Evening star., 1941-08-10
Residence at Single Oak
Attractively Remodeled
Estate to Be Occupied by Swiss
Minister and His Wife About Sept. |

drawers at the bottom-even under
the stairway she has had a cupboard
made for wood. This is lined with
zinc and, with three fireplaces, even
wood boxes are not adequate. OPP
poSite this wood box under the stairs
a tennis racket closet has been
placed, filling in a narrow, crevlce-
like space. and against the banlster
in the hall at the top Of the stairs
wooden seat is built, which is in
reality a box. the lid of which is on
hinges. Another of these utility
closets in what would otherwise be
waste space is the family coat closet
beside the wood box under the stairs.
The library is on the north side, or
front of the house Here shelves will
be built to the ceiling to take care OF
the library of the Minister and his
wife, and as it opens into the small
hallway leading to the large center
hall, as we'll as into the small cloak
room in the entrance hall, it can be
used in emergencies for checking
wraps.
A small dining room-family din
ing room, perhaps-is at the west
side of the. large and formal dining
room and on the south and west has
easement windows with small panes
of glass.
On the second floor is a family
sitting room. done in soft French
blue and having a fireplace to add
to its attractiveness and comfort.
French doors open onto the roof OF
the portico below, which will be fin
ished off for a terrace. From here
there is a glimpse of the Potomac
River, with the Virginia hills be-
yond. 1t is only glimpse at this
season of the year but when the
trees are bare it will be distant
view. The master bedroom is in
the southeast corner and sitting
room adjoins in the northeast cor
ner of the house, bath between,
There are two bedrooms on the
south side of the house toward the
west with bath between, which the
sons of the Minister and Nine.
Bruggmann will occupy, and on
the north side there are three
guest rooms and bath, one of the
rooms to be used as a sitting room.
In addition there is ample room for
servants on the northwest wing.
Shaded Pathway Leads
To the Chancery.
The chancery of the Legation has
been established for some time in
the house at the corner of Cathedral
avenue and Twenty-ninth street.
which for many years was the home
of the late Col. Mervyn Buckley and
which he inherited from his father.
When the Buckeys lived there it was
''out in the country with only
Single Oak and Woodley as neigh
bors. From the Minister'S residence
to the chancery there is a path, with
one or more vine-covered arbors
and numerous trees.
The Minister and his family eX-
pect to move before September !
from their apartment in Wardman
Park Hotel, where they have lived
since they came here from Prague,
the Minister'S former post. They
have furnished their apartment with
their own things but as much more
furnishings are in storage, not yet
unpacked since the spring of 1889
when they left Prague. Until the
furniture is in place, Nine. Brugg-
mann will be undecided about cur
tains and draperies-in fact not un-
til the household goods are assem-
bled once more will she know what
will fit the new Legation and what
will not. But the air-cooled house
with its electric kitchen and its set
ting make it one of the very hand
some and comfortable abodes of
those visitors within our gates"
who represent our friends and neigh
bors in the world.