Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-20
9TH STAR HOME
REFLECTS PERIOD
. IN WILLIAMSBURG
White Brick Residence Is
One of Reproductions in
New Subdivision.
PUBLIC INSPECTION
TOMORROW INVITED
House in Yorktowne Village Is
Located at Jamestown Road and
Massachusetts, Avenue.

An appealing home that is an au-
thentic reproduction OF the architec-
ture of old Williamsburg will be opened
to the public tomorrow at the inter-
section of Massachusetts, avenue and
jamestown road, in Maryland, as the
eighth in the 1888 series OF Silver
Star homes.
The attractive white-painted brick
home is situated just two blocks over
the District line on Massachusetts,
avenue Its exhibition under sponsor
ship of The Star marks the opening
of a new subdivision of L. E. Breunln-
ger & Sons, known as YorktoWne VII
lage. All homes in the development
will be copied after the Williamsburg
style of architecture. The Star home
. will be open to the public for 80 days.
There are seven rooms and two baths
in the home. In preparing to build
the house and develop Yorktowne Viii
lage, Harvey L. Baxter, architect, and
Henry L. Breuninger of the building
firm visited Williamsburg and made
an exhaustive study of the restoration
work in the Virginia Colonial capital.
They gave much time and thought to
the work of building and designing the
house, which is furnished in the Colo
NAL fashion by Woodward & Lothrop.
Details Carried Out.
Woodwork in The Star house, in
, Guiding doors, windows, paneling and
trim, is as nearly like that of Williams
burg as it was possible to obtain.
Measurements were taken in the Vir-
ginia city which were followed in fin
ishing the fine grade of lumber used
in building the home. Door locks and
other hardware are reproductions of
the Colonial type. Random width
Colonial oak flooring was used
, Throughout the structure. The floor
boards are face-nailed to simulate the
old.
The garage, which is often STUN
bling block to the architect who at
tempts to reproduce Colonial archi-
lecture in modern home. is fea-
ture of The Star home. 1t is fixed
up like an old Williamsburg smoke
house, and is connected to the home
by a covered way.
The Silver Star Homes Committee,
group of five housing experts, in
dorsed the Yorktowne Village home
unanimously after examining it thor
oughly. They praised the architect
and builder for their excellent adapta-
ton of Colonial design in modern
house. This committee is headed by
James S. Taylor of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration as chairman. 9th
er members inclue Irwin S. Porter,
prominent architect, member of the
firm of Porter g. Locke; Edwin H..
Rosengarten, builder, member of the
firm of Davis, Wick & Rosengarten;
Frank J. Luchs, who is serving on the
committee for his father, Morton j.
Luchs, president of the Washington
Real Estate Board, and Max S. Wehrly.
landscape architect of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion, who substitutes for John Nolen,
jr., the commissions director of plan
ming, now on vacation.
Colonial Fireplace Reproduced.
The entrance hall of the home is
correctly proportioned, and has huge
coat closet under the stairway. The
rail and post of this stair is a dupli-
cate of that in the Raleigh Tavern in
Williamsburg. The living room, to the
right of the entrance, is IS by 81 feet
in size. This room is tastefully ap-
pointed, and there's true Colonial
fireplace at one end The dining room,
IL feet wide and IA feet long, is di-
rectly back of the living room. Doors
from both the living and dining rooms
lead to large screened Lying porch.
At the other end of the house is the
kitchen, breakfast nook, and at the
front, a first-f1oor bedroom IA by 13
feet in size. A complete bath is ada
cent to this room.
There are two bedrooms and sit
ting room on the second floor The
masters room is II feet inches by
Is feet. The other or guest bedroom
measures 10 by IA feet The sitting
room is slightly smaller than the guest
bedroom.
One of the outstanding features of
the home is the large recreation room,
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