The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01
TAKE OVER
WERVEINTEREST
Prize Site Of Main st. to Be
Made Site of One of Fin
est Buildings in Wis.
BIG PLANS ARE MADE

Emanuel and AdoIph Epstein are to
furnish to the city Of Kenosha its first
great Office and store building-its
first skyseraper- it was announced
today that deeds had been passed for
the transfer Of the old Knights of Co.
lumbus building, recently purchased by
Charles WerYe, to the Epstein BROTH
ers. The deeds signed and sealed have
been placed in escrow with the Mer-
chants and Savings Bank and the deal
will be concluded within the next two
or three days.
The purchase Of the property by the
Epstein brothers gives promise of an
early erection Of a splendid Office and
store building which will be the pride
of Kenosha. Years ago the Epstein
brothers showed their belief in the
future of Kenosha when they paid
what was then considered record
price for the old Calkins building at
the corner of Market square and Main
street. 1t represented the savings of
competent and prudent business oper-
ations in Kenosha and when it was
purchased it was stated that in some
future time it would prove the "eor-
ner" for Kenosha's biggest office and
store building. The Epsteins were
bidders for the Knights of Columbus
building when it was first offered for
sale, but it was sold to Charles Werve
and since the sale negotiations have
been pending between the two well
known merchants which ended in the
closing up of the deal on Monday.
Planning Great Building.
Il cannot definitely announce our
plans today" said Adolph Epstein. 1T
has been our dream to erect a splendid
building at this corner and our plans
are going to be carried out just as
soon as it is possible to get plans COM
pleted and the cost of materials drops
little. We plan to build a building
which will be modern in every way
We expect it to be credit to ourselves
and notable addition to the business
district of the city of Kenosha. The
plan is along the suggestion of the
arcade with a large nun1bL1 of Offices
on the upper floors, properly connected
with the street, with elevator service
and with large rooms on the upper
floors which may be used for business
purposes, similar to the plan followed
by many of the large Office buildings
in Chicago. We have some plans now,
but these plans must be revised in or
der to meet the demands of more mod
ern building"
Maybe a Bank Too.
1t has been suggested that portion
of the proposed pew building may be
used a banking house, but this state
ment was not confirmed by the new
owners of the property. eve haven't
gone into this thing far enough to
know what use will be made of the
building" declared Mr.. Epstein "That
is matter fr9 the future"
Epstein brothers have been in bust
ness in Kenosha for the past twenty
one years and during that time they
have contributed much to the forward
movements of the city. They have
built several large buildings in the
city and they plan to crown these eff
forts by the splendid Main street Of
fee and store building, It is expected
that close to half million dollars
will be expended in the Improvement
of the property.
The fact that leases have been made
on several Of the store rooms will
make it impossible for any work on
the new building to be started until
after the first of July Of next year.
The consideration for the building
is not made public, but it is declared
to have been in the neighborhood of
$4,000. The transfer stated the con
sideration at cone dollar"