Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
CONTRACTS FOR
STORY BUILDING
INTERIOR FINISH WILL SOON
BE STARTED
NUMEROUS APARTMENT HOUSES
IN PREPARATION
Three Structures viii Cost $4,000.
Architect Completes Plans for
Fiesta Park Clubhouse
on Pico Street

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Bids have been taken for interior
: finish of the w. P. Story ten-story
building on South Broadway. Plans
were completed last week for three
story apartment house to cost $4,000;
for three-story brick building at
Stockton; for a four-story rooming
house on Clay street to cost 100000;
for a club house to be occupied by
Fiesta Park Building company at
Pico and Hope streets, and for a three
story brick apartment in Westlake
district to cost 1885, 900.
Preliminary sketches were made for
a 50-room rooming house to be built
at Salt Lake City and for business
: structure on Hill street between Sixth
and Seventh streets.
The Builder and Contractor reports
Aamong the architects as follows:
I Architects Morgan & Walls, 232 North
? Main street. have taken bids for the
interior finish of the w. P. Story ten
story and basement building now un-
der construction at Sixth and Broad
way; also for the elevators.
|. Architects Neher & Shilling, Pacific
: Electric building, have prepared plans
} of a three-story and basement apart
: ment building, 112x113 feet, to be built
| on the northeast corner of Sixth and
Burlington avenue for Frank G. Hill.
1t will contain 100 rooms, divided into
two and three-room suites with baths,
hot and cold water, wall beds and
patented fixtures. The building will
be classic in design and built In the
! form of letter H. 1t will have all
up-to-date conVeniences, together with
steam heat and vacuum cleaning sys-
tenn. 1t will be built on concrete
foundation, of frame construction with
expanded metal lath and cement plas-
ter finish to exterior; fiat roof, pine
trim, beam ceiling In lobby and recep-
ton ROOM tile and marble entrance,
, large open fireplace, gas, plumbing and
/, electrical fixtures. The estimated cost
is $4,000.
Three Story Brick
: Architect r. B. Young, 701 Lanker-
! shin building, has drawn plans for a
three-story and basement brick build
: ing, 50x150 feet, to be erected at Stock
! ton, for Mrs. c. W. Oser and Mrs. c.
! G.. Berg. 1t will have glazed pressed
brick fronts, terra Gotta entrance and
ornamental work, marble vestibule,
elevator, birch finish, f1rst-class plumb
ing, etc. The basement will be espe-
cially constructed to prevent its be-
coming flooded. a feature which Is
greatly to be desired in Stockton. The
structure will be of sufficient strength
1t will contain store rooms on the
first floor, and 100 office rooms on the
upper floors.
Architect c. C. Rittenhouse, 1888
: Wilcox building, Is making plans for a
: four-story brick apartment building,
48X76 feet to be erected at 557 South
Fremont avenue for j. S. Hixson. 1t
will contain twenty apartments of two
and three rooms each, with private
: bath and cabinet kitchen First-class
: conveniences will be provided; hard
wood floors in principal rooms, steam
heat, wall beds, pressed brick front,
composition roofing. pine trim. The
Rittenhouse patented garbage conveyor
will also be installed.
The same architect Is also receiving
bids for the erection of the American
district school building, Highland
Park.
Architect P. August Westberg Delta
building, has prepared plans of four
story and basement rooming house, 67x
60 feet, to be built on Clay street, be-
> tween Third and Fourth streets for
Julius Kaufman. 1t will be construct
ed of brick and steel with hollow tile
partition walls. The building will be
heated by steam and have hot and cold
water in each room. A number of
bath rooms will also be provided, and
f1rst-class equipment installed
throughout. Estimated cost, 100000
New Church at San Fernando
Architect Albert r. Walker, COZ
Laughlin building, has been selected
to prepare plans for new church edi-
flee to be built at San Fernando by the
Methodist church of that place. 1t will
; cost about $4,000.
The same architect has drawn plans
for an adobe ranch house to be built
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! will contain six rooms The roof will
be of tile. The adobe bricks for walls
will be made on the site of the build
ing.
He has also made preliminary plans
for 5O-room brick rooming house to
, be built at Salt Lake City for w.
, Bradshaw of this city.
Architect Frank M. Tyler 600 Union
Trust building, is drawing plans for a
; siX-room bungalow to be erected at
South Pasadena for John Boyle 1t
will have stone porch, hardwood floors,
/ panels, beams, gas and electrical con-
veniences and enameled plumbing.
The same architect has also drawn
plans for two-story nine-room frame
residence to be erected on Fourth ave-
nue. near Adams street, for Tyler e. Co.
1t will have blue brick porch front and
, columns, oak floors, beamed ceilings,
furnace, etc.
Architect s. T1lden Norton, 3l6 Byrne
building, has prepared preliminary
sketches for a business building to be
! erected on the east side of Hill street,
between Sixth and Seventh streets, for
the Central Broadway Building COM
= pany. The size and nature of the
t structure will depend upon the tenant,
who will have to be secured before the
structure is erected.
Architect A. b. Benton, ia North
Spring street, has contracted by days
work for a mountain home to be built
near the Casa La Roca club house in
Willard canyon for Lee Mcconnell. 1t
will be built on a rough stone founda-
ton and have shakes for exterior
finish. A large fireplace and rustic style
treatment for the interior will be pro-
vided.
Architect H. NJ. Patterson, 1926 o. T.
l johnson building. has drawn plans for
remodetling and additions to residence
of w. r. Powell at Azusa. A number
of rooms, porches and interior work
Will be addetd.
, Fiesta Clubhouse
Plans have been completed by c. o.
Bergelin for a clubhouse to be eretcted
at Pico and Hope streets for the Fiesta
Park Building Co. The structure will
be of pressed brick, with cement
foundation, and will be four stories in
height, surmounted by an artistic roof
t garden. The first floor will contain a
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