Real Estate Picks Up After Summer Slump
Real estate activity shows signs of recovery as transactions rise last week. Listings include Hollis G. Roasa buying 360 Forest Drive SE from Robert G. Mann, and Leo H. Strathmann selling 2610 Country Club Park SE to Dr. C B Meffert, with several more through Lundquist Birch, A. A. Doolittle, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis G . Roasa
Washington Avenue SE
Forest Drive
Robert G. Mann
Maquoketa
Gary Gohmann
George P. Witwer and Company
Leo H. Strathmann
Country Club Park
C B_ Meffert
B Avenue NE
Thomas Avery
Fifth Avenue
Lundquist and Birch
Lease Notice for 247 Twenty-first Street SE
Mr and Mrs C Richard Peterson have rented the Commonwealth house at 247 Twenty-first Street SE from owner J D Bever. The record notes a lease arrangement involving Mr and Mrs Peterson and the property at that address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Richard Peterson
The
Commonwealth
Twenty-first Street
J. D. Bever
Roof Over 8 Foot Store Rising at Higbee Site
Construction begins on an 8 foot wide fireproof store at 208 Third avenue SE. Two stories high and 30 feet deep, the building connects to the Higbee store via an arched opening and will house a Higbee men’s shop with a dedicated entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Higbee Shoe Company
N. Schoen Fur Store
Higbee
E. A. Higley, Inc
Don Barnes
William Chamberlain
Bergmanns Build Mount Vernon Cape Cod Home
Excavation began last week in Mount Vernon for a Cape Cod home to be built by McKay Brothers Construction for Mr and Mrs Elmer C Bergmann. Bergmann serves as cashier for North Western Mutual Life Insurance in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cape Cod
Elmer C. Bergmann
McKay Brothers Construction Company
Bergman
North Western Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Window placement to brighten dark stairways
The article suggests improving dark stairways with light by installing windows at the bottom, side, or top of stairways where building construction permits allow.
Exterior Interest Depends On Novel Laying Of Brick
Ray Anderson notes a Coralville seven acre site near Cedar Rapids for the Freund home. The six room one story brick house features a distinctive brick pattern, a solarium, an arcade entrance, light gumwood woodwork, rose and apricot colors, a kitchen with rose-lined cupboards, and a basement recreation room with a red concrete floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Freund
Coralville
Ray Anderson
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Arthur P. Freund
Edward
Joan
University of Iowa
Remodeling Of First Baptist Church Starts
Remodeling of the First Baptist Church at 1200 Second Avenue SE began last week. Three new stained glass windows will be installed, including a 60 inch round depicting Christ blessing children with four emblems. Plans include reworked sanctuary, enhanced lighting, acoustical treatment, and organ relocation. Archi tect Charles B. Zalesky. general contractor Zobac and Sons. organ work by P. J. Buch. electrical by W. L. Fowler. glass by Decorating Art Glass of Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Second Avenue SE
Charles B. Zalesky
Zobac and Sons
P. J. Buch
W. L. Fowler
Decorating Art Glass Company of
Davenport
Newcomer Rentals Adds Cedar Rapids Manager to Montgomery Ward
W F Dean newly assigned Montgomery Ward manager from Winona Minn rents a Reid apartment at 1834 First Ave E Cedar Rapids. His predecessor M A Pegram left for Sioux City to head a Montgomery Ward store while Mrs Pegram plans to close their Bever Ave home and depart soon. The Hedges Company arranged the rental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Dean
Cedar Rapids
Winona
Sixth Avenue SE
Viola Drinovsky
Traer
Arley Bethel
Cedar Rounds
Donald Coldin
Wilson and Company
Eleventh Street
Harry M. Auld
Iowa City Road
Hedges Company
Carl Holstrom
Appleton
Wis
Directory listing Cedar Rapids building firms and suppliers
Directory entries include Hatch and Brookman Lumber Co. Kriz Tent and Awning Co. Nagle Eaton Lumber Co. Kings Crown Plaster Co. Maresh Sheet Metal Whs. Cedar Rapids Fuel Co. Builders Material Inc. Inter Ocean Reinsurance Co. Cedar Rapids Gas Co. Economy Lumber Co. Perpetual Savings and Loan Assn. Cedar Rapids Block Co. City Fuel Co. W. G. Block Co. J. T. Thomas Limback Lumber Co Wisconsin Lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch & Brookman Lumber Co
Kriz Tent & Awning Co
Nagle Eaton Lumber Co
King's Crown Plaster Co
Maresh Sheet Metal
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Builders Material, Inc
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Economy Lumber Co
Perpetual Savings & Loan Ass'n
Cedar Rapids Block Co
City Fuel Co
W. G. Block Co
J. T. Thomas, Limback Lumber Co
Wisconsin Lumber
Schroder couple tied to Meadowbrook drive move
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Schroder of 2510 Meadowbrook Drive SE plan to join him this week. Mr. Holstrom advances to Woolworth superintendency in the Green Bay district with Minneapolis as headquarters, replacing G. W. Baldwin. Dr. R. N. Qwens moves here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Schrodermier
Meadowbrook Drive
Holstrom
G. W. Baldwin
Woolworth Company
Green Bay
Minneapolis
R. N. Qwens
Rentals Move Cedar Rapids Area by Local Residents
From Welshfield O to Ina Hibbard 1420 Bever Ave SE a rental through O P Myers. Maxine Durst moves from Wellman to Cedar Rapids renting 115 Thir ty-second St NE from Walter Homsey via Malcolm V Bolton Co. D J Considine and wife move from Champaign Ill to Cedar Rapids renting 2326 C Ave NE owned by Stanley and Mrs Barta through Fred E Collard Co. The adjusted bedroom layout benefits from corner windows increasing usable wall space and rearranging furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welshfield
Bever Avenue
Ina Hibbard
A Avenue
O. P. Myers
Maxine Durst
Wellman
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-second Street
Walter Homsey
First Avenue
Malcolm V. Bolton and Company
D. J. Considine
Champaign, Ill
C Avenue
Stanley Barta
Considine
Amalgamated Roofing Company of Chicago
Fred E. Collard and Company
Custom House Flag Returns to Monterey After 70 Years
The U S customs service flag again flies over Monterey's historic customs house built in 1814, the site Commodore Sloat raised the American flag. The adobe building, long a state museum, sees increased customs business and the reappointment of a full time customs inspector for the first time since 1871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Calif
INS
United States Customs Service
Customs House
Commodore Sloat
United States
California
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IL. W. Brouick
C Avenue NE
Werner P. Heck
Washington Avenue
Frank C. Nissen
Mears C. Fowlie
Avenue NW
J. A. Largent
Fifteenth Street
Marie Nolan
O P. Myers
Eighteenth Street NW
Richard T. Clark
Eldor Schirm
Clarks
A. A. Doolittle and
Myrtle Smith
F Avenue NE
H Avenue NW
Thomas Knox
Moorhead, Minn
CMM. Hatfield and Company
C. Block Co
Moern
St. SE
Wisconsin
FHA
3Rd Ave
Ok’s
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Home Loans
3Rd Street
Iowa
E. C. Bergmann
Cashman Heating & Plumbing
Sixteenth Street
King’s Crown Plaster CO
First Ave. W
of Freund
Naomi Doebel
Kriz Tent & Awning Company
Ist St. SE
Dial
Newcomer Rentals
Maresh
Sheet Metal Works
Mrs. Freuneh
Directory Better Homes
Fifth St. NW
Nagle - Eaton Lumber CO
Gedar Rapids
St. SW
Century
Ed Soboda
Kolortex
Incorporated
IRD
Fairbanks-Morse
Home Coal CO
Servel Electrolux
Servel
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Marion
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