Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1912 — NEW RESIDENCES TO BE BUILT [ARTICLE]

NEW RESIDENCES TO BE BUILT

Next Season in Fred Phillips’ New Addition on the West Side. Of the twenty-four lots recently .platted in Fred Phillips’ new addition on the west side of College Avenue, fourteen have been sold. There are five lots fronting east on College Avenue, and of these Mr. Phillips reserves the north corner lot for his own use and on which he expects to build some time in the near future. Fred’s lot is No. 1, and the other four lots have been bought in the order named by A. F. Long, Carl Duvall, Leonard Rhoades, S. C. lAvin, Mr. Irwin getting the south corner lot. There are two blocks of lots and two streets laid out east and west. Washington Avenue, tho north street, runs from College Avenue west to the road running south past the Win. Washburn and Peacock properties, \Vhile the south street. Grove Avenue, runs only the length of the two blocks at present. The Makeever estate owns the ten acres immediately west of Fred’s addition. , :* Two streets are laid out north and south through the two blocks, the first is Augusta street and the second Frances street, named after Mr. Phillips’ two little daughters. Mr. Phillips puts In the sewer and water mains in the alley east through the center of each block and is also to build the cement sidewalk In front of each block. Of the other lots sold Charles Osborne gets one; John Gwin, two; Eph Hickman, one; Earl Reynolds, three; Monett home have also bought two lots. Messrs. Gwin, Rhoades Osborne and Reynolds expect to build on their lots the comming season, and Mr. Reynolds will build on two of his three lots. Mr. Phillips requires that the cost of each house shall be not less than $1,500, that the foundations shall be not less than a certain height and that the houses be a uniform distance from the street, which insures good and substantial dwellings and a uniformity that will be attractive. This addition lies up high and dry and Is about the prettiest location in town. As soon as building operations commence there next spring it is likely that Mr. Phillips will close out the remainder of his lots very quickly.