The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-11-26
New Residences
Built in COIviIIe
Seasons improvements In
clude Some Beautiful
Modern Dwellings

The tap tap of the hammer is still
sounding through the snow, driving
last nails in newly created homes,
which had reasonably expected to
have ample time in which to mature
before winter SHOWS.
The new one-story 7-room bunga-
low of Harold Conner, son Of Mayor
and Mrs. Ellis c. Conner, has served
as a residence for some weeks, dur
ing which time the interior work has
been under the personal direction Of
its mistress, Mrs. Harold Conner.
The entire structure is of local woods.
Floors are of native fir, wood work
oak stain and according to G. G.
Dorman, who did the finishing, it is
"fully as pretty as coast fir" Heavy
paper of brown covers the living
room walls; draperies are of rose and
the dominant color of the rugs is
blue. Departing from the usual
enameled kitchen finish, Mrs. Conner
has cabinets and cupboards finished
in oak stain, and walls covered with
sanitas paper. This dwelling is
modelled after the Gordon Van Tyle
residence, and constructed by Clay
Davis. 1t is modern throughout with
the exception Of heating. Lack of
good basement makes furnace i'm
possible. Valley land is found not
to be suitable for good Easements un-
til the city has better drainage ia
cilities.
The new Groom home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Heudon, on Walnut and
9Th, designed by the National Home
Building Company of Spokane, but
revised to meet the needs of the home
maker and constructed by G. S.
Pond, is compact and will be an al
together livable "built to live in"
structure, since it combines not only
walls and interior, but the hill view
of "Huckleberry range" resembling
with it's black trees against the snow
a huge etching. The new Heudon
home contains full basement, hard
wood floors and is plastered. Wood
work is yet to be placed.
The new house on North Main
being built by Ed. Gibson is to be
one of the best structures in the
city, as well as a "joy forever" to
permanent residents. The dwelling
is a Groom, two-story, containing
basement of solid concrete, with we'll
planned furnace, storage room and
garage. Outside walls and roofing
have been finished. Basement walls
are of solid concrete, first floor ce-
ment veneer, and second floor of
oiled shingles Of reddish brown
color with trimmings of rose. Con-
struction work on this residence be-
gan in the spring. Mr. Gibson, a
contractor of some thirty-five years
experience, has done the greater part
of the work alone at odd times. In
the spring, when plastering can be
safely done, interior work will have
been finished. The house has large
east and south veranda supported
by cement pillars.
One of the newest looking
homes in the city is that of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. G. Keller, "the home set on
the hill" Both interior and exterior
have been painted recently in ser
viceable yellow with white trimmings,
porch ceiled with blue and floors of
gray, and green roof, now snow COW
cred. The entire dwelling with its
newly placed cement walks from en-
trance Of grounds to front and rear
entrances, against a background OF
evergreen, looks from the city like
the frontispiece from "House Beauti-
full"
The newly finished H. o. Bair
home on third avenue and Oak street
is two-story, containgin 8 rooms, and
stands square and unrelieved except
for the huge front porch, outside
chimney for fireplace, and double
small paned one-sash windows, CIV
ing a really large house a more
spacious appearance. Outside the
coating is yellow, with white. Huge
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