Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
WORK ON TEMPLE
SOON TO BEGIN
PLANS FOR MASONIC BLOCK
NEARLY COMPLETED
Building Will Be Ornate Structure Of
Three Stories-Big Addition
to Cold Storage
Plant

Architects Hudson e. Munsell are pre-
pairing plans for the new Masonic tenn
pie to be erected at the southwest cor
ner of Pico and Figueroa streets. The
proposed building will be three stories
and basement and will cover the entire
property. AS soon as the residence now
occupying the property is sold and re-
moved, excavating will commence Bids
for this part of the work are now being
taken.
Architect Theodore A. Eisen is pre-
pairing drawings for a siX-story and
basement steel and reinforced concrete
addition 90X100 feet to the present four
story cold storage building of the Mer-
chants Ice & Cold Storage company at
the corner of Palmetto and Seaton
streets. The equipment for the interior
Of the building will be designed after
the best features of the two.most mod
ern cold storage plants in America, one
in Chicago and the other in Mil
waukee.
Other Improvements
Local architects report the following
additional new work to the Builder
and Contractor:
H. M. Patterson is drawing plans for
one and one-half-story eight-room
frame residence to be built on Romeo
AOA
John B. Crawford. 1t will have hard
wood floors, modern sanitary plumbing,
gas and electricity, etc.
The same architect is also preparing
plans for q three-story frame building
50X155 feet to be constructed on the
corner of Ocean Front avenue and Lin
den street, Long Beach, for w. S. Por-
terfield. 1t will be plastered on the ex-
terror. The interior will be finished in
pine with steam heat, hot and cold
water, gas, etc, in every room. The
structure will contain fifty-four rooms,
arranged in one and two-room suites,
with private bath and buffet kitchen
to each apartment. Patent beds will be
installed. roof garden will cover the
entire structure.
Westburg & Burke are preparing
plans of a modern seven-room frame
residence to be built at Forty-third and
Figueroa streets for Fred R. Johnson.
The same architects are making plans
OF two-story eight-room residence for
the Anderson Mill company to be built
in the Westlake district.
F. NJ. Tyler has plans for two-story
mission style residence Of nine rooms
to be erected in Fullerton for w. F
Hale. It will be of brick, plastered on
the outside, tile roof, furnace heat
hardwood floors.
The same architect is also drawing
plans for a two-story nine-room colo
NAL style residence to be built at Holly
wood for DR.. j. W. Coyner. Modern
conVeniences will be embodied in the
construction of this house.
Dennis & Farwell are drawing plans
for remodeling the building of the First
National bank at Santa Ana. The
bank will also install new office fixtures
| for which plans are also being made
by the same architects.
They are also preparing plans for the
banking room fixtures to be installed
in the Collins building on Third street
between Broadway and Hill streets fol
the Fidelity Trust company. The fix
lures will be of mahogany with marble
base. The stair case will be of marble
and the floor tiled.
Morgan & Walls have made plans fol
the construction of third story to the
brick warehouse of the Pacific Purchas-
ing company at the corner of Palmetto
! and Ell Molino streets.
Shattuck & Brown are drawing plan;
for an eight-room residence to be bull
| at Glendale for Mr.. AmbrOsine. i
will have concrete foundation, rustic
siding, hardwood floors, pressed bricl
mantel etc.
c. c. Rittenhouse is drawing plans
for a two-story eight-room frame resi-
dence to be constructed in the Country
Club Terrace tract for c. w. Hershey
IT will have rustic siding, hardwood
| floors, beamed ceilings, buffet Kitchen
| furnace, etc.