Kenwood Park Offers Sweet Country Air to City Dwellers
Kenwood Park addition on the south edge of Waterloo grows with city expansion. Platted 1903, filed Sept 16 1900, owned by Marsh family and Lamsons. It covers 397 to 399 lots with some misnumbered blocks, bordered by Hammond, Williston, Bluff, Seventeenth, Jefferson, La Porte and Hawthorne. Edge location and high ground attract workers seeking open air, with many early two story houses and recent bungalow builds.
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Kenwood Park
Waterloo
Hammond Avenue
Jefferson Street
McElhinneys
Lampsons
Tor
County Recorder
Ralph, B. Sippy
W. W. Marsh
Lottie M. Marsh
F. F. McElhinney
Dessie McElhinney
C. Lamson
Lilian Russell Lam
Mumbers
Hammond Ave
Williston Avenue
Bluff Street
Seventeenth Street
la Porte Road
la Forte Road
Hawthorne Avenue
Oregon
Minnesota
Hawthorns Avenue
Byron Street
Estresia
States
Eleventh Street
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iinois
Berth Avenue
Forest Avenue
Rock Island & Pacific
Bluff and
Jefferson Streets
What You May Want to Know About Building
Architect bureau answers homeowners questions on cleaning interior doors and bases before varnish, adding a cellar under concrete block foundations, flagstone sidewalks, and drilling wells in rocky ground. Advice: hire a painter or do sanding, oxalic acid for deep stains, excavate under house with support, lay flagstones in sand then mortar joints, and hire a professional well driller for rock terrain.
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Small House Service Bureau
United States, Inc
American Institute of Architects
Department of Commercce
United States
Step Saving Bungalow Plan 6-D-27 For Home Builders
A feature on a convenient bungalow plan designed to save steps and avoid stairs for bedrooms. It details kitchen layout with central sink, ample storage, and direct rear entry, plus a combined living and dining area, archable separation, and optional rear bedroom expansion. Includes construction notes, exterior styling, lot size, and how to obtain plans via the Architects Small House Service bureau with free renter questions.
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Qver
Huilding
Architects
American Institute of Architects
United States Department of Commerce
Technical Department of the Architects Small House Service Bureau
Face Brick in Fine Walls and Bonding Patterns
The article traces the evolution of face brick versus common brick from early bricks used in homes to the emergence of costly face bricks. It explains bonds such as Flemish and English bonds, noting that modern mortars allow fake headers in most courses and that brickwork often serves as design pattern.
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England
Holland
Conyright
Small House Service Bureau of
The
United States, Inc. Homebuilders
Home Advice on Building and Interiors from a 1900s Column
A instructional dialogue covers choosing shingle quality insulating attic joists proper door and window styles chimney pots and setbacks for English style homes. Guidance includes cracking wood expectations dormer considerations brick surfacing painted brick walls and contract risk with or without a surety bond.
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Pelereng Tote
H Bervica
Bureau
Liv Ivi
Ofioy
Cleve G. Miller
Better Homes
Waterloo Building & Loan Association
East Fifth
Lafayette
Lorain
Tesshan
United States Weather Bureau
Florida
Nieh
Independent Electric CO
Jefferson St
Quest & Smith
Mr. Quick
the Plumbers
West Fifth Street
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Co
East Fifth St
Unique Cleaners & Dyers
West
4Th St
Wee Cerniet
Aon
Iowa
Hotzone
JONE
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