Evening star., 1941-07-26
Shop Talk
News About Builders
And Reul Estate
Personalities

tdTy OF the washing lOn real Eoldlt
Board, has compiled figures which
show quite clearly how much private
initiative is doing TO meet the hous-
ing emergency in the Capital.
Nearly twice as many dwelling
units were included in Metropolitan
Area permits during the first hall
of this year as were issued in the
similar portion of 1910. Mr.. Rush. s
figures include the District. Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties in Maryland, and Arlington
County and Alexandria in Virginia
They do not include Fairfax County
where more and more Washington
workers are making their home.
To be specific, permits were issued
q in the above jurisdictions from
January to July for total of 10
ST. dwelling units. or sufficient space
to take care of from 35 1000 to 10000
people A total of 6,288 of these
units are in apartments, and 4.283
in family dwellings In the
FIRST half of 1910 total of 5.893 new
housing units were provided in the
Metropolitan Area. These were di-
vided 2.469 in apartments and 3,424
in houses. That is huge gain over
1910, which was generally con-
.sidered the greatest home building
year in the history of the city. In
.cidentally, the valuation of all types
of construction approved in Metro
polltan Washington in the first
half Of 194l exceeds s50O0O, 900.
Frank S. Phillips, one of the de-
velopers Of the exclusive community.
.Briarcliff, points out that so homes
with total value of sl240, 900 have
been built in the section in less
than year and half. Mr.. Phillips
Is opening a new exhibit home at
5000 Palisade lane NV.
The title of Certified Property
Manager has been conferred upon
Roy G. Fristoe, realtor, by the In
stitute of Real Estate management,
professional branch of the National
Associate of Real Estate Boards
Mr.. Fristoe has been a member of
the firm of Davidson g. Davidson
for over 20 years and is member of
the Washington Real Estate Board.
The Davidson firm is credited with
erecting the first apartment building
In Washington, and also the first
building TO be equipped with cleo
trical refrigeration.
Mr.. FrlStoe, also member of the
Board of Trade. attended Mckinley
High School and Washington e. Lee
University.
William E. Poulton. treasurer of
the Columbia Federal Savings &
Loan Association, of Washington,
will continue his work in the Gradu-
ste School of Savings and Loan at
Northwestern University. Chicago.
August 1929 He received word to-
day that he had been admitted for
the second years course of study
after completing. along with rs
other savings and loan executives
of the country, the basic course in
the school.
A total of six homes In the initial
group of 10 have been sold by the
Monticello Development Corp. in its
development on Russell road in
nearby Alexandria. The houses are
designed along lines of the con-
temporary modern type of architec-
ture. They were designed by Joseph
H, Abel. The firm owns SO acres
of rolling, wooded ground which it
will develop.
The real estate Offices of L. T.
Gravatte & Frances Powell Hill
have just completed deal on the
Woodlev Manor apartments, located
In the 2800 block of Twenty-eighth
street NV. The apartments. in
cluding 48 units, were sold to a
group headed by Cora Shaw Fletcher
for Frederick e. Brown. Sale price
was not made public. The property
Is assessed for s1S8,000.
w. o. Cooley, of Cooley Bros,
home building firm. has left for a
vacation trip which will take him
to Canada and Atlantic City among
other places . Edward X. Jones OF
weaver Bros, is spending some
time on the Eastern Shore :. Mr..
and Mrs. L. T. Gravatte are in Vir-
ginia Beach E. Miss Laura Harlan
!s at Murray Bay. Canada. while
Francis A. Murray is in Eagles
tnere, Pa.
During the past week the District
Real Estate Commission received
Applications for real estate brokers'
licenses from Percy J. Grady, 1927
Connecticut avenue NV. and
Suzanna Blackwell trading as
Blackwell Realty Co, 1929 Ninth
street NV.
Applications for real estate sales
mems licenses were received from
Anthony Latona, 1882 X street NV:
George Y. Worthington, Sd. 1900
Fifteenth street NV; Leroy C.
Clements, 1915 K street NV; Frank
e. Teats, 1l19 Seventeenth street
NV: Sylvester L. McLaurin, 2OO3
Twelfth street NV; LeOna E. Seide-
mann, 927 Fifteenth street NV:
Benjamin Wesley Roberts, 1919 K
street NV. A F KiSer 1915 K