Insurance Build
ing, owners and builders; George T.
Santmyers, architect; to erect sixteen
(See PERMITS. Page C-4)