The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

Hoibrook- Blackwelder and the Lincoln
Trust Company also sold the property at
No. 2s9s Olive street. lot 75x1l3 feet, for $22,-
800. William Hale. the purchaser. will ex-
pend about $4,000 in improvements, already
under way.
The Nicholls-Ritter Realty and Financial
Olive street deals. which will soon be closed.
improvements upon an extensive scale are
ccntemp-atsd by the new ewners.
That the railroads continue to be active
factors in the realty market Is shown by
the fact that last week the Mississippi VAL
ley Trust Company purchased upward of
100000 worth of property adjacent to the
Ievee for the Terminal Railroad Assocta-
ton. 3
The Worlds Fair committee, which is
promoting a million-dollar downtown hotel,
Is progressing with the plan. and probably
will make definite announcements in a few
days. 1t is. generally believed that the
wishes of the wholesale merchants Will
be observed. and the. hotel located In the
neighborhood Of Twelfth street and WASH,
Meantime the construction of fats and
apartments is not neglected Charles H.
Garter. a client of Carter-Cowen-Evers,
handsome apartments on Cote Brilliante.
near Hodiamont avenue.
From a historic viewpoint the most inter-
esting sale of the week was made by the
Henry Hiemenz Realty Company, which
sold the old rock house at the southwest
corner of Chestnut street and the Levee.
Inc gIOuIlu SoOH VIII be oIShPiSu ny IhS
The structure is nearly 100 years old and
was erected before Chestnut street was
Negotiations for factory sites are report
ed to be plentiful, and. among the sales
closed YESTERDAY tie was mat tasst OF ha a ,w lot on w me
nut and Clark avenue, where the McNicholl
Furniture Company will erect a plant. The
Mercantile Trust Company made the deal.
SALE ON GRAND AVENUE.
Though it is reported that hotel and thea
the property. Mrs. Elizabeth Dwyer. who
purchased the old site of the St. Peters
Episcopal Church. on Grand avenue near
Give street, states that she bought the lot
simply for an investment under existing
leases IT is occupied by F. R. Parsons,
photographer.
The lot, is Immediately in the rear of the
Blossom lot at the northeast corner Of
Olive street and Grand avenue. In add,
3 avenue. the lot sold also has. an alley on
the. north, rendering it particularly de-
sirable for business purposes.
Dwyer for 10000 cash. Mrs. Dwyer has
operated successfully in downtown real es-
tate. and it will be remembered that the
Mercantile Trust Company. only a few
weeks ago, sold her corner at Seventh and
Pine streets, for Sis, 600, being a lot which
was purchased some years ago for s62 ,sol.
The property yields over 4 per cent on
the amount invested. and was sold for the
account of the Drummond Realty and In
by E. II. Benoist, real estate officer OF the
HANDSOME RESIDENCE PLANS.
The Mercantile Trust Company reports
having sold No. 4i45 Lindell boulevard, a
modern three-s;ory brick residence of
Colonial architecture. with rooms on either
steam heat, electric light and all conve-
niences known to modern architecture. The
purchaser OF the property was Mourton
Jourdon. attorney, who buys for a home.
The house occupies a very desirable lot
with g. feet front by 213 feet deep. This
property was sold for the account of Mrs.
Emma k. Thompson, whose family, reduced
in number. found the house larger than
was necessary.
rear of the lot. make many improvements
and take possession on March Is.
The Mercantile Trust Company sold a lot
at the head of Westminster place, north
east corner of Westminster and Taylor. i'm
mediateiy across the street from the Second
Presbyterian Church, to Doctor H.. Tu-
holske. who will erect a handsome residence
on the lot.
This house fronts 70 feet 6 inches on West
minister place by a depth of las feet on Tay-
Tor. Doctor Tuholske finds that business
has so encroached upon his residence at
Jefferson avenue and Locust street as 10
render it undesirable for a homestead, and
when his new residence is completed he will
change his former home into business prop
erty. The lot was sold for I1,61S, for the
account of the Fullerton estate, ]. r.
LaughliD agent.
Doctor Tuho.ske has plans drawn for a
handsome mouse. winch VIII cost IN the
neighborhood of $3.50 and will be a credit
to this street of beautiful homes.
LEIGHTON SANITARIUM.
The Mercantile Trust Company also eff
fected a long-term lease on the late home
of Colonel George E. Leighton, at the north
west corner of Garrison avenue and Nor
gan street. The property was leased y, the
Still 1nfirmarv of Kfrksville, Mo-, 1t being
their intention to open a sanitarium and
private school of osteopathy.
This is one of the ~best-known houses in
st. Louis. and when 1t was built was re-
sarded as one of the very handsomest
houses in the West. To-day it is a magnlf-
cent structure. though somewhat out OF the
exclusive residence district. which. how
ever. is beginning to increase in value by
reason OF its prominence for semibusiness
uses.
Lac Mercantile Trust Company also re-
ports the sale Of property in the district
near the Union Station. being Nos. 203 and
2o25 Walnut street. a large two-story build
ing arranged into fats, erected on lot 'front.'
ing so feet on Walnut street by a depth OF
$50 feet. Property was sold for the account
Of Henry Rhode for $4,000 cash, the pur-
chaser being c. o. Woodson, represented by
the Nicholls-Ritter Realty and Financial
Company.
As showing the healthy condition of the
real estate market. 1t Is understood that Mr..
Woodscn has since had an offer to dispose
Of the property at a neat profit.
Joseph 8. RothwelI.
Joseph S. Rothweli reports a very active