Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-31

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Slyke, on Summit avenue, upon the site
OF the old Carpenter house, to be known
hereafter as Auerbach Heights. The
plans were made by Mr.. Geo. Wirth, the
architect, and provide for building sixty
by seventy five feet, and two stories and
mansard in height. The general design
OF the building is of the modern renais-
sance style. The material is to be red
pressed brick, with Ohio cut stone trim
mings. The interior is to be finished off
in natural woods of variegated colors
1t will cost s65, ,OOO.
MIR. C. E. DICKERMAN,
south side Of Fourth street, near Wacou-
ia has built a four story and basement
business block, so by 100 feet, of Water
town faced brick and Kasota stone trim
mings, at cost of s35, 900. Mr.. Bassford
was the architect. The building is to be
occupied by Messrs. Powers Bros, whole
sale dry goods
MR.. JOHN WANN
has rounded out his block of business
| buildings on the north side of Fourth
street, between Sibley and Wacouta
streets, by the erection of four story and
basement structure, St. Louis pressed
brick and stone trimmings, at a cost Of
500, 900.
A SOLID SQUARE.
One OF the greatest changes made dur
ing the season in any one locality is that
on the south side of Third, between Sib
ley and Wacouta streets, where the entire
front of 3OS feot has been covered with
splendid business blocks. First, on the
corner of Third and Sibley streets, is a
building 100 feet square, four stories and
basement in height, built by Norman
Wright for
P. II. KELLY & CO.,
the great grocery firm. The building is
plain and unpretending structure, built
for service rather than show. The ma
terial used is cream colored brick, cut
stone trimmings and galvanized cornice.
Its cost was $4,000. Next come two
double stores, each 5Ox125 feet, built by
Mr.. P. 81. Kelly, one of which he will
occupy in his business in con-
nection with the corner store,
as above, giving the firm
a frontage of $50 feet on Third street by
100 and l25 feet in depth, making 100000
square feet. The other is to be occupied
by Burbank, Campbell s. Co., wholesale
clothing merchants. They are five stories
in height, with basement, giving six
floors, are of st. Louis pressed brick,
with cut stone trimmings and galvanized
iron cornice, and cost s45 900 and
5000 respectively. Next adjoining is a
five story and basement structure, built
by J. FL. Weed, SO feet front by 125 deep,
St. Louis pressed brick and cut stone
trimmings, costing $4,000. Last in the
block, and cornering on Wacouta street,
is double store, IS feet front by 125 feet
deep, built by the Messrs. Willius, of
the German American bank, and occu-
pied by
BEAUPRE, KEOGH & Co.,
in connection with the Weed building,
for their grocery business. The material
IS St. Louis pressed brick, with ornament
ed stone trimmings and galvanized cor
nice, five stories and basement in height,
and cost 900. Mr.. Bassford was the
architect for all the building in the
square.
JOHN L. MERRIAM
has built on the northeast corner of
Fourth and Wacouta streets, for Robin
son & Cary, mill machinery and whole
sale boot and shoe house, plain red
brick, so by 142 feet and four stories
above the basement, at cost of $50, 900.
Mr.. Bassford was the architect.
Also, on the south side of Fourth. be-
tween Sibley and Wacouta streets, occu-
pied by Gordon & Ferguson, wholesale
hats, caps and furs, building so by 100
feet, four stories and basement, of St.
Louis pressed brick and cut stone trim.
mings, at csst of $4,000.
MR.. EDWARD F. KRAMER,
corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, has
built three story business block, of
Chaska brick and limestone trimmings,
at cost of $4,000.
THE PREsLET BLOCK.
Midway between Minnesota and Robert
streets, on the south side of Third, is the
double stone building erected by Mr.
Bartlett Presley-a strlkingly handsome
building 1t has frontage of A feet by
so feet in depth, with Is foot square
attachment in the rear for office purposes.
1t is four stories in height above nine
foot basement. The front is St. Louis
red pressed brick, with Ohio blue sand
stone trimmings, elaborately carved, with
very ornamental galvanized IRON cor
nice, making one of the handsomest
fronts IN the city. Mr.. George Worth
was the architect. The cost is $4,000.
OPPENHEM & GREvE's BLOCK.
Adjoining the above described building
is another very striking structure, that
built by Messrs. Oppenheim & Greve. 1t
is "a feet by II feet deep and four stories
in height above the basement. The front
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