Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-06-29
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Yale National Bank-Fact0ry En-.
IargemenIs.
Building is suffering the usual summer
falling off in this city and but few new as
,ignments of large work have been made.
Builders are mostly occupied with work be-
gun early in the spring. A larger number
Of small houses and cottages for workmen
are being erected now than ever. The BUSH
ness in the small country towns adjacent is
lively for the season. Several
local architects when visited yesterday were
found busily bending over drawings of great
er or less moment. Architect Robinson, S47
Chapel street, has been engaged with plans
for the new building of the Southern New
England Telephone company. This is to be
a fine structure, having a frontage of fifty
feet and height of three stories. It will be
erected on Court street, nearly opposite from
the Jewish synagogue. Available and much
needed addition to this portion of the city
will be had in the huilding
Mr.. Robinson has many other contracts on
his books, among which are the two new
public SCHOOL buildings, the Rosette street
school and the rebuilding of the Webster
school. Prof. Ladd's new house to be erected
on Whitney avenue will have it's first story
of brick and be finished above with ornamen-
tai shingles. Hard wood finishing
will be used throughout for the
inside. Though not elaborate, it
will be a very handsome frst-class house in
every way. A large brick store and flats are
to be erected on State street, nearly opposite
Wooster, by Mr.. Birnbaunn. The cost will
be something like So, 500 and a great i'm
provement is promised for that part of State
street. Mr.. Robinson has also large contract
IL IL - hasa
erected on Grand avenue by George Root &C
Son. It is in the rear of the firms other
buildings A large extension and improve
ment of the QuinnipiRc Brewing company's
stables is being made. Mr.. W. Fl. Preston
is erecting q fine twofamily house at the cor
ner of Blatchley avenue and Exchange street.
They are finely finished and comfort has not
been sacrificed to expense. Thomas WEIGH
is making extensive Improvements to his
stores on the corner of Grand avenue and
Olive street commodious two family
brick house is being built by Henry Splitter
on East Chapel street. Additions and inn
provements are also to be made on the house
of W. F. Hopson OF Law renee street. Mr.. n.
T. Burton has begun building comfortable
frame house in Whitneyville. Architect
Robinson also is remodelling the old church
at Woodstock and has drawn plans for new
chapel
Architect Russell, 1852 Chapel street, has
drawings of several fine structures. The
handsome home owned by accommodate
James Beecher of the New Haven Yacht club
has been some eight months in building and
is nearly finished. 1t is on Orange street
near Bishop. It is large brick
building, containing fifteen rooms, I'm
ished throughout in hard woods and finished
with every convenience. The dining room
is finished in cherry, the second floor in butt
tonwood and the third in ash. Verandas
extend around the lower part and above are
balconies with fancy and artistic work and
windows. At the front of the house is a
large ornamental arched window in fancy
glass. The stairs are of oak and rails of ma
hogany.
Coroner Eli Mix is building pretty frame
house at the corner of George and Orchard
streets. The lower floor is finished. in hard
wood. Verandas extend around it and fancy
shingles dress the upper part.
The agricultural experiment station on
Whitney avenue is also adding neat little
cottage and greenhouse to its grounds. II
will be done in three months. It will be used
as an addition to the laboratory.
Alfred Edmondson is building fancy cot
tage on Shelter street, Fair Haven. It will
be completed in three months.
Mr.. Russell also was the architect OF
the large houses now being put up
by Mr.. Manson on Asylum street and Mr..
Campbell at the corner of Wooster and Ham
ilton. Hurlburt's large block at Chapel and
High streets is also of his planning. This
block is to occupy the entire space between
Hillman's and High street, will contain three
stores and seven fine fats. The frame store
on the corner will be tom down within q
week or two. Extensive drawings for the
house for A. A. Baldwin, the shoe manufac-
turer of Milford, have been also just finished
by Mr.. Russell. It is to be erected a short
distance below the green in Milford. Long
verandes, ornamental windows with plate
glass, an open stairway and gay trimmings
give it handsome look.
Allen & Tyler of Church street have many
buildings on their books. They are planning
an elegant residence for Mr.. E. n. English
to be built on Prospect street west of Pro-
fessor Marsh's grounds. 1t will have four.
teen rooms all finished in the finest wood
work, and will cost something like $15, 600
Benton & Company, the box manufacturers
/ are just completing a three story
brick factory 60x60 on Congress avenue. II
is strongly built and costs about $40, 600. Al
exquisite shore cottage is about completed or
Beach street, West Haven: for PhilandG
Armstrong. 1t is placed in hne position
facing the sea. has stables, lighthouses and
every convenience. It will be rsGiy in tht
middle of July. Mr.. Fred Bupneil is build,
ing very pretty house on Whitney avenue
It Is to be finished throughout in wood witt
plate glass windows and handsome trim
mings. George Routh is to erect two two.
family houses on Prince street. Thome,
Ryan is also putting up nice two-family
house in Westville. Four small houses 14x41
finished in fancy form, are being built bJ
Mr.. Hayes Trowbridge on Portsea street
The architects Allen & Tyler have also ex
tensive contracts in Nova Scotia, Florida anc
Burlington, vt.
Architect Stilson in the Exchange building
is doing some excellent drawing. A speci
men of his work is given q full page repre-
sentation in the June number of the "Archi
tectural Era" It is a residence recently
erected for Addison Smith at Mount Vernon
near New York. Another specimen of hi
work is illustrated in the Real Estate Record
It is boathouss design drawn for western
yacht club. It has fancy shingled roof anG
sides as far as the balcony floor. On the FRS
floor are assembly rooms, offices and jsiners
rooms, etc. Reading and card rooms are OF
the second floor and stairway leads to al
observatory where colored lights are showI
for night signals. Mr.. Stilson also planned
the houses now in construction of Processes
Niemeyer on Lawrence street, Prof. Robinson
on Hillhouse avenue, Samuel 81. Kirby OF
st. Roman street and e. d. Sanford on Dix
well avenue. Work will also soon begin OF
the warehouse of Peck C Bishop on Uniol
street. The large $50, 900 brick block o
Messrs. Steele and Damon in New Britain il
also planned by him. The work is progress
ing rapidly. It is S0xS0, contains four stories
eight frst-class apartments finished in natu
raj wood and every modern convenience.
The Yale bank building, corner of Stat,
and Chapel streets, is soon to undergo extern
sive alterations inside. The basement floor
formerly occupied by q hat store, will b,
entirely retitted and formed into the safes
of vaults Here will be made a large mum.
Der of safe deposit boxes for the convenience,
of the banks customers. The officers anC
directors rooms will be changed from thu
upper floor to the basement, and everything
handsomely furnished with carpets and con.
veniences SO that ladies and others may cont
down and look over their treasures with the
greatest ease and comfort. Strong apart
ments will also be made under the pavement
for the keeping of books, manuscripts an6
other records. A solid staircase of hard
wood will be constructed inside so as to unite
the two floors as one. Everything win b.
completed by fall in the best style. 1t will
be fine Improvement.
Goes so fhe Races.
ToIer post, G.. A. R., of Hartford, goes To
the Yale Harvard race to-day. From Say
brook they go On the barge Frolic.
Goes TO Jmils