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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1926
Page
2
Mr and Mrs A M Schaefer of 1725 Washington Avenue celebrate the birth of a seven pound son named James born Tuesday August 24 at Evanston Hospital.
A building permit valued at $7 000 was issued Tuesday to Harry Nelson of Rogers Park to construct a house at 1520 Wilmette Avenue for F I C Nelson.
A. L. Meyer of Wilmette brings a brick veneer bungalow at 1611 Central avenue to market. Plastering started Tuesday as Meyer plans quick completion to begin another home before cold weather. The fifty foot lot holds a one bedroom first floor two on second with sleeping porch and sun parlor. Estimated value is $15,000.
A building permit was issued August 31 and ground broken the next day for a residence at 1755 Highland Avenue Wilmette. G Kroschel, contractor, is constructing a $12 000 residence for Robert Hoffman of Hoffman Brothers merchants at 1716 Wilmette Avenue.
Ground was broken this week for a $40,000 residence to be built by Drake Brothers of Evanston for C Miles McDonald at the southeast corner of Elmwood and Michigan avenues Wilmette. The nine room two story Italian style house with buff brick, tile roof, three baths, two car attached garage and maid’s quarters is expected to be completed by March 1 1927 on the eighty foot riparian lot noted for its trees and beach.
Development at the northwest corner of Highland avenue and Sixteenth street Wilmette adds a six room buff brick residence by Ivar S. Nelson for Harold V. Green, both of Chicago. The street now nearly fills from Fifteenth to the Ridge with only a few vacant lots, marking eight years of upscale growth and rising valuations on Wilmette’s west side.
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