Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
GROWING TOURIST TRADE
CREATES DEMAND
ONE STRUCTURE WILL CONTAIN
OVER A HUNDRED ROOMS
Proposed Building on Bunker Hill
Calls for Sixty Rooms-contract
for Pasadena Apartments
Represents $4,000

structure at First street and Bunker
Hill avenue, q tWo-story siXteen-room
fiat on West Thirty-first street, class
G building at Third and Clay streets,
two-story apartment on Adams street
east of Main street.
Contracts were let last week for the
Maryland apartments at Pasadena, to
cost $39, 500.
Among other important plans com
pleted are those for a three-story SIX
teen-room residence on West Chester
place, for the complete remodeling of
quarters formerly occupied by the Los
Angeles s-Nevada mining stock exchange
In the II. w. Hellman building, n
mountain home in Swiss rustic for
canyon near Hollywood, a class G.
structure at Santa Ana and lodge
building at Hollywood.
Plans are being revised for the pro-
posed Carr building on South Broad
way, to comprise seven stories. costing
$3.50, 900.
The Builder and Contractor reports
among the architects as follows:
Architect A. f. Rosenheim, 615 II. w.
Hellman building, is taking bids for
the construction of a three-story and
basement siXteen-room frame and
brick residence to be erected in West
chester place for John Howe, 102 Sc
curity building. 1t will cover ground
crete foundation walls, piers and but
tresses, slate roof, open terraces with
tile floors, mahogany and quarter
sawed oak trim, white enamel finish
to chambers, boudors, dressing and
bath rooms;' furnace, automatic heater,
plate and art glass windows, etc. 1t
will contain five bathrooms, four of
which will have marble floors and tile
wainscoting. The sides and roof of the
breakfast room will be in glass. A Sc
lected number of contractors are figur-
ing on the work.
The same architect has made plans
for the complete reconstruction of the
quarters formerly occupied by the Los
Angeles Nevada stock exchange on the
first floor of the II. w Hellman build
ing. New mahogany fixtures, tile and
marble floor and wainscoting, vault.
ornamental iron grillework, etc, will
be Installed. When completed it will
be occupied by the Adams company.
Big Brick Apartments
Architects Dennis G. Farwell Fay
building, have prepared sketches for a
102-room brick apartment house, 50x125
feet, to be erected on Orange street
west of Figueroa street Estimates are
being taken to ascertain the probable
cost of the structure before deciding
definitely what will be done.
The plans of Dennis & Farwell for
remodeling the fifth floor and roof of
the Columbia Trust building for the
Sierra Madre club have been accepted
and are ready to be figured. The fifth
floor will be altered to provide office,
billiard, reading, buffet, cloak, smok-
ing and card rooms. The roof will be
removed and transformed into a roof
garden, part of which will be enclosed
for kitchen and dining rooms. The
MadTa ic a min tTu 1ot,so
. club, affiliated with the American min
ing congress, and includes all of the
foremost mining men in the United
States. The intention is to provide the
best of quarters in the west for a club
of this kind.
Architect Garrett & Bixby, Currier
building have prepared plans for a
sixty-room apartment house to be
built at the corner of First street and
Bunker Hill avenue, for Mrs u. w.
Murphy. 1t will be three stories in
front and four stories in rear, first
story brick and rest frame. The apart
ments will be of two and three rooms
each, and will be fitted with wall beds
and heated with steam. The first
floor will contain two store-rooms with
plate glass front. The building will
cover a ground space 60XS2 feet, and
will be erected by day work.
Architects Myron Hunt & Elmer
Grey, Union Trust building, are pre-
pairing plans of a two-story 17-room
Colonial residence to be built on San
Rafael Heights, near Pasadena, for II.
w. Bailey. 1t will be of frame con-
struction and measure 112XSS feet. The
specifications provide for shingle roof,
white enamel finish, hardwood floors,
five bathrooms, heating system. cleo
trio wiring, plate glass windows
plumbing and electric fixtures. The
excavatipg has been let.
Yuma Office Building
Mayberry e. Parker 703 Pacific Elec-
trio building, are preparing preliminary
sketches for q two-story store and Of
flee building to be erected at the cor
ner of First and Main streets, Yuma,
Ariz., for Paul Moretti and Charles de
Corse of that place. 1t will be a re-
inforced concrete, S0X120 feet, and
modern in detail.
Architect Robert D. Farquhar, Secur-
ity building, has prepared plans of a
substantial two-story and basement
residence to be erected in Berkeley
Square for DR.. Robert p. McReynolds,
Coulter building. The main building
will measure 81 by Sc feet, with two
story wing for kitchen department and
helps quarters, SO by 20 feet. 1t will
nave anu
foundation and chimney, veneered brick
exterior with cement plaster finish, clay
tile roof, iron balustrades and grills,
plate and art glass windows, cedar and
redwood trim with white enamel finish,
hardwood floors, paneled walls, tile
and brick fireplaces, seven chambers,
four bathroonZ, large sun porch, hot
and cold water system, furnace, gas
and electricity. All work will be done
by the day under the supervision of the
architect.
Architects Edelman & Barnett, 1923
Blanchard building, have prepared
plans and the contract has been award
ed to the G. F. Borton company for the
erection of two-story, 16-room frame
fiat building at 223 West Twenty-first
street for Charles Amois. 1t will con-
tain four four-room apartments. In
terror finish Oregon pine, with hard
wood floors lin all living and dining
rooms and halls. Each apartment will
be equipped with Marshall 81 Stearns
mantel-front wall beds. The founda-
ton will be brick, cement porches
with columns of artificial stone and
the exposed portions of all chimneys
will be blue brick.
In Mountains Near Hollywood
Architect A. r. Kelly, Security build
ing, has prepared plans of mountain
home to be erected in one of the can
yons near Hollywood for DR.. L. c.
Frost. 1t will be in the Swiss rustic
style and contain nine rooms. The