Real estate boom sets year record in 1911 market surge
The Washington realty market closed the year 1911 with total dealings of 60.932 million dollars, a new annual high surpassing 1910 by nearly 11 million. Across 1,221 negotiations, 17,289 lots changed hands, including notable sales at 13th and F streets NW and the Home Edge building. Suburban parcels and the new Fifteenth Street business center fueled rising values, while major bond issues outside the year’s totals are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ware
Washington and Old Dominion Railway
General Banking Company
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railway Company
Dacambar
Seine
Alonzo G. Bliss
Old Dominion Railway
Massachusetts Avene Heights
Reading
Washington Now Theater Company
Thirteenth and
F Streets Northwest
Home Edge
Fifteenth and
G Streate Northwest
Citizens’ Investment Company
G Street
John Sharp
Hlgh
Eleventh and
Thirteenth Streets
Florida Avenue
Cufton Street
Fayethewest
Thirteenth Street
Seventh and
5 Streets
Fatrast
Pennsylvaniavenue
New York Avenue
Seventh Street
R Street
Fultar
Nineteenth
Forrests Northwest
Alice Coplay Thaw
Yarmouth
Harbor boom trade watch others gain in harbor plan
Washington booster voices argue riverfront harbor improvements will boost commerce by deepening Potomac channels and expanding 18 mile frontage, citing Wilmington Delaware and Portland Oregon as models. Advocates say southwest development and riverfront property value would rise, replacing aging shacks with industrial docks and new factories.
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River Front
Washington
Chamber ofCommerce
White Harbor
Idea
Potomac Channel
Whoinston
Del
Portland
Ores
Washington Thean Harbor
Garage and House Sold in Capital Street Deals
The J Louie Willige Company reports the sale of the garage at 10 East Capitol Street for Benjamin Vail at 3000 dollars. Moore & lt and Jory & Cobb sold Henrietta B Huff’s three story dwelling at High Eighteenth phast Northwest to Edwin K Lee for a000. The J W Butler Company will move into new offices at the Bradford building, 1401 XY Street Northwest within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willige Company
Moore & Hill
Story & Cobb
J. W. Butler Company
Bradford
XY Street
Bloomingdale House Sold for $6,600
J Louis Willige Company sold a three story colonial brick dwelling at 79 W Northwest Bloomingdale just west of North Capitol street to Andrew C Shannon. The sale to G C Dearing involved $6,600 as an investment. The property includes nine rooms two tiled baths hot water heat a 30 foot rear alley and 249 square feet.
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J. Louis Willige Company
G. C. Dearing
J. Lous Willige Company
Andrew C. Shannon
Bloomingdale
North Capitol Street
Teta
George C. Dearing
Hold &T
Bliss to Build English Basement Residence in City
Plans prepared for a stone and terra cotta residence at 184 Sixteenth Street for Dr. Alonzo O. Elisa by Macneil & Macneil architects. The sixteen room modern house will cost 25000 with construction awarded to W E Speir. Work to start in early spring as a substantial addition to Sixteenth Street residences.
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Sixteenth Street
Alonzo O. Elisa
Macneil & Macneil
Wil
W. E. Speir
Many residences and new apartment house planned
The district building inspector reports a revival in construction with several permits issued for two to four story brick dwellings at 754 to 776 Quebec street northwest and 186 R street northwest. Other projects include a six two story brick dwellings at 1345-1266 Georgia avenue northwest and an eight dwelling project at 735 to 768 Quebec street northwest. The Catholic University of America seeks to raise a tower height to five stories and various repairs and extensions are planned across the city as winter slows external work.
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E Street Northwest
Catholic University
Sing
Douglas
Wardman
Kennedy Brothers
Quetype
R Street
Bec Street
B. Howland
Benoit
William Murphy
JS Woodley Road
Catholic University of America
Michigain Avenue
Boyle-Robertson Construction Company
St Aloysius
J. W. Care
Georgia Avenue
H. Newby
Sumner Street
R. W. Godfrey
Center Market
Willian Murphy
E. M. Lacy
J. W. Ogrr
Simon Lyon
Columbia ‘Road
Judd & Detweller
Eleventh Street
Ernest Gichner
B Street
Harry Wardman
B Straet
the Corby Company
Renair
J. W. L Devries
Woodlwy Road i
J. D. ‘Thompson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Manhattan Laundry Company
Florida Avenue
Fld
Bella
Eighth Street
H. Hollerith
Thirty-first
Channing Atrest
Mich~ Tan Avenue
Aloysine’ Rectory
Capitol Streets
D.M. Hopewood
Wil 'Figrida Avenue
Frigagal
Fifth
Elizabeth Geetzinger
Ninth Street
White Oak Coal Company
National Cathedral School
Mount St. Albans
William A. Thompson
Indiana Avenue
Joan Howard
M. Prieat
Maryland Avenue
Wardman to Build Four Story Apartments on B Street
Harry Wardman plans four story brick and reinforced concrete apartments on the south side of B Street Northwest between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. The Walton Arden Roxbury Dunston Montclaire Dover and Newbury houses will each house two to three housekeeping units and are named from letters in Wardman’s name.
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Harry Wardman
B Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Walton, Arden
Roxbury
Dunston
Montclaire
Dover
Newbury
Arden
Boss and Phelps Move to Larger Bond Building Quarters
Boss and Phelps, Inc., real estate brokers, relocate from 600 Fourteenth Street NW to larger ground floor offices in the Bond building. The move includes alterations for modern real estate suites. Harry K. Hoag serves as president with H. Glenn Phelps as vice president and O. T. Webster as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss & Phelps, Inc
Fourteenth Street
Bond
Union Savites Hank
Harry K. Hoag
H. Glenn Phelps
0. T. Webster
New Italianate Washington Day Building Opens on F Street
Officials announce the Equitable Day Building Association’s new Washington home at 618 F Street NW. John Joy Edson leads the group, founded 32 years ago, with a $195000 brick and marble structure featuring Italianate design, three-story vaulted offices, Mexican mahogany interiors, and massive vaults for records. The firm has aggregated over $30 million in business. Open date set for January 2 with plans for a formal ceremony.
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Washington
Equitable Day Operative Building Association
G18
F Street
John Joy Edwon
Association
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Ninth and
F Streets
Frederick B. Pyle
Arthur B. Heaton
John Joy Edson
Hits Ssear
P. B. Turpin
Frank P. Reeside
John B. Larner
John A. Hamilton
G. H. Grosvenor
Justice Job Barnard
F. W. Colville
A M. Lothrop
John Joy Edson, Jr
F. B. Spyte
Morrison sells Bunker Hill Road home for 15000
William J. Morrison's firm sells suburban house on Bunker Hill road between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets northeast for 15000. Purchaser Mary A. Ottenberg takes a 55000 square foot lot with a fourty room colonial house, garage and outbuildings on terraced lawn near Washington. Also noted, Stephen G Bragaw of Washington was appointed judge of the first district in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Morrison
Bunker Hill Road
J. Louis Willige Company
William H. Morrison
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Mary A. Ottenberg
Hay EB. Mildaugh
Conteina Fourtsey
Washington
New York Grain Market Report Amid Holiday Trade
New York grain futures were steady with modest receipts weighing on sentiment. Prices for wheat and oats showed little change as traders anticipate holiday postures and mixed signals from the market. receipts totaled around 200 with shipper positions uncertain.
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New York
Duluth
Mar
Lair
Yoorn-Tpet
Dee, Oy
Mau
Scacs Galyeeton
New Orleans
Charlesto
Wilmington
Wise
Holley
Boston
Philadelabia
Brunewicks
Texas City
Louis
Louisville Finn
Totel
Porns
Pel
Great Briain
France
Continent
Mexco
Ste Ret
Great
Consolidated
All
Iritain
Mexico
Great Britain
Fragmentary Market Report Leaves Gaps In Prices And Receipts
OCR shows partial market details with mentions of receipts 116,600 and a Barlet steady malting market. Reading is uncertain. key entities and figures are garbled. The readable fragments indicate a northern market trend but lack clear dates or complete item descriptions.
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Tory
Northoit
Bute
New York Produce Prices and Supplies in Mixed Columns
New York market notes list varied produce and dairy prices across many items. The fragment shows onions, beans, peppers, melons, apples, cranberries, milk, butter, flour, wheat, and pork with assorted per unit prices and notes on receipts and quality levels.
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Florida
Okra
New York
Tex
Porte
Prades
Baltimore Markets Prices for Wheat Corn and Poultry 1896
Baltimore markets report December 1896 shows wheat at spot gut brant, corn at spot contract fayne, No 2 white oats at 52 1/2 cents, eggs and butter prices listed for Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia regions, various poultry and dairy items with per pound and per dozen figures, regional price spreads and dairy duties noted. The article catalogs dairy and livestock rates across Maryland, West Virginia, and surrounding areas with multiple grain and animal product quotations.
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Baltimore
Dirmnr
and Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Fenn
Merrland
Yckens
Sergé
Rowen
Tale
Ucerby
Live Stock Markets Mixed Prices Hold Steady Across Markets
Chicago and Desch Catle markets show steady to slow trading with mixed receipts. Cattle receipts total 611 with native sides at 4.25 to 6.15, calves 5.25, hogs 2.779 steady, sheep and lambs weaker. bulk notes show varied prices and modest declines across categories.
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Texas
Westra
Vearitnes
Lambs
M-Bueves
Washington Produce Market Report Highlights Demand
The Washington Produce Market notes strong demand for Florida fruits and vegetables with steady supplies of apples. Poultry prices rise as markets show movement in chickens and ducks, with Virginia and West Virginia shipments mentioned. Cucumber prices for Florida and Tennessee areas appear in listings, reflecting regional distribution and pricing dynamics.
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Florida
New York State
New
Laren
Virginginia
Virgil OB
West
Tennessee
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Massachusetts
Avenue Heights
Cavendish
Netherlands
Handricka
Fifteenth Street
Union Oros Company
Union Trust
H Streets
Orven GO
Staples
Oreg
Germany
Gelaenkirchen & City
Westphalia
Rhine
Teutons
Seura
Dusseldorf
Kington
Gavocatea
District Committees of
Congress
Washington Harbor
Shepherds Landing
Anacostia River
Bloomingdale House
DE. A. D. Bliss
Magn
Enth Street
RESI
A. 0
Bliss
Harrig Ewing
The
Equitable Cooperative Building and Loan Association
Teenth Street
Heal Estate Firm
Boss & Phelps
NEW Manual Training School
North Capitol
Equitable Building Association
Ross & Structure Beautiful
Phelps Total Big Sum
Stephen Gatti
Bose & Phelps, Incorporated
Cliffbourne
Houge
Calvert Street
Balfour Annex
Tt. F. Schneider
E. C. Ratfferty
Ingleside Terrace
Charles W. Burrows
Thomas W. Hungerford
Z. Miller
H Street
Sam~ual ‘Jacobson
Edward A. Pay
Charles King
S. Holton
Merlitan Street
T. T. Sinclair
Charles W. King
Monroe Street
William Gataley
O. F. Sanders
Otis Street
B. L. Smith
T. Wy Hungerford
Seventeenth Street
Emory L. Coblentz
Broad Branch Road
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Greek Park
Local Capitallat
Stone
Louise Taylor
Thomas G. Steward
J. Russell
Tenth Street
T. L. Thice
Britton Browns
Randall H. Hagner
NEW York Grain
7Th Street
N.E
K Street N. Hybe
H. R. Howenstein ‘Co
N. W
Boss & Phelps (Inc
14Th St
New York Ave
Peanguivanis
Kennecy White
New Told
Whaler
Wedley
Guase
Legian
Wegd Gat
Westra Upriog
EL Borsiandaré
Besveensa
Ziat Atendy
Lanmamiealy
Luoglag
CDUN
America
Anertca
Epecia
Courtey
Sme
Herols Cleady
Junuare
Panmary
Bergsda
Ap AB
May
ABE
raBnaé
Philadelphia
St. Rige
Opua
Liverpool
Virginia
Muscovad
Ceulrltege
Washington Produce Market
Nott
Souther Bldg
Chevy Chase Specialists
Shoot & Young Southern Ulld.ng
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