A History of Founders' Grove in Maps
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Building permits 1927
The Pantagraph reported at the end of 1927 that the permits issued aggregated $1,000,000 in homes and other buildings. The writer pointed out that the price noted on the permit did not include any extras in the construction such as electrical, gas or plumbing. The largest construction site that year was the new Holy Trinity High School. There were also many many garages being built due to the growing popularity of the automobile. There were 30 houses built in Founders' Grove:
211 Willard -- Lloyd Shoemaker -- $5000
213 Florence -- L B Russell -- $6000
212 Florence -- Adolph Roggy -- $4000
204 Florence -- C T Anderson -- $4000
2017 Taylor -- Charles E Hall -- $4000
1917 Taylor -- Charles E Hall -- $9000
206 Willard -- Charles E Hall -- $5000
216 Woodland -- Charles E Hall -- $8000
2001 Jackson -- Charles E Hall -- $9000 -- brick
1705 Taylor -- Charles E Hall -- $7000
1922 Oakland -- Charles E Hall -- $5000
1507 Olive -- Charles Bates -- $9000
1402 Olive -- Charles Bates -- $9000
413 Kreitzer -- Charles Bates -- $5000
2019 Taylor -- H O Filer -- $10,000
209 Kreitzer -- W D Alexander -- $5000
2021 Taylor -- W D Alexander -- $5000
6 Harwood -- W S Harwood -- $5000
101 Moore -- A Caldwell -- $6000
301 Kreitzer -- George W Montgomery -- $7000
407 Kreitzer -- JW Ahlers -- $5000
2010 Taylor -- O E Archer -- $8000
1516 Olive -- Elmo Lain -- $6000
Kreitzer & Oakland -- Rodgers & Moratz -- $7000
1417 Grove -- Max Klenner -- $10,000
403 Kreitzer -- Clarence Powell -- $5000
217 Florence -- William Mast -- $7000
1406 Jackson -- Westside Coal & Lumber Co. -- $7000