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The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 38

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3S THE INDIANAPOLIS SUNDAY STAK, MAY 18, l'Jil. KEMPER CO. COMPLETE PROJECT IN WOODED ENGLISII TYPE DWELLING IN SUBURBAN SETTING FIGURES RISE MATMORE ADDITION; TO CONSTRUCT 20 OTHERS OPEN TODAY BY SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY FOR BUILDING GOLDSTEIN'S Lighting Fixiuros jMjj fi ligsf'V Ir. 1101 Building contracts awarded ia April sustain the upward trend in northern Illinois, Iowa. Indiana and eastern Wisconsin with an increase of almost $5,500,000 over April, 1940.

Residential building was credited with a valuation increase of about $7,500,000 while non-residential building fell nearly $2,000,000 from the respective totals in April, 1940. T. O. Morgan, Chicago manager of Dodge Reports, the daily construction news service, released this information yesterday about the building activities in the four-state area. He stressed that residential building had a $5,000,000 lead over non-residential building in April.

The combined building contracts for the area totaled $38,212,000 in April. This is a notable increase over $32,756,000, last year's April record Residential building called for in April contracts was valued at $21,729,000, a large advance over $14,323,000, the figure for the corresponding 1940 month. Were chosen by Grinslade Const. Co. for their attractive house featured in this section.

16 Wash. MA. 2301 and has a breezeway joining with the garage. Five rooms are on the first floor. The second floor is unfinished.

The rooms have many i)uilt-in features. bifitrai furnace and wiring. The contractor was Martin Zeilinga of Indianapolis. The house Is financed by the Federal Housing Administration through Circle Agencies, 323 American National Bank building. Sears, Roebuck Co.

modern homes division is located at 606 Occidental building. The house is faced with stone This English-type home, located at 8181 Rosemead drive, will be open for public inspection from 2 to 6 o'clock this afternoon. It is one block east and one block north of Ind. 431 at 80th street. All building materials, except furnace and wiring, were furnished by Sears, Roebuck Co.

General Electric furnished the oil-burning A high, nd landscaped lot affords a splendid netting for thj colonial ton and frame, recently completed by Kemper Si Co.con tractors, at 3440 North Sherman drive. The Ilelmus-Newnian Company are the sales agents. ut Press a Button I'pntairs LiRht or Turn Off Your Cas Water Heater The expanding home building operations of Kemper contractors, are being concentrated in the thickly wooded residential section south of East 38th street, between Keystone avenue and Sher- THERE IS NO OBLIGATION; find out what Sears have to offer vou. LET SEARS HELP PLAN YOUR HOME drive. eled in white.

Floors are of hardwood and the electric light fixtures are in colonial style. All rooms have low windows that lend themselves to pleasing drapery treatments. The recessed tub in the bathroom is backed with decorative structural glass. Inlaid linoleum covers the floor. A guest closet and linen closet are off the hall.

Long tubular light fixtures flank the Venetian mirror of the built-in medicine cabinet. A dinette off the living room has a built-in china cabinet. The ad- Insures Mortgages The Federal Housing Administration does not lend money to home buyers. The FHA insures mortgages on properties meeting its requirements. The stone is laid in random ashlar fashion and a porch protects the front door.

The clapboard siding is painted white and a thick asphalt shingle roof blends with the stone facing. Two-Bedroom Home. This is a two-bedroom home, with the master room extra large. Each sleeping room is served with a deep closet and has cross ventilation. The living room, dinette, inside hall and bedrooms are tastefully decorated with 1941 wallpapers and the woodwork is enam Call or Write for Fret Circular H.

R. BERTULEIT LI. 0843 713 E. New York Here, in one of the city's finer communities in northeast Indianapolis, are Kemper-built homes joining kitchen has a scientific cabinet arrangement with recesses for range and refrigerator. The cabinets fill one side of the room and are in white.

Inlaid linoleum covers the floor, counter tops and sink splash. House Is Insulated. The full basement contains a planned to satisfy the most dis isiiy Bring us your questions about fi-" nancing, mortgage insurance, and the technical problems of building We'll help you through every step! criminating owners. Typical of the type of construction adhered to by the Kemper company is the stone-faced, colonial residence at 3440 North Sherman drive. Rm.

0OR-7 Occidental Indpls. Ph. Rl ley 50S4 Sears Loral Retail Store, Kokomo, Ind. Ph. 4124 Sears Loral Retail Store, Lafayette, Ind Ph.

4089 Km. 201 Irnqunls Marlon. Ind. Phone 2531 FRAME BUNGALOW AT 4320 FLETCHER AVENUE ANSWERS PROBLEM OF LIMITED BUILDING FUND Lawn, Factory Fence Portable Pens Kennel Panels FREE ESTIMATES 1035 KEALING AVE. (3700 Kat) JUST COMPLETED 2 -BEDROOM MODERN BUNGALOW.

You will be more than pleased with the beauty and convenience of this artistic home. Reasonable Terms. OPEN 2 TO 6 TODAY We furnished the WAYLITE BLQUK In the J. C. Plaskett modern bungalow at 1035 Kealing Ave.

DliTTCD 'OAI- ry 1 1 en matkriai. to. itate-Wlde Service Delivered or Knitted BR. 5441. NlKht, BR.

01111 flMS Cornell modern heating plant. The steel I-beam is an outstanding structural feature of the house. The house Is insulated with rock wool which insures a comfortable indoors during hot summer months and reduces heat losses in winter. A detached frame garage has an overhead door. Full length screens are provided entrances and windows which also are weather-stripped.

Kemper Co. has announced work is to start immediately on 10 houses on North Station street, just west of the Sherman drive home, and 10 more on East 35th street, between LaSalle and Rural streets. More than 60 homes have been, built in the vicinity by the firm In recent years. The homes are in North Eastern Park Heights and Matmore additions. Matmore addition lies between 38th and 34th streets and Sherman drive and Adams street.

North Eastern Park Heights addition is centered between 34th and 38th streets and Tacoma avenue and Rural street. Regular Bus Service. The community is served by Public School No. 1 at 3614 East 36th street. Both additions have regular bus service.

The house will be open for in I VcoP COOPS' PAINT NOW! PAY LATErlf 1 TERMS AS LOW AS $5.26 PER MONTH 15) Now in Bloom! PLUMBING See the Dogwood In Pink and White Now In Bloom At Our Nursery (jeranlums and All Kinds of Annuals. A complete Una of Evergreen Trees, Shruhs, Flowers and Itoses. in the Featured GRINSLAOE CO. Home by CHRIS J. GREINER 4322 E.

10th St. II. 323S TBI -STATE INDIANA'S CONSTRUE FINEST NURSERY I GllthaTtS LINOLEUM for the Grinslade Homes b.V HENRY BEISINGER rnirzi E. 56th (St. Nickel Plate h4 Out A'ionWe Rood 13).

Follow HU. 4160 Road (Stale ih Markert. BR. 5495 spection from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

today. It can be inspected by appointment on week days. Sales agents for the property are Helms-Newman Company, realtors with R. R. BR.

2418 BR. 2419 MA. 9722 1125 Prospect A practical solution of the small home problem for the family with a limited budget is presented in this frame, two-bedroom dwelling at 4320 Fletcher avenue, in Tuttle's Star addition. WHITE FOR FREE ESTIMATES A It offices at 214 Peoples Bank build Indiana Shade tures are in colors to harmonize with the sidewalk ing. Glenn L.

Holsapple. salesman for Homes constructed by Kemper Co. meet the rigid building requirements set up by the Federal the Grinslade company, announced mi Supplied Shades for Grinsltulo Homes For Real Shade Service Call MA. 0202 vu this house is priced for sale at $3,555. It has been inspected and Housing Administration.

Pur BUILDING A NEW HOME? approved by the Federal Housing chasers can acquire the homes on the FHA long-term government insured financing plan. Administration and is qualified for a long-term, government-insured All rooms in the American bungalow constructed by the Grinslade Construction Company, realtors and home builders at 4320 Fletcher avenue, have plenty of light and air. Small windows flank the front door and two other windows look out to the west. This room is joined by an extra wide cased opening to the dinette, which also has a window. A light ivory wallpaper with tan and yellow stripes covers the walls of the living room and dinette.

This decoration also is continued in the hall off the living room. mortgage loan. The down payment is $404.16, with monthly payments of $24.15 over a 25-year period. Monthly installments on the loan mm ACCEPTED NATIONALLY SELECTED BY EXPERTS For All the New Homes at GREEN LAWNS 16th to 21st on N. Emerson RI.

2379 MA. 5501 includes principal, interest, esti for Over 20 Years We Have Done the Electrical Work on the Grinslade Homes. FOULKE ELECTRIC CO. Phone IB. 2712 mated taxes and insurance.

The house will be open for pub lie inspection from 2 to 5 p.m. to Woodwork in all rooms, except day. kitchen and bath, is finished in walnut to match the hardwood floors. For the Grinslade Co. Home Factory, Lawn, Farm, Estata STATE-WIDE SERVICE Free Estimates Easy Terms Call Hl7.

8361 Night, HfJ, 6605 FHA Uses Scientific System of Appraisal Many lending Institutions recog' Sink Has Strainer. Ivory is the dominating color In nize the FHA's underwriting and the kitchen, with accenting tones of white and green found In the cabinets and woodwork. The sink, appraisal system as the most scien title method of determining mort AWNINGS placed under a window, has a dual gage risk ever devised. strainer. The counters are cov' Mccormick lumber co.

BE. 4476 702 N. TIBBS AVE. ered with green and Ivory and marbleb.ed linoleum and the floor Builders throughout the entire country have acknowledged the value of minimum requirements and inspections during the course covering is ivory. Vl TELEPHONE VWj CONDUIT lor Concealed Wiring ft There is a rear service entry of construction.

with access to the basement. The latter contains a steel, hot-air fur GOULDS PUMPS nace, fuel room and hot and cold water facilities for laundry work. There also is a gas water heater. Today's Wisdom Is Tomorrow's Profit We are still making it possible for the family of moderate means to own a new 2-bedroom modern home (see picture) for less money than they are now paying far rent. A deep clothes closet is off the ttfrsatJMl hall reached from the living room.

in Only S3555 The bathroom Is painted In ivory and white. All the plumbing fix $404.18 Down $24.15 Monthly Inrlmlr Imn Kipennei, Insurance and Estimated Taxei I' 1 I No more tures are in white porcelain. The built-in medicine cabinet has a confined heat-no more darkness from conventional large Venetian mirror. Colors Harmonize. A vivid blue wallpaper with gray awnings! Rusco Venc tiin All Metal) AwninttS Thlii Is a brand-new section.

Near etty hu, Chrlntlan Vark, nontl frade school, etc. Hbi sidewalks, curbs, sewer, ins, water and electricity. We Invite comparison You'll see the difference. Open 2 to 5 Sunday and dally. 4320 EAST FLETCHER Go Out English Ave.

to 4300 (Klnrtbrldge Turn (South to Second Street. Rl. 1461 GRINSLADE CO. IR. 0198 11 floral pattern is hung in the1 front bedroom.

The north bedroom has a peach background wallpaper with purple, gray and green flower pattern. Each room has a spacious closet and cross ventilation. The allow free ventilation and perfect light control! Eliminate costly, annual awning expense-enjoy the year found charm of proper sun protection and enhance the appearance of your property. Metal Awalats, Sterm Sash ssf Screens SPICKELMIER FUEL SUPPLY center ceiling electric light fix Install a new C.OCLDS pre-lnbrl. rated Jet-O-Matle water system.

Folly automatic, II handles gas, air or water vapor at high llfta without losing prime. No metal-on-metal wear of parts. Quickly Installed In any convenient location at minimum cost. MEIER ELECTRIC MACHINE CO. The time to plan for concealed telephone wiring is before you start to build.

Just as you do for electricity' gas and water see to it that an adequate built-in system of telephone outlets is provided by your contractor during construction of your home. It's easyl Sections of inexpensive pipe or flexible tubing placed inside the walls will do the Job at very small cost This telephone conduit installed by your builder, does away with exposed wiring on baseboards and SS2S Washlnstnn St. BR. 2434 1080 E. 82nd St.

IRTtngtOB USt rQOnfguisBi fc The CELOTEX Insulated Brick Siding maites tuuk Home warmer in winter Cooler in Summer! 3 INSELBRIC FEATURES Beautifies 2. Saves Fuel 3. Saves Paint moldings makes it unnecessary to drill through walls and floors. will glad to assist you and your contractor ia planning a concealed telephone wiring system for tout home. There it no charge or obligation.

4. Modernizes 5. Reduces Noise 10. Cold and Heatproof 1L Wind and Waterproof 12. Scientifically WEATHER.

SEALED Against Moisture 6. Termlteproof 7. Will Not Rattle 8. Permanent Color I. Strengthens Walls WINDOW SHADE CLEANING Just call the Telephone Company and ask for "Architects' and Builders' iemce." JV Without ohllratlnn, please sens me full details about Inselbrla Siding.

INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Office. OUR NEW LOCATION 113 S. PENN. ST. FLOOR COVERING CO.

Rl. 1493 "MAKES THEM LOOK LIKE NEW" PATTERSON SHADE 113 S. PENN. ST. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CO.

181 Virginia Ave. Indianapolis MA. MM.

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