Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-18
PLANS ORDERED FOR FIVE
BRICK STRUCTURES
ALL TO GO UP AT SAME TIME
Site for Proposed EbelI Club Building
seleeted-Many Architects
Plan Business Houses
and Dwellings

demonstrated their abiding faith In the
permanency of the commercial import
ance Of this city by investing heavily
in towering business blocks in the COM
mercial center. These substantial i'm
provements which speak louder than
words for the solidity and expansion
of Los Angeles, attract the attention
the visitor, and cannot fail to give
favorable Impressions as to actual con-
ditions and Indicate broader and greate~
things for the future. On every hand
can be observed evidence Of steady
growth, and on many of the principal
streets property values for business pur-
poses continue to advance.
Five New Buildings
Architect A. L. Haley made the state
ment Saturday that a we'll known resi-.
dent of Los Angeles who had already
expended hundreds of thousands of dol
lars for substantial improvements in
this city, had decided to make further
important investments in the business
.,section of Los Angeles, involving an
outlay Of nearly $5OO,0O0 The capitalist
has ordered plans drawn for no less
than five large brick buildings to be
erected on lots in different sections
of the city, and the locations are such
that business men will be anxious 20
secure leases.
Heretofore this investor who has
firm faith in the future of Los An
geles has had one or two buildings in
course Of construction every year. TIe
has come to the conclusion that It will
be just as easy to have five or six i'm
provements under way at the same
time, and his plans are made to begin
building on a larger scale than ever.
y Bought for EbeI Club
q In the near future ground will be
broken for the erection of a fine club
house for the Ebell club by the Ebell
Building association. The site for the
building is a lot S2x1S7 feet on the west
side of Figueroa street, just north of
Eighteenth street, described in the deed
as part of lot 2, block 2, Bells ad-
dition to Los Angeles. The association
bought the lot of William D. Carithers
through Edward D. Silent & Co., the
consideration being $9S00. Several
months ago Architects Hunt & Eager
prepared plans for the club house. but
the delay in the selection of the lot has
caused alterations to be made in the
x,lo TIa
on a new set of plans and specifica-
tions which Will be submitted to the
club members for approval. This i'm
provement is to be one of the finest
'In its line in Los Angeles.
Another Broadway Block
1t is the purpose Of o. T. Johnson
to erect modern five-story brick busi-
ness block on the east side of South
Broadway, 120 feet south of Fifth street,
the improvement to cost in the neigh
horhood of $4,000. The frontage on
Broadway will be 81 feet and the depth
160 feet to an alley. The old one-story
brick now on the lot and used by a
livery stable will be removed. M.
johnson will provide the new block
with elevators and up-to-date appli-
ances for the comfort of tenants. A
wholesale electric supply firm has Sc
-eured long lease on the building and
will take possession upon the compile
tion of the improvement.
New Structures Planned
Among the new structures planned
for Los Angeles by local architects, the
following are noted by the Contractor
and Builder:
r. b. Young, plans for five-story |
brick for o. Il. Johnson at 51O-512 South |
Broadway; pressed brick exterior, com
position roof, marble vestibule, two
electric passenger elevators and iron
stairways.
Parkinson & Bergstrom, plans for
sx-story brick business and office build =
ing, 4Ox1a5 feet, for Mrs. M. L. Upde-
graft on east side of Main street be-
tween Fifth and Sixth Streets.
Morgan & Walls, plans for a six
story brick for I. w. Hellman on lot
west side of Main street, south of the
Farmers and Merchants National
bank. The building will have frontage
on Main and Fourth streets and will
be shaped in form.
Garnett & Bixby, plans for a two.
story frame of eight rooms for r. f.
Adams. to be erected at 1906 Millard
avenue, Improvement to cost $S5OO.
#. M. Tyler. plans for a seven-room
frame for j. Cunningham at Avenue
Fifty-two for a six-room bungalow for
Mr.. Hill in the Charles Victor Hal,
tract, and for a frame and stone resi-
dence for George Ward on Cambridge
street near oxford avenue.
Thornton Fitzhugh plans for a house
of worship for the United Presbyterian
society on the southwest corner of
Ninth and Figueroa streets. The lot is
1O2x2OS feet.
Fred r.. Dorm, plans for a three-story
brick 95x140 feet, on the southwest
corner of Fifth and San Pedro streets
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