Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-02
JUDGE UTT COMPLETES AR.
RANGEMENTs FOR IMPROVE
MENT OF JOHNSON ESTATE AND
ANNOUNCES PLANS.
500, 600 WILL BE
THE EXPENDITURE
BY REBUILDING STRUCTURES or
TuMWA LODGE OF ELKs WILL
BE GIVEN ONE OF THE FINEST.
HOMES IN THE STATE.

The Elks of Ottumwa will have one
Of the finest, IL not the finest, club
rooms in the state Of Iowa, and OF
tumwa Is to have a new business
block, according to the announcement
made today by Judge W. H. Utt of
Chicago, trustee Of the Johnston es-
tate. The repairs to the present Ell1s'
building and the old structure just
west of the corner Of Green and Sec
ond streets will begin Monday, and
when completed, an expenditure of
between $4,000 and 100000 will have
been made and Ottumwa will have n
handsome building of white terra
marble.
The EIks' Building.
Nothing will be left undone to give
the Ottumwa herd of Elks the finest
lodge hall and club rooms in the state
of Iowa. The entire front on Green
street, which is 1872 feet long, will be
of white terra Gotta, trimmed with
green Georgia marble. This will give
the structure a pretty architectural
appearance. The plans provide for a
| roof garden to cover the entire area
of the building, which will be modern
in every way. Over the entrance of the
Elks' hall will be an immense can
opy suspended by chains. which will
alone cost $500. The entrance and
windows will be changed and will be
made more handsome. On the ground
floor of the Elks' building in the
northeast corner occupied by business
institutions there will be new fronts
and other improvements.
The New Building.
According to the plans, 1t really
means three story structure on Sec
ond street. The building will have a
frontage Of 1872 feet, the same as the
Green street frontage of the Elks'
building. The vacant space between
the Elks' building and the empty brick
building will be occupied by three
story building which will connect with
the old Johnston block and which will
be remodeled and another story added
giving the 1872 foot frontage.
The building will be on the vacant
| space and will extend back So feet,
leaving space in the rear for a drive
way. The ground floor on Second street
will have six store fronts which will be
occupied by local firms. The second
and third floors will be lodge rooms
ana Will pc occupied py the Maccabee
lodge. The interior Of the second and
third floors will be modern in every
respect. Modern store fronts will be on
| the first floor, fine large windows on
the second floor and on the third floor
will be large windows of French glass
In front Of the windows on the third
store will be large balconies with orn-
amental iron ratings. The front of this
building will be of the same material
as the front of the Ek's building.
Everything Modern.
| The building will be modern in every
respect. In having the plans drawn,
Mr. UT instructed the architect to
leave nothing undone and the draughts
imam complied with his requests. In the
basement will include the living rooms
+, for the ianitor and his family. 1t in
cludes a kitchen, sitting and bed rooms
1 bath rooms and closets.
Plans Drawn in Chicago.
| The plans for the mammoth i'm
provements were drawn by H. r. will
| son and Co. of Chicago. Ernest Koch
of Ottumwa will be supervising archi-
tect. The contract will be awarded i'm
mediately and work on the excavation
of the new building on Second street
will start Monday. The terra Gotta ana
marble have already been contracted
for and will arrive in about six weeks.
The buildings will be rushed to com
! pletion as fast as possible.