Carmichael Construction Co. Awarded Contract at Figure
of $428,598

Trustees of the Children's Hospital awarded the contract for the erection of the new hospital building at W. Buchtel and Bowery to the Carmichael Construction Co., at $428,598.

The excavating work was started Friday, December 10th, and it is their aim to have the building completed November 1st, 1927.

The Carmichael bid is for the building without refrigeration plant, other equipment and hospital details. The trustees hope to have the building ready for occupancy January 1st, 1928.

"Children's Hospital Work Started." Akron Builders Bulletin May 1926: 3.
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Deeds in exchange, between the Children's Hospital and Central Y.M.C.A. were given and recorded Thursday.

In this, the final chapter of the preliminaries for the erection of the new buildings for the hospital and "Y" no money was paid by either side. The exchange is even, the consideration in the deeds being the minimum, "one dollar and other valuable considerations."

To Start Now, Y.M.C.A.

In this transaction the hospital becomes owner of the plot of ground at Bowery St. and W. Buchtel Avenue. Work of razing the old dwellings to clear the site for the hospital has begun. The Y.M.C.A. becomes owner of the old property of the Children's Hospital at Buchtel and High Sts. where a new Central Y.M.C.A. building will be erected as soon as the hospital vacates.

The present Y.M.C.A. building at State and Main Sts will be sold.

"Children's Hospital, "Y" Exchange Sites." Akron Beacon Journal 26 August 1926: 19:5.

Children's Hospital, corner Bowery Street and East Buchtel Ave., John Andrews, chairman, Building Committee. Architects, Good and Wagner, Mohawk Building. Fireproof construction, five stories, 100 bed capacity, nurse home, laboratory, kitchen, laundry, etc. Estimated cost $450,000. Bids close November 26, 1926, at 10 A. M., and will be publicly opened.

" New Hospital Building." Akron Builders Bulletin Nov. 1926:14.
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The Children's hospital and the Y.M.C.A. have filed formal requests with the common pleas court for permission to make an exchange of building sites without any money changing hands. The trade was agreed on by the respective institutions months ago and the court application is nothing more than a formality.

The property now owned by the Y.M.C.A. and which it had once been the intention of that institution to build on is located at Bowery and Buchtel. The new $450,000 Children's hospital is to be built on this site. The property being traded by the Children's Hospital to the Y.M.C.A. is at High St. and Buchtel Ave.

"Formally Exchange Institution Sites." Akron Beacon Journal 14 April 1926: 17:3.