THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1921
Activities In Realty Market

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Ruth Adams-Battle

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ACTIVITIES IN REALTY MARKET

Joseph Sebel, 338 West Fifth street, shoe merchant in the western business district is planning to enter business on a much larger scale, having bought through Charles C. and Julius Cohen, real estate brokers, the southeast corner of Central avenue and ongworth (sic) street, paying $70,000.
The grousd (sic) floor has been occupied for 25 years by the Devou Supply Company and Andie W. Levy.
Mr. Sebel's plans as to the space his business is to occupy have not been outlined (sic) definitely. He intends to use half of the ground floor. He will modernize the building, which is of two stories, the lot being 80 fee on Central avenue and 56 ½ feet on Longworth street.
The holding belonged to Miss Lula Cumbach, a nonresident, and had been in her family more than 160 years. At one time it was known as a part of the Cumbach farm.
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A syndicate. Headed by John M. Walsh, of Hyde Park, and composted of citizens of Madisonville, has bought 11 acres of ground in that suburb, part of which is to be the home of St. Margaret's Roman Catholic congregation, a new parish, now in process of formation.
The tract acquired by the congregation consists of 500 by 235 feet, extending from Watterson street and including frontages on Simpson street, Islington avenue and the Cincinnati, Milford and ebanon (sic) Railroad.
Being located on rising ground, the building to be erected will be in prominent view of all surrounding places. The building will face on Watterson avenue, the main thoroughfare, connecting Madisonville with the Fairfax district south of the traction line.
Owing to the fact that the territory from which the parish is formed is a newly developed part of Cincinnati, conditions do not permit the erection of a permanent church at the present time but a frame building will be constructed within a few weeks which will serve as a temporary gathering place, later to be replaced by a permanent building. The one about to be erected will then be converted in to a meeting hall. The residence of Mrs. Stella Maxfield has been bought direct by the congregation and will be used as a parish house.
The site obtained is sufficient to take care of all the building necessary for a modern Roman aCtholic (sic) parish. At the present time the organization of the parish and the direction of the work is in charge of Rev. Harry J. Ansbury, of Hyde Park.
The ground taken over by the syndicate consists of 11 acres, taking in both sides of Simpson avenue, with frontages on Watterson and Bramble avenues and the traction line. In its entirety it contains 60 lots, which belonged to the Bramble estate, which was represented by W. W. Clippinger, attorney.

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There was spirited bidding at the Sheriff's office yesterday morning for the residence, 1905 Bigelow street, Mt. Auburn, believed to have been the first house to be built in that district, then known as Key's Hill.
Charles E. McCarty, of the County Auditor's office was one of the bidders, his opponent being Fred Tuke, broker, acting for a client. Mr. McCarthys tayed (six) in the field the longest, getting the holding for $4,575.
The property, which was a commanding view of the city, was offered in the case of Arthur J. Downes vs. Francis A. Downes. The improvement is a frame dwelling, with a lot 375 by 276. The present tenant is Walter Schoenle, former City Solicitor.
The house was built in 1818 or 7819 (six), and it is a question as to whether it or the one occupied by Guy W. Mallon is the oldest. At one time the Bigelow street parcel, the thoroughfare having been named after John Bigelow, was the property of Frederick Hassaurek, publisher.
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N. Mehas, confectioner, has bought as an investment the two-and-one half-story frame business holding, southwest corner of Fifteenth and Vine streets, with lot 42 x 47 feet. The property belonged to the estate of the Father of Frank Krug, City Engineer, and was sold through the Frederick A. S. Schmidt Company in conjunction with Lewis R. Smith.

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Joseph W. Frtisch, Theodore Mayer and Walter S. Schmidt have been elected members of the Valuation Committee of the Cincinnati Real Estate Board.
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In order that the prospective home builder or owner may know how to beautify the surroundings of his cottage, his bungalow or his mansion, the Agricultural Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, with the co-operation of the Cincinnati Garden Club, will place an exhibit in the "own Your Own Home" exposition, to be held at Music Hall from May 21 to 28, in which will be shown all the details of a home garden. This exhibit will be amplified by lectures and motion pictures, as well as by the distribution of booklets on domestic gardening, provided by the State Department of Agriculture and the United States Government.
The exposition promises to have a large number of "live" exhibits, both in the matter of demonstrations of the use of various building materials and the use of different varieties of home equipment. In several instances, demonstrators will come to Cincinnati from the factories of the products shown, thereby conveying to prospective builders every angle of the utility of the material or appliance on display
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Edward Welde, representing the Templar Automobile Agency in Cincinnati, will have a downtown location, having leased from the Holland Furnace Company, through Cleneay & Nourse, part of the eastern section of the ground floor, southeast corner of Court and Elm streets for two years.
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The flat building, northeast corner of Lincoln and Alms place, Walnut Hills, said to be the finest apartment of the kind in the city occupied by negroes, has been bought by F. M. Russell principal of the Douglass School. The holding belonged to William V. Ebersole, real estate broker, and was sold through his firm for $16,500. The building contains a store and nine flats, on a lot 40 x 147 feet, extending through to Foraker avenue. Mr. Russell acquired it as an investment.

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The Cincinnati Finance Company of which Joel C. Clore, Postmaster, is President, will have offices containing approximately 1,000 square feet of floor space on the sixth floor of the Dixie Terminal Building. The new quarters will be occupied June 1. These will be separate from those of Platt Bros. Company which will also locate on that floor.
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The property, 1426 Sycamore street has been acquired by the Ford Dealers' Corporation to be used for the sales of second-hand cars. This is a new concern, the papers for which have been sent to Columbus. The capital is $75,000 with the 14 Ford dealers in Hamilton Kenton and Campbell Counties having equal shares.
C. H. Peterman, President of the corporation: J. A. Wissell, Vice President, and H. J. Berning, Secretary and Treasurer, state that matters are being arranged so that second-hand care will be handled and sold through this corporation.
Hereafter Ford dealers will not take second-hand cars in trade for a new car. When a man with an old model wishes to trade it in for a new machine the dealer will refer him to the headquarters of the Ford Dealers Corporation, where a value will be offered on the car and cash paid for the machine, the corporation in turn disposing of the car through the usual second-hand machine sales method.
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C. C. & E. A. Weber, architects, have been commissioned to prepare plans for two school buildings. One will be a twenty-four-room high school for the Board of Education, Richmond, KY., with a gymnasium and auditorium of 1,000 seats, being of fireproof construction, while the other improvement is for the Trustees of Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio. This will be a twelve-room centralized school.
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John C. Thom & Con, brokers, sold the triple three-and-one-half-story brick dwelling of Leonora Lucking, 124 and 126 East McMicken avenue, to Lillian Spilker, 3265 Ridgeway avenue, for $12,500; the brick two-family home of Jacob and Rose Shernovker, 1103 Rosemont avenue , Price Hill, to Anthony Brey, of Glenway avenue, for $8,000; the home of Jesse Coil, 3729 Herbert avenue, Cheviot, to Sam Havlin, for $6,250, and the five-room frame, 1633 Iliffe, (sic) Hill, to Harry Overberg, 3904 Ltham avenue, Price Hill, for $6,400.
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The five-room dwelling 1283 McKeone avenue, Price Hill, with 100 feet of ground, the property of Charles Nichols, was sold by J. Sherman Weigold, broker, to J. F. Barns, railroad switchman, for $3,600.
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E. L. McClain, Greenfield, Ohio, owner of considerable investment property in the western part of the city, sold 1212 Freeman avenue, with two stores and ten rooms, the lot being 18 by 95 feet, to David R. Singer for $4,500, the sale being handled by Theodore Mayer & Bro.
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Augut Wode, of Walnut Hills, has become the owner of the flat building at the southwest corner of Hamilton and Palm avenues, Northside, sold through the George Ludwig Real Estate Company for $6,000. The property belonged to Henry Gilman, and consists of two stores and four apartments, the lot being 50 by 100 feet.
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The brick duplex apartment, 956 Woodlawn avenue, at the corner of Kensington place, Price Hill, belonging to the heirs of Sarah Waite, was sold by the John D. Prout Realty Company to John Bauscher for $8,500. The buyer plans to modernize the property and also construct garages for the tenants.
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The eight-room three-story brick, 21 Mercer street, belonging to G. W. Weber, was sold to Ph. Morton through Fred Tuke & Son for $3,250.
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The Greiwe homestead property, 532 and 534 East Thirteenth street, near Reading road, belonging to Anna Depenbrock, was bought by Samuel Celesti for $7,000. It was sold through Herman H. Evers.
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Theodore Mayer & Bro. will offer at auction at 2 p.m. Tuesday the investment property, 3334 Bishop street, Clifton.
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The Keith Furnace Company, with C. L. Keith as manager, has leased the property of James J. Grogan, 614 Boadway, which will be used as a salesroom and display store for heating apparatus.
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Two new dwellings of builders have been sold by the Al Koch Real Estate Company. The six-room brick bungalow, 4023 Davis avenue, Cheviot, belonging to Emil Zorn, was sold to Harry G. Koff of the Symphony Orchestra, for $6,750 and a stucco lwelling (sic) on Luna avenue, Fairview Heights, constructed, for the market by C. M. Westmeyer, was bought by Joseph Leinhardt for $7,200.
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The Taylor homestead property, 347 Springfield pike, in Wyoming, was sold through C. Dean Poague Realty Company to John Carlyle Davis, a nonresident, for $8,000. The improvement is a twelve-room frame, with lot 235 by 180 feet.
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The five-room dwellings, 4085 and 4087 Clifton avenue, owned by Philip Mummert have been bought by Joseph Koch and Jacob Gellenbeck, each paying $3,000, the deals being handled by Joseph C. Thiem.
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R. F. Sack, brober,(sic) who last week sold the home of James and Julia Benson, 1867 Kinney avenue, yesterday located the sellers, they buying the brick duplex apartment holding of Oscar Wehage, 2707 Hackberry street, Walnut Hills, paying $12,000.
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Henry Dickhaus, Northside, night watchman, paid $11,000 for the forty-acre place of Fred Brunsman, on the south side of Blue Rock road, west of Cheviot pike, in the White Oak district, sold through the Becker Real Estate Company. The latter also sold the new six-room brick bungalow, 3541 Glenmore avenue, Cheviot, for Sherman Applegate, builder, to John P. Merkl, of Clifton, with lot 50 by 140 feet, for $7,800.
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Baldwin and Wintersole, brokers, yesterday sold the five-room bungalow at 2534 Cox Lane, with lot 35 by 125 feet, belonging to Charles F. Arend, to Frederich Feare for $4,000. Charles F. Arend, through the same brokers, purchased the six-room frame dwelling of Mary R. Green at 5626 Armsby Place with lot 100 by 150 feet, for $5,000. They also sold for John Schultz his six-room Queen Ann at 4306 Thirty-third street, Oakley to David Klein for $6,000.
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Joseph Parr, broker, yesterday sold for George J. Young the two-story brick residence at 530 Clark street to Charles T. Markle for $5,000.
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Thirty-three permits were issued during April for brick residences, the aggregate value of the improvements being estifated (sic) at $208,500. During the same period 56 permits were issued for frame residences, the approximate value of the latter being $283,500.
This shows a marked improvement over the same month last year when 18 permits were issued for brick residences valued at $125,300 and 26 permits for frame residences valued at approximately $187,350.
During the month just terminated 200 permits were issued for garages with an aggregate value of $95,165 as compared with 135 permits for the same month last year, the aggregate value of the improvements being estimated at $99,485.

BUILDING PERMITS
William Fried, two-story frame residence, 39266 Beckman street, $5,000.
James Manwood, one-and-a-half story frame residence, Bickel street, $4,000.
Inserts:
HERE IT IS
The much talked-of tax participation clause of the Building Owners and Managers' Association of Cincinnati, whereby office tenants will be required to pay their proportionate share of increases in taxes which may be assessed against buildings of this type, is now in printed form and is operative.
The association has copy-righted the idea.
The clause follows:
"The lessee agrees to pay as additional rental on July 1 and January 1 of each year during this demise – per cent of any Increase in the amount of taxes and assessments on the real estate of which the demised premises form a part, payable by lessor during the six months preceding - - which increase may be by reason of higher valuation or rate, or new licenses, assessments, charges or taxes, imposed by taxing authorities, excepting always estate, inheritance or Federal income taxes. If the lessee was not in possession during the entire six months' period preceding the adjustment date, then any charge shall be abated proportionately. (The within percentage is arrived at by figuring the proportion which the rental herein reserved bears to 90 percent of the gross rents receivable from the said building, vacant space being figured at the rent last received for same)."
The sentence is a part of the leasing form, to be generally used by members of the association. It also provides a clause that the tenant shall be supplied with electric lamps at the time of taking possession of the offices, the lessee to supply these articles thereafter.
AWAITING OWNERS
All deeds, leases and mortgages, filed with the County Recorder prior to and including Saturday, April 16, have been made a part of the records of Hamilton County and are awaiting their owners.

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