Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-18
BUILDING IMPROVEMENT.
New Buildings Going Up i'm Various
Parts of the City.

The building for the new foundling hospital,
provided for by the will of the late Joshua
Pierce Is being erected on the east side of / 5th
street. between r and streets. 1t will have a
frontage of sixty-fpur feet nine inches, and
depth of lightweight feet. The front will be of
pressed brick, trimmed with brown stone and
VIII have twenty-siX windows in it, a tower
running fourteen feet above the main cornice
Will he erected over the front entrance, which
VIII be approached by flight of stone steps
with brass ratings. At the south wing there is
TO be another square tower of the same height
as the other. Large mulion windows with
stained glass transonls will be placed in these
towers. two glass-in-caSed verandas run COM
pieteiy round the sides and rear. The cost Of
Inc building VIII be $4,000. 1t Is the intention
To build another wing at some future day. Mr..
\. l. Fleming is the architect.
Six dwellings are being erected by Mr.. George
f. Emmons, on 9th street. between f and G
streets southeast. at cost OF So 200. He is also
building four houses at the corner of Sth and l
streets northwest, at a cost OF S15, 900.
-Four dwellings are being built on street, be-
tween 18th and 10th southeast, by Charles
Wright, at a cost of So 900.
Nh. George Brown is erecting four houses on
eth street, between and q southeast, at q cost
OF $4,000.
Virginia avenue, between LIST street and New
Jersey avenue southeast, by Abraham Fisher,
AT Il cost of $4,000, These houses will front on
the reservation recently improved south of the
old canal place.
Mr.. Frank Miller is building two houses on l.
street, between 9th and eth, at cost of So, 800.
y brick store and dwelling is being erected on
9TH street, between and X Streets by Mr.. Chris.
Aandcr, ut II cost of $4,000.
Alr. j. II. Bryan is building two houses on 21st
81 200.
y house is being erected by Mr.. Seth Schell
on 2Sth street, between Z and z streets, at a
cost of 5000.
Mr.. B. L. Walker is building three houses on
I'd street, between Maryland avenue and A
street southe asst, mt a cost of So 900.
y row of five dwellings is being built by Mr.
e. G. Martin, on Riggs street, between 18th and
pa OF q 4 of
brick warehouse and stable is being built
the corner OF EStreet and Virginia avenue south
west at a cost OF 200.
IMPROVING STREET.
The improvements which have been made on
r street, and which are either now in progress
or IN contemplation indicate that before many
years its importance business street will be
greatly increased. For several years new
buildings have been going up and old ones have
been remodeled, and the residents between 5th
ana 10Th streets are giving way to the gradual
cncroachments of business, and seeking resi-
dcnceS elsewhere. This Is especially the case
On the block between 9th and 18th streets
where number of fine private residences occu-
pied by some Of the old families are located.
Mr.. BTitton, of the law firm OF Britton and Gray
has removed his family 10 the northwest sec
ton, and workmen are about to tear the house
down as well as the building adjoining on the
west. which has been used by the firm of
fce. 1t Is the intention of Messrs Brtton and
Gray to begin at once the erection of IL hand
some building, which will be fitted up for office
purposes 1t will be five stories high, I5 front,
with depth of 100 feet, and will have
all the modern improvements and convenient
ces. The building will contain seventy rooms
and on Il level with the street The rooms on
e;lt'h side OF the main entrance will be arranged
either to be used rs stores or large offices. The
rear OF this building will iun back to an old
tWo-slory brick structure which occupies the
rear of the lot There is quite an interesting
history connected with that old building as it
was erected in 1859 by Charles Goodyear the
inventor OF the vUlcanized rubber, and he there
carried on his Investigations and experiments
which resulted in his great discovery. After
Mr.. Goodyear moved his laboratory from this
city the building was occupied by the Agricul-
tural department before the present structure
was erected. Afterwards it was used for school
purposes, and the older residents remember
the long front yard as the play ground of the
children. When Mr. Britton purchased the
property he built his residence on the front
portion of the lot and turned the old build
ing into stable.