The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
|D|LLARD ID ERECT | APARTMENT HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AW. Will Contain F Apartments on Upper Floors and
 Cost $75,00O BACHELOR ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR The New Building Will Be Located on Site of Home Which Was
 Recently Destroyed
 by Fire

An apartment house representing an n- vestment of s75,cOO will be erected on Highland avenue, between Twentieth an1 Twenty-first streets, work to start about April l, according to formal statement given out yesterday by Mason J. billiard. The building will be erected on the lot owned by Mr. billiard. where his home was recently destroyed by fire. MT. billiard said yesterday in making public his plan that the building will be three stories high and will contain twelve apartments. The apartments will be of 10 rooms, rooms and rooms eacn. The twelve apartment plan does not in- cude the bachelor apartment which will be on the ground floor of the new building.
 Plans are now being drawn by Archi- tect David o. Whildin and will be ready for inspection and approval within the next few days. It is announced by Mir. billiard that the plans contemplate the very latest features of apartment house construction. The exterior construction will be exceptionally unique and attrac- tive.
 
 pected that about twelve family apart ments would be the capacity of the new building In addition to quarters for bachelors which will open on court by way of verandas.
 DilIards Statement
 The formal announcement of MT. Dill lard follows:
 Arrangements have been concluded by me for the erection of three story apartment house on my property situated on Highland avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets where my house was recently destroyed by fire The plans now being drawn contemplate a. three story building with twelve apart ments There will be arrangements made for some additional apartments which we contemplate will be used exclusively for bachelors Thes. latter apartments will open on a court for which will be provided adequate porehes.
 "The building will represent an invest ment of $750o0, the financial arrange ments as to which have already been perfected. The detail plan is now being handled by D. o. Whildin, the architect, and will be ready for approval the latter part of this week.
 "'The site for the apartment house is | 100 feet facing on Highland avenue by 1il feet running north from Highland ave nue The lot is situated in an ideal To- cality for a modern high class family apartment house, and will, l think, be very much ahead of any apartment house in Birmingham at this time.
 'eThe exterior of the building will he very attractive and will be a credit to the neighborhood. It will be finished in the most elegant and artistic fashion while every modern convenience and re- auirement will be included in the house to render it in every manner desirable.
 Ut is planned to start work on the structure April and have it completed as early as possible. The construction will be as nearly fireproof as possible Rumored for Some Time The plans of MT. billiard have been ru- mored since fire destroyed his home early during the year He has not given any official information as to his plans until yesterday when he authorized the foregoing statement.
 He said that the demand for apart ment houses here had been pressed home to him forcefuly and that he had deter mined to give Birmingham one that will be in every detail as elegant as any in the entire south. It has been the opinion some time that Birmingham is inadequately supplied with apartments. Several prominent citizens have been importuned to erect them, and it is understood that several well known men owning property on the South High lands are figuring on such plans. It is said to be the opinion of experts that no investment can possibly be safer than modern apartments on the South High lands The demand is greater than even the rumdyed buildings can possibly meet,