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Juan & CarmenUrbieta

See our website for our NARI CotY Awards

254-4770 RemodelingMagazine’sTop 50 List

Hall of Fame

Award Winning Company—Entire Home Renovations—

Historical Renovation Additions, Kitchens & Baths

Attic & Basement ConversionsCustom Made Millwork

urbietaconstruction.com • e-mail: urbietainc@aol.com

Best of the

MIDWESTDesign Awards

Gold WinnerCategory: Additions

2005Winner

CotY Awards’07 Entire House Category

’06 Res. Add. $100,000 and

’08 Res. Add. $100,000 and

Winner of 2006 BetterBusiness Bureau

International Torch Awardfor Marketplace Ethics

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By Lance WinklerThe home at 236 West Schantz

Avenue is a truly old school stan-dard that harkens back to a time

when homes were meant for liv-ing in comfort and with thoughtgiven to living space, familialsurroundings and entertaining

guests - not necessarily in thatorder.

Built in 1912, the home hasthe claim to fame as being the

original home of Harry Toulmin,the Wright Brothers’ patent attor-ney.

Whether out of fawning imita-

tion or direct comparison, thehome itself is a diminuitive con-ception in layout of the Wright’s

See Schantz on page 11

East side of house leads up to patio. Photos courtesy of Prudential One Realty.

Fountain contains Koi fish. Photo by Lance Winkler

Front door opens out on verdant landscape.