Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-28
Building improvements at Ian caster
during the Year 1859.


mushroom growth Of many Western
towns, but whatever growth has
taken place has always been steady
and real. No fictitious advances
have been made here, merely &c he
ioi'o Ned By rev9ise. There has
ut been q Surplus of hotels stgt3s
aud mills erected under visionary
and speculative decisions. part OF
wb ch ad &c be converted To other
uses Crr0t down unused. Dwellings
are never allowed TO stand vacant
for want of occupants, and rents
have been reasonably high. Year by
year the citizens have added TO the
village by building Just what It's
steady lucr, ase demanded, and no
more.
The year has been one of unusual
activity among builders. More new
buildings have been erected, and
more valuable improvements on old
ones have been made than in any
previous year. The old dwellings OF
the early days, when il was thought
liberal TO cons ruct them sixteen by
twenty-tour, and one or one and
half stories high. are being rapidly
superseded either by extensive al
terations and additions or by building
spacious and handsome residences in
stead In the past few years, many
jewellers here have not hesitatei TO
put three, four, or five thousand dol
lars each into the form of a home
suited to their needs and tastes, and
not one has repented o: so doing
This shows plenty OF confidence in
the present high value Of real estate,
as well as abundant satisfaction with
the.moral, social, educational and re-
ligious condition of the place. This
confidence has been this year render
ed doubly secure for the future by
the erection Of the finest school
house in this part OF Wisconsin and a
large manufacturing establishment.
Some little inquiry has been made
among builders, with the intention of
preparing a summary Of their labors
for 1869, that our own citizens. as
80 etD 0AoNttnO AtauGlE may EG&tlLG
that Lancaster has entered upon that
period OF lively, go-ahead prosperity
which many other Villages nave pass
ed through and may never see again,
and that our brightest. days are vet
before instead OF behind us. The fol-
lowing is thought to be fair state
ment OF the builders work for this
year, and the estimated amounts of
money expended therefor although |
the latter, being rough guesses, may
vary few hundreds from the actual
cost. A few buildings also were be-
gun last year but finished this sea-
son:
Lancaster Graded School House
Thornton, architect; Thornton and |
Richardson, builders will receive
notice in another article) $4,000.
Lancaster Wooden Mills; by Al
corn 4 Muesse, 1000 Steam engine
and machinery worth S25 900
Wright q Stephens, Phelps II use.
3 srDry BRICK iai-aga ID Malcn
IN ntGn builder, IS 900
jacob Nathan. , ,,ory brick store.
Gohlr builder, a 600
Gen John 3 Calis. residence by /
\ <. ~. 81 600
j. z Lewis, resideauo Is { 4 (
Il. 50 500.
Hon. ! I Mills, residence BY \.
4 NJ, So GEO
Lewis Holloway, residence by a
4 NJ 81 SOC
G II. Baxter, residence by \. Il
N. finished la~. spring 81 $50
" Il Robe, res. by 4 " Nj 81, 200 .
d. Weber, shoe shop, store aud I
residence in one building, sl,4OO.
Joel Manning, residence " owner, |
81 600.
/ Goble, brick residence by own
er. $500
Geo. I Walker, improvements on
residence 10y Mahan, $500
L. A. Barber, improvements on
residence by I. l. r 5000
Herman Cook, tabor shop by A.
Il NJ, $500.
J. Lothrop, res. by owner, $500.
J. Thornton, res. by owner, $780,
d. Oliver, improvements on resi-
dence by A. & NJ, $500.
d. Oliver, barn 500
DR.. ]. FL. Hyde, improvem ents on
residence by A. Il NJ, SEQ
F. Van de Wall, new photograph
rooms by A. & NJ, 800.
G. J. Hyde, additions and imp. on
Lancaster House by A. &. NJ, $500. |
J. Hough, improvements on resi-
dcnce by A. Il NJ, $500.
c. Schmtt, butcher shop by A &
NJ. $500,
?. FL. Parsons, addition to resi-
dence by MahGn, 5000.
A. Sweeney, addition to residence
by A. & NJ, $500.
A.Chase, residence by owner, $500. |
d. I'll. Budd, addition to residence
by -. Il r., $500.
5. Farnsworth, add. and imp, $3.50.
I. Cow, imp. on houses, $500
Wright 4 Stephens, Phelps House
stable by Mahan, 5000.
James Hawkins, addition to resi-
dence, S40J.
Alcorn L Muesse, shop, $500.
d. Griffith. blacksmith shop, S400.
j. Willis, house and barn, $3.50.
Bartlett, house, 5000.
d. Oliver, imp. on store, 5000.
Ira Willis, house, $500.
Alcorn i Muesse, barns, $500.
John Hurley, house, $3.50.
NJ. Carron, barn, 5000.
J. Manning, barn, 5000.
5. Johnson, imp on house, $500.
J. Schreiner, barn. $3.50.
/ NJ. Barber, granary, $3.50.
Lesser jobs of repairing and addi-
tions TO residences. not worth detail
ing wlli add to the above a. least
s. 600
Ii the above figures are reasonably
near the truth, they foot up total
OF nearly seventy seven thousand
dollars IN permanent improvements