Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 54

IALL. A fA ABBEY ARMS i Tit i rA-AiiiifVi i jni Murine r-7 1 This ornate structure, at Merritt avenue and Wesley, overlooking Lake Merritt. Is opened for m'Pee-j today. There are eighteen two and three-room apartments' beautifully -designed and finished. tiori APARTMENTS APARTMENTS Sfiw I i.

Ephraim Field is the architect and manager of construction. i ABBEY ARMS 'i r77, ARE COMPLETED l- Overlookimr sice Merritt 595 MERRITT' Corner Modern Equipment Feature 4l New Structure; View It Unobstructed. CmpleteH an3 Open for Inspection Announcement of the eomple-. i ion of the Abbey Arms epartmente it $96 Merritt avenue, at the cor ner of Wesley, le made by EphrUm Field, architect and superintendent of eonstructlon. In describing the structure Field stated; if- "The Abbey Arms apartments are conveniently situated on a hill overlooking the lake and Piedmont districts, almost every apartment commanding- a view that will never be obstructed.

The building Is a hree-stqry, eighteen apartment with a complete base' ment housing the store rooms and concrete fireproof garages. "The exterior Is silhouetted with a tower effect In front, with para-nets and chimneys finished In Span tnh tile. The entire plastered ex terior la of a warm tan color ana travertine texture, Bet off against Eighteen 2 and 3-room apartments in a.GeaiitifaDy fmished and designed structure, vith -VPlp16 lisemerit Housing storerooms and concrete galage. Thorough sound insulation. Large public halls and staircases, with private hall i to each apartment.

All main rooms accessible 1 from private hall. Breakfast rooms in every apartment. Fifteen have bedrooms; each has large living room wall bedHaroVood floors. CompletJejqred kitchensrr Colonial fireplaces in front Automatic steam heat and hot water; incinerator; clothes drying on roof. dark sash and casements ana black Iron grills.

Directly In the center Is the gracefully archeo ana moulded entrance, leading directly to the Gum French doors and side lights. The pnblio halls and stairs are spacious In a gum finish with the wall paper of a warm tan pattern, and the solid carpeted floor 4- rawer, tile sinks and wash trays 1 with metal screen eovers, Inlaid linoleum on the floors and Spark in darker tone. OPEN OFF PTJBIJO HATJj. "Each of the apartments -open Lid-Top stoves. off the nubile nail through, a pri "Each of the front apartments vate hallway of Its own.

Ample bath rooms are completely lur has a nicely designed colonial fire-plaoe. The rear apartments overlooking the Grand avenue district DEVELOPMENTS rlshed, and shine with a warm gray enamel that sets off the whiteness of the fixtures, tile floor and base. have -Travertine finished mantels In which radiant fires may be used. Steam heat and hot water is Alt WIV uiaiu ments are accessible from the private hall. Each Is finished In a automatic, A garbage Incinerator has also teen provided accessible to Value (3ri AthitieCt'sI Services to a Bank il Rentals $65 to $80 the" apartments from each hall.

Stfeolal -r care haa been taken in deadening noise, a false celling used as. well as three ply Cabots flulU, below the Br ARTHUR B. CALDWELL, Vice-President of the Oakland Bank (Contributed under auspices of Society of Architects of Alameda Co.) All real estate ana insurance transactions were handled by B. F. Bluera and M.

Christie uf the olcture the most convenient and All real estate and insurance, transactions handled by-B: F. Bluem'and T. M. Christie of the Bonded 'Agency 319 14th Street Glencourt 8194. It is frequently expedient for a per'son who intends to build a home Bonded Agency company.

attractive house that could be built warm cream gray enamel with the wall paper, fixtures, etc worked Into a harmonious scheme in which practically any furniture or drapes would fit. "A slight note of color has crept into all the Interior decorations, the tile work, wall paper, carpets, tc Kach apartment has Its breakfast room. Fifteen of the. apartments, have bedrooms: each living room ties a Marshall and Stearns wall bed and one or wo roomy closet i Excepting the carpeted public hall, hardwood floors are Used 1, KITCHENS -COMFIiEm "Kitchens are complete with tee hoxes, shelves, 'cases, metal lined tor the money. 'The'dollar volume of trade dur Weare vesy fortunate In having in our city many architects who to finance its construction partly thrnugh.

a loan his bank. Quite often there are: considerations: on the "part' of the bank in making a loan which the applicant falls to take Into account or have spent in training "for- ing' tbe second week of November, as seed from check payments, was larger than-pr either the previous week or -the otresponding week of laet year. to the weekly Architect, Manager of Construction EPHRAIM statement of the Department of Commerce. 607 American Bank Btdg. Lakeside 193.

does not- fully One of these considerations Is the Importance of an architect's experienced advice and practiced hand In preparations of the working drawings, costs and other practical phases of building a homer. thelr profession. They are therefore competent to submit a plan that la structurally correct and architecturally beautiful. Every attention is given to convenience, use of every foot of floor space and to artlstio finish, both Inside and out. the same time attention Is given to costs, and the owner's budget is carefully considered so that he may get full value -for his i Wall Beds When one la olafininr to build a SIS expenditure, The architect ie familiar from long experience with relative costs of materials and can advise the owner as to how far he Marshall Stearns home the first tmpulee to- obtain material cost and tlni Contraotare Lwhp will submit the bids.

This decision is wise and- any sUoh -persons to be provided the contractors are responsible Unfortunately, many nave in mind the-general plan on which they will construct and feel that they are competent to draw their can go without exceeding his limit: WALL PAPER urnished 6c Merrick Jobben in FOREIGN DOMESTIC VWALL PAPERS V- Also Jobbers in SUNSET. PAINT PRODUCTS Corner 14th Jeff eron St.s what expenditure Is absolutely essential for safety, durability and easy maintenance; and what va any rious degrees of finish And ornament will cost him. The ground, plan and elevation also are "designed to conform to the ewn plana and specifications. in this WJhgr Jfouletimlnate.the Jht most -cases' pnysicai configuration of the lot. GAS STOVES Made in Oakland Experience proves that houses built It Manufacturer jpf 7 i- Ad-A-Rooffl 1 411 19th Street Oakland 1236 eALOQATICN ASINSPIRING AS THE.

THOUGHT OF PERPETUAi ENTOMBMENT' aooormng to such plans are more readily saleable. For these reasons a. banltur fers that architect's plans be. sub these attempts are; Very crude and incomplete. When eubmitted to a contractor for estimates or to a bank with a building loan applica-' tlon, they are practically useless.

Often it le necessary for the loan-' ing officer of a bank to refuse to consider applications with suoh in. adequate plans. They do not con-; vey a true idea of thi building In-' tended to be erected, nor do they mitted with building loan applications. The applicant quicker actibn, a more liberal, loan, in most cases, and certainly will have a-more convenient and hn. 1 tiful home.

Marking Another. JVorthy i Achievement by Ephraim Field. Ajj heartiest congratulations-end good wishes for, sucUis. B. CLEVELAND Plumbing and Heating Installations by A.

M. POULSEN 354 Hobart St. 7 Clcticomt 7400 Member of Builders' ExChanrs vl Of Alaftieda County 0 View Memorial Park, pa gentle lope Wgtt in TN Sunset unset WEWLODGE TO MGLISH JOKES B. R. FRITZ ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR ,1.343 Lakeside 1825 Berkeley'i- Kills.

Sunset Mausoleum is being built, with mas- Construction of an observation lodge ar Oakmore Highlands is under consideration by the Walter Lelmert eomnanv th Muit A row of twelve desfratfl 5ittle homes, built in the Norman and English manner, is springing up In Berkeley, on Pace street hatwum Sheet Metal Work L. F. WITHAWVI Ninth an Tenth streets, accoidlngl Millwork from Manufaiirig Co. 353 HoUrfSt ifj jauii nwug, saies manager-for the Alameda Investment cofepanr. In describing these homes Barnes states: "Beam and stucco irtmtmnf.A, Builder Hardwart from.

B. Simon Hardware Co. ,1 631-39 Broadway -Whlse. at Retail Lakeside Till Window Shades and Curtain Reds METROPOLITAN WINDOW SHADE FACTORY, 4242 Broadway Piedmont S91S of scores of suggestions and requests whloh the company haa received during he past SO 'days. With the opening" of the Ijelmert bridge and the arrival of good weather, thousands of people' have made the trip to Oakmore "Highlands for the purpose of enjoying the view which it commands of 8an SHEET METAL being utilised in these twklva-nnvei mm.

CONTRACTOR Comfortably planned tfeaidenceev-i mm -'V 2766 Grove St." rancisco bay and the adjoining Eastbay "There can be na doubt hut ha iv CUpeourt7850 tical appointments -as as beauty, they will be all thai oa be asked by those who seeking homes In this section of eammiinlfv Oakmore Highlands commands one of the finest views to be obtained anywhere in the bay district," ex Mm "A most Interesting featSre of Brick and Tile live concrete foundations completed and the walls now going up. If 'tne world were searched, no more appropriate location could be found fa, ffouped la aatately gtovt of CaKfornia eucalyptus, this most lieautifuj temple of entombment ever will reflect the last golden shafts from out the Gate. Wcavite youio see Sunset Maosoleum in the male-; ing. It is an easy ride out Grove Street to He Alameda to Solano to Colua, which ends at the en- tfance to Sunset View, Memorial Park or, San Pablo Avenue to Fairtnont, which leads direel to tke Memorial GafesJ i A strone; inducement male frfanetnenfi in Suniet Mautoleuqi itf advanetlof eed the fictitlut prices are now subrtmtiallj lower during the earlier stages of construction than they wul be wbed the "monumental buildinj; it completed. la addition; a Budget Payment Plan and other priorities are.

oScred present purchaten. J- LAWN TERRAtE, an architectural unit of the beautiful temple of entombment, will be ready within three months. Sunset Mausoleum it fully financed with private capital Ar-. rangements, guaranteeing perpetual care, have been nude. A.

F. Edward president the American Marble Company, is tbe owner and 11 Electrical Fixtures Designed and Manufactured by plained tarry jueimert of the Lei-mert 1 ''From Oak more one may command the com plete panorama of Francisco Painting kvioTrapT D. W. HOWARD bay from its lower preaches where it MFG. CO.

.2214 Broadway Oa. 1902 touches Santa Clara ana San Mateo counties up to the point of thej i "Mantels and Chitpneys -A B. MacIVlURT RY BRICK '6326 Broadway Terrace yarquinez -This view of r- numes ma Alameda Investment company, "Oaklandruns defi whose guidance these houses are' being erected, announces a par. ticularly attractive purchase-plan through which they may be Under this plan it will only be necessary to pay something like forty dollars a month. onCe puts them in the class of 'easy to own' homes, and the carefully planned, arrangements of 'the rooms makes them easy to live in1.

i Richmond Publishes Screens jrpmVrl course includes a magnificent vista of tbe Golden gate, of tht Bleeping lady on Mt. Tamalpals and the rugged and beautiful landscape of Marin county. v.i V' Sll-it. piedmont 5252M A U. Screen 6c Door Co.

77 OTARRELL ST. SAN FRANCISCO Humholl 21:17 -'I' "on tne, eastern, side or the lay the spectator may command an uninterrupted view from Contra i Costa eounty to Santa Clara. This ') vj.s'jTlleiand New Booster Booklet Cases and Built-in Fixtures spienaid panorama has resulted in hundreds of people suggesting that we establish an observation station N. rPlaslerinBcbu k' SUPERIOR TILE or lodge to this beautiful view XL more forcibly (to the attention' of PRODUCTS CO. ik-mik Shattnokf i the people oi dis trict.

'J AR AF1 CONTRACTOR Southwictr "Just what our decision will be i on San Francisco bay ihBjhew booklet issued- by the Rich; mopd Chamber of has been declared to be the finest piece of literature yet gotte.n out relating to Richmond. Five thousand copleitkw-ere; printed and already-more than one thousand copies have been distributed. The new booklet is profusely' and intelligently illustrated' and eoni taine a splendid tyograhte4. birdseye map of Richmond and the back country, locating everv maim. eannot be determined at this time, Manufacturing Co.

but personally lam in favor of the idea." T. 'Vi -Berkeley Mission Stucco from mission sfucco CO. 4054 Harlan St. Piedmont-8498 1 ijelmert reports that home construction in' Oakmore is gaining In volume and- that by midsum 2365 1, mer the district will -hold the build ing record of-the bay I Jndustry, school and public hulldr SUNSET MAUSOLEUM 301-f jo Kay Building Oakland, Calif. Telephone Glencourt xjzo ABOVE GROUND ENTOMBMENT "The poor building weather, has delayed home construction, but ana otner points of, Interest in.the now that the good weather has ar Lumberjand Millwork rived; contracts are' being awarded everv dav and in -some days con struction on as many as three new nomes is being started." Hardwood Flow BAY, CITY HARDWOOD FLOOR CO.

1,83 Bridge Ave. Frultvale 80 t-Arffe; Cerrwnt Hor by DUNKER an- WOJlTS Zoning Rights Upheld Mill Lumber Company MAIL THIS HAKDT MEMOHANDUM AND TOO WW. lunrVlCOMrUrn DETAILS E. Zinslen MANUFACTURER In Supreme Court The right, of a municipality to LOANS; to 71-' 'Flat of Installrnehj; Liberal Appraisals Ki-. H.

E. HOLLADAY toasj' Dept. -v. A Fred Te Wboi X801 Franklin Stl Uke. 242 enact Sonin reSruIatlons for- eon -Mam Yard Wharf 305 High Street at TidaKCanal structlon of building has been upheld by the Court ot.the United plates in a decision handed Alameda, Alameda.

'y; I 1 111(11 11 Ml Mil 111,1 1,11,1 1 HMHMI 'ti't i down in the case of Hector m. Zahn and A. Rose vs. the Board of Publio Werks of the city of Los Angeles. The city had refused, the plaintiffs permission to erect a building on a piece of DM property toned as residential.

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