Evening star., 1938-03-12
PRIVATE BUILDING
SHOWS DECLINE
Permits Valued at $282,543
Only About a Third of
Last Week.

The weekly valuation of private con-
strtiction in Washington, which has
had Its ups and downs recently. turned
downward again in the past six days,
as Building Inspector John w. Oeh-
mann approved permits valued at
32s2.543, about third as large as
the figure for last week.
Included among the list approved
during the week were "a one-family
dwellings and single small apart
ment. The largest permit went to
the Jewish Community center for a
100000 addition to its headquarters at
Sixteenth and Q streets NV. David
L. Stern was listed as architect for
the project, which will be built by
Charles H. Tompkins Co.
Meridian Engineering & Construc-
ton Corp, 1919 Fifteenth street NV,
obtained permit to build a group of
I one-family dwellings in the
2lo0 block of Tunlaw ROAD NV, to
cost total Of $35,000. ]. H. Himmel-
heber will be the designer.
More important permits OF the week
are as follows:
DR.. Ralph Bonnet. 1920 F street
NV. owner and builder; George T.
Santmyers. architect: to erect one g.
story brick apartment (six units), 1885
Nicholson street NV; to cost $l8,-
900.
Daniel Spieler. $3.50 T street Sc,
owner and builder; j. o. Blair, de-
signer; to erect two 2-story brick
dwellings. 1928 and 1927 Franklin
street NE; to cost $4,000 each.
Charles Daniels, 442S Hunt place
NE, owner and builder; L. w. Giles,
architect; to erect two 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 2739 and
274l Knox place Sc; to cost $4,000.
M. B. Swanson. 276l Brandywine
street NV, owner and builder;;' Elmer
Coppelman. architect; to erect one 2
story brick and tile dwelling, 5032
Lowell street NV; to cost $4,000.
DR.. John A. Simpson, 7l8 Lawrence
street NE, owner; Clifton B. White,
designer; w. j. Mosedale, builder; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling 1913
Monroe street NE; to cost $4,000
Stone Construction, Inc, 927 Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and build
ers; Edwin Weihe and Stone Con-
struction. Inc, architects; to erect
one 2-story brick, stone concrete block
and frame dwelling, $685. Thirty-sec-
ond place NV; to cost $4,000.
j. A. Jordan, 1924 Quesada street
NV. owner, designer and builder;
b erect one 2-story brick, tile dwell
ing, 1921 Twentieth street NE; to
cost $1,000.
J. A. Jordan, 1924 Quesada street
NV, owner designer and builder; to
erect one 2-story brick and tile dwell
ing. 4217 Twentieth street NE; to
cost $1,000.
j. A. Jordan, 1924 Quesada street
N. W., owner, designer and builder;
to erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block and tile dwelling. 2001 Upshur
street N. E.: to cost $1,000.
r. H. Sinclair, 1886 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, owner; George T. SAINT
myers, architect; c. G. a. w. D.
Spicknall, 1923 Hamilton street NV,
builders; to erect one 2-story brick
fiat (two-family), 5ls B street Sc;
to cost $6,50O
Josephine G. Herbert, 1910 Vermont
avenue NV, owner, architect and
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 3940 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc; to cost $1,000.
Russell Sans, 1924 Porter street
NV, owner and builder; George T.
Santmyers. architect; to erect one T.
story brick dwelling, 1886 Alton place
NV; to cost $4,000.
Conant H. Emmons, 2505 Thirteenth
street NV, owner; Stone Construc-
ton, Inc, and Edwin Weihe, archi-
tects; Stone Construction, Inc, 927
Fifteenth street NV, builders: to
erect one 2-story brick, concrete block
and frame dwelling, 1925 fifth
street NV; to cost $4,000.
H. B. Thompson, 9Ol Longfellow
street NV, owner and builder; D..
w. Ward, designer; to erect one q
story brick and tile dwelling 56l9
Eighth street NV; to cost $4,000.
H. S. Gott, Colorado Bldg, owner
and builder; w. E. Sarin, designer:
to erect two 2-story frame dwellings,
1900 and 1904 Meade street NE; to
cost $4,000.
Capital Transit Co., Thirty-sixth
and M streets NV, owners: Prescott
Construction Co., Inc. 814 Thirteenth
street NV, builders; to make altera-
tions. 420l Fourteenth street NV;
to cost $4,000.
Joseph Pleininger, 1117 Seventeenth
street NV. owner; Clifton B. White,
designer; H. M. Dunkel, 1904 Thir-
teenth street NV, builder; change
present dwelling into apartments and