The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-24
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WEST END ADDITION.
Drsirability orand Demands for Lots
There

All who come to this city, either as
visitors or as residents, are pleased
with its location as well as with the
energy and enterprise of its people.
As soon as they have assembled one
OF the gently rising elevations OF the
CITY and viewed the handsome public
and private buildings, many OF them
fresh from the builders hands. and all
o. them comparatively new, they are
filled with admiration for the city and
its progressive people, and begin at
once, if they are able, to make invest.
lnents with the ultimate intention of
building themselves homes.
In whatever direction they look
they see eligible building lots and
houses in different degrees Of cons
truction. In the western part of the
CITY the view, however is one of the
most enchanting and that location
for residences is most numerous and
desirable. The land from Grove
street westward, with occasional un
dGlations, rises gradually, till within
u few hundred yards of Roanoke
river, where it slopes westwardly 20
the beautiful valley border, the banks
o. that winding stream.
Just where the last western ascent
commences, q handsome boulevard OF
a mile in length begins, and from this
t. the north, and south runs numer-
Gus streets, intersecting others lead
ing east and west. These streets di-
vide what was once the property OF
the West End Land Company into
blocks which in turn have been laid
off into lois, the most desirable to be
found anywhere for the purposes of
residences.
The demand for these lots was such
that the company soon disposed of all
Of them, and they are now owned
mostly by single individuals. Me ,srs.
James S. Simmons u Co., are agents
for a large number of these owners,
and their numerous daily sales of lots
fully attest the great demand for
them.
The Roanoke Street Railway Com
pany have lately completed q line
through the center of this property,
and cars run hourly from the Union
depot by this route to the western
limits OF the city. Here, removed
from the hustle and turmoil of the
business centers, the hard worked
man can find the rest and quiet of a
suburban home without any OF its at
tendant advantages. The pure air
from the surrounding mountains will
sevivify the blood which courses
through his veins, and the panoramic
views of all that is grand and beautl-
fail in nature or tasteful in art will
sooth his mind when weared with
the cares of constant daily toll.
The elevation is such that every lot
il thoroughly drained without being
abruptly steep or permeated with
lodges of stone, so commonly the case
in mountainous districts. Many Of
the streets have been planted in trees
which in time will give splendid
shade and make the West End add
ton not only one of the choicest parts
of the city in natural advantages, but
one of the loveliest portions also.
The lover of nature can here crafty
his tastes by adjoining his ground or
developing their productiveness in
proportion to the area which he holds.
Water, electric and gas lights, the
telephone and the letter carrier sys-
tenn will be as completely within his
reach as if he resided in the center OF
the city, and few yards from las
door, ready for his call will be street
cars to carry him to his place of bust
ness during working days or to church
upon the Sabbath.
All things considered, the West End
property offers advantages to purr-
chasers which cannot be surpassed,
and, that these advantages are appre-
ciated, the handsome houses already
erected there, those In process OF con
struction, or contemplated, abund-
antly prove.
A talk with the leading contractors
of the city will satisfy the most skep-
tical as to the splendid building pros
poets of the addition, and the records
of the clerk of the corporation court
will show that many fine building
sites there are owned by men of means
and culture, who have purchased sole
" to build themselves homes OF taste
and comfort at an early date.