Dr. M. S. Fealty House

Dr. M. S. Fealty House

Dr. M. S. Fealty House Franz Jantzen

Dr. M. S. Fealty House

1935, John Joseph Earley. 2911 W St. SE

Earley's Art Deco Fealty house is atypical of its neighborhood but notable both for the quality of its modern design and the use of the Washington-based architect's own patented method of precast concrete slab wall construction. Earley's system was designed to have particularly thin walls built by imbedding steel rods in 2-by-4-inch wood studs set sideways. Exterior concrete wall panels and doors were decorated with colorful and often
elaborate mosaic patterns. Earley's architectural vocabulary depended on primary geometric forms with large circular and square windows centered in prefabricated panels manufactured by the Earley Process Corporation located in Washington. The simplicity of his designs and prefabricated system, often employed on small, single-story houses, did not compromise either aesthetic or construction quality.

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