Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-22
THE BUILDING BOOM.
NEW RESIDENCES THAT ARE TO BE
PUT UP IN GAINESVILLE
AND VICINITY.
Other Important Improvements Of Sub.
stantial Character.

The immense increase in the tobacco
receipts OF GAINESVILLE, the growing inn
portance of the city as grain market,
and the consequent general prosperity
that has ensued, has caused building
boom OF no small importance to be
started here. During the winter num-
Der of houses were erected and others
improved, and with the coming of sum-
mer there promises to be a great deal
of work for the carpenters Signs OF
improvement are on every hand, and
the city is steadily growing.
A CHRONICLE reporter dropped in to
see Mr.. G. B. Wilson, of the Sewanee
Planning Mills, Thursday morning, and
to learn from him something about the
houses that will probably be erected,
and those he has contracts for putting
up.
Mr.. Wilson's firm have now in course
OF building, neat four-room frame cot
tage for Mr.. w. I. Atkinson on Frank
lin street beyond Eighth. 1t is being
built with considerable regard to orna-
mentation, and will present very pic
turesque appearance.
They have also begun for Mr.. Leopold
Bloch, the erection of two-story eight
.oo,>, ,;oI, os;Japoo ~, Nn1laoo Stroat
near First. 1t will be in modern style
and handsomely finished off.
They are now completing for Mr.
Simon Bloch an almost entirely new
house in the same locality, it being built
on what was left of his house after the
fire some time ago.
8They have just completed the wood
work on Mr.. M. H. Clark's elegant resi-
dence on Madison street. This house
is now ore of the most stylish structures
in GAINESVILLE. The Queen Anne porch
in front is work of art.
They have in process of erection for
Mr.. G. w. Hodgson, fve-room cottage
on Union street, between First and
Second.
Mr.. Wilson is now making plans for
a house which Mr.. M. G. Northington
contemplates erecting on one of the
Academy lots on Madison street. 1t
will be large two-story brick house Of
eight or ten rooms, and in keeping with
the other handsome residences in that
fashionable quarter.
The same firm is making plans for g
two-story eight-room frame house which
Mr.. G. N. Byers will put up on the
corner of Fifth and Commerce streets,
They also have drawn a design for an
addition to the Baptist Church, which
will raise the tower to considerable
height, and make the church compare
favorably in appearance with the other
sacred edifces that adorn the city.
Mr.. Samuel Hodgson has spoken t.
them concerning the erection of two
houses on vacant lots he owns in the
city.
Outside OF the city Messrs. Wilson
Co. have furnished the material for {
house being built by Mr.. ]. R. Peter
son near Peterson's Mills, some distance
beyond New Providence. Also for {
very handsome house built by Mr.. G. E
) Frey in the vicinity of Port Royal; FOL
: the storehouse of Dawson Bros, a
Herndon, KY, and for the new Meth
dist Church just completed at that place
| They have made arrangements to fur
nish white pine doors, sash and blinds
! to those preferring cheap work, which
they will sell at prices which will def
!. competition.
TIE Criminal court has been in sess