Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19

lively appearance and the work OF rebuilding
has begun In good earnest. Brick-ayos and car
penters are in great demand, and good worlmen
can command good pay BY early fall the village
will contain several fine brick buildings, equal In
value and appearance to the business blocks in any
town in the state and the burnt district will
eventually be the handsomcst part Of the village
Amongst other improvements which the fire has
afforded long desired opportunity 10 make, Is
the equalization Of the grade aud width Of Main
street from "thc corner" TO Barre street.
On the west side Of Main street, upon the two
most northery burned lots Messrs. Carlos Ban
croft and Barrows Peck base united forces and
are now engaged upon the foundations Of two
story brick block, with fat metallic roof and a
basement, the plans Of which have been drawn by
Mr.. George II Guernsey. It will have front Of
seventy-sx feet aud depth Of seventy feet the
underpinning and the window-sills and caps will
be Of granite; and the facade will be surmountcd
by handsome cornice The walls will be Of am
pie thickness, and there will be no woodwork Of
any kind TO which ERE can spread on the outside
IL cost will be about $1,000 and Il is expected to
be ready for occupation in September, when
Mcssrs lIarrows 6 Peck will take possession Of
the southern half and Messrs Peck & Cummius
Of the northern
Upon the site Of the Webster store and the lit
tie building behind In which the second ire caught
Mr. jefferson Bruce has begun the erection Of
handsome aud substantial thrcc-story brick block
forty feet square, and Mt some future time he will
attach 10 this onc-story brick l., thirty feet IN
depth, for the nse Of the stores the first floor
Like the iirst block described this will have no
woodwork on the outside; the front Of the hrst
story will be supported on either brick or iron
columns, and the window-capa and sills will be
Of iron or stone and the windows will be arched
with brick II will have ornamental jet,
and the roof will be Of metal Midway Of the
building, from cellar to roof, will be paIti-wall
eight inches in thickness. The 'front.' rear and
northern walls will be sixteen inches thick 10 the
top Of the first story twelve inches thick 10 She
top Of the third and then eight inches thick to the
roof The southern wall which is simply a d.
vision wall, will be only eight inches thick There
will be two stores on the ground door elevated
three feet above the level Of the street, and hav
ing walls twelve feet In height The upperstorics
will be fitted mp as tonemcnts, one Of which will
probably be occupied by Mr.. Bruce and his fam
lily, and the other by MI H. c. Webster, who will
also rent one Of the stores beneath.
a
large bocl, to be erected by Mr. James G. French.
mention Of which was made in last weeks paper
ThFpans are by the same architect, Mr. Meacham,
Of Boston, and both will be built in the same
substantial and thorough manner The only dii-
ference will be in size, Mr.. frcnchs part To have
front Of an hundred feet and depth Of seventy
feet The frst floor will be divided into five hand
some stores most Of which are already engaged
The upper stories will De fitted up into very de-
sirahle tenements.
On the site Of the old tavern, Mr. Ebenezer
Scribner Is putting up a lat-roofed, two-story
wooden building forty feet square, the lower
story Of which will be occupied by his son George,
for tin shop and the upper story will contain
tenements. This, we are glad to say is the only
wooden building whose construction is contom-
plated, although Mr. W. c Lewis is now trans
porting from Seminary Hi an old one-story and
a half wooden building, formerly used by Mir Z,
d. Putnam as a store, which he proposes TO put
temporarily upon the site Of his dwelling house,
when it will be rented by Mr. H. c. Webster, as a
residence and place OF business, during the sum
mer and fall.
Mrs C. b Wilson is now awaiting the arrival Of
plans from Mr. George Ropes, the well known
architect and will then rapidly prosecute the con-
struction OF fine bnilding to have front Of
seventy feet on Barre street and Of sxty-fve feet
on Main street Like the French and Bruce blocks
1t will be Of brick and stone or iron, and will have
fiat, metallic roof. The ground floor will be
divided into two stores, thirty feet by seventy
each The one on the corner will be occupied by
Messrs. Hyde & Foster Up stairs will be several
convenient tonements, finished in modern style
ana t,ttfIt
out in the most thorough and substantial manner
Mrs Frederick Marsh is repairing her house.
and it has already been rented by Mr.. David
Mcdonald, who will use part Of it for carrying on
his undertaking and picture-fame business, and
will sub-let the rest
On State street the handsome Union Block,
owned by Messrs. Fred f. Smith and Erastus
Hubbard, is fast rising into the air under the en-
ergetie supervision Of Mr. George H. Guernsey,
the contractor This block, when finished, will
have very few superiors in construction or de-
sign in the state. The plans were drawn by Mr..
F. c. Ryer Of Burlington, an experienced arch
itect who has designed some Of the finest blocks
in the Queen City. It will have frontage on
State street Of about eighty-one feet a depth
Of eighty-six feet, and will be three stories
in height with fiat; timed roof There will also
be q wel-lighted basement, which will rise two
feet above the sidewalk, and will be finished off
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stems will le,d IN the entrance. over tho a.,
.,or, tho ontro lcp,tb NJ tho facade vii, NO an
iron corrjce thirty inches biyb and ,rioc,i,, f,.r
teep inches Tho entrance from the sido-,yaIl 10
/ r,e secord stor, will be ,,no foot In ,ia,h al
/ trorn t,e han will su,i,g a ba,dso,n, e,,b, =,
/ stair.
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hoen rented bv NJ : q Woolson tho ,ailor ,Ds
e,egH.noe and will bo 6tted nm from plap. draw
osne,iall, for him In front he viii b,vo sbo,,-
MON forty feet wide by tNentv.eiobt dec, which
will he lighted bv six Windows In the rear viii
Ina n ,Vork-room of tho same sive and eo,ali,
well LIGHTED and tho rest nj the aonr viii Ia al.
viaed al into vasb-rooms store-rooms aud ,ho
other do,,a,tments necessary mr. tho occomn,oda.
tion Of a frst-clas. taiIor's shon If will no 40.