St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-06-12


story house, main part 26 Y Sc. Is "A,
20 feet posted. 1t is to be well finished.
and a good house. Geo. y. Smith builder
5. c. Chubb has finished the present
season house erected last fall. nearly OPP
pOsite Mr.. Mathews. This is two stories.
tmain part % IS. with front projection
| 10 y Is, and L 20 %. This too is a good
house and thoroughly built. 1t has been
sold to Samuel Higgins for $4,000. Dom
mick Corbett, builder.
| ID. D. Webster is putting up 4 new
house on west side of the street, third lot
below MIR. Higgins. 1t will be two sto-
ries. with a front covering 1900 square
feet. and an l.. The architecture is to be
something rather odd, and we think pref
~. Judging it in its unfinished state. The
design is the owners. and he also is the
builder.
The old Union School house. which was
moved into the background when the
| brick one was built, has been purchased
hy the village and fitted up into a building
tor Delu@e engine, the Hook and Ladder
apparatus, and a house for the village
ilearSe. The bcllry has been taken oil one
end, and cupola placed in the centre.
with flag pole running sky-ward. The
repairs cost asoui $1,000. This work has
been done Ivy Horace Carpenter.
There has also been considerable re-
pairing of private dwellings, on this street,
among which we notice Mis-. Clarissa
l..e 81, l.
and the chambers multiplied aud much
! improved.
| Mrs. Boles has completely re-arrauged
and renovated her house, finishing oil a
! spacious dining room and kitchen in the
basement, and making other changes
which are valuable improvements.
SPRING STREET.
Horace Carpenter is putting up a
house where Spring street is iutersected
/ by Winter street. or where il will be when
the latter is extended. He is rushing it
right along. and he will have a good
house in central locality for sale in a
short time.
MAIN STREET.
The only building now in course of
/ construction on this street. is the Library
building being erected by Horace Fair
banks. This is to stand directly az the
head of the Avenue-probahly the best I'M
occupied site in town. The extreme
lcugth Of this building will be over 80 feet.
by some 4G wide. The stone work will
extend five or six feet above the surface:
l..
| deep basement, a Mansard-roof. with tow
Ell in front. Without going into particu-
, lars. which is not the design of this arti-
Gle. We will simply say that from a hasty
! glance at the plan OF this building. we
think it unique. elegant and strikin%-an
ornament to any place. and an especial
| prize to our town.
b. q, Corser has completed this spring
one of the handsomest residences gu the
street. on the north line OF the Deacon
! Bracket lot. II is two stories. the main
part being 80 81, and the l. - Is.
Horace Carpenter. builder.
Joseph Trudell has put up four-tcnc
ment house at north end. stories. 70 y -.
Built by Asland Brothers.
MAPLE STREET.
Octave Larue IL putting up large three
story tenement building near the head OF
hAPle s''ect' II VIII "cc"'Iiiilo'ia'' SlN
families.
Frank Demarsh is also building four
tenement mouse on same Sue ''3'"" 's-
rNcs; man part % % l. - '''
nan paAn SI;gjI~T
: Randall i erecting = Hoe. ou Ia.
s,.e ri mis- I-ua store. to corrrsrpul with
;nc johnson block built last year. a1+
which it Joins OF the north. This building
viii he 30 30 e. The ground. ia - syuri --
on tie I'll Get. and toHr stories or .hc east.
The first floor VIII be finished oil lit,
good stores, and the otAoc floors VIII b..
oc,upied a. otlic.s. te..mcut-. 60. VIII
comb aud NcGrc are G, inc the w)lh. Uri-
der the superintendent @: -. Randall,
who +. . house CARPENTER t., jtIIo.
3D.. H.. L. Howl. Who OWLS Inc 10. AID
building next south Of Johns II, la. Sc
cilgd to erect similar block. ii 'o1
will rive. him a little more tiuut than ii T.
er of the others. and his building will cover
about 81 feet square; three stories on the
b street. with fiat roof AMI finished up IL
correspond with the blocks OF his neigh
bors on the north.
p. B. Laird is getting on lumber, and
will commence the erection soon, just west
I of the Passenger depot, of Il two story
building, 40 = - feet. the first story t'
be finished for his granite WORKS, sum rIen'