Arizona republican., 1912-07-14
KNIFE PLANS
 MISSION HOME

L. C. knipe, architect, is one of the that the coming fall and winter will be the busiest that Phoenix has ever seen in the way of apartment, house 1 and residence constructions. At pres
 ent MT. Knipe is completing plans and specifications for d $12,000 resi- dence for Dr. Gillette. This residence l is to be located on the old Franklin 1 property on North Seventh street, opposite the Anderson residence. This
 is to be a type of home entirely diff 1 ferent from anything in Phoenix. It will be entirely a Spanish Mission
 House, with a great many ideas of exterior construction and appearance
 taken from the beautiful Harvey
 house, Fl TOriz in New Mexico It
 will be especially built for and one
 of the most perfectly adapted houses
 covering climatic conditions in Phoe-
 nix. All of the main walls will be adobe and only local material will be used in the construction of the house. l The house will be built around d patio thirty feet wide and forty
 eight feet long. There will be d wide
 veranda and terrace across the front
 of the building. Entrance will be to
 a large reception hall, then to the l living room where there is I large
 engFe nook for a fire place Library, dining room and kitchen will be on the south of the patio, three cham bers with private bath rooms on the other side; and servants quarters in
 the rear of the patio. There will be
  rooms and various closets. There
 will be in the basement q heating
 and ventilating plant for the build
 ing. Leading from the library there
 will be a large lOggia to the south
 There are already two immense palms growing in the front yard
 which will give the building a beau tiful setting. The property is sur
 rounded with huge pomegrante fence.
 Construction on this house will be
 started in the early fall upon return
 to the city of Dr. Gillette
 MT. Knipe reports the total com
 pletiOn and acceptance of two beau
 tiful buildings in Tempe which he
 planned and superintended. The one
 is the Tempe National Bank build ! ing. massive fire proof, concrete i building, of Egyptian architectural i design The interior fixtures are all solid mahogany and the floor is a i black tile with marble bordering the
 columns and ceiling showing massive ! beams constructed in the ceiling of
 which there are nine panelled beams. { with three center panels, and diffu- sion lights receiving light from the north face sky lights. The ceilings are eighteen feet above the floor i The cost of this building with the fixtures is approximately $30,O00. The other Tempe building is the i Tempe City Hall. which is d very i beautiful clean creamy white cement covering concrete building of classic l design. This has basement floor well terraced. which will house a ] library and reading room. the fire i department and the city jail. The ] first main floor, leading to which are ] large massive steps, contains the
 council chambers office for the city clerk, marshars office and large vault for the city records.
 1 MT. Knipe states that he is ex-
 ceedingly busy getting out plans for various residences and apartment | houses that are to be constructed during this summer and the coming fall