Evening star., 1938-09-03
PRIVATE BUILDING
FOR WEEK SCARS
Permits Have Valuation of
$942,527, One of Years
Highest Totals.

Featured by huge amount of resi-
Dental construction, private building
in Washington during the past week
reached one of the highest totals this
year as the Office of Building Inspector
John w. Oehmann approved permits
having valuation Of $942 ,527
Permits for erection of 83 one-family
dwellings were issued during the
week. The current trend to build up
East Washington was illustrated in
the projects, as go of the homes will
be built there. Southeast Washington
alone will get so of the new homes,
according to construction records
Most of the houses approved by Col
Oehmann's Office were in the $4,000
and under class.
Largest permit of the week was is
sued to John J. McInerney, Investment
Building, for construction Of an eight
story apartment at 2l21 Virginia
avenue NV. The structure, to con-
tain 1913 units, will cost approximately
$375,000. 1t has been designed by the
architectural firm of Dillon e. Abel.
Weeks Major Permits
More important permits of the week
follow:
Columbia Operating Corp, 1885 I
street NV. owners; Francisco e.
Jacobus, architects Lee Paschall,
Richmond, Va. builder; to erect one
2-story reinforced concrete auto park
ing building, 1920 l street NV; to
cost 100000.
Freda Levy, owner; James F. Hogan,
architect; Kass Realty Co.. Inc, South
ern Building, builders; to make altera-
tions. 1896 U street NV; to cost
$4,000.
Meadowbrook, Inc, Tower Building,
owners and builders; Harvey P. Bax-
ter, architect; to erect l9 2-story brick
dwellings. 1889. 1S4l. ls43, 1847, l94e
1901, 1908, 1905. 1909, 1911, 1915
1919, 1923, 1925. 1927, 1881, 1888 and
1885 S street Sc; to cost $4,000.
Howard Homes, Inc. 14l4 Monroe
street NV. owners; John D. Cobb,
architect; Clarence w. Gosnell, Inc,
builders; to erect 13 2-story brick
dwellings, l409-33 Nineteenth street
DE-. " CUSI ScS,uUU.
Foxcroft. Inc, Southern Bldg, own
ers; Dillon &, Abel. designers: Gen.
trail Building Co., Southern Building,
builders; to erect 10 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings. $40 to 528
Oklahoma avenue NE: to cost
s37.5oO.
Maurice c, Shapiro, owner; j. B.
Shapiro, designer: J. B. Shapiro Co.,
builders. 1918 Vermont avenue NV;
to erect five 2-story brick and cinder
block dwellings, l750-58 Hobart street
NV; to cost s32,5o0.
Five Homes Planned.
Capital View Realty Co.. 925 New
York avenue NV, owners and build
er; w. Valentine. engineer: to erect
six 2-story brick and cinder block
dwellings, II to q Fifty-second street
Sc; to cost $4,000.
David 1sen, s44 Maple avenue, Sill
yer Spring, Md. owner and builder;
Dana B. Johannes, jr. designer; to
erect four 2-story brick and cinder
block dwellings. 474s. 4753, 4757, 476l
Conduit road NV; to cost s22, 900.
Stone Construction, Inc. e27 Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and build
ers; Edwin Weihe, architect: to erect
two 2-story brick and concrete block
and frame dwellings, $3.50 and 6687
Thirty-second place NV: to cost
$4,000.
Howard Homes, Inc, l4l4 Monroe
street NV, owners; John D. Cobb,
architect; Clarence W. Gosnell, Inc,
builders: to erect five 2-story dwell
ings. 1408-1416 Nineteenth street Sc;
to cost $4,000
Pichler- Richmond Construction Co..
1920 K street NV. owners and build
ers: William Crusemire designer; to
erect two 21a-story brick and con-
crete block dwellings. 1902 and 3506
Legation street NV; to cost $500
each.
Creal e. Turner, 42l4 River road
NV, owners and builders: L. O. Turn
er. designer: to erect two 2-story brick
and concrete block dwellings. 4728
and 4732 Ellicott street NV; to cost
$4,000.
$4,000 Home Project.
Stone Construction, Inc, 927 Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and build
ers; Edwin Weihe, architect; to erect
one 2-story brick and concrete block
dwelling, $3.50 Thirty-second place
NV; to cost $4,000.
Barnaby Woods Development Co.,
Bethesda, Nd, owners and builders;
NJ L. Bagley, designer; to erect one
2-story brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 5439 Forty-second street NV:
to cost $4,000.
Mary Louise and Jack Burch Hobbs,
2308 Minnesota avenue Sc. owners;
Leon Watson, designer; Jack Burch
Hobbs, 1903 Minnesota avenue Sc,
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
and concrete dwelling, 1917 GAINESVILLE
street Sc: to cost $3.50.
Stone Construction, Inc, 927 Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and build
ers: Edwin Weihe, architect; to erect
one 2-story brick and concrete block
dwelling. 6679 Thitry-second place
NV: to cost $4,000
Maurice c. Shapiro. owner: J. B.
oIldpllos dCSlSllCl D. EIlO w.,
builders, 1913 Vermont avenue NV;
to erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block dwelling, l74s Hobart street
NV: to cost $500.
Donald S. Nash, 1916 Bryant street
NE, owner and builder; Theo M.
Medford, architect: to erect one o
story brick and frame dwelling, 20l0
Charming street NE; to cost $4,000.
H. L. Amer, owner; johnson, En-
brey & Wood, Inc. 6805 Wisconsin
avenue, Bethesda. Md, designers and
builders; to erect one "A STORY brick
and cinder block dwelling, 3425 High
wood drive Sc: to cost s6 900.
Wall to Cost $4,000.
Washington League Base
ball Club, owners; to erect brick wall,
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