Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-02
ACTIVITY AMOUNTING ALMOST
TO BOOM STRIKES NEIGH.
BoRAooD.
LENNON PLANS SUBSTANTIAL
IMPROVEMENT AT CORNER
May Move Store Building to Rear Of
Lot and Improve Boone Street Front
With Three New Houses-Hemes
Being Built in observation-disclosures
Building.

Thac part of the Third ward west of
sixth street, which has been featured
before this season for its activity in
the city wide movement Of home
building, is again figuring prominently
in the building projects just put under
way, or planned, This time it is the
neighborhood in the vicinity of Ninth
ard Boone streets that is enjoying a
small boom.
On the lot at the southeast corner of
Boone and Nevada, Ralph McCague,
a stenographer empolyed by the c. \.
Durham Company, has had cellar
excavated for a new $500 home. II
vii! be seven room, TWO story frame
house. When it is finished. about Aug.
l. Mr.. and Mrs. McCague will move
from 4o9 Summit street into the new
house.
Excavation was begun on the lot at
500 South Tenth street this forenoon
for new house for Donald Stansberry,
a stenograpI1er employed by the Len
nox Furnace Company. Stansberry's
home will be a one and one-half story
frame Of six rooms and viii cost about
s2,5oo.
William H Kirchberger. a barber
employed by c, P. Cook, has begun
building 50, $40 residence Of seven
rooms on the lot at the southeast
corner Of Eighth and Boone streets.
The family will occupy it,
Lennox Plans Large Project.
David Lennox, who owns the prop
erty g the northeast corner OF Ninth
and Boone streets that is improved
with q small building used for store
is planning Improvements for this
corner that VIII cost $4,000 or more.
He plans 10 move the store building to
the north end OF the lot, face in on
South Ninth street, and Improve il
so 1t can still be used for suburban
store. on the Boone street front Of
the lot ne Is planning TO build three
dwellings. This Improvement, if un-
dertaken, viii be finished this season.
Other Homes Being Finished.
In the same neighborhood the bung-
allows being build by George ". Herlin
anQ Walter ]. Long are nearing com
pletion. The former is building at the
corner of Tenth and Nevada streets,
and the latter is improving size on
Boone. near Tenth street.
A nice one and one-half story frame
house of six rooms, costing something
over $4,000. has just been finished for
Harry Timer, a clerk in the George L.
Andrews store. az sol East Linn street.
Mr. and Mrs Timer will move into it
from POS South Fourth avenue in two
or three weeks
BrintnaIl Home to Be commodous.
II. G.. Brintnal has let the contract.
and excavation has been started, for
the splendid home that Mr.. BrintnaL
VIII build in the nice residence district
Of Main street west OF Tenth. The
house VIII improve the site a. 1903 just
west Of the cement and timber house
recently completed by Perc!yai Web
ster
The house will cost about $3.50. ex-
elusive Of the lot. 1t viii be com
modious and ample in dimensions Re-
ing 25x40 feet on the ground, TWO fun
stories and basement also room I'm
ished in the attic. The plans call for
an English house of exterior finish Of
brick ard stucco. A feature viii De a
garage built into the house at the west
end. The main entrance will be in
the middle of the south side under a
small entrance porch. The main porch
viii be on the east. Reception hall,
living room. dining room, ard kitchen
will De OF the first floor. Of the kitch-
en- will be the garage on the ground
level
The second floor Will contain three
bed rooms, den, toilet and fath, and
sleeping porch. The exterior finish vii!
be brick up TO the first floor window
sills and brown cement above. The
porch columns will be of brick and
their floors Of cement.
Mater Continues TO Qrop.