Otto Kadon, through James Gilmore, architect, has been awarded the contract for the residence of Mrs. Estella Fichs, to be built on Beechcrest avenue, just south of Madison road, in the ingalls subdivision.  This is the first contract for a stone house to be let in the Cincinnati market in several years.  The same contractor has secured the excavating and foundation work for the new meeting place of the Kenneth Israel congregation, Washington and Rockdale avenues, Avondale, planned by Harry M. Price.

H. W. Cordes, building contractor, has obtained a contract for the construction of a ten-room stucco residence on Red Bud avenue, adjoining the Prince residence, the improvement to cost approximately $20,000.

One third of the plant occupied by the Marietta Chair Company, being 220 West Pearl street, has been bought by Herman H. Bayless, attorney, as an investment.  The parcel belonged to George H. Humphreys and sold for &7,000.

Two homes of the English type of architecture, of five and six rooms each, with garages, are to be constructed at Brentwood and Ault Park road, in Hyde Park East, by B. O. M. DeBeck, with the American Book Company.  Both are for the market.  They are to be built by Warren E. Richards & Co.

Harry Stern, furniture dealer, picked up two investment holdings yesterday, the selling in each instance being the Union Savings Bank and Trust Company.  He paid approximately $3,000 for the two-story frame dwelling, 2129 Vine street, and $2,500 for the two-story frame structure, 947 and 949 Martin street.  Both were sold through the real estate department of the Union Savings Bank and Trust Company.

The new dwellings in the Lookout Circle subdivision, Delta avenue and Linwood road, Hyde Park, belonging to the G. A. Peters Realty Company changed owners yesterday.  The corporation sold to O. J. Morris, with the Big Four Railroad, a six-room brick bungalow, with a built-in garage, the lot being 50 by 200 feet, for $12,000.m  Eugene Greenwell, with the Cincinnati Chemical Company, gave $9,800 for a house nearby, the lot being 40 by 200 feet.

Another instance of the fact that new residences are finding a ready market developed in the Al Koch Real Estate Company selling to Frank X. Rager, tailor, in Clifton, a six-room brick dwelling on Clinton Springs lane, Clifton.  This is the fifth home in that subdivision sold by the firm for the owner, Sam Mesh, during the last two months.  Rager paid $8,500 for his new home.

Estimates are being received by the John D. Prout Realty Company for a shingled California bungalow of six rooms on one floor, to be erected at 1025 Beech avenue.  Price Hill, for Mrs. Kathryn W. Prout.  It is estimated to cost $12,000 with ground.

The former Fisher winehouse, 3334 Bishop street, which originally had an entrance from Carthage avenue, and was one of the noted gathering places in Cincinnati 20 years ago, has been sold at auction by Theodore Mayer & Bro.  The property, a 2 ½ -story brick with lot 50 x 182 feet, belonged to Mrs. M. Schmidt, trustee for the heirs of Frederick Fisher.  It was bought by Adelaide Weimer, who paid $5,775.  The house is to be remodeled into a modern residence.

Mrs. Bertha Meyer, of Fairfax avenue, Walnut Hills, paid $8,750 for the brick duplex, 1650 Herbert avenue, Evanston, sold by M. Schnetzer, through the Charles H. Williams Real Estate Company.

Fritsch & Hugie were the agents in the sale of the brick dwelling of H. W. Beneker, 664 Greenwood avenue, Avondale, bought by John G. Cotton, commission merchant, who paid $9,000.

Leininger & Palmer sold to Harry Schwartz the frame duplex holding, 2518 Ida street, in Norwood, the seller being Mary Crawford, who received  $7,200.

Oscar  architect, is at work on plans for a five-room brick bungalow for J. Stein, superintendent of garment factory, who is the owner of a lot on the east side of Sunset avenue, near Glenway avenue, Price Hill.

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