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REAL ESTATE SECTION March 8, 1929 WILME'TTE LIFE 49 WILMETIE SHOWS SPURT IN BUILDING ACTIVITY Permit List Shows February, Shortest Month of Year, Scoring Fine Advance Fine Residence; Fine Landscaping ·· $306,500 FOR FEBRUARY MARK SET BY WINNETKA Permits Show Great ActivityNew Home to Cost $160,000; Business Block $145,000 ".IIi. c. The second and shortest month of Winnetka residents and newcomers the y ear produced a notable increa se in to the village defied Old Boreas and building activity in Wilmette, a perhis wintry blasts · during the past usal of th e permit list at the Village month in their determinat,ion to go Hall show3. The increase over Janforward with building activities, that uary amounted to more than $65.000 their plans for new homes in this and if the prospects for next month rapidly growing suburb might be comdevelop the expected action, Wilmette pleted on schedule time for occupancy will have a fair start on the way to in early summer. another big building year. According to building inspector A. B. Kreig, seven permits for new resiPerhaps of as great interest to those dences were issued in February, which, who are '"·atching the building of the according to permit valuations will cost village is a compari'son with the figa total of $160.000. ures for the same month of last year. The statistics show that in February In additions to the foregoing, Roof 1928 fourteen permits were i':;sued land W. Whitman who has already for a total of $171,975, while for the broken ground for his new business and apartment block in the Indian Hill month which closed a few days ago an section, took out a permit for this imequal number was issued for $165,975. provement, which represents another A bit of subtraction makes it plain that February of last year wa·:; ahead, but Courtesy Swain Nelson and .Sons Architect William Schulkze, Moline, Ill. $145,000. only by a matter of a little more than Total Reaches $306,500 $6,000. THE new Robert Tarrant residence. ieties of darwin, breeder and cottage There was only one permit issued This is not at .all surprising in view on Chestnut avenue, Wilmette, tulips, crocus, narcissus, and hya- for a private garage. It is to cost of the fact that in 1928, an all-time carries a strong note of beauty, but no cinths. Many of the bulbs such as $1,000, and this, together with the record was establi·shed, the figures greater than the landscaping, which is grape hyacinths and crocus have seven new residences and Indian Hill's showing well over two million dollars distinctive. The residence is walled in been naturalized about the grounds. new business block brings the grand · · t ed · · t s. by splendid trees, each a patriarch of When strolling about in the large total of February improvements to b emg mves m bUt'ld'mg projec · stt'11 Pen 1 t Y o f opttm1sm · · Th ere ts ac- ripened beauty and dignity that only greensward east of the residence one $306,500. C C S · d will be led into a path bordered ·on . t d Permits for the new residences were cor mg o . . upermten ent o f · age can give. Public Work, who :;ays he would not each side by sheepberry, wild chernes, issued to E. S. Clark, who is building be ~urprised to see the end of this year In designing this home and grounds flowering plum and beautiful white an eleven room house, with attached much consideration was given to the barked birches. This path leads to a garage, at 690 Walden road, at a cost produce a record even greater than that of last year. preservation of the natural vegetation. secluded spot bordered by native shrubs of $45,000. The adaptability of plants to soil and of several varieties. This out-of-door S. S. Date also took out a permi~ A comparison of the permit Jist shows climate was considered before the bril- room contains a small fawn in front for a $45,000 residence of eleven rooms . little ·s ameness except in the total ex- 1 't £ fl f of a lily pool and rockery of weather· · tancy or pecu 1 tart Y 0 owers, o 1 tage p enditure. For instance last year in )r and attached garage, which he is 7 't Sucl1 sl1ruiJs as she ep b frul February permits were taken out for l · · erry, ed Wisconsin limestone with a " ., ater- building at 686 Prospect avenue. "vood prat'rt'e rose Atnert'can fall and S}Jillway approximately tv.·enty E. Sawyer Smith is building a two nine residences' for a total of $119,500; arro'v ·· ' ' · two garages for $475 and three com- plum and grey l~og'"b'?Odh; b~uclh hsmall fe¥h~o~~~kery is planted with many story frame and brick veneer resiMercia} for $52,000. trees as paper w ute trc , trc c erry, American as!1 nd 'ld 11 k 1 varieties of hardv rock plants, such as dence, with eight rooms and attached Now scan the list fo·r last month. were - used. · · a WI J ac c lerry. alpine rock ness, J hardy sedums, ane- garage, at 660 Garland avenue, costFive residence permits were issued for mones, dwarf goldentuft, columbines, ing $20,000. for $1,230, hHorticultural and refined rock aster, campanulas, matden . . L. B. Dean is building a $14,000 $50,000 ,· four for gara!res .., b 1 ·varieties b pmk, two for commercial for $112,500 and s ru s, sue 1 as Jet ead, berberis, hy- European meadow sweet and many residence at 1311 Scott avenue. It is 1gea, araila, varieties of crab varieties of bulbs such as jonquils, to be a brick veneer on frame strucfour for alterations for $2,000. dra 1 1 .ne·s Bu·'ld·'ngs app es, mountain ash, and French squ1.11 s, d a ff o d'l . . ture, comprising seven rooms and d Two Bual .. · t s, narctssus, poettcus, It is the erection of two buildings hybnd lilacs were added to enrich the grape hyacinths, and crocus. The heated porch. He is alsQ building a in the commercial zone that hoist the detail, rather than to make up mass background for the pool and rockery detached garage costing $1,000. Ne\f Home for Harry Rustin total for last n1onth at1d wl1en these effect. Peonies are used in the bays of · d f S t 1 d A t · the shrub borders to give color .. The IS compose o co c 1 an us nan Harry Rustin took out a permit for two projects are completed the y will varieties are planted together so as pine, dougla s fir, white birch, flowerbe of importante in the advancement to be most effective. Plantations are ing plum, crab apples, and nannyberry. a two story frame and brick veneer of business in Wilmette. The permit most effective and less expensive if . The building architect, William residence of seven rooms and heated was issued for the new Winberg Build- few varieties are used and used in Schulzke of Moline, Ill., has built the porch, also an attached garage, which he is building at 1221 Ash street at ing wht' c h ts · gomg · up a t 417 - 19- 21 large quantities, rather than many garage in connection with the ·house, a cost of $13,500. · Linden avenue in the T'e rminal dis-· varieties in small quantities. with a greenhouse off one wing of One of the permits calls for a two trict. The permit for thios structure For early spring effect there has the garage where specimen and bloomwhich is to have two stores, several ing plants will be kept for the plea- story, seven room frame and brick office) and apartments calls for an ex- been planted approximately twelve sure of the family and the entertain- veneer residence, with attached garpenditure of $8 5,000. thousand bulbs, such as the many var- ment of their guests. age, which Frank Kristof is building at 1169 Cherry street, at a cost of The architect is Leon E. Stanhope. The building contractor is R. Lundberg sizes. The farms were owned by the $12,000. E. T. Leonard was granted a perand Company. following: mit for a two story frame and brick The other new busines·s building is Michael Balmus, 15~ acres; H. Mut- veneer residence of seven rooms and being erected for R. M. Johnston and ter, 17%; Caroline Wille, 8~; Maria attached garage, which he is building Brother at 1115-17 Central avenue . This is jU'.;t to the east of the recently One of the biggest real estate deals Bucher, 65; Gustav Gross, 55 1-3; Fred at 419 Provident avenue at a cost of . built Wolff and Griffis Hard,.~:are build- on the north shore in recent years was Butzow, 37; John Stoll, Jr., 40; Stoll $11,000. ing. The permit calls for $27,500. It Estate, 40. Robert B. Beach Purchases will have a frontage of fifty feet .:1nd closed a few days ago when a syndicate The price paid for the land was not acquired 289 acres of land in the Glenrun to a depth of 125 feet with the disclosed, but it is understood it was a Lippert House in Winnetka view area. The tract is half a mile cash deal. What the land is to be height at 20 feet. Hein'sen Realty Co. announces the There are to be two ·stores. The one north of the village limits and a mile used for was not announced by the sale of Frederick A. Lippert's home on the west side of the building will be syndicate. at 1034 Starr Road, Winnetka Heights, occupied by the Woolworth company, west of Waukegan road. Title to the property was taken by Daniel Irving to Robert B. Beach of the Republic Robert L. Johnson of Gilbert D. while the occupant of the other will ·be Dunn, of the Peoples Trust and Sav- Johnson and Brother of Chicago rep- Realty Co., of Chicago, also the sale the Loblaw Grocerteria. It is to be resented the buyers and the farm own- of R. N. Puetz's former home at 452 a brick building of one .story with a ings Bank of Chicago. The acreage taken over by the syndi- ers were represented by Wyatt and Sunset Road Winnetka to Holland F. big basement. The front wil! be of FlaHavhan, an attorney of Chicago. cate included nine farms of various Coons, Glenview realtors. brick and stone. 289 Acres Bought by New Syndicate; Is Near Glenview