Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
ARCHITECTS LET
LARGECONTRACTS
SEVEN-STORY STRUCTURE TO
BE ERECTED
Among Weeks Work Are Plans for
Two Hotel Buildings, Brick Store
house Near Plaza and
Factory

Contracts were awarded during the
week for the first part of a seven story
building to be erected at Seventh and
Hope streets and for an Office and
hotel building for erection at Patter-
son, north of Fresno. Plans were com
pleted for a three-story reinforced con-
crete Office building at Also and Center
streets and for "A three-stOry brick
store building near the Plaza. Plans
are being prepared for factory build
ing at Dolgcville.
The Builder and Contractor reports
among the architects as follows:
Architects Parkinson & Bergstrom,
Security building, have awarded the
contracts for the erection Of the first
part of the seven-story building TO be
erected at Seventh and Hope streets
for Mrs. Martz. The building to be
erected at the present time will be 10X
125 feet, one-story and basement, with
walls of sufficient strength to support
an additional six stories. 1t will be d
fireproof building, steel and brick con-
struction, with tile floor and tile par
titions, pressed brick facing and Nal
thoid roof. The general contract was
awarded to the c. j. Kubach company,
Pacific Electric building, at Sl750O,
steel to Baker Iron works 1850, ana
pany, 933 Security building, at $400
The Architectural Designing COM
pany, 623 Crosse building, has prepared
plans for a one-story brick store build
ing, 6OX60 feet, to be erected on Pros
pect avenue near Vine street, Holly
wood, for Mrs. G. E. Holt. The walls
win be of sufficient strength to support
an additional story. The building will
be faced with white tile and will have
cement floor, plate glass and copper
store fronts, prism glass transOms, oak
doors and composition roof
Two-Story Brick
Architect John c. Smith, 325 II. w.
Hellman building, has opened bids for
the erection of a two-story brick store
and fiat building 53X75 feet, to be built
at East Third and Townsend streets
for f. L. Poyas. H. f. Knerr, 1417
East Fifteenth street, was low bidder
on his proposal of $l0,3O exclusive of
plumbing.
Architects Hudson & Munsell, Slim
son building, have awarded the con-
tract for the erection of a one-story
brick business garage to be built at
Pico street and Grand avenue, to Al.
peter Hall & Alpeter, Henne building.
1t will have pressed brick front, plate
glass windows, metal skyights, cement
and tile floors, Workpits and turntables.
1t will cost $9760 and be occupied by
Burkhart & Crippen, agents for the
Interstate and Lexington automobiles.
Architect A. b. Benton will supervise
the construction of a tWo-story, attic
and basement, fourteen-room frame
residence for DR.. Fl. Bert Ellis at
Ocean View avenue and Carondolet
street The work will be done by the
day. 1t will be built ON concrete
foundation and cover ground area of
5S by &C feet. 1t will have blue brick
porch and columns, chimney, etc;
cement floor i'm basement; shingled roof
and sides; canvas decks; concrete floor
in veranda, oak floors on first story
maple floors on second; plate glass
windows; screens, furnace, tin and
galvanized iron work, two tireplaces,
-Grueby tiling, electric and gas fixtures
Fuller & Nelson company's plumblnG
fixtures. The estimated cost is $4,000
Office and Hotel
The same architect has let the con-
tract for the construction OF an office
and hotel building to be built for the
Patterson Land company at patterson
north of Fresno. F. w. Maurice, 6t
East Fifty-fifth street, Oakland, IS the
general contractor. The hotel building
will be mission in style, two stories high
and formed like the letter V, the two
wings, each thirty-siX feet wide, eX-
tending to the rear siXty-eiSht feet;
the front portion has a width of seven
ty six feet. 1t will contain thirty-siX
bedrooms, six baths, general offices,
dining room and kitchen department
Brick foundation, frame construction
steel lath and plaster; terra Gotta tile
roofing furnace heat, electric wiring