Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-02
HOTEL
FOR COALINGA
LOCAL ARCHITECT PREPARES
PLANS FOR BUILDING
Several Fine Residences Are Being
Designed, Also Plans for Addi-
ton TO Soldiers Home
Hospital

An important item in architecture
the past week was the starting OF
work on plans for a large hotel build
ing to be erected at Coalinga- Several
large residences are being designed.
Plans have been completed for a
church ediflce and plans are being
prepared for an addition to the hospi-
tai of the Soldiers home.
The Builder and Contractor reports
the following among the architects:
Architect H. w. Glidden, 507 Blu
miller building, is working on plans
for a hotel building to be constructed
at Coalinga for the Pleasant Valley
Hotel company. 1t will be a three
story structure, 75x1O0 feet in size. The
first story will be constructed of either
concrete or brick and the two upper
stories will be of frame with plastered
| exterior. 1t will contain business Of
flee of hotel, lobby, billiard room, cafe,
mems grill and two stores on the first
story, and fifty guest rooms and ten
bath rooms on the two upper floors. The
general inside trim will be In pine
with oak for stairway. Modern plumb
| ing fixtures, electricity, heating appa-
ratus, plate glass store windows, ETC.,
will be specified. The plans will be
ready for contractors in about two
weeks.
The same architect is also taking
bids for a colonial style residence to
be erected at Ventura for Charles Bar
nard.
Architect Charles E. Shattuck, 31S
Mason building, has in preparation
plans for a large cement reinforced
concrete mission style residence to be
erected for Post & Klusman on their
600-acre vineyard at Cucamonga~ 1t
will have living room 20x30 feet in
size, with large stone fireplace, dining
room, breakfast room, den kitchen,
four bed chambers, bath, besides nu-
merous closets. The finish will be in
various hardwoods. with polished floors
| throughout. One of the features of this
house will be a double compartment
cooling room and refrigerator COM
bined. In the center will be spacious
patio, to which all rooms have ac-
cess. 1t will be covered with glass and
will contain fountain, flower beds, etc.
The residence will be surrounded on
two sides by 12-foot porches. The roof
will be tiled.
Architect Frank NJ. Tyler, 600 Union
Trust building, has on the boards
plans for a seven-room bungalow to be
built at Forty-second street and South
Park avenue for John A. Smith. Stone
porch, hardwood flooring, gas and
electricity are specified.
| Also plans for a one and a half
story, seven-room frame residence to
be built at Hollywood for NJ. B. Tower.
For Artistic Bungalow
Also plans for a seven-room bunga-
low to be built at South Pasadena for
]. P. Whitmore, to cost about $4,000.
He also has in preparation plans for
a spacious ten-room frame residence
to be built at Cahuenga and Sixth
streets for Mrs. ]. o. Marsh. 1t will
have hardwood floors, beamed ceilings,
brick porch, furnace heat, first class
plumbing, built-in detail work.
Architects Bixby & White, San Fer
nando building, are making plans of
a large residence to be built on Tenth
street, Riverside, for D. Brown, sur
geon for the Santa Fe company. II
will be Of the colonial style of archi-
lecture, and contain twelve rooms. A
special feature of the interior will be
that the reception hall, dining room
living room and den can be thrown
open as one large room. The building
will be erected on a concrete founda-
ton. 1t will have hardwood floors,
white enamel finish, gas, electrical
conveniences and up-to-date plumbing
The owner is undecided as to the ma
terial to be used for the exterior walls
Reinforced concrete or building blocks
may be used
Architect C. C. Rittenhouse is COM
plotting the plans for a two-story,
nine-room modern residence to be con
structed at Tropico for F. C. Richard
son. First-class conveniences will be
specified.
The same architect has also COM
pleted plans for an auditorium for the
Tabernacle Baptist church to be erect
ed at Naomi avenue and East Seven
teenth street. 1t will be constructed
of battenboards, 72x100 feet in size, and
will seat about 1000 people.
Architects Shilling & Neher, sol Pa.
cific Electric building, are making
plans for an addition to the hospital
building at the Soldiers home. 1t will
be used for the care of the insane and
have large ward room, eight patients
rooms, nurses room, toilets, etc. II
will be of frame construction, 100x3C
feet. one story high. and have hard
wood floor.
| Architect Edward C. Kent. 7O5 Audi