Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
SEVEN STORY BUILDING
FOR SOUTH BROADWAY
Contract Is Let-NeW Church Is
Planned for South Main
MethodiStS

The contract has been let for the
erection of d seven-story class B store
and loft building at 730-736 South
Broadway, 7signed by Architects R.
B. Young & Son, for Meyer Bros. and
Lugo Hoffman.
The building will be 51x150 feet with
a ten-foot alley at the rear. The
basement will be ten feet deep, con-
structed of concrete with cement floor,
sidewalk lights, etc. The basement
and first floor will be occupied by the
Youngs Market Co, which has Sc
cured a ten-year lease on the entire
building. The first floor will be fitted
up as one of the finest market rooms
in the city. The ceiling will be 70
feet high, and the walls to a height
of ten feet, and the entire floor will
be of tile. A complete refrigerating
system will be installed. The show
windows will be of plate glass with
drawn copper sash and prism glass
transoms. In the rear portion of the
room there will be a meZzarine floor
containing the general and private Of
fees. The ent- Lnce to the building
viii be finished in marble and tile
with a marble stairway TO the base
lent and an oak stairway to the floors
above. The six upper floors Will be for
loft purposes and will be sublet. There
will be plate glass windows, electric
passenger and freight elevator, flre
escapes, wired glass windows and or
uamental iron elevator enclosures, Ia
Vatories with tile floors, plumbing and
electric wiring. The building will have
steel frame, brick walls, pressed brick
front, and composition roof
Architects Jeffrey Ss Van Trees are
drawing plans for a handsome church
e7ifiee to be erected at the corner Of
Fiftv-third and Main streets for the
South Main Street Methodist Episco-
pal clIuch. 1t will be an adaptation
of the LIission style Of architecture,
g0x14O feet in size. The foundation
will be of concrete, and the exterior
win be plastered over metal lath. The
main auditorium and gallery will have
a seating capacity of 800 persons. Ff-
teen claSsrooms, equipped with patent
rolling doors, will open from the audi
torium, giving total seating capacity
of 1000. There will also be library,
nastor's study, and Vestry room. The
basement will have cement plastered
interior, and will contain kitchen,
storeroom and dining room.
Among other new work reported to
the Builder and Contractor by local
architects are the following:
Fred r. Dorm has prepared plans
for remodeling the Lindhurst room
ing house on Eighth street between
Broadway and Hill streets for Robert
Marsh. The building will he moved
back five feet and the first floor re-
modelled into two storerooms with ce-
ment floors, plate glass windows,
prism glass transoms and copper sash.
c. c. RittenhOuse is preparing plans
for a three-story and basement frame
apartment house. 33xl30 feet, to be
erected on Flower street between Sec
ond and Third streets for A. l.. ia
mieson. There will be 60 rooms, di-
yided into 26 apartments of two and
three rooms each.
John p. Krempel is preparing plans
for a two story and basement eight
room frame residence to be erected on
Garfield place between Prospect &nd
Franklin avenues, Hollywood, for
Frank Matthiae.
Mayberry & Parker have been com
rnissioned to prepare the plans and
specifications for large tWo-story
and basement residence to be erected
I'm the Cprritos hills near Long Beach
for LIewellyn Btxby.
Train & Williams are preparing plans
for a one-stoTy brick theater building
kOx150 feet to be erected at I2ightl and
broadway for Fred Barman ana Les
Z J. Robinson
A. L. Acker is preparing plans for
y two-story and basement frame resi-
dence to be erected at Beverly Hills
for Mrs. J. w. Bowler, 2818 Norman
die avenue.
Norman r. Marsh has completed
plans for a handsome church edifce
to be erected in Corona for the Con-
gregatiOnal church of that city.