The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
BUILD STORE AND THEATRE
Property Will be Improved at Once the
East Portion OF it Being Converted
Into Mooern Home for the Isermann
Brothers Clothing Store.

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ed by the Balm Wagon Company on
Market Square came this morning
when deal was closed by which M.
| j. Isernann and Walter M. Burke pur-
chased eighty feet Of this property fac
| ing Market Square and adjoining the
Benedict and TarbelI building. The
property has depth Of loo feet and
the old warehouses which have occu-
pied the property will be RACED at once
to make room for the erection of a
modern freproof building which will
be the home Of the Isermann Brothers
Clothing Company. The west portion
of the property will be used for thea
tire purposes and it is expected that a
new vaudeville and picture theatre
will be ready for opening before the
first of the new year. While the con-
sideration for the deal has not been
made public it is said that the consid-
Grafton was in the neighborhood Of
$500 front foot.
The Balm company will also make i'm
provements and plans are being made
for the building of a great warehouse
in the rear Of the property sold and 1T
is said that this warehouse will be
erected at a, cost Of $75, 900.
For some time the Isermann Broth
ers have been facing the problem of
store which would meet the demands
of the business and such a store will
be erected on the east fifty feet of
the Market Square property. 1t will
be model store for the sale and dis
play Of mems, boys and children IS
clothing and furnishings. The build
ing will be of brick, two stories in
height and freproof. 1t is planned to
made the building the most handsome
ever built in Kenosha. The basement
floor of the building will be rented.
The Isermann company will have a
store room with balcony on the
ground floor. 1t will have an eighteen
foot ceiling and will be built ex-
pressly as retail clothing store.
It's front will be something entirely
new to Kenosha building. A theatre
is to occupy the west thirty feet of
the property purchased and it will be
the most modern structure that can be
planned. The plans and specifications
for both Of the buildings are now be-
ing prepared by the architects and
they will be ready within fortnight.
Mr. Isermann hopes to have the cloth
ing store building ready on or before
Easter Of 1914.
The second floor over the store and
over the theatre will be built for of
fee purposes. Over the Isermann store
there will be complete suites Of offices
to accommodate nine tenants and half
| this number will be placed over the
Burke Theatre building. These Offices
are to be Just as modern as it is pos
sible to make them and they will be
fitted out with the intention of meet
ing every demand Of professional men.
It is possible that a third story will
be added to the structure later
The purchase marks the first break
in the Balm property on Market
Square and it is understood that other
negotiations are pending which may
result IN the sale of the entire ware
house frontage within short time.
The Balm company is planning to open
an alley at the rear of the properly
and it is thought that the north side
of Market Square will rapidly de-
velop into one of the principal bust
ness districts of the city.