Evening star., 1938-03-19
1900 BRAVE RAIN
TO WITNESS NEW
S|LvERSTAR HOME
Visitors Apparently Are
FavorabIy Impressed
by Dwelling.
RESIDENCE APPROVED
BY HOUSING EXPERTS
Colonial in Design. 1t Is Fourth
to Receive Award This Year.
Built by Phillips.

The new Silver Star Home at 290l
Forty-ninth street NV, Wesley
Heights, attracted crowd estimated
at 1000 when it was first opened last
Sunday, although intermittent showers
fell throughout the afternoon. The
visitors apparently were favorably i'm
pressed by the attractive house.
Colonial in design, the fourth home
to receive the Silver Star award this
year was built by Frank S. Phillips,
realtor, from plans drawn by the
architectural firm of Dillon g. Abel.
1t IS built largely of brick and con-
tains IL rooms, three baths and a
lavatory.
Situated on lot at the corner OF
Garfield and Forty-ninth streets
which has tote- street frontage of
200 feet, the home commands a beau
tiful view of Fort Drive Park. The
structure faces the heavily wooded
park area The neighborhood is con-
trolled by the rigid restrictions Of
Wesley Heights.
AppIUNCu W INpCitS'
The new home was thoroughly IN
spected by the five housing experts
who compose the Silver Star Homes
Committee before it was approved for
the Star award. The committee de-
cided the house is one of the best con-
sructed and finished dwellings it has
examined in the last year James S.
Taylor of the Federal Housing Ad-
minlstration is chairman of the COM
mittee. Other members include: Ir-
win S. Porter. architect; John Nolen,
jr., director of planning of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission; Frank Luchs, who is
serving for his father, Morton j.
Luchs, president of the Washington
Real Estate Board, and Edwin H. Ro-
sengarten, prominent builder.
The Colonial-type home is fur
nished in old pieces and authentic re-
productions supplied by the Biggs
Antique Co. Rugs were furnished by
Neshan G. Hintlian.
The living room is Interestingly fur
nished with pieces of Chippendale and
Hepplewhite design. 1t illustrates the
charming effect to be achieved by
combining different designs of both
good reproductions and antiques.
Give Balance to Desk.
A pair Of half-round Hepplewhite
card tables at either side of the door,
with oval gold-leaf mirrors above, give
balance to the old Colonial desk and
Martha washington armchair at the
other end Of the room. The Chippen-
dale sofa with stretcher base, which
is in this room, is a copy of the orig
inal IN the Wythe house at Williams
burg. Va. The fireplace group is
completed with a Ciippendale wing
chair and two oval tables OF Hepple-
white design. Another featured piece
of the room is an antique Pembroke
tea table, designed by Hepplewhite
The Chippendale handkerchief table
Is also an original antique.
Dining room furnishings demon
strate the harmonious blending of
designs of three well-known artists
Of the eighteenth century. The large
table is Duncan Phyfe in type, while
the sideboard, cupboard and chest
are of Hepplewhite design. The lad
der-back chairs are Chippendale. The
study or library is furnished in a
way to invite relaxation and friend
illness. There is a Chippendale love
seat and an attractive Queen Anne
chair, both with down cushions. The
Chippendale knee-hole desk is copied
from one used by Continental officers
at the siege of yorktown as a hiding
place for valuable papers,
Attractively Decorated.
The master bedroom and adjoin-
ing dressing room are attractively
decorated. Around a mahogany bed
of Sheraton design are grouped pieces
to give maximum use and comfort.
There is Queen Anne chest with
reeded quarter columns, accompanied
by highboy of the same design, and
a pair of small Hepplewhite wing
chairs. A French daybed and walnut
(Sea HOME POGO Roy