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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1937
Page
32
Six room houses top demand as rural households shrink to one to three children. Cedar Rapids insurers manage over 1,400 farm properties and report women prioritize well arranged kitchens with running water. Inleaning budgets fund repairs, new houses, barns, and wiring across multiple insurers and counties.
Bruce McKay a local contractor on an eastern vacation met in New York City with former President Herbert Hoover and Mrs Hoover to discuss rebuilding the former's birthplace in West Branch Plans call for possible winter work but most tasks will wait until spring McKay traveled with Mrs McKay from Maine to Virginia during the trip.
Leslie Gerhardt took possession last week of the Cape Cod cottage at 527 Twentieth Street VE, purchased from Roy Harper. The Hodges company arranged the sale.
County Auditor warns property owners that an installment tax plan can reduce penalties and interest on delinquent taxes if applied by October 22. The measure covers taxes on properties bought at public sale before April 22, 1937, with penalties rebated once the agreement is signed.
The four acre addition to Brucemore Grounds, planned by Mrs George B Douglas before her death, was reportedly completed last week. It extends east on a triangular tract with a driveway easement to Cottage Grove Avenue, part of the former Fannie Thompson Soutter estate, bought from the Robert Sinclair estate through Gary Gohmann of George P Witwer company. Plans include landscaping the wedge as part of the Douglas homestead grounds.
An Oct 1 survey by Fred M Higley for the National Allocation of Building Owners and Managers reports Cedar Rapids office vacancies well below the typical 10 percent. The average is 6 percent, down from 9 percent last year, with older large buildings at 12 percent and newer ones at 1 to 1.5 percent.
A construction note describes an addition to the Peoples Savings Bank building begun last week of 464. It mentions space at the rear for work and a room, with approximate materials and timelines.
An early American style residence for Prof and Mrs Homer V Cherington showcases turquoise and ashes of roses interiors. The two story center entrance home features a future second floor library, a carved mantel echoing Colonial furniture, knotty pine study near the kitchen, three second floor suites with baths, a large recreation room in the basement, and custom lighting fixtures.
Mack Anthony, a Cedar Rapids architect, designed the Cherrington home. It was built by Arthur F. Hungerford of Cedar Rapids, featuring an oil lamp adaptation hung from the study ceiling.
Several new arrivals have rented houses in Cedar Rapids through the Hedges company. Notable tenants include Rev Marion Williams and Mrs Williams moving from Oskaloosa to 1545 Second Avenue SE, W B Ellis and Mrs Ellis from Longmont at 1816 Eighth Avenue SE, and other relocations tied to firms like General Motors Truck and Coach, Equitable Life, Carson Pirie Scott, Prudential, and Mound Farm Real Estate. The list also includes Donahue, Rieniers, Ebeling, and Buse, with various addresses showing Cedar Rapids area moves.
A Cedar Rapids directory lists multiple rental properties and tenants. Homes at 1043 Seventeenth street NE and 2618 Meadowbrook drive SE, among others, are leased or rented to individuals from Tennessee, Kansas, Washington IA, and Nebraska, with local managers and new arrivals noted. The Lillian Prescott and Bever avenue houses are let to executives from Midland Rubber and a foot specialist, both moving from Keokuk and York Nebraska.
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