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UNITED STATES DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R ST A T IS T IC S
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A . F. Hinrichs, Acting Commissioner
in cooperation w ith
W O R K PROJECTS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N
Official Project 107—2-00—52
B
u i ld i n g
P e r m
i t
S u r v e y ,
1 9 3 9
VOLUM E IV — West North Central Cities
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Prepared by the
DIVISIO N OF C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D PUBLIC E M P L O Y M E N T
H E R M A N B. B Y E R , Chief
B u lletin
No- 689
----------------------------------------- NOTE ---------------------------------------To economise in the use of paper and printing during the
war, the Bureau of Labor Statistics w ill discontinue the
practice of placing heavy paper covers on its bulletins,
except where conditions require them.
U N IT E D ST A T E S
G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE
W A S H IN G T O N : 1942
F or sale b y th e S u p e rin te n d e n t o f D o cu m e n ts, W a sh in g ton , D . C .
P rice 10 cen ts
CONTENTS
Page
Summary_______________________________________________________________________
Residential construction:
Units added, converted, and demolished________________________________
Privately financed residential construction:
Type of structure____________________________________________________
Exterior construction material______________________________________
Permit valuations____________________________________________________
Rooms per dwelling unit____________________________________________
Demolitions___________________________________________________________
Housing projects financed from Federal funds__________________________
Nonhousekfeeping residential construction:
Type of structure and permit valuations___________________________
Demolitions__________________________________________________________
Nonresidential construction:
Type of structure and permit valuations________________________________
Demolitions_____________________
Appendix:
T a b l e A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping resi
dential and nonresidential structures for which building
permits were issued in West North Central cities, by
type of structure and specified materials, 1939_________
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Letter of Transmittal
U n ited S tates D epar tm en t of L a b o r ,
B u r e a u of L abor S tatist ic s ,
W a sh in g to n , D . C ., October 1 6 , 1 9 4 1 The S e c r e ta r y of L a b o r :
I have the honor to transmit herewith the fourth of a series of nine
reports on residential and nonresidential construction and demoli
tion: This report covers cities in the West North Central States.
An explanation of the purposes of the survey was given in the preface
to the first report, which covered the New England cities.
A. F. H in r ic h s , A c tin g C o m m issio n e r .
Hon. F rances P e r k in s ,
S ecreta ry o j L a b o r .
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B ulletin
A£o. 689
(V o l. I V ) o f the
U n ited States B u rea u o f Labor Statistics
B uilding Perm it S u rv ey , 1939
Residential and Nonresidential Construction and
Demolition, West North Central Cities, 19391
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has secured summary figures on
building construction in the principal cities of the country annually
since 1921 and monthly since September 1929. These figures are
published in the monthly report entitled “ Building Construction”
and in annual bulletins. In response to the demand for more detailed
information on building construction than that available from the
monthly summary figures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in coopera
tion with the Work Projects Administration, made an intensive survey
of building-permit data for the period since 1929 in cities with a popula
tion of 10,000 and over. This bulletin, covering West North Central
cities with a population of 25,000 and over for the year 1939, is 1
of a series for each of the 9 geographic divisions of the United States.
The years 1929 to 1935 and 1936 to 1938 are covered in earlier
bulletins.2
Summary
The results of the building-permit survey indicate increases in
the 3 types of construction—residential, nonhousekeeping residential,
and nonresidential— in 1939 over 1938 in 26 West North Central cities
with a population of 25,000 and over.3
Building permits were issued in 1939 for new privately financed
structures containing 8,730 family-dwelling units, nearly three-tenths
more units than were provided in 1938. Furthermore, 522 units were
provided in a project of the United States Housing Authority; no
such developments were authorized in 1938. Some important char1 A n a ly sis an d p re s e n ta tio n b y L y n n K . F in n e g a n
P la n n in g of ta b le s b y H e n ry F . H aase, a ss is ta n t
d irecto r of th e s u rv e y . T a b u la tio n of d a ta u n d e r th e su p erv isio n of Jo se p h H . F ein g o ld , regional s u p e r
visor, R egion I.
2 Such discrepancies as a p p e a r b etw een th e figures in th is b u lle tin a n d th o se p resen te d in m o n th ly re p o rts
p re v io u sly released b y th e B u re au of L a b o r S ta tistic s arise from v a ry in g causes. In som e cases differences
re su lt from th e fact t h a t m ore acc u ra te in te rp re ta tio n w as possible on th e b asis of th e d etailed in fo rm atio n
collected b y th e agents of th e B u ild in g P e rm it S u rv ey . In som e in stan ces b u ild in g s are n o t erected or
d em olished a fter th e p e rm it is issued. T h e B u re a u m akes no a tte m p t to collect su ch in fo rm a tio n in o rd er
to a d ju st th e figures.
3 T h e U . S. C ensus of P o p u la tio n for 1930 w as used to d eterm in e th e size of th e cities. I n 1930 th e W est
N o rth C en tra l D iv isio n h a d 27 cities w ith a p o p u la tio n of 25,000 or m ore. C lin to n , Io w a, is n o t in c lu d e d in
th e b u lle tin because co m p lete d a ta are n o t availab le.
1
2
BUILDING PERM IT SU RVEY, 1 9 3 9
act eristics were noted in privately financed residential construction in
these communities in 1939. Nearly 9 out of every 10 new units were
single-family houses, and well over one-half of the new accommodations
were in buildings surfaced with frame. This material was the most
important exterior material in all but 3 cities. In 2 of these
cities brick predominated, and in 1, a combination of stone and
frame. More than one-half of the new dwelling units had valuations
ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 per unit. The 5-room unit was the
most popular size for living quarters.
Nonhousekeeping residential construction, from point of dollar
volume, was two-thirds higher in 1939 than it was in 1938. Dormi
tories accounted for the bulk of the $1,278,000 reported for this type
of construction in 1939.
The valuation for nonresidential construction increased from $21,Schools,
which constituted one-third of this total volume, were largely respon
sible for the increase.
In addition to permits issued for private construction, the tables
include the value of contracts awarded for Federal, State, and munici
pal buildings in the cities covered by this report. The data concerning
Federal and State buildings are collected by the Bureau from the
various Federal and State agencies which have the power to award
contracts for building construction.
265,000 in 1938 to $34,791,000 in 1939, a gain of 64 percent.
R esiden tial C o n stru ctio n
U nits Added, C on verted, and Dem olished
Permits were issued in 1939 for the erection of privately financed
residential buildings containing a total of 8,730 family-dwelling units
in the 26 West North Central cities covered by this report, as com
pared with 6,842 in 1938. The total number of units for the cities in
each of the 7 states of this geographic division was higher in 1939 than
in 1938. Fargo, N. Dak., had the greatest increase with 107 new
units, or 3 times as many as in 1938. Sixty percent more new
privately financed dwelling units were reported in 1939 in the N e
braska cities, and 43 percent more in the Iowa cities, than in 1938.
Only 3 cities in the region— Kansas City, Kans., St. Paul, Minn., and
St. Joseph, M o.— showed decreases in the number of new residential
facilities.
About one-third of the 8,730 new family-dwelling units provided in
1939 were reported in Minneapolis and St. Louis. In Minneapolis,
the second city in size among these 26 communities, 1,578 units were
authorized, and in St. Louis, the largest city, with approximately onefourth of the total population, 1,279 units yvere provided. Several
of the other cities, including University City, M o. (a suburb of
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
3
St. Louis), Waterloo and Des Moines, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, S. Dak.,
provided more new housing facilities in relation to their population.
In addition to the privately financed residential facilities, a project
of the United States Housing Authority provided low-rent housing
facilities for 522 families in Omaha.
It is impossible to ascertain the net increase in housing facilities
during 1939 in the West North Central cities, as data concerning
additions and alterations to existing structures and demolitions in
the 26 communities are not complete. According to the permits
issued, however, 860 units were provided through additions and
alterations in 23 cities; such information was not available for Bur
lington, Iowa, Hutchinson, Kans., and University City, M o.
Demolition permits were not required in 6 of the cities covered by
this report, and data were not available or complete in 6 others.
Available information indicates 484 units were demolished in 1939,
322 units by permits and 162 by authorization of the United States
Housing Authority.
Table 1 shows the number of family-dwelling units provided in
new buildings, units resulting from additions and alterations to existing
structures, and units demolished, in 1939 compared with similar data
for 1938.
T
1 .— Number of new fam ily-dwelling units provided, units added and elimi
nated by additions and alterations, and units demolished , in W est North Central
cities, 1989 and 1988
able
F am ily -d w ellin g u n its
N ew dw ellings
A d d itio n s a n d a lte ra tio n s D em o litio n s
P o p u la tio n ,
U . S. census
S ta te an d city
P riv a te
Fed
eral 1
1939
T o ta l______________
8, 730
6, 842
Io w a _______________
1,999
1,394
B u rlin g to n _____
C ed a r R a p id s . C ouncil B lu ffs..
D a v e n p o r t_____
D es M o in e s ____
D u b u q u e ______
O ttu m w a ______
Sioux C ity _____
W a te rlo o _______
26
238
24
219
243
715
39
139
181
398
184
401
892
815
K a n sa s _________
20
88
68
11
12
111
135
297
Increase
1930
(2) (2)
(2) (2)
(3) (3)
75
133
5
11
92
49
2
25
31
64
89
15
12
(2)
(3)
427
24
81
M in n e s o ta ______
2 ,496
2,041
231
(2)
D u lu th _____
M in n ea p o lis
S t. P a u l____
172
1,578
746
140
1,024
877
98
125
63
81
S ee f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b le .
~~T
”T
(2)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(2)
(3)
12
25
2 (3)
(4)
2 10
(4)
(4)
3
(2)
(3)
226
510
212
(2)
(2)
(3)
28
38
H u tc h in s o n .
K a n sa s C ity .
T o p e k a _____
W ic h ita ____
85
91
D ecrease
(2)
(4)
17
(3)
27
8 (3)
(2)
(2)
(3)
22
(4)
5
(4)
(4)
10
(2)
(4)
9
(3)
36
(2)
122 (2)
(3)
13
s 54
17
89
29
P e rc e n t
age
change,
1930-40
3, 456, 286
+ 3 .6
523, 338
+ 7 .9
26, 755
56, 097
42. 048
60, 751
142, 559
41, 679
28,075
79,183
46,191
- 3 .4
+ 1 0 .7
-1 .4
+ 8 .7
+12.1
+ 5 .3
+ 1 2 .4
+ 4 .0
+12.0
324, 172
+ 3 .1
27, 085
121, 857
64,120
+10.8
111,110
-.3
+ 5 .8
+ 3 .5
837, 425
+ 5 .2
101,463
464, 356
271,606 I
-.4
+6. 0
+ 5 .9
4
T
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,
1939
a b l e
1.— N u m b er o f new fa m ily -d w e llin g units p rovid ed , units added a nd elim i
nated b y additions and alterations and units d em o lish ed , in W es t N orth Central
cities, 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 — Continued
F a m ily -d w ellin g u n its
N e w dw ellings
1
i
1
A d d itio n s an d a lte ra tio n s D e m o litio n s
r u p u n tiiu n ,
U . S. census
S ta te a n d c ity
1939
1938
Increase
Fed
eral
1939 1939 1938
P riv a te
2, 255
1,877
(2)
65
_ _
J o p lin __
100
318
K a n sa s C ity
S t. J o se p h
_ __
53
1,279
S t. L ouis
_ _
S pringfield
216
289
U n iv e rs ity C i t y ___
79
224
54
1,100
171
249
35
21
1
20
18
(3)
37
4
18
6
_______
768
479
_
252
516
162
317
N o rth D a k o ta rF a rg o __
107
36
30
S o u th D ak o ta: Sioux
F a lls
___
213
200
9
M isso u ri
__
N e b ra sk a
L in co ln
O m a h a ..
_ __ _
D ecrease
1939
1938
1930
4
( 2)
( 2)
1, 419, 431
+ .2
1
3
( 3)
52
28
(«)
19
1
(3)
139
32
7 447
16
2
33, 454
399,746
80,935
821, 960
57, 527
25, 809
+ 1 1 .0
1
-6 . 5
+ 6! 5
+ 2 8 .0
(2)
(2)
( 2)
289, 939
+ 5 .5
(3)
( 4)
8 162
( 4)
48
75, 933
214, 006
+ 8 .0
+ 4 .6
6
12
28, 619
+ 1 3 .8
33, 362
+ 2 2 .4
1938
( 2)
1
13
( 3)
522
96
(2)
522
34
32
79
(3)
(2)
1
1
10
P e rc e n t
age
chain.' r,
1930-40
1939
( 4)
( 4)
1 N o U n ite d S ta te s H o u sin g A u th o rity p ro jects a u th o riz e d in 1938.
2 In fo rm a tio n n o t com plete.
3 D a ta n o t availab le.
4 D em o litio n p e rm its n o t re q u ire d .
5 D oes n o t in c lu d e d e m o litio n d a ta on 3 b u ild in g s for w h ic h th e n u m b e r of fam ily -d w ellin g u n its w as n o t
re p o rte d .
6 483 s tru c tu re s w ere dem o lish ed in 1939, b u t d a ta are n o t in c lu d e d as d e m o litio n p e rm its d id n o t specify
class of s tru c tu re (re s id e n tia l or n o n re s id e n tia l).
i D oes n o t in c lu d e d a ta on 15 s tru c tu re s for w h ich d e m o litio n p e rm its d id n o t specify class of s tru c tu re
(resid e n tia l or n o n re s id e n tia l).
8 D e m o litio n d a ta n o t av ailab le . C o n tra c ts w ere a w a rd e d in 1939 for th e d em o litio n of 162 fam ily -d w ellin g
u n its a t th e site of th e S o u th Side T e rrac e H om es h o using p ro ject, for w h ic h no d e m o litio n p e rm its w ere
issued.
P riva tely Financed R esidential C on stru ction
Type of Structure
Permits granted for new privately financed residential construction
during 1939 show that 87 percent of the new dwelling units were
single-family houses. Apartment buildings with accommodations for
5 or more families provided 7 percent, and 4-family dwellings con
tained 4 percent of the new units. Table 2 shows the distribution,
by city, of units in the various types of structure for which permits
were issued in 1939.
The single-family house was the most popular type of dwelling in
each of the 26 cities in the West North Central region. In 8 com
munities— Burlington, Council Bluffs, Dubuque, Ottumwa, and Water
loo, Iowa; Kansas City, Kans.; and St. Joseph and Springfield, M o.—
the single-family dwelling was authorized to the exclusion of all other
types. Furthermore, in all but 4 cities, this type of structure ac
counted for at least nine-tenths of the new units. In Minneapolis,
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
5
where 73 percent of the dwelling units were 1-family houses, 24
percent were in apartment buildings with facilities for 5 or more
families. This type of structure accounted for 19 percent of the new
residential construction in Fargo. Four-family dwellings contained
17 percent of the units in St. Louis, and 22 percent in University
City.
T a b l e 2 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in p rivately fina nced structures f o r
which building p erm its were issued, in W e s t N orth Central cities, b y typ e o f structure ,
1939 1
3- a n d 4-fam ily an d
com m ercial u n it
7,288
262
134
14
18
39
605
3
19
1,999
1,933
22
8
5
3
4
22
1
6
B u rlin g to n __
C ed ar R apids.
C o u n c i l
B luffs
D a v e n p o r t__
D es M o in e s ..
26
238
26
227
2
3
1
6
20
243
715
20
214
703
3
i6
1
6
D u b u q u e ___
O ttu m w a ___
Sioux C ity __
W aterloo
39
139
181
398
39
139
169
396
K a n s a s __________
892
781
H u tc h in so n
K a n sa s C i t y .
Topeka
W ic h ita
88
68
226
510
82
68
221
410
2, 496
1, 899
172
D u lu th
M in n ea p o lis .. 1, 578
746
S t. P a u l
167
1, 059
673
98
18
16
2
3
3
U n its
B u ild m gs
1
go
U n its
a j
©
<
B u ild
ings
.~ A
I
1
8, 730
©
A
o
03
4-fam ily
D etac h e d
5-or-mpre5-or-morefam ily w ith fa m ily an d
o u t co m m er com m ercial
cial u n it
u n it
T o ta l
©
^ ©
3-fam ily, 3-decker
S ta te a n d city
1- a n d 2-fam ily an d
com m ercial u n it
fam ily
2-fam ily, 2-decker
1
1
1 *7*
|
T y p e of stru c tu re
T o t a l___________
M in n e s o ta ._ . . .
7
8
4
4
2
10
2
2
54
4
380
1
4
1
6
24
3
18
4
2
4
3
4
48
4
116
18
1
4
6
20
3
18
6
44
15
401
1
8
4
28
12
12
3
363
38
1
8
11
134
1
5
1
5
1
M is s o u r i... __ _
2, 255
1, 708
46
68
J o p lin
K a n sa s C i t y .
S t. J o se p h ___
S t. L ouis
S p rin g field __
U n iv e rs ity
C i t y ______
100
318
53
1, 279
216
90
290
51
872
212
6
2
30
4
4
4
32
289
193
N e b r a s k a __ __ .
768
703
L in c o ln __ _
O m a h a ... . .
252
516
235
468
N o rth
D a k o ta:
F a r g o .. . . . . . .
107
S o u th
D ak o ta:
Sioux F a lls ... _
213
4
28
3
8
28
3
4
4
28
83
2
2
181
14
6
'
6
288
3
1
4
3
2
220
2
16
9
118
64
1
20
1
5
1
1
8
12
5
4
20
1
5
3
4
1 D a ta for fam ily-dw elling u n its w ith p e rm it v a lu a tio n s less th a n $500 are n o t in c lu d e d in th e s u rv e y .
BUILDING PftllMlT SURVEY, 1939
B
Exterior Construction Material
Information on exterior construction material, which was collected
for 8,685 of the 8,730 new privately financed dwelling units in the
West North Central cities, indicates that frame, brick, and brick
veneer were the favored types of surface material in 1939. Fifty-five
percent of the units were in frame buildings, 22 percent in brick struc
tures, and 13 percent in brick-veneer buildings. A wide variety of
materials such as stucco, concrete, stone, and combinations of frame
and stone with other materials was specified for buildings containing
the remaining 10 percent of the units.
The exterior material varied somewhat with the various types of
structures, as shown in table 3. Sixty-three percent of the single
family houses were of frame construction, but only 18 percent of
the units in 2-family structures and 4 percent of the units in
multifamily buildings were surfaced with this material. Brick pre
dominated as exterior construction material on 2-family dwellings
(45 percent of the total number of units) and multifamily buildings
(75 percent).
In 18 of the West North Central cities at least three-fourths of the
units in all types of structure were in buildings surfaced with frame.
Brick construction predominated in St. Louis, accounting for 96
percent of the units; and in University City, a residential suburb of
St. Louis, this material was authorized for buildings containing 97
percent of the units. In Kansas City, M o., 38 percent of the dwelling
units were in combination stone and frame buildings, and 33 percent in
brick-veneer structures.
T
3 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in p rivately fina nced structures f o r
which building perm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central cities , by typ e o f structure
a b l e
See footnotes at end of table.
7
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
T a b l e 3 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g units in privately fin a n ced structures f o r
which building perm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central cities, b y typ e o f structure
and specified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued
T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
189
14
~ ~ ll'
267
104
9
49
L in co ln ___ _ _ _ _ _ _
77
O m a h a ._.
_ ...
255
5 190
25
1
1
N o rth D ak o ta: F a rg o __
76
7
S o u t h D a k o t a : S io u x
22
F a lls _________________
171
1 1
1 In c lu d e s 1- a n d 2-fam ily dw ellings w ith stores.
2 In c lu d e s m u ltifa m ily dw ellings w ith stores.
6
4
9
N o t re p o rte d
13
m aterials
6
O th e r
6
331
68
39
8
331
30
38
27
12
20
8
410
3
20
i
9
10
2
m aterials
2
1
4
3
3
B rick veneer
30
161
9
4
21
7
74
8
B rick
11
3" 106
2
854
19
F ra m e
170
27
131
4
258
72
232
O th e r
55
20
41
43
181
1
359
334
B ric k veneer
Jo p lin __
. . .
K an sas C ity __ _ .
S t. J o se p h ,
S t. L ouis _ _
_
S pringfield .
_ _
U n iv e rs ity C ity , ___
N e b ra s k a ,__ __ _ . __
197
B rick
1
162
4
716
574
8
341 1, 048
F ram e
13
D u lu th
M in n eap o lis
S t. P a u l
M isso u ri
N o t re p o rte d
M in n e s o ta ______ _ _____ 1, 452
| O th er
B rick veneer
B rick
[
1
F ram e
S ta te a n d city
m aterials
j
i
M u ltifa m ily
i
2-fam ily
1-fam ily
1
1
6
8
2
1
2
4
34
2
2
2
1
2
60
26
1
1
4
343
22
22
2
4
4
2
64
4
16
5
4
8
8
5
10
10
7
5
Permit Valuations
M ore than one-half of all the new privately financed units author
ized during 1939 in the 26 West North Central cities had valuations
ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 per unit. The accompanying chart
indicates, however, that permit valuations for dwellings to be erected
in cities with populations of 100,000 and over were higher than those
for dwellings in cities of 25,000 to 100,000 inhabitants. For example,
the valuation stated most frequently on permits issued in the larger
cities was between $4,000 and $4,500. This reflected the fact that
approximately one-lourth of the dwelling units in Minneapolis and
St. Louis (the two cities with the largest total number of dwelling
units) fell within this $500 interval. In the smaller cities the most
commonly reported permit valuation was between $3,000 and $3,500.
Both groups of cities had about the same percentage of units (only 1
percent) costing $10,000 and over; but relatively more low-cost
dwellings, those of less than $3,000, were reported in the cities of the
25,000-100,000 population group than in the larger municipalities.
From one-half to four-fifths of the units in several of the smaller
cities— Joplin, St. Joseph, Springfield, and Sioux Falls— had valuations
ranging from $500 to $3,000 per unit. In 2 of the larger cities,
Kansas City and Wichita, Kans., 85 percent and 64 percent, respec
tively, of the dwelling units appeared within these limits.
271710°—42----- 2
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
9
Among the various types of structure, single-family, detached
houses had higher valuations in both city-size groups than did other
types of dwellings, as shown by table 4. Valuations of the single
family detached dwellings ranged from $500 to $25,000 and over.
Among all other types in the smaller cities, only 1 dwelling unit with
commercial space was to cost $5,500 or more. All units in apart
ment buildings reported in these communities had valuations between
$1,000 and $3,000. In the larger cities, apartment buildings were to
cost from $1,000 to $5,000 per unit and, with the exception of the
single-family detached dwellings, only 7 units were to cost $5,500
and over.
The permit valuations are estimates of construction costs made by
prospective builders and do not include land and other costs.
T
4 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in p rivately fina nced structures f o r
which building p erm its were issu ed in 2 6 W e s t N orth Central cities, by perm it
valuation per u n it and typ e o f structure, 1 9 3 9 1
able
9
C I T I E S O F 100,000 O R M O R E P O P U L A T I O N
T o ta l_______
___ 5, 902
$25,000 a n d over
$22,500-$24,999
$20,000-$22,499
$17,500-$19,999
$15,000-$17,499___
2
2
2
1
8
$12,500-$14,999
$10,000-$12,499
$9,500-$9,999
$9,000-$9,499
$8,500-$8,999
4
25
14
26
4
25
14
26
12
12
$8,000-$8,499
$7,500-$7,999
$7,000-$7,499
$6,500-$6,999 .
$6,000-$6,499_____
36
50
83
194
35
50
83
99
191
174
570
774
1,059
675
172
548
722
856
514
724
536
455
197
96
547
329
208
104
75
83
81
$5,500-$5,999
$5,000-$5,499
$4,500-$4,999
$4,000-$4,499
$3,500-$3,999
100
$3,000-$3,499
$2,500-$2,999
$2,000-$2,499
$1,500-$1,999_____
$1,000-$1,499
$500-$999
7
88
12
300
3
2
'3
«
29
553
U n its
1
5-or-morefam ily
and
co m m ercial
u n it
B u ild in g s
CO
bfi
fl
U n its
3- a n d 4-fam ily an d com
m ercial u n it
4-fam ily
3-fam ily, 3-decker
12
5-or-morefam ily
w ith o u t
co m m ercial
u n it
3
19
2
13
1
6
i
S ee f o o t n o t e a t e n d o f t a b le .
198
1-
A tta c h ed
4,710
2
2
2
1
8
S em id etach ed
T o ta l
D e tac h e d
P e rm it v a lu a tio n
p e r fa m ily
dw elling u n it
| 2-fam ily, 2-decker
!
1
1-fam ily
a n d 2-fam ily, an d com
m ercial u n it
T y p e of s tru c tu re
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
6
2
4
4
18
34
10
64
24
18
28
20
8
2
16
10
12
2
2
12
4
1
8
4
5
20
100
6
3
1
1
9
136
20
1
4
3
3
42
172
102
5
4
49
72
72
38
1
6
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
10
T
4. — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g units in priva tely fin a n ced structures f o r
which building p erm its were issu ed in 2 6 W e s t N orth Central c ities, by p erm it
valuation per unit and typ e o f structure, 1 9 3 9 1— Continued
able
17
C I T I E S O F 25,000 T O 100,000 P O P U L A T I O N
s
CO
B u ild in g s
!
£
|
VCO
!
5-or-m orefam ily
an d
co m m rcial
u n it
U n its
<
'V
03
C
<£>
O
5-or-morefam ily
w ith o u t
com m ercial
u n it
VJ
*3
P
{
£
I
cs
S'S
£ fe
i
j 4-fam ily
2-fam ily, 2-decker
|
!
S em id etach ed
D etach ed
T o ta l
oo
X) ^
ce p
B u ild in g s
a
fam ily
P e rm it v a lu a tio n
p er fam ilydw elling u n it
3- a n d 4-fam ily a n d comm ercial u n it
T y p e of s tru c tu re
1
T o ta l___________
2,828
2, 578
$25,000 a n d over__
$22,500-$24,999
$20,000-$22,499___
$17,500-$19,999
$15,000-$17,499___
2
2
1
1
4
2
2
1
4
$12,500-$! 4,999
$10,000-$12,499___
$9,500-$9,999
$9,000-$9,499
$8,500-$8,999
4
12
2
7
11
4
12
2
7
11
$8,000-$8,499
$7,500-$7,999
$7,000-$7,499
$6,500-$6,999
$6,000-$6,499
19
29
34
48
81
19
29
34
48
81
$5,500-$5,999
$5,000-$5,499
$4,500-$4,999
$4,000-$4,499
$3,500-$3,999
101
194
242
327
356
101
190
236
311
340
2
2
2
14
6
$3,000-$3,499
$2,500-$2,999
$2,000-$2,499
$1 500-$l,999
$1,000-$1,499
377
252
215
171
143
353
179
158
148
117
10
14 !
6
14
12
6
2
10
4
2
$500-$999
193 |
1
1
!
!
1
189 l
1 ""
-j
64
46
2
6
80
10
52
6
2
1
1
32
10
5
5
1
4
4
4
8
1
3
8
24
28
3
4
I
!
:
1 W h en th e s tru c tu re p ro v id e d for a b u ilt-in or a tta c h e d garage or a co m m ercial u n it, th e cost of such
u n it is in c lu d e d . D a ta for fam ily-dw elling u n its w ith p e rm it v a lu a tio n s less th a n $500 are n o t in clu d ed .
Although the single-family house showed a wide distribution
throughout all cost groups, as indicated by table 5, 53 percent of these
dwellings were concentrated in the $3,000 to $5,000 cost group. This
$2,000 interval was the point of greatest concentration in nearly all
of the cities and accounted for about three-fifths or more of the 1family units in Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Des Moines, Iowa;
Topeka, Kans.; Minneapolis, M inn.; Kansas City, and St. Louis, M o.;
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RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
and Omaha, Nebr. Although one-half of the single-family dwellings
reported in Lincoln were within these limits, more than two-fifths had
valuations ranging from $5,000 to $22,500, while approximately
one-half of the units in St. Paul and Fargo were to cost $5,000 or
more. On the other hand, the bulk of the single-family dwellings in
Kansas City and Wichita, Kans.; Duluth, M inn.; and Joplin, St.
Joseph, and Springfield, M o.; had valuations of less than $3,000.
a b l e 5.—
N u m b er o f privately financed 1 -fa m ily dw ellings f o r which
building
perm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central cities , by p erm it valuation per
unit, 1 9 3 9 1
Iow a
1
12
$12,500-$14,999_______ _
$10,000-$12,499$9,500-$9,999____________
$9,000-$9,499____________
$8,500-$8,999_________ .
37
16
33
23
$8,000-$8,499____________
$7,500-$7,999____________
$7,000-$7,499______ ___
$6,500-$6,999 ___________
$6,000-$6,499_ .
______
54
79
117
147
274
$5,500-$5,999____________
$5,000-$5,499____________
$4,500-$4,999______ ___
$4,000-$4,499____________
$3,500-$3,999____________
273
744
960
1,187
890
$3,000-$3,499____________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$2,000-$2,499____________
$1,500-$1,999____________
$1,000-$1,499______
977
546
390
290
212
2
4
3
2
51
17
12
6
6
$500-$999
276
1
10
____________
H u tc h in so n
K an sas C ity
T o p ek a
703
39
179
398
84
68
225
1
139
1
462
1
1
1
1
1
1
4~
T
T
T
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5 """ 2 "
8
1
2
2
6
5
17
1
12
44
24
1
4"
5
3
3
1
3
1
8
2
1
1
8
See footnote a t end of ta b le .
W aterloo
D a v en p o rt
222
[
26
4
4
3
$25,000 a n d over
$22,500-$24,999_______
$20,000-$22,499__________
$17,500-119,999____
$15,000-$17,499_______ .
Sioux C ity
C ouncil Bluffs
20
0
i
. 7, 557
©
3
3
3
1
T o ta l_______________
D es M oines
C ed ar R ap id s
B u rlin g to n
229
1
Is
©
BAVum^o
P e rm it v a lu a tio n p e r
fam ily-dw elling u n it
1
|
K an sas
W ich ita
T
4"
6
4
5
10
1
T
T
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
T
1
1
1
3
7
16
13
24
27
38
12
14
13
25
44
73
8
1
6
6
3
8
21
7
5
2
3
2
13
15
15
28
29
38
40
67
77
128
128
4
5
42
11
2
6
7
75
34
15
19
19
8
7
2
3
2
16
27
6
8
2
6
2
13
25
2
1
1
2
2
15
17
11
33 i
1
5
1
l"
2
6
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
5
4
5
4
14
24
49
4
1
9
2
4
29
39
43
74
32
36
35
16
17
10
13
8
3
6
• 8
12
19
9
28
10
14
14
5
77
84
106
56
19
7
2
10
16
15
8
2
12
a b l e 5. —
N u m b er o f p rivately financed 1-f a m i ly dw ellings fo r w hich building
p erm its were i s s u e d in W e s t N orth Central c ities , by perm it valuation per
u n it , 1 9 3 9 1—-Continued
K an sas C ity
St. Jo sep h
St. Louis
Springfield
290
53
902
216
U n iv e rsity C ity
L incoln
O m aha
i
$12,500-$14,999
- _
$10,000-$12,499 _______
$9,500-$9,999
$9,000-$9,499 _________
$8,500-$8,999
___
197
239
475
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
6
2
8
6
1
7
7
15
4
1
1
1
1
2
5
1
2
12
25
29
33
58
16
14
35
44
82
1
2
3
$5,500-$5,999
$5,000-$5,499
$4,500-$4,999____________
$4,000-$4,499____________
$3,500-$3,999___________
2
5
12
27
17
74
134
226
260
158
30
86
161
89
36
1
3
2
4
6
3
12
6
6
16
$3,000-$3,499____________
$2,500-$2,999____________
$2,000-$2,499 __________
$1,500-$1,999 _________
$1,000-$1,499____________
13
12
19
5
21
91
19
2
7
2
26
2
15
9
4
9
7
8
14
20
$500-$999_______________
20
2
5
18
1
1
1
1
195
1
1
$8,000-$8,499
______
$7,500-$7,999 _________
$7,000-$7,499 __________
$6,500-$6,999
_______
$6,000-$6,499____________
85
1
1
1
Sioux F alls, S. D ak .
{
Jo p lin
T o t a l, ________________
F arg o , N . D ak .
1
i
St. P a u l
96
!
i
!
M in n eap o lis
691
i
!
j
167 1,157
P e rm it v a lu a tio n p er
fam ily -d w ellin g u n it
$25,000 a n d over
- _
$22"500-$24,999 _______
$20,000-$22,499 _______
$17,500-$19,999 ________
$15,000-$17,499 _______
N eb ra sk a
D u lu th
M issouri
!
M in n eso ta
j
i
T
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
4
4
14
18
4
5
6
7
14
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
5
17
1
1
2
2
5
239
200
315
29
1
3
5
5
7
10
29
14
25
41
19
36
36
34
28
13
7
28
23
113
10
19
14
10
8
7
5
18
14
20
147
60
24
6
3
7
4
9
10
11
63
7
8
3
3
22
27
27
33
35
23
8
22
8
4
2
1
116
127
25
4
3
2
1
3
3
1
35
22
18
12
15
1
6
1
49
5
2
2
25
—
1
1 In c lu d e s u n its in 1-fam ily d e ta ch e d , a tta c h e d , a n d sem id eta c h ed s tru c tu re s w ith o u t com m ercial space.
D a ta for fam ily-dw elling u n its w ith p e rm it v a lu a tio n s less th a n $500 are n o t in c lu d e d .
Rooms per Dwelling Unit
Information concerning the number of rooms per dwelling unit was
available for 5,370 of 5,661 family-dwelling units for which permits
were issued during 1939 in 19 West North Central cities. Table 6
presents the number of units with specified number of rooms by type
of structure for the cities combined, for 5 cities with a population of
100,000 and over, and for 14 cities with a population of 25,000 to
100, 0 0 0 .
The 5-room unit was the favored size for living quarters authorized
during 1939 and accounted for 50 percent of the 5,370 family-dwelling
units. The 4-room unit, accounting for 23 percent of the total, ranked
next to the 5-room dwelling, while 6-room units represented 13 per
cent, and those with 3 rooms, 9 percent. The size of the units, how
ever, varied with the type of structure. For example, 5 rooms were
the most popular size for single-family, detached houses and for units
in 2-family, 2-decker structures. Four rooms predominated in 1family, semidetached homes and apartment buildings without com-
13
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
mercial space, housing 5 or more families, while a large number (54
percent) of the units in 4-family houses had 3 rooms.
The 5-room unit predominated in cities of both size groups, but in
the larger cities this size was used for 57 percent of the units as com
pared with 39 percent in the smaller cities. In the cities with 100,000
or more inhabitants 20 percent of the units had 4 rooms, 10 percent
6 rooms, and 3 percent 7 or more rooms, whereas in cities with a
population of 25,000 to 100,000, 27 percent contained 4 rooms, 18
percent 6 rooms, and 5 percent 7 or more. The proportion of units
with 3 rooms was identical in both groups (9 percent).
T
6 .— N u m b er o f units with specified nu m ber o f room s in p rivately fina nced struc
tures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in 1 9 W e s t N orth Central cities, by
typ e o f structure , 1 9 8 9 1
able
T o ta l2
T y p e of stru c tu re
N u m b e r of fam ily-dw ellin g u n its w ith specified n u m b e r of
room s
T o ta l
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
W E S T N O R T H C E N T R A L C IT IE S
A ll ty p e s _______________________
5,661
5,
661 5, 370
10
78 465 1,246 2,670 698 133
51
8
6
3
2
1-fam ily, d e ta c h e d _____
1-fam ily, a tta c h e d _____
1- fa m ily , s e m id e ta c h e d .
2- fa m ily , 2-decker____
1- a n d 2-fam ily a n d con
u n i t _________________
3- fa m ily , 3-decker____
4- fa m ily _____________
4, 868 4, 608
7
7
140
134
110
106
10
65 188
952 2, 530 661 132
4
3
4
64
19
43 20
30
51
8
6
3
2
m ercial u n i t .
-or-m ore-fam ib
u n i t ________
9
12
336
9
12
320
168
163
11
2
1
2
2
11 — -
47
11
4
8
96
2
1
2
173
39
12
44
84
33
4
1
6
1
5 C I T I E S O F 100,000 O R M O R E P O P U L A T I O N
3 ,192 3,173
1
34 274
647 1,823 307
58
19
3
2
3
2
1-fam ily, d e t a c h e d ____ ________ 2, 620 2, 611
7
7
1-fam ily , a tta c h e d
__ ______
1-fam ily, s e m id eta c h ed . . .
._
82
80
2-fam ily, 2-decker .. ________ .
66
66
1- a n d 2-fam ily a n d co m m ercial
8
8
u n it
3-fam ily, 3-decker _.
. _ . .
6
6
4-fam ily _
. . .
256
248
5-or-m ore-fam ily w ith o u t co m
m ercial u n i t .
____
_____
136
136
5-or-m ore-fam ily andj co m m e r
11
11
cial u n it
.
. _
___
1
27
425 1, 713 292
4
3
42
16
2
22
34
8
57
19
3
2
3
2
A ll ty p e s .
_ _ ______________
67
20
2
1
4
6
72
1
1
145
27
4
40
68
28
4f
6
1
1
1
14 C I T I E S O F 25,000 T O 100,000 P O P U L A T I O N
2, 469 2,197
9
44 191
599
847 391
75
32
5
4
1-fam ily, d e ta c h e d ._ ___________ 2, 248 1,997
1-fam ily, a t t a c h e d ..
.
_ _.
54
1-fam ily , s e m id eta c h ed _ _____
58
2-fam ilv, 2-decker .
. . . ___
40
44
1- a n d 2-fam ily a n d co m m ercial
1
u n it
. . _.
6
6
3-fam ily, 3 - d e c k e r ___ . . . _______
72
4-fam ily . . _ ________ ._ . __
80
5-or-m ore-fam ily w ith o u t com
32
27
m ercial u n i t . .
. . ____ . . .
5-or-m ore-fam ily a n d co m m e r
cial u n it
. . .
__
9
38 121
527
817 369
75
32
5
4
2
27
9
22
8
3
9
2
2
28
2
24
12
2
4
16
5
A ll ty p e s . . . . ________ •_______
....
....
2
12
1
8
1 R oom d a ta w ere n o t a v ailab le for B u rlin g to n , Iow a; K a n sa s C ity a n d T o p e k a , K ans.; M in n ea p o lis
a n d S t. P a u l, M in n .; K a n sa s C ity , M o.; a n d F arg o , N . D a k .
2 In c lu d e s u n its for w h ic h n u m b e r of room s w as n o t re p o rte d .
BUILDING PERM IT SU RVEY, 1 9 3 9
14
Table 7 shows the number of rooms in single-family dwellings in
the 19 cities where room data were available. Information on size of
unit indicated that the 5-room unit was the most popular size; 54
percent of these dwellings contained 5 rooms, 21 percent 4 rooms, and
14 percent 6 rooms. Approximately four-fifths of the 893 single
family houses for which such data were available in St. Louis were
5-room dwellings. This size was specified more often than any other
in each of the cities with the exception of Ottumwa, where 4- and 5room units were equal in number, and Duluth and Springfield, where
4 rooms were used most often.
T
7 . — N u m b er o f 'privately financed 1 -fa m ily d w ellings without com m ercial
space with specified n u m ber o f room s f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in 1 9
W e s t N orth Central cities 1 9 8 9 1
able
N u m b e r of fam ily -d w ellin g u n its w ith sprecified
n u m b e r of room s
S ta te a n d c ity
T o ta l 2
T o ta l
1
2
4
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
T o ta l______ ___________________ 5, 015 4, 749
10
65 235 1,0 2 0 2, 553 664 132
51
8
6
3
----------- 1,929 1 ,912
10
42
89
474
54
33
6
5
2
61
3
77
119
5
2
1
Io w a ____
_. .
C ed a r R a p id s ._
_____ __
C o u n cil B lu ffs, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
D a v e n p o rt _
__ __
D es M o in es. __ _ __ __ __
D ubuque
__ _
O ttu m w a . . _ ________ _
Sioux C ity . _ ________ _
W aterloo _
_____ __
229
2
18
20
1
703
39
139
179
398
219
703
35
139
172
395
1
10
14
18
9
25
3
12
11
_ ___ ________ __ _
546
H u tc h in s o n . ___ ______ _
W ic h ita .. _
_______ __
20
222
229
3
889 308
91
40
9
12
2
2
109 14
425 99
17 10
38 14
84 20
113 109
4
18
4
12
2
—
1
9
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
14
i
15
2
2
2
2
15
38
50
123
546
4
15
89
330
91
12
3
1
1
84
462
84
462
1
2
8
3
13
81
54
276
17
74
1
11
1
2
1
1
167
167
10
22
64
50
12
7
1
M isso u ri _ __ _ __ __ ________ 1,464 1,453
8
75
211
936 170
41
9
1
2
3
25
5
32
20
10
1
2
K a n sa s
M in n eso ta: D u lu th __ _
_ __
J o p l i n ._ . . .
_ _ __________
S t. Jo sep h
S t. L o u i s .. .
_ _ ______
Springfield . _
_ _
U n iv e rs ity C i t y . .
_____
96
53
902
216
197
94
53
893
216
197
__ __
______ _____
714
484
L in co ln . . . __
O m aha .
____________
____ __ ___
239
475
11
473
S o u th D a k o ta: Sioux F a lls _____
195
187
N e b ra sk a
3
2
1
1
82
91
34
26
709
81
8
86
71
4
9
25
2
1
6
127
281
51
17
5
2
8
1
2
125
273
50
17
5
32
55
67
32
1
12
1
2
1 C ities w here room d a ta are n o t av ailab le w ere o m itte d from
2 In c lu d e s u n its for w h ic h n u m b e r of room s w as n o t re p o rte d .
11
10
1
2
58
20
1
1
th is ta b le .
Demolitions
Demolition data for the West North Central cities were not com
plete for 1939 as such permits were not required in 6 of the communi
ties and no information was available in 5 others. In St. Louis,
although permits were issued for demolitions, the type of structure
(residential or nonresidential) was not specified. Table 8 shows units
demolished by private wrecking operations for which permits were
issued, by city and type of structure.
15
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
In the 14 cities where complete data were available approximately 1
unit, on the average, was razed by private wrecking operations for
every 15 new units provided by private construction. Of the 322
demolished units, nearly four-fifths were single-family, detached
houses. The number o f dwelling units demolished in individual
cities ranged from 1 in University City to 89 in Minneapolis. In
Council Bluffs more units were razed than were provided by new
construction.
T a b l e 8 .— Number of fam ily-dwelling units in structures for which demolition per
mits were issued in 14 W est North Central cities , by type o f structure, 1989 1
j
1-family
State and city
Total 2
5-or2more
family
family2-family, and com 3-family, 4-family without
Detach Semide 2-decker mercial 3-decker
com
tached
ed
unit
mercial
unit
Iowa;
Cedar Rapids.
____
Council B luffs_________
Dubuque--------- ----------Waterloo. . . . _ ______
25
3
23
4
3
Kansas:
iTflnaft.K City
.... ..........
Wichita__________ _____
17
27
20
Minnesota:
D uluth___ ___________
Minneapolis______ _____
____________
St. Paul
4
89
29
4
64
18
52
40
26
19
12
10
10
2
1-and
2
2
17
1
8
2
8
Missouri:
Tvansas City____________
St. Joseph______________
Springfield____ __ _____
University City________
North Dakota: Fargo___ _
28
19
1
1
6
6
4
2
6
5
4
4
5
12
* Demolition permits were not required in Des Moines, Ottumwa, and Sioux C ity, Iowa; Hutchinson,
Kans.; Lincoln, Nebr.; and Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; and data were not available in Burlington and Davenport,
Iowa; Topeka, Kans.; Joplin, M o.; and Omaha, Nebr.
* Does not include data on 483 buildings demolished in St. Louis. Mo., for which demolition permits did
not specify class of structure (residential or nonresidential).
Housing Projects Financed From Federal Funds
In addition to the privately financed residential facilities provided
during 1939, 522 units were authorized in a United States Housing
Authority project in Omaha, Nebr. South Side Terrace replaces a
former slum district; 162 family-dwelling units were demolished at the
site. The project, providing low-rent housing facilities for both white
and Negro families, is a well-planned community consisting of 350
single-family, attached houses, and 172 units in 2 family houses.
The size of the dwellings ranged from 2 to 7 rooms, with the 5-room
unit the most common. Of the 522 accommodations provided, 20
had 2 rooms, 152 had 4 rooms, 244 contained 5 rooms, 90 had 6 rooms,
and 16 were 7-room units.
271710°— 42------ 3
16
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
The project also provided a heating plant and indoor community
space for club rooms, craft rooms, and varied recreational purposes,
as well as outdoor play areas.
Nonhousekeeping Residential Construction
Type of Structure and Permit Valuations
The valuation for nonhousekeeping residential construction in 1939
amounted to $1,278,000 for 114 buildings as compared with $769,000
for 44 buildings in 1938— a 66 percent increase in dollar volume.
Table 9 presents the number, type, and permit valuations of non
housekeeping residential structures, by city, for 1939 and 1938.
Summer camps and cottages accounted for 89 percent of the total
number of structures reported in 1939, but for only 3 percent of the
total valuation. From point of dollar volume, 5 dormitories made
up the bulk of the nonhousekeeping residential construction, account
ing for 71 percent of the total. These buildings included a women’s
dormitory valued at $592,000 at the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis, and one to cost $166,000 at the University of Nebraska
in Lincoln.
Because of the large construction expenditures for dormitories,
Minneapolis stood first, with Lincoln third, among the various cities
in respect to dollar volume, while St. Louis was second with total
valuation at $187,000.
In the following cities no permits were issued for nonhousekeeping
residential structures in 1939: Burlington, Council Bluffs, Ottumwa,
and Waterloo, Iow a; Hutchinson, Kansas City, and Topeka, Kans.;
Duluth, M inn.; Kansas City, St. Joseph, and University City, M o .;
Omaha, Nebr.; and Fargo, N. Dak.
T able 9.—
N u m b er and 'permit valuation o f nonhousekeeping residential structures f o r w hich building p erm its were issued in W est N orth
Central cities , by typ e o f structure , 1 9 8 9 and 1 9 3 8 1
[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]
Total
Convalescent
homes
Num Valuation Num Valuation Num | Valuation Num Valuation
ber
ber
ber
ber
114
44
$1,277,910
768; 561
1939
1938
40
12
142,000
166', 408
1939
Cedar Rapids
1938
D a v e n p o r t ...................... 1939
Des Moines - - __- ___ 1939
1938
.......... ......... 1939
Dubuque
1939
Sioux City. __ _
Kansas- Wio.hit.a
1939
1939
Minnesota
1938
3
7
7
13
5
3
14
8
5
13
800
165,733
1,100
77,750
675
58,100
4,250
81,600
676,430
303,253
11
2
1
3
4,500
634,130
115,000
42,300
183,753
206,800
297,600
St. Paul
Missouri .
_ _ __
__
................. ........
___________ ___
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
51
17
1
1
$50,000
50,666
4 1
1
Num Valuation
ber
$179,000 !
65,000
5
5
$909,760 1
637,786
i
2
109,500
163,183
1
163,183
1
69,500
1
40,000
1
42,000
2
2
634,130
298,753
1
42,000
1
1
1
1
592,130
115,000
42,000
183, 753
3
1
137,000
65,000
1939
31
12,800
4
750
1938
St. Louis
___ _
4
3
1939
187,000
1
1
4
290,850
1938
50,000
1939
16
7,000
Springfield.......................
9
6,000
1938
1
166,130
Nebraska: Lincoln
_______ 1939
9
1939 |
4,950
South Dakota: Sioux Falls
..................1______
21
1,300
1938 1
1Includes only cities where permits were issued in 1939 or 1938.
Joplin
137,000
65,000
50,000
175,850
1
2
175,850
1
166,130
2
$97,000
102
37
$42,150
15,775
1
18,000
37
11
14,500
3,225
3
6
7
12
5
1
7
2
11
800
2,550
1,100
8,250
675
100
4,250
2,600
300
4,500
11
4,500
1
18,000
1
79,000
14
1
2
Num Valuation Num Valuation
ber
ber
$50,000
1
____________ ____
Summer camps
and cottages
4
2
300
47
13
19,800
6,750
31
12,800
750
16
7,000
2
1,300
50,000
9
6,000
9
4,950
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
................................... 1939
1938
Duluth
Minneapolis
Nurses’ homes
Year
State and city
Total
Homes for the
aged
Dormitories
Convents
18
B U IL D IN G
P E R M IT
SURVEY,
193 9
D e m o litio n s
The demolition of nonhousekeeping residential structures in 1939
consisted only of 2 hotels in Minneapolis, 1 in St. Joseph, and a lodg
ing house in Cedar Rapids.
Nonresidential Construction
The West North Central Division is primarily an agricultural region,
with much of its industry closely allied with agriculture, especially in
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota. Wholesale meat pack
ing is a leading industry in several of the cities covered by this report
such as Omaha, Kansas City, Kans., Kansas City, M o., and Ottumwa,
Iowa. Flour and other grain-mill products are an important factor
in many of the cities of the region. Largely due to the migration of
the shoe industry from New England States, however, Missouri has
become the leading shoe-producing center of the country, with St.
Louis the largest market in the world for shoes.
Although Minnesota is essentially an agricultural State, second only
to Iowa in acreage of high-grade soil, the State has produced 60 percent
of all iron ore mined in the United States in recent years. Duluth,
situated at the head of navigation of the Great Lakes, is a shipping
point for great quantities of iron ore. Among the natural resources
of Kansas are petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Coal is also found in
Iowa, and rich coal fields have aided largely in the industrial develop
ment of Des Moines, the capital of the State.
Type of Structure and Permit Valuations
The total valuation of nonresidential construction in the West
North Central cities was $34,791,000 in 1939 as compared with
$21,265,000 in 1938. This 64-percent gain was largely the result of
increased construction of schools, public buildings, and office build
ings in cities in Minnesota and Nebraska, and in several of the Iowa
cities.
Valuations in the Minnesota and Nebraska cities were
more than 3 times higher in 1939 than in 1938, and twice as high in
the Iowa cities, even though several— Burlington, Cedar Rapids,
Sioux City, and Waterloo— showed decreases. All of the cities in
Kansas with the exception of Kansas City had less construction in
1939 than in 1938, as did Fargo and Sioux Falls. The total volume
for the Missouri cities increased slightly.
Minneapolis had the highest volume, $6,968,000, of non residential
construction among the 26 cities, and St. Louis ranked second with
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
19
$6,582,000. Table 10 shows the comparison of totals for nonresr
dential construction for the 2 years 1939 and 1938, by city and type
of structure.
Schools, many of which were financed partially by Public Works
Administration funds, had a total valuation of $11,513,000 and ac
counted for one-third of the $34,791,000 for nonresidential construc
tion in 1939. Schools formed the major part of construction in
several of the cities, representing as much as 85 percent of the total
volume in Davenport, 76 percent in Dubuque, and 69 percent in
Minneapolis. In the last-named city, construction expenditures for
schools amounted to $4,813,000, including 3 university buildings
valued at $1,647,000. In addition, schools represented from 36 to
56 percent of the value of nonresidential construction in Topeka, St.
Paul, St. Joseph, Springfield, and Sioux Falls.
Public buildings were next in importance, accounting for $5,821,000,
or 17 percent, of the total for the 26 cities. A market, consisting of
4 produce buildings, a cold-storage building, and a farmers’ market,
in Kansas City, Kans., represented the highest volume for public
buildings among the 26 cities and accounted for seven-tenths of the
total for the city. This market, valued at $2,169,000, was financed
partially by Public Works Administration funds. A post office and
courthouse financed by Federal funds accounted for $512,000 (56
percent of the total) in Lincoln. In several other cities— Burlington,
Council Bluffs, Hutchinson, and University City— public buildings,
ranging in value from $37,000 to $340,000, constituted the most im
portant type of nonresidential construction. Federal construction of
public buildings in the 26 cities totaled $1,413,000.
Stores and other mercantile buildings had a total valuation of
$4,247,000, or 12 percent of the total. From point of dollar volume,
structures of this type predominated in Cedar Rapids, Sioux City,
Joplin, Fargo, and Kansas City (M o.), although in this last com
munity nearly as high valuations were reported for schools and public
buildings. Public works and utilities formed the bulk of nonresi
dential construction in Wichita and Duluth. In St. Louis, institutional
buildings, amounting to $1,993,000, accounted for 30 percent of the
city’s total. In Des Moines and Omaha, both industrial centers,
relatively high valuations ($1,520,000 and $480,000, respectively)
were reported for office buildings; while in Ottumwa, noted for its
meat-packing plants, and in Waterloo, also an industrial city, buildings
classified as factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other work
shops were of first importance.
T able
10. —
N u m b er and perm it valuation o f nonresidential structures fo r which building perm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central cities b y
tune oi structure. 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8
to
[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]
Total
State and city
Amusement and
recreation places
Year
Valuation
Number
Valuation
Total....................... ..................
1939 10,015 $34,790,935
1938 8,131 21,265,391
Iowa________________________
1939
1938
2,346
1,980
8,397,742
4,191,517
1939
1938
1939
1938
Council Bluffs_______ ____ 1939
1938
Davenport............................ 1939
1938
Des Moines_________ ____ _ 1939
1938
47
56
399
393
46
46
261
188
731
634
242,545
686,960
428,298
452,789
689,985
197,142
1,916,702
466,894
2,720,802
752, 201
Dubuque________________
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
69
49
114
81
229
200
450
333
834,945
92,050
572,600
89,800
124,265
423,400
867,600
1,030,281
Kansas...................... ................. 1939
1938
1,042
1,002
4,359,157
4,537,602
4
70,000
7 1,203,288
79
143
140
144
251
260
303,346
373,667
3,155,623
1,746,748
207,734
1,371,980
1
21,0C0
3
56,597
1
9,000
2 1,092,691
Burlington_______ 1_______
Cedar Rapids............... ......
Ottumwa...... ____________
____
Waterloo____ ____________
Hutchinson..........................
1939
1938
Kansas C ity ........................ 1939
1938
Topeka................................. 1939
1938
38 $993,117
37 2,319,569
Number
Valua
tion
Factories, bakeries,
Garages, private, Gasoline and
ice plants,
when separate service stations
laundries, and Garages, public from
dwelling i
other workshops
Num
ber
Valua
tion
35 $823,500
52. 1,094,100
75 $1,962, 605
66 1,584,224
Num Valua Num
ber
tion
ber
29 $217,380 7,741 $1,455,245
32 220,280 6,108 1,166,935
8
8
156,051
146,586
11
12
75,300
199,500
25
20
1
3,000
1
1
5,000
3,500
1
2
28,000
9,500
4
3
40,100
33,000
2
3
1
3.720
600
11,000
2,800
8,500
16,380
4
4
141, 451
139,366
4
6
17,700
162,800
1
3
6
2
2,100
27, 490
172,000
13,000
1
8,000
1
7,500
2
6,500
2
4
47,000
500,000
i
"” i,'500
r
2
3
8
10
l non ii • —
1,200
14,100 i
9
26,000
10
1,090,005
415,904
219 $798,397
184 614,626
344,363
271,337
51
49
2
2
4
5
13,425
3,930
33,500
24,000
36
40
281
278
32
18
216
152
561
456
6,935
7,260
49,377
44,309
7,036
4,299
52,550
43,570
84, 514
78, 209
2
6
6
2
3
5
1
21
23
1
7, 500
4,800
372,805 |
295, 414
6,491
9,650
14,375
9,000
39,165
24,185
83,920
50,855
3
1
2
1
2,000
41
39
2,000
80
55,000
56
7,000 | 193
4,000 ! 164
3,075 ! 389
3,100
269
2
10
7
4
4
4,500
16,000
16,000
16,615
7,780
3
3
16,400
9,500
107,290
132,870
22
11
1
3,000
8, 211
14,887
9,175
13,765
27,285
27,419
2
2
11
4
3
4
7
3
210,000
35,500
1
10,000
2
16,000
3
108,000
5
26,000
1;
3,000
64,000
4
197,500
1
1
3,000
5,500
13
18
Num Valua Num
tion
ber
ber
80,180 1,829
109,530 1,472
154,500
120,500
!
Valua
tion
3
1
4
’
1
779
718
58
103
65
101
200
3, 000 ; 204 |
Institutions
132,175
144,380
9,500
17,275
16,800
4,550
18,100
26,020
13,000
44, 215 ”
53,900
Valua
tion
12 $2,244,673
14 ' 1,603,019
2
134,555
i
.
118,000
-------
2
16,555
51,400
26,900
2
4
16,678
281,920
5,950
1,900
24,850
11,000
9,300 i
8, ,500 !
I
3
116,678
178,333
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 39
Number
Sioux City_____ ___
Churches
2
2
40,000
54,000
3
2
33,500
14,500
2
2
9,500
30,000
2
2
13,400 I| 456
6,500
310
62,619
76,799
6
1
11,300
5,500
1939 2,928
1938 | 2; 261
10,815,587
3, 20b 854
11
6
311,400
60; 940
4
12
258, 200
514,600 !
12
13
91,500
311,160
3
5
514,377
397, 486
76
39
383,296
156,140
268
255
1,610
1,202
l’ 050
804
1,120,747
161,300
6,968; 047
1,263,240
2,726,793
1,777; 314
3
3
6
60,900
30; 500
112; 500
2
3
138,000
30.' 440
3
10
1
2
203,000
287,800
55,200
226.800
7
7
3
4
2, 000
2.000
32,500
251,700
57,000
57,460
2
1
1
2
2
13,000 2,458
32,950 11,962
!
195
26, 200
182
1,600 1, 409
3,250 1.065
11.400
854
3,500
715
40,715
33,020
273, 975
219, 380
199,687
145,086
9
9
50
18
17
12
44,800
45,700
242,400
63, 600
96,096
46,840
1939
1938
2,311
1,952
8,982,509
8,067,604
14
445,666
730,355
8
13
272,500
226,100
25
23
489,400
718,860
5
100,800 1,481
66,500 1,207
277, 233
248,686
54
64
178,380
190,300
Joplin.................................... 1939
1938
Kansas City....... ...... ......... 1939
1938
St. Joseph............................. 1939
1938
St. Louis_____ ___________ 1939
1938
Springfield............. ... . ..
1939
1938
____
University City
1939
1938
41
29
369
287
72
58
1,433
1,345
254
183
142
50
93,950
76,225
603,569
2,018,099
1,178,784
646,657
6,582,392
3,902,447
423,152
1,311,201
100,662
112,975
2
2
2
4
18,000
3,500
8,000
79,000
1
1
2
4
1,000
5,000
3,400
96,000
1
3
4
1
1
1
1,000
244,500
118,600
2,000
10,000
3
21
14
1
1
7, 500
484, 000
608,860
1,000
1,500
17
12
265
223
38
36
837
769
195
129,
129
38
5,100
4,925
41,350
38,725
4,580
3,560
171,053
178, 639
21, 592
14,937
33,558
7,900
3
1
11
9
2
4
34
44
4
5
8,500
700
33,000
24,300
8,000
8,000
119,880
143,100
9,000
10,700
j
3,500
1939
1938
1,061
651
1,922,758
623,621
3
32,346
85,106
1939
1938
1939
| 1938
i
1939
1938
! 1939
1938
363
282
698
369
917, 560
213,606
1,005,198
410,015
11
14
7
5
4
9
Minnesota__________________
Duluth....... ................. .
1939
1938
1939
1938
St. Paul____ __________ __ 1939
1938
Minneapolis______________
Missouri........... ......................
Nebraska _____
_______
Lincoln..... ...................
Omaha. ___
.
_____
North Dakota: Fargo___ .. .
South Dakota: Sioux Falls___
82
56
245
229
152,522
153,085
160,660 '
490,108
3
1
6
4
5
1
4
4
72,273
7,000
224.599
145, 294
343,375
3, 500
379,980
!
2
2
3
57,500
17,200
4
3
2
26,500
6,900
3
3
57, 500
17,200
2
3
40, 700
34,100
1
1
13,000
5,500
3,200
2
2
2
8,700
14,500
60,000
1
3,500
2,000
1
1
27,000
4
3
95,300
37,500
2,000
14,000
6,900 !
3
108,000
1 i 10,000
2 ! 63,500
2
l
67, 200
34.100
1
3,500
910
! 507
160,443
71, 261
1
284
231
3,500 | 626
276
47, 515
36,396
112,928
34,865
2
1
3,500
1,800
65
46
219
196 !
15,690
12,185
35,849
33,110
1
103,587
9
10
1,993, 440
1,321,099
1
35,000
9
5
1,993,440
526,522
4
759,577
C O N S T R U C T IO N
692,454
1,045; 207
1939
1938
21,396
49,456
10,950
35,650
2 j 12,500
1
6,000
3
8,300
6 j 5.800
N O N R E S ID E N T IA L
572
455
Wichita........... _...................
—
—
1 Permits issued for dwelling units in many instances included the cost of detached garages. In order to show separate data for dwelling units and such garages, these composite
figures were broken down by applying the ratios derived from permits giving separate valuations for dwelling units and detached garages.
to
T a b l e 1 0 . — Number and permit valuation of nonresidential structures for ivhich building permits were issued in West North Central cities, by
type of structure, 1939 and 1938 — Continued
Office buildings,
including banks
Year
State and city
Public build
ings—city,
county, State,
and Federal
Num Valuation Num
ber
ber
Iowa_______________________
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs . _ ____
Davenport
.
. ____ _
Ottumwa_ _- - ___
_ -.
Waterloo
Kansas
Hutchinson.
__
1939
1938
_ _
______
25, 000
2
1, 520, 000
1
1
9,000
760. 986
576, 205
22
6
621, 439
446, 571
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
209, 040
478,830
8, 075
46, 765
340, 000
10, 000
28, 871
40, 610
160,000
4
1
3
2
1
54, 740
121, 535
109, 573
111, 300
1,000
2
1
83, 479
131, 406
6
131, 912
1
15. 000
7 2, 342, 350
1
59,000
1
9,000
i
59,666
59 $11, 510, 796 1,107
34
5, 473, 062 1,079
11
7
11
24
$8, 413
17, 737
426
437
$4, 246, 633
3,038, 734
125
12
$27, 833
3, 930
9
7
3, 625
7,408
123
143
972, 811
879, 679
2
1
170
50
4
1
1,175
300
70
1
1,100
1
100
50
800
1, 925
22, 000
178,170
212, 716
161, 233
9,880
19, 960
161, 400
44, 789
332, 550
123, 980
1
2
4
5
3
18
35
4
8
6
8
53
42
23, 500
30,600
24, 000
20,000
55, 550
126, 000
131, 215
174, 947
2, 461, 389
875, 868
231
228
44, 693
54, 775
1
201, 981
6
3
1, 621, 461
289, 248
4
5
77
63
2
9
20
17
69
91
1, 570
2,200
8, 970
7, 347
585
4, 763
8, 075
4, 207
12, 593
23, 615
4
637, 947
11
6
1,040
22
3, 225
1.300
3, 900
3, 300
4, 735
8,043
1
1
1
1
150
4, 500
400
683
6
7
3
8
12
14
16
18
9
5,984
64
75
313, 850
321, 660
1
1,500
6
10
27
9
6
16
25
40
99, 900
70, 500
61, 050
14, 700
14, 700
63, 450
138, 200
173, 010
1
1,500
3,000
240, 735
79, 330
2
241, 215
2
345, 405
10
9
21
23
31
5
390, 809
642, 639
710
567, 835
1, 660, 663
109
144
18,045
26, 678
266, 000
443, 835
801, 489
117, 000
89, 571
7,000
503, 603
10
23
17
15
36
27
46
79
3, 285
4, 295
4,185
5, 425
3, 600
3, 400
6, 975
13, 558
2
2
639, 439
20, 849
29
3
369, 960
3,200
2
5
2
1
1
1
5
Num Valua Num
Num Valua
ber
tion
ber Valuation ber
tion
$232,151
214,296
1
6
1
173, 000
6 2,169, 350
1
$2,390,895
2, 228, 744
7
6
38, 724
_
1939
1938
Kansas City
_ ______ _ 1939
1938
Topeka____ ______ __ 1939
1938
W ichita-_______________ 1939
1938
2
89
27
All other
nonresi
dential
structures
1
85
2
5,449
6
450
193 9
____ _
Sioux City____
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1, 520. 000
63, 724
37 $5,820,697
16 1,479, 311
Valua
tion
Stores and other
mercantile build
ings
SURVEY,
Dubuque.
_
2
3
Valua Num Valuation Num Valuation Num
tion
ber
ber
ber
Stables and
barns
P E R M IT
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
Burlington
Des Moines
1939
1938
12 $2, 058, 600
206, 824
9
Sheds, poultry
houses, etc.
Schools
to
B U IL D IN G
Total_______________________ 1939
1938
Public works
and utilities
to
- o f — o O lL U Z
Minnesota_______________ _
1939
1938
4
2
24,600
14,600
6
4
732,412
103, 346
Duluth__________ ______ _ 1939
1938
Minneapolis. ................ . 1939
1938
St. Paul....... .............. ........ 1939
1938
2
1
2
1
12, 666
8,000
12,600
6,600
1
5
1
1
2
10,000
450, 412
10' 000
282,000
83' 346
Missouri.......... ........................ . 1939
1938
3
3
25, 000
119, 500
Joplin
__________ ______
............... .
St. Joseph..
....................
St. Louis. ..... .................
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
Springfield
__________
1939
1 1938
University City___ _____ i 1939
i 1938
Nebraska.
........ .............. .
2
3
2
25, 000
114, 000
1
5,500
36, 734
489, 000
1
2
511, 555
73, 390
1
511, 555
3
. .................... 1939
1938
Omaha________ _________ 1939
1938
1
9, 000
2
480, 000
North Dakota: Fargo________
1939
1938
South Dakota: Sioux Falls__
1939
1938
4
258, 276
1 511, 972
9 1, 057, 051
2
155, 398
1
1939
1938
Lincoln
121,333
2
73, 390
1, 067, 622
542, 261
10
771, 717
8
295, 905
147
136
36, 987
25, 836
1
5
50
1, 250
92
61
1,222,622
608, 730
76
8
1
50, 000
11
4, 812, 535
5, 315
6,005
21, 520
12, 435
10,152
7, 396
1
3
50
1,075
175
145, 250
6,800
507, 900
406, 900
569, 472
195, 030
1,800
2
8
3
39
40
45
18
1
1, 282, 573
431, 275
39
50
68
57
40
29
75
8
12, 613
1,280
1
1
4, 738
3,000
107
109
1, 206, 950
1, 023, 410
45
2
13, 045
1,100
13
8
23
22
6
3
42
53
56, 700
58, 800
155, 200
163, 950
10. 350
2, 200
904, 000
746, 850
28
3,600
17
2
9,445
1,100
18
18
5
5
542, 261
8
3
18
8
311, 025
230, 200
16
13
2, 089, 499
2, 435, 388
507
484
101, 439
85, 736
1
1
2
2
10
4
15, 000
30, 000
25, 940
111, 900
176, 305
86, 300
2
8
6
139, 363
1, 509, 924
643, 589
7
3
1, 076, 912
769, 547
3
4
30
13
7
8
432
435
1,150
1,300
11,050
7, 200
1, 450
525
75, 474
72, 656
4
90, 780
1
1
1
1
3,000
2,000
229, 635
90, 917
1
65, 000
29
21
6
3
11,945
3,680
370
375
2
165, 000
2
1
146, 807
69, 868
97
78
28, 302
13, 321
1
40,000
1
1
1
1
125, 000
66, 807
69, 868
80, 000
57
37
40
41
14. 637
4, 741
13, 665
8, 580
2
42, 672
4
2
660
700
1
57, 486
12
7
2, 025
7, 250
1
202, 073
14, 413
1,280
6,145,108
431, 275
20
3
1
4,738
1
3,000
5
53, 700
31,410
27,000
20, 200
___
20
27
36
425, 900
87, 455
2
205
9
6
18
30
220,000
13,125
205, 900
74, 330
1
150
20
1
55
9
1
81,000
4.500
4
12
23,500
113. 300
i
1
1
1
.
75
NONRESIDENT!AL CONSTRUCTION
Kansas City
16 1, 473, 394
3 667, 370
18
5
to
CO
24
B U IL D IN G
P E R M IT
SURVEY,
193 9
D em olitions
Among the 14 West North Central cities where information was
available concerning the demolition of nonresidential structures, the
largest numbers were authorized in Kansas City, M o. (113), Minne
apolis (77), and Wichita (66). At the other extreme, only 2 nonresi
dential buildings were razed in Springfield and 3 in University City.
Stores and other mercantile buildings accounted for more than a
fourth of the buildings for which the type of structure was specified,
and private detached garages, and sheds, poultry houses, and similar
structures, each represented approximately a fifth.
In table 11 detailed information is presented concerning the
number of nonresidential structures, by type of structure and city,
for which demolition permits were issued in 1939.
T
able
11 .—
State and city
Iowa:
C ed ar R ap id s
U n iv e rs ity C ity
N o rth D akota: F argo
Factories,
bakeries,
ice
plants,
Total 2 Churches laundries,
and other
workshops
Garages,
private,
when sep
arate from
dwelling
1
1
1
1
1
4
20
1
6
1
7
9
1
9
5
4
66
14
77
28
113
20
2
3
6
1
1
1
Public
Office buildings— Public
Gasoline
works
city,
and
Insti buildings,
and
service tutions including county,
banks
State, and utilities
stations
Federal
1
1
2
1
3
4
1
1
3
i
1
2
1
10
1
9
Sheds,
poultry
houses,
etc.
1
1
•
1
Schools
1
10
X
Stables
and
barns
2
3
2
1
6
1
2
1
10
23
3
6
3
11
19
1
10
7
25
6
4
1
1
of
Stores and Type
other mer struc
ture
cantile
re
buildings not
ported
7
1
1
1
106
1
1 Demolition permits were not required in Des Moines, Ottumwa, and Sioux City, Iowa; Hutchinson, Kans.; Lincoln, Nebr.; and Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; and data were not available
in Burlington and Davenport, Iowa; Topeka, Kans.; Joplin, Mo.; and Omaha, Nebr.
2See footnote 2, table 8.
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
W aterloo
Kansas:
Kansas City
Wichita
Minnesota:
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Missouri:
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Springfield
N u m b er o f nonresidential structures f o r which dem olition p erm its were issued in 14 W est N orth Central cities , 1 9 3 9
tsD
O i
Appendix
Table A shows detailed information for nonhousekeeping residential
and nonresidential construction in West North Central cities. This
table indicates the type of material and permit valuation for individual
structures in each of the 26 cities.
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n
residential structures f or which building p erm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central
cities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9
Iowa
B U R L IN G T O N
Type of structure and material
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Total nonresidential structures...
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
Tile_________________________
47
1
$242, 545
Sheds, poultry houses,
Frame__ ______ . . .
etc.:
36
6,935
Frame___ . .
. . . ___
Brick______________________
Stucco .
Metal_____________ ____ .
33
1
1
1
6, 335
100
400
100
1
209,040
1
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
4
$1, 570
------------------ _
Stores and other mercantile build
ings_____________ __________
1
1
1
1
1,170
200
125
75
5
22,000
Frame________ ___________
Brick______________________
Metal____ ____ _____ ____ _
1
1
1
1,000
15,000
2,500
Tile_______________________
2
3,500
1
1
2,500
1,000
281
$49, 377
___
. . ___
266
3
3
2
7
44,957
850
2, 500
250
820
G asoline a n d service s ta tio n s . . . .
6
17,275
B ric k ______ ________________
2
5,975
1
1
4,000
1, 975
3,000
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_
__ . . . ___
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick____
Type of structure and material
C E D A R R A P ID S
T o ta l n o n h o u sek eep in g resid en
tia l s tru c tu re s _________________
S u m m er cam p s a n d cottages:
F r a m e ________________________
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s tr u c tu r e s ...
3
$800
3
800
2
1
500
300
399
428, 298
A m u sem e n t a n d recreatio n places:
F r a m e _________________________
1
5,000
C hurches: F r a m e _______________
1
28, 000
4
40,100
B ric k ________________________
1
2,500
C o n c re te ____________________
3
37,600
1
1
1
26,000
10,000
1,600
See footnotes at end of table.
26
1
F ra m e . . ________ _ . _ . . .
B ric k ________________________
Concrete
F acto ries, bakeries, ice p la n ts,
la u n d rie s, a n d o th e r w o rk sh o p s.
G arages, public: C oncrete
G arages, p riv a te , w h en sep a ra te
from dw ellin g 1 .
2,800
M e ta l . . . .
N o t re p o rte d . . .
C o n c r e te .. .
.
. . . ___ _____
2 !
--------- :
1 i
1
M e ta l_________________ . . .
P u b lic b u ild in g s—c ity , c o u n ty ,
S ta te , a n d F ederal: B ric k ______
8,000
4,000
4,000
2 1
3,300
1
2,500
1
800
1
8,075
27
APPENDIX
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in W es t N orth Central
cities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued
Iowa—Continued
C E D A R R A P ID S —C o n tin u e d
T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
N um
b er of P e rm it
s tru c v a lu a tio n
tu re s
P u b lic w orks a n d u tilities
B rick
F ra m e a n d stucco
M etal
Sheds, p o u ltry houses, e tc .1_____
F ram e _
_ _
S tone _ _
_ _
M eta l _
N o t re p o rte d _ .
_
S tables a n d barns: F ra m e - _ ___
4
$54, 740
48, 740
1
1
1
46, 500
2,240
1
1
$3, 500
1,600
800
650
1
1
3.000
3.000
4
Stores a n d o th e r m erc a n tile b u ild
in g s—C o n tin u e d .
145,195
100,000
B rick
77
8,970
58
5,615
1
23,195
18,000
4 ,000
1
8 , 000
2
6 ,500
1
200
14
4
2, 980
175
4
1
1
18
Stone
1, 175
400 i
350
225 1
200
G arages, public: B rick _
. . .
G arages, p riv a te , w h e n sep arate
from dw elling 1_
. . ________
F ra m e ___
C o n c re te __ ______
G asoline and
B r ic k .. ..
_______
service stations:
____
_ _
___
C o n c r e te .. .
1
M e ta l. . .
__ __
_______
i
212, 716
7
42, 521
1
1
1
28, 571
3,900
3,500
a w
AH o th e r n o n re sid en tial s tru c
tures: R e ta in in g w alls *
i
C O U N C IL
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s tru c tu re s __
____________
1
1
1
F r a m e ___________ _________
N um
b e r of P e rm it
s tru c v a lu a tio n
tu res
2
1
S tores a n d o th e r m e rc a n tile b u ild l
in g s ____ ____
___
T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m ate ria l
46
$689, 985
1
16, 380
7,036
Schools: B rick
5, 833
1,203
Sheds, p o u ltry houses, e tc .
4, 550
2 , 600
1, 950
P u b lic b u ild in g s—c ity , c o u n ty ,
S tate, a n d Federal: B ric k _____
1
340,000
P u b lic w orks a n d utilities: B r ic k ...
3
109, 573
1
78,000
7, 500
1
1
1
3, 500
3, 500
500
1
3,000
i
70
1
1
$18, 000
13,573
1
201, 981
P u b lic w ork s a n d u tilities: B rick
—C o n tin u e d .
32
1
1
3, 500
3, 000
BLU FFS
29
3
2
3
l
..
F ram e
M etal
Stores an d o th e r m ercan tile b u ild
ings
F ram e-
_____________
B rick v e n ee r.
_ _
T ile .
__________________
2
585
1
1
390
195
4
9, 880
2
2 , 080
1
1
1,040
1,040
1
1
6,
1, 300
500
DA V EN PO RT
T o ta l n o n h o u s e k e e p in g re s id e n
tial stru c tu re s . . . . . . .
. _
S u m m er cam p s a n d cottages:
F ram e an d s tu cco .
____ .
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s tru c tu re s - __
See footnotes at end of table.
$ 1,100
1, 100
261
1,916, 702
A m u sem e n t a n d recreatio n places:
F ram e. __________
. _ ..
1
$600
F actories, b ak eries, ice p la n ts,
lau n d ries, a n d o th e r w orkshops:
C o n crete ___ _____
1
2,100
28
T
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,
19 3 9
A .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in W est North Central
cities , by type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued
able
Iowa—Continued
D AVEN PO RT—Continued
T ype of structure and material
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Oarages, public__________________
2
$13, 425
Brick____________ ________ Concrete____ _____ . . . . . .
1
1
11,125
2,300
T ype of structure and material
Schools—Continued.
Brick— Continued.
1
Brick and s t o n e .____ ______
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_ ____ ________
216
52, 550
F ra m e ______________________
B r ic k ______________________
Concrete . .
_ _ __
T ile_________________________
N ot reported__________ ____
197
8
8
1
2
45,143
4,340
2, 247
250
570
Gasoline and service stations____
5
26,020
Fram e...
3
13,970
Tile
1
1
1
4, 770
4, 700
4,500
2
12, 050
Reinforced concrete,
facing
_____
__
_____ ________
r m p p p t.p
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick.Public works and utilities: Con
crete_____ __
-------Schools
__
___
Brick_______________________
1
1
1,000
6
3
1
1
1,621,461
815, 699
311, 820
252, 031
255. 577
240,908
1
309, 277
8,075
...
16
3
1
4,825
3,150
’ 100
Stables and barns: Frame_______
1
1,100
6
161, 400
2
3, 000
____ ________
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
6,400
5,650
28,871
496, 485
1
1
20
F fp m p
1
1
$251,848
2
brick
C n n n r p fp
Brick
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
1
1
'
2,000
1,000
2
23, 900
1
1
14, 050
9, 850
Stucco _ __________
Concrete.. . . ____ ________
1
1
1, 500
133,000
All other nonresidential struc
tures: Fences 3__________ ____
1
100
Brick....... ...................... ............
DE S M O IN E S
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures.. . ___________
13
$77, 750
Churches . .. . .
________
P ra m p
Dormitories: Brick _________
Summer camps
Frame
and
cottages:
1
69, 500
12
8, 250
26
1
1
22
1
1
6,000
600
500
600
300
250
Total nonresidential structures. . .
731
2, 720,802
Amusement and recreation places.
4
141,451
2
27, 500
1
1
20, 000
7, 500
2
113,951
Brick_____ ______ -.
N ot reported____
_____
_________
1
1
See footnotes at end of table.
95,359
18, 592
Brick
.
Framp and st.nnno
___ ______
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops
Brick________________________
Concrete____________________
Garages, public_______ _______ _
Brink
4
$17, 700
—
2
2, 700
1
1
1,500
1,200
1
1
10,000
5,000
6
172,000
3
79.000
1
1
1
65, 000
12, 000
2,000
3
93,000
1
1
1
80, 000
10, 000
3,000
4
33,500
2
29,500
1
28,000
29
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T
A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in W est North Central
cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1989 — C ontinued
able
Iow a—C ontinued
D E S M O IN E S —Continued
T ype of structure and material
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Garages, public—Continued.
Brick—C ontinued.
1
$1,500
2
4,000
1
1
2,000
2,000
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_____ - _______
561
84,514
Frame
-----------------B rick s- . . . __________ ____
C oncrete.-- - ------ ------------M etal_______________________
T ile_________________________
546
10
1
1
3
81,549
2, 050
250
65
600
Gasoline and service stations-------
21
44, 215
2
2,600
1
1
1,400
1,200
13
35, 065
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8,000
4, 500
4,200
4,000
2, 500
2,100
2, 000
2. 000
1,965
1,800
1,000
500
500
3
3,000
1
1
1
1,900
600
500
3
3,550
1
1
1
1,800
1,250
500
1
118, 000
Concrete______________ ______
Frame________________ _____
Brick...........................................
Concrete........ ................. ..........
M etal............................... ..........
Institutions 4 _______ - - -
-------
Office buildings, including banks:
Brick _____ ________ .- . --
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Concrete___
Public works and utilities: B rick ..
See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.
Type of structure and material
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______
Frame
______ _ _ ______
Brick ________ -. _ _______
S tu c c o _________ _
Concrete_______
_ _ .. _
M etal. ______________________
Not reported___
_ _
Stables and barns: Frame . .
2
1, 520, 000
1
1
1,500, 000
20,000
2
160, 000
1
1
140,000
20, 000
22
83,479
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
Frame_____ . ____________
Brick___________________ ___
•*
Stone and frame________ ..
Concrete___________________
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
69
50
7
1
1
9
1
$12, 593
7,863
2,400
200
400
1,330
400
2
1
1
800
500
300
53
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
332, 550
14,400
2,500
2,500
2,100
1,800
1,700
1,000
750
550
500
500
500
30
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
251, 500
75,000
50,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
7, 300
7,000
5, 500
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
3, 500
3,500
3,200
3,000
2, 000
1,500
1,400
1,000
1,000
1,000
800
700
600
500
1
4
1
1
1
5,000
14,150
8,000
2,200
2,000
1
1 ,950
30
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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,
193 9
a b l e A .—
Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non
residential structures for which building permits were issued in W est North Central
cities, by type of structure and specified materials , 1 9 3 9
C ontinued
Iow a
C o n tin u e d
DES M O IN E S —Continued
Type of structure and material
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Metal
4
$44,000
1
I
1
1
40.000
2. 500
1,000
500
Typo of structure and material
N um Permit
ber of valuation
struc
tures
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Glass.
....
1
$2,000
2
1,500
1
1
1,000
500
1
$1,000
1
38, 365
4
637, 947
1
1
1
1
173, 365
161, 248
153, 929
149, 405
' Sheds, poultry houses, etc.
6
1,040
1
2
565
1
1
475
90
4
475
1
1
1
1
200
175
75
25
6
1
23, 500
1,000
2
1
1
16, 000
15, 000
1,000
1
1,000
500
k nnn
Not reported_____
_____
DUBUQUE
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures
. .
Dormitories: Brick_____
Nurses homes: Brick.
!
3
r
!
r
i ,
_
Summer camps and cottages 3_ ..
Total nonresidential structures
Churches: Brick
__________
Garages, public: B rick_____
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling i _____________
Frame
.. __________
Brick __________________
Not reported______________
i
Gasoline and service stations____
40. 000
Not reported..
18.000
i
100
834.945
1
8,000
1
2,000
41
6,491
30
2
9
4. 556
475
1,460 : i
ij
7, 500 !
2
5,000
1
1
3,000
2,000
________
1
2,500
Institutions: B rick_______
1
16, 555
Public works and utilities.
B r ic k . _______________
6
iT
1
1
1
1
Concrete__
!
I■ Public works and utilities—Con.
Brick—Continued.
69
3
B r ic k ______________________
$58. 100
Schools: Brick . ......................
Frame
1
Not reported. ________ ...
1
131,912
93, 547
68,947 |
10,000 1
9,000 ;
4. 600
Stores and other mercantile buil
ings----Frame
.
____
Brick
....
.
_____
Concrete______________
M etal______________
Not reported.
...
1
OTTUM W A
Total nonresidential structures.
Amusement and recreation places:
Stucco_____ ____________
Churches: Frame____ ____ __ _
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
Brick and frame._ _____ __
(Inmjjfps public" Tile.
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling U _ __________
Frame...
___ _ ______
Brick and frame _ __
Metal_____________________
See footnotes at end of table.
114
$572. 600
1
1
1
7, 500
6 , 500
3, 500
3,000
2 4
500,000
2
1
80
78
1
1
J
i
14,375 iji
11,775
2,500 ,
100 !
2 ,0 0 0
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick and
frame.. ...
_______ __
Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 1 ...
Frame_________________
Metal .
Stores and other mercantile
buildings.... ___________
Frame
___ _
Brick ... - -.
Brick and frame .
....
i
1
$15, 000
22
3, 225
21
1
2, 975
250
3
24, 000
1
5, 000
17,500
1,500
1
1
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T
31
A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures fo r which building p erm its were issu ed in W es t N orth Central
cities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued
able
Iowa—Continued
SIOUX CITY
Type of structure and material
Number of Permit
struc- valuation
tures
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures__ ____ _____
Summer camps and cottages.
Frame
.
___ _______ _
25
1
1
24
1
$4, 250
4, 250
3, 750
500
1,500
300
300
1,000
150
1
500
Total nonresidential structures . _
Amusement and recreation places:
Frame...
_ .
......
.
229
124, 265
1
1,500
Churches: Frame
Garages, public: Brick. ______
Garages, private, when separate
_____ . . .
from dwelling 1. _.
Frame
Brick...
. .. _ _
Concrete . .
.....
. __
T ile.. ____________
.
Gasoline and service stations_____
Brick.. ___________
___
1
1
1,000
7,000
193
163
7
17
6
10
7
T
39,165
29, 950
2, 825
4, 800
1, 590
16,000
13, 300
3,000
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
1,500
800
500
2, 700
1,500
600
600
Brick ___ _____ __________
14
14
13
i
i
i
i
i
i
Concrete___ _
_______
3
1
1
1
Type of structure and material
Sheds, poultry houses, etc
Frame
__
______ _____
_________
.
Brick____
Concrete
Metal.
_________________
Stables and barns: Frame___
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—
Frame
Brick. . . .
...
Concrete_____
__ ____ _
Metal______________
...
Tile_______________________
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
10
$3, 900
6
1,100
1
1
1
1
1
1
400
200
150
150
100
100
1
1
300
200
2
2, 300
1
1
1,800
500
1
150
12
55, 550
1
1, 500
5
45, 000
1
1
1
1
1
15, 000
13, 000
13,000
2, 500
1,500
1
1,000
4
7, 300
1
1
1
1
2, 500
2, 000
1,800
1,000
1
750
2
$3,075
1
1
1,000
2, 075
W ATERLOO
Total nonresidential structures...
Churches
Frame____ _______________
Brick______________________
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Brick. ___ ______________
Metal
_______
Structural steel, brick facing
See footnotes at end of table.
450
$867, 600
2
14,100
1
1
4,100
10,000
9
372, 805
7
303, 200
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
183, 700
75,000
20, 000
12, 000
5,500
5,000
2,000
1
1
7, 700
61,905
Garages, public
Frame..
Tile
.
...
_ .
_
_ __
. ______
.
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1__ . _. ____
389
83, 920
Frame__ ___
....
Brick____________________ .
Cnnprpt.p
Metal
.
_ _ .. _____
XTnt rppnrtpd
383
1
2
1
2
76,120
4,000
3,100
’ 300
400
Gasoline and service stations.. _ .
4
16, 615
Brick______________________
2
11,015
1
1
6,090
4, 925
1
1
1,600
4,000
Metal .
. _________ . .
Not reported..
____ _ _ _
32
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,
1939
T a b l e A .-— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in W es t N orth Central
c ities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued
Iow a—Continued
W ATERLOO—Continued
Type of structure and material
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Public works and utilities___ - - -
6
$240, 735
Frame----- ------------- --------Brick_______________ ____
1
1
5, 700
4,000
---------- -- --
3
27, 238
1
1
1
18,100
4, 569
4, 569
1
203,797
Concrete.
Structural steel and concrete _
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1-------Frame_____________________
Brick______ ________
Stone__ - --------- ------ -Concrete__
- - - ----M etal.. _ - _ _ -------Not reported. _ ------- -- -- Stables and barns: Frame
-------
21
4, 735
13
2
1
2
1
2
2, 795
800
100
300
500
240
1
400
Type of structure and material
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Stores and other mercantile
buildings____
Frame_______ __ _
___ !
Brick_______________ ______
Metal__________ _________
Not reported__ .
__
16
4
1
1
1
1
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
$131,215
7, 325
2, 500
2. 325
1,500
1,000
121,050
68. 000
14, 200
9,200
8, 000
7, 550
5, 000
4,300
2, 800
2,000
2, 300
1,500
800
540
1
1
1
1
1
$25
25
25
15
10
1
1
175
2,500
Kansas
HUTCHINSON
Total nonresidential structures—
79
$303, 346
-----
1
10, 000
Garages, public: Brick and stone_
1
3,000
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1----------------------
58
8, 211
Fram e___ - ---------- -----Stone______________________
Concrete
___________ Not reported---- ---------------Gasoline and service stations------
51
1
5
1
2
7,142
175
785
109
5, 950
B rick __________ ____ ____ Concrete-------------------------Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick_____
1
1
5,000
950
51
173,000
Sheds, poultry houses, etc___ _
10
3,285
Frame____________ - -------
8
610
1
1
1
400
60
50
Churches: Brick veneer.
See footnotes at end of table.
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.—Con.
Frame—Continued.
Metal_.
Canvas.
Stores and other ipercantile build
ings------------------ ----------
6
Frame_____________________
1
1,800
Brick
2
11,600
1
1
10,000
1,600
Stucco.
1
1,500
Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported_____________
2
85,000
1
1
60,000
25,000
99,900
33
APPENDIX
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in W es t N orth Central
cities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued.
Kansas—Continued
KANSAS CITY
Type of structure and material
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Total nonresidential structures—
Amusement and recreation places:
Brick_______________________
140 $3,155, 623
21,000
3
108,000
2
20,000
1
1
15,000
5,000
___
1
88,000
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops
4
197, 500
Churches
_______________
Brick_______ _____________
Stone______
_____
Reinforced
facing-,
Sheds,
1
1
Concrete __________ _____
Schools ._ ____
- .
___
Brick.- _____ ______
1
2, 500
190 000
2
5,000
1
1
3,500
1, 500
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Type of structure and material
poultry
.
concrete, brick
.. ___________
$443, 835
287, 754
1
1
1
177, 567
67, 500
42, 687
2
156, 081
1
1
90, 305
65, 776
etc.1- -
17
4,185
_ ___
Frame_______ _ Concrete-- ______
Metal__________ _____
9
4
4
1, 785
850
1, 550
Stores and other mercantile build
ings
27
61, 050
7
4, 450
Frame____
houses,
—
5
3
__________
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1 - - - - -
65
9,175
1
1
Fram e____________________
Stone______________________
Concrete - _______ - --____________
Metal______
45
5
12
3
6, 430
665
1,385
695
1
1
1
1
1,000
650
600
600
600
500
500
Gasoline and service stations____
11
24, 850
8
14,100
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4, 000
3,000
2, 500
1, 500
1 000
l|000
600
500
Frame_____________________
1
1,000
Brick______________________
6
17, 900
1
1
1
1
1
1
8,500
4,000
2, 700
1, 200
800
700
4
5, 950
1
1
1
1
3, 500
1,200
750
500
1
116, 678
Concrete___ ________ _____
Institutions: Brick_____________
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal_________ -
6
2,169, 350
Brick______________________
5
1, 988, 743
1
24
445,990
1, 542, 753
1
180, 607
Not reported____________
See footnotes at end of table.
l
Brick--.____________
_
Brick veneer _____________
Stone---
_____
_-- . -
1 !
1
4, 500
2
2, 300
1
1
1, 500
800
Frame and stucco____ ______
1
2, 200
Concrete_____________ _____
5
29,200
1
1
1
1
1
11, 000
10, 200
5, 000
2, 500
500
Metal
Tile
2
1, 500
1
1
1, 000
500
1
2,800
34
T
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in W es t N orth Central
cities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued
able
Kansas—Continued
TOPEKA
Type of structure and material
1
Num
ber of Permit
Type of structure and material
struc valuation
tures
Total nonresidential structures__
251
$207, 734
Amusement and recreation places:
Brick
________________
1
9.000
Churches: Stone
___
1
3.000
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
Brick
_..
_.
_______
1
3,000
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_
200
27, 285
Frame
Brick _________ _____
Stone
._ .
_.
_.
Concrete___ _
. . . - ____
Not reported- . . . . __
194
2
1
1
2
25, 635
300
200
1,000
150
Gasoline and service stations:
Brick________________________
3
9, 300
1
1
1
5,000
3, 800
500
_
_
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Public works and utilities: Brick. _
2
1
1
$20, 849
10, 849
10,000
Schools: Brick and stone.
___
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1 ____
Frame... ____________ _____
Brick________________ . . .
Stucco
.. .
Brick and frame. __________
Concrete____ . . . ______ _.
Metal____________________
Not reported.. ____________
Stores and other mercantile build
______ . . ...
ings.
Fram e_________ ________
Brick____________________
1
36
23
4
1
1
2
1
4
117,000
3,600
1, 035
950
150
15
700
100
650
6
1
2
i
1
1
1
1
14, 700
700
5,500
4,000
1, 500
3,500
2,000
3,000
Gasoline and service stations__
6
$11,300
Brick________________
___
1
3, 500
Concrete______________ ___
3
2, 500
1
1
1
1,000
1, 000
500
Stone_____________________
Stucco_____________________
Metal____ .. _____________
W ICH ITA
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures. __
____
8
Nurses’ homes: Brick and stone..
1
Summer camps and cottages:
Tile
Total nonresidential structures. __
Amusement
and
recreation
places: Brick_________________
2 7
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work
shops: Brick
____ ...
2
1
40, 000
25,000
15, 000
Stone______________________
33, 500
2, 500
Public works and utilities. _____
3
1
1
1
2
1
6 ,0 0 0
25,000
9,500
5,000
4, 500
2
13,400
1
1 2 ,0 0 0
1
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1 _______________ 456
Frame___ ____ . . .
_______ 367
Brick______________________
73
Concrete. _______ . . . . ..
11
Metal_________________ . _.
3
1
Tile_______________________
Not reported ______________
1
See footnotes at end of table.
2,600
692, 454
1
Garages, public________________
Brick______________________
Concrete___ _______ . . . . .
79,000
572
1
Churches______________________
Fram e____________________
Brick_________________ .. .
Stone ________ _______
_
$81,600
1,400
62, 619
44,676
14, 708
1,975
800
350
110
2
5, 300
1
1
4, 500
800
29
369, 960
Brick___________ _________
1
345, 050
Concrete___________________
2
2,000
1
1
1,000
1,000
26
22, 910
1
2 25
3, 000
19, 910
Reinforced concrete, brick
facing ___________ ____
Schools3. ____________________
1
7,000
.
46
6,975
Frame. ____ _____ _____
Brick______________________
Stone______________________
Concrete.. _____
____
Metal_____________________
Not reported. _ ____________
28
2
1
7
7
1
2, 630
500
400
1,150
2, 285
10
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1___
35
APPENDIX
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central
cities, b y typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued
Kansas—Continued
W ICH ITA—Continued
Type of structure and material
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Stores and other mercantile
buildings__ ., - _____ __ ., ,
Brick____________________ _
25
$138, 200
11
92, 300
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
50,000
10,000
6,500
5,000
5,000
5, 000
3,000
2, 500
2, 300
2,000
1,000
3
3, 500
NumType of structure and material
^ S io n
I tures
Stores and other mercantile
buildings—Continued.
Stone—C ontinued.
Concrete__________________
Metal.
1
1
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$1, 500
500
36, 400
24, 900
3, 500
2,300
2, 000
1, 500
1,200
1, 000
6,000
3, 000
1, 000
1.000
1,000
10
$771, 717
4
1
Stone______________ ____ .
1
1, 500
Minnesota
DULUTH
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s t r u c t u r e s ,, .
268 $1,120, 747
3
60, 900
___ _ _
1
900
_ ____ __
2
60,000
1
1
30, 000
30,000
A m u sem e n t a n d recreatio n places.
F r a m e ________ , , ,
B ric k v eneer
F acto ries, b akeries, ice p la n ts ,
la u n d rie s , a n d o th e r w orkshops:
F r a m e ______ _,_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _
G arages, p riv a te , w h e n sep a ra te
from dw elling 1, , , ______ _ _
2
------—
1
1
—
F ra m e ____________ ________
B ric k ___________ _ _______ __
S tone
_ ______ __
F ra m e a n d s tu cc o ______ __
Cnnnrfitp.
M e ta l _________________
G asoline a n d service sta tio n s
_
F r a m e ___________ __________
—
B ric k ________________________
S tu c c o ________
C oncrete
__
__
___ __
________
See footnotes at end of table.
P u b lic w ork s a n d u tilitie s _____
B ric k _____
C oncrete _
________________
____ ______ _
2, 000
1,000
1,000
195
40,715
189
1
1
1
2
1
35. 790
2, 800
150
225
1, 700
50
9
44, 800
4
9, 500
1
1
1
1
4 ,0 00
3, 000
1, 500
1,000
2
22, 000
1
1
18,000
4, 000
1
8 ,0 00
2
5, 300
1
1
3, 500
1,800
R einforced
fa c in g ,.
co n crete, b rick
_______ .
Schools: B rick
Sheds, p o u ltr v houses, e tc .1.
F ra m e _ _
M e ta l_____ _ _
___
S tables a n d barns: F r a m e ,
2
53, 500
1
1
43, 500
10. 000
7
53, 500
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
17, 800
12, 900
8, 800
7, 400
3, 400
1, 800
1,400
1
664, 717
1
50, 000
39
5, 315
38
1
5, 165
150
____
1
50
Stores a n d o th e r m e rc a n tile b u ild
ings.
________________________
8
145, 250
F r a m e _______________________
2
4, 000
-
B ric k ________________________
B rick v en eer ____ _ ______
C oncrete
M e ta l___
____ _
R einforced concrete, facing
n o t re p o r te d ______ _____
1
1
2, 000
2, 000
2
40, 000
1
1
20, 000
20, 000
1
1
1
6, 800
3, 950
500
1
9 0,00 0
36
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9
T a b l e A ,— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central
cities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued
Minnesota—Continued
M INNEAPOLIS
NumType of structure and material Iber of Permit
! struc- valuation
! tures
Total nonhousekeeping residential structures _ .
_____ - i
2
Convents: Brick__ ____________
1
42,000
Dormitories: Brick___
1
592,130
Total nonresidential structures__ 1, 610
6, 968, 047
Amusement and recreation places Frame________ ______
--.
Brick______________________
6
$634,130
10,000
2
24,000
1
1
14, 000
10,000
1
1
16, 000
22, 500
1
40,000
Churches______________________
3
203, 000
Brick____________ ________
2
170, 000
1
1
150, 000
20,000
1
33,000
7
32, 500
4
27,000
1
1
1
1
15, 000
6,000
4, 000
2,000
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops _
Concrete
___ __________- _
Not reported____ __
------
3
5,500
1
1
1
2,000
2, 000
1,500
1
Garages, public: Concrete_______
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling1
_ _ _____ 1, 409
1,600
273, 975
991
5
35
2
1
135
1
1
43
5
1
189
50
177,175
1, 450
9, 915
650
200
30, 365
200
200
14, 670
910
400
37, 840
242, 400
1
27
2,000
165,000
1
1
12,000
11,000
Frame--- _________________
Brick______________________
Brick veneer____ - - - - ____
Stone________________ ____
Stone veneer____ _- - _
Stucco__________ _____ Frame and stucco _. _
____
Brick and frame_____ __ -.
Concrete ____
- ____
Metal_____________________
Tile_______________________
Not reported. - _____
__
Gasoline and service stations - - _
Frame_____________________
Brick______________________
See footnotes at end of table.
Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Brick—Continued.
112, 500
1
Brick veneer______________
Concrete___ _______________
Reinforced concrete, brick
facing_________________
Stone veneer_______________
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Type of structure and material
Stone veneer ____
___
Stucco___________________
Concrete____
_______
'
Metal_________________
___!
Office buildings, including banks _
Brick______________________
Brick veneer
_____
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal____________
Brick_________ ______ __ 1
l'
Brick and stone____________
Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported______________
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
$10,000
7,500
7,000
7,000
7, 000
7,000
7,000
6, 500
6,500
6,500
6,500
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
5,000
4, 500
4,000
4, 000
4,000
3, 500
3, 500
3,000
2,000
2,000
8,500
1
1
1
15
4,000
2, 500
2,000
56,500
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
12, 000
6,000
5,000
5, 000
4, 500
4,000
3, 000
3,000
2, 500
2, 500
2, 500
2,500
2, 500
1,000
500
8, 400
4, 500
2, 800
1, 100
12, 000
7, 000
5, 000
5
3
r
i
i
i
450,412
221, 675
78, 488
74, 748
68, 439
148, 737
i
80,000
APPENDIX
37
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n ) esidential structures for which building perm its were issued in W es t N orth Central
cities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued
M innesota—Continued
MINNEAPOLIS—Continued
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Type of structure and material
Public works and utilities___
8
$295,905
1
1
1
4, 000
3, 500
1, 500
1
224, 135
Frame_____________ Stone__________
Metal______________
Reinforced concrete, brick
facing . _______
Not reported__________
4
62, 770
1
1
1
1
47, 770
10, 000
3, 000
2,000
11
4, 812, 535
8
3, 867, 931
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1, 310, 670
1, 308, 933
432, 696
239, 710
218, 213
163, 447
98, 710
95, 552
Stone______________________
1
529, 514
Not reported... ------- -- ------
2
415, 090
1
1
210, 000
205, 090
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______
68
21, 520
Frame__
__ . . . ______
Brick
. . . _ _____ _
Concrete. _
_ _.
M etal..
_______ _______
Not reported__________ ____
30
1
4
25
8
6, 230
740
1,940
11, 090
1,520
39
507, 900
1
1,000
9
229, 500
1
1
1
100, 000
50,000
25, 000
Schools.-
.
_ ________
Brick-------- --------- -----------
Stores and other mercantile
__________ _
buildings____
Frame__
Brick .
_ _ _____ _
_
_______
Type of structure and material
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Stores and other mercantile
buildings—Continued.
Brick—C ontinued.
1
1
1
1
1
1
$17, 500
16, 000
7, 000
6, 500
4, 000
3, 500
2
2, 500
1
1
2, 000
500
14
50, 700
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20, 000
6,000
5, 000
3, 500
3, 000
2, 800
2, 000
1,500
1, 500
1,200
1,200
1,000
1,000
1,000
1. 9
:
1
,
1
| 1
i
1
1
1
1
1
1
15, 200
1
1
48, 000
50, 000
1
1
100, 000
11, 000
1
1,800
2
$138, 000
Churches: Brick and stone______
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
1
1
1
90, 000
48,000
55, 200
3
57, 000
Frame_____________________
Concrete_______ ...
____
Not reported____ ________
1
1
1
1,200
7, 800
48.000
Stucco...
_______
Concrete . .
_ ...
_________ _
;
!
,
Metal____________________
Reinforced concrete:
Brick fa c in g - ..____
Facing not reported___
Structural steel, facing not
reported
Not reported-_ __________
All other nonresidential struc
tures: Pump houses, metal. _ .
3, 000
2,200
2,000
1,800
1,800
1,500
1,100
1,000
800
ST. PAUL
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures________________
3
$42, 300
Dormitories: Brick._.
1
42,000
2
300
1
1
180
120
Total nonresidential structures__ 1,050
2, 726, 793
____
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame_______________________
See footnotes at end of table.
Amusement and recreation places:
Brick _____________________
38
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central
cities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued
Minnesota—Continued
ST. PAUL—Continued
Type of structure and material
Number of Permit
struc- valuation
tures
Garages, public
Brick
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1_. _ ..
Frame . _
Brick
_ _
_
_
Brick veneer - . . .
. . . ___
Stucco
__ _
Frame and stucco
Metal__________ _ _ ___ Not reported___ _________ -
2
$11, 400
1
1
9,600
1, 800
854
199,687
766
2
6
7
12
19
4
38
176,029
600
2,142
1,290
5,160
6,060
420
7, 986
17
96, 096
Frame _________ ____ ____
1
720
Brick______________________
6
39, 576
1
1
1
1
1
1
10, 476
9,180
9,120
4,800
4,200
1,800
3
16, 200
1
1
1
9,000
4,200
3,000
Gasoline and service stations -
Stucco___________________
Brick and frame____
_____
1
5, 400
Brick and stucco- _
......
4
21, 600
1
1
1
1
8, 400
6, 480
3, 360
3, 360
___________
_________
1
1
3, 000
9,600
Office buildings, including banks.
2
12, 600
1
1
5, 400
7, 200
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Stone_____
1
282,000
Schools_____ _____ ______ _____
8
1, 282, 573
Brick______________________
7
922, 573
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
360, 000
144, 000
128, 439
93, 391
84, 344
58,180
54, 219
1
360, 000
Concrete __ .
Tile
_
Brick_________ __________
Frame and stucco. _ . . . . _
Reinforced concrete, stone
facing.
See footnotes at end of table.
Num
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Type of structure and material
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1
40
$10,152
28
1
2
6
3
6, 030
150
1,320
1, 902
750
45
569, 472
4
1
1
1
1
7, 740
4, 200
2,100
840
600
Brick.......... ................... .........
13
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
211, 680
90,000
26, 400
18, 000
18, 000
18,000
7. 680
7,2C0
7, 200
6, 000
4, 800
3, 600
3, 000
1,800
Brick veneer_______________
2
1
1
16, 800
8, 400
8, 400
Stucco
2
1
1
12, 600
9,000
3, 600
Brick and frame _ _________
4
1
1
1
1
55, 800
30, 000
18, 000
7, 200
600
Brick and stone___________
2
1
1
44, 400
22, 800
21, 600
Concrete__ ______ _______
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
34, 032
8, 712
7, 200
6, 000
4, 200
3, 600
1,800
1, 200
720
600
Glass _ _________________
2
1
1
1, 500
780
720
Metal. ....................................
1
1,680
Frame
Stucco
Concrete. __ __ ______
Metal. . .
. .
Not reported _
. . .
Stores and
buildings
other
Frame ___
mercantile
___________
_______ ____ ___
_
39
APPENDIX
T
A.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West North Central
cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continue
able
Minnesota—Continued
S T . P A U L —C o n tin u e d
T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
N um
b e r of P e rm it
s tru c v a lu a tio n
tu re s
S tores a n d o th e r m e rc a n tile I
b u ild in g s -^ C o n tin u e d .
S tru c tu ra l steel, b rick facing.
2
1
1
4_
N o t re p o rte d __ _____________
1
1
1
$168,000
120, 000
48, 000
N um
b er of P e rm it
stru c- v a lu a tio n
:tu re s
T y p e of s tru c tu re an d m a te ria l
A ll o th e r n o n re s id en tial s tru c
tures:
F en ces1
__
15, 240
7, 200
3, 600
3, 600
840
75
$12, 613
21
2
6
18
28
1, 785
1,368
846
5, 329
3. 285
______
3
$ 1 ,1 5 0
__________ ________
2
7 00
1
1
300
1
450
_ __
______
_
. _
F ra m e
_
B r ic k ...
S ton e _
C on crete
M e ta l.
_______
_
Missouri
JO P L IN
T o ta l
n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n
t i a l s t r u c t u r e s ________ _______ ___________
S h e d s , p o u lt r y h o u s e s , e t c .
31
$ 1 2 ,8 0 0
31
12, 800
F r a m e _____________________________________
S to n e v e n e e r_____________
C o n c r e t e ----------------------------
25
2 14
12
800
6 ,0 0 0
6 ,0 0 0
T o t a l n o n r e s i d e n t i a l s t r u c t u r e s ____
S u m m e r c a m p s a n d c o t t a g e s ______
2
F r a m e ________ _______
S to n e —
41
9 3 , 9 50
- - ---------
2
18, 000
F r a m e _____
_____________________
B r i c k ______________________________________
1
1
3, 000
1 5 ,0 0 0
C h u r c h e s ______________
--
F a c t o r i e s , b a k e r ie s , ic e p l a n t s ,
la u n d r ie s , a n d o th e r w o r k s h o p s :
M e t a L _____ ___
_______________
1
1 ,0 0 0
G a r a g e s , p u b l i c _____________________________
2
3 , 500
B r i c k _______________________________________
C o n c r e t e - __________________ ________
1
1
1, 500
2 ,0 0 0
G a ra g e s , p r iv a te , w h e n se p a ra te
f r o m d w e l l i n g 1.
- --------- --------
17
5 ,1 0 0
F r a m e _____________________________________
B r i c k ______________________________________
S t o n e __________________
--C o n c r e t e ____________________
..
M e t a l __________
-__________
-
8
1
3
4
1
1 ,3 0 0
3
8 , 5 00
G a s o l i n e a n d s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s _______
F r a m e ______ ______________
-
_____ ___________
S t o r e s a n d o t h e r m e r c a n t ile b u i ld
in g s
- -
1
1 ,0 0 0
B r i c k _______________________________________
2
4 ,0 0 0
1
1
2, 000
2, 000
2
3 ,0 0 0
1
1
2 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
6
7 , 7 00
1
1
1
1
1
1
2, 000
1, 500
1 ,2 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
S t r u c t u r a l s t e e l, b r i c k
and
s t o n e f a c i n g __________ ____________
1
3 8 , 500
T i l e ____ ___________
1
2 , 5 00
_
-
S t o n e ___________________ ____________ ______
C o n c r e t e ____________
_ __________ -
1, 6 50
1, 5 50
3 50
1
1 ,0 0 0
B r i c k _______________________________________
2
7 , 500
1
1
6 ,0 0 0
1, 500
5 6, 700
_ ...
F r a m e ______________
250
_________
13
4Qp
--
_______________
K A N S A S C IT Y
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s tru c tu re s .
369
$603, 569
A m u sem e n t a n d recre atio n places -
3
72, 273
F ra m e ___________________
2
54, 273
1
1
53, 773
500
B ric k ________
_____________
See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.
1
18,000
C h u rc h es___
. __________
2
$8, 000
F ra m e .- - ____ _
_ _____
C o n c r e te - .. ___ __ . _ _ ___
1
1
5, 000
3,00ft
F actories, b akeries, ice p la n ts,
lau n d ries, a n d o th e r w o rk s h o p s _
2
3,4 00
1
1
2, 500
900
B ric k . .
C o n crete.
______
_____
_____
40
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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West North Central
cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued
able
Missouri—Continued
K A N S A S C I T Y —C o n tin u e d
T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
N um
b er of P e rm it
s tru c v a lu a tio n
tu re s
G arages, p riv a te , w h e n sep arate
from dw elling 1________________
F ra m e . _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ ___
B rick
_ _ _ _
S to n e _______________________
S tu c c o ____________ _________
F ra m e and stucco
____ __ _
Schools.
265
$41, 350
S tone a n d fram e ,
_ _
C o n c re te ___ __
______
M e ta l_______________________
N o t re p o rte d
130
23
8
2
6
2
2
6
50
22
13
1
18, 600
4, 075
1,450
350
925
200
400
1 700
7, 450
4, 600
1,500
100
G asoline a n d service s ta tio n s , ___
11
33, 000
2
14,000
1
1
13, 500
500
1
1
1,000
1, 500
6
15, 500
1
1
1
1
1
1
7, 500
3,0 00
2 ,000
1, 500
1,000
500
B rick a n d stu cc o __
_ _
B ric k _______________________
„
Stone__
_
C o n c re te . __
__ __ __ ------___ ______ __
M e ta l_______ _________ ____
N o t re p o rte d . __
_ _ __
P u b lic b u ild in g s—city , c o u n ty ,
S ta te , a n d Federal: R einforced
concrete, b ric k facing
T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
1
1,000
2
1
1
121, 333
64, 293
57, 040
P u b lic w o rk s a n d u tilitie s : B rick __
1
15, 000
Sheds, p o u ltry houses, e tc .1. . ___
F p^ m e
B rick
S tone
F ra m e a n d stucco
C oncrete
__ __
M e ta l________________ ___ _
G lass
_ _
30
10 j
6
1
3
4
5
1
11, 050
l, 300
2, 300
1,000
1,100
2, 950
2, 300
100
_
. . .
lN u m
b er of P e rm it
s tru c v a lu a tio n
tu re s
2
—
$139, 363
B ric k .______
_. _ ______
R einforced concrete, b ric k
facing
1
8, 850
1
130,513
Stores a n d o th e r m e rc a n tile b u ild
ings
23
155, 200
__ _ _ ________ _ „
2
7,0 00
1
1
6 ,0 00
1,000
15
135, 600
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
13,000
12, 000
12,000
12, 000
12, 000
10,000
10, 000
10,000
10,000
8,0 00
8,0 00
7, 000
5,000
3, 600
3,000
_ _
1
7 ,000
Stone a n d fram e _ _
2
2, 400
1
1
1, 500
900
2
2, 300
1
1
1,800
500
F ra m e .
B rick
___ ___
S tucco. _
C oncrete
M e ta l.
___ _ _ _
___________ __ _
_ _ _.
_ _ _
All o th e r n o n re sid en tial s tru c tu re s .
R e ta in in g w alls 1
S tone . . . __ _ _
C o n c re te ___ _ _
_ _
Fences: M e t a l . . ____ ______
1
900
28
3, 600
27
3, 500
23
4
3, 000
500
1
100
38
25
6
1
1
1
1
3
$4, 580
2, 955
800
100
100
200
100
325
2
1
1
8,000
6,000
2,000
ST. JO S E P H
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s tru c tu re s ..
A m u sem e n t a n d recreation places.
B ric k ______ ________________
C o n crete ___________________
R einforced concrete, stone fac
in g —
G arages, public: C o n c re te . _ __
See fo o tn o te s a t e n d o f ta b le
72 $1,178, 784
224, 599
6
4
92, 058
1
23, 676
1
23, 440
1
23,166
1
21, 776
1
51,198
1
1
81, 343
2,000
G arages, p riv a te , w h en sep arate
from d w e llin g 1________________
F ra m e __________ _ _ ___ _
B rick . . . ____________________
S to n e ___________
___ __
B rick a n d fram e . . . . ______
B rick a n d s tu c c o _______ _ _
A dobe. _______________ __ .
C o n crete _____________ . . . _
G asoline a n d service stations:
C o n crete _________ _ __ __ __ _
APPENDIX
T
41
A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West North Central
cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued
able
Missouri—Continued
S T . J O S E P H — C o n tin u e d
T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l
P u b lic
b u ild in g s — c i t y ,
c o u n ty ,
S t a t e , a n d F e d e r a l ____________ _____
N um
b e r of
P e r m it
s t r u c v a lu a t io n
tu re s
S h e d s , p o u lt r y h o u s e s , e t c .
4
B r i c k a n d s t o n e ______________________
S t r u c t u r a l s t e e l, b r i c k f a c in g .
P u b lic w o rk s a n d u tilitie s : B r ic k
S c h o o l s ________
_____________________________
Brink
2
_ _______
27, 102
2 7, 102
1
1
7 1 ,1 8 5
132, 8 87
2
2 5, 9 40
1
1
19, 3 40
6 ,6 0 0
6
6 4 3 , 589
4
2 96 , 568
C o n c r e t e . ______________________
M e t a l _________________________
S to re s
and
b u ild in g s .
o th e r
...
..
.
__________
m e r c a n t ile
..
. . . ._
B r in k
S t o n e ______________ _ __________________
R e in fo r c e d
c o n c re te ,
b r ic k
f a c in g
_______
.
_____
$1, 450
4
6 00
1
1
1
1
300
100
100
100
1
300
54, 204
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
$ 2 5 8 , 2 76
F r a m e ________________________
B r i c k ______________________________________
N um
b er of
P e r m it
s t ru c v a lu a t io n
tu re s
T y p e o f s t r u c t u r e a n d m a t e r ia l
101, 778
8 2, 3 84
8 0 ,0 9 0
3 2, 3 1 6
1
3 7, 9 29
1
309 , 0 9 2
B r ic k a n d f r a m e .. .
C o n c re te _
________
2
5 50
1
1
400
150
6
1 0, 3 50
4
8 ,1 5 0
1
1
1
1
3, 8 5 0
2, 000
1, 500
8 00
1
1
1 ,2 0 0
1, 0 0 0
21
$484,000
S T . L O U IS
T o ta l n o n h o u sek eep in g resid en tial
s tru c tu re s
___ _______ . . .
4
$187,000
C onvents: B ric k ______ _____
3
137,000
F ra m e ___ _ ____ _
1
1
1
100,000
25,000
12,000
B ric k ______ ________________
1
50,000
H om es for th e aged: B ric k an d
sto n e .
_ _ . . . . ___ _____
T o ta l n o n re sid en tial s tru c tu re s
A m u sem e n t a n d re c re atio n places.
B ric k _____ ________________
1,133 6 ,582,392
4
3
1
1
1
145, 294
79, 500
50, 000
22, 500
7,000
R einforced concrete, glass
facing____ __ . . . _________
1
65, 794
C h u rc h es
._ ______
. _ _
B ric k _____ __ ____________
3
2
1 |
i !
244, 500
119, 500
115, 000
4,500
l 1
125,000
S tone
__ _________ ________
F actories, b ak erie s, ice p lan ts,
la u n d rie s, a n d o th e r w o rk sh o p s |
1
3,000
17
439,000
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
100,000
55,000
45, 000
40, 000
35,000
30, 000
25, 000
23,000
17, 000
15, 000
14, 000
12,000
9,000
7,000
5,000
5,000
2,000
M e ta l_______________________
1
5,000
S tru c tu ra l steel, b rick facing.
2
37,000
1
27,000
10,000
1
42
T
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
A * — Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West North Central
cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— C o n t i n u e d
able
,
Missouri—Continued
S T . L O U IS —C o n tin u e d
T y p o of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
N um
b er of P e rm it
stru c- v a lu a tio n
tu re s
G arages, public: B rick
4
$95,300
1
1
1
65.000
18,000
10,300
837
171,053
634
179
1
16
6
1
95,096
69,232
190
4,600
935
1,000
34
119, 880
1
G arages, p riv a te , w h en sep a ra te
from dw elling 1-------------------F ra m e ____________________ B ric k _______________________
B rick a n d fra m e _____________
C o n c re te ____________________
M e ta l_______________________
N o t re p o rte d ________________
G asoline a n d service sta tio n s
30
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Concrete
M e ta l. .
In s titu tio n s
F ram e_B ric k -.-
2
1
Office b u ild in g s, in c lu d in g banks:
B rick _
2,000
P u b lic b u ild in g s—city , c o u n ty ,
S ta te , an d F e d e ra l .___
F r a m e __
_______
___
B ric k . _ ___________ ________
N o t re p o rte d ________________
108,180
7 ,5 0 0
6 ,5 0 0
6,
5 ,0 0 0
5 ,0 0 0
5 ,0 0 0
5 ,0 0 0
4 ,5 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
3 ,500
3 , 500
3 ,000
3 ,000
3 ,0 0 0
3 ,000
3 ,000
2 ,500
2 ,480
P u b lic w o rk s a n d u tilitie s _____
1 ,5 0 0
Sheds, p o u ltr y houses, e tc .1. . ___
F ra m e - - ____________ ____
B ric k ________________________
B rick a n d fram e ________
C o n c r e t e __ _ _ _ _____ __
M e ta l________ _____ ______
N o t r e p o r t e d . . - ______
S tables a n d barns: F ra m e - _ ____
S tores a n d o th e r m e rc a n tile b u ild
ingsF ra m e _______________________
000
2,0 00
2 ,000
1,200
1,000
1,000
1 0 ,6 0 0
10,000
1
1
9
1
8
1
1
•1
600
500
1, 993, 440
19,295
1, 974,145
1, 412, 402
276,250
126, 793
1
1
1
17,987
13,932
4,781
1
1
See fo o tn o te s at end o f table.
tu re s
600
F ra m e
B rick.
N um T y p e of s tru c tu re a n d m a te ria l
100,000
22,000
B ric k ---
S t o n e _____
_________________
____________
-
Schools: B ric k ___________________
B ric k ___________________ _____
P e rm it
v a lu a tio n
3
$25,000
1
1
1
14,000
6,0 00
5 ,0 00
9
1, 057, 051
1
20,825
3
735, 979
51
*1
1
656, 489
66,490
13, 000
5
300, 247
24
*1
294, 882
5, 365
10
176, 305
6
155, 500
1
1
1
1
1
1
75, 000
65,000
7 ,0 00
5 ,000
2,5 00
1,000
4
20, 805
1
23
5, 532
15, 273
7
1, 076, 912
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
432
401
13
1
1
9
7
265, 473
251, 621
214, 818
150,000
150,000
25, 000
2 0,000
75, 474
60, 758
8, 680
300
400
3, 965
1, 371
4, 738
1
42
2
1
1
37
1
1
1
1
1
904,000
12, 000
10, 000
2,000
883, 500
150,000
125, 000
102, 000
90,000
55, 000
APPENDIX
43
T a b l e A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in W e s t N orth Central
cities, b y typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued
Misso u ri—Con tlnued
ST. LOU IS—Continued
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
Type of structure and material
Stores and other mercantile build
ings—Continued.
Brick— Continued.
,
Concrete.- ---------- ----M etal_______________________
T yp e of structure and material
All other nonresidential struc
tures. ____ .. ______ _______
1
1
1
1 !
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
$45,000
30, 000
30,000
21, 500
20,000
17, 500
15,000
15,000
15,000
14, 000
14,000
14, 000
10,000
9, 500
9, 500
9, 500
9, 000
8,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
5, 000
4, 500
4, 000
3, 000
3,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
1,500
1,000
1,000
7,500
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
17
$9, 445
_____ _________
5
3,100
Brick_________ _________
3
2, 400
1
1
1
1,200
1,000
200
Stone____________________
Not reported_____ ____
1
1
100
600
Retaining walls______________
12
6, 345
5
399
1
1
1
1
1
200
75
50
50
24
1
50
2
2,100
1
1
1,800
300
4
3, 796
1
1
1
1
2, 500
696
400
200
Fences. . _
Brick___________________
Stone_________ _
Concrete__
..
. _
_ ______ .
N ot reported____________
4,000
3, 500
S P R IN G F IE L D
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures___ . . . . .
...
16
$7,000
Summer camps and cottages ..
16
7,000
8
3, 000
22
1
23
22
1,800
500
500
200
F ram e... _______ _______
..
Stone veneer________________
28
4,000
Total nonresidential structures.. .
254
423,152
Amusement and recreation places:
Concrete_________________
...
1
3, 500
Churches: Frame_____________ ._
1
2,000
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
Brick------------ -------------------------
1
1,000
See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.
Garages, private, w hen separate
..
. _ .
from dw elling 1____
195
$21, 592
F ram e________ _______ __
B rick ______________ ____________
S t o n e __________ . . .
. .
Stone veneer^
_.
.
. _ .
Fram e and stu cco ____ . . . .
Stone and fram e_____________ .
C oncrete_______________ . . . . . .
M e t a l____________________________
179
5
2
2
1
1
2
18, 882
760
150
400
200
500
200
500
Gasoline and service station s____
3
4
9,0 00
F ram e___________________________
1
500
B rick ____________________________
2
7,500
1
1
6,000
1, 500
1
1,0 0 0
Stone veneer____________________
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,
44
T
1939
A.— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in W es t N orth Central
cities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 0 3 9 — Continued
able
Missouri—Continued
S P R IN G F IE L D —Continued
T y p e of structure and material
Num
ber of
Perm it
struc valuation
tures
4
$90, 780
1
5,000
3
85, 780
1
1
1
61, 610
14, 300
9,870
Schools: Structural steel, brick
facing______________________________
1
229,635
Sheds, p oultry houses, etc.1______
29
11,945
F r a m e ... . . . ______ __ - . . .
F ram e and stu cco. .
_
_ __ .
_
C oncrete___
M e t a l____________________________
22
1
2
4
10, 680
400
500
365
Stores and other mercantile b u ild
in g s—
18
53, 700
7
8, 250
1
2,000
1, 650
P ublic works and u tilities________
F r a m e ... __
______
__
B rick _____ _____________________
T y p e of structure and m aterial
Stores
and
other
m ercantile
b uildin gs— C o n tin u ed .
F ram e— C on tin u ed .
Brick_______________ _______
F r a m e _____ _______
__
_____
1
Num
ber of P erm it
struc valu ation
tures
1
1
1
1
1
$1, 500
1,000
900
700
500
8
37, 850
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
14,200
9,000
4,5 00
4 ,0 00
2,500
1, 450
1, 200
1,000
C oncrete____ _____ . . . _________
1
800
M etal ---------------
2
6,8 00
1
1
3, 500
3, 300
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
$370
150
100
60
25
25
10
5
1
1
1
1
1
27, 000
12, 000
8, 000
3,500
2, 000
1, 500
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1. . _ _____ _. . .
284
$47, 515
Frame___
. __ _.
Brick_________ _____________
Stone___________ ___________
Frame and stucco
____
Concrete __
Tile
Not reported .
._
...
269
10
1
1
1
1
1
40, 511
5,969
350
50
500
60
75
----------------------
U N IV E R S IT Y C IT Y
Total nonresidential structures. . _
142
$100, 662
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1. . _
______ .
129
33, 558
Frame . . . . .
Brick________________________
C oncrete.. . . .
M eta l________ - - - - _ -
83
42
3
1
16, 350
15,888
850
470
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: B rick_____
1
36, 734
Public works and utilities: Brick-
1
3, 000
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.:
Frame___________ ____________
Stores and other mercantile build
ings: Brick__________________
Nebraska
L IN C O L N
Total nonhousekeeping residential
structures____________ _______
Dormitories: Reinforced concrete,
brick facing____ _______ _ ..
Total nonresidential structures...
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
B r i c k . . . _____ . . . . _______
Reinforced concrete, brick
facing_____________________
See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.
1
$166,130
1
363
166,130
917, 560
2
1
26, 500
6,000
1
20,500
45
APPENDIX
T
A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issued in W e s t N orth Central
cities, by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued
able
Nebraska—Continued
L IN C O LN —Continued
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
T ype of structure and material
7
Gasoline and service stations____
B r i c k . . . _____ _____________
Concrete____ __ . . . ________
Office buildings, including banks:
B rick ... ___________________ . .
Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick and
stone. _______ ______ ____ . Schools: Brick____ . . . . . . . .
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1 -------Frame_________ . . . _______
Brick
_
. ________
$ 2 1 , 3 96
6
1 9, 8 96
1
1
1
1
1
1
6, 0 00
5 ,1 6 1
3 , 9 50
2 ,0 0 0
1 ,5 6 0
1 ,2 2 5
1
1 ,5 0 0
1
9 ,0 0 0
^1
511, 555
1
6 6, 8 0 7
57
1 4, 637
51
1
1 3, 8 22
35
Type of structure and material
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.—Con.
M eta l.. ____________________
Glass
_ _
N um
ber 0 * Permit
struc valuation
tures
2
3
$200
5 80
Stores and other mercantile build
in g s.. . —
Frame___ ____ ____________
9
220, 000
1
500
Brick-------------------------------------
5
6 0 ,0 0 0
1
1
1
1
1
3 8 ,0 0 0
1 2 ,0 0 0
5 000
3’ 0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0
1
1
1 ,5 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
1
1 5 7 ,0 0 0
1
150
Stone________________________
M etal_______________________
Structural steel, facing not
re p o r te d .___ __ _______
All other nonresidential structrues: Fences, frame. __
OM AHA
T otal nonresidential structures
Churches___________________ ...
Fram e___
_______ .. .
Brick________________________
698 $1,005,198
57, 500
3
1
2, 500
2
1
1
55, 000
40, 000
15, 000
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Concrete. . .
Structural steel, brick facing. _
2
1
1
40, 700
5,700
35,000
Garages, public: B rick_____ ___
1
3,500
626
360
188
10
3
3
4
4
3
44
3
4
112, 928
55, 405
43. 703
2, 075
375
375
935
1, 025
650
7, 470
140
775
4
1
1
10, 950
5,000
500
2
1
1
2
5, 450
3,450
2,000
480,000
1
1
30,000
450, 000
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling
___
___
Frame___ . . ___________
Brick_____________________ _
Stone____
.
. . . _______
Stucco___ . . . ______ ______
Frame and stucco - . . . _____
Brick and frame . . _ . . .
Brick and stucco____ ___ ___
Brick and stone. . . _________
Concrete___ ________________
M etal___ ____________
...
N ot reported________ _ . .
Gasoline and service stations____
Brick
. .
Stucco______________________
Concrete___ ________ _____
.
Office buildings, including banks..
Reinforced concrete:
Brick facing ___________
Brick and stone fa cin g ...
See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.
Schools: B rick______
__________
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1.
Frame.
___ _______
Brick
__________
C oncrete
M etal_____ _ . ___ . . ...
Not reported ___ _____
Stores and other mercantile build
______________ ..
ings
B rick_______________________
1
$80,000
4029
2
l
5
3
13, 665
6,115
5, 600
300
925
725
18
8
1
1
1
1
205, 900
61, 000
15, 000
8, 500
8, 000
7.000
7.000
6, 500
5.000
4,000
1
1
1
Brick veneer. ______________
1
2,200
Concrete__
3
1
1
1
21, 800
16, 000
5,000
800
1
7,500
2
1
1
1
2
76,000
60,000
16, 000
36, 000
1
1
700
700
1
55
M etal.
._
....
__ ______
_____
Reinforced concrete:
Brick facing
Facing not reported_____
T ile_________________________
All other nonresidential struc
tures: Retaining walls, stone___
1,400
46
T
BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939
— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f non h ousekeeping residential and n on
residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issued in W e s t N orth Central
citiesj by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued
able
N orth Dakota
FARGO
T y p e of structure and material
N um
ber of Permit
struc valuation
tures
'Total nonresidential structures. __
82
‘Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1 . _
______
65
Fram e.. _ _ _ _ _ ________
Brick________ __ ___ ______
_______ _____
Stucco_____
Not reported.
__ _ ___ __
Type of structure and material
1
$152,522 ! Sheds, poultry houses, etc.—
Continued.
Frame—Continued.
15,690
57
1
6
1
1
$200
100
_ __ _
1
60
Stores and other mercantile
buildings____ _ . _ ._ _____
I
1
13,165
225
2,050
250
Gasoline and service stations:
Brick_________________________
2
12,500 !
Schools_______ ____ _____ _____
1
1
2
10,000
2,500
42,672
1
1
22, 672
20,000
660
B rick__________ _ _______ __
Brick veneer________________
Sheds, poultry houses, etc-----------
4
Fram e________ _____________
N um
ber of Permit
Istruc valuation
tures
M etal______________
9
81,000
Frame____________________ _
5
1
1
1
1
1
17,200
10,000
3,000
2, 500
1,200
500
B rick....................................... .
3
1 !
1
1 1
60,300
34,000
25, 000
1,300
M etal____ ________ _________
1
3,500
Gasoline and service stations____
Frame_________. . . . _________
3
2
1
1
$8,300
3,300
2,500
800
Brick................ ...........................
3,000
1,750
200 S Schools: B rick._. ___ _________
1
5,000
1
57,486
12
2, 025
1, 725
400
325
200
200
200
100
100
100
50
25
25
300
3
600 |
1
300
South Dakota
SIO U X FA LLS
Total nonhousekeeping residen
tial structures_________________
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame_________ _____________
9
$4,950
9
4,950
23
24
22
245
T otal nonresidential structures. __
—
—
1
10,000
Churches: Brick
1
5,500
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
-laundries, and other workshops.
2
14,500
Frame_______________________
Concrete__ _________________
1
1
5,500
9,000
Garages, public...............................-
2
3,500
Frame......................... ............. Concrete_________ ________
1
1
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 1-------------------------
219
______________
Frame_______________________ 205
|
7
Stucco____________________
4
Concrete____________________
Nnt reported
3
Sheds, poultry houses, etc_______
Frame_______________________
160,660
Amusement and recreation places:
B rick __________________________
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
\
!
Concrete____ _______________
1,000 ’
Stores and other mercantile build
2,500
| ings—
!
FrflTTIA
35,849 |
Brink
32, 739
1, 650
1,150
M etal................................... .
310
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
23, 500
3, 500
19, 500
1
14, 500
g’ ooo
1
500
1 Due to the large number of structures of this type for which permits were issued, data are not shown
for individual structures.
2 Individual valuations not available.
3 T yp e of material not reported.
<Federal construction—type of material not reported.
5 Federal construction.
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