Y M C A plans drive new Waterloo building in 1930
Waterloo Y M C A announces a $350000 campaign for a modern building to replace the 1898 structure. Will A Lane leads the effort with a committee of A G Reid H A Maine C A Morris A H Read Harry M Reed and G C D Allan to organize preliminary work. The project envisions gym, dormitories, swimming pool and revised facilities to serve a growing, youth heavy community.
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Waterloo
Association
Will A. Lane
Board of Trustees
A A. G. Reid
H. A. Maine
C. A. Morris
A. H. Read
Harry M. Reed
GC. D. Allan
George E. Pike
Y. M. CG Aa
Fourth Street
Park Avenue
Young Men's Christian Association
Sound Construction With Pleasing Effect In Permanent Garage
A discussion of garage integration with homes favors attached, semi attached, and detached designs. Emphasizes that built in garages create a pleasing, modern group with convenience, centralized heating benefits, and potential cost savings, especially on limited properties.
Narrow Frontage House Plan 6-K-24 Highlights Stairway Detail
A detailed description of design 6-K-24 emphasizes a tucked stair location to maximize living space. The plan showcases a rear sun room, plaster arch separation between living and dining areas, and a compact yet functional first floor with a lava tory, kitchen, and coat closet. Upstairs feature rooms include three bedrooms with closets and a hallway linen closet.
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UN.5
Garage design and fireproofing for attached houses
In 1929 guidance from the Architects Small House Service Bureau recommends integrating a dominant house feature into the garage design to maintain unity. Build basement garages if terrain allows, add sleeping porch or sun room above, and ensure direct access doors are fire rated with floors below house level to prevent gas fumes. Emphasizes fireproof ceilings and reinforced concrete slabs for preproofing.
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Small House Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
Quest and Smith Named Distributors for Iron Fireman Stoker
Quest and Smith, plumbers of 411 Fifth Street West, have been appointed distributors for the Iron Fireman Stoker Company of Portland, Ore, covering Black Hawk, Bremer, Fayette and Buchanan counties. The stoker, an electrically controlled underfed design, feeds coal from a hopper to a tubular casing for efficient heat across heating plants from small home furnaces to large systems.
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Quest & Smith
Plumbers
Fifth Strees West
Iron Fireman Stoker Company
Portland
Gre
Black Hawk
Bremer
Fayette
Buchanan
S. GC. Smith
Frm
Building Q and A on insulation and waterproofing
Reader questions cover winter warmth and summer cooling via ceiling joist insulation. Answers advise plaster or metal lath for walls, basement ceiling plastering to reduce fire risk and dust, and waterproofing via professional assessment. For saturated ground and basement floods, seek a waterproofing specialist or architect to address water pressure and damming. planting trees is not a solution.
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Jess
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Waterlo Evening Courier Y. M. C A
Y. M. GC
Paramount Theatre
Edditor
United States Department of Commerce
Technical Department of the Architects’ Small House Service Bureau
The
Architects’ Small Mouse Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
Architects
American Institute of Architects and
Dings
Desian
SUN
Pell
Tron Fireman
H. Z. Williams
Leavitt St
E. M. Berkley
Quest Co
Mr. Quick
Smith Pa Plumbers
West FitTe Street
Cosper & Kendall
Nagle & Heald Electric Company
West Park Ave
Wransa
Waterloo Dredging Co
H. C. Matthias & CO
Dunham Place
Iowa Securities Co
the Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Lafayette Street
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