Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-16
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Revival is Being Experienced in
Transfer Of Real Estate.
ARCHITECTS GET BUSY AGAIN
while Businss- Has Picked Up An
Omaha, Designers and Contractors
Are eettinE orders from oct
In the state.

Activity IN the real estate circles was
more marked IN the last week that Il hss
been at any time within the las, two
Or three months. Drsnching rains IN all
parts CT the STATE. the death Of the crop
failure bugsboo resulting. seemed 70 cause
= strengthened tone In an lines Of trade.
and the realty dealers came In for their
share Of the awakened interest
While no deals in downtown property
Of particular consequence were reported
in all Of the offiees the visits OF mea
contemplating investment were more ire
quent. Several transfers now are hanging
fire and wait only the closing Of minor
details before the contamination OF the
trades
Architects perhaps felt the result Of a
return Of confidence as pertinently as any
body. Most buildings OF any consequence
r. fhat are put up in the smaller towns Of
the state are designed BY Omaha drafts
men. with the exception. of course, Of the
teFr1torT directly contiguous TO Lincoln.
However, over the state al large the srchi-
tects in this city find = profitable field.
But when the building season should have
been At itS height in the latter part OF
Nay. June and July there was nothing
dotng'' in this line as the vernAeuIAr
has H.
During the last week. however. bust
ness began 20 pick up for the designers
Orders for plans began 70 come m from
the smaller towns ard cities in general
fashion. indicating that the country mer-
chant had decided 70 buIld that new store
building this year after AL. for the crop
situation seemed TO be cleared NJ, and
business would be all right again
In this connection an interesting fea-
ture developed in West Point. Neb The
grain men were holding their ear to the
ground for the rumble Of that annual
calamity, no crops" But the West
Pointers had sublime faith that things
would turn out all night. even when the
Thermometer was shove the 100 mark and
struggling 20 geA higher.
This town needs theater." This word
went the rounds and within q short
time the citizens had decided 70 have one,
and furthermore. had placed good sigma
lures on the stock subscriptions. The
banks went in for specified amounts, and
rich men and men not 50 rich subscribed
In amounts proportionste 10 their wealth
The play house will open next winter.
Lloyd D. willis an architect with Of
fees At Eighteenth and Fsrnzrn streets
obtained the commission to design the
West Point theater. II will cost 81, 40
being built Of brick and stone There will
be a main floor. with one balcony. with
q seating capacity OF about 500 persons n
all The theater win not be used for othel
(than theatrical attractions and pubs
meetings
Considerable interest has been attracted
among prospective home builders By two
new houses that are be added u
OmahAs list Of handsome homes. Johl
Mcdonald. an architect. is building q resi-
dence IN the colonial style on Thirty
eighth avenue. near Csss street II vii
cost about slS0oe and contains many o.
the designers ideas OF the home beautiful
Mr. willis has nearly completed 4 resi
dencs for himself AZ Thirty-stxth ana
Mason streets. II IL designed in the OK
English fashion. being built Of brick. anS
stueco. Eight rooms and servants quar-
tiers will be provided. Completed. Ia
house win cost $500
A three-story apartment house wiz b
erected for W. F. LSrenEen at Thirty frs
street and Dewey avenue The building
Awfu contain six apartments Of five room
SAd bath II will have = frontage o
seventy-ffve feet on Dewey avenue Tn
building will be constructed OF light CO.
ored brick and viii cost t3aeon
While upon q recent visit to Berlin Nj
I LoreuEen obtained some Of the IDEAS whie
viii be embodied in the grounds surround
l ing the building. In that city ApaEtmer
&houses are surrounded by spacious ground
set out with trees and shrubs Mr.. Loren
rem, who obtained thu site for the builc
ing from the J. l. Rsdick estate. selects
II because the structure viii overlook n
pretty parking space extending north {
Harvey street from Thirty-first and Dews
avenue, and win have q full view 0f Tul
ner park and Central boulevard J.
Dumont 4 Son were the agents in n
transfer Of the real estate
Hastings a Hayden reported the follow
ing sales last week; A house at I4ls Mort
Twenty-axth street, 10 Henry J. Martii
fer an investmsnt the consideration bsir
una lot in Dundee was sold 20 Ca
@. Dorning for sSTS II. NJ Byrne bougl
q new six-room house at III North TIVE
ty-eiEhth avenue for ESQ AR. Byrne VI
make his home at the place other sal
were a six-roOm house on Corby sire
10 c Z. Allen for 1850; . house At a
Erskine street 20 T. & Flor. the Co
alteration being E.o0. and the transfer
:hs home Of c. d. sammey On Speno
street between Eighteenth and Ntne1een
streets. 10 T. d. DIN. who viii make
his home The consideration in the l1tt
deal was sGseo
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