Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-30
TIE GROWTH OF KNoxvILLE.
Buildings Just Fintshed-Those I'm Course
of ErectiOn-A Lively Time for Carpen-
ters During This Summer IL Antici-

| summer II Anttci-
| pated. .
In every part of our large and growing
city the hammer and saw can be heard
| yet, unless the special attention of any one
is called to 1T, lie has no idea how fast our
city is improving and building up. With
a view of giving to the public an idea of
what is going on in the suburbs as well as
the principal streets of our city in the way
improvements, we mounteda horse ten
dered us by friend few days since, and
made a complete circuit. We tried as near
as possible to ascertain the name of the
owner of every building that has been COM
pleted within the last two months as well
as those now in course of erection and
those to be erected in the next few weeks.
| We may have missed some few, or, per-
haps, give q wrong name, but If so, it will
be unintentionally, for we certainly
endeavored to obtain correct information.
We feel confident that we cannot approXi-
mate the number of lots sold to parties who
| intend to build within the next two
months, but Judging from the list sold by
the one firm of Staub, Van Glider 81 Hen
derson, given below, the growth of Knox
vile, during this coming summer, will far
surpass anything in her history. The spir-
the city, and welook for a most prosperous
year for carpenters and mechanics general
ly. But to come to the peint, we will COM
mence with add =. .'.-. .rtrl I'D
H.. . KNOXVILLE PROPER, .,Hr ,.l
From First to Second Creek, and from the
river to the Railroad. Mr.. III. NJ. Wilson
has laid the foundation for two beautiful
residences on Hill street, between Prince
and Crooked streets. Mr.. Ferdinand Mil
Is 70 N Aua
on the lower end of Church street, destroy
ed by fire on the 9TH inst, Mr.. S. p. Nc
Chung has worlkmen engaged in laying the
foundation for q splendid residence ON the
corner of Church and Henley streets. Mr..
William Coffman, is erecting neat build
ing on Locust street adjoining his fine
residence on Clinch street Mr. A. l..
Gillespie has in course of erection
three neat and commodious dwellings on
the corner of Union and Crooked streets,
two of them fronting on Crooked street.
Workmen are busy in completing the
splendid mansion of Mr.. G. NJ. McGhee,
on Henley, between Union and Clinch
streets, afuller account of which has here
tofore been given in the CHRONICLE.
Messrs. V. +. GOssett and w. X. Eckel
have nearly completed two excellent store
rooms on Market Square, one of which
has already been rented for storehouse,
by John Martin. Mr.. Christian Baum
SdItutI HIS uUuer course OF erection u
large, fine dwelling on Crooked street, ad-
joining the Catholic Church. Mr.. w. b.
Henderson will erect a fine mansion on
Walnut street, within the next two months.
Capt. 5. p. Evans has nearly completed
two neat dwellings on the extension of
Broad street, South of Asylum street.
The Knoxville Iron Company is building
new office as well as a new rolling mill,
q full accout of which has been given in a
former issue of this paper We have also
heard of a number of lots being purchased
both for dwellings and business houses
with the intention of building during the
coming summer, but just at what time, we
did not learn.
WEST KNOXVILLE.
This portion of our city is not growing
very rapidly, at present, but owing to the
fine location for suburban residences, it
cannot fail of ultimately being one of the
most attractive portions of our city. Prop
erty holders realize this fact and lots ia
that locality are held at good round figures
Mr.. +. w. Hamilton is erecting a neat
residence at the corner of Clinch and
Blount streets. Capt. A. ]. Kicks has I'M
der course of erection neat and commodi-
Gus residence, with modern conveniences,
Oh the corner of Grove and Blount streets.
NORTH KNOXVILLE.
We next proceeded North of the railroad
and out on the Clinton Pike. The spirit
OF Improvement seems to have taken hold
in this as well as other localities. Mr..
James Hall has just completed two neat
dwellings and has another in course of
erection on street leading from the pike
70 Bearden's row.
MECHANICSVILLE.
Messrs. Nathaniel Williams and Robert
Berry have each just completed small
neat residence. Mr.. w. b. Wright has
two neat dwellings nearly completed. Mr.
James Cooper has copleted within the last
two months very fine residence. Mr.
Charles Jones, Ticket Agent at the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
is having a good dwelling erected Mr.
dwelling opposite Mr.. Jones'. A large
building is being erected in the north end
of Nlechanicsville opposite Clark, Quaife
d Co.'s foundry, but as no one was present
we failed to learn by whom.
EAST OF THE CREEK.
Mr.. Jos. Baumman is building a large and
fine residence on Bellevue street, and as he
himself is master mechanic, we have no
doubt the building will be an ornament to
that portion of the city. Workmen are
busily engaged in repairing and putting in
running order the old steam mill on Broad
street, and we presume it will soon be in
operation.
BEARDEN's ADDITION,
on the TaZewell pike, presents lively con-
dition, and IA number of buildings are
nearly completed.
Capt. j. NJ. Harris has four pleasant