Evening star., 1940-11-09
Home Building Here
Enjoys Largest
Week in Decade
Seors, Roebuek & Co.
Gets Biggest Permit,
$3.50, 900 for Store

Home building enjoyed ltS olgges'
week In the District in more than
decade during the past six days as
the building inspectors ofice ap-
proved permits for l6l dwellings,
The valuation of all types of build
ing turing the week was Sl,46O'59o'
tt. largest permit of the week
was .ssued Sears, Roebuck & Co. Tor
erection of the controversial store
at Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle
street NV. This large one-story
store will cost about S750,000. John
Stokes Redden was listed as de-
signer
More important permits OF the
period follow:
Sears, Roebuck e. Co., Chicago,
Ill, owner and builder; John Stokes
Redden, designer; to erect one
1-story concrete retail department
store, 4101 Albemarle street NV;
to cost s750,000.
River Terrace Co., 3437 Benning
rd. NE, owner and builder; George
T. Santmyers, 1410 H street NV,
designer to erect nineteen 2-story
brick dwellings, 3OO-336 Thirty sixth
street NE; to cost SAT 900.
Harry Poretsky, 45l5 Thirteenth
street NV, owner and builder;
Sidney Poretsky, 4515 Thirteenth
street NV, designer; to erect ten
2story brick dwellings q families
each). 20O-2l8 Portland street Sc;
to cost S45 900.
Brown Bros. Corp. Insurance
Building, owners and builders; G. T.
Santmyers, l41O H street NV, ar
chitect; to erect eight 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 1712,
IT'S. 1920 1924. 1728, 1882 and 1876
Webster street NE; to cost 100000.
Four Dwellings Planned.
Barkley Bros, Inc, Shoreham
Building, owners and builders; Dana
B. Johannes, designer; to erect four
2-story brick and cinder block
dwellings, 3701, 3707, 37l1, 3715 Fes-
senden street NV; to cost $4,000
each.
D. c. Engineering Co., so Ken
nedy drive, Kenwood, Md, owners
and builders; A. H. Sonnemann, so
Kennedy drive, Kenwood, Md. de-
signer; to erect twelve 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 1870
1898 Savannah street Sc; to cost
$4,000
Elmer B. Young, 1893 L street NE,
owner and builder; G. T. Santmyers,
141o H street NV, designer; to
erect nine 2-story brick and cinder
block dwellings, 1855 to 1882 Lang
place NE; to cost $4,000
Wesmond Building &, Investment
Co., 1882 K street NV, owners and
builders: G.. T. Santmyers, l410 H
street NV, architect; to erect
seven 2-storv brick and cinder block
dwellings. 290l, 1908, 29O5, 2909, 2911,
2s15, 2e17 K street Sc; to cost
$4,000.
Dallas NJ Grady, 11o4 Vermont
avenue NV, owner and builder; G
T. Santmyers, 1410 H street NV,
architect; to erect eleven 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings, AIS
to 435 Twentieth street NE; to cost
$4,000.
Master Builders, 3119 Eighteenth
street NE, owners and builders; R.
c. Archer, jr., 215 Florida avenue
NV, designer; to erect six 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings,
Soils Oakwood street Sc; to cost
$4,000 each.
Permit for Six Houses.
Colony Construction Co., 1924 K
street NV, owners and builders;
George T. Santmyers, 14l0 H street
NV, architect: to erect six 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings
46l7 to 1929 Twelfth street NE; to
cost $4,000.
Mike Asha. 205 Shoreham Build
ing. owner and builder; c. West
1420 K street NV, designer. to
erect eight 2-story masonry dwell
ings, 31o-324 Division avenue; to cost
$4,000.
Martin Bros. 1341 Connecticut
avenue NV, owners and builders
Irving Coggins, 1341 Connecticut
avenue NE, designer; to erect one
1-story brick garage and Offices, 212l
West Virginia avenue NE; to cost
s23 900.
Edward A. Hyde, 5918 Second
place NV, owner, builder and de-
signer; to erect three 2-story brick
dwellings, 4435-39 Albemarle street
NV; to cost $500 each.
A. Feinstein g. Son, 1914 Blaine
street NE, owners and builders: G.
T. Santmyers, 1410 H street NV.
architect; to erect four 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 4457
445o, 4463, 4465 Alabama avenue
Sc; to cost $4,000.
River Terrace Co., 3437 Bennine
road NE, owners and builders;
George T. Santmyers, 1410 H street
NV, architect; to erect seven 2
story brick dwellings. 400 to AZ
Thirty sixth street NE; to cost
$4,000.
w. C. & A. N. Miller Development
Co., 1119 Seventeenth street NV.
owners and builders: G. E. MacNeil
1119 Seventeenth street NV, de-
signer; to erect one 3-story bricl
and tile dwelling, 1901 Fordham roac
NV; to cost $4,000.
w. c. & A. N. Miller Development
Co., l11s Seventeenth street NV.
owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil
1119 Seventeenth street NV, de.
signer; to erect one 2-story brick