Evening star., 1942-08-08
Prefabricated
Houses Slated
AtSuitIand Tract
BIS Demountobles
Will Be Set Up,
ADA Reveals

N~N NSVSNVS
Standard Houses, Inc, has been
given an order by the Alley Dwell
ing Authority to begin, ON Tues
day the construction Of 3l5' de-
mountable houses on the Garry
tract at Suitland, Md, the ADA
announced today.
This project is the fourth In the
ADA's demountable program to get
under way.
The other three are the rs houses
now being constructed by Irons and
Reynolds, Inc, at Thirty-fifth street
and Reservoir road; 1913 houses by
United Fabricators, Inc, on Ben
ming road at Forty-sixth street Sc.
and 146 houses by A. Lloyd Goode
at First and r streets s. w.
The first of these houses will be
ready for occupancy in September
and all are scheduled to be COM
pleted by November 10.
Two Other Projects Studied.
Two other projects are now before
the War Production Board as ADA
awaits priorities before starting con-
struction. Construction of three
others is being held up because Of
lack of certain data recently re-
quired by WPB on critical mate
rials needed for water mains, sew
ers. gas and electricity.
These five projects are the 168
houses on Kenilworth avenue at
Foote street NE, 238 houses at
Fairway near Silver Spring, Md:
33 at Bryant and w streets NV,
SO at Twenty-hrst and H streets
NE, and 80 at Monroe and Seventh
streets NE.
Sites for 1,179 additional houses
have been secured. ADA announced.
though certain final details must
be worked out.
OF this group, $50 will be in the
District, 333 in Maryland and 466
in Virginia
These sites do not include three
large tracts in Fairfax (Va) and
Prince Georges Md Counties,
where construction has been deferred
because of critical materials needed
for utilities.
TwO-Story Plans Included.
Securing of sites, revision of plans
and specifications submitted by fab
ricators in order to meet local con-
ditions and WPB requirements and
securing of approvals from the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority all
contributed to the delay in the pro-
gram, ADA pointed out.
But now nine projects, compris-
ing total of ,239 houses, are either
under construction or to be started
as soon as priorities are received.
A novelty in the ADA program Is
the two-story demountable.
Two of the demountable projects,
which together will house more than
200 families, are mushrooming into
shape from prefabricated parts in
two widely separated sections Of the
District.
According to John Ihlder, execu-
tive officer of the ADA. the buildings
now being erected at Thirty-fi
street and Reservoir road NV, and
at First and r streets S.W. are the'
nrst two-Story demountable houses
ever to be put together in the
country.
/ $4,000 Cost Per Building.
ALI of the 221 houses on both sites.
along with all streets, utilities, land
scaping and other improvements, are
expected to be finished within the
120 days specified in the contracts.
The IS units being built In the
Northwest section will be rented to
white war workers and the l46 on
the Southwest site will be occupied
by colored war worker families.
The construction cost per building.
1t Is estimated, is about $500, but
the total unit cost, including rental
for the land and administrative ex-
, penses, is expected to run around
$4,000.
A rental schedule has not yet been
determined but will probably be
: based on cost of construction. No
requirements have yet been desig-
mated for prospective tenants, and
applications are not yet being re-
ceived.
All OF the houses must be removed
within one year after the close Of
the war, and they are so constructed
that they can be readily dismantled
and shipped away for reassembly at
any time.
; Heating will be done by coal
stoves, cooking by gas. Electric
lighting and refrigeration will be
provided in all the units.
Exterior construction at the
Northwest project, known as the
Thirty-f1fth Street Homes, is to be
OF composition shingles and frame
ana the interior Of sheetrock. On
the Southwest project, designated
. as War College Homes, frame ex-
teriors are planned with plywood
inside.
One House Day Averaxed.
The Northwest project, going up
on land leased from the George
town Convent of the Visitation, will
oe bounded by Thirty-flfth and
Thlrty-sixth streets and by Reser-
volr road. Dent place, which now
ends at Thirty-f1fth street. will be
extended $40 feet to meet Thirty.
, sixth street to form the southern
, boundary.
The War College Homes are be.
ing erected on the site bounded bv
II and T streets and by One-haif
ana First streets. This land is be-
, ing leased from Christian Heurich.
Work began on the Thirty-fifth
Street Homes about a week ago and
at the War College Homes around
July Is. According to j. M. Dagger.
vice president Of Irons 81 REYNOLDS.
Inc, 1t requires 120 man hours to
put up one house and a total of
300 man-hours to get 1t ready for
occupancy. In the Southwest, where
the work is being done by the A.
Lloyd Goode Contracting Co., an
average OF one house a day has been
erected during the past 2l days.