Name/Title
Corby Estates Residences Project Correspondence, St. Joseph, 1924-1953Entry/Object ID
2007.33.705Scope and Content
Corby Estates Residences Project Correspondence, St. Joseph, 1924-1953. Files of Eckel & Aldrich Architects and Brunner & Brunner Architects. Projects regarding various upgrades at Corby-Forsee Building, 1929 proposal to build a new 40-apartment complex called Faraon Hall Apartments at 7th & Faraon, 1929 erect a new building, the Casper (Goodrich) Tire Service Station at 17th (Kemper) & Frederick Avenue,
There is no information as to whether the apartment complex was ever built. Included is correspondence up to 1930 attempting to secure a construction loan.
File includes electrical costs, blueprints, terra cotta, stonework, and bronze work, Faraon Hall Apartments, loans and financing, renting schedule, bids for heating and plumbing, framing and screening, elevators, kitchen units, proposals.Collection
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St. Joseph, MIssouri, Residences, Corby Estates, Faraon Hall Apartments, Lehr Construction, Korns Electric, Selden-Breck Construction, Casper Tire Service Station, Frederick Avenue, and Kemper, Seventh, and Faraon, Brunner & Brunner Architects, Frederick Avenue, ResidencesLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Envelope, Correspondence