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A Cottage for Sale: 1919

Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 7:00pm.
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        The beautiful residence of John M. Henderson, 3815 Ingomar street, Chevy Chase, was purchased last week by Frances H. Brady, through the realty firm of Hartung & Gibbons, at a consideration of $17,000. This property, which consists of a 12-room and 3-bath house with a double garage, is situated at one of the highest elevations in this subdivision. -- News item, The Washington Post, Oct. 12, 1919         In February 2014, this "enchanting, sun-filled Victorian", listed with six bedrooms and five baths, sold for $2.4 million. Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Star, 3815 Ingomar, Chevy Chase." 6x8 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

        The beautiful residence of John M. Henderson, 3815 Ingomar street, Chevy Chase, was purchased last week by Frances H. Brady, through the realty firm of Hartung & Gibbons, at a consideration of $17,000. This property, which consists of a 12-room and 3-bath house with a double garage, is situated at one of the highest elevations in this subdivision.

-- News item, The Washington Post, Oct. 12, 1919

        In February 2014, this "enchanting, sun-filled Victorian", listed with six bedrooms and five baths, sold for $2.4 million.

Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Star, 3815 Ingomar, Chevy Chase." 6x8 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

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Ornate!

Submitted by Lungeh on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 11:24am.

Kinda ornate to be called Arts and Crafts, but it is in the transition phase (not enough gingerbread to be vulgar Victorian, though). These transitional home often have a mixture of late Victorian (Eastlake) through art nouveau, and in this one, a few Prairie touches. Since 1912, however, there has been a lot of straight-up Victorian flourishes added...
Nice house. We recently sold our 1906 in Fort Worth. The original deed said it was built for $6000, not including the lot.

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NOT a Victorian

Submitted by StanFlouride on Sun, 09/27/2015 - 5:46pm.

By style alone this is not a Victorian. It's an Arts and Crafts Edwardian since it was built in 1912.

Victorian- 1837-1901
Edwardian- 1901-1914

[It's the new definition of "Victorian" which, as far as I can tell, is defined as "has gables." -tterrace]

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Built to last

Submitted by OTY on Sun, 09/27/2015 - 12:27pm.

After clicking on the link in the caption showing the "enchanting, sun-filled Victorian" this nearly century old home impresses me tremendously with how beautiful, high-quality, shiny, solid and well-crafted everything was as compared to my own enchanting abode, built in 1964 and already looking like a "tear-down" with signs of a failing foundation, faulty electrical system and dubious plumbing. I'm still using the original built-into the Formica stove, ovens and sink but the upstairs floor squeaks with every step I take and the builder apparently forgot to build me a "flower-arranging room" or a library. I highly recommend ya'll click on the views from 2014 and be amazed as it looks even more appealing now than it did brand new.

[The house, built in 1912, is 103 years old. - Dave]

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A bargain at $2,400,000

Submitted by Max on Sun, 09/27/2015 - 2:45am.

Actually, if the buyer and seller are under no undue influence, the price is exactly correct. There are a few indices against which the change in the value of $17,000 from 1919 (no small sum in its day) can be measured:

$233,000.00 using the Consumer Price Index
$175,000.00 using the GDP deflator
$766,000.00 using the unskilled wage
$1,160,000.00 using the Production Worker Compensation
$1,230,000.00 using the nominal GDP per capita
$3,730,000.00 using the relative share of GDP

from http://www.measuringworth.com/

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Appreciating the old homestead

Submitted by JD on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 10:21pm.

The last Google look shows them adding some bucks to the selling price in renovations.

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I love old houses.

Submitted by mailman7777777 on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 9:23pm.

They have so much more personality than the ones they build today. Practically no new homes are built with porches and these old houses are being ruined by people adding aluminum (vinyl) siding.

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