Evening star., 1939-11-04
Thousands See
Silver Star
Home
Rock Creek Park
Village Dwelling in
Low-Price Runge

The attractive Silver Star home
at 35l4 Inverness drive, Rock Greek
Park Village, Nd, tomorrow will
enter the second week of its ex-
hibition period. More than $500
persons attended the opening last
Sunday, and many more visitors in
spected the home during the week.
Although the new dwelling con-
tains seven rooms, it is priced with
in the low-cost range. Its location,
near the Connecticut avenue coun-
try club district, is also considered
one of the best in suburban WASH
ington. Rock Greek Park Village is
adjacent to the Montgomery County
section of Rock Greek Park. It Is
a rolling and beautifully wooded
section, and its development has
just been started.
How to Reach Home.
The eighth Star home of the year
may be reached by driving out Con-
necticut avenue past Chevy Chase
Lake to Old Connecticut avenue.
Bear right on Old Connecticut ave-
nue. to Inverness drive. Turn right
On Inverness and follow signs across
Montgomery lane. 1t will be open
to the public for 30 days under The
Stars sponsorship.
Endorsement of the five housing
experts who form the Silver Star
Homes Committee was given the
Rock Creek Park dwelling. Men,
bers of the committee examined
the structure thoroughly before ap-
proving it for the Star award.
James S. Taylor of the Federal
Housing Administration is chairman
of the group. Other members in
clude Irwin S. Porter, architect:
Edwin H. Rosengarten, builder,
member of the firm of Davis, Wick
& Rosengarten; Fred A. Smith,
president of the Washington Real
Estate Board, and John Nolen, jr.,
director of planning of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
The home was built by the Rock
Greek Park Village Corp. and is
presented by Sandoz, Inc. 1t was
designed by Miss Frances Knee,
architect, of Lyon Park, Va. Hewitt
Wells, treasurer Of the construction
firm, planned the Rock Creek de-
velopment and supervised building
the home. 1t has been furnished
by group of antique dealers. Miss
Marguerite Burbridge arranged the
curtains, other decorations and fur
nishings.
Details Of Furnishing.
Only inexpensive antiques were
used in furnishing the home. The
living room has silver and neutral
striped paper. Featured pieces in
this room include small love seat,
q wing chair, two rosewood occa-
sional chairs, bird's-eye maple
chest, q drop-leaf table and an oc-
casional table.
The dining room has gray
green wainscoting with semi-scenic
paper above. Here are featured a
maple corner cupboard, pine dining
table, sideboard of the same wood,
painted chairs, butter tray, small
serving table. The den is decorated
In cream and has an upholstered
easy chair, two painted chairs, pine
secretary-desk, pine milk bench,
which has been converted into a
bar, and two occasional tables.
The master bedroom is papered
IN attractive yellow with figures
It contains pine low-poster bed.
bedside table, chairs, chest of
drawers and a dressing table. The
other large front bedroom has pink
figured paper. 1t has tester bed
with curtain canopy, dressing table,
other tables and chairs and chest
of drawers in pine. The third bed
room is furnished for a child.