Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-06
BUILDING NOTES.
improvements I'm Progress About
Town-In other Places.

improvements In Progress About
Toxvn-In other Places.
The Grand avenue Baptist church are
contemplating the erection of either an ad-
dition to their present edifce or an entire
ly new church building.
The plans of the new church for the
Summerfield NJ. Il. society are nearly com
pleted and show brick structure of neat
design that will cost about $1,000 There
will be large Sunday school room, lee
ture room and library.
The West Haven street railway has
bought piece of land on Elm street, near
Kimberly avenue, West Haven, as site
for an electric plant.
David H. Clark, the master builder, is
busy with the enlargement of the premises
of F. M. Brown & Co., which that firm is
now having done. 1t will add considera-
bly, to the firms premises.
Smith, Sperry & Treat, the mason
builders, are going ahead with the L. Can
dee Rubber company's new building as
rapidly as possible. The new buildings
would all have been completed by Decem-
Der but for an unavoidable delay, owing
to waiting for southern lumber which did
not arrive when expected. The new build
ings will be all completed SO that the COM
pany can occupy them about January l..
In one of the buildings the steam is now
on for heating on three floors and the cleo
trio lights are in.
Work has not been stopped at the E. S..
Wheeler building on the site of the pro-
posed extension of Commerce street, as
been stated in various papers. The work
is going right along and no injunction has
been served. The city has given notice
that it holds the right to claim the land
for the extension of the street, if it ever is
to be extended. Smith, Sperry & Treat
are doing the work.
Lieutenant Keefe of the police precinct
is adding to the good appearance of Nash
street by erecting commodious double
house on the street not far from Lawrence
street.
The contract has been awarded for a
cottage house to be erected by Clara
Louise Kellogg of opera fame at New
Hartford, to be finished in hard woods,
with fire-places, wood mantels, furnace
heat and every modern convenience. Cost
about 81, 900.
Architect Joseph A. Jackson has COM
pleted the plans and awarded the contracts
for the new Convent de Notre Dame. The
old buildings are now being torn down to
make room for the large new brick struc-
ture. The new building will be of pressed
brick with granite trimmings and will
have frontage of 80 feet on Elm street
with an extension of JOG on Union
street. It will be four stories with
basement, with slate mansard roof,
while above all rises a bell dome
covered with tile and copper and sur
mounted by final and cross. The cor
nice will be of galvanized iron. The main
entrance is on Elm street having large
porch and vestibule with tile floor, while
over the porch will be piece of statuary
and at the foot of the front steps will be
two large flower urns. In the basement
will be large refectory for pupils, a re-
fectory for the sisters, recitation room,
two chambers, kitchen, pantry and bath
room. There will be an elevator running
from the basement to store rooms in the
attic. On the first floor at the left of the
entrance will be large parlor and at the
right an Office. This floor also contains a
community room, salon, infrmary, one
large and twelve small music rooms while
large hall extends through the building.
On the second floor will be chapel, three
class rooms, study and bath room. A
large art studio, 25x40, will occupy part
of the third floor and there will be two
class rooms and the dormitory-twelve
rooms separated by screen partitions.