The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-11
BUILDING STATISTICS, 1868.
The Work of the Season..Every
House Occupied-.List of Buildings
..Br1ef Mention of Superior DWELL
ings and Public Buildings.

ings and Public Buildings.
The number of dwellings and houses of bust
ness erected in St. Paul this year is far less
than in former years, but in the style and sub
stantial character of most of those which have
been built there is room for congratulation
upon positive evidence of our city's prosperi-
ty. The scarcity and high price of lumber, the
higher wages required by laborers and mechan-
les, and the withdrawal of money for invest
ment in various securities and in business
growing out of the war, coupled with an I'M
certainty as to financial prospects ahead which
is not yet entirely dissipated, may fully account
for the lessened number of buildings put up
And it should be remembered that it was in the
summer supposed that by fall great many
tenement houses would be vacated by families
who had spent the summer here from the
East or been driven here from the country by
fear of the Indians
The result is that there is not to-day an I'M
occupied dwelling house in the city, while fifty
could be rented in week, and many families
are known to have left the city during the fall,
because they could not procur6houses to live in.
The mechanics of the city assert that they
have been kept busy all the season. but that
most of their work has been in repairs and adj
ditions, very little of which can be reported,
or would be interesting if reported. Another
season, if money continues plenty, the demand
for buildings will compel the erection of
large number of tenement houses, which, with
several public buildings projected-for which
plans and estimate are already furnish ed-will
give them all lively times.
We give below list of the buildings erected,
80 far as we could ascertain by inquiry among
master builders and architects In endeavOr-
ing to get statistics of the smaller class of
buildings, we found both builders and owners
suspecting tax-gatherer behind the question
ing, and 10th to give information. Perhaps
twenty such buildings in all have been put up
costing from three hundred to six hundred
dollars each.
j. E. Thompson, Dayton's Bluff resi-
dence, of stone. two stories, attic and
basement, Pollock. architect and
superintendent; cost, including sta
bles, Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
J. C. Burbank Summit avenue, resi-
| dence, stone, two Stories attic and
basement; Wheelock, architect, Pol
lock, superintendent; commenced in
1862. Including stables; finished. $4,000
| Cronan, Huxthall e. Sears, Union Block,
| Third street, Morris, architect; Don
Ovan g. Reardon, builders; COM
menced in 1862; finished. ......... 10000
Sisters Academy, St. Anthony Hill,
stone, three and half stories Don
Ovan u ReardOn, builders; Mullen,
mason commenced in 1862 finished. $4,000
| Capt. Blakeley, jackson street between
Ninth and Tenth, residence, stone,
two stories Leonard e. Sneire ar
chitects and builders finished. .. $4,000
| Franklin School House, Fist ward. be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, stone,
four stories; Leonard q Shere, ar
chitects Donovan & ReardOn, build
ers; d. q Hull, masOns; unfinished. 10000
Culver & Harrington, Cullen & Lynde,
Post Office Block, Third street, COM
menced in 1862; Knight, architect;
Donovan d Reardon, builders finish
Gu .................... S,UUU
A. II. Wilder, Woodward street. and
Trout brook, two stories and base
ment; DeGraw, architect and builder;
including stable, &C., finished. ..... 5000
S. R. Champln, Munroe and Ninth
streets, residence, stone, two stories;
Knight, architect; DeGraw, builder;
commenced. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
H. NJ. Rice, Summit avenue, altera-
tons and additions to residence;
Knight, architect; Grindle, builder;
HnlSuou. O,UOO
German Catholic school house, Third
Ward, stone, two stories; Leonard
Il Shere, architects; commenced. COCO
Morris Marks Third street, stone, store,
three stories; Leonard Il Sheire,
architects; commenced. .. $500
Rev. Father Clemens, German Catholic
parsonage; Leonard IL Sheire, archi-
tects; Schlliger, builder; finished. 1850
Drewry & Scotch, Dayton's Bluff,
brewery and residence, stone. two
stories and brewery cellars finished, 1850
John Roche, Summit Avenue, resi-
dence stone, 215 cottage stories;
Donovan & ReardOI, builders; un-
Hnlsned 1000
P. f. McQuan, corner John and
Eighth streets residence, frame, two
story; Knight architect Donovan
d ReardOn, builders finished 900. 5000
Drewry6o Scotch, Dayton's Bluff. adj
dition to brewery and beer VAULTS
unnnlSned. 3,OuO |
Patrick Donovan. Canada, between
Pearl and Grove Streets residence,
frame, two stories: Donavan Il Rear
don, builders finished. .......... $500 |
st. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company,
lower levee, depot, Frame two
stories; Donovan q ReardOn, build
ers; finished. ................ 2,zOo
Catholic Cathedral. wings or transepts,
stone, two stories: Smith. builder;
diminished. o,oVV
Charles Morgan Sixth street near
Jackson, residence frame, one and
half stories: Summers. builder;
nnlsned. ZOUO
Thomas Lamb Saint Anthony Hill,
barn and stable frame, two stories;
Summers, builder; finished. ....... 1,4OO
Mrs. Robinson, Eighth street. addition
to residence, frame, two stories;
McCardell, builder; finished. ....... 400
j. B. Braden, corner Seventh and Kilt
son streets, addition to residence,
frame, two stories; A. d. Davidson,
builder finished. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
AbsOlom Caldwell. Seventh between
Chestnut and John streets. residence,
frame, one story; X. H. Fitz, builder,
Henry Keiger. corner Eleventh and
Robert. store, one story; Will
bershad g. Tiesen, builders; finished 200
Mrs. Ludwig, Robert between 9th and
10th streets, residence, concrete, one
and q half stories; Alton. builder;
nnlsned. ooo
Louis Demueles corner Seventh and
WahoshaW stOra frame one story. |