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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
4
Construction starts on a five room frame dwelling for W. McDaniel on Moore Avenue to be rented, with basements garages and modern conveniences. Additional rental homes rise on Murray Lane East Gladys Street Baker Lane Sikeston avenue Ruth Street and near Alsup Garage. Local owner Roy Alsup also expands living quarters at the Alsup Garage and Airport Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Lewis and family take possession of a two story, eight room house on Hunter Street. The residence includes four bedrooms on the second floor, a first floor living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and lavatory, with built in kitchen cabinets admired by Mrs. Lewis. A new Arden Hillise Funeral Service building is planned on Highway 61 east of Hennington Paint and Trim Shop, with basement digging begun last Friday for a one story wood frame chapel measuring 45 by 63 feet.
An inside concrete drive is being laid at the Home Oil Company Service Station in Sikeston's eastern area. The 16 foot wide drive will run 75 feet to reach the outside pumps. A new store building on Kathleen avenue east of the Armory will serve Theodore Kelly for a neighborhood grocery. The 20 by 30 foot floor includes store and rear storage with a partial basement.
Last week began work on a Kathleen avenue home for Robert Couch and family, a five room wood frame white dwelling east of Highway 61. A second project on Stoddard street is a stone duplex owned by Marvin Carroll with four rooms per unit and baths, to be occupied by Carroll and wife after completion early next year. The Lairs have purchased a North New Madrid street residence from the D avises of Vincennes Indiana, a comfortable home with a large living room dining room kitchen long central hall two other bedrooms and a large bathroom, praised as comfortable and convenient by the new mistress.
Workmen are building a four room and bath rental house next to the Reid Roofing, Siding and Lumber Co. office east of Sikeston on Highway 60. The frame structure with drop siding hardwood floors and composition roof will have an attached garage and corner windows, claimed to be the first dwelling of this type in the area.
Guidelines specify shower head placement with the lowest point at 5 feet 4 inches for wall mounted and at least 6 feet 6 inches for overhead showers. Soap trays and hand grips should be about 5 feet high. If no door is used, curtain rod should be about 6 feet 6 inches above the floor.
A colonial style residence is being built on the Van Arsdale farm three miles south of Sikeston with C W Hollister as contractor. The dwelling will be ready by September 21 and includes a living room with fireplace, three bedrooms and bath, dining room, kitchen, and modern conveniences. A front porch 32 by 76 feet spans the house and a 12 by 14 foot screened porch sits on the south side.
Wood coming in contact with the soil or within 18 inches of the ground should be treated with a preservative meeting Federal specifications, according to the Technical Division of the Federal Housing Administration.
Construction on a modern cottage at Scott Street for Mr and Mrs Claud McManus advances with four rooms a full basement a breakfast nook and bath A south side porch provides living room access The house should finish in about six weeks Funding from FHA Modernization Credit Plan may replace an old door between kitchen and dining room with a swinging door matching the home’s trim
The article urges using an architect for modernizing old houses. It notes that good early design prevents faults, ensures layouts and exteriors meet good taste, and that interior needs are considered. It warns structural limits may block desired modernization and save owners money to know this upfront.
Industry notes progress in housing over the past decade with durable attractive livable homes. Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance aims to support well constructed houses. Termite control hinges on thorough inspections to locate construction faults and correct them to prevent reinfestation.
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