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May 3, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ' 59 WORK STARTED ON FOUR NEW KENILWORm HOMES Residences Being Built , At Total Cost of $73,000, April Permit List Shows Work was started on four new resi .. dences in Kenilworth last month, the total cost of which will be $73,000. Three other building pe_ rmits were issued during the month, two of which were for private garages, costing $1900 while the seventh permit was for a re~ modeling job, the cost of which $25,000, exceeded that of any of the four new houses. It was issued to Mrs. Robert 0. Law for remodeling the residence at 32J Kenilworth avenue, said to be one of the earliest buildings of the villag-e. The total value of building improvements authorized during the month was Own Your Home ' Expo in Chicago; Prize Contest On Chicago's "Own Your Home" Exposition, has opened for a two week period on the city water works property on east Chicago avenue. The Exposition offered two $50.00 pri~es to the man and woman submitti~g the best letter3 describing in 100 words the attributes that go -to make the home owning enterprise successful -in the opposite sex. Admitting that it takes more than brick and motar to make a go of home ownership, the Exposition officials intend to paint the priz_ e winning definitions in letters of gold at both the Chicago avenue and Pearson street entrances to the show. A thousand people competed for the prizes with more women competing than men and the judges that include Mrs. Bertha Baur, Republican National Committee woman and Henry G. Zan~r, home builder, former vice-president of The Chicago Real Estate boaFd, are announcing the winning definitions today. rnefying the Storm c5NUG AND. WARM, the America~ Radiator heated house stands secUre beneath the snows and gales. No weather is severe enough to prevent American Radiator heat from penetrat· ing surely and cosily to every corner. You can buy American Radiator Heating Equipment cheaply and easily, with a liberal allowance on your old furnace. We guarantee all work. $99,900. Arthur Evans is building a two story brick veneer residence and attached two car garag-e, costing $23,000. A two story brick veneer and stucco reside~ce with attached two car garage, costing $20,000 is being erected by Arthur Luke, at 381 Sterling' road. H. 0. Barnes is also buildi!ng a $20,000 residence at 537 Earlston road. It is a two storv brick veneer with attached two car- garage. The fourth permit was issued to '"'"· M. Branch for a two storv brick veneer and . detached garaSle, at 704 Roger avenue, costing $10,000. LESS THAN $75 A ROOM ,._.. EASY PAYMENTS Fred A. Ellis & Company 840 Center St., Winnetka Tel. Winnetka 265 New Estates Homes Built on Memories of Childhood Days The exterior of the ancestral home of :Mrs. Henry K. "Uri on built in 1771 at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, wilt be exactly duplicated by Mr. am1 Mrs. Urion in their new fc:~. mily home begun this week on rhe large lawn on the northwest corner of Mohawk and Iroquis roads in Indian Hill Estates. The Fitzwilliam home ha s heen ohotographed and written up in a number · of architectural magazines a:; one of the hest examples of the ~e"· England farm-house of the pre-re,·olutionary period. The dining- and living room" :::>f the £}f-!on home will be paneled in exact duplicate of those in the New Hampshire house and the fireplace s in the :Zstates home will also be exact duplicates of their prototypes in the ancestral home. To insure exactnes·s, Mr. Donald., ~.Y. Beck, architect for th e Urions, went to Fitzwilliam and made measurements and detail sketches of the New Hampshire house. Mr. Urion is an attorney with offices at 134 South LaSalle street and is the senior member of the firm of Urion, Drucker, Reichmann and Boutell. Another owner in Indian Hill E· states, Roy R. Best, the artist. has the happy memories of his childhood built into his new home. · . In the wall, at the side of the entrance to his house, he has imbedded a stone from the old swimming hole of his boyhood in Ohio. Near the entrance to his studio he has placed stone's from the foundation of the mill of his great-great-grandfather in the Buckeye state. · In building a home a man can do well to ponder the facts that good construction pays since it needs be paid for but once! Consider the convenience in the modern small clothes closet of installing modern types of garment hangers, hat, necktie, and umbrella hangers. With Lowest Service Charge To Finance YOUR MATURII~G LOAN YOUR l~EW RESIDENCE We have unlimited funds available for any size or type of first mortgage loan or bond issue. REAL EST.ATE LOAN DEPARTMENT FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WILMETTE Telephone WILMETIE 4000