Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jan 1940, p. 48

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*A. H. Keith's six- room Early American home. is located ait.2108 Greenwood avenue, WiI- mette. Olsen and Urbain were the architecte and, the Cee and Eee com- pany was the general con tractor. Ten-r00m Georgian ëoI~lôadlm5(dëùf t t877 Hill road. Winnetlca, built for Arthur D. Chil- gren by the Potter Con- struction co$npanis lrom the plans of Ralph D., Hugzagh. Kenneth G. and Pris- ciîlla L. Hlecht are the ouners of this six-room house at 2041 Green- 'wood avenue, Wilmette, built by Otto A. Schtdz from the plans of How- ard Neebe. In the short space'o! seven months, Irvin A.'Blietz. owiier, dev'el- oper, and, builder of Connecticut Village, has transformedwhat ioas fi wasteland area, between.Kenilworth and Wimtte, one, block soutIi of I{enlworth station, and- ilve blocks'u'est of Sheridan road. into one o 'f the finest residential communities in the country. It is a splendid ex- ample. of intelligent planning. Ground w#as broken for th e first house on May 6 last year. Recently work was started on the twentietli home. flomes from six t'O ten rooms- now under construction, and being built for sale, will be ready -for March 1 occupancy. At this rate, Connecticut village, will bc completely built up in the: »lext twelve months, it is pointed out. Archilect's Job1 To Give Owner 100% Home Valne By Jaimes J Gathercoal Wilmette Architect Today the modern architect is making it possible to build a home in the most efficient and least ex- psIve manner. The virtue of at- tractive design, good planning and, professional,. unprejudiced advice may now be had without paying a premium for them. Ail homes today are. buit with one eye on the in- vestment value and the other on the con-forts, and pleasures that corne buys the right merchandise for, the Icwest right price. Contracts are drawn by a professgonal . mnan .,who. is buying for bis client and ,has a)ij interest in doing a good job. Complete Supervision Supervision by an architeet is donc like an owner would do it if be ha d the tit-ne and the training. This su- pervision should include the pur- chase of the property. the placing of the financing, the collecting of the owner's ideas and makîng them wor-k properly in planw and specification in PiCidition to the getting of bids, Jet- ting of contracts, cheeking workman- ship and, materials. paybig out of the moneys, guarding agaînst lien lahws, insurance coverages and sce- ing throughout that the owner gels wvhat he pays for. from th 'e first ger- minated thought to the completcd. home. The motivating forces that aýn architect works under are sound' in principle and practice. as 'long as he is not "married' to.a contractor.- and he m-aintains his integrity. FORL ADDED SUNLIGHT * Pot sowshois 1026 WAUKEGAN GEVE H under construction. 1 GLENVIEW PH.

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