Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
MANY HOMES
ARE PLANNED
ARCHITECT ALBRIGHT DESIGNS
BIG OFFICE BUILDING
WILL ERECT TWIN RESIDENCES
ON ADAMS
TWO business Structures That viii
Aggregate 100000 in Cost
Will Soon Be
Reared

The past few days have seen more
activity among the architects than fer
some time. according to the following
report in the Builder and Contractor:
Architect Harrison Albright is prepar-
ing plans for the improvement of the
southwest corner of Sixth and Hill
streets for the Consolidated Realty COM
pany. The proposed ten-story building
has for the present been abandoned and
a two-story and basement structure of
sufficient strength to sustain the addi-
tional stories originally Intended has been
agreed upon. The contract. for the con-
crete foundation work has been let to
Carl Leonardt.
The same architects plans for an eight
story and basement reinforced concrete
store and office building to be erected at
San Diego for Henry Timken & Sons
have been completed and contracts for
its erection will soon be let. 1t is to be
built fronting 125 feet on Sixth street and
100 feet on e street. 1t will contain 2OO
Offices on the upper floors, all to be fitted
with closets radiators, lavatories, cleo
trical fixtures, etc. There will be three
messenger elevators of the plunger type
and sidewalk elevator. The lobby and
corridors will have marble wainscotlng
and mosaic floors. The footings, colupns,
girders, floors, roofs, stairways and ex-
terror walls will be of reinforced concrete.
THE interior trim will be mahoganized
birch and the walls and ceilings through
out the building will be decorated.
Twin Homes
Architect Thornton Fitzhugh has pre-
pared plans of two two-story frame and
plaster residences to be built on East
Adams street near Maple avenue. for
Mrs. Ella e. Newell and Miss Anna B.
Clark. respectively. Each building will
he In the form of an l. and connected
by cement terrace, arched. Combined the
buildings will have a frontage OF 100 feet
and a depth of 7.6 feet They will be
built on concrete foundations and nave
cement plastered exteriors and aspestes
slate roofing. The first floors have living
rooms 1Sx2S feet, reception halls with
French stairways.' dining rooms 1IxD
feet, kitchen department, servants rooms
toilets etc. The second floors have four
chambers, two bath rooms and screened
sleeping porch. Hardwood floors In the
principal rooms and oak trim; built-in
buffets and bookcases; art and plate glass
windows, tile mantels, compressed air
cleaning plant; furnace heat, gas and
electric conveniences and high grade
plumbing will be installed.
The same architect is preparing plans
of six-story store and office building, 10
he erected at Fourth and b streets, San
Diego. for H. Peery, who has OFFICES In
the Laughlin building, 1t will be con-
structed of reinforced concrete and cover
a ground space of lOOxlO0 feet. Inc nrst M
toor will be occupied by mercantile
firm. the upper floors to be used for
office purposes.
Reeves & Baillie company, architects,
have drawn plans for a two-story frame
store and apartment building, 50xl5O feet,
to be constructed on the corner of SIX
teenth and Hoover streets, for George
Easton 1t will have cement plastered
exterior. composition roofing and pine
trim. The first story will be divided into
seven store rooms, and the upper story
into seven apartments, of from four to
six rooms each Modern conveniences
will be provided throughout.
The same architects have also COM
pleted the plans for the four-story steel
frame office building to be erected at
Seabrook for the Western Engine com
pany. The estimates will probably be
called for in about ten days
In the Suburbs
Architect Norman F. Marsh is prepar-
ing the working drawings for a new gram
mar school building to be erected at
South Pasadena 1t will be two-story
and basement brick structure to contain
-
system of heating and ventilation The
same architect is also supervising the re-
moval of the old school house to new
location and the remodeling of the same
into modern structure.
The same architect is also making plans
for a six-room bungalow to be erected on
Park avenue, South Pasadena for James
Mathews. He haa also plans for seven
room frame residence to be built at Al
. famDra for Mrs. Kohler.
He is also drawing plans for seven
room brick dwelling to be constructed al
Arcadia for c. R. Rogers. These houses
will certain all modern conveniences.
Architect William ]. Saunders has
drawn plans for a two-story frame build
ing, to be constructed at Alhambra fol
Mr. Shannon. 1t will be in mission style
of architecture with cement plasteret
exterior and metal tile roof. The inside
finish will be in pine. The structure viii
be eubdvided into one six-room ant
three five-room apartments.
Architect C. III. Russell is drawing plan:
for bar fixtures to be installed in the sa