Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19
ARCHITECTS ARE
BUSILY ENGAGED
MANY MAGNIFICENT HOMES
BEING PLANNED
NEW PRISON FOR TERRITORY OF
ARIZONA
Remodelne and Building Additions IN
Course of Preparatlon-5rlck
Buildings and School
to Rise

Another busy week was experienced
by the local architects, their scope OF
work extending over every section of
1lildine enterprise. one Of the fea-
lures of the week was the prep
aration for a number of magnificent
homes. Remodeling of and additions to
factories and buildings are being plan
ned. one architect is designing a new
prison for Arizona. Brick buildings and
a school are also being designed.
The Builder and Contractor reports
the following among the architects:
Architect Francis X. Lourdou has in
preparation plans for a large residence
to be erected on the south side of
West Adams street, east of Sixth ave-
nue., for L. N. Brunswig, of the Bruns-
wig Drug company. 1t will be located
on plot of ground fronting 173 feet on
Adams street and extending back 500
feet. The building will be shaped in
the form of c u, and will be about BOX
so feet in size. 1t will be in the early
italian renaissance style of architecture
and will be built OF hollow tile with
plaster exterior and white terra Gotta
ornaments. In the rear there will be
an open colonnade. The interior will
be in keeping with the exterior COM
style, living room, library and tea
room, in one wing; drawing room, den,
dining room and kitchen department
in the other wing. There will be ten
rooms, three bath rooms, closets, etc.
on the second story. 1t will have hard
wood trim, furnace heating system
modern plumbing and electricity. The
grounds will also be highly improved
with terraces, italian gardens, etc A
orao 90 will oil 1en f,a
for the erection of this fine residence
will be called for shortly by the archi-
t,ct.
Architect Albert r. Walker, COZ
Homer Laughlin building, has made
plans for an addition to the plant of the
Pacific Coast Syrup company. 725 An
tonic street. 1t will he 50x95 feet in
size and one story and basement and of
concrete and heavy mill construction.
The same architect is also making the
working drawings for a two-story s.
room frame residence to be built in the
Wiltshire boulevard district for George
t. Hackley. The grounds will also be
laid out In an elaborate manner.
The same architect / also making
drawings for extensive alterations to
the premises occupied by the Heming-
way studio, 351 South Broadway The
quarters will be entirely renovated, new
fixtures installed, the walls and ceiling
will be newly decorated and specially
designed lighting fixtures will be put
in.
Homer Laughlin Residence
The same architect is also receiving
bids for the erection of a two-story and
basement fireproof residence to be built
on West Twenty eighth street, near
Severance street, for Homer Laughln,
jr 1t will contain many unique fea-
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900. Architect Irving j. Gill of San
Diego drew the plans
The plans of Architect Thornton Fitz-
hugh, Laughlin building, submitted in
competition for the proposed new terri
torial prison buildings to be erected at
Florence, Ariz.. have been accepted by
th territorial board of control and the
architect SO notified. Eight different
sets of plans were submitted but those
of Fitzhugh were considered the most
important, as they possessed many new
features, especially In the grouping and
arrangement of the different buildings.
The general scheme provides for an
exterior wall built in the form of a
s1uare, 600 feet from corner to corner
forming an enclosure within which will
be erected Q) machinery building, (2)
cell building, 90 civil building, %
building for commissary stores, bakery
dining room and kitchen, 60 hospital
Nth dispensary, nurses quarters, etc.
The administration building will be
built on the outside of the enclosure
and will have an underground passage
connecting it with the roof Of the CEN
trail building from which the guards
can control every part of the enclosure
.ldjotning the central building is also
the main entrance to the prison, which
is controlled by a specially devised sys-
tenn operated from an interior room.
All the hniIninUg will he a
entirely of concrete, the material, ex-
cept cement, being on the ground and
ready for the rock crusher The cell
building will have quarters for 400
prisoners and each OF the other build
ings will he thoroughly equipped for
their various uses
Architect r. Myron Woolpert. San
Gabriel. has been selected to prepare
plans of an eight-room brick school
building to be built at FL Monte. IT
will he one story. with quarters for
heating and ventilating in the base
ment.
j. H. Klahn is having plans prepared
for one story store building to be
constructed on the southwest corner of
Temple and Lake Shore avenue.
At San Diego
Architects Quayle Bros have pre-
pared plans for a three-story residence
TO be built at the corner of Twenty
ninth and Cedar streets in South Pasa-
dent for John Nevatney at an esti-
mated cost of S90O0 1t will have hard
wood floors and trim plate glass win
dows pluming, heating and lighting
specialties.
The same architects have taken bids
for two seven-room residences to he
built at the corner of Second and Red
wood streets. They will have hard
wood floors and trim and be modern
in every particular.
Plans are now being prepared for ]
H. ClinkscaIes. who intends building
an up-to-date residence in the block
bounded by Fourth Hillcrest, Wash
ington and Lewis streets.
A three-story brick building is to be
built for Louis Fritz on the west side
of Fifth street, between + and G. II
streets, at a cost of $4,000. The first
floor viii be used as a restaurant and
will have onyx and marble fixtures,
tile floor and other up-to-date conven-
fences.