St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-19
THE BUILDING BOOM.
Architects and Builders Rejoice
n Great Season in Prospect.

A Great Season in Prospect.
sBuilderS and architects unite in say
Ing this coming season will be unusually
brisk in the building line. Many of the
large structures have already been
enumerated, and include the GLOBE
building, bank of commerce, court
house and Spectator building on Fourth
street: the Syndicate block, corGer First
avenue and Second street south; the Y.
NJ. c. \. Quilting, on Mary place; the
Wilson building, Third street and First
avenue north. and the NicOllet club
house, corner First avenue south and
Fifth street. The Y. NJ. {. A. structure
will be l90X90 feet, four stories high, and
will cost 100000. Five architects, Lang
Il kieS, Dennis, 0rtf Bros, Sedgewick
and Hayes. have been invited to COM
pete for the plans and have agreed. 1t
is said, however, that architects have
agreed this shall be the last time they
will so compete, unless they are paid
for the plans.
The mild and balmy weather of the
past few days has been hailed with de-
light by the architects of the city, who
fOreSee in it an early chance to commence
work and the completion thereby of
many buildings that otherwise would
not be finished this year. Without any
doubt, while there will be many hand
some additions, both i'll business and
residence buildings, erected this season,
the most important will be the new Da-
wilson building on the site of the glass
block. 1t will considerably enhance the
neighborhOOd in which it is being built,
and be quite an extra ornament to Mic
ollet avenue. 1t is now confidently hoped
it will be all ready for occupancy in the
early fall.
The style of buildings being erected
in the outskirts of late show marked
improvement on what has satisfied sub
urban folks till recently. The firm of
JOralemOn Il Ferrin are at present erect
ing handsome building at the corner
of Lake and Lyndale avenue that will
be quite an acquisition in that district.
1t will be four stories high, built of
brown and red stone. The first floor
will be divided into three stores, while
the upper ones will be used as residence
flats. This handsome building is 44xS2
feet in dimensions and will cost about
$4,000 before completely finished.
This same firm has also on hand a
pretty residence in the shape of a coun-
try house for c. Ii. Gilman at Mime
haha Falls. Dimensions are 96X27 feet.
The first story is of stone. The re-
malnder upper ones being of cresote
stained Shingle. Its estimated cost will
be about $1,000.
j. and A. l.. Haley are working at the
designs for new African Methodist
church, to be put up in the near future.
1t will be plain frame structure and
its cost will be about 5000. They are
also fixing the plans for new store
building to be erected to the order of
j. Proctor on Bloomington avenue. The
building will be of brick veneer, and
probably cost about $1,000.
The Episcopal people in Prospect
Park have ambitions towards erecting a
church.
There is quite good deal of building
talked about just at present in the West
End. Col. McCrOry expects to shortly
erect a business block at the corner of
NicOllet avenue and Lake street. A. B.
Latham will build a three-story build
ing on Lyndale avenue, adjoining the
Paus block, and there are rumorS of new
blocks at the corner of Lake and
Stevens, and Twenty-sixth and Stevens.
c. f. Struck has been employed by
the building committee of the NOrwe-
gian Evangelical Lutheran synod to
draw plans for the new seminary. The
building will cost $4,000, and will prob
ably be of stone.
ii. I. WeDD recently refused an offer
of 100000 for his block on the corner of
Hennepin avenue and Third street.
Col. McCrOry will soon build. it is
said, big business block out on the
corner of Lake street and Nicollet ave-
nue..
The foundations for the new build
ingS of the State Sash & Door company.
near the corner of Seventeenth avenues
and Nineteenth street, are under way
1t looks now as though the La Belle
Wagon works would not go to Fridley
at all, as only $4,000 of the necessary
100000 could be raised. 1t is probable
that they will be located in Minneapolis,
as Minneapolis men own all the stock.