Omaha daily bee., 1912-09-08
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Many Pieces of Property Have
Changed Owners During Week.
BARRETT PLANS APARTMENT
Real Estate Exchange is 10 Resume
Its Weekly Meetings Wednesday
Noon at the Rooms of the
Commercial Club.

Within a few months Frank Barrett
iexpects 10 begin the construction of large
apartments at the corner of Douglas and
Park avenue where during the last week
he purchased three lots belonging to the
McCague Investment company. The sale
was made through W. II, Gates, Mr.,
Barrett says he contemplates building
twelye-apartment house with about five
rooms to an apartment.
THAT is my idea of an apartment house
now" said Mr.. Barrett, "but will not
start building for few months and In
the meantime / am going to visit Kan
sas City, where expect to look around
and make some Investigation as to the
style OF the most desirable apartment
houses there"
The lots on which the new apartment
formerly held by the Omaha Board of
/ Education. and later secured by the Nc
0ague people through trade for some
property on Vinton street. The new
apartment will front north ana east
were sold during the last week to Clar-
ehce F. Chadwick R. V. Cole was the
| former owner. The st. Louis is a two
apartment brick flat Mr. and Mrs. Chad
wick expect to make 1t their home oc-
cupying the upper apartments, while Mr.,
Chadwick's parents Will occupy the lower.
A. J, Love has purchased the 160-acre
farm of Thomas Cash, two miles west
of Elmwood park, The consideration was
sA.soo, or sl55 per acre.
Martin L, Sugarman has disposed Of
the five flats at the corner of Nineteenth
and Cass streets to r. A, Lenhart for
$20.O0o. Mr.. Lenhart bought the property
for an investment.
Christopher C. Crowell, jr., sold his
home in Dundee, Fifty-flrst and Chicago |
streets, to Shirley H, Wilson for $4,000 |
Mr.. Wilson will take possession in about
two weeks. Mr.. Crowel built this home |
two years ago, but found 1t somewhat |
too large for his use and for this reason
disposed Of 1t. Mr., Crowell has not yet |
decided where he will live after moving |
out Of his present home.
Charles Battelle has purchased three |
houses of Phoebe ]. Traynor on Twenty
fourth avenue, just north Of st. Mary's |
avenue. The property is in what is
known as Thornell's addition The con-
sideratlon was $S6s2.50.
County Judge Bryce Crawford sold his
home at Nineteenth and Locust streets
to w. H. Gates, At the same time Judge
Crawford purchased the home at 1872
Lothrop street, in Kountze place, from
Nell j. Wilcox for $3.50. Judge Craw-
ford will occupy the new home before
long,
Herbert Neale has purchased a resi-
dence at Twenty-ninth and jackson streets
Of Grace A. Dieter. @
The Omaha Real Estate exchange will
hold It's first meeting since the vacation
season at noon wednesday at the Conn
mercial club rooms. The first meeting
was to have been held last Wednesday F,
1oon but owing to the fact that that
was Omaha day at the state fair and
hat SO many of the members went to
Lincoln the meeting was then postponed
or week
c. G. Cunningham and Mrs. Genevieve
iarman will conduct general real es-
ate business with offices at ZIG Omaha
National bank building under the firm
lame of Cunningham-Ga company.