Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-04
. .MEw: 30 slNEsss BLocks.
The New Blocks of Mead and
Nichols. &: E:.Rferpoift, Putnam
:. and Sawyer and. their Ten-


II .Looked:at frOm this: distance the flre.of
Il january 14th. last which consumed
d three business, blocks, appears as bless
& ing in disguise. It was looked upon
!. then as d serious calamity, and rightly,
for it had destroyed three buildings
/: which were :fnlly! occupied and needed.
and as far as, tie loss of property was
concerned # was. 3: eaiainstg, but the.
III buildings were none, OF. the handsomest,
J and. as ffaf ,besut u went, could easily
be spafed The loss, however, was real /
~ a. benefit to the. town. for we have.
. tnow upon the sites !. of the buildings
then destroyed, ttree,of the handsomest
and best .aftangea business blocks in !
town.4hdtld dinss that are. really a credit
to the place. 4 S .-- s "a.
tt..s.<:..t Mead a ssics7ols. Block.
4 :. The first. OF the new blocks We shall
/ notice. is:tho one built by DIR. J.: a. /
l;-ssis "a. and c.:ee w, :, Nichols, on Center /
!. street. on Che site of the wooden block I
i.:e'wasa by Mr.. Nichols, ard consumed I
4 on, the 18th of January last The build I
ing is Of. brick, tAfee stories high, and
! the front elevation Is: capped with a |:
4 handsome brick cotsiee. It has a front
age .oH Center street. Of 40 feet, and a
! dept of SO feet. The ground floor is
finished off info two: stores, each Is i SO !
feet. The foundation of the building is |.
Of Stone up to the floor of the cellar, at
which point the brick walIa begin. /
Thete is q fns basement the same Size
I. Of. and connected WITH: each store, |
These Easements have cement .leers ard :,
are well lighted, at each end The Sec
ond floor ia. reached by astairway located +. !.
between the two stores. This story, is
divided into business offices and tene- I
ments: The third story is reached by g.. !.
stairway leading from the head of the !.
lower stairway. This story ia divided !
into terements. The plastering is lhard :
finish throughout the wood work is of :
pine and grained. In the rear of the :
building there is a balcouy at each story
with stairway leading to the ground,
which Is quite useful and forms an ef-
fcfent escape in case of fire. The build :.
ing is covered by a tin roof. 4
The readiness with which this block - -
SSasiifliled With tenants, when completed, | in
shows how much. necessity there was for tb
snod business blocks It is. row occu- ch
7isd throughout. ST. q. y, y,
Ihe Central Tea Company, of New ba
ork, occupy the east store. 1t is ele- ne
saatly fitted, and finished in ash ch
md black walnut, and is one of the ca
iandsofRest stores in town. Il is used nv ts1
or a general grocery store, bnt more II
specially for the sale of fine teas, pure ha
office and spices, and canned goods of me
very kind. Such a store is experiment ia.
in Rutland, bar Il already receives thq i
good trade, and bids fair to be a sue lea
essful experiment. The west store Is ch,
senpied by lHowe'A celebrated candy ss. s@'
ld kept for sale all kinds of pure con. ID
,ctionery. The. second story front Of the
ees are occupied by DIR. T. Mound, fini
enlist, in the east, anu F. w. Mellow, Ile
air dresser, in the west one-both of ,sr
lem being quite successful in their re pre-
,ectiye callings. A suit of rooms in cell
le back part of the building, west side. sol
occupied by G.. w. Nichols, one of ait5 ~,
e prOprietors of the building, as pho Yer
graph rooms. Mr Nichols has good sun
.cilities for taking pictures, and is Mr.
ow ready TO begin business. He has ne tt.
w and complete set of instruments y
roughout The othec rooms in the
Hiding are occupied by families.
PierpoInt's Block. stol
Next east of the !Nichols aud Mead stoI
ock, joining thereto, and upon the yes
te of the brick Meriden block, burned WI, WI,
the same time as the above snamed and
lilding, is fine new brick block, erec- ing
d by Evelyn Pierpoint, Esq. 1t is fin wit
ned in front In the same general man drH
r as the Nichols and Mead block, and ona onel
e two blocks bear the appearance at a ord
stance, of being one continuous build ''m
o. The store fronts are similar, the TO
indows of each story correspond, and n',, onU
e brick cornice on top is the same. min,
ronting on Center street, the building in
tends 60 feet, and reaches back 90 Fri(
et 1t is set on a heavy stone founda- pur
on -lhe slue anu i0"r O'.'o-.ie r., dan
e OF brick ana the 1ront s'ohe' nc Eas
hiding is divided into three sections by whC
70 brick walls which run from the side
lsement floor up through the building, wol wol
id extend above the roof. The stores zee, roe,
e three in number-separated by these eral
.ick walls-the center one "a 5S feet are
Id those on each side 10 SO each. aloi
he Easements connect with the stores.
ne stores are coiih+oulou' anu won dali
ghted the ceiling is 19 feet high they at /
re easy of access from a splendid side at
ak, and are altogether very desirable usu
ores. The second floor is divided into che
andsome and convenient offices and prt ant
lites of rooms, and the story is TO be eac
sed for tenements Each section is anC
eparated by the above mentioned brick IN
yalls, in which there is set an iron So sCl'
oor on each floor In the rear of the a f
uilding at each story is erected sub Ay
.antial balcony, eight feet wide, which VIII
a great convenience for the occupants, III
nd has a closed flight of stairs, reaching nf pf
rom story to story, and from the ia,
over story to the ground. There ha,
plenty of yard room in the Mr
ear, which is reached by OF m
arriage entrance from Willow street. 80; ~
The roof of the building is of tin !; hard bu
Inish plaster throughout, and the wood fu'
work is of pine, painted white. This sht
,uilding is in good location and offers va va
EXCELLENT advantages for the storekeep- on on
n, the professional man or the house gr.
,eeper. Persons in want of rooms for Us
ither purpose would do we'll to exam tn
ne this block. fn
Putnam acd SaWyer's Block. m;
On the site of the Old Red Store, tn