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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 8 Dec 1928, p. 79

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December 8, 1928 78 WINNETKA TALK Bills Co. Reports $749,860 Sales in Estates This Year Bills Realty, Inc., announces that total sales in Indian Hill Estates for the year 1928 to date amount to $749860 for homes and lawns. Ap- proximately 68 percent of the lawns have been sold and all but four of the acre to three-acre estate parcels have been taken and homes already con- This method offers a way of transplanting by which there ue ole pig Fd ; : es s oining in the con- is literally no replanting insofar as removal to new ground struction of 'a bridle wr surtodnd is concerned. the property and connect with the bridle paths to the North and carry on to the Forest Preserve paths. Leo E. Rapp, Assistant Treasurer of the Chicago Title and Trust company, has applied for a permit to construct an English house in Indian Hill Es- tates to be designed by George F. Keck and to be built by Bills Bros. Inc. The house will be of stone con- struction and will be located at the southwest corner of Iroquois and Seneca roads. A house building syndicate has pur- chased six lawns fronting in from Lake avenue and is planning to build homes to cost between $30,000 to $35,- 000 and have them ready for sale in the early spring. It's time to plant evergreens WHEN the ground is bard is the time to plant evergreen trees of all species. We furnish them with the roots encased in frozen balls of earth for cold weather setting. When placed in the ground in this condition, surrounded by the original soil, continuous and sturdy growth is assured. If you wish, drive out and make your own selections. OUR CATALOGUE SENT ON REQUEST Telephone Highland Park 523 Swimming Pool on Roof Features This Apartment A swimming pool with a roll top roof, so that both outdoor and indoor swim- ming may be enjoyed in it--that is a feature of one of the tenant owned apartment buildings in Philadelphia. The structure, gives its tenant owners also a co-operatively owned garage ac- commodating 250 cars, reached by an inside passage from the apartment structure. 49 PRAIRIE AVENUE HIGHWOOD. ILL. ay 2A a $1. Select Your Fuel As You Do Your Bonds Demand highest return from your fuel dollars -- your investment is safe, backed by a responsible guarantee ; when you burn Genuine You save when you buy it-- you save when you use it --clean--no smoke or soot-- easy to handle -- easy to regulate. Get every ounce of heat satisfaction by burn- ing genuine Koppers CHICAGO Coke. Phone your dealer today GUARANTEED 3 FREE SERVICE We demonstrate to your satisfaction that Our Service Man is in your neighborhood it is to your advantage to heat your home very Ua phoge us and be will al = with this fuel, or it is removed at our A ed expense and your money refunded. for operating your heating plant. Edinger & Sons, Wilmette, Ill.--Phone Wilmette 642 Kutten Brothers, 711 Main St., Wilmette, Ill.--Phone Wilmette 1 Wilmette Coal & Building Material Yard, 1301 Lake Ave. Wilmette, Ill.--Phone Wilmette 4200 ©1928--C.B.P.C.Co. WHITMAN APARTMENTS OFFER SOMETHING NEW (Continued from page 65) feet or larger, according to the size of the apartments, and with two or three exposures. There will be wood-burn- ing fireplaces. The bedrooms will be spacious, large enough to accommodate twin beds. There are other important features. To begin with the structure will be of English design, and its irregularity will give the appearance of a series of buildings. Stone and brick and half timbers will be used. Mixed brick will be used to give the building a colorful exterior. No plate glass will be used, Small lights will appear in the frames. The shops will not be the ordinary shops to be found in the commercial district of any town. An artistic in- fluence will be apparent. The stores will be rented for art, books and a tea room and others of this type. ffers of Purchase Declined That Mr. Whitman should build this fine structure in a commercially zoned district is interesting and the experi- ment will be watched closely by the entire north shore. Frequent offers of purchase were made which if nego- tiated would have meant a commercial structure on this tract, but Mr. Whit- man always declined. Mr. Whitman has been prominent in the civic affairs of Winnetka for many vears. He is president of the New Trier Orchestra association. Mrs. Whitman calso is active in musical af- fairs and has taken a particular inter- est in the Winnetka musical club Art- ists' Recital Series. Harry S. Churchill Purchases 12 Room Home in Winnetka Frederick B. Thomas and company report the sale to Harry S. Churchill, of Spencer, Trask and company, of the twelve room brick and stone resi- dence at 770 Hill road, Winnetka, with one and one-quarter acres of land, for Adelaide A. Storer, of Wilmette. The property was held at $150,000. Ralph M. Jaeger, of the Winnetka office made the sale. The same firm also reports the sale of 620 Ash street, Winnetka, to an un- disclosed purchaser, for Dudley Cates. This is a residence of ten rooms, baths, and was occupied by Mr. Cates prior to his moving into his new resi- dence on Hibbard road. Frederick B. Thomas and company have also sold for G. M. McConnell to Mrs. Averill Tilden, of Evanston, one acre on Ardsley road, Winnetka, and two acres on Hubbard lane, to Harry IL. Wells, adjoining his resi- dence, for Dr. Walsh, of Michigan. Heinsen Realty Reports Sale of 3 Winnetka Homes The Heinsen Realty company have just sold the following three houses in succession, on all of which they had the exclusive sale: 270 Fairview avenue, Winnetka, for Harry Hanson to William A. Flogaus. 1387 Edgewood lane, Winnetka, for Roy Andrea to Robert J. Douglas. 921 Greenwood avenue, Winnetka, for Alfred A. Cutting to William S. Morris. The Heinsen company reports a new and healthy inquiry for North Shore property. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR REALTORS Ten full paid scholarships will be awarded by the Baltimore Real Estate Board to active and associate members of the Baltimore board who desire to enroll for either the elementary or ad- vanced real estate courses to be of- fered this fall by John Hopkins uni- versity. a

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