Evening star., 1938-06-25
$7OO,O()O PERMITS
\ GIVEN APPROVAL
Private Building Industry
Has Its Busiest Week
of the Year.

OF the Iear.
Private building industry in Wash
ington had its busiest week of the
year during the last six days as per-
rnits representing about 100000 In
new construction were approved by
the office of Building Inspector John
w. Oehmann
The largest project passed favorably
by Col. Oehmann was for erection
of the s2s0,000 faculty building of
Catholic University This building,
to be completed in the fall, will house
the rector, Msgr. Joseph Corrigan, and
professors of the university who are
priests. Frederick " Murphy is the
architect and Parkhill Construction
Co. the contractor. Construction al
ready has been started at 1925 Hare
wood road NE.
Residential building again featured
the weeks activity. Permits were ap-
proved for So one-family dwellings
and two small apartments. There
were a number of permits for large
groups Of homes in the northwest
and northeast sections. Two large
projects, calling for erection of 10
and dwellings. respectively, were ap-
proved for Northeast Washington,
which has shown unusual growth in
the last two years
More important permits of the week
follow:
Catholic University of America, 400
Michigan avenue NE. owner; Fred
erick Vernon Murphy, architect:
Parkhill Construction Co.. 1927 I
street NV, builder; to erect two g.
story brick and stone residences (87
rooms), 1926 Hardwood road NE: to
cost $28OOOO.
Waverly Taylor. Inc. 1922 X street
NV, owners and builders: Waverly
Taylor and Donald Drawer. archi-
fects; to erect six 2-story brick, frame
and tile dwellings. 4so8-4628 Reser-
voir road NV; to cost .s55, 900.
Brown Bros, Corp, 900 Fifteenth
street NV, owners and builders:
Kirkhuf & Bagley, designers; to erect
nine 2-story brick dwellings. 1928
1881 Chevy Chase parkway NV. and
3el6-3622 Ingomar street NV: to
cost $4,000.
George w Young. 1927 Forty-sec-
ord street NV, owner and builder.
Dana B. Johannes, jr., designer: to
erect nine 2-story brick and concrete
block dwellings. 44o1. 44o3. 44o5, 44oe
4413, 4415, 4419. 4421 and 4423 Thir-
teenth street NE; to cost $4,000
Lincoln Development Co., 1414 Mon
roe street NV, owners: John D.
Cobb, architect; Clarence w. Cos
nell Co. builders; to erect ten 2-story
brick dwellings, s0o-sls Twenty first
street NE; to cost $4,000.
Winfield Preston. Inc. Woodward
Building. owners and builders Leon
Chatelain, architect: to erect five q
story brick and concrete block DWELL
ings, 44l5-4429 Burlington place NV;
to cost $4,000.
Anthony Carrozza, 1923 r street
Sc, owner and builder: Robert E.
Cox, designer; to erect four 2-story
brick dwellings, 1706-l712 Twenty
ninth street Sc; to cost $4,000.
Curtis Brothers. 1l12 V street Sc,
owners; Dana B. Johannes, ir., de-
slgner; builder not selected: to erect
one 5-story brick and cinder block
addition, 1ll2 V street Sc; to cost
$4,000.
M. Heillman, 5501 First street NV.
owner; Samuel Marvin Smith. archi-
tect. Morrison Bros, Bethesda, Md.
builders; to erect one 2-story brick
and tile store and apartment. 3445
Benning road NE; to cost $4,000.
Francis Deremer. 1929 Webster
street NE. owner. designer and build
er; to erect two 2-story brick dwell
1ngs, 1928 and 1927 Webster street
NE; to cost $1,000 each.
Rosel H. Hyde. 3516 S street NV.
owner, Evan j. Conner, designer: c.
r. Matheny, STAT Thirty-first street
NV, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling, 27oe
Mckinley street NV; to cost $4,000.
Osbert E. Jones, 4901 Forty third
street NV, owner and builder; H. j.
Korzendorfer. designer; to erect one
2-story brick and tile dwelling, 1925
Thirty-sixth street NV; to cost s12,-
Oo0
Mellice Cornish, 1881 High street
s, E, owner and designer: William
Prohaska, 2505 Park place Sc, build
er: to erect one 2-story brick and
concrete block fiat -four units) 1887
High street Sc; to cost $4,000
Joseph NJ Stanley, 55l3 Broad
Branch road NV. owner and builder;
M. L. Bagley. designer; to erect one
2-story brick dwelling. 3643 Brandy
wine street NV; to cost $4,000.
Harold H. Hart, Colesville, Md,
owner; Evan ]. Conner, designer; G. r.
Matheny, 6l47 Thirty-flrst street NV,
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, 2735 NC
kinley street NV; to cost $500.
Ella M. Talbert, 3215 Nichols
avenue Sc, owner and builder; l.. w.
Giles, architect; to erect two 1-story
frame dwellings, 5l0-514 Trenton
street Sc; to cost $4,000 each
Lester j. Todd, 1643 U street Sc,
owner, designer and builder; to erect