The Portland daily press., 1877-01-10
New Buildings Erected i'm 1876.

There has been very large amount of build
ing in this city the past year, perhaps more
than in the same length of time for the past
six or eight years. In all there must have
been upwards of 100 buildings, both wood and
brick, erected since last January. Many of
these are foe dwellings, while some few have
been business blocks. Flfty-six wooden build
ings have been erected by permission of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Among the
buildings erected we notice the following:
On Congress street the Harrington block has
taken the place of the Chadwick mansion;
James Cunningham is erecting q neat brick
residence; E. P. Chase has erected three wood
en- blocks at West end, T. B. Tolford swo story
wooden dwelling, w. III. Sargent TWO story
residence; A. Montgomery dwelling; Rollins
& Adams a block of wooden dwellings; A.
Hunt two story residence; Matthew Toomey
Two story house; Neal Dow block of stores;
Moses A. Pennett two story dwelling; Bishop
Healey has put up BRICK block for a school;
also two story block OF stores and dwellings,
On Deering street W. HI. Anderson is erect
ing two brick blocks of TWO houses each; II.
M. PaysOn is building fine brick residence of
the latest style,
On Cumberland street L. D Austin and o.
W. Fullum have put up block of two houses.
On Avon street Chas. Rich has erected
block of two dwellings two stories high.
finished a two story dwelling; Walter Ell.
Thomas has also finished two story house for
a residence.
On High street Geo. Richardson has erected
a neat dwelling two stories high; 81. Cressey
has put up two story dwelling.
On Atlantic street John E. Wooster has put
up a two story residence OF wood.
On Madison street Edward P. Pickett has
erected residence two stories high.
On Centre street j. G. Ward has put up
residence; also Abner Paine two story wood
en- house.
On Plum street f. o. Bailey & Co. have put
up horse and carriage mart.
On Muuroe strset Martin Holland has erect
ed a dwelling.
On st. Lawrence street Francis Higgins has
put up two etory dwelling;J. T. ThOrndike
has put no stable.
On franklin street John Ahern has built
neat two story dwelling; e. w. Hunt has erect
ed a dwelling.
Corner OF State and Sherman streets Thomas
Wlldes has put up two story dwelling house;
also one and a half story dwelling on Sher-
man street.
On vesper street Geo. W. Weeks has erect
ed residence.
Corner Pearl and Newbury streets Moses
Pencil has erected one and half story
house.
On Spruce street John Kinsman has put up
two story house for residence
On Quincy street Hiram W. Winchester has
built block of dwellings.
On Adams street Samuel Powers has erected
a two story residence.
On North street f. W. Talbot, Chas. Blake
W. H. Shaw and G. K Bridges have erected
two story wooden residences
On Anderson street John Levitt & Co. have
erected a smoke house and John Fits a dwell
ing.
On West street Moses G. Merrill has put up
neat two story dwelling.
On Pearl street II. D. Curtis and A. X. P.
Cobb have both put up carpenter shops.
On Green street, P. Ii. Gordon has erected a
grain store
On Spring street, Jeremiah Russell has put
up wooden block with stores on the first floor
and tenements above. Charles NJ cLaughlin
has also put up private stable.
On Lowell street, Richard B. Lowell has
erected a wooden dwelling.
On Cove street, Felix ORouke has built a
dwelling house.
On Washington street, Michael Carey and
Michael Murray have each built dwellings.
On Clark street. Clark & Snow have erected
dwelling; W. Deehan has also built wood
en- residence.
On Pine street, Howard E. Soule has put up
and completed neat residence.
On Ellsworth street, j r & g. E. Averill
have erected wooden dwelling.
On. Fore street, Rufus Durham has added a
story to his brick store and put on French
roof: j. B. Pickett & Co. have repaired their
brick store.
On Free street. DR.. Wood has put on an ad-
dition to his residence.
In Garden Lane, I. T. Dodge has erected a
dwelling.