New England Style Iowa Farm Home Highlights in Cottage Grove
The Miller residence on Cottage Grove avenue SE blends New England design with middle western conditions. Architect Bruce and Kenneth McKay created a white frame and stone exterior, with a front bay, white brick chimney, walnut balustrade, and a front entry influenced by early Iowa houses. The house opens to a kitchen at the front and a sunny living room with a bay extension and summer porch.
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John W. Miller
Cottage Grove Avenue
Time
New England
Bruce
Kenneth McKay
Iowa
Waubeek
Miller Home Showcases Calibrated Furnishings and Craftsman Details
A William Miller residence highlights imported and regional furnishings from Novak Heating to Cedar Rapids Gas Co. The living room features an eggplant floral drape pattern, red brick construction, an old-white mantel, and a used fireplace. The dining room connects to a breakfast area with farm motif wallpaper and white lawn curtains. The kitchen work surface uses ash instead of modern tile, and the master suite includes a balcony, dogwood wallpaper, a concealed telephone box, and a planned shower upgrade. The home emphasizes built in storage, one switch lighting, and insulated walls with copper weather stripping throughout.
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Mr. Miller
Blue Dining Room
Country home features built in kitchen and water system
A country home includes a timed kitchen stove, dish towel rails, three section casement windows, and a vaulted cupboard. It has a septic tank, automatic well pump, water softener, and a basement oil furnace with filter. A ping pong table rests in the basement near a fruit cellar and bath. The second floor offers three bedrooms and an unfinished attic over the garage.
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Win
Grinnell Opens FHA Low Cost Model Home to Public
Grinnell’s first FHA approved low cost house opened Saturday at noon by Earl Vosbaker and Sons. The two story home on a large lot costs under $6,000 to complete and is fully insulated and weather stripped with air cooling for summer comfort. Local merchants furnished the house for the inspection period.
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Grinnell
FHA
Earl Vosbaker
Building Committee Named For Monticello Municipal Building
Mayor F D McLaughlin appoints a five member Building Committee to study plans for a new Monticello municipal building funded by bonds up to 27500 with a 45 percent federal grant. Architect Norman Hatton of Cedar Rapids designs the project on the old First Street School site including an auditorium dining room and city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
F. D. McLaughlin
Norman Hatton
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Building committee forms for new recreational space
The article lists members of the newly appointed building committee for a recreational space. The members are L. W. Lovell, H. M. Carpenter Jr., Karl M. Keyes, Eldon Brashaw, and Dr. T. M. Redmond.
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L. W. Lovell
H.M. Carpenter, Jr
Karl M. Keyes
Eldon Brashaw
T. M. Redmond
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Naomi Doebel
Better Homes Directory
Novak Heating Co
Wisconsin Lumber, Limback Lumber Co
Wawkeye Lumber and Coal Co
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co
Maresh
King’s Crown Plaster Co
C. R
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Williams & Hunting Co
Economy Lumber Co
Sears Roebuck
Suburban Gas Co
J. F. Shultz CO
C. Pancratz Hart Hardwar CO
E. Wilson Ross Stratton
A. J. Handel
A. D. Mills Co
Kendall Hardy Dale F. Johnso
Frank Shaw
John Bahr
W. S. Kingsland
G. A. Smith
Londen
Stanweed
Seere
Tipton West Branch
Anamose
Marion - Mt. Vernon
Independence A. Elkaderiwherry Point
Volga City
Littleport
Delhi
Milroy & Pei Cree
C. Sheenes
Ibalcy
IBA
FLOOR
Thompson Photos
Chrysler
Hall Manufacturing Company
First Avenue
Chrysler Airtemp
Limback Lumber Co
Ftruth Sr
Stoker
THE
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Lumber & Coal Co
Home Lumber Company, Inc
Sixth Street
General Air Conditioning Corp
Paramount
Whilea
Curtiss
Seventeenth Street
Wisconsin Lumber
Third Avenue
Soboda
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
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