The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 24, 1909, SECTION FOUR, Image 46

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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY - OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 24, 1909. io DESIGN IS PORTLAND HEIGHTS HOME HAS INTERESTING FEATURES OF CONSTRUCTION. - THE CLOSEST Four Floors of Handsome Home Are Below Grade. UNIQUE IN TRACT STAGE IN SUB-BASEMENT Victor Thrane Koiilence on Portland Heights Has Features IJarely Found Two Wine Cellars and Ballroom Are Provided. A residence, unique in design and con struction, tins been completed on Port land Heights for Victor Thrane. a local I tlmberman. at a cost of Jli." The new home is located on the Talbot road in the, Greenwny Addition, just across the tracks from the t.reenway station. The unique feature of the building which ap pears most prominently Is the construc tion, which permits or two stories and an attic above the general ground lovel. and a basement, a sub-basement, a wine cel lar and a sub-wine cellar as four stories beneath the first floor of the home. The home is built on a tract of seven acres on the brow of a hill overlooking Portland. It is on the verge of the in cline and from the side near the tracks, where is located the main entrance to the first floor of the building, but two stories appear above the ground level, but so steep is tnc grade trial on me omei ' side cf the building the wide piazzi over- looking the city is 40 feet above ground a.nl tho four stories built beneath the first floor overlook the hill and the city. The building wae designed by Architect Krnest Kroner to meet the requirements of the im-line on which the residence is constructed. It is what is known as tho German Black Forest style of architec ture, the prominent architectural feature being the heavy overhanging gables fin ished with spruce battens. The roof is shingled in an artistic fashion and the residence is finished with rustic exterior. The first floor of the builfilng. open ing on the street level on the west, has a large living-room. 29X-0 feet In size, a part of which is a large alcove set aside for dining purposes, separated from the main living-room by a folding screen. This screen may be moved aside at will so as to make a large banquet-room. The room is handsomely tapestried, has an artistic wide fireplace, beamed ceilings and is finished In silvered spruce. Sil vered spruce, hitherto unknown In Port land, is ussd as the finish throughout the building. Vernnda Inclosed in Glass. The entrance hall opens on a large veranda. 25x20 feet In size, overlooking the city and 40 feet above the ground. It Is entirely inclosed In glass with slides which penult the glass casing being re moved at any time. The only other rooms on the first floor are the kitchen, pantry and lavatory. Orrn the second floor there are three bed rooms, a sewing-room and two baths. ' The baths are tiled to the headline. The rooms are all equipped with large clothes closets and all are finished In slivered spruce. There is but one large room finished in the attic, this being used as a storeroom. In the first basement there is a room - 1t!1 feet In size and with a 12-foot f ontug. There are also two servants- ronnis."a servants' hath. -a laundry, fur r.ace room and storeroom. The heat ing plant Is a combination of hot air and hot water. The billiard room has a fine view overlooking the city. In the sub-basement, below the main basement, there Is a large ballroom, 2"xi0 feet In size. This room Is equip ped with a stage at one end for giving amateur theatricals, private balls and entertainments, and Is handsomely fin ished. Below this room In a wine cellar. 15x16 feet In s'ze. and beneath the wine . cellar Is a sub-wine cellar. 10x10 feet In size. Both wine cellars are lined with a moisture and air-proof, tarred ' cork competition. Modern Garage an Adjunct. To the side of the dwelling is con structed a garage which has a room for the chauffeur on the top floor, below this room for the automobiles, cement floored and properly equipped, while be low the automobile room Is a stable with accommodations for three horses. Thin building, Is sanitary, neat and convenient In construction. The gHsoline for the automobiles Is kept underground 100 feet . avay from the garage, connected with a system nf pump and pipe lines. There is a private telephone system connecting the house, garage, chicken yard and stable. ' One of the features of the architec tural work In connection with the erec tion of this house is the building of a large retaining wall to hold back the street. This wall. 15 feet high, is built of concrete, timbered artistically with a cedar trellis along the top, with flower tioxes set In along the wall and with I Mr r A, I'MdlB BESIDESCB OK VICTOR THR ANE ON TALBOT 'ROAD AT HEE. AV. vines climbing up the sides and hiding the concrete work. The wall Is about J 40 feet long. f.MVEKSITY PAHK IS ACTIVE Kesidence Sites on Peninsula De mand Good Prices. A number of sales have been made dur ing the last few days at University Park through the real estate agency of Hart & Sibray. Among the sales are the fol lowing: E. H. Gillman bought a house and lot located on Dwlght street from M. H. Tower for J2500: J. O'Brien bought a small house on Yale street for JtioO; Harry Farr bought two lots on Jarrard etreet as a site for a bungalow; William Min nlck bought a house and lot for $1000; M. H. Tower bought two lots on Woolsej street for JTSO for a bungalow. Several new residences are being completed ' at I'nlverslty Park and surroundings. A. L. Shannon. D. C. Hoyt. J. B. Yeon. George Ross and Russell Hoyt are erecting homes. On. the tunnel across the Penin sula the contractors for the Harriman lines are now operating two shifts of men, working night and day. J. B.' Yeon, who has been Investing heavily on the Peninsula, purchased the following property this week: Lot 3, block 9, Macgley Highland, on Rodney avenue, with a seven-room house, for I3S00: lots 8 and 9. block 22. Walnut Park, for $3300; also lot 10. In block 21. Walnut Park, with a new house of eight rooms, for $7000. The latter property was bought from W. H. Shea. The Lang-Hill Land Company eold lots Z and 4. block 7. Lexington Heights, to J. F. Brown for $900. The company also sold 20 acres of Improved land near Mount Scott to A. C. Hunt for $4600. E. L. George has purchased 100x100 feet on the corner of East Twenty-second and Knott streets of Jacob Crotzer for $.1300. It Is located In the high-priced district of Irvington. Mrs. Beatrice Bowman has purchased lot 11. block 52, In Vernon Tract, of tlw Howard Land ConTpany for $2300. The lot is occupied with a bungalow. The Tabor" Heights Realty Company announces the sale of the following: To C. B. Walker, lot 7, block Q. $S60; Will iam G. Fiedler, south half of lot 6. block Q. $: J. R.'Coon. lot 3, block 6 Welch horough Addition. $S50. Mr. Coon will erect a bungalow. . Officer Tried for I'nrujy Tongue. MANUKA, Oct. 23. A court-martial with Rear-Admiral Arthur P. Nazro presiding sat at Cavlte today and tried Surgeon Francis W. F. Wieber on a charge of using abusive language to a brother. of ficer. " j REBUILDING UNDER WAY POKTLAN'O FrOl'RIXG MILLS TO RISE FROM ASHES. Properties in Albina Are Being Im proved With Many Fine Homes and Business Blocks. The rebuilding of the Portland Flour ing Mills, recently destroyed by fire, is now under way, and the order ' for the machinery has been placed. The piling has been driven and the concrete foun dation started. Plans for the building are being prepared by the company's own architect ' and will be ready within a short time. Work on the new plant will be done by day work under the direct supervision of the mill company. Hurley Mason Company has been given ..the con tract for' the erection of four reinforced concrete grain elevators. Four concrete grain elevators had Just been built be fore the fire, adjoining the building burned, but were not injured in the least. These are considered the safest and most economical buildings in which- to store grain. The main building will be of heavy, slow-burning ; construction and cost $200,000. In Upper Albina a number of Impor tant improvements are under way. .Work on the new engine house tn Russell street, near WilllamR avenue, , Is pro gressing. This flrehouse will : be 41x113 feet and the eost will be about $13,500. W. B. Steel Is the contractor. ' Engine Com pany No. 7 and Truck No.- 5 will occupy the new building,, which will be of brick construction. The engine house on Rus sell street Is- an old building and was put up In the early days of Albma city gov ernment and moved from Lower-to Up per Albina. GofT & .Kimball are building three cot tages at Vancouver avenue and Mason street, each to cost $1C00. Each will con tain five rooms and they are to be com pleted by November 15. The same Arm will erect two two-story dwellings on Wygant and Rodney streets, .to eost $2500 each. J. H. Rinehart is erecting a' $12,000 two tory brick. 50x70 feet, on Monroe street and Williams avenue. Th first floor will be for stores and the second for offices. . .. .. . Charles G. Bunte' is erecting an attrac tive home on Skidmore. street and Van couver avenue. 30x43, to cost $2500. J. Patterson is erecting a ' $2500 resi dence on Williams avenue and Monroe street. The $15,000 building .of A. R. EAST SIDE APARTMENTS ARE STRICTLY MODERN. M ) f hi. tiV m., ad Mr Jmh &-' Lii )t M r- I rfS : the lowest priced lots in any building restriction district are in That statement does notl-ead cheapest you can figure how any place is cheaper than another it says lowest priced. In other words, you can buy a lot for less money in Alameda Park than in any other part of Portland the same distance from the center of the city. It can be made stronger yet : Nowhere in the city of Portland today, even at a much greater ' distance, are the prices for lots so low, where building restrictions, hard - surface pavement, cement sidewalks and curbs, ornamental flowering shade trees, clusters of street lamps, gas, electric light, telephones, and sewer throughout the entire tract, as in Alameda Park. In brief the lowest-priced property in Portland today is in ALAMEDA PARK the "Tux edo" of Portland, the highest grade residence district. f You can save from $200 to $1000 on a lot, with nice pine trees, and get in the best neighborhood, by securing your homesite in ALAMEDA PARK. So much for today. How about a few years hence? Wouldn't you rather own a lot in ALA MEDA PARK close in where values will increase more rapidly, than to go a greater distance? Don't you feel, as a matter of fact don't you know, that property is going to be much higher in ALA MEDA PARK than it will be elsewhere, while now you can buy a lot 30 and 50 per cent less than you can in other localities ? Why do you know this? Because ALAMEDA PARK, when built up, will be the cream resi dence district' in the city, the "Tuxedo" of Portland. Come to ALAMEDA PARK today, and see the finest view and hgmebuilding spot in Portland. Representatives of this office there to answer any questions. Make arrangements to go there with us by auto. ALAMEDA LAND COMPANY 322 CORBETT BUILDING, PORTLAND PHONES MAIN 7958, A-3651 Zeliar, on Williams avenue, near Stan ton street, is nearing completion. George Bonner, chief engineer of the tug John " McCraken ' will soon occupy his new home, which Is being erected on Montana avenue and Simpson street. The foundation and first story of this resi dence will be of concrete blocks. The house contains eight rooms, with hard wood floors In the living-rooms and tiled floors In the kitchen and pantry. Mr. Bonner owns three lots. The plan of the house was prepared by A. C Kmery & Co.. and the completed structure will cost $5000. It Is one of the best built homes in this section. The Eliot schoolhouse. erected on Knott street and Rodney avenue, Albina, to take the place of the Wllllajns-avenue J "T 1' - 5 .....-j-,'1.a. .s - "ft 'h O. V. vLw&.v' KADDKHLV FLATS, EAST MNTH ASD EAST AXKEXV STREETS. One of the attractive buildings which has recently been completed on the Kast Side is the Kadderly apartment building, located at Kast Ninth and East Ankeny streets, which was built at a cost of $10,000. The owner. A. A. Kadderly. has held the property on which the building is located for 22 years. The flats are 4Si by M feet In size and contain four apartments of five and six rooms each. They are fitted with the modern .appointments of flat buildings. Tho Kadderly building was designed and bul.lt by J. A. Zeller. W. A. SHAW, President. "W. H. FEAR, Vice-President. J. W. TABER, Secretary. THE SHAW-FEAR COMPANY Capital Stock . . . Surplus .$50,000.00 . 50,000.00 NOW OFFERING BEAVERTON-REEDViLLE ACREAGE We are the pioneer firm in acreage selling in this city. Inquire of our patrons as to our judgment and business methods in handling acreage. Our property offers more and stronger inducements to the conservative investor than any other outlying property on the market today. No wildcat speculation in buying acres of beautiful laying, highly fertile land on the edge of a great and rapidly growing city. Five acres here, purchased on our very liberal terms, can easily be paid for from your savings and will show most satisfactory increase in value each year. L Now selling in such sized tracts as you desire at from $100.00 to $300.00 per acre, payable in easy installments. , Call at our office. 24512 Stark Street and" arrange to go at our expense and examine this property. schoolhouse. Is already filled with pupils. The growth In that portion of the district has been great. In fact, all the new sehoolhouses that are completed are now DAVIS & DRENNEN GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES 406 AND 408 EAST BURNSIDE We carry a complete line of gas, electric and combination fixtures in stock; also make special designs and estimates. Call at our sales room or phone B 2151, or East 116, and we will call on you. !?tore open evenings by appointment. B. E. DAVIS. II. T. DREXNEN. PHOENIX IRON WORKS Engineers, Founders, Machinists mnd Boilermakers, Building; and Structural Work. WE MAKE Fire Hydrants, Log Hauls, Cast bears, Hydraulic Ulants, Water Gales, Lumber Trucks, etc HAWTHORNE AVE. AND EAST THIRD PORTLAND, OR.