Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE
TO HAVE ROOP GARDEN
COSTLY IMPROVEMENT NEAR
THE ANGELS FLIGHT
Modern Building of 11o Rooms for
Mrs. n. w. La Chat, Corner of
Grand Avenue and Fourth
Street

]. R. Keel & Co. have had plans pre-
pared for class B apartment house, to
be constructed on the southwest corner
of Fourth and Grand avenue for Mrs. Il.
w. La Chat 1t will be so by 100 feet and
five stories high, with basement and sub
basement 1t will contain ITO rooms sub
divided into one, two and three room
suites, each with private bath. Steam
heat, patented furniture, modern plump
ing. elevator service and other up-to-date
features are specified. The front Will be
faced with buff and cream pressed brick.
A banquet and assembly room Will be
located in the basement and roor gar
den and sun parlor on the roof.
Architects Crane & Norberg have drawn
plans and will superintend the work OF
raising and adding another story, "A by
10 feet to the two-story frame residence
belonging to the Westlake School Tor
Girls, on 4Alvarado street, just south OF
Sixth street The new addition Will con-
sist of a living room IS by q feet, dining
room "a by 2S feet, reception hall with
ingle nook fireplace and Kitchen The up
per stories will be divided into sleeping
rooms. The first story finish Will Dc
slashed grain pine, with floors OF pohshe q
oak The ceilings will De peameu' al
the work will be done by day labor under
Other New Work
Included in other new work reported 10
the Builder and Contractor is Two STORY
brick warehouse, 100 ~ 1873 feet 10 Dc
erected on the corner of Also ana An
derson streets Tor G. II. clayton u pe
used by the Madary Supply company
plans were drawn by ]. Lee Burton. Inc
building will be of heavy mill construc-
ton and have cement floor on the nrst
story, and composition roofing. 1t VIII
also be provided with two electric frelght
elevators.
Charles e. Shattuck has made revised
drawings for a large thirteen-room frame
residence to be built at Casa Verdugo ror
George Mitchell. 1t will contain all MOD
ern conveniences.
A syndicate of Long Beach men repre-
scented by Engineer l.. S. Munson' nave
made arrangements to erect t"eiVe Vene
tian residences at Naples that will cost
from $4,000 to $500 each. They Will De
b,rilt on the Riva Alta canal. Mr.. Mum
son will also make plans and supervise
the construction of eight steel and con-
crete bridges to span the canals, also one
120 feet long to span the San Gaprlel river
Chief Inspector of Buildings j. j. Back
us has been instructed by the city coun-
Gil to prepare the necessary plans LOT di
annex to the city hall. The new struc-
ture will be 40 by 146 feet, three stories
high. and of class c construction, with
court between the present structure and
the new annex, enhance to new puildlng
being by means Of bridge IL VIII De d
loft building and will be subdivided to
r,eet the needs of the various depart
n,ants which it will house. The tax COL
iector will occupy the entire lower story;
The civil service commission, electrical
department and several minor offices the
s second floor, and the third floor will
',robab1v be used by the Los Angeles
ptU The building will be faced
with red pressed brick and have large
front windows.