Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-16
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Beautiful New Addition Just South
Of Miller Park.
BELLE ISLE AND LAURELTON
Charles W. Martin Develops Twenty
Acres with over sixty High
Class Homes, Constituting
show Place Of Omaha,


Seldom II ever before has so large a
section Of substantial and beautiful homes
been built in Omaha as the section de-
veloped by the Charles w. Martin COM
psny Immediately south Of Miller park.
Here Is tract OF over twenty acres
that u year and half ago was a truck
garden. Today 1t Is covered with costly
homes and blossoms with lawns and
flower gardens. IL is a tract three blocks
from north to south and the same dis
lance from east to west. Thus there are
nine blocks in the tract
Il was a year ago the fifteenth day OF
last month that the first house was built
on this section. Today the Martin com.
pany Is completing the work on the six
tieth house
The numbers are perhaps not more sig
nificant than the fact that the building
restrictions have been so placed that no
houses can be built except two-story
houses and Of a substantial price. Those
Immediately facing tho park must cost
at least $780, Those a street farther
south must cost at least 5000. and those
stlll street farther south, or on Laurel
avenue, must cost no less than $500.
This means substantial homes. None
are building the minimum cost, but all
arc building at cost above the mimi
mum. This makes the houses in this
beautiful section range from $3.50 to
5000.
Stucco, brick and frame houses have
been built. and all of the latest and most
modern patterns. Stucco homes are espe-
cially numerous here, and in the pure
atmosphere OF this northern part of the
city where the smoke and smudge OF in
dustry never goes. these stucco houses
present a wonderfully clean and tasty
appearance.
For years Miller park has lain, beau
tiful park, with few residences built up
around II. Many have long had the feel
ing that there was great residence prop
erty lying around this park. but IL was
long before anyone began to develop It on
large scale. The Martin company saw
the opportunity in this large estate lying
Just south of the park, The company
bought It. plated It out and set TO work
building homes. II was not long until
the lots began TO sell rapidly. and there
was good demand for the homes already
completed.
The homes facing Kansas avenue ana
likewise facing Miller park have the addI-
tIondl advantage Of the park view. There
are HOMES there from the front porch
OF which one can see quarter of mile
down into the park, and can even see
the beautiful lake in the park. This
Is a view that cannot be shut off,
1t was Emerson who said that Bill
and John and Jake might hold the deeds
to all the property around him. but the
landscape II mine; they cannot get deed
to the view"
So 1t is with those who will own the row
OF houses facing the park. The city has
the deed to the park, but the landscape
belongs to the scene OF beauty In tho soul
OF the owner OF the lot that fronts on the
J park. His children viii have not only
} the front yard, but will have the whole
OF the park for playground Just a.
though he had a deed to II ALL
Then this is high ground. Although Il
is very level, II is said TO lie as high IN
altitude as the high school building. TIL.
air Is clear and pure and free from
smoke.
The tract really comprises two additions
in name. That is. all was developed
about the same time. but the north par,
II known as Belle Isle" addition. while
the southern part Is known as I.aurelton
addition.
Restrictions have beens made so rigid
that no stores. public garages, or other
places of business are allowed The
Martin company was Offered a fancy
price for the northeast corner. where the
purchaser wanted to locate a store. They
refused the offer and took less than hall
the money for the lots for residence pur,
poses. 1t is Il strictly residence district
and is filling up rapidly with the families
OF the substantial class of business ano
professional men.
As a whole this addition Is a great and
valuable asset TO Omaha. and with its
easy access from the boulevards, and the
1wenty-fourth street car lines, will hence
forth be one Of the show places OF Omaha
The boulevards touch it. The Prettiest
Mile reaches a. Miller park adjoins 81
for a distance OF three blocks. and nav,
ing OF every street in the addition Is tc
begin within thirty days.