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REAL ESTATE S.ECTION June 28, .1929 WILMETTE LIFE 47 BIG FORWARD MOVEMENT IN WILMEnE BUILDING Permits f~r Twenty-five Days of June Reach Tall Figure; Women's Club Costing $111,000 . New Sub-Station for Public Service Co. WILMEnE POWER PLANT FOR PUBUC SERVICE CO. Fine Building of Spanish Design Soon to Be Erected on Washington Avenue S~te Building activity in \Vilmette opened Preparing for increased population in up with a strong spurt this month Wilmette and the necessity for greater when the building permit list cover· electrical power, which must follow, ing the first twenty-five days of the the Public Service Company of Northern month showed twenty-two permits 111inois will soon break ground for the issued for a total expenditure apconstruction of a sub-station on Washproaching $400,000. Tn view of ington avenue. The new station, which slackening of activitv in the earlier will be numbered 1220 \'Vashington, is months of the year, this upturn is surto cover three building lots. It is to prising and according to Superingo up on the north side oi the street tendent of Public \\arks C. C. Schultz just to the west of Twelfth street. there is promise of another great year. The construction plans ~f this power In this issue the Real Estate Secplant secured the ready approval of tion marks a change in publication the Board of Trustees of the village. date. This important section is to be The Utility ·company points out that published the last week of each month the new station will take care of future instead of the first week. This ac. development in Wilmette. counts . for the fact that permits for "ld' This fine building is soon to be erected on Washington avenue, JUSt west · h Desagn · 8 ua · \V ·1 G · . . mg o f S paniS the village this month cover a period o f T we If t 1 1 -;treet, .m t mette. r_eater e 1ect~tcal power for the n 11 age ts 1 The building permit which was issued of twenty-five days instead of · the the purpose of the new plant, accordmg to offictals o~ the company. The new a few days ago calls for a story and a full month. structure of Spanish design will enhance the archttectural beauty of the half structure which will be given anWomen's Club Permit Listed business section of the village. other mark of architectural beauty to the business section of the village. The \ Yhile permits for residences conplant, which is to cost $60,000 will be tinued to hold an even pace, the big R H USE of Spanish design in brick and stucco. feature as shown by the list is the $350,000 F increased activity in other direction'). It will have a tiled roof. The building of the new \\ ilmette Gold Residence, in Evanston, Sold Sec· In the new plant there will be housed \Yomen's club at Tenth street and alt' necessary facilities for furnishing ond Time in Year; Record Price Greenleaf avenue gave the total a big adequate electric service to consumers. One new residence · was started in The station will connect with the genboost. this permit calling for $111,000. For the second time in little over a Glencoe every five days during the eral transmission system of the comThis is to be one of the finest clubs on the north shore. It is to be two year · the 22-room Egbert H. Gold first 25 days of June. The cost of pany, which, it is stated has a capacity stories. The architects were Granger house and lot at 1201 Sheridan road, none of them was under $15,000 while of one million kilowatts. Evanston, has .changed hands, again the total cost of the five amounts to and Bollenbacher. The new power will come principally setting a high water mark for Evans- $91,500. from the Waukegan station, but will be Commercial building also came in ton residential real estate values. There were also nine permits issued interconnected with the lines of the strong. A new cleaning and dyeing Gold, president of the Vapor Car for remodeling and improvement jobs , Metropolitan area. plant is to be built at 439 Main stre~t Spacious grounds, both to the eac;t and this is to cost $70,000. ·The owner heating company, sold it in April of the cost of this work being $14,700. is R. K. Heist. The new building is last y~r to Albert E. Clutter, Chi- Two new private garages costing and west of the building will be artisto front 75 feet on Main street ami cago capita_tist (!nd one of the found ..:rs $1,300, brought the total for the 16 tically landscaped, according to plans. The company owns all of the frontage run to a depth of 235 feet. It will be of the Glub Aluminum company, for permits to $107,500. Overton & Traeweek are building a on \Vas hing-ton between Twelfth street 17 feet in height. The construction is $200.000. Now Clutter has resold it to John three story brick veneer residence anti and the North Shore Electric railroad to be of brick and stone. H. Victor, president of the Victor garage at 353 Greenwood avenue, tracks. which will provide ample spac~ It is claimed by the owners that for exoansion when necessary. Manufacturing and Gasket company costing $18...000. this plant is to be the most modern J. W. Kehoe, district manager, in and the Illinois Philip Cary {:Ompany. F. Burton Smith was granted a perand the safest that can be built. lt discussing plans for the new sub-stafor $350,000 subject to a $100,000 enmit for a two stan· brick veneer resiconforms to all the state and village cumbrance. Victor g(!ve as part paydence at 1083 Sko-kie Ridge drive, in tion said: regulations. ment a 21-apartment building on Pine Skokie Ridge subdivision, costing · "W.e are progressing with the plans New Public Service Plant and hope to break ground s?on. ~he $18,000. The Public Service companv oi Grove avenue, Chicago. C. A. Hemphill is building a new architect has turned out a destgn, whtch Korth ern Illinois comes to the -front The house stands on the half block with the building of a sub-station on on Hamilton street between Sheridan residence in Skokie Heights subdivi- is artistic and fittiu..g to Wilmette. H. V. Von Holst, Architect \Vashington avenue. It is to be of rqad and Lake Shore drive, fronting sion, a two and on.e-half stor,y brick The architect is H. V. Von Holst, of stucco and brick and will cost $60.000. 175 feet on the last two streets and veneer, at 1086 Elmridge drive, costChicago. Mr. Von Holst designed the A story giving the details of this ex- 350 feet QJ; Hamilton. ing $22,000. E. K. Butler atl.d Carl Lochner have big building in Joliet, which house~ the pansion by the Public Service com- · The buver is now a resident of pany will be found in another column. Chicago a~d will occupy his new home taken out a permit for a two sto:-y offices of the company in that city. · That there is no letup in residential about July 1. H. L. McDaniel and S. brick veneer residence which they arc The Joliet building is considered a high building is shown by the fact that B. Matthews of Baird and Warner building at 521 Jacls.son avenue, at a mark in architecture. cost of $18,500. eight permits were issued for homes were the brokers. Axel B. Johnson is building a two TALK CITY PLANNING that are to cost $116,000. William C. story brick veneer at 483 Woodla,\·n A city plannin!! conference is being Doering is building a new home at held at the convention of the National avenu~ costing $15,000. 1335 Chestnut avenue, which is to cost McAdoo Talks to Realtors As~ociation of Real Estate Boards, in $22,000. at Convention in Boston Boston. The gen~ral topic discussed Permits issued for other residences William G. McAdoo, former Secre- Eleven Permits Issued at the conference. is "What are the follow: in Winnetka This Month Functions of the National Associatio!l Brick veneer at 2015 Thornwood av~ ·tary of the Treasury, and now president of the Southern Skylines Incorporated, nue for George Gonsalves, $9,000. Of the eleven building permits issued of Real Estate Boards in the Field of Brick veneer at 1705 Lake avenue spoke on "New Uses for Real Estate in Winnetka for the first 25 days in. City Planning?" for C. Henricksen, $11,000. · as the Result of the Development of June, eight were for remodeling jobs Brick veneer at 2232-34 Beechwood Aviation," at a · meeting of real estate costing $22,750. R. E. LICENSE LAW UPHELD , avenue for Morris C. Boothe, $12,000. board presidents as a feature of the One was for the new residence, a two By a deci!,ion of the state supreme Brick veneer at 2909 Lake avenue National Association convention 111 story six-room brick, which C. E. Hill court the constitutionality of the real Boston. for A. F. Svenson, $15,000. A<;:cording to reports made to the is building at 73 Ridge road, costing estate license law of the state of FlorBrick at 2917 Lake avenue for H. W National Association, just a~ the auto- $10,000; two were for private garages ida has been upheld. The Act was Toms, 18,000. mobile revolutionized values in road- costing $500 and the other was for the attacked on the ground that it was in Brick at 2042 Washington ·avenue for side prgperty, so the rapidly increasing- $60,000 business and apartment which viojation of the provisions of both M. Borre, $7,000. Ayres Boal is erecting on Elm street the United States and the Florida conBrick veneer on Glenview road for use of the C!ir~lane is working great <;titutions . west of Arbor Vitae road. changes in property values. John Laubach, $8,000. 0 0 ·F ive New Glencoe Homes to Be Built at Cost of $91,500 .\..... ..