Residential building boom continues in Chicago metro area
Dodge Reports chief notes seven month period shows persistent growth in residential construction across the Chicago metropolitan area. July contracts reach 4.042 million, up 70 percent from a year ago, while seven month total hits 30.56 million. Non residential and heavy engineering push the combined Chicago region total to 75.819 million, far above 1938 levels.
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Chicago
T. O. Morgan
Dodge Reports
Rocky Mountains
Lake, Cook
DuPage
Illinois
Lake, Porter
la Porte
Indiana
Dodge
New Residence in Winnetka Permits Four Building Jobs
Four building permits issued in Winnetka authorize a new residence for Clifford Fitzgerald at 730 Sheridan Road costing 21000. The two and a half story frame and brick veneer home will have ten rooms with Alfred P. Allen and Maurice Webster as architects and Erik F. Peterson as builder. A Skokie school WPA project at 15,000 and three alterations at 738 Lincoln Avenue 400 and 1083 Elm Street 100 were approved.
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Skokie School
Winnetka
Clifford Fitzgerald
Sheridan Road
Alfred P. Allen
Maurice Webster
Erick F. Peterson
Perkins, Wheeler and Will
Skokie
Harry W. Lippincott
Lincoln Avenue
M. E. Maggart
Elm Street
Yost Establishes New Offices in Spanish Court
Architect L. Morgan Yost announces his offices moving to 930 Spanish Court Wilmette after six years in the First National Bank Building. The new location features a modern, larger layout tailored to his architectural practice.
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L. Morgan Yost
Spanish Court
Wilmette
Yost
First National Bank
Cape Cod Cottage Brick Veneer Residence Details
Brick veneer Cape Cod style residence described with white painted exterior walls and insulation in outer walls and second floor. Five rooms, two tile baths, screened porch. One bedroom on each floor. Gas heated and air conditioned. Fully excavated basement with concrete walls.
Realtor Ramblings on North Shore Home Show and Real Estate Drive
The North Shore 1939 Home Show on Ridgeway Avenue in Niles Center showcases livable model homes as a counter to gadget fairs. Realtors like Ruggles Hemphill Tackett and Jules Fisher push real estate Week campaigns to boost ownership. Otto Schulz’s golf skills are praised, and a cautionary tale about a salesman fails to sell a house during August heat underscores buyer attention.
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North Shore
Ridgeway Avenue
Elgin Road
Niles Center
Messrs. Ruggles, Hemphill and Tackett
Jules F. Fisher
Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards
Oak Park Board
Oakwood Manor Sites Eight New Homes in Wilmette
Eight houses rise in Oakwood manor Wilmette bounded Elmwood to the south Thornwood north Twenty third street east Dartmouth street extended west. Two more sites sold total ten. Forty two lots 50 foot frontage. T S Williams Associates architects Budd Callander seller Power Engineering general contractor. Prices 8000 to 10000 include land building financing. Purchasers include Walter P. Maher R S Peterson R H Posey George F Batterton Dr C J McNaughton E T Larkin Floyd E McAnrooy H C Froeschle.
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Oakwood Manor
Wilmette
Elmwood Avenue
Thornwood Avenue
Twentythird Street
Dartmouth Street
T. S. Williams Associates
Budd Callander
Evanston
Power Engineering Company
Indian Hill Estates
Kenilworth Gardens
Wilmette Public School
Elmwood
Thornwood Avenues
Federal Housing Administration
Walter P. Maher
R. S. Peterson
R. H. Posey
George F. Batterton
Dr. C. J. McNaughton
E. T. Larkin
Floyd E. McAnrooy
H. C. Froeschle
Real Estate Board to Host National Speaker Sept 11
Evanston North Shore Real Estate board will host National Association of Real Estate Boards director Harry Grant Atkinson as guest speaker at its fall meeting September 11 at the Shawnee Country Club Wilmette. Roland H. Peterson will preside.
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Harry Grant Atkinson
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Evanston-North Shore
Radio Announcer Pierre Andre Buys Evanston Home
Pierre Andre a Chicago radio personality purchased the seven room brick residence of Mrs. W. K. Hunter at 3020 Grant street Evanston. The Mediterranean style house sits on a 70 by 170 foot lot and the Andre family moved in this week with their son David. William A. Sadler of Smart Golee Inc. represented both buyer and seller.
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Pierre Andre
Chicago
W. K. Hunter
Grant Street
Evanston
Andre
David
William A. Sadler
Smart & Golee, Inc
Open For Inspection Sign Confusion At Home Site
A light exchange reveals a sign mix up at a property project as workers confirm plans in progress. One asks to verify that an inspection opening remains visible while another jokes about a no trespassing notice.
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Wisconsin
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C. B. Meers
James C. Schnur
Forest Avenue
Glencoe
North Shore Builders, Inc
Realtor
W. A. Sadler
Otto Schulz
North Evanston
Otto
W. A. Sadler Moffett
Harry Atkinson
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