Suburban Home Boom Noted in Saul’s Addition
N L Lansbury Company reports fifteen detached houses either completed or nearing completion in Saul’s Addition as demand for suburban homes rises. Multiple sales are listed including lots 12 and 13 in square 2921 and several completed or near-complete homes on Delafield Emerson and Thirteenth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Lansbury Company
Saul
N. L. Lansbury
J. 14
Heazley
Mary FE. Farley
Emerton Street
Thas
Five Private Sales Close Busy Friday in Northwest City
Stone and Fairfax disposed of five northwestern city properties last Friday. All buyers paid cash, with homes and investment properties sold: a 2227 West Street three story ten room brick dwelling for 5100, a 611 Q Street eight room brick dwelling with cellar for 4700, a 515 Florida Avenue two story and basement brick dwelling for 3700, a 2129 I Street two story and cellar brick building for 3700, and a 2151 P Street northwest brick business building for 3500.
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Stone & Fairfax
Inihat
Wirst Street
Q Street
Florida Avenue
I Street
P Street
Victoria Apartments Sold at Corner Block in Mount Pleasant
The Victoria apartment house at the corner of Fourteenth and Clifton streets, Mount Pleasant, a six story structure with 34 apartments and annual rental value of about 17,000 dollars, has changed owners to James J. Keane of Baltimore. Keane also acquired adjoining lots totaling 28,500 square feet, planning modernization and new building use. Separate business-section transfer mentions Yoseph I. Weller acquiring the southeast corner of Seventh and E streets northwest for investment, property fronting 85 feet on E street and 76 feet on Seventh, size 1.25 square feet, with a reported price near 50,000 dollars.
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Fourteenth and
Clifon Streets
Mount Pleasant
James J. Keane
Baltimore
Keane
Fourteenth
Clfton Streets
Fourteenth Street
M. T. Haller
Seventh End
E Streets
Yoseph I. Weller
E Street
Seventh Street
Land improved and sold in city residential section
Thomas J. Fisher & Co sold land last week to John C. Deichmann. He plans two houses on each side of S street between New Hampshire Avenue and Eighteenth Street, each with twelve rooms and three baths. A. F. Fox Company occupies its new three story building at W311 H Street NW.
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Thomas J. Fisher & Co
John C. Deichmann
S Street
New Frampshire Avenue
Eighteenth Street
A. F. Fox Company
The
of Fox Company
H Street
Really Company
New Episcopal Home for Children Opens Soon
Public school building at Chesapeake Junction, known as the Seat Pleasant building, is under way with a May 1 opening planned. Designed by architect Frank G. Pierson and built by Bryant & Bryant of Berwyn Md, the four room structure will house up to 18 pupils with dedicated teachers and recreation spaces. Modern sanitation features are included and the project costs about 38,000 dollars.
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Chesapeake Junction
Seat Pleasant
Frank G. Pierson
Bryant & Bryant
Berwyn
Remodel Takoma Building Plans Include Office Use
The Takoma building at 60 F Street NW, recently bought by Owen Owen, will be enlarged and remodeled for office space. A new F Street level entrance will be added, space waste designated for tire stores, three upper floors converted to offices, and a large rear extension for more office rooms.
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Takoma
Takoma Bilding
F Street
Owen Owen
Apartment House Sold for 315000 at 1800 Fourth St NW
Ed T. Beery bought the three story apartment house at 1800 Fourth Street Northwest from R. S. Wolfe for 315000. The sale was handled by W. C. Prather of Prather and Ryan. Prather also sold a two story brick dwelling at 2 Twentieth Street Northwest to J. J. Stueker.
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Ed T. Beery
Fourth Street
R. S. Wolfe
W. C. Prather
Prather & Ryan
Mr. Prather
Twentfth Street
J. J. Stueker
Eleven Properties Sold in Northwest City Investments
N L Sansbury Company reported eleven property sales in the northwestern city area totaling over 100000. Transactions include multiple Lewis E Breuninger parcels on Monroe street Park road Wisconsin avenue and Seven teenth street, with prices ranging from 3250 to 19200 and buyers including Mary Frances Gibson Henry Fuch s and Payton Fletcher.
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L. L. Lansbury Company
May M. Crump
Monroe Street
Lewis E. Breuninger
Fark Road
Yor Kennedy
Lewis E, Breuminger
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Mary Frances Gibson
Park Road
Mary IE. Held
Henry ¥Unkel
Payton B. Fletcher
Seventeenth Street Northwest
Eliza Hetfilh
William KR. Fuchs
Lewis
Breunager
Wisconsin Avenue
Northwest
Downtown Brick Building Sold for 42000 to Perpetual
A three story brick structure at Eleventh and E streets northwest sold for 42000 to the Perpetual Building Association, about 20 per square foot. Stone & Fairfax handled the sale from Emmons 8 Smith and John H Howell trustees. The association plans extensive improvements and will use it as headquarters.
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Plata
Harris-Ewing
Eleventh
E Streets
Stone & Fairfax
Perpetual Building Association
Emmons 8. Smith
John H. Howell
Eleventh Street
New Metropolitan Baptist Church Planned at Sixth and A NE
Architects plan a stone and brick Gothic church with fireproof floors and concrete foundations on the Metropolitan Baptist site at Sixth and A streets northeast. The project totals over 80000 dollars with most funds raised. work could start within weeks under Rev. John Compton Bail.
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Metropolitan Baptist “Tach
John Compton Bail
Healing by the Mind Safeguards From Disease
A Washington Christian Science practitioner argues that Christian Science cannot blend with medicine because physics and metaphysics separate matter from spirit. He cites Lincoln and Washington’s moral strength, notes Mrs. Eddy’s guidance on health laws, and asserts true healing comes from the mind rather than diseased matter.
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Eddy
Lincoln
Washington
Florence Nightingale
Woods Hutchinson
D C Farms Valued High Near Profitable Market
The District of Columbia holds the nation’s most valuable farms at about 5.5 million dollars across 214 divisions averaging 25 542 dollars per farm. Most districts focus on truck gardening and fruit growing near Washington with an average farm size around 28 acres, far smaller than Iowa’s 156 acres. The Post’s Booklovers contest fifth count is continued elsewhere in today’s issue.
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District of Columbia
United States
Iowa
Union
Post
Real estate spree as Wardman builds and buys in DC area
Multiple DC area transactions report Spring Roadhouse sold for 4,750 to Benjamin E B Smith and 1362 Parkwood Street NW bought for 5,250 as an investment by James I Parker. Amato Tassa purchases 612 Lamont Street for 3,750, Shannon Luchs handling the deals. The former home of Vice President Fairbanks at 17th and K NW transfers to Richard M Fairbanks with no price stated. Other deals include 1014 Seventh Street NW bought for 9,000 by Morris Hinsh from Cissell Talbott Co., and several Northeast row houses on Highth Street NE and Eleventh Street NE changing hands for 4,500 and investments. Wardman plans eighteen two-story homes on Spring Road NW for 72,000, while New York Avenue and Ninth Street NW lot transfers involve 15,000 to Percy H. Russell. Additional construction starts include a three-story house for Mrs. Bolling on Wyoming Ave NW for about 8,000 and two Deichman projects on 5th Street NW. Samuel E Phillips buys a 6,000 lot on Nineteenth Street NW, and a two-story brick studio at G Street NW valued at 2,000 is planned for Marie Bussard.
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Lansbury Company
F. Brinley
Delafield Street
Naul
Zaida B. Kates
James C. ‘Marsh
Fourteenth Street
J. Sharman Donaldson
M. H. Bray
Crittenden Street
Georgia Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Aul
Amos Tyree
Spring Roadhouse
Benjamin EB. Smith
Spring Road
Harry Wardman
Shannon & Lachs
Parkwood Street
Shannon & Luchs
James I. Parker
Seventh Street
Morris Hinsh
William H. H. Cissell
Gissell, Talbott & Co., Inc
Elizabeth Dora Garrison
H. R. Howenstein Co., Inc
Highth Street
Robert C. Fowler
Howenstein Company
Eleventh Street
Maryland Avenue
New York Avenue
Ninth Street
Madison Whipple
Percy H. Russell
Stone & Fairfax
Russell
Health, Spiritual Power, and the Rock of Faith
The essay contrasts Nature and Spirit as unseen healing forces. It argues health rooted in material limits collapses under trials, while health built on spiritual power endures. It cites Christ’s promise of abundant life and warns against relying on imperfect, material foundations.
Property Sales Reported In District Transactions
Phillips and Sager reported several district property sales to A H Walter for Charles E Wire a new detached frame dwelling on Madison Street NW between Georgia Avenue and Thirteenth Street sold for 36000. A six room dwelling at 228 Twelfth Street NW built by Charles W King sold to Abraham Cohen for 5700. James H McDevitt bought the six room dwelling at 265 Thirteenth Street NW from Mrs Jennia B Abbott for 39 investment. Dr Richard Clough Thompson of Pine Bluff Ark bought the dwelling at 1721 Seaton Street NW for 2500 for investment.
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Mr. McDevitt
Richard Clough Thompson
Pine Blut
Ark
Seaton Street
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Decatur Street
Thirfteenth Street
Hag
Harry, Wardman
Thirteenth
Victoria
J. J.keane
Arphive
Airy View
Tunt Ot Tarcis Pring
Twentieth Street
Belmont
Biltmore Streets
John H Nolan
NEW Episcopal Home For Children
Harris Gwing
Anacostia
Episcopal Church
N. L. Sansbury Company
B Street
Cisse, Talbott & Co, Inc
Wilton J. Lambert
M. Rosenberg
S and M. Lamberg
Metropolitan Baptists
Clark
Metropolitan Baptist
Appleton P. Clark, Jr
Columbia
Association of Baptist Bareheg
Metropolitan Church
William S. Campbell
William 8. Campbell
Christian Science
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sandy
D.C
Wardman House Market
Lamont Street
Amato Tassa
Seventeenth
K Streets
Fairbanks
Stanford
California
Richard M. Fairbanks
Mhirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
A. H. Beers
Eleanor L. Bolling
Wyoming Avenue
Howard Etchison
Will Breet
John C. Deichman
Mr. Deichman
Samuel E. Phillips
Armistead Peter, Jr
Nineteenth Street
O Streets
Poe & Hi
G Street
Marie Bussard
F. W. Jackson
Universal Cooperative Company
N. E
Union Station
Government Printing Office
Gurney
Joseph I. Weller
St. N. W
F. S
Smith
Key-Smith & Latham
Key-Smith & Company
White
Harrie Eving
France
Meridian Hill
Christ
Phillips & Sager
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H. R. Howenstein CO
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