Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-27
IS NEARLY 100000.
That is tho Amount Of Work
Planned BY Architect Croker
This Season.
Partial list Of Those For Whom
Plans and Specifications Have
Boon Furnished.
Spent Seven Years in Apprentice
ship and Art School Study in
European Cities.

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Owing to the fact that have been
Entrusted with a large amount Of work I
and that OF large class of building,
both in this city and on the outside, l
have virtually been kept prisoner in
my office day and night getting out
plans; and for this reason have had
to make myself scare among the pub
lic. l wish to inform the good people
of Marshalltown that owing to this
pressure Of work have felt very sorry
that have not been able to pay the
attention to the smaller residences that
are likely to go up this Year. still
continue very busy, new work is COM
ing in constantly. but the larger jobs
that have taken SO much of my time
are about off my hands and | shall have
plenty OF time to give residence work
my best attention at the most reasona-
BILE charges. AS have not had time
to pay any attention to small advertis-
ing l thought I'd let Marshalltown
know thru the columns of the best pa
per" in Iowa the amount of work |
have been doing. and they will see for
themselves how have been hampered
on every hand. My work in this city
is as follows:
Arson school building fwon in COM
petition), $4,000 / did not compete for
the Arnold school. The following busi-
ness houses have remodeled; ask the
owners what they think of my work:
Mcbride & Will. drug store; Pappe,
clothier Whis Included the furniture,
l5etco; L. Armbruster: Stern. cothier
this included the furniture, etcD:
Peter Mayer. drug store; Flower. new
| meat market. corner of Center and
State dust commenced); and Erownell.
1 The following residence work of all
kinds: some of the plans are not out.
yet: Messrs. Delano T.. Smith, b. F.
Cummings, j. l.. Carney, W. G. Bowe,
n. a. Carmean, Country Club house.
Harry East, L. r. Willard, W. A. San.
doe. r. S. Patten and H. w. squires.
4 The finest brick and stone tower in
the state for st. Mary's Catholic
church. My plans We're donated for
this, but the Catholic people did not
want work done for nothing, 50 they
engaged me as superintendent.
Mysoutside work is as follows:
4 In Des Moines, business house for
Wartield Pratt, Howell Company; $780,
600 when completed.
Burlington, business house. s3s0OO.
Tama, Catholic church, $4,000 when
1 completed.
Gladbrook, First National Bank
4 building; also business block for S. A.
i Gerard.
Kanawha, school house, two stories.
Clemens, school house, addition
4 Gilman, residence work for l.. q. Sea-
ger, j. A. Ward and Mr.Darrah
SUMMARY OF VALUES.
4 The largest buildings quoted ag-
gregate over ..i..5....... sl25Ooo
\ The private residence work. .... 4l.90O
i Business blocks not mentioned
4 In above amount. 1880. 10000
Remodeling store rooms. ........... 5000
4 Small school houses 3. :. .3.....s....l. 5000
j Small remodel jobs OF various
4 kinds ..s............. 210O
Total 81 90, 900
In addition to these plans. am SUI
4 perintending almost all the residences,
4 q business house at Burlington, Cath
4 sotic church at Tama and the bank
building at Gladbrook
4 And ] am pleased to state that all my
4 buildings have been let below the al
4 lotted price set by the owners. except
i two, and they went a little high. This
Is a record few architects in the coun-
4 try can equal. make mistakes some
times.
4 1t will pay you when you want plans
E. to consult an architect and not carpen-
4 tiers that call themselves architects |
am the only qualified and professional
architect in the city, having spent
seven years in apprenticeship and art
school study, which is the minimum
i term In Europe. have been in bust
A ness over twenty-five years and came
4 to this city d little over two years ago.
4 have been In business by myself here
n for about eighteen months and have
A done more than any other MARSHALL
town architect has done, and as a
4 stranger got work in Des Moines and
i Burlington and this was accomplished
in eighteen months Ask your banker
or lawyer or substantial business man
to recommend an architect and they
4 will say. Architect Crocker. Hes e.
4 liable. wish to state that | charge a
4 stipulated amount for my work instead
of commission, ASA commission slim
4 ulates an architect to run the unsus-
necting owners job up higher than he
wants to pay | have, therefore, a clear
conscious ii the job runs high
A FRANK cROCKER
TROOPS FOR CHINA.