The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-22
Ii New Residences
Going Up In Town
And On Outskirts
New Home OF DR.. Rodabaugh
Family Is Latest To
Get Underway Here


Residential building activity in
Bluffton, which fell off somewhat last
year from the heavy pace established
shortly after the close of World War
III, appeared to be again moving at d
more rapid tempo this year.
Six new houses have already been
started within the corporation limits,
and others are still in the blueprint
stage awaiting financing or other de-
tails preliminary to breaking ground.
AT least five others are we'll under
way within a radius of a mile and
half on the towns outskirts.
In 1853 only six new homes were
built inside Bluffton during the en-
tire year as compared with the record
established in 1850 when Ii residen-
ces went up here. Likewise, in 1852
only six new homes were built inside
the corporate limits, 13 in all, count
ing those in the area just outside the
village.
Excavating has already started for
the new home of DR.. F. ID. Rodabaugh
located on a new street north off of
Grove avenue. Situated on hillside
site, the Rodabaugh home will be of
the new split-level type consisting
of three levels not more than three
steps up or down. The building will
have a 100-foot frontage and be of
Roman brick veneer construction.
The plan provides four bedrooms.
The garage is attached. One of the
modern features of the home will be
horizontal gliding window units. Har-
ry Mericle G. Sons are the con-
tractors.
On Cherry street Don Cupples is
completing his three-bedroom brick
veneer home. A large double garage
will be used for his electrical work
shop. Mr.. Cupples is building the
home himself.
Going under roof this week is the
one-floor modern home of the Ray
mond Conrads on South Jackson
street and within a few days more
/ the house next door being erected by
Richard Benroth will also be under
roof.
The Conrad home is a two-bedroom
plan with double garage attached by
breezeway. Among unusual features
of the residence will be the use of
large flagstones taken from the
Bluffton Stone Co. quarry for the
basement fireplace. The exterior is
of brick veneer with a silver-grey
asbestos roof. Decorative wrought
iron posts are used at the entry way.
A. o. Badertscher and associates
have the contract.
The Richard Benroth home will
have a white asphalt roof to help
reflect the suns heat. It's exterior
will be of double-course wooden
shakes. Now residing in Lima, Mr..
Benroth will move here with his
mother when the house is completed.
DR.. Howard Raid is putting the
finishing touches to the interior of
his new home on South Spring street.
He has started to panel the interior
walls with native woods which he has
been gathering and seasoning for the
past several years. These include
cherry, walnut, oak and others.
His basement workshop is already
being used in the work of finishing
the interior of the house.
And on Harmon road near Button
Community hospital Richard Mericle
is getting his new ranch-style home
under roof. The work has been pro-
ceeding rapidly on this new home.
On Route 25 just outside the cor
poration limits two houses are going
up north of town and two others just
south of Bluffton. Kenneth Schau-
blin is erecting a hree-bedroom
modern home just north of the County
Line and Francis Moser is building a
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