Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-27
ARCHITECTS ACTIVE.
What Some OF These Gentlemen Have 10
Ssv ABOUT tho OutiOok.

NnN''' 49,
VIVA. Some OF These Gentlemen Have TO
saw About tho outiook.
of,boso brilding operations under my
charge, said Mir. Al EFT l.. "est' "ouiu
monitor the following: n
Tho West-View" frame church, IN the
Gothic stvie. corner Cary and Meadow
streets. will be ready for occupancy IN u
feyy week, This church is being built 10y
tbs Grace Street Baptist congregation
Mr.. George b. McAdams's twenty-five
foot front granite two stonesl ana press
brick handsome modern residence on
tho north side OF Franklin street near mar
rison street, is under roof, aud IS progress
I've With more than usual dispatch to-
wards completion. -
Nr. ". q. Burton is building aquarry-face
and cut-rranite twenty fve-toot fTont
handsome modern residence on frahhhH
street. next door east OF Dr. McAdams's.
The foundation for Sir. Writ +. layIors
fortv-fve-foot front handsome modern
rssidence. with press brick, Anderson stone
trimmings, &C.. has been dug ana le"
bricks laid.
the new Grace-Street Baptist church, cor
ner Grace and Foushee streets. ..
plans are being prepared for the Balti-
moro United Oil Company's new. pant
near Mayo's bridge, in the city OF MAD
chester.
MAJOR T. J. BLACK.
No country in the world has brighter
nrospects than this our dear old Southland;
Richmond is beginning to feel the soma
and substantial development now rapiuiy
oojug OIL in every quarter OF orr Statc anu
The entire South. Numbers Of business
houses. private dwellings, factories. etc,
have been built and now arc receiving the
finishing touches. Su Jur an villages are
surrounding richmond III all directions.
Barton's Height. Riverside view. ana
many other additions are beng made.
Broad street added last year nun Der
of r4nlsonc and costly stores, and at
present much finer and more imposing
ones ale beng built Messrs. ID. ~ J. Mil
tcidoror are building one, wnlch VIII
be brOkcn-rGnCe. quarry laced granite
tror, grcund 10 corniCehn MANY elegant
asidcnces-indeed. some OF them man
s'ous-heve been started III the Ia L year.
Floyd avenue. now one of the handsomest
sweets in The city. has been almost entirely
builtun. MANY moro line buildings are IN
contemplation 10 be erected on tins ave-
nue.. he Messrs Mahoney are con-
thu ~ their line Of houses clear
through TO Lombardy street. BUT lew
wears since the most desirable lots OF Inls
avenue COnll Itfs Utfll Altt'i tit "a .4-A
800 per foot, and at present they cannot De
bought for 800 per foot.
Our city boundary Will soon nave 10 De
extended. Architect. are all busy pan
ming and constructing new buildings, to
DO erected this season and by 1871.
u. :. DuiMocE ESQ.
The building operations in this city are
in very satisfactory condition, ana TINS
season promises to be ono OF the most
active in its history.
The buildings teing erectedare of bet
te~ class than those built IN former years,
and more attention and study are gwen 10
the planning and architectural elect OF
both exterior and interior.
/ give below some Ot the bindings now
beng erected in this city under my super
vision. / have other schemes which are
not fully matured for buldinSsto be erect
Cd this wear III this city.
Churches: Gruve-Ayenue Baptist and
Venablo-Street Baptist.
Flats. The Donham."
Stone and Brick Residences: Mrs. I. q.
Leakc. Dr. Joseph 4. White, nr. Robert 3.
Stoyer. pr. G. ". y. Brock, Mr.. Robert &.
Rennolde. Mr. William Henry Jones. and
Mr. Oscar Cranz, Jr.
MR. =. J. WHITE.
Richmond is steadily ana substantially
growing and up TO the present time seems
not 20 have experienced any urusual
boom" such % We hear OF IN many part.
Of this State. Values are maintained and
IN some places steadily increased without
any undue or spa-mOtlc growth, Tor oil
Which sho il the better of. The architects
all seem busy with work and many new
| houses pre- being started in several dlrec.
lions. particularly in The western port on OF
| the CITY. A change for the better has taken
place in the style of architecture OF many
! new houses lately erected IL tins city, an1
| 10 apDrcciate it one has only 70 take stei
| in Tie West End. As 10 myself Will say
! that have lust completed row OF ioul
| dUelGDr-houecs on Harrison street nral
Franklin. | am engaged IN maiilng a alll
| tions to tho IqurelStreet Methcdis
| church: have commenced two neat an(
nrettv houses in the West End. and am en-
gaged on plaus for eight others in dlfieTen
portions of the city which for the presen
| qhall bo nalneless. | think. on the whole
we have much 10 be thankful for and hitl'
cause of complaint.
CuAELr5 II. TED. JR.
In replv to your inquiry as to what hav
| in nv Office can report az follows.
Drawings for a 6ne residence for MI
| Wbitlock TO be built on Grace street nea
| Second. have recently been completed
| and the work is now under contract
| This house will have frontage OF mt
feet by depth OF about eighty three IN
Guiding the rear wing, and Will be built Il
the Queen Anne STYLE Of architecture o
| brick with ornamental terra-cOtta ant
| stone trimmings.
Drawings for on Office and residence 70
DR.. George Ben. Johnston on tho adjoining
corner. of 20 front by 80 feet depth, ar
also in hand.
Workings and drawings arc also com
| pleted for residence Tor MIR. Leon 1
Strause TO lie erected on tho corner @
Franklin and Shafer streets, diagonally op
posite Major Ginter's new residence. In
upper stories will be faced with hght-gra
brick, while the first story 10 the base
the second-foOr sill-c0urse Will be OF quar-
ry-faced and dressed stone.
Drawings are also in hand for a larg
store for Mr.. 4. Raab, to be butt on IN
corner of Broad and Foushee streets. Ihl
building will have frontage of 81 feet o
Broad street by $50 on Foushee street WI
be built as one store, to be occupied b
Messrs. Levy X Davis, though capable
being divided into two stores in the tutur
when desired.
1T will be four stories above the pave
ment. with large. well-hghted basemen
and will be heated by steam, and have
passenger elevator running up through o
the floors, and will be fitted up with q
modern conveniences.
Drawings also for large addition (sey
enty-one feet by one hundred and ten feet
10 the Randolph Paper-Box Company. o
Ross street, are also nearly completed.
All of these buildings will be commence
this season and probably completed with
the coming year.
THE BUILDERS HANDS FULL.
Work for Them All. but tho Prices Rattle
Low.