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TO BREAK GROUND FOR NEW APARTMENTExcavation Iter “Colben” at Fifthand Moffet Probably Will■*»Begin Tuesday.Excavation work preliminary to erection of Joplin’s newest and most complete apartment house, newly christened the CoJben” in honor of the builders, R. W. Cole and H, M. Bennett, probably will begin Tuesday on the building site, the southwest corner of Fifth street and Moffet avenue. Representative* of the Manhattan Construction Company of Muskogee, Tulsa and Kansas City conferred last week with the owners and announced everything in readiness for the start of construction.A six-story, fire-proof structure of English design, reflecting the,. Georgian influence, is planned. It | V will be built on a lot facing 200 I1 feet on Moffet avenue and 125 feotIon Fifth street, and will be set back from the street on both sides, providing apace for a park effect and landscaping.The Fifth street front is to have colonnade of Joplin marble, providing the keynote of the exterior architectural scheme. A large arch will mark the entrance proper, which will lead into a marble foyer with public lounge adjoining.The building will house forty-eight apartment units, ranging from bachelor quarters to commodious suites. All rooms are planned extra large, with a special window grouping providing maximum lighting efficiency. Soundproof walls and dayiighted stairways are other construction features.Contracts call for completion of the structure by March 1, 1929.IIIIII
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Joplin Sunday Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sun, Sep 02, 1928
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