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5v Page 12 (Section 4). May 23, 1954 r.DlTf Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona. New Church' Architects Construction Of Ryan-Evans New7 Building Is Undertaken cue Pay Visit To Paint Plant Phoenix chapter, American Institute of Architects, recently visited the Deero-O Paint Co. plant, in connection with its June meeting, dining afterward at the Flamingo Dining Room. The program, according to Ralph Haver, president, served to acquaint the architects with the methods of manufacture carried on by the firm that are particularly designed to meet Arizona's climatic conditions.

Members were taken on a guided tour of the entire plant. Haver disclosed the chapter has named Camelback Inn as convention headquarters for the regional convention of AIA to be held here next April. men's wear; a package liquor store; A. L. Brantley's barber and beauty shop; and a branch of McKean's dry cleaners.

The construction firm is to have the building completed in 190 days, which would make it ready for occupancy by Nov. 1. Ryan-Evans Drug Co. was organized 46 years ago as a Globe firm by the late William Ryan. His son, J.

B. Ryan, is the present head of the firm. Other officers are Earl Melby, executive vice president; F. W. Jenkins, vice president and buyer; Rouland W.

Hill, secretary; and J. P. Spooner, treasurer. The firm will have nine stores in Phoenix when this new one is activated and others in Globe, Miami, Superior, Casa Grande, Glendale, and 1 Planned By Lutherans Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, member of the Augus-tana Synod of the denomination, has acquired five acres of land at 12th St. and Glendale for erection of a new church building.

C. I. Erickson, vice chairman of the church building committee, said the congregation has visions of acquiring additional land for the purpose of establishing a home for the Lutheran aged. He said the proposal has been put up to the national officers of the church. While the denomination has numerous such homes in the East, the only one in the West is in Seattle, he said.

The members of the local congregation believe Phoenix would be an ideal location for such a home, Erickson said. GET BUSINESS SITE Webb and Webb Realty reports the recent sale of IVi acres of land at 5101 N. 19th Ave. by Mr. and Mrs.

Victor Brown to Mr. and Mrs. George Curry. The new owners made the investment for a business development. FHA Program Supp ort, Editor T-G-K Construction Co.

last week was awarded contract for erection of the new $400,000 Ryan-Evans shopping center at 16th Street and Camelback Road and immediately broke ground for the The center will be the largest, in terms of floor space, in Arizona. Extending 474 feet along the north side of Camelback and 217 feet along 16th, the building will have 73,000 square feet of floor space. It was designed by David Sholder, architect, and will embody several architectural features unusual to such structures, he claims. Among these are numerous fire walls and special fireproofing, so that a blaze can be more easily held to an area not exceeding 6,000 square feet. ONj BOTH thoroughfares the shopping center will set back 200 feet from the curb line.

The space thus developed will provide room for 350 automobiles to be parked. This parking area will be illuminated by a special new-type mercury light at night. In addition to the front parking, the area in the rear of the big building will be paved and used for parking employes' automobiles, deliveries, and the like. For building the center; Ryan-Evans leased 10 acres for 99 years from William Katish. through Bert Cavanagh, real estate broker.

Thus there will be ample space for accommodating motorists, it believes. The building will be of masonry construction, with a wide sidewalk in front of all stores and offices. The walk will be covered with an asbestos-shingle roof. AT Tin: NORTH end of the 16th Street wing Ryan-Evans will have its general offices in a second-floor section, which will have 6,000 square feet of floor space. This will provide separate offices for the firm's accounting department for its 19 retail outlets, record vault, president's office, and similar space sections.

The tenant taking the most space in the new structure will be a new A. J. Bayless Market, which will have 20,000 square feet of floor space on the Camelback side of the building. The front will be entirely different from the usual design Bayless has employed for previous stores in the chain. Next largest space lease will be that of Store No.

19 in the Ryan-Evans chain, which will occupy the corner of the building. In all there are 16 other store or office spaces for let. on which 10 leases have been signed and several are in negotiation. THE OTHER firms signed to occupy quarters there are L. C.

Mead, variety store; New England Bakery; Woman's Dress Shop; Aaron Citron, shoe store; Elquest Paint Store; Sholder, architectural office; Jon Hardy, P'lmollnnlr Tun A rlrH linn sketch above by Edward L. Varney and VaillClIJaCK mil jMAAUIUUU Associates, architects, is of the Cholla room, to be added by Camelback Inn adjacent to its swimming pool and south of the Inn main building. Primarily it will be to house small convention sessions, where it can seat up to 275 persons. Contracts for erection of the unit has been awarded to the Womack Construction Co. The auditorium will be ready by fall, when the Inn reopens, according to Jack Stewart, general manager.

Enlargement Of Camelback Inn Announced By Stewart Maintains Jacobs Acquires More Acreage John M. Jacobs, one of the largest vegetable growers in the Salt River Valley, recently added to his farm holdings in Moon Valley by the purchase of 200 acres of cultivated land from Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Reiland.

The negotiations leading to the purchase were handled by H. I. Morse, realtor. Warrants "The single long-term mortgage has become standard practice," he said. "FHA's 'caini-mum property standards' have played an important part in improving housing standards.

"In 20 years FHA has insured housing construction in the amount of $33 billion, with more than $17 billion still outstanding. Losses by default have been negligible. "ALMOST 3A million new home mortgages were insured, and more than 16 million loans were insured to cover repair and improvement work. Project mortgages involving 640.000 dwelling-units were also handled during this period." ew5 since it was erected in 1938. Decision to enlarge its facilities comes from the heavy advance convention and guest bookings, Stewart said.

These are the heaviest in the history of the Inn. ALREADY LINED up for conventions and conferences at the Inn next fall are: Pacific Fire Underwriters group, San Francisco; 165 delegates; Royal Order of Jesters, St. Paul, 50 delegates; Southern California Gas Co. officials, Los Angeles, 52 persons. Prudential Insurance Co.

regional meet, 200 persons; University of Southern California, 25th reunion School of Medicine, class of 1929, 100 persons; University of North Dakota Alumni reunion, 150 persons; National Grocers' Secretaries Association, 150 persons; American Institute of Architects, western district, 200 persons; Arizona Hotel Association and Scripps College Alumnae Reunion. The earliest of these is in late October and the latest scheduled so far will be in late April. Nears Finish these will be a corner store occupied by the Bayless Market. The design of the building gives it a "double" corner, so that another firm probably a drug store also will be on the corner. The new building of masonry construction represents an investment in excess of according to Bayless officials.

It is set back from both thoroughfares for 175 feet, so that a parking area, thoroughly flood-lighted, that will handle 365 cars has been created. i Pimpl hnpt Slirmc (Viitpr The sketch by David Sholder, architect, VCIllCI ig the new RyanEvans Drug Co. shopping center at 16th Street and Camelback Road, on which construction was started last week. The Bayless Market will be on the Camelback side of the structure, at the north end of the Seventh Street side a second story will contain the headquarters offices of the owner firm. Its drug store will be in the corner room.

for the new casas have been prepared by Edward Loomis Bowes, who drew the original plans for Camelback Inn. They will be erected by Ed Ast, Scottsdale, contractor. One of the new casas will have rooms 16 by 22 feet with both a double and single bed. Each room will be thermostatically controlled for natural gas heating. They will have large closets, fulMile baths and large picture windows overlooking the views of the nearby desert.

SPECIAL attention has been given to the noise-proofing between rooms. All connecting doors between rooms are double, with a sound-deadened space between them. Inside partition walls will be thick brick for the same sound-proofing purpose. Stewart said all the latest features in hotel construction will be embodied in the new units. The work will be undertaken immediately after June 1, so that they will be ready for opening of the Inn in early fall.

This is the largest addition made to the Inn any one year Bayless Market The new, big A. J. Bayless Market center on the northeast corner of Seventh St. and Glendale is jiearing completion and should be ready for tenants by June 15, it was learned yesterday. Construction work has been done by Homes and Son Construction Co.

The market building is one of the larger units of its nature in the Metropolitan Phoenix area. It extends 200 feet along Seventh and 437 feet along Glendale and is divided up into 13 store spaces. The largest of Plans for a $110,000 expansion program at Camelback Inn, which will make the resort one of the most attractive sites in the state for conventions, were announced yesterday by Jack Stewart, general manager. Contract has been awarded to the Womack Construction Co. for an addition to the Cholla Room at the Inn, which will be 30 by 42 feet, giving it a seating capacity of 275 persons for convention groups.

Plans for the enlargement were drawn by Edward L. Varney and Associates, architects. The Cholla Room is adjacent to the swimming pool and south of the Inn's main building. The addition will, be on the south and down-slope, so that it will jut out over a bastion foundation. MUCH OF THE wall space will be used for huge sliding glass windows through which view of Camelback Mountain and the Salt River Valley may be obtained.

These can be opened or shut as the season dictates. The soundproofing of this small auditorium room will employ the latest design acoustic materials in view of the use planned for it. "Fingertip" heating and cooling control will be installed. The cooling will be gained through installation of a 15-ton air conditioning unit. Thus, Stewart pointed out, the room will be particularly desirable for October and May convention meetings.

HAND IN HAND with this enlargement of meeting space, the Inn plans to erect four new deluxe guest casas, each a three-room unit. It also will build an addition to one of the present guest houses. In all, space for 30 additional guests will be thus obtained, bringing the resort's capacity up to 210 guests. Designs UH u3 L-nA Li )u BE SURE TO SEE THE Bowen Realty Has New Man James G. Bowen, yesterday disclosed Bruce C.

Elliott, formerly of Vancouver, has joined his realty office, wich specializes in commercial and industrial listings. Elliott came here for a visit and was so impressed with the community's future, that he decided to make Phoenix his permanent home, Bowen said. i Road. Ph. BR 5-3674 1 With Carport plaasirtSjiiiriiSitiM ifiwi'i IS vi; -ss ii wwciMne) i 'hn 1 1.

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