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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1940

Page

24

Unfinished Cape Cod attic ready for future bath and bedrooms

A Cedar Rapids home at 2624 Meadowbrook drive SE features a Cape Cod style with cross-ventilated attic space, plumbing for a second bathroom, and heat pipes for future connections. The interior blends mahogany furniture, ivory plaster, Delft blue linoleum, Canary yellow kitchen, and a canopied living area with European gifts from travels, while the basement offers ample room for a future recreation space.

Wes Panek L. K. Cornell Meadowbrook Drive Havana Cuba Cedar Rapids

Proposes Opening Of 25th Street SE And New Home Sites

Plans for opening Twenty-fifth street SE from Mount Vernon avenue SE to the ravine and a plat for a residential division of the achoming property will be presented this week by C. J. Pollock of 824 Fourteenth street SE to the city engineering department for approval.

Twenty-fifth Street Mount Vernon Avenue SE Achoming C. J. Pollock Fourteenth Street City Engineering Department Mr . Pellock

Cedar Rapids man buys Mount Vernon avenue SE tract in March

Artificial ice and dairy businessman Pollock moved from Oelwein to Cedar Rapids and bought a five acre parcel on Mount Vernon Avenue SE through A F Dotson. The Nehls Investment Company owned the site, which will be bisected by a new street. Pollock plans a seven room home on Twenty Fifth Street SE and seeks building restrictions, paving, water and sewers. He traded his Fourteenth Street SE home for land.

Cedar Rapids Twenty-fifth Street Mount Vernon Avenue Pollack Pollock Fourteenth Street George L. Nehls

Emery Estate House Sold to Palo Man

The Emery estate sells the house at 421 Sixth Avenue SW to Fred E. Phelps of Palo for investment. The Hedges Company lines up the sale, with other transactions including G. W. Howland to Mrs. Hilda Medinger and Clifford Rogers to Mrs. Mary Loftus, plus properties tied to Birch and Lundquist and Central Building.

E. E. Emery Sixth Avenue Fred E. Phelps Palo Hedges Company F G. W. Howland Hollywood Calif Hilda Medinger First Street Fourth Avenue Birch and Lundquist Central Building and Investment Company Clifford Rogers Coldstream Avenue BE Avenue Mary Loftus Mallory Street Third Street Lloyd Phillips Rochelle

Directory listing of Cedar Rapids building supply firms

Directory includes Better Homes Inter Ocean Reinsurance Co Cedar Rapids Gas Co Economy Lumber Co Cedar Rapids Block Co City Fuel Co Sanfords W G Block Co Limback Lumber Co Wisconsin Lumber Broulck Bros Hatch Brookman Lumber Co Kriz Tent Awning Co Nagle Eaton Lumber Co Hawkeye Lumber Co Kings Crown Plaster Co Maresh Sheet Metal Wks J F Technik and Son Cedar Rapids Fuel Co Builders Material Inc.

Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co Cedar Rapids Gas Co Economy Lumber Co Cedar Rapids Block Co City Fuel Co Sanfords W. G. Block Co Limback Lumber Co Wisconsin Lumber Broulck Bros Hatch & Brookman Lumber Co Kriz, Tent & Awning Co Nagle Eaton Lumber Co Hawkeye Lumber Co King’s Crown Plaster Co Maresh Sheet Metal J. F. Technik and Son Cedar Rapids Fuel Co Builders Material, Inc

Schmitz Buys Bever Avenue Home in SE

Mr and Mrs R J Schmitz of 1700 Park Ave SE purchased the house at 1407 Bever Ave SE from R D Hunting. Tait and Wagner Co. also sold 946 Eleventh St NE to Archie Hyde and wife of 524 Fifth Ave SE. An investment property at 349 Seventeenth St SE was sold from the August F Seibel estate to Helen Romanowski of 1811 Park Ave SE. Co operative sale handled by Tait and Wagner and Floyd Knapp.

R. J. Schmitz Park Avenue Bever Avenue R. D. Hunting Tait and Wagner Company Eleventh Street Archie Hyde Fifth Avenue Seventeenth Street August F. Seibel Helen Romanowski Floyd Knapp

Residence Properties Bought As Investment

Bert O West Elizabeth Ann West and James F E Newbold bought 358 Seventeenth Street SE from Paul Frank Nissen of 1637 E Avenue NE as a real estate investment. Bedell Nissen Co. were the selling and listing agents for several properties including 801 Nineteenth Street SE sold by Mrs Jessie M Hummell of Dixon Illinois to R E Dunham of 344 Sixteenth Street SE. Lawrence E Misel and Callis M Misel purchased their home at 518 Eighth Street NW from George R Moloney of 1719 Bever Avenue SE. Joseph and Rose Sixta bought 1523 Fourth Street NW from Mary Rohrbacher R F D 1 Marion. Howard O Graham of Omaha sold 1815 D Avenue NE to Clyde C Satterly of 119 Seventeenth Street NE.

Bert O Elizabeth Ann West James FE. Newbold Seventeenth Street Paul Frank Nissen E Avenue NE Bedell-Nissen Company Nineteenth Street Jessie M. Hummell Dixon, Ill R. E. Dunham Sixteenth Street Lawrence E Callis M. Misel

Interior furnishings describe vanity highboy clock and closet

A room features a spread of fine cream lace with a vanity and highboy each carrying half circle jewel cases in matching wood. A solid bronze clock of French design sits on a sewing cabinet by large windows. The closet includes a platform for shoes and two shelves above garment rods.

Italy Tahiti Honolulu Highboy

Oriental rug mood in 18th century mahogany setting

A back bedroom features an oriental rug and mahogany furnishings. The highboy shows a broken column front panel with twist flame carvings. Peach curtains echo the rug colors, and a gold clock sits on the night table.

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Cape Cod Naomi Dobbel Phate 25Th Street SE USG Hatch Brookman 8Th Ave Johns Manville New York City Johns-Manville Emery Palo Man Sanford Wisconsin 3Rd Ave Directory Better Homes Bever Ave Residence Properties Hawkeye Hawkeye Lumber & Coal Co Nagle-Eaton Lumber CO 17Th St. NE J. F. Technik & Son Daniels Street Builders Material Incorporated 3Rd St. SE Dial Broulie Second Street SE St. SW 3Rd St. NE King's Crown Plaster CO First Avenue W Ist St. SE Perak
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