The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-07
Several Handsome Resi-
dences Will be Erected
by Hammondites.
TO Be A LOVELY spot
Eleven of the Eighteen Lots Have
Been Taken and Improvements
Have Been Made.

About ten acres of high woodland in
South Holman street, now deep
tangled wildwood" called Glenwood
park, viii next spring be converted into
one of the most fashionable residence
districts in the city. OF those who
c. Belman and ]. n. Beckman have de-
cided to build next spring. L. L. Bonn
berger is contemplating building and
there are several others who Will build
before the summer is over.
The land within the park has been
subdivided in such a manner that the
lots are arranged in the shape Of a
horse shoe and in the opening of the
horse shoe will be a beautiful park
that has. for convenience, been decided
to the city.
The owners OF the property. how
ever, viii pay the expense of the up
keep of these public grounds and will
share it among the owners OF the prop
erty.
Each of the owners OF lots will hire
landscape gardner to set out trees
and shrubbery and beautify the prop
erty in other ways. The lawns will
not be level as a floor. as is the rule
in cities, but an effort will be made TO
secure an effect that will be a compro-
mise between the sharp, orderly trim
med hedge and lawn effect in vogue
in the cities and natures artistic con-
fusion in the country.
There will be hills and hollows and
when houses are built on all of the
lots and the shrubbery grown enough
to give the place an appearance of
rustic age. there viii probably be nc
more beautiful residence property in
the city.
There are eighteen lots in all. The
two front ones with a Holman street
as we'll as a park frontage, are 125
/ feet in width and have been purchased
! by Messrs. Gostlin and Meyn. The 9TH
1 er lots are 10 feet in width, with the
! exception of the two rear ones at the
end OF the driveway. which will be
enormous country places with a front
age Of 276 feet and a depth of 1SS feet
These large lots have been purchased
by w c. Belman and A. NJ Turner
both of whom will build handsome
residences next spring. Mr.. Belman'i
residence is to cost $500 and in ad
dition he has already spent $500 FOL
landscape gardening. Mr.. Turner!
residence will cost in the neighbor'
hood of $4,000 and he, too, has EN-
ployed the local landscape gardner, r
T. Twiss, who has made $500 worth o
improvements.
J. n. Beckman has just had plans
made for a residence that is &c cos
between s450O and $4,000 and b.
built next summer. L. l.. Bomberge
has purchased one of the lots and hai
spent $3.50 for landscape gardening
but has not yet decided just when h
will build.
Others who have purchased lots il
Glendale park and will build sooner o
later, are Architect ]. T. Hutton, Ern
frid r. Jacobson of the Straube Pfan'
works; George c. Locklin Of the En-
terprise Bed company; A. A. Winslow
now United States consul general a
Guatamala; Mr.. Lindsey Of Chicago, an
w. f Bridge the county surveyor.
A small brick waiting station ha
been built for the convenience Of thos
who woud take the car down town, an
before another winter comes around
is expected that there will be quite
population at Glendale park.