Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-10
BUSY BUILDERS.
MANY NEW HOUSES GOING UP
in ROANOKE
THE CITY GROWING With A RUSH
Building Activity never Greater than
Now-The Houses arc Pretticr Than
ever Architcctualiy- Dry Goods
Box styles Here.

As is the case every year, as the
summer advances, building operations
are becoming greater, and at the pre-
sent time there are perhaps more
buildings in course of erection and
under contract than ut any period in
the last six months. On every street
can be seen new houses going up and
nearly all OF them are of brick. The
building boom is not confined TO any
particular section of the city, but on
all sides they are springing up as If
by magic Below are given some of
the houses now going up in the bust
ness part Of the city together with
the cost. material and dimensions:
On Second street between First and
Railroad avenues ground was broken
Yesterday for u new building. 1t will
be of brick, three stories high and Il
front of twenty five feet, running back
one hundred and twenty. The first
aud the upper floors for storage Mr..
p. L. Terry is having the work done
and the contract price is $4,000.
Another story will also be added 10
the building occupied by klnnier "
Co, as IL store; tins, too, belonging to
Mr. Terry.
Mr. j L Smoot is having erected on
Jefferson street, near First avenue, II
three story brick building, 25Nll5 feet.
II will be occupied by the Brown
Hardw ware Company, and will have in
it an elevator. The cost will probably
be $500 and it Will be completed
June 10.
Walker 4 Blackwell. the Jefferson
street grocers, are having built Il house
the same size of Mr. Shoots, which it
adions. This, too, is Il business house,
costing about $1,000, and will be ready
for occupancy by July /.
Mr.. X. Ii. Gray is just finishing
very pretty eight-rooin dwelling III
Rorer Park, Ut cost OF about $500.
He has also just let the contract for a
ten-room residence to nd join the b"ve
on the east. This will cost $1,000. and
work will be started on it in two weeks.
Mr.. w. H. Horton is doubling the
present size of his livery stables, on
First street, by building an addition
on the south side. which will cost
about $500.
The work Of casing with brick the
Bridgewater Carriage Company's
building, corner OF Fourth avenue ana
First street. is progressing finely and
will be finished June lst. The size OF
the structure is 50X94 feet and the
west wing is l00X45 feet, giving a floor
space of IS, 0c0 feet. The building,
when completed will cost about $500.
II. J. Shomo & Co., have just re
ceived q contract for the erection at
once of ten residences at the West
Fad furnace, Ut "A cost of 5000 Also,
six on sixth avenue, for the Roanoke
Building and Investment Company.
These will cost $1,000.
A building is just being completed
for G.. O'Leary on jefferson street adj
Joining the TINES building 1t is
three stories of pressed brick and will
be used for offices, the firm OF Z.
OLeary Il CO., to occupy the first
floor. The cost is / 900 and the size
25x95 feet.
The residence of Mr. J. W. Coon,
president OF the Commercial Bank.
that is in course of erection on Third
avenue, near II. S. Trouts will be
completed June 1st 1t is two stories
high, built of brick, cost $1,000.
w. II. Grove, the contractor, is
building residence near the corner
of First avenue and Grove street for
Mr.. w. T. Baker, is a frame struc-
ture, containing eight rooms, and
will cost $4,000
Ina few days work will be com
menced on a beautiful ten room resi-
dence for Postmaster a. S. Asberry.
1t is to be situated on the West End
boulevard and will cost $4,000. IL
will be of Philadelphia pressed brick,
and credit to that section OF the
city.
These are few buildings that were
noticed yesterday by a TINES re-
porter, and others will be given from
time time