Arizona republican., 1909-05-23
COMING! THE ERA Of
 MAGNIFICENT HOMES CITY IMPROVEMENTS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR BET
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Seven Fine Residences Are Being De- signed by Thornton Fitzhush.

It is the general opinion of archi- tects, contractors and real estate men that the coming fall will be a par ticularly active one in building construction and especially in the erection of fine city and subur- ban residences That this stage in the development of the city of Phoe- nix is imminent can be foretold from the interest that is being taken this spring in the general scheme for beau tifying the city. and by the number of beautiful homes that are now cohtem- plated or in course of construction The immense amount of cement walk that has been put in or arranged for. in addition to its usefulness, is an in centive toward the construction of beautiful homes; just as all city inn movements must come first and the finer class of homes will then follow By fall it is probable that nearly all of the streets and avenues four blocks on either side of Center. will have cement walks from Roosevelt street to Wash ington.
 With the coming of sidewalks, with the s3O,000 worth of improvements on Central avenue, the owners of homes on the better streets and avenues can hardly help keeping up their lawns and making their homes correspond to the generally improved conditions about them.
 These improvements will make the city inviting to the visitor of means in search of a site for Nhis winter home The building of beautiful homes will follow and it is safe to predict that there will be more of them erected this fall than at any time in the history of the city.
 At the present time there are many new homes going up for fall occu- pancy. In the office of one architect alone. Thornton Fitzhugh. there are seven houses in hand in various stages of development which will cost from sSOOO to s2O.OOO each. MT. Fitzhughs office is the busiest in the city. There are five architects constantly at work there, for the building Of houses is but small portion of the work under way.
 Some of the larger work that Mir. Fitzhugh is doing cannot be announced at present as the owners do not wish their plans made public until the work is farther along. Some of the houses which he is designing are as follows:
 For R. B. Black. s30OO home on Palm Lane in the HomewoOd tract. It will be a six-roOm bungalow with a roof of asbestos composition. It is now ready for estimates.
 For Mrs. J. C. Adams he is remod- cling the old. Adams home at a cost of about s7O00. The house will be con- verted into mansion of large dimen- sions and many rooms and will be thoroughly modernized
 For Sam Easterling, a s5O00 home on First street in Evergreen addition.
 For Leland J. Clark s60OO house in Orangewood. The contract for the construction of this house will be let in a few days.
 For John Munger, a recent arrival here from Ohio. house is being de- signed which will cost about s30OO. It will be built in Orangewood.
 Another house, which will be pala- tial in proportions, is being designed for well known resident of Phoenix. at an estimated cost of between s20,- 900 and s25.OOO.
 Still another is for Gus Noll. the de- tails of which have not been learned.
 MT. Fitzhugh is now at work on the territorial prison at Florence, now nearing completion, beside other work in the same city; the Chandler block in Mesa, also nearly finished: the Normal school at Tempe which is ready for the roof; a church in Mesa and the remodeling of an apartment house in Phoenix.