The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-03
THE BUILDING OUTLOOK.
A Prospect for the Extensive Improve
ment Of Property in the City.
The Work That the Various Architects Are
Doing, and Their Views on
the Subject.

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a number of architects with view of ascertain
ing the building outlook for the season now
opening the first place visited was the Office
IT Il. P. Daggett & Co. ''The largest work we
now have in hand, said Mr.. Daggett, 'is the high
school building. 1t is to be 30 feet long, 105
feet wide in its general width, and 40 feet wide
in its widest part. 1t will have two stories and
a basement, and be completed in time for the
opening of the school term in September. We
have prepared plans for the South-side grammar
school, to be erected on the site of the present
No. 8, on Virginia avenue 1t will be an eight
room brick building. We have prepared plans
for four-room school to be built on the corner
of Phipps and Union streets, but the matter has
not definitely been settled yet. We have pre-
pared plans for cast-iron front to be built by
DR.. Burford, on Washington street, on the site
of the only frame building remaining Wash
ington street between Illinois and Pennsylvania
streets, the old Bank saloon. The Doctors
building will be ninety feet deep and three sto-
ries high, with basement. We have other bust
ness buildings to draft but they are not fully
settled upon, and cannot give dates. We have
a number of residences. A frame on Union
street, for Christian Keeper, to cost 81 600; one
for Charles F. Piel, on East Washington street,
81, 900; one for Henry w. Piel also East
Washington street, S. 00O one for Joel W. Had
ley, on Christian avenue, s., 600; one for George
A Dickson on North Pennsylvania street, near
Second street, 81 900; also, an addition to J. H.
Baldwin's residence, on North Pennsylvania
street. The outlook for city work. so far as we
are concerned, is not as good as it was last year,
b,,+4
In reply to question asking about the award
of the market house and city building to D. A.
Bohlen, Mr.. Daggett said; II believe the plan
adopted is an honest one, and better selection
could not have been made either in plan ar
chitect"
H. r. Huebner: II think the building out
look extremely good, though, perhaps. things are
a little backward I am finishing George Pfau's
house, stables, etc., on Tennessee and First
streets. They are worth $4,000; Michael
Clune's mattress factory on South Meridian
street, 81. 000 Christian Scheter's brick business
house on Madison avenue, Sc, 900; frame cottage
for Mr.. Flaherty on South New Jersey street,
50, 200; DR.. A. E. Purcell, double frame dwelling,
So, 600. / am also experimenting the erection of
G. F.H Schmidts brew house on High street, to
cost $35 900, which will be completed in the fall
think the outlook for the coming season is
good; better than for the last ten or twelve
years. 1 have two Catholic churches
structing, one in Greensburg, $4,000, and one in
Morris $l2 000.n
E. J. Hodgson, while busy with work outside of
the city, is not now employed in city work c.
g. Mueller and G. A. Walngford have a great
deal of city work, and considerable from outside
j. H. 81 A. H. Stem have nothing of import
ance on hand at present, but think the season
will be good one. Among the houses they are
now engaged upon are three cottages for Mr.
Muir across the river and Sc, 900 house for Mr.
Wolcott on North Pennsylvania street, near
Seventh
D. A. Bohlen: "You want to know about the
new market buildingl The News calls the plans
prosaic. Well, to expect big building like that
for $3.50, 600 and then to ask poetry to be thrown
in is too much. | don't know when work upon
it is to begin. Several changes are to be made
in the plan, l believe. One that has been sug
gested is to do away with the cellars. To do so
will, | think be a very grave mistake. l will
meet with the commissioners on Thursday even
ing. Nothing has been said as to the time of
finishing it. If the work begins promptly it can
be got under roof this year and be finished next
year. / have received no instructions yet.
Nothing is final, and the whole thing may be
upset
81 submitted sketch plans for the new county
work-house to the county commissioners yester
day 1t is very large building and only apart
of it will be completed this year. 1t is designed
to hold 480 men and boys and forty eight women
One special wing is for 100 boys. The buildings
surround court and extend in one direction 1872
feet and in the other 3d. with high fence
around the lines of buildings. In the center of
the front of the building is the superintendent
residence; back of that connected by corridor
are Offices; to the right and left cells, 100 on
each side, for men prisoners, 800 in all In the
center of the court around which the buildings
are built is the chapel, in the basement of which
are bathrooms and washing arrangements for
the prisoners One wing is for cell houses for
youthful prisoners; in the other wing are cell
houses for forty-eight women, in connection
with which are the dining rooms, kitchen, wash
room, ETC., for women. A basement
underneath will be used for laundry purposes
bake house, etc. The stone breaking room is
on the same side with the boys cell-houses, and
a continuation of that building, though only one
story high The workshop, on the rear side of
the square, is to be 24O feet long by 40 feet wide
This part can be made either two or three stories
high whatever is demanded The ce-houseshave
four tiers of cells Over the part of the building
given to offices the infrmary will be placed.
II am also engaged on the business building
of Jacob Metzger, on Maryland street, next the
Central fire station. This will be 80 feet
inches WIDE so feet long, four stories high, to
cost about So 900, and be finished in July;
brick business building for W. j. Holiday, on
Georgia street, to cost $l2, 600; brick business
house for G. c. Krug at the corner of Seventh
and Alabama, $1,000, and frame residence for
the same adjoining business house, 81, 800. 1
have a number of other buildings, residence
property but it is not worth while-you have
enough. am inclined to think the building
that will be undertaken this season will be in
eyceSs of what has heen done for several