The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 36

THE IXDIAXArOLIS SUNDAY STAR, NOVEMBER 4, 1928. 3d The ts h.Apartm Marieig OPEN TODAY 1434 N. DELAWARE STREET I IT was a great pleasure for us to co-operate with The Foster Engineering Service Company in making the Marleigli Apartments one of the most up-to-date modern buildings of its kind in the city. Open Tod-ay THE. MARLEIGH Apartments 1434 North Delaware St.

BEAUTIFUL 2, 3 and 4 CZ2 UNDER in 11. Our instructions were to make the plumbing and heating installation the best obtainable and we did. tee1 Eg Reservations for Waiting List NOW Being Accepted. This new structure establishes the Foster Engineering Service Company of Indianapolis as amony the leaders of apartment house builders in the middle West. The companv has erected here a reinforced concrete buildincr that 13 absolutely fireproof and came3 the lowest possible rate of insurance.

Their speed in erection has renderod the owners a saving of $4,000 a month in income and interest. They have also shown here the results of careful study in design and arrangements and have used to advantage the funds available for building purposes. Designing of buildings to an exact known cost to the owner insures an accurate basis for financing such projects. They have shown here careful study of the needs of tenants and also have inaugurated many new features of luxury and convenience. System Outstanding' Feature.

The "Unit Cantilever Slab" system, a development of some forty years of concrete construction re BUIL DING COMPL6Te- OCTOGEf. 31 Roland M. Cotton specially designed buffet cupboard. The floors are laid with ceramic tile. The built-in kitchen cabinets are arranged with sinks, designed with pure white tile drainboard and back.

A largs side oven range is fitted with enameled doors which correspond to the delicate color scheme of the EDSON. T. WOOD MA50NRY OPTO FIFTH FLOOR JULV 2b Plumbing and Heating Contractors Same Location 18 Years 172026 E. 10th St. CHcrry 6600 124 E.

Market St. Riley 1529 rented. Reservations for the waiting list are being accepted by the rental agents. On May 7 the old Griffith home occupied the site of the building. The speed made in the clearing of the site and the erection of the present apartment has been almost unparalleled in the history of Indianapolis.

The builders are pleased to announce the names of the subcontractors and material men who co-operated with them in the project: Roland M. Cotton Company, plumbing and heating; Jackson Supply Company, Wolff plumbing fixtures; Jackson Engineering Company, Hcgge Simplex boiler; C. L. Smith Electric Company, electrical construction: Home Elevator Company, elevator; Lee Roy Smith, plastering; Bloomington Limestone Company, cut stone; Cinder Block and Material Company, cinder block; A. B.

Kee-port Company, Red Top plaster; General Asbestos and Supply Company, roofing and sheet metal work; Triangle Marble and Tile Company, tile baths, sinks and floors; Neevcs and Company, McDougall kitchen equipment. Roll-a-Way beds, bath cabinets, linen closets, buffet cupboards and gas ranges; R. S. Foster Lumber Company, doors and mill-work; Pierson-Lewis Company, hardware; Dawson painting and The Final Touch of Distinction The refrigerator cooled by an electrical refrigeration unit is raised from the floor and is lined with porcelain, making it perfectly sanitary. The forced ventilation usins a large electric fan on the roof completely changes the air in each kitchen often enough to prevent odors from entering other rooms.

The dressing rooms off the baths are finished with a complete built-in wardrobe. Closet space is very amply provided. Each apartment also is furnished with a roller bed. The building is heated by a vapor system and hot water is available at all times. There are eight apartments on each floor, two containing a large living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bath; two with living room, dinette and kitchenette, bedroom and bath: four with large living room in which a roller bed is supplied, dinette and kitchenette, bath and dressing room.

Best of Properties. The owner of the building, the Marleigh Realty Company, of which F. R. Buck is president and Paul O. Bigler is secretary, have found the Marleigh apartment a building which far exceeds any of the several others which they own and operate.

They reported the entire building Jackson Supply Co. Distributors WOLFF Superior Plumbing Fixtures search that is used exclusively by the company, is one of the outstanding features of the building. Another great feature in the erection of buildings such as the Marleigh apartment, which the company has worked out, is the whole-hearted cooperation of those engaged in the project. The Marleigh apartment stands back thirty-five feet from the newly-widened portion of Delaware street. The building is of reinforced concrete trimmed with Indiana limestone and faced with brick.

It houses forty-eight families. Wrought Iron Gate. The building is entered through an attractive wrought iron gate into a vestibule containing the mail boxes and telephones to the apartments, and an electrically operated lock connected with each apartment permits the entrance to the building of only those who have the permission of the tenants. Off the first floor corridor an attractive swinging door opens into the automatic elevator which communicates with the six floors and basement. The basement is arranged with fireproof storage space, a large laundry and an attractive apartment for the custodian.

The walls of the arched corridors on the apartment floor are finished in a delicate texture of colored interior plaster. The floors are covered full width with beautiful carpet, adding greatly to the quiet and restful atmosphere. The. entrance to each apartment is closed by a massive solid panel door, numbered with attractive statuary bronze numerals. The floors of the apartments are laid with cellized oak block flooring on the concrete slab, greatly enhancing the beauty of the apartment.

Walls of the living rooms are decorated in a pleasing tiffany of umbers and browns over a background of old ivory. The bedrooms finished with the latest designs of bedroom wall paper. The baths are equipped with tub and complete shower, tile wainscot and floor in black and white. A vitreous china pedestal lavatory of an attractive design has also been used. Kitchenettes Attractive.

The kitchenettes also are a main feature of the building. They are separated from the dinettes by a The new Marleigh receives its ultimate note of beauty from its trimming of Indiana Limestone. This natural, durable building stone came from our extensive quarries and modern mills. We are equipped to handle promptly all Indiana Limestone requirements, regardless of size. rx decorating; H.

V. Cook Company, hardwood floors; Patterson Shade Company, shades; H. W. Swisher, building pointing and renovating. The Meyer-Kiser bank financed the project and Edson T.

Wood, 124 East Market street, is handling the rental and management. Used Exclusively in THE BEAUTIFUL MARLEIGH APARTMENTS Display Rooms 333 W. Ohio St. Bloomington Limestone Co. Bloomington, Indiana F.

oster JCndineerini Oc ervice 5 ti 1 1 in BETTER BUILDINGS- FOR TENANTS AND OWNERS jtoiiuut ivecess jdcos McDougall Kitchen Cabinets IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT "FOSTER" WOODWORK AND LUMBER Were Chosen for the New Marleigh Apartments R. S. FOSTER China Cases Wardrobes AND Medicine Cabinets IN THE MARLEIGH APARTMENTS FURNISHED and The super structures of all our buildings are erected with the "Unit Cantilever Slab" system of reinforced concrete, making them absolutely fireproof and carrying a much lower rate of insurance for the tenant and owner than a fire-resisting building of steel with cement and plaster insulation. The designing of our buildings is given a great deal of study and original ideas are developed and embodied in the plans anticipating the tenants' needs and making them more desirable, and thereby benefitting the owners. The systematic co-operation of all mechanics working on the construction of our buildings enables us to attain a maximum speed at a minimum cost.

Tenants can be assured of occupancy at a fixed date and owners gain additional income. Our wide experience in pleasing tenants and a knowledge of their tastes and just what they will pay for an ideal apartment puts us in position to design and build for owners at a pre-deterniined cost and assuring an exact income. These known facts are essential to any successful financial project. The maintaining and operating of our building is a neglible factor. The materials we use are practically indestructible, except for such trim and decoration as are necessary to-make the buildings pleasing and homelike.

Jpireproof TPlffieiency jpeed (3peraon INSTALLED by LUMBER COMPANY Woodwork by Craftsmen 1700 Kentucky Avenue BElmont 4180 906 I. 0. O. F. Bldg.

Riley 7991 Em 1 jlj Co. I A vr- UNIT SLAB" oster ngineerine kjJervice 726 INDIANA PYTHIAN BUILDING Heggie BT Simplex The for the New Marleigh Apartments Furnished by Pierson-Lewis Hardware Co. HOME ELEVATORS Manufactured in Indianapolis Will Provide Dependable Transportation In the New Marleigh Apartments WITH SAFETY IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE Home Elevator Company Roofing and Sheet Metal Furnished and Installed by General Asbestos and A Supply Co. 426 S. Meridian Street Riley 9419 Electric Construction BY "Men Mo Know" C.

L. Smith ELECTRIC COMPANY Engineering Contractors Ill E. Vermont St. Riley 6456 WINDOW SHADES in the MARLEIGH APARTMENTS Furnished by PATTERSON SHADE CO. 9 E.

Washington Riley 14pfi Plant and General Offices Lincoln 3295 1140 and 50 Southeastern Avenue HEAT THE NEW Marleigh Apartmenls A Better Value Le Cost Jackson Engineering Co. Geo. O. Jackson, Pres. The FOSTER ENGINEERING RED TOP PLASTER 122 S.

Penn. St. Lincoln 7454 FLOORS SERVICE CO. In the Erection of THE NEW BI. 6243 37 S.

Capitol Ave. Marleigh Apartments Furnished by A. B. KEEPORT Inc. MARLEIGH APARTMENTS Triangle Marble and Tile Co.

620 N. Senate Phone Lincoln 5437 SPECIFIES STRAUB CINDER -BLOCKS Throughout the Marleigh Apartments Are CELLized OAK SQUARES Laid in EverBond MastiC Over Concrete The most modern type of wood floor over concrete is soundproof and is the finest floor to be obtained for Apartments, Hotels or any type of buildinp. Costs no more than the old type of heavy strip flooring. Furnished and installed by H. V.

COOK CO. 1 We Put the Finish to The Marleigh Apartments H. W. Swisher Building Pointing and Renovating CHerry 2367-R In Connection With Their Policy of Building Only Fireproof Buildings. Backing for face brick and interior partition walls are of Straub Cinder Block insuring fire safety as well as a sound-proof wall.

Hank TflBi fSy l.lnnln BuildiBf. 14 i I Painting and Decorating -By- Dawson Bros. mi Cinder Block and Material Company Indianapolis TAlbott 1131 219 Roosevelt Aven CHerry 31 no irMNrni.ii THE TITLE MOIIK IN MarlHKh Apartmrnts Furajshrd n4 In.mlfd by Bi. Estimates cheerfully furnished anywhere. BElmont 2700 108 Hancock St..