Evening journal., 1914-03-28
Touch OF Spring
Starts THE BUILDERS.
Handsome Home to Be Built
In the City for R. H.
Dunham
CONCORD HEIGHTS
WORK PROGRESSES.

Plans are in the hands of contrac-
tors for a beautiful residence for
r. d. Dunham, president of the Her
culas Powder Company, to be erected
on the northeast corner of Tenth
and Broome streets. 1t will be built
of stone along Old English lines and
will cost approximately $4,000.
From the plans it appears that the
handsomest In the city. II will be
very large and It's rooms will be beau.
tifully finished.
The house will be three stories high
with a shingle roof and brick CHM
neys. On the first floor will be re-
ception hall to be finished in oak.
The appearance of the room will be
improved by a handsome and mas
sive oak staircase. The hall will
be 20x16S feet. The living room will
be 26x1S feet One of its attractive
features will be a great wooden fire
place, which, will add greatly to the
coziness of the room. The library
will be 16x22S The diningroom will
be beautifully finished and will be
16x23.2 in size. Mr.. Dunham will
also have a den, and other rooms on
the first floor are a large and modern
kitchen, pantry, store room. The
house will have three large porches
with quarry tile floors.
On the second floor there will be
six bedrooms. Zach room will be
equipped With bath, showers and
closets. On. the third floor will be
four rooms Tor servants and a num-
ber of large storage rooms
Among the local contractors who
are bidding on the house are: The
A. S. Reed and Brother Company,
w. d. Haddock and w. Howard May.
Several Philadelphia contractors are
also bidding for the contract. The
residence was designed by a Phila-
delphia firm.
John Il. Healy and Son Is bidding
on the apartment house for T. Jeffer-
son Weir, Jr., at Fourteenth and
| Washington streets. A description
of the property and proposed
changes was published in these col
umns last week. The same firm is
bidding on a garage for Archibald
NJ. DUPONT and alterations and ad-
ditions for Paul Steinke.
The contract for the erection of a
residence for James O'Hara, at
! Twenty-third and Boulevard has
been awarded TO James j. Dougherty
the contract price was $4,000. The
work has been started. The house
was designed by John j. Kennedy.
w. d. Haddock and Company are
bidding on a garage for Archibald
NJ. dupont to be built on Greenhill
avenue: a large barn for Charles l.
Patterson and a store building for f
S. Dure at Ninth and Tatnall streets
Mr.. Dure will make extensive al.
terations to the present building
which is used as a rooming house
On the first floor he will make three
small stores and the other floors will
be converted into modern apart.
ments. The property at the present
time faces on Tetnall street.
The barn for Charles l.. Patterson
will be built on his Chadd's Ford es.
tate which he recently purchased
from Preston B. Lea. Several months
AGO the barn was burned. The new
barn will cost several thousand dol
lars.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. IT. Lohand. OF No
1904 Boulevard, have decided to ereci
home on a large plot OF ground al
the corner of Harrison and Twenty
seventh streets, Concord Heights
The site upon which this new home
will be built Is one of the largest ant
finest plots on the Concord Heights
tract. It is expected that the resi-
dence vii cost more than $4,000.
The Street and Sewer Department
made a record, according to Free
X. Felt, OF the Concord Heights Co.
in laying the new sewer in Wes
Twenty-sixth street Concord Heights
From start TO finish less than foul
actual working days was consumed
The grading of the new streets a
Concord Heights started with a rusl
I yesterday. Mr.. Boulden, the contrac
tor, was delayed a few days by tn
heavy fall Of snow of Sunday last
but he expects TO have his contrac
completed by April 10.
Al least three we'll known archi
tects are working on plans for som
/ beautiful homes 20 be erected at Con
u cord Heights. Some of these plan
will be on exhibition at Mr.. Felt
ONCE at the Boulevard and Concor
avenue today and tomorrow.
Recent sales through o. G. Good
ems agency. No. = W. Ninth street fol
low:
No. 1911 West street to Alfred Ds
Il wilson; 1929 Washington street I
Z. II. sullivan; 1011 Kirk avenue.
4 c. K. Burchenal; store and dwell
III ing, Twelfth and Tatnall streets, {
n IN. Krichewsky; hotel, Fourth an
Adams street. to Harry d. Walker
500 sherman street, 70 Anna \