Evening star., 1939-01-21
First Star Home
Of 1899 Opens
I Tomorrow
Exhibit Comedies
With Announcement
Of New Community

An attractive Cape Cod type home
will be opened to the public tomor-
row at SAB Forty second street
NV. as the first in the 1899 series
of Silver Star Homes. 1t will be
exhibited for 30 days under spon-
sorship of The Star.
Initial announcement of Rutledge,
a new community at one of the
highest spots in the District, is made
simultaneously with the opening of
the Silver Star Home The latter
is one of the first four houses to be
erected in the new section by
Edward R. Carr, prominent realtor
and builder. Plans are going for
ward for eventual construction of
so dwellings in this previously un-
tapped portion of Chevy Chase.
Situated a short distance from
Chevy Chase Circle-two blocks by
Western avenue-and equally acces-
sible to the Wisconsin avenue busi-
ness area, the new Star home has
one of the prize locations in that
portion of the District A number
OF main thoroughfares lead from
Rutledge to downtown Washington,
and it is within easy walking dis
tance of schools and churches. The
large size of the tract acquired from
the Chevy Chase Land Co. is in
surance against encroachment by
cheap builders.
Brick Painted White.
The home is built of brick and stone,
painted white. 1t was designed by M.
T. Bagley and Dan Kirkhuff, and has
been completely decorated and fur
nished by Moody & Gould of
Bethesda, Md. The work of land
scaping the lot was handled by
Quaint Acres Nurseries.
Before the new home was ac-
cepted for the Silver Star award
1t was thoroughly examined by the
experts in home building, design,
planning and value who compose
the Silver Star Homes Committee.
This group approved the Rutledge
house unanimously. James S. Tay-
lor of the Federal Housing Admin
istration is chairman of the COM
mittee. Other members include:
, Francis A. Murry, president of the
Washington Real Estate Board;
Edwin H. Rosengarten, builder and
member of the firm of Davis, Wick
& Rosengarten; John Nolen, jr.,
director of planning of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, and Irwin S. Porter, promi-
nent architect.
The lot upon which The Star
dwelling is situated has a street
frontage of rs feet, and it is the
plan OF Mr.. Carr to space all the
houses in Rutledge so that they
will not be crowded. This lot has
been carefully handicapped. Full-size
apple trees and large NAPLES have
been planted in front of the houses.
Large Living Room.
First-foor plan of the home shows
a large living room with paneled
fireplace, dining room, economically
arranged kitchen, and a fourth
room which may be used either as
a den or bedroom. A full bath ad-
joins the latter. On the second floor
there are three bedrooms and large
bath. Two of the bedrooms are of
unusually large size. Ample closet
space is provided in all of these
rooms.
The basement includes the heater
and laundry room, and has suff1-
cient space so that recreation
room might be added. A gas-burn-
ing winter air. r-conditioning furnace
supplies heat for the home. The
kitchen is equipped with electrical
fixtures.
Quartered oak floors were laid
throughout the house. The roof
contains a blanket of rock wool,
insurance against heat leakage, the
walls are furred, and all the pipes,
cutters, downspouts and flashings
are of copper. Cornice holdings
and chair rails were specially de-
signed. Wallpaper was carefully
selected.
The house will be open tomorrow
and each day during the exhibition
period from 10 in the morning until
8 at night.