Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 8

A SUNDAY AUGUST 6 1911 THE DETROIT REE PRESS NEW BEMB BLOCK I ll property 109 WATSON STREET 44 CHARLOTTE AVENUE HANNAN EXCHANGE MAKES LONG LIST av to con tl real in the real been ItMlllltll 0 71 COMPARISON Sf Vf of the city he of his time to side and OWNERS ARE SLOW TO MAKE AWARDS Hakes to Charles Bristol Is valued at $10000 a two story frame building to Mrs orward The DR SHERMAN BUYS ANHUT APARTMENTS 1019 and 1020 avenue' between SI 550 between Second wool Veneer Solid mas'inry Reinforced concrete frame Construction Work However Continues Active and in Considerable Volume Transactions Include Store and Residence Properties and Subdivision Sales MUCH WORK IN PROSPECT OR THE ALL MONTHS SMOOTS VAN DYKE COMPANY i ENTERS LOCAL REALTY IELD BUILDING SETS A NEW HIGH RECORD OR MONTH JULY OPENS SUBDIVISION company to estate btisl 1314 ord oil II Scribner property which Includes a lot 40x205 Stratton Baldwin Part Announcement was made yester day of the withdrawal of rank Baldwin from the firm of Stratton Baldwin architects Stratton will continue the business In the same offices in the Union Trust building: retaining as his associates Oscar Gottesleben and Walter von Schneider who have been long with Stratton Baldwin HENRY WHITAKER PURCHASES MODERN HOME VALUED AT $8500 OUR STORY BRICK AND STEEL BUSINESS BLOCK IS BEING ERECTED TO HOUSE PRINTING SHOP subdivision No 2 $1000 Lots 46 47 and 50 south side Kenilworth avenue Hudson Han subdivision No 2 $750 loots 64 65 and 67 north side of Allenhurst $700 Lota 68 and 70 south side of Al lenhurst $500 Lot 24 north side of 'Hudson av enue Hudson subdivi sion No 1 $30C Ix)ls 41 44 and 45 south side of Hudson avenue Hudson Hannan's subdivision No 1 $750 Lot 24 north side of Worcester place near John IL Log Cabin Park subdivision $550 Lot 30 north aide Worcester place near John Log Cabin Park sub division $500 Medbury Subdivision Lots 1 103 and east one half north side Easton avenue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $675 Lots 1101 and west one half 1102 tX 'A BORNMAN BUILDING SOUTHWEST CORNER ORT AND SECOND John Bornman £on are erecting this handsome four tory building on the southwest corner of ort street and Second avenue and will occupy it as their printing office and binding plant Spier Rohns Gerke are the architects The building is of steel and brick construction The presses and other heavy machinery will be located on the ground floor which will also afford space for the offices The second and third floors will be occupied by typsettlng and other departments of the business and' the top floor will be given over to' the book binding department The building occupies a ground space 75x118 feet Lambrecht Kelly Co sold the site to Cbarlea Bor nman for IL Meredith This Report of Sale John Mullen Based on Mis information rom Dealer Dr A Sherman 738 Trum bull avenue has purchased from A McCoid Chicago the property known as the Anbut apartments 820 Trumbull avenue Including lot 55x124 feet and a three story six family brick apartment building The ree Press through misin formation coming from a real es tate dealer announced last aundUy that this property had been pur chased by John Mullen for $20000 Credit for negotiating the transac tion was given to the Craig Real Estate exchange Dr Sherman as serted this flrm had no part in the deal and he purchased the property from Mr McCoid direct He valfles the property at $23000 EH IST SMOOTS THOMAS MAY Mont li July 1911 July 1910 July 1903 July IMS July no? July 19M June 1911 Increase la construction was formerly manager of the Van Dyke company which specialized in the buying and selling of vacant property One of the most important sales which this company made was the selling of 100 feet west of Owen Park for ord to Olds of Lan sing This sale put a new value on property in the immediate loca tion and was considered one of the best sales of residence property made last year the price per foot being $550 Thomas May who will handle North Woodward property for the company has been previously Iden tified with the automobile Industry having been western sales manager for the American Wood Rim com pany He was also connected with hla father William May In the management of the Detroit Bath Tub Brasq Co The Smooth Van Dyke company A north Second iodu 1 11R north TTason ana a nira Mildner Eisen Also Complete Plans for Large Stable and Storage House Mlldper Eisen architects havs prepared recently two or three new plans of some me one of which is an addition to the present plant of the Banner Brewing company of Saginaw including boiler house rack room wash room chip and stock cellars Another plan is for a large fire proof stable ani storage building tor the Kastner Coal company ThH building will be 106x136 tecf and four stories in hight although dn signed to permit the addition of three stories making the building eventually seven sturies in night It Is to be of reinforced uocercte with steel sash and roller uoouD with stables for about 40 vises' will be steam heated and wl have freight and passenger elevators The first floor will be devoted to wagon storage receiving room an() general and private offices The second floor will be devoted to piano and general storage purposes stables harness rooms grain blns and quarters The udrd and fourth floors will be useu for general storage and basement for the heating plant fuel room and trunk storage The building will be erected at the northwest corner of Sherman and Dequindre streets The same architects have design ed and awarded practically all contracts for the new Bernb loral four story steel frame store and conservatory building This building when completed It is said will be ono of the finest of its kind west of New York citv The front will be laid up in glazed terra cotta and ornamental Pewa blc tile panels The main stairs will be reinforced concrete finishedwith Moravian tile The first floor will comprise sales and display rooms in front with shipping and delivery rooms in ths rear The second floor will have a large conservatory and den with large brick fire place On the out side of the conservatory there will be a promenade covered with a per gola Thh third and fourth floors will be given over to potting and work rooms The building will have tile floors throughout windows of leaded glass It will be erected at 153 Bates street end is covering a ground space nf 32x 120 feet The following contracts have been awarded: Mason and re inforced concrete Max Bartholo maei Sons Co Iron Lewis plastering Hilary Schaefer Sons or Charles Kotting of Chitten den Rotting house and lot 358 i Hibbard avenue to Anthony Lam brecht $2400 or Clement It Tuttle 82 Engle wood avenue southwest corner John 1 street to A Mcadyen $5 500 or Stevens Land Co Ltd lot 61 south side of Massachusetts avenue to Hannon $1106 or William Peters store prop 1 erty 455 Michigan avenue to Jo seph "Westman valued at $4000 or A Hallman Co Toronto Ont to the rucney Manufacturing Co the manufacturing plant at Bagg street valued at $4500 or the Med bury subdivision lot No 603 and lot No 607 on Midland avenue $1500 or Stevens Land Co Ltd lot No 354 north side of Massachusets av enue to John Diedrich $575 or the Medbury subdivision lot No 1051 and east half of lot No 1052 $71250 Woodward avenue frontage east side north of Currystone avenue $2400 or Mrs Agnes Rolfe house and lot 593 West Boulevard to George valued at $3000 Gruse Pofufe Land Sold or Schwankovskey New York city his home at Grosse Pointe to George Barbour 104 feet fron tage of Jefferson avenue by abnut 700 feet deep also for Spran kle of Cleveland to George 11 Barbour the adjoining property 103 feet frontage by about TOO feet In depth The two properties bringing $42500 spot cash or Robert Parker to Christine Lodewyk two story rain a house of 10 rooms bath and hot water heat lot 30x100 feet 159 Jos Campau av enue $4500 cash Also 98 Rowemj street lot 50x145 feet three story solid brick and 4 ttnna rauirtniw rntral steam heat days was known as the twin regt I six bed rooms three bath rooms ment of the Thirty first Michigan I Sale was made by Woolley penter Tramps Son mason Gbodenow Ginn plastering ViRger painting Burland Mur ray glass Michigan Ornamental Glass company plumbing A Schulte Co electrical Park Elec tric company Store and lat on Michigan Avenue Albert Kahn awarded contracts on a store and flat building on Michigan between Thirty third and Thirty fourth streets for John An tazack as follows: Cut stone and iron work Henry Carew carpenter Yatzek Grunwald plastering Herman risk plumbing Deane Louis Hamper awarded the gen eral contract for the Ireland residence on Seyburn between Agnes and SL Paul avenues to Louis Rouepke Rogers Bonnah awarded con tracts on the Downey residence as follows: Mason JI Goddard Inc carpenter Albert Klein roof ing A Pudrith company plas tering Herman risk painting and glazing Welsgerber Nowther Paint company plumbing Edward Ryan The company reports awarding the geenral contract for erection of its new testing room to Roy Haberkorn Edward Wilson is Marketing North Woodward Lots Edward Wilson who recently entered the real estate business in Detroit occupying offices with Wal ter Piper 406 Penobscot build ing formally opened yesterday a now subdivision of 12 acres con taining 116 lots The property is situated on Woodward avenue di rectly opposite Palmer park The lots are all within one block of Woodward avenue and He along Savannah and Georgia avenues run ning east from Woodward The sale of the lots will continue from 10 a to 6 today Mr Wilson was recently with the Wilson Auto company and the Auto Transportation Taxi Co and was formerly engaged in the real estate business in Savannah Ga where he was the organizer of the Savannah Auto club and assisted in conducting the grand prize events of the Vanderbilt and other road races He was captain of Com pany A irst regiment which in Spanish American war has the exclusive selling of Drexel Gardens one of the best subdivi sions in the airview district The company purchased last week from Walter landers the tract of land situated on Wood ward avenue at the northeast cor ner of South Boulevard Pontiac It has already started improving the property and expects to have it on the September 1 Xf (r Permits Taken Out in Detroit for 470 New Structures Costing $1560430 and for 111 Additions Estimated at $394170 Making Total of $1954600 Expenditures for construction by building per mits taken out in Detroit in the month of July reached an aggregate of 1954600 which sets a new high mark for'the month The high est preceding total for July was In 1909 when the cost of building projects amounted to 1601850 1 MATERIAL AND COST Contracts Let During Last Week Include actory Stores and Several Residences Little change was apparent in tmildlng conditions In Detroit last week as compared with tne pre ceding week says th summary prepared for The ree Press by the I Builders and exchangeActivity In construction work con jtinues In considerable volume al though some owners are still hold ilng back awards on a number ofresidences stores and other bulld on which figures submitted some time ago 1 It Is anticipated that the coming of fall will see work begun on mostof these buildings and that an ef fort will then be made to rush Ithem to completion as rapidly as possible A satisfactory number of new plans were presented for figures last week and several sets 'were filed in the exchange rooms Stores on Gratiot Avenue Among the principal awards of the week are the following: Wetzel Co awarded the following contracts on the Bteinhelser stores on Gratiot ave nue: Mason Otto Misch car penter Tramps Co plumbing Ernest Wenzel plastering Ernest Jahnke roofing Candler Co painting and glazing Theodore Kress electric Sherratt Electric company Chittenden Rotting awarded the following contracts on a two story brick and concrete residence In Grosse Pointe for James Mc Millan: Mason and iron work In terestate Construction company plastering Barber electrical Sherratt Electric company car penter the Vinton company cut stone the Batchelder Wasmund company sheet metal Howie Roof ing company Shiell awarded contracts on addition to the school building of the German Lutheran church on Livernols avenue near Michigan as follows: Mason Grunwald oar ifciitvi vitrivs ocuwemiK actory Building Varney Winter aa'nrdAd tracts on the Metzger Motor com plant in Highland Park as follows: Mason George A Vivier Son carpenter Theodore Mercier roofing Candler Co ele x'ators Haughton Elevator and Ma chine Co painting Blakeley Co glass Pittsburg Plate Glass company steel Detroit Bridge Steel Works The a Smith Construction company awarded sub contracts for steel work in the new Metropolitan market building on Broadway to the Donovan Wire Iron Works Gregory awarded the gen eral contract for a bungalow 'for Mr Schneider in Highland Park to Williams Huggett awarded the gen eral contract for a brick and stucco residence for Mills on Eason avenue near Woodward to isher Hickey Store Building Smith Hinchman Grylls awarded the general contract on the Hickey store to Bollman and the iron and orna mental wire work to the Detroit Architectural Iron Works Barnes awarded additional contracts for Charles store building on Michigan and Vinewood as follows: Plastering Robert I Edwards roofing Eagle Cornice Roofing Co heating Peninsular Stove company electri cal Gale The same architect awarded con tracts on the double residence of Dr Loucks on West Grand boule vard between Lafayette boulevard and Porter street as follows: Car PRINCESS THEATER SOLD Braun and Thomas Se cure Moving Picture House Braun known in Detroit ai a successful manager oL moving picture show houses and Thomas a Canadian banker have purchased the entire stock of the Michigan Amusement company' which controls the Princess theater on Woodward avenue The new management will continue the house in the moving picture business and contemplates making some improve rnents The sale was made by IL Reading and A Smith of the Hannan h1 Estate exchange for Mark and 1 Brook Buf falo The price psil is under stood to have been between $25000 and $30000 Mr Braun btcomM president of the new company and Mr Thomas will be secretary and treasurer for William Van Dyke Terms pri vate but property has been held at $20000 Sales of Royal Oak Properly Lots 66 67 and of the Hudson subdivision No 1 east side of Center avenue near Hudson avenue $6U0 Lots 71 nd 72 west side Center street Hudson Hannan's subdivi sion No 1 $4t0 Lots 35 36 and 37 east side of Washington avenue Hudson Han nan subdivision No 2 $1150 Lota 59 79 and 76 east side of Washington avenue Hudson Han nans subdivision No 2 $1050 Lots 23 and 24 west side of Wood ward $87? Lots 8 VI 0 and 11 west side of Woodward $1175 Ixts 15 and 16 west side of Wood ward $800 Lots 41 42 43 and 44 north side of Kenilworth avenue Hudson north side Eason avenue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $675 Dots Eason Third Lot enue $625 lKt 1028 south side Eason avenue between and Second $775 Lot 438 south side Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec i ond $450 Lot 522 Midland avenue south west corner of Third $450 Lot 1027 south side Eason av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $775 Lots 1031 1C32 1033 1034 and east one half 1035 south side Eason av enue between Second and Third $3000 Lot 366 south side Edgewood av enue between Second and Third $650 Lots 1021 and east one half 1022 north side Eason avenue between Second and Third $1162 Lot 343 south side Edgewbod av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $725 Lots 1023 and west one half 1022 north side Eason avenue between Second and Third Medbury subdivi sion $116250 Ixt 454 south side Edgewood av enue between Second and Medbury subdivision $625 Lot 347 south side Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $725 Lot 353 south side Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond avenue $700 Lots 1131 and one half 1130 north side Eason avenue between Wood ward and Second $1237 Lots 1042 and west one half 1041 south side Eason avenue between Second and Third $909 Lot 385 south side Edgewood av enue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $425 Lot 354 south side Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $700 Edgewood Avenue Lot 474 north sidn Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $750 Lot 1026 south aide Eason av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $775 Lots 485 and west one haff 484 south pide Midland' avenue between Woodward and' Second $1000 Lots 1017 and 1018 north side Eason avenue between Second and Third $1550 East half of lots 4S4 and west one half 483 south side Midland av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $725 Lots 356 and 357 south side Edge wood avenue between Woodward and Second $1400 'Lots 1029 and west one half 1130 north side Eason avenue between Wnodw'ard and Second $1237 Lot 39 south sid Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $725 Lots 1098 1099 and 1100 north side Eason avenue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $1350 Lot 436 north Edgewood av enue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $150 Lots 526 and one half 525 south side Midland avenue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $600' Lot 386 south side Edgewood av enue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $425 Lot 606 north side Midland av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $750 Iot 439 Edgewood avenue north west corner of Third $550 Eason Avenne Property Lots 1089 and one half 1088 north side Eason avenue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $835 Lot 435 north side Edgewood av enue between Third and Hamfl tonboulevard $150 Lot 1025 south side Eason av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $775 Lots 1036 and one half 1035 south side Eason avenue between Second and Third $925 Ix)t 486 north side Midland av enue between Third and Hamilton boulevard $725 Lot 355 south side Edgewood be tween Woodward and Second $700 Lots 1040 nnd one half 1041 south side Eason avenue between Second and Third $900 Lot 465 north side Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $725 Lot 359 south side Edgewood av enue between "Woodward andSec ond $700 Lot 358 south side Edgewood av enue between Woodward and Sec ond $700 Lots 460 and northwest cor ne Edgewood and Second $1575 Lot 72 Tavlor avenue between Second and Third $2200 Lots 65 and 66 south side of Mack avenue between McClellan and division $1401 25 PIQUETTE AVENUE Three attractive residence properties located near Woodward avenue two of them In the near down town section are Included in recent sales made by Patrick fc Co The three ntorv solid brick 14 room residence 109 Watson street with lot 40x170 feet was Mold for William The consideration Is private Ihe The residence at 25 Vlquette with 17 ruuuis was sold for Mosrs price is not made public but the fret Is valued nt SGOOO The three stopy solid brick i room residence 44 Charlotte avenue occupying a lot 30x137 fret was sold for Lnmhrecht Kelly Co to Homer A Burt The consideration is private: the value about 87000 RANK VAN DYKE An announcement of Interest the real estate fiold Is made this week by Ernest Hmoots and rank Van Dyke who have be come associated under the name of the Smoots Van Dyke carry on a general ness with offices building Mr Smoots has estate business some years and al though his transactions have cov ered all sections has devoted most east side property Mr Van Dyke 148 HANCOCK AVENUE WEST Henry Whitaker is the purrhnwrr of the aqlld brick nine room residence 146 Hancock aicniie west which han JuM been sold for Mrs A Hastings by Parker Sehunk ry The dwelling is modern throughout with slatr roG nnd occupies lot with 40 feet frontage The consideration uat prhute The value is about 8S 500 THREE ATTRACTIVE RESIDENCES JUST WOODWARD AVENUE TWO THEM IN THE NEAR DOWN TOWN 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