The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30
RECORD OF The
WEEK IN REALTY
WHAT WAS DONE AND PLANNEI
IN BUILDING.
for Several Houses and Adj
ditions Taken Out-Work on the
Orpheum Theater Rushed-NIore
improvements on Hennepin-Addi-
tions to Two Churches.

-Four considerable permits were
taken out this week for new buildings.
Two We're for houses one for a church
addition and the fourth for an addi-
tlon TO Harvard chambers at Tenth
street and Harmon place.
The Orpheum theater work is go
ing up fast and the Auditorium foun-
dalton is over half in while some Of
the steel frame work for the front of
the building has been set. The exca-
vations for the auditorium and the
OIIlce building Of the Northwestern
I National Life Insurance company is
the biggest foundation hole dug for
some time in Minneapolis. It is lined
daily with Interested spectators
watching the concrete mixer and the
process of disintegrating imense
stumps Of the trees removed from the
site. -
M. j. Peppard is continuing the ex-
tension of his colony of fine new
buildings at Twenty-fifth street. and
Third avenue S. A permit this week
calls for a $4,000 two-story brick
veneered house and auto shed at
2502-2508N Third avenue. Harry W.
Jones is the architect and Mr.. Peppard
is looking after the building himself.
DR.. w. B. Heagerty is building two
story frame house at 1928 Irving
Lamoreaux, architect, ana w. o.
Clark, contractor. d
The st. Peter Norwegian Lutheran
church at Fifteenth avenue N. e. and
Madison has a permit for $4,000
brick addition and M. p. Ryan will
begin his addition to the Harvard
chambers at a cost of $14, 900. Bar
clay Cooper is the contractor.
The Wisconsin Syndicate is putting
UP two seven-room houses at Third
avenue N. and Penn, making ten that
this company has built and sold under
the installment plan the last two
years. The Syndicate is building at
1908 Nicollet a $4,000 modern house,
the first of several that it will con-
struct in the neighborhood of Blais-
dell, Pillsbury, Thirty-seventh and
| Thirty EIGHT. y '@
A. L. Dorr has made plans for the
$4,000 building for James Nc Mullen
in Southeast Minneapolis. It will be a
two-story pressed brick structure. L..
A. Lamoreaux is making plans for an
$4,000 double house to be put up by
George Clark near Franklin and Hem
nepin. Iet
The Improvement Bulletin this
week prints the bids for the super
structure Of the Clifford house on
Clifton avenue They range !, from
$28,959 to $25,670. Pike & Cook
made the latter. bid, /
IellHeplIl dNelluES is Tcdpluly plCklIlS
up in the way of improvements. I'm
mediately following the announce
ment of the proposed Walker building
at Seventh street comes the news that
Alice. A. Hall will build a few doors
| above at 705-709.e The building will
cost $4,000 and will be great
change for the better when COM
pared with the structures now stand
ing at these numbers.
The Minnesota Loan and Trust
company permit for improvements to
the hotel at 826 Nicollet calls for
changes to cost $4,000.
ST. Peters Norwegian Lutheran
church at Madison street and Fiji
teenth avenue NE Is to be enlarged
! and improved to increase the seating
| capacity. The whole edifice is to be
brickveneered. The basement will be
provided with rooms for social and
other purposes The improvements,
which are already under way, will
| cost about $4,000.