Derbys Build Quiet Home With Split Living Arrangements
Mr and Mrs L W Derby completed a brick residence at 400 Twenty-fifth Street featuring a rear sleeping area separated from the entertaining living room by closed doors and a central hall. The design includes distinct dust-quieting partitions and a blend of old and new decor with a centuries old mirror, a 165 year old chair, and keepsakes in a traditional foyer setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyone
L. W. Derby
Twenty-fifth Street
Lee
Lela
Fourth Avenue SE
Fe Cameo
Twentyfifth Street
Notable Homes Feature Cedar Rapids Interiors and Materials
The article details a Cedar Rapids house by L. W. Derby at 400 Twenty fifth Street SE, describing a central hall plan, living and dining rooms, master and Mrs. Hopkins rooms, and a finished second floor. It covers finishes, fabrics, and window treatments, plus a kitchen layout and a gas heating with air cooling, and discusses plywood and asbestos shingle usage for interiors and exteriors.
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Nuoleum
Derby
Frank Whitters
Improved Market For Residences In Fair Weather
Improved market for residences as fair weather last week boosted demand and local realtors reported several deals in progress. Notable sales include 229 Twenty third street drive SE to Dr. Charles S Day, 1116 Eighteenth avenue SW to Lloyd Kupps, 1119 Center Point road NE to Willard Sanford, 811 Sixth street SE to Fred and wife, closing April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S Day
Roosevelt Hotel
Twenty Third Street Drive
Frank J. Whitters
Oakland Road
Hedges Company
Eighteenth Avenue
Lundquist and Birch
Bessie Dobry
Twelfth Street
Edward Nye
Twelfth Avenue
A. G. Tillapaugh
M Street
Ellis Boulevard NW
Louis E. Jenkinson
G Avenue
O. P. Myers
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board Hosts Best Listing Contest
The Cedar Rapids Real Estate board will hold a best listing contest at its luncheon Monday at the Y.M.C.A. The event aims to showcase agents and top properties in a compact luncheon setting.
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Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Y. M.ca
Material Essentials for Building a Home
This guide explains key construction materials such as brick veneer lath woodshakes clapboard flush boarding and structural clay tile. It covers brick veneer support lath types woodshakes and clapboard definitions flushboarding uses structural clay tile and plywood construction basics and insulation considerations.
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America
Incoming residents lease homes in city housing row
Roy V Zimmerman arrives to take a posting with Iowa Milling and rents at 211 Twentieth Street NE from A J Baumhoomer with possession set for April 7. Bernard L Wylder moves to 1358 Burch Avenue NW to assume management of Ford Hopkins Company with possession April 5.
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Roy V. Zimmerman
Portage
Wis
F. W. Woolworth and Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Milling Company
Twentieth Street
A. J. Baumhoemer
Johnson Avenue NW
Hedges Company
Burch Avenue
Bess Stone
Chicago
Bernard L. Wylder
Waterloo
Mr. Wylder
Ford Hopkins Company
Hamilton M. Clarke
Linbrook
Long Island
N. Y
Washington Avenue
Otto Sikora
Clarke
Hospital Service Inc
Iowa
Tait and Wagner Company
Instantaneous hot water by looping storage tank supply
A passionate note explains a looping hot water supply from the storage tank so water circulates through lines. By connecting all hot water faucets and returning to the tank, hot water is immediately available when a faucet is opened.
Local permits issued in the last week list
A posted local permits roundup shows multiple addresses and proposed work. Projects include remodels reroofs and new constructions with values from $25 to $5,500 across numerous streets such as Twenty first avenue SW Sixth avenue SE and First street NE. Notable entries include Merchants National bank remodel at Third street SE and McBaith Ice Cream at First avenue E.
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Charles Junkman
Twentyfirst Avenue
D. W. Bates
Sixth Avenue
Frank Guyott
Eighth Avenue
C Easterday
C Avenue
Dick Lucore
E Avenue
A. L. Zeigler
K Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue
William Ludwig
Ninth Street
Mike Feierdsen
Mallory
Joe Hronik
Joseph Stejskal Jr
Fruitland Boulevard
M. Feder
First Street
Winifred Robbie
Twenty Sixth Street Drive
Frances McNamara
Park Avenue
Ruby Scheneberger
Johnson Avenue NW
New Homes Planned On Blake Terrace SE
Mr and Mrs Wallace D Lyon of 1602 Park Avenue SE will start a home on a lot they purchased from Robert S Cook. The site on Blake Terrace SE faces south near Blake Boulevard SE with Bever Park to the rear. Sale closed last week through Malcolm V Bolton and Company. George M Bird of 1560 Third Avenue SE also plans to begin building within a month on his Blake Terrace SE lot bought from Mr Cook. His site faces west, almost opposite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace D. Lyon
Park Avenue SE
Robert S Cook
Blake Terrace SE
Blake Boulevard
Bever Park
Malcolm V. Bolton
Sale of Cooperative Lot by Bolton and Hedges Firms
The home of W. R. Boyd at 9 Blake terrace SE is connected to a cooperative sale. The Malcolm V. Bolton company and The Hedges company conducted the transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Boyd
Blake Terrace SE
Malcolm V. Bolton
Hedges Company
Edward Sheftic Buys O Ave NW Acreage
Edward Sheftic owner of Shefits Boat Livery buys twenty acres at 1703 O Avenue NW from Joseph Smejkal of Santa Ana California. The property will be leased to Frank Charipar with plans for a summer cottage. The sale was handled by C M Hatfield and company.
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Edward Sheftic
Ellis Boulevard
Sheftic
O Avenue NW
Joseph Smejkal
Santa Ana
Calif
C. M. Hatfield and Company
Frank Charipar
John Shaver
Avenue NE
Shaver Park
R. A. Cutbert
Eighteenth Street
Harold A. Smith
Hedges Company
Tait and Wagner Company
Adolph Potter
Fourteenth Street
Thirty-second Street
Frank L. Buser
The
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King's Crown Plaster Co
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J. F. Technik and Son
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Builders Material, Inc
Becker Roofing Insulating Co
Floyd W. Sapp
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co
Limback Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Economy Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Block Co
Wisconsin Lumber
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Paint and Eglor
Sherwin-Williams Co
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Manacer
Third Avenue SE
Dial
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Facia
Kriz Tent & Awning Company
Ist
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OS Seman
Coal CO
3Rd Ave
Henowa Zope
Maresh
Sheet Metal Works
Crone
J. F. Technik & Son
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Floyd W. Sapp Landscape Architect
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Bureau of Standards
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Sahara
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3Rd St. SE
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