St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-27
ABOUT APARTMENT HOUSES
Architects Disagree as to the Demand
for Them in Minneapolis.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
Still There Is Good Opportunity for
Investment in this
Line.

Nv nat MIN neap0liS necuS are apart
ment houses; they would be God-send
to the town." saida prominent architect
Yesterday. "People do not know what
an apartment house is, real apartment
house. The rows and tenement house
are very popular here now, the next
stage in the growth of the town will be
the apartment houses"
''YOu think the apartment bOuses bet
ter than the rows, do you"
Eyes, in every way better and more
economical. They are far more profit
able TO both the owner and the rentor.
AS more people come in here from the
East who have lived in these houses
they are bound to grow in favor until
some man puts one up on tile right
plan. 1t won't pay to put up such Il
house OH small scale, but the man who
takes hold of it in the right way and
builds big building will make lots of
money out of it. To give
YOU AN idea of what they have
in this line in New York
and Chicago | will show you some
plates. There is building seven stories
high" said he, showing the drawing of
a massive, seyen-story structure of
enormous proportions. "You see there
through the building from one street to
another. From this hall elevators are
running night and day to carry passeu-
gers. At each end of the building is an
elevator for carrying up supplies, etc.
On each floor are ten suites of from
three to twelve rooms each, making
seventy suites in the building. On the
upper floor is dining room
meals. Some of these buildings are
furnished by the owners, who also have
portions of the house cared Tor. Many
clerks and bookkeepers, etc, who de-
sire to live nicely find the incest kind OF
homes, whether they be married or
single, in these suites of rooms. OF
course, every man will tell you that
there is nothing SO pleasant as living i'll
a cottage, but there are a great many
who can't take the time going and com
ing. Minneapolis will not have any
such buildings as these for awhile yet,
| think ST. Paul is down in nutshells
and can't spread as Minneapolis can,
ard she is taking to them now. They
are positive necessity as soon as the
town becomes crowded. They are all
heated by one plant. and often all cook
ing is done by gas, saving carrying OF
fuel and ashes. They are just the thing
for some people, and the man who
builds the first really good one in Mill
neapoliS will make money by it,
Another architect, on being asked in
regard to the matter, said that the burn
ing of. the Mortimer house year ago
last fall had given the system of apart
ment houses great setback i'll Mime
apolis.
"a good many people who had just
about made up their minds to live in il
were so scared when they saw it burn
ing like finder that they vowed they
would never live i'll an apartment house.
The sentiment among people of Mime
apoliS is that every man must have his
own house and lot, and they will have it
if they have to go out good ways to
get it. Minneapolis will never have 50
many houses of that kind as New York
and Chicago, or even st. Paul, for she
has such splendid chance TO spread"
''They will never be very popular i'll
Minneapolis" said the third architect
questioned. because Minneapolis peo-
their own homes. Of course a few
nicely-built large apartment houses
would pay we'll and he an addition to
the city. / think that if man would
put up one to accommodate 400 people
inside of Eleventh street and Sixth ave
nue. south it would be easily filled with
the incest sort of folks"
A thorough interview with the lead
ing architects of the city discloses but
one such apartment house that is to be
erected in Minneapolis the coming
year.
1t is quite evident that Minneapolis
people have a great love for the ''home,
sweet home" with all the delightful
adjuncts thereto, and that the city
architects are encouraging them i'll
their demand.