The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1953, Page 7

é ton Involved In House Moving’ Old Stowers Home In New Location On Whitehead St. The old Stowers home, familiar landmark at the corner of Southard and Duval Street, has found a new location on Whitehead street next \§ to the Old Island Trading Post, i corner of Caroline and Whitehead Streets. The moving of the 90 year old house in two sections was the most spectacular feat not only | of the week, but for some years past. The moving of some of the old Army barracks to « various points in the city was a midget operation by comparison. } Mrs. Jessie Porter Newton who purchased the old home is still out | of town and could not be reached for quotation on the exact pur- | Saturday, Januasy 24, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page F Gigantic Operat Building Permits Totalled $34,925 Building permits totalling $34,- 925 were issued from the office of City Building Inspector Ray Knopp; Mrs, Bulalie Jones, this week. | Street, car porte, $100. In the largest single group of |: The Casa Marina Hotel, repairs, permits, Dr. J. Lancelot Lester | $500. Jr. was given permission for the | Sola Williams, 801 Emma Street, construction of four cottages at a} repairs, $1,900. IF IT’S JALOUSIES ANY SIZE cost of $8,000 each on United St. Other permits given, included: Porter Wagor Russell, 1121 Ash- by Street, car porte, $600. J. A. Gaiti, 115 Duval Street, re- pairs, $150. House of Linen, 612 Duval Street, repairs, $175. 117 ~White Manufactured in Key West F. H. A. FINANCING SEE THE — GENERAL CONTRACTING Tropical Sheet Metal Works RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AVAILABLE ... FREE ESTIMATES COME IN AND TALK OVER YOUR NEW BUILDING, REPAIR OR ANY DIFFICULT CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS M. E. BENNETT CONSTRUCTION CO. 214 DUVAL ST. 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DIAL 2-2333 chase price of the structure which | she bought from Rulie Pitcher Sto- wers and Amelia F. Pitcher, but it was learned that the moving ope- ration alone was in excess of a few thousand, not one thousand dollars per block as rumored. The Stowers house, a hipped- roof structure with three di sions was moved in two sections | | | | by Burt Garnett and a Miami~ company. The distance tra- versed was a little over seven blocks. During the period of moving, light and wires to be ered to allow passage of the roof- top. Special police detail was house moved slowly on huge roll!- ers back on Southard, down Si- present site. Housemoving used to be quite common in Key West, and many of the old homes were bought on barges all the way from Bahamas. Stowers home was built around 1865 and is over 90 years old. The ravages of time show in some of the underpinning, but the frame structure is in surprisingly good shape. ~ According to J. Y. Porter IV, spokesman for Mrs. Newton, the house is tentatively slated for re- habilitation as apartments. There was also some talk of using the old house as a market for Key West products and art wares, but Porter said that he knew nothing of the rumor or of the actual set- tled plans. On the original site, under a 99 CRACKED CEILINGS Re-covered | without fuss or muss! Why live under ugly creep- ing cracks? In a matter of ‘ues carpenters can apply new Upson Kuver-Krak Panels right over old plaster. You poco] a Sug oe ee ceiling. Panels are anchored from the back. No nail heads show. Nat- ural pebbled surface matches walls. Bring in your measurements. STRUNK LUMBER YARD 120 Simonton Street PHONE 2-7091 New Home Fine Fabrics telephone | porarily sev- | needed to re-direct traffic as the [ monton and via Caroline to its | year lease, a delicatessen and three other stores will be built at the now vacant lot, 535 Duval St. Torres Estate Sold To Leon County Buyer Among the warranty deeds filed within the past week in the office of County Clerk Eral Adams was| one connected with the estate of the late Leroy Torres, former chief of the Key West fire department, The estate was bought for $4,000 by Ernest R. Smith of Leon County, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sawyer of Rock Harbor in the Keys sold a lot jin the Baywood subdivision, Key Largo, to H. F. Corder of Coral Gables for $9,500. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vecher of Raleigh, N. C. bought land in the area from Gladys McCracken of Michigan for $6,500. On Big Pine Key, for residence only, Edward E. Barry and his | wife, of Monroe County, bought lot 13 for $800 from Helen R. Milan of |Grosse Point, Michi The Sadowski company, so ac- tive in real estate on the Keys, |completed one deal in which the j west half of lot 4, Block C in the | South-Marathon Shores subdivision ; was sold for $18,000 to Mr. and | Mrs. F. P. Sadowski themselves, {and another in which the east half |was bought from the company by Mr. and Mrs, Ralph H. Talbot of Detroit, Mich, for $16,000. |. The Sadowski company also sold for $3,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Milton A, Matheny of hon. The lot is ‘in the Little V Subdivision. Land known as lot 10,-block 10, Plat no. 1, Key West Foundation Company was sold for $16,000 by Mr. and Mrs, Waldo Hernandez to Mr. and Mrs, Frank Recupero. | Mr. and Mrs. Clem Price bought jland on Stock |L. Paterson fe A parcel of at the intersec- nd United Sts ter, Jr., by for $2,500. 5 president is was sol the The Retsel B Renew The Looks Of Your Furniture! Choose f ster or sli We do quo cover ¥ ity work at low Umble’s Canvas Shop $82 Caro ne St | THE OLD STOWERS HOME,” vintage 1865, is shown being moved along the last block of its trip from the original site on Duval and Southard Streets to the new location next to the Old Island Trading Post on Whitehead Street. The camera caught the moving process on Caroline Street in front of Mulberg Motors, Co., just across the way. from the home of the old structure’s new owner, Mrs. Jessie Porter Newton who maintains residence at 410 Caroline Street. Over 90 years old, the frame structure stood the seven block journey with veteran ease—Citizen Staff Photo, Chamber Of Commerce Will Have Added Space For Work NEW ADDITION, NEW FACILITIES WILL HELP IN PUBLIC SERVICE Big news in the building field is the fast advancement of the new facilities for the Chamber of Com- merce and the USO-YMCA on Whitehead Street adjacent to the Monroe County courthouse. Over 250 square feet of addition- al space will be utilized by the Chamber of Commerce office. The the purchaser. Secretary is M. Ig- natius Lester. For the sum of $1.00 land on Key Vaca near Marathon was sold to the Monroe County School Board by the Overseas Road. and Toll Bridge, District. The property. will be for school use only. Ear! J. Toomer of Ft. Meyers, Fla. who leased the A and B. Lob- ster House in May, 1950, and the property owners, Mr. and Mrs. Berlin E. Felton, have filed can- cellation of the lease. new wing will include a private office and store room. Board and committee meetings will be held there. The present office will be- come an information center, Personnel from the U. S. De- partment of Commerce field office in Miami are expected to visit in Key West soon to train the Cham- ber staff in the use of information files provided by the U. S, De- partment of Commerce providing statistics and other information which has not, been available in Key West before. Already installed is the shelf of telephone directories from all the main cities in the nation through the courtesy of Southern Bell Tele- Phone and Telegraph company. More desks for writing facilities, maps, highway publications and other motorists aids will be han- died through the office. All service branches ‘will be expanded. The Romans built their houses around courts and rarely had win- dows in them, 134 SIMONTON ST. 5 DIAL 2-3923 The Royal Palms APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now Furvished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE VENETIAN BLINDS EXCLUSIVELY WITH The MAXWELL COMPANY Nationally Advertised! . & © Built to Fit Any Size Window! “Aluminum Your New Beauty With ROLLACHEAD CUSTOM-MADE VENETIAN BLINDS Stats Easily Removable! ESTIMATE The Maxwell Company from Virginia | Look at all the new homes, motels and business buildings in Key| West. You'll see only one in a hundred which has that look of! character. 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