The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-05-16
HOW EMpoRIA Is BUILT.
Commercial street as a business Avenue
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More Substantial Buildings than Any
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Emporia enjoys the ehyiable ffepnEa-
ton OF being the sbest bnit' city of
its population, IN al the Western
States. The eastern Insurance offices
have it so classed, and take risks here
very willingly. They have good rea ca,
SON TO thus compliment Emporia. The
enterprise and public spirit of the cit
liens is almost anahimonssin this re-
spect. We build to the extent of our
means, and in a good, substantial,
handsome style, both for business
houses and private residences. Com
mercial street which is macadamized
for half mile excites the admiration
of every visitor. Its width of 100 ieet
gives ample scope to the smooth sur
face which stretches in symmetrical
curve between it's IL feet wide side
walks, and It's numerous and handsome
business houses which line both sides
from Third to Seventh Avenues, and
the splendid new State, Normal School
that squarely fronts It's northern end
on Twelfth Avenue, and which Is seen
and admired at every glance IN that
direction, make n business avenue
which any city In the State would be
proud to possess. Viewed, during bus
mess hours, when the sidewalks are
well filed with people, the broad street
lined and trayersed by horses and We
hicles, the stores all busy, and the
bright sun flooding everything with
light and cheerfulness, Commercial
street is felt to be rightly named, and
every citizen is glad to thus look
upon it. "''.l -
To say nothing of the many fine
two-story wooden buildings on Com
mercial street, the first-class brick and
stone buildings which constitute the
great majority of its business houses
indicate a permanency and stability
whiGh inspire confidence in our flu
ture. They have been erected by our
own citizens, with their own money,
and are mostly occupied by their own
ers, who are among our oldest and
most influential residents. Many of
these merchants had lived a number
of years here, and done an extensive
trade, before they put up their brick
buildings, and they put them up with
perfect faith that the investment was
the best that could be made anywhere.
When a town is so built up, by its own
people, the visitor who seeks for a
place of sure growth and prosperity,
may well feel inspired 20 cast his lot
and invest his funds where those who
know well what they are about have,
done so before him. t8i-t '3---
Commercial street south OF Third
avenue, where it is crossed by the A.
T. & S. +. track presents one very good
two-story stones and brick front, build
ing-GraHenstien's pork packing es-
tablishment. Lower down is a large
two-story frame, occupied by Emerson
as boarding house, and between THAI
and the track are several other frames.
From Third up the east side, we note,
between Third and Fourth avenues,
the substantial stone, and brick front,
wholesale house of A. A. Baker & Co.,
1876 feet by 25, the Sherman House, a
fine two-story brick, and the handsome
row OF three two-story frames, occu-
pied as grain and flour stores, and by
Trumbull's grocery. On the west side
the Court House, one of the best stone
pub lie buildings in the State, leads of,
and then comes Cases grain ware
house, and ID. H. Wright's handsome
two-story brick, occupied by. Bells
grocery store, Whittlesey's hardware,
and the district public school. Between
Fourth and Fifth, on the cast side, are
Roberts and Haywood's two-story
frames, several good one story frames.
Epstein's hide warehouse, BragtInier's
store, and the three story brick of
Ruggles & Plumb very fine build
ing, containing in the upper. stories
Ruggles' law and other offices, and
Masonic Hall. The opposite side suf-
fered from fire, but still contains Per
ley's stone building, lately occupied by
Grifith's hardware store, Harvey Ban
croft's residence, and Bancroft & Nc
Carriers .store-both first-class two
story frame buildings. Several neat
one-story frames, and Green's two
story frame millinery establishment,
brings US to Fifth avenue. From Fifth
to Sixth, east side, are Bundrum's stone
and wibley's, and DR.. Mocre's brick
two-story buildings. Then Miss
PIumb's bookstore, and Kraft's market,
one-story frames, Hallberg's two-story
stone building, and the frame struc-
lures occupied by Howard & thinner
man and Halls grocery. Then comes
the continuous and excellent two story
brick buildings occupied by Weaver q
Bill, Hirth, and Hall Bros. Then
Van Holmes two-story stone, and his
very handsome two-story brick, ocen-
pied on the ground floor by Wicks &
Mayse, Smiths, and the First National
Bank, and above Holmes & Co.'s land
office, and Ames' photograph gallery.
Riggs, Dunlap s. Co.'S stylish two
story brick bank building finishes of
this Sixth avenue corner, and is occu-
pied by the bank, Judge Miller aud
Drs. Trueworthy and Davenport. CO.
ing back to Fifth, the west side of
Commercial street starts off with Fan
croft Hall-a picture OF which We
show above. This is a very fine three
story brick, holding three stores, two
of which are used by Fry & Hedges,
and Msrris & Bottger, on its CONNER
ella! street front, restaurant in the
basement, the fine offices occupied by
Mr.. Bancroft for his real estate bust
ness, and his family suite Of rooms,
Drs. Angel and Young, and Asa
Bancroft's insurance quarters, in the
second story, and in the third one OF
largest, best arranged and equipped
halls in the West. Next comes the
first-class three-story brick building
occupied by the EmpOria National
Bank, various Offices, snd Odd Fellow:
Hall. Perley & Bearee's clothing
house Joins, with the City Library
above. And next begins the. new
Union Block of i've two-story bricks
ore cornice, occupied on the street
; floor by Chapman and Co.'s drug
store, Griffith 6 Brothers hardwar.
and agricultural tool store, Frederick
grocery, Schmidling & Cleveland:
market, Clapp's clothing and Brnne
& McAIurtrIe's stove cmporiums. Mex
is Fraker's two-story brick, and severa
one and two-story frames, occupied b.
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