Evening star., 1938-03-26
SILVER STAR HOME.
|NWESLEY HEIGHTS.
OPENS THIRD WEEK.
Nav Be Visited Any Day
From 10 Am. Until
9P.M.
IS IDEAL FOR THOSE
WHO ENTERTAIN MUCH
Dwelling Contains IL Rooms and
8 Baths and Is in Attractive
Setting.

The popular dwelling of Colonia,
design at 290l Forty ninth street NV.
Wesley Heights, which received award
as the fourth Silver Star Home of the
year. tomorrow will enter the third
week of its exhibition period under
sponsorship of The Star
Located on large, tree-dotted lot
at the corner of Garfield and Forty
ninth streets. the new home was built
by Frank S. Phillips, realtor, from
plans drawn by the architectural firm
of Dillon & Abel. The house is beau
tifully furnished in antiques and au.
thentic reproductions supplied by
Biggs Antique Co. The same firm dec.
Grated the home, while the rugs are
from the store of Neshan G. Hintlian
The house will be open to the pub
lie for two more weeks. and may be
visited any day during this period from
10 IN the morning until 9 at night
1t may be reached by driving out
Massachusetts, avenue NV. to Cathe-
dral avenue. Turn left through the
main portion Of Wesley Heights to
Foxhall road and left again two blocks
to Garfield street. Drive right on Gar
field another two blocks to the prop
erty.
Contains IL Rooms.
There are IL rooms, three baths and
.lavatory in The Star Home, which is
constructed largely Of brick. The set
ting is attractive, with the wooded
area Of Fort Drive Park located di-
rectly across Forty-ninth street from
the house. The structure is designed
to take full advantage of its corner
location, as it shows up equally well
from either street.
The Wesley Heights home received
enthusiastic Endorsement from the five
housing experts who compose the
Silver Star Homes Committee. Men,
bers OF the group pronounced it one
OF the best constructed and finished
houses they had examined in years.
This committee is headed by James
S. Taylor of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration. Other members are
John Nolen, jr., director of planning
OF the National Capital Park. and
Planning Commission; Edwin H. Ros-
engarten, builder, member of the firm
of Davis, Wick g. Rosengarten; Irwin
S. Porter, prominent architect, and
Frank Luchs, who is serving on the
committee for his father, Morton j.
Luchs, president of the Washington
Real Estate Board.
Ideal for Entertaining.
The first floor of the home is ideally
arranged for entertaining. The en-
trance hall is unusually large, with
the attractive living room, study and
dining room opening from it in fan
shape. A well-equipped buffers pantry
separates the dining room from the
kitchen. There are four bedrooms
and two baths on the second floor.
The masters room has private bath
and dressing room adjoining. On
the third floor are two sizable bed
rooms with bath between The third
floor Is finished with the same high
class materials as the second The
basement floor contains the huge rec
reation room and the heater compart-
ment
Only the finest materials were used
in building The Star home. First
grade lumber was used throughout.
All pipes, cutters, down spouts and
flashings are Of copper. A thick
blanket of rock wool insures against
heat escaping through the roof. Con-
cealed conduits take telephone service
to the second floor.