The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-28
Remarkable Activity in Home
Building Shown in 1912.
Permits Issued for Erection OF
800 Dwellings,.
THE HOMES COST $3.50, 1000
Total Amount in Permits
Nearly a Million Dollars.
Prospects Are Bright for Pros
porous Year in 1913.

Seven hundred building permits have
been issued in 1912 from the office OF
the city fire marshal aggregating near
~ a million dollars-$sl9,S Inc per
nits called for the erection or three
hundred dwellings at a total cost OF
$3.50 600 and the remodeling and i'm
DrOvine of one hundred and seventy
five other dwellings at an estimated
expenditure of $SO,71s. Permits We're IS
sued for the erection or business Dullu-
ings valued at $1SS,S3O.
The twelve months on the point of
closing constitute a period of remark
able development in respect to the cree
ton of homes. The record for Topeka
was broken for the number OF homes
remodeled and improved otherWlse.
In certain sections of the city, par
ticuIarlv in the new additions scores OF
attractive dwellings have sprung up al
most in a night-Toadstool fashion. Al
least that would be the impression Oh
a man returning to the city after an
absence of year.
Among the sections where ouilolng
has bee1 marked should be included
Eln,hurst College Hill addition, Mel
rose addition. Highland Park, which IS
outside of the city limits, Garflela
Place on the North Side, etc.
Several new tenement or apartment
houses have been erected in the course
81 the wear. and a number of preten-
tio1s residences. The bungalow slyle
Of architecture has become more pop
Mar than ever. Sleeping porehes nave
been all the rage.
Is Attractive Residence.
The Mrs Willis Norton residence az
COS Topeka avenue, which Is pelhs e
1node1ed at an expenditure of twenty
+bousand dollars, will, when completeo
~ middle of January, be one OF the
finest homes in Topeka.
TIL living room will be particularly
attractive. 1t is 20x38 feet in size
Features are handsome treplace' pe
ceiIing in mahogany, and builtln pooA
cases. o,o,,o,a 70
hath room in the city is another tea-
+nre The floor is of tile and the Wdlll9-
coting of Vermont narole VI =
cellent quality. The fixtures are OF
solid porcelain; AN, and hath are Is included.
An inside system of telephones is De.
tho Installed; also q vacuum system OF
cleaning. and an entire new hedtihs
pIant The exterior is OF stucco VIII WIZ.
file roof Frank Squires is the arcl4-
tect in charge .z.ao,,oos
baino built at the present time is the
David Page home at the corner VI
Underwood and Eighth avenues. Stuc-
co with stone trimmings VIII De d p pr
~ exterior finish. A Vapor neatins
plant. two bath rooms, and a sleepI litI
I,orcF are features. The residence Will
cost $4,000. -oo ,.;o,,
Tbe Vincent Kaczynsk $500 brlcK
veneer residence at the corner or tl1th
street and Western avenue shouid pe
mentioned 1t is finished downstairs III
oak and upstairs in white enamel AS
bestos shingles make a good looking
Then there is the $4,000 two-story
trilx residence being built at 1921 topeka
for Norman Wear. This is a ten-room
house with sleeping and dining porches'
This was planned by N. r Nlelseh'
Business Buildings.
The fact that but comparatively rev
business buildings were erected IN
1912 is the cause of the sllght sluInP
in permits this year. But there Is O
reason for the lack of activity IN thls
direction. - ..,.7 e.,
the Seymour Packing company 10
erect a one story storage oullolng. NO
estimate of the cost OF the pullolns
was given, however, but 1t VIII prop
all, he an least fifteen thousand dol
lars When this item is included IN
the permits for the year the totaI
figure will be materially increased.
The New England building and the
Mills building were built not long
since. and they were adequate to sup
DIv the office demand for the time
being The Santa Fe naQ just pre-
viousIv erected two large and costly
office buildings, and the state some
time ago started the erection OF the
handsome marble G. A r. Memorial
building Thus it will be seen that
there necessarily was no great de-
mand for business structures.
The largest item in the permit book
this year is that pertaining to the cree
ton of the new State Journal home
at an estimated cost of $40, 600. The
office building on the south, the first
floor and basement of which will be
occupied by the Topeka Edison COM
pany and which was erected by Frank
P. MacLennan, is the second largest
item on the list.
a fifteen thousand dollar permit was
Issued to the Missouri Pacific railroad
for the erection of their new depot.
The A. Zahner two story brick BUSH
ness building at 92S-925 Kansas ave-
nue. cost $16,500.
The board of education is remodel
ing the Potwin school building at a
total cost of nearly 100000, and is