WAUPACA COUNTY POST

December 22, 1921

 

Building Operations in Waupaca Past Year Total Approximately Two Hundred Thirty Thousand

 

Number of Fine Homes Built Exceeds Number in any One Previous Year

Armory Built and Business Places Improved Swell List to Surprising Figure

A Record Not Equaled by Many Small Cities

 

            One year ago the County Post contained a list of building operations within the city during the year 1920, which with $51,000 for permanent street improvement made an estimated total of more than $340,000.  The Palace Theater and Palace Café erected by Mr. A.M. Penney was the largest single improvement for that year.

            During the past season Carl Cohen has erected a building on Main street two floors of which are used as armory by the Howitzer Company of the National Guard and the other floor has been fitted up for six modern flats that were all occupied from the time they were ready for occupancy.

            Waupaca Fair store was remodeled and greatly improved in arrangement of office and cloak rooms.

            Chr. J. Miller made extensive improvements on the Earle building by finishing up several suites of offices for Jorgenson Manufacturing Company on second floor and extensive improvements on the lower floor.

            Angelos Drivas made extensive interior changes and put in a new front in the candy kitchen which is leased by John Batsos.  He also equipped two of the finest offices north of Milwaukee.

            Miss. M.M. Trader made changes in her building on Water street before occupying same as the Model Garment shop.  The building now occupied by Wm. Calkins on Water street has been fitted up for his use as a barber shop.

            Bethany Orphan Home on Berlin street has been extensively improved by the installation of new heating, lighting and water systems.

            On Fulton street Hopkins and Wildfang have under the name, Waupaca Floral company, built and equipped a modern greenhouse.

            Extensive improvements were made in the interior of ht building occupied by Cristy’s store, also in the rooms occupied by Drs. F.C. Wood and A.C. Barry as offices on the second floor of the same building.

            Mr. H.P. Emerrichs has built a dry cleaning plant on his property on Ninth street.

            The Co-Operative Consumers Corporation built a gasoline filling station and repaired the residence on the corner of Jefferson and Badger streets that may be enumerated one of the conspicuous changes in the city during the past season.

            The building of a brick machine shop and spacious sheds in which to repair and house the county road machinery which are located on East Fulton street and the razing of the old livery barn east of the court house are improvements for which the city is indebted to Waupaca county board of supervisors.

            The interior finishings of Palace Café were replaced with very elaborate furnishings during the present year.

            M.P. Godfrey has had a new tile-zoe floor put in his office and sales room, similar to that in the Drivas building.

            A.M. Hansen put up an ice cream plant on Sessions street.

            John M. Ware put in a modern front and made other changes in his building at 217 North Main street occupied by Brunn & Rasmussen as a five and ten cent store.

            Many new residences have been built in the city and others are under construction.  Among these we note the Colonial residence of S.P. Godfrey on State street.  S.W. Johnson has remodeled his residence and Chris Mortenson has broken ground for a brick bungalow on the corner of State and Randall streets.

            On Waupaca street A.C. Looker made extensive changes in one of his residences.

            School street has been improved by the erection of a neat bungalow by Clyde Taylor.

            South Main street has seen the completion of a new Colonial residence by Harry W. Rawson and another by Stanley Hocking and a large garage at the rear of the Roy Holly residence.

            East Lake street shows marked improvement by the completion of a fine brick residence by Charles Stafford and extensive remodeling of the residence of Theodore Nelson.  Louis Borchardt has a foundation for a residence and a garage erected near the west end of the street.

            Ray Button has erected a fine bungalow and Waupaca Retail Lumber Company has a foundation for a new residence next season.  This group will all have a fine view of Mirror Lake.

            On West Union street we find the N.P. Peterson residence and Milton Laux bungalow completed and occupied within the last month.

            On West Fulton street we find a fine residence built for Thomas Ovans and two residences built by Shambeau and Nelson, and a fine residence under construction for Dan Downey.  On East Fulton street is the new residence now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Hopkins.

            On Granite street the bungalow just completed and now occupied by Dr. and Mrs. C.W. Andrews is something quite novel being of mission design.  Miss Gertrude Fisher has the foundation laid for a fine residence to be completed as soon as weather permits in the spring.  Chr. J. Miller made an addition to his garage the past season.

            The fine bungalow built on Jefferson street in now occupied by City Clerk F.A. Houseman and family.

            On North Fulton street we find a bungalow built by Alfred Olson and now occupied by him as a residence.

            On Fifth street the Kratz bungalow is now occupied by the new owner Mr. R. Wright and family.

            Thor. Nelson has during the past season remodeled his residence on N. Franklin street.

            On Center Street Alvin Rasmussen has erected a bungalow and Louis Olson built a new garage.

            On Berlin street, Mrs. J. Lemberg has a new bungalow and Oscar Larson has finished remodeling his residence.

            On South Franklin street Levi Flagg has made extensive improvement on his residence.

            Seventh street boasts the new residence by Henry Anderson.

            A new Adventists church is under construction on Maple street and the Lutheran church was remodeled during the past season.

            While we do not publish the cost of any individual improvement, we have, with valuable assistance of City Engineer C.W. Nelson, made what we believed to be conservative estimates of all the building operation here enumerated and find an approximate total of $230,00 in building in Waupaca city within the year 1921.