Home Park Addition Era Shapes Waterloo West Side
Waterlo o readers learn how Home Park additions evolved from a race track site to a quiet, prestigious west Waterloo residential district. The 1899 original tract and 1908 second addition expanded 15 blocks to 1592 lots, with later 1916 first addition shaping a central heart of the West Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
SPRIC
New Heart
Homes Park
Home Park
County Recorder
Home Park Lands Investment Co
CG. L. Kingsley
Thomas Cascaden, Jr
M. L. Newton
Kimball
Clough
Reber
Campbell
Marsh
Moir
C. T. Wilson
Euclid
Michigan
Fletcher Avenue
Nathan B. Barber
Campbell Avenuus
Fourth Street
Clough Street
Murphy Street
Home Park Land & Investment Co
C. W. Campbell
Caseiden
Home Park Addition
West Residential District
Chicago Sees Record First Quarter Building Volume
Chicago building volume for the first quarter of 1928 reached 85,781,900 dollars, one of the city's largest such periods, with projections suggesting an annual total near 389,918,700 dollars. March 1928 alone totaled 53,543,420 dollars, up 52 percent from February but down 5 percent from March 1927, while the quarter led 1926 and 1925 figures by about 10 percent and 44 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Building Survey Department
3. W. Straus & Co
BBB Taiood Oe
Torent Ab
A Brick House With An Efficient Plan
A front porch design 6 H 6 with a nine foot veranda and a rear dining room opens to a garden porch. The plan places living room at the front and a fireplace near the stair end to screen stairs and save millwork. Three second floor bedrooms plus attic space are noted with efficient use of hall space and solid brick on hollow tile construction.
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Serrlce Bureau
United States
Billions Back Move to Revive Up Building
Chicago hosts a national gathering April 11 to form a permanent Home Modernization bureau aimed at boosting sales of building materials, creating jobs in construction, and modernizing homes through rehabilitation. Leaders from building material producers, lenders, and trade associations, with assets totaling about 8 to 10 billion dollars, foresee broad impact on millions of U.S. households and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Home Modernization Bureau
America
National Association of Building Trades Employers
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Save-the-Surface Committee
Paint and Varnish Industry
United States League of Building and Loan Associations
The
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
Heating and Plumbing Contractors’ National Association
Trade Extension
Bureau of the Plumbing and Heating Industry
Organization Committee
Henry S. Rosenthal
Better Relations Commission
A&encent
Trieschmann
Trade Extension Bureau
Georer
Piper
Chcago
Blackstone Hotel
Des Moines Cuts Street Dept Force
Des Moines laid off fifteen street department workers as an economy move in Mayor John MacVicar's retrenchment program. Construction work will be limited this summer, and the total salaries of the 15 workers amounted to 25000 dollars.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Miniature House Attracts Crowds At Roofing Show
A miniature house with a roof covered by many shingles draws crowds at the Waterloo Roofing Supply Co show on Fifth Street East. Forty six styles of asbestos and asphalt shingles are displayed along with roofing products. Factory reps include W A Hughes Johns Manville M G O Riley Amalgamated Roofing George Cassidy Beaver W J Glancey Plastergon board C J Beaver Amal gamated L A Hamburg Beaver Products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Co
Fifth Street East
W. A. Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Johns-Manville
M. G. O'Riley
Chicago
Amalgamated Roofing Company
George Cassidy
St. Louis
The
Beaver Products Company
W. J. Glancey
Clutton
Western
Plastergonal Board Company
C. J. Beaver
Waterloo
L. A. Hamburg
Iowa Building Permits Show February Leap in Iowa Cities
Labor Commissioner A. L. Urick reports Iowa building permits rose in February with 14 cities issuing 344 permits valued at 1,761,817 dollars, up from January’s 459,992 dollars. Des Moines led with 64 permits worth 118,1,80, followed by Burlington 32 at 184,000 and Davenport 56 at 78,487, reflecting a nationwide improvement and a 1928 uptick over 1927 totals.
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Des Moines
U.p
Iowa
A. L. Urick
Burlington
Davenport
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Dubuque
Iowa City
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Waterloo Girl Wins $100 for Lumber Slogan
Alma Koepke of 23 Maple Street wins Iowa prize in the National Slogan for Wood contest. The 100 cash award is part of 57 national and state prizes in a 15,000 total prize pool. The winning slogan is Its Serves As It Grows, with about 400,000 slogans submitted.
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Alma Koepke
Maple Street
Iowa
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Canada
Maude Burt
Marshalltown
Towa
Vermilion bids game reshapes jackstraws for bids
The Central Contractor reports a new bid game in Vermilion South Dakota where bidders select a contractor to erect an armory and gymnasium for the University of South Dakota. The game uses 481 items including 15 major bids and 465 alternates submitted by 15 bidders as part of the contracting process. Architect Hugill Blatherwick Sioux Falls and state engineer John Berg contributed to the project setup.
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Riesehe & Sanborn
Sioux City
A. C.thomas-Guthria Company
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Majerus Construction Company
Waltertown
S. D
Vermilion, S. C
University of South Dakota At
Vermilion
Hugill & Blatherwick
Sioux Falls
John Berg
Berg
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Home
Park Land & Investment Co
Kingsley and
Cascaden
Fou
R Service Burcu
United St
Wwevizio
Ewing & Crozier Insurance
Automobile Pioneer
Washington, D. C
Maud Burt
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Dora Davig Farrington
Hunter College
New York City
Louisville
Omhien N. Mn
Ene
Fea
Weatherwax Insurance Agency
R. V. Hughes
Mgr
Independent Electric
Reforson St
J Sohnny J
Makilowatt
Bruner & Salz
Mulberry St
Oil-O-Matic
L. E. Glaza CO
King
American Abstract & Title Company Retiable Abstracters
Kingbard Hill
Ningbard
General
Raeta
Lester W. Miller
Pioneer Bank
Jefferson St
John G. Wright
Cleve G. Miller
Better Homes
Waterloo Metal & Mfg. CO
Miles Street
Stebbins Plumbing CO
Quest & Smith
W. St. St
East Fifth St
Orthe
Waterloo Lumber Co
East Fourth St
Nokel
Venience
Waterloo Plumbing
East Park Ave
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