Venetian Theatre floors to be poured next week
Foundation walls and basement partitions for the Venetian theatre at Fourth street bridge are finished. Concrete floor slabs for the auditorium and stage are already in place. Two large boilers have been installed and the sustaining steel frame of 260 tons is arriving next week as exterior walls and window casings are prepared.
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Venetian
Fourth Street
Victor Halquist
Theondore
Stark, & Co
Halquist
Smaterial
Enginec
Syith
Des
Omaha
Land sale in Meadowdale addition details
A fragmentary report notes a land sale in Meadowdale addition including a single acre tract. The sale, negotiated by Umbaugh and Haulotte, involved parties Like, McGarvey, Joe Me, and RR Azbill with a price around 2200 dollars.
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Oféc
Meadowdale
Like, McGarvey, Joe Me
Azbill
Umbaugh & Haulotte
February Building Totals in 37 States Reach $395 Million
Des Moines reports February construction and engineering awards across 37 eastern states total $394,869,500, up 3 percent from January but down 3 percent from February 1926. Central west district led with $109,933,000 in contracts including $42,258,600 for housing, $18,700,000 for public works, $15,513,400 for commercial buildings, and $9,713,000 for recreational and social projects.
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Des Moines
TNS
Rocky Mountains
F. W. Badge ‘Corporation
Central West District
Iowa
Three Residences Sold in Last Week
Three houses sold in the last three days through Um baugh & Haulette, signaling strong demand for Waterloo property in early spring. Transfers list F. J. Fairbanks’s 728 Reber Avenue to John Boeller, C. F. Chaney’s 810 Western Avenue to Fred Fitch, and W. J. Clos’s 310 Conger Street to Mark A. Peterson. The firm notes more rental calls than supply.
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Umbaugh & Haulette Real Estate
Waterloo
F. J. Fairbanks
Reber Avenue
John Boeller
C.F. Chaney
Western. Avenue
Fred Fitch
W. J. Clos
Conger Street
Mark A. Peterson
Six room colonial gambrel roof house design
A brick and stucco home with dormers and a Colonial doorway promises lasting style. The plan emphasizes a spacious living room with porch access, a dining alcove, and convenient rear entry linking kitchen and basement. Columns note generous floor space and potential for a large, adaptable first floor.
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Dilis
Small house plan features and bureau notes
A readable home plan description outlines a two story design with seven foot four inch ceilings on the second floor and six main rooms plus a bathroom and seven closets. Exterior brick walls on a masonry foundation allow optional stucco finish, with dormer details and a rear open porch. Plans come from the Architects' Small House Service Bureau with guidance from the Regional Bureaus and the American Institute of Architects.
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Architects' Small House Service Bureau of the
United States, Inc
United States
American Institute of Architects
Department of Commerce
United States Government
Foundations and Footings Explain Home Cracks Causes
A vintage guide explains why houses crack and settle. It compares wall faults to a footing board over a muddy surface, stressing soil strength and proper bracing. The piece urges rock foundations as ideal and mud as poor, with various soil blends listed as acceptable under proper conditions.
Parochial School and Convent Contract Awarded
Garnaville plans prepared by J.S. Bartley of Waterloo were awarded to R. U. F. Conlon of Dubuque for the parochial school and convent project at a low bid of 22 330 dollars. Stone and gravel and excavation are to be supplied by the owners. Heating and plumbing go to Paul Rantzow of Garnaville for 4 617.70 dollars and the wiring contract to Gossmann Electric Company for 777.80 dollars.
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Garnaville
Gossmann Electric’ Company
Building for Beginners Facts and Advice From the ASHB Bureau
A reader questions where to obtain standard contract forms for building a home and how to choose electrical outlets. The American Institute of Architects explains the need for complete specifications, outlines ideal outlet placements, and notes that selections between wallpaper and rough plaster depend on preference and cost.
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Bureau of the United States, Inc
The
American, Institute of Architects and
United States’ Government
American Institute
of. Architects
Octagon Elouse
Washington, D. C
Farm Home Building Opening Up Well
Farm home building is starting well with the spring season says Robert Nauman of the Nauman Co. The company reports increased demand for farm dwelling construction as farmers invest in new houses and related facilities.
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Nauman Co
Robert Nauman
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Mal Allen
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Sherwood
Vhones
4Th St
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Sycamore St
Waterloo, Iowa
Nauman ‘Company
Nauman Company
Jefferson St
Loan Assn
East Fifth
W. H. Brunn
Pres. R
Eickelberg
Sec
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Weatherwax Ins. Agy
B. V. Hughes
Mer
Black Hawk
Waterloo Roofing & Supply, Co
East Fifth St
Beaver
Bovee Furnace Works
West Eighth St
American ‘Legion
Weathen
Dunkelberg, Leeper & Cropper, Inc
Ewing & Crozier
Sun
Parton A
Poe
C. W. Chapman Lumber Co
Genasco
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