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Done With Them,
Architects, builders and property
owners are beginning to realize in Min
neapolis that the drawing of architec
tural plans for a house does not com
plete the work preliminary to erection
of a residence. When the actual build
ing is finished contractors and owners
have sighed with relief, as the debris
has been cleaned off the lot and the
lawn sodded, yheir impression has
been that the work was finished. More
lately the idea has been forced on the
minds of the triumvirate that the work
is really only begun.
The setting for the residence must
be prepared. In the first place an ar
chitect is supposed to adapt the plan to
the site. Any old house will not fit
any old site any more, as it used to.
The house must be designed for the site
and then the site must be prepared to
give the best effect to the entire city.
This new ally of building is landscape
architecture. Expanding the scope of
the vocation the landscape architect
.prepares settings for communities and
then for cities. He has to do with park
83'stems, triangles and all the little in
tricacies that nave to do with the es
thetics of a municipality rather than
the utilities.
Along this line of development A. P.
"Wyman, landscape architect of Chicago
'with branch offices in Minneapolis, has
1 given The Journal an interview on
the subiect of "Landscape Architect
ure and Real Estate." He shows where
'realty values are affected by improve
ments to the land.
Two Objects in View.
"Created or natural beauty in anv
piece of land has a money value,'' said
Mr. Wvman, "but how far-reaching is
[its effect is not so largely recognized,
il/andseape architecture has two objects
'in view: One to make property more
useful and comfortable^ and the other
0 make it more attractive. If apiece
of land is naturally, from its situation,
[more useful and attractive than an
other, the principle is the same, for
landscape architecture has to make up
aor deficiencies, or to remake what has
^before been spoilt.
"Economists recognize that human
grants are unlimited. As it becomes
^possible to satisfy more than bare ne
cessity, the esthetic is demanded with
(increasing power with each period of
Jtime, the luxuries of today oecoming
bhe necessities of tomorrow. Until now
[people have been contented to build
well. Not so very long ago most were
teatisfied to build only substantially.
jNow everyone wants some taste
'and reason for pride in his house. An
interesting house is only part of the
problem. It must have a setting in cor
respondence, something which shall also
satisfy the taste. But the matter is
farther reaching. A well-kept and in
teresting place gives a value to a lo
cality in proportion to its beauty and
the wealth it represents.
1
Lowry Hill's Advantage.
Lowry Hill has great natural beau
ty. It was started right by having
upon it in the beginning a large, beau
tiful estate. I know a similar hill in
Boston where much was to be made of
it, but tenements got the first start and
the project had to be given up. A tone
is given to a neighborhood at once by
,the character of one place and its own
'er which goes a long way in determin
ing the desirability -of settling in that
locality. An attractive house and
grounds having been started in a nat
urally beautiful place, there comes a
demand for similar places by those who
can afford to pay high prices.
"I is interesting to foresee what
wo aid have happened to those parts of
iLowry Hill which directly overlook the
aiew park, if instead of a park some
thng humbler had found a place there,
as for example, a brick yard. Values
wotajd have depreciated. Now that this
is to be a park, a permanent institu
tion, one is warranted in depending
upon always having a beautiful ou1-
look. A flection of a city may be com
pletely transformed from a poor dis-
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NEW FEATURE
OF HOMEBUILDING
How the Work of the Landscape Gardner Is Growing in
Importance Opportunities for Improving the Aspect
of Minneapolis and What Has and Has Not Been
trict to an aristocratic one by such
means. An example is Newark, N. J.
A low portion of the city covered with
tenements was condemned and created
into a large park. On each side are
hills suitable as locations for houses of
a higher class. Such are creeping in
and are bound to completely displace
the poorer ones in time.
The Park System.
"Minneapolis is far-sighted in secur
ing the banks of the river and the va
rious lakes in its vicinity for its park
system. The tendency now will be for
builders to place their houses upon the
park and lakes giving an attractive
lake view to everyone so building. Less
far-sighted municipalities have allowed
an attractive lake to become the bound
ary of a subdivision's backyards, by
flaein the highway far enough from
he lake so- that houses can be built be
tween it and the lake, so destroying
what might have been a thing of beau
ty and value.
'^Boston is wrestling with that very
question now. The basin of the Charles
river between Boston and Cambridge
is quite a considerable jao&y of water.
In early days its beauty^was not rec
ognized. The river bank now corre
sponds to an alley and Cambridge en
J'oys looking into the kitchens of its
Joston neighbors. To overcome this,
Boston may even fill the river suffi
ciently to make a half block and boule
vard, and so present' a decent front
to the public. These things that Bos
ton is doing is making city life more
tolerable and is attracting people who
want to enjoy such harmonious sur
roundings.
''The Minneapolis park system is a
similar effort to make the city more
comfortable and beautiful and hence
more in demand. By preserving cases
of beauty about its outskirts, it at once
places a value upon all the property
sight from which the park can be
enjoyed. So with Park avenue. It was
created a wide street. Its wideness is
purely an esthetic matter, for a nar
rower street is just as utilitarian but,
having that element of beauty, it was
demanded by those who could best af
ford to paypeople who wanted this
street as completely attractive as pos
sible, so that its influence and interest,
as will that of the park system ex
tends beyond the street itself, and the
vicinity of Park avenue is better prop
erty than some blocks away.
The City's Environs.
Minneapolis has a wonderful wealth
the broken character of the surround
ing country and the consequent fre
quent possibilities for attractive homes.
Comparing it with other cities, Minneap
olis was fortunate in one thing to have
a beautiful country, and another, that
it as so shaped that it can be built
upon comfortably and enjoyed. There
are few uncomfortable elevations but
rare views. One can with tolerable
certainty pick out what places will be
soon built on and with houses of a
character that will determine something
of the value of the property.
""Any element of beauty has a finan
cial value, fQr it is something people
want.''
LIKE A HUGE GARDEN
Lynnhurst in Most Attractive Dress at
This Season.
What should be one of the "sights"
of Minneapolis is the inside boulevard
lying between the roadways of King's
highway and Park Boulevard, which
traverse Lynnhurst. This section of
Minneapolis has been exploited very
heavily lately, since it was assumed by
the David C. Bell Investment company.
Lots have been transferred at the rate
of $10,000 & month, or more, until the
whole section is being rapidlv changed
from the hands of the investor to the
homebuilder. Sidewalks have been laid,
streets marked out and graded, trees
planted and gas and watcnnms in
stalled. "While all these" fc i have
contributed to the success which
the addition has been handle io park
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Li LACS
*--AT-
LYNNHURST
Drive out Dupont Boulevard to Forty-sixth Street or take the Bryant Avenue
car to Forty-third Street and walk two blocki toward the lake.
Between this beautiful park drive and Lake Harriet Boulevard is situated the
finest residence property in the city.
The large lots, street improvements, favorable buildiag restrictions, and rea-
sonable terms make this an ideal location for a home.
See it and be convinced.
Buy it and enjoy it.
Get a Plat and Price List at our office, or No. 430& Fremont Avenue South.
BEL INVST CO.
Built for $1,550
SEDGWIOK & SAXTON,
Architects. 102? Lumber Exchange. Minneapolis,
Minn.
This week is shown a cottage with a
broad piazza across the front, four good
rooms downstairs, three nice chambers
in the second story, and a roomy bath
room. This is one of the architect fs
best plans, economy being studied it
every point. There is a good open stair
way in the reception room, a pretty
mantel across the corner of the living
room, dining room opening together with
living room by a cased opening seven
feet wide, which practically throws
these two rooms into one large living
room.
The kitchen is very convenient, and
there could be an outside door at the
grade-line so as to get down to the base
ment without going thru the kitchen.
It is economy in more ways than one not
to have this door, since it makes extra
expense, and in the wintertime lets in
cold.
There are nice cupboards in the kitch
en. The largest possible floor-space is
attained by carrying the second story
out over the porch. The roof is double
pitched. All the chambers in the sec
ond story are full height, and there is an
unlimited amount of excellent closet
space which will appeal to every house
keeper's heart. There is a cellar under
the reeeption room and kitchen portion.
The complete plans and specifications
A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION
board's arrangement of the boulevard
has added nearly as much to the in
trinsic value of the property for a home
section as has nature in providing a
high level table land for houses' sites,
and Lake Harriet, with its surrounding
bower of trees as an outlook.
Throngs are accustomed to pass the
various private grounds of Minneapolis
flower-lovers, who every year make a
gratuitous display of tulip-beds and oth
er~flowers in their succession. It is an
annual event, for instance, for sight
seers to pass the English-appearing es
tate of E. H. Moulton to view the handi
work of his gardeners. Other favored
spots are meccas, especially on a Sun
day afternoon. The park board has
firovided in King's highway, a little off
he beaten track of sightseers who are
not in the saddle, automobile, or car
riage, a winning view of the nursery art.
While a bit out of the way, the spot is
not in the least inaccessible, and is
well worth the trip over the Bryant
avenue line and a short walk to theWashington
right of the terminus,
in the twenty-foot interior grass
boulevard are planted scores of bloom
ing hardy shrubs, which are just now
at the height of their beauty. The
boulevard extends from Thirty-eighth
street out Dupont boulevard, or King's
highway, to Forty-sixth, and over Forty-
Page for Home Builders and Investors*!%-
FIHST FLOOR,
for this cottage, including one set of
blue-prints, will be furnished at the
office of the architects, Sedgwick &
Saxton, for $10. The Journal has
arranged with Messrs. Sedgwick & Sax
ton to furnish its readers with their
book of plans of houses ranging from
$400 up for $1. This is the "Architec
tural Collection.''
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sixth, or Park boulevard, to the upper
drive around Lake Harriet. In it are
flowering at the present time lilacs,
golden
alder, with its yellow leaf, bar
ary, snowball, spirea, and later will
bloom the wygelia.
It does not take a decidedly prophetic
eye to see that the park board has
builded thru a region which, in less than
half a decade, is to be heavily popu
lated. Signs are already plenty that
the neighborhood is to be one of the
prosperous and fine-appearing home
sections of Minneapolis. It has extra
wide and deep lots, with Lake Harriet
vista, and is In touch with car service.
The future generations which occupy
this section will have good reason for
praising a park board which has given
them the outlook that is provided in
the inside boulevard of King's highway.
BOOM-TIME PRICES
Avenue Sale Indicates
Trend of Values Downtown.
Recuperation of values in lowertown
realty prices is shown by a sale this
week of the Winecke & Doerre property
at 27 Washington avenue S to Rochelle
H. Clancy for $40,000. The property
sold in what are know as boom times
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOtJRNALfvf^r^^f ffPjfune 3, 1905.^
FOR THE HOMEBUILDER
SECOND FLOOR.
THORPE BROS,
ANDRUS BUILDING.
$36002529 E. 22nd St. A 12-room,
2-family stone house, thoroughly well
built, with sewer and water connec
tion, gas fixtures, furnace heat, good
barn and corner lot 40x120 feet. This
is one of the best houses in this dis
trict and will pay a good income.
$200A lot corner of Snelling Ave.
and 38th St., facing south and east.
Size 105'feet front, 160 feet'deep, 81
feet in rear.
$3500725 E. 28th St. An 8-room
modern house, with hardwood finish,
fireplaoe, gas fixtures, furnace heat,
small barn, and lot 45x119 feet. First
class location.
$525Lot on 2nd Ave. So., between
28th and 29th Sts., facing east. Size
45x128% feet to alley. _A11 improve
ments in street.
$26002740 Pleasant Ave.u/A
double
house, 5 rooms on each side, city
water, ^ewer connection to two ^inks,
storm windows, screens, gas fixtures,
good repair. Lot 89x180 feet.
Monthly rental $30
$350A lot on Cedar Ave., between
4th and 35th jSts., facing west.
Size 45%xl25 feet, city water and
stone walk.
A small portfolio, No. 1, of cottages,
00 up to $4,000, will be furnished for
50c portfolio No. 2, of residences cost
ing from $3,000 to $50,000, 50c port
folio No. 3, of stores, banks and
churches, 50c. A church portfolio will
also be given free to any reader of Th
Journal tipon application to the ar
chitects. at $45,000, and now sells at almost the
same sum, notwithstanding the natural
depreciation of the three-story brick
building in two decades.
Property holders who invested in Min
neapolis real estate at boom values have
clung tenaciously to the hope that the
high price would be reached again on a
bona fide basis, and not after the in
flated manner of the eighties. Many of
them have wisely let go, but neverthe
less it is considered decidedly encourag
ing that Washington avenue business
property has again reached practically
the same level as it attained years ago.
Now, however, it has the backing of a
prosperous and much more firmly
grounded* city of great population and
established commercial supremacy.
Henry Doerr has sold the property
owing to his contemplated removal of
the Winecke & Doerr stock to the re
modeled building at 414 Nicollet avenue.
The building is 22 by 95 feet, and was
built about twenty-five years ago. Mr.
Doerr bought it from the late G. N.
Merriam in 1888. He has occupied it
since that time, or seventeen years, and
now sells it because of a desired change
in business site, for only $5,000 less than
he paid for it, and when prices were
practicallv fabulous, taking the popula
tion and business of Minneapolis at that
time as a basis.
$700 eachTwo lots on Aldrich Ave.
So between 26th and 27th Sts, fac
ing west, all improvements in street.
Size 40x129 feet each.
$35008329 Harriet Ave. A 7-room
modern cottage, with hardwood fin
ish and floors throughout, fireplace,
gas fixtures, bath, laundry, furnace
heat. Lot 42%xl28 feet. A new,
well built and attractively arranged
cottage, within one block of the pro
posed Grand Ave. car line.
$2900No. 2 34th St. A 9-room
strictly modern house, corner of
Nicollet Ave., occupied by two fam
ilies, finished in oak, complete bath
room, gas fixtures, storm windows,
screens, screened-in porch, lot 41
feet frontage. All In good repair. An
investment.
$10003080 Pleasant Ave. A 6-room
cottage, with gas and city water
connection lot 46x123 feet. A first
class neighborhood.
$1500Lot corner of Irving Ave. and
81st St., facing south and west.
Size 52x128 feet. A first class Invest
ment.
Beautiful Prospect Park
No. 98 Malcolm Avenue S.E.
CQISAA &h\ Fine residence, eight rooms, bath, hardwood fin-
^VUUUlVU ish, electric light and electrie fixtures, World's
Best furnace. East front lot, fine oak trees. One fare to either city. Only
twelve minutes to Nicollet avenue.
This price only good if sold before owner leaves city. *J3asy terms if
desired.
J. SCHUTT & SON, 340 Temple Court.
people who pay two'cents for a paper naturallygive it more attention than 4
one they bjuy for a penny. The latter is sold principally on the streets and is 4
thrown aside after a Hasty perusal, and has practically no advertising value. A
circulation that is a home :iraulatio is what the advertiser wants. In Min-
neapolis&nd the nqrthvjest thte pkaper is The-Journal
m^
One should be governed by certain
principles in the choice and selection
of furniture, says Nora T. Skinner in
June Good Housekeeping. Where
these are understood and adhered to,
one will not find so many museum-like
rooms and homes and heterogeneity
will give way to simplicity and beauty.
Here are a few laws which the house
keeper will do wellVto keep in mind in
the furnishing of a home. In the selec
tion of furniture one must consider the
kind of a house, and the use and size of
the room in which it is to be placed.
A lighter order of furniture is required
for the summer cottage than for the
city house, but this does not mean that
the articles should be flimsily construct
ed or covered with poor material. The
shape and bulkiness of the furniture
must be governed by the size, propor
tions and use of the room. Besides
this, every piece of furniture must
have a purposefor what, by whom,
where is it to be used? These ques
tions asked concerning every article of
furnishing would many times help us
monthly
rton
7* monthly
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PRINCIPLES GOVERNING
CHOICE OF FURNITURE
One Must Consider the Style of the House and the Use
and Sise of Rooms in Which It Is to Be Placed^
Economy of Labor an Important Consideration.
to decide quickly whether or not we a piece of net, such as fishnet, with
wanted it. In this way we should avoid some lumps of fresh charcoal tied inside
filling our homes with many useless
things. This is our first great law.
The second, of equal importance, is in
regard to construction and decoration.
Take, for example, a chair durability
and support are its first requisites. It
should be well made the wood well
seasoned, so that it will not warp or
twist out of shape the mortises and
tenons should be exactly cut and fitted,
and the whole should be properly
pressed and glued together so that
when it is in a warm room it will not
fall apart. Ease is its second requisite.
It should be the right height from the
floor for the purpose for which it is
intended. The seat should not be
soinch
wide that a pillow is needed to support
the back. The arms should not be too
high nor too low, and the support
should come at the right place in the
back. The lines should conform to
those of the body. If a rocking chair,
it should not tip too far backward or
forward. If upholstered, it should not
be covered with a material too pro
nounced in design nor out of scale with
the proportions' of the chair. It is not
desirable to use designs of objects one
would not care to sit on, as landscapes,
musical instruments, shells or sharp
forms. These materials woven with
allover ornaments of a size adapted to
the intended use and treated in a flat
way, are the most suitable. The color
must harmonize with the decorations
and surroundings of the room, either
contrasting or blending with the gen
eral scheme.
The third is that of beauty, and is one
which must not be defied. A piece of
furniture must not only be strong, but
it must also convey no thought of weak
ness. A thing of frail materials, as for
instance, a bamboo table, must be sim
ple in construction so as not to suggest
waste labor and likewise a piece of
furniture in carving or inlaid wood
must be solid looking and substantially
put together. If we Americans had a
little more sense of the eternalfitnessof
things would we have so much of our
furniture carved with lion or tiger
heads? Would we have an umbrella
stand made of a coiled snake, ready to
spring? The test in decoration is
adaptability to position and material
we ought to follow fashion only so long
as it obeys the dictates of genuine
wants and reasonable feelings.
There is still another aspect of the
subject which the modern housekeeper
must not forget, and that is the econ
omy. Money, time and energy must all
be taken into consideration. The amount
one has to spend governs the style
material. Furnitur whic
__ requireann a
unusual amount of care is not profitabler
Carved surfaces are difficult to dust
smooth surfaces are much more easily
kept clean. Upholstered and stuffed
furniture requires constant beating in
the open air to be kept irom accumulat
ing dust, and consumes much more time
in caring for it than wicker furniture.
Because of the fact that the housekeep
er leads a strenuous life, she must not
forget that economy of energy is an
important item, and she must have fur
niture which is light and easy to move
about.
A Dry Cellar.
Quicklime, borax, charcoal, dry cop
peras and plaster, points out a daily
contemporary, are the things to make
and keep a cellar sweet and fresh, ac
cording to the Scientific American.
Move out all things movable, sweep,
take up dust, open bins and closets and
set doors and windows wide. Then in
every bin or inclosed space set an
earthen vessel, dish or bowl, with sev
eral lumps of quicklime in it. Strew
Eains of dry copperas all over the
ne, then slake it, but do not wet it,
yet be sure the slakening is thoroly
done. Steam from the lime, rising up
and out, will take away all bad air and
ill odors.
Leave the cellar open and empty for
two hours, then scatter dry powdered
borax all around in corners and along
the walls, and wherever there is a place
where it will not/be in the way, hang
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
For a man of means and taste, who wants a commodious, up-to-date,
elegant home, all ready for occupancy, situated amid aristocratic surround-
ings, on a lot 74x249 ft., running through from street to street, the attract-
ive 2y2-story solid brick dwelling, containing 12 rooms and all modern im-
provements, being
NO. 2735 PASS AVENUE,
is worthy of appreciative attention price low, terms easy.
A spacious, modern brick dwelling of 16 rooms, hardwood finish through-
out, steam heat, open fireplace, brick barn, lot 126x122 ft on corner fine
trees, admirable place,
NO. 1700 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH.
Large family dwelling, containing 15 rooms, all modern appointments,
steam heat, built by architect for his own occupancy,
PORTLAND AVENUE, CORNER 27th STREET.
A 2y2-story frame dwelling, 16 rooms, two bathrooms, open fireplaces,
lot 63x148 ft, barn. A fine opportunity to secure a comfortable home in a
good and convenient neighborhood cheap and on easy terms,
NO. 2634 PORTLAND AVENUE.
Park av and 18th st modern dwelling, 12 rooms, $1,200 cash, $100
monthly $8000
Oak Grove st modern dwelling, 14 rooms, $1,200 cash, $100 month. -$800 0
Forest av modern frame dwelling, 12 rooms, $1,000 cash, $50
monthly $5000
Clinton av and 14th st modern house, 10 rooms, $750 cash, $50
monthly $5000
Hennepin and 22d st attractive modern house, 10 rooms, $1,000
cash, $60 monthly $6000
Park av and Franklin frame dwelling, 9 rooms, $1,000 cash, $50
monthly
Leave the borax until next cleaning
time. Take the charcoal bags down
every week, empty them, heat the char
coal very hot, return to the bags and
replace them. Charcoal has a marvel
ous power to absorb all sorts of bad
smells. The powder is strictly propor
tioned to its freshness, which the heat
ing restores.
Make cheesecloth pads of plaster,
mixed with powdered slaked lime and
hang them against the walls that are
likeliest to be damp. Lime and plas
ter are so thirsty they take all the
spare water to themselves, thereby pre
venting must and mold. A good way
to make the pads is to stitch or run
tucks in a lengtji of cheesecloth
or coarse lawn, then slip a funnel spout
into the open enolcf the tuck and pour
in the plaster and lime. Make the
tucks an inch apart and fill them even
ly. Powdered charcoal may be mixed
with lime and plaster for pads which
are to hang where foodstuffs are kept.
Some Useful Hints.
A most durable doormat for hard
outside use may be made of coils of
rope, that which has had some use be
ing preferable to that which is per
fectly new. Take a darning needle and
strong cord, coil the rope around once
and sew it on the under side then
make another coil, and do likewise until
you have a large mat. Such a mat is
n#fc easily blown or kicked out of place.
For ordinary people a few books in
small cases, racks or improvised shelves,
placed in almost every roorn^ of the
house, where they can be picked up at
odd moments, are more companionable
and helpful than rows upon rows of
them coffined away behind glass doors
in some one room in the house known
as "the library," in whose easy chairs
and couches the inmates of the house
are perhaps too busy to settle down to
read more than once a week.
Sweeping with the carpet-sweeper
will be more effectual if the sweeper is
pushed in the same direction as the
warp of a rue?not against it.
A molding-board makes a very satis
factory extra shelf for kitchen or sew
ingroom, if fastened to the wall with
hinges, and chains to prevent its sag
_ging when lowered.
To repair flaws in woodwork or fur
niture, put any quantity of fine sawdust
of the same wood your work is made of
into an earthen pan, pour boiling water
on it stir it well, and let it remain for
a week or ten days, occasionally stirr
ing it then boil it for some time, and
it will be of the consistency of pulp or
paste put it into a coarse cloth and
squeeze all the moisture from it. Keep
for use, and when wanted, mix a suf
ficient quantity of thin glue to make
it into a paste rub it well into the
cracks or fill up the holes in your work
with it. When quite hard and dry,
clean your work off, and if carefully
done you will scarcely discern the im
perfection.
fc
16th st, near Park av modern frame house, 10 rooms, $1,000 cash,
$50 monthly $6000
Chicago av and 27th st, frame dwelling, 12 rooms, $700 cash, $50
Highland av modern frame house,'14 rooms, $750 cash, $50 monthly $5000
av and 19th st frame dwelling, 8 rooms, $300 cash, $30
monthly
16th st and Linden av frame dwelling, 8 rooms, $350 cash, $35
monthly $3500
Fifth av S and 26th st^ modern house, 10 rooms, $500 cash,
T.
Franklin av and Oakland 9-room dwelling, $350 cash, $35 monthly $3500
Liqden av nice, modern house, 10 rooms, $750 cash, $50 monthly..
R. M. NEWPORT,
Phoenix Bmlldlng.
$5000
$5000
$3300
$40$4200