Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1914 — A Great Many Will Erect Sleeping Porches This Year. [ARTICLE]

A Great Many Will Erect Sleeping Porches This Year.

Quite a number of Rensselaer people will erect sleeping porches this year, in order to avoid the sultry, sweltering heat of the house. Photographer Parker has plans made for erecting a double deck porch at his home on Milroy avenue and College road. The porch will extend across the south side of the house and around to the west and will be entirely enclosed with screens, both floors. The old buildings are to be torn away and the house further improved, by increasing the capacity of the basement and installing a laundry room. A bath room will be added above and waterworks installed, greatly improving the residence both in appearance and as a matter of convenience. R. D. Thompson is also to erect a double decked porch, the upper floor for sleeping purposes, to his residence on Milroy avenue. E. J. Randle, who has been making a number of improvements in the former J. T. Randle property, just vacated by Geo. H. Healey, will probably build a sleeping porch during the summer. A heating plant is also to be installed in the house. There will be even more building than heretofore Stated in The Republican, a number of others considering the building proposition, including S. C. Irwin, who will probably build in the Fred Phillips’ addition.