they propose to build a new township high school, at a cost of between $100, 000 and $150, 000.
Butte, Mont. — Dick P. Sutton and others will erect a theatre building on plans by Architect Houghton, to cost $60, 000.
Casey, ILL. — The construction of a high school is in contemplation here, to cost about $50, 000.
Charlestown, W. Va. — Farmers’ and Merchants’ Deposit Company has had plans prepared by A. B. Mullett & Co., Washington, D. C., for erection of bank building; 40 × 46 feet; brick with mansard roof; granite and brownstone trimmings; exposed walls on two fronts of fancy brick laid with steel-tooled joint in white mortar; steps and sill of main entrance of light-gray granite; lower portions of side walls of vestibule finished in Vermont marble with moulded plinth blocks; gas and electric lights; steam heat; concrete sidewalk.
Chattanooga, Tenn. — Architect R. Hunt is preparing plans for the Broughton Institutional church at Atlanta, Ga., to cost $300, 000.
It is stated that preliminary plans have been prepared for a four-story Y. M. C. A. building, which it is proposed erecting on Georgia Avenue and East Eighth Street, to cost about $150, 000.
Chicago, ILL. — The estate of Otto Young is considering the erection of a $10, 000, 000 hotel on Michigan Boulevard, and an option of the property upon which the hotel is to be built has been granted. The plans
provide for a group of restaurants, cafes, lounging rooms, lobbies and parlors on the ground floor, together with an inclosed carriage-way and an enormous corridor, 25 feet wide and 25 feet high, extending the entire length of the building. There is provision for a large vestibule, which will open into the office. Other things planned are a handsome Pompeiian room, 42x57 feet; a
palm-room, 41 × 68 feet; a billiard-room, also on the ground floor, 45x58 feet, and a main dining-room, 123 feet long. On the second floor the plans provide for a ball-room, 95 × 100 feet, to open into a conservatory 100 feet long. D. H. Burnham & Co., Rail
way Exchange Building, are architects. John E. Knobel, Heyworth Building, is a representative of the Young estate.
Officials of the Corn Exchange National Bank have announced that work will be
begun within a short time on their new bank building at the corner of La Salle and Adams Streets. The structure is to be sixteen stories in height. The exterior will be of granite up to the third floor, and above that brick and terra-cotta. The bank quarters are to have finishings of foreign marbles and bronze and specially constructed furniture. The building will front 75 feet on Adams Street and 188 feet on La Salle, and will cost about $1, 000, 000. It will be approximately 245 feet in height. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Borland Block, are architects. It is expected that the structure will be finished by May I, 1908.
Julius Liebling, editor of the Jewish Daily Press, it is stated, has secured a site at Halsted and Bunker Streets, and intends
erecting an eight-story store and officebuilding.
The People’s Gas Light and Coke Company is said to be planning the erection of a building at Adams Street and Michigan Avenue, costing approximately $1, 000, 000.
Marshall & Fox, First National Bank Building, will be the local architects for a large and costly vaudeville theatre and hotel which the United States Amusement Company, a new corporation, contemplates erecting in the loop district. A. L. Erlanger, of Klaw & Erlanger, theatre proprietors, New York City, is president and managing director of the company. A feature of the theatre will be a foyer, 50 × 100 feet, with wide lanes and promenades. It is stated that the deal for the site has been consummated, that the theatre will cost $1, 000, 000, and that the building and site will represent an investment of $5, 000, 000. The theatre may be built first and the hotel later on. The details of the building are yet to be decided upon.
The Calumet Club, northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Twentieth Street, has secured an option on 53 feet of frontage adjoining its present building and contemplates the erection of an extension to same. Ferd W. Peck, Monadnock Block, is president of the club. The addition will be of fireproof construction, with front of stone for the first story and pressed brick above, to correspond with the present building, have hardwood finish, steam heat, electric light, and all modern improvements.
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Wagoner Undertaking Co., St. Louis, Mo.
The Wagoner Building is constructed entirely of reinforced concrete footings, columns, girders, floors and stairs. The main girders span the entire width of the building, 40 feet, and give a pleasing and substantial effect to the structure
Butte, Mont. — Dick P. Sutton and others will erect a theatre building on plans by Architect Houghton, to cost $60, 000.
Casey, ILL. — The construction of a high school is in contemplation here, to cost about $50, 000.
Charlestown, W. Va. — Farmers’ and Merchants’ Deposit Company has had plans prepared by A. B. Mullett & Co., Washington, D. C., for erection of bank building; 40 × 46 feet; brick with mansard roof; granite and brownstone trimmings; exposed walls on two fronts of fancy brick laid with steel-tooled joint in white mortar; steps and sill of main entrance of light-gray granite; lower portions of side walls of vestibule finished in Vermont marble with moulded plinth blocks; gas and electric lights; steam heat; concrete sidewalk.
Chattanooga, Tenn. — Architect R. Hunt is preparing plans for the Broughton Institutional church at Atlanta, Ga., to cost $300, 000.
It is stated that preliminary plans have been prepared for a four-story Y. M. C. A. building, which it is proposed erecting on Georgia Avenue and East Eighth Street, to cost about $150, 000.
Chicago, ILL. — The estate of Otto Young is considering the erection of a $10, 000, 000 hotel on Michigan Boulevard, and an option of the property upon which the hotel is to be built has been granted. The plans
provide for a group of restaurants, cafes, lounging rooms, lobbies and parlors on the ground floor, together with an inclosed carriage-way and an enormous corridor, 25 feet wide and 25 feet high, extending the entire length of the building. There is provision for a large vestibule, which will open into the office. Other things planned are a handsome Pompeiian room, 42x57 feet; a
palm-room, 41 × 68 feet; a billiard-room, also on the ground floor, 45x58 feet, and a main dining-room, 123 feet long. On the second floor the plans provide for a ball-room, 95 × 100 feet, to open into a conservatory 100 feet long. D. H. Burnham & Co., Rail
way Exchange Building, are architects. John E. Knobel, Heyworth Building, is a representative of the Young estate.
Officials of the Corn Exchange National Bank have announced that work will be
begun within a short time on their new bank building at the corner of La Salle and Adams Streets. The structure is to be sixteen stories in height. The exterior will be of granite up to the third floor, and above that brick and terra-cotta. The bank quarters are to have finishings of foreign marbles and bronze and specially constructed furniture. The building will front 75 feet on Adams Street and 188 feet on La Salle, and will cost about $1, 000, 000. It will be approximately 245 feet in height. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Borland Block, are architects. It is expected that the structure will be finished by May I, 1908.
Julius Liebling, editor of the Jewish Daily Press, it is stated, has secured a site at Halsted and Bunker Streets, and intends
erecting an eight-story store and officebuilding.
The People’s Gas Light and Coke Company is said to be planning the erection of a building at Adams Street and Michigan Avenue, costing approximately $1, 000, 000.
Marshall & Fox, First National Bank Building, will be the local architects for a large and costly vaudeville theatre and hotel which the United States Amusement Company, a new corporation, contemplates erecting in the loop district. A. L. Erlanger, of Klaw & Erlanger, theatre proprietors, New York City, is president and managing director of the company. A feature of the theatre will be a foyer, 50 × 100 feet, with wide lanes and promenades. It is stated that the deal for the site has been consummated, that the theatre will cost $1, 000, 000, and that the building and site will represent an investment of $5, 000, 000. The theatre may be built first and the hotel later on. The details of the building are yet to be decided upon.
The Calumet Club, northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Twentieth Street, has secured an option on 53 feet of frontage adjoining its present building and contemplates the erection of an extension to same. Ferd W. Peck, Monadnock Block, is president of the club. The addition will be of fireproof construction, with front of stone for the first story and pressed brick above, to correspond with the present building, have hardwood finish, steam heat, electric light, and all modern improvements.
Corrugated
Bars
Lend themselves to the construction of attractive buildings with ornamen
tal and architectural features as
well as to the construction
of plain and substantial
warehouses and
factories.
Write for our 1907 Catalog; it contains many illustrations of well designed reinforced concrete buildings.
Expanded Metal Corrugated Bar Co.
Frisco Building, ST. LOUIS
REINFORCED CONCRETE STAIRWAY
Wagoner Undertaking Co., St. Louis, Mo.
The Wagoner Building is constructed entirely of reinforced concrete footings, columns, girders, floors and stairs. The main girders span the entire width of the building, 40 feet, and give a pleasing and substantial effect to the structure