New Ulm review., 1922-08-16
NEW ULM BUILDS
MANY NEW HOMES
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second story. Ihls building will add
greatly to the beauty of New Ulm.
DR.. J. p. Crafts house on South
Minnesota has just been re-shingled.
Louis Adams new frame house on
| North Broadway is all complete with
the exception of a little painting. It
lis a Groom frame house. The Adam
family moved in here from St. George
a couple of months ago.
/ Retired Farmer.
/ John Frank, who has built beau
! tiful bungalow on South State street,
is retired farmer.
I R. Church, teacher in the New Ulm
! high school, is getting under way with
! the building of a new brick residence
at 119 North State street.
| C. A. Heers has added sun porch
to his house at 425 South State street.
/ Mrs. E. Steinhauser, at 523 Center
street, literally raised the roofs Of
her house to make room for sleeping
porch. New paint and other improve
ments add to the appearance Of the
place.
!. Lumbern1an Builds.
A. J. Vogel, the lumberman, is
building a beautiful brick residence
on South State street. Weilandt &
Stegemann are the contractors. Mr..
Gebhard did the mason work.
Right alongside of the new Vogel
residence, another brick house is go
ing up, owned by Richard Higgs,
the insurance man. Weilandt & Ste
gemann also have this contract. Hey
mann & Krause did the work on the
basement.
! New Homes on Washington.
L. r. Reinhart is just completing
his cozy new Groom frame house on
South Washington street. R. Bushard
had the contract. Mr.. Reinhart is a
carpenter worker himself and had the
pleasure of working on his own home.
He expects to move into his new house
in q couple of weeks.
/ VIM. Stelljes is the owner of a
beautiful 8-room house now being
built on the corner Of Washington and
First South streets. Mr.. Tape is
the contractor. The Stelljes house
is now more than half finished.
Gus Stuebe Builds.
! A very large residence is getting
under way on North Washington near
First North Street, owned by Gus.
Stuebe. The basement is 30x48.
Pulhmann Bros. built the basement.
| Mrs. Fraas is building on North
| Washington street, the basement being
80 by %. Heymann and Kraus built
the basement. The house will have a
brick foundation two and half feet
thigh. Above that it will be frame
building.
New House Sold.
Emil Lieder, it is said, has bought
the new house on North Washington
street built by Herman Faust and
lust completed.
John Lieb, a retired farmer, is build
ing beautiful 7-room brick house on
North Franklin street which is now
lnearly completed. Weilandt & Ste
lgemann are the contractors.
"A new house is going up on the cor
ner Of North Fifth and Franklin streets
owned by Andrew Amann. The work
| on the basement is finished. &
New Style Hollow Blocks.
A very pretty house is being built
BY Henry Lingenhag on South Wash
ington street. Frank Kagermeyer is
the contractor. This house is made
| Of new style Of hollow concrete
blocks, the blocks being in two sec
tions, fitting on to each other il such
a way that the air space is practically
uninterrupted and therefore . noncon-
veyor Of heat or cold. The block is
! Mr.. Kagermeyer's own invention and
| he has applied for patent. 81.
Lingenhag, who is Mr.. Kagermeyer's
i n-law, is getting the first house
built Of these blocks. Kagermeyer
and Lingenhag made the blocks during
/ the dull time Of last winter, even form
4 ling the ornamental blocks for the porch
pillars from plans drawn by them
selves, everything matching precisely
when they came to put it together.
Very simple wooden frames are used for
the formation Of the blocks. The con-
j crete has been mixed with gray paint
Ifor the blocks with black for the ce-
ment binders, giving very nobby
! appearance to the house. A regular
llInld time fire place and outside chin.