The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-24
SAL LEM
LIVELY BUILDING.
Many Fine Buildings Going Up
in Salem.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.
Salem exhibits at present unusu

- activity in building operations. Be
less'oides the rolling mills, the Chadwick
aa.moun9o wheeler works, the Corbett roller
said thur machinery works, the mineral
the Ttro works and tho pants factory now
the amilding, and the electric light plant,
bonded, uolsto;, ,voo,or Iii. I'D ~,
States N
S10,S43IsS iacOory' Jus1 comPieteo' mere are
ductioriarge numDer Oh residences ana ten
The seht nouses III every stage Oh erecVloh
snrv II over tho city.
gold int nreo manu- solpe resiuehceS are Soon
on the {i1orm mon street ouperlntenoant
Sl1,S73T,.. "oi ~ ~ ~. 'no "ooion INNS 10
Instant ulhg So'ouo Cwo-sCory reslaohce on
tho trnfon street, next to j. M. Thomas.
ment o. Brownlow, of Abingdon, Va, is
at whicl contractor and If the building boom
surv ahtinues thinks strongly of locating
Go1sa5 e. Ono door nearer Main street
ink Ii. Chalmers, vice-president of
when ri Farmers National Bank is building
Reco5 ther So, 900 home, Parish e. Sor bcing
Now OntractOrS.
of juno attorney Il. Y:
;no thehsbrough, has part of tho material
wear WI and for an equally handsome resi-
that tw,tc next to w. Lee Brands. The
arc collfe will be built under the super
total repn of Architect w. =. Trusley, OF
present fchburg.
viii ha iagonally across the strcet.N Hook
,reyioucl is building $50 residence Tor
tles Garst, p. A. Conversion being
CIGAKEforcman.
White street Mr.. Hickman is
me i'oi9ling block of six houses, three of
b arc up and nearly finished and
RICnMt, more have the foundations in.
celebro # ePnly lacks painting to make it. en-
" complete. These houses will
ct'e NiaGS2 UCO each.
against 5ssrs Conversion and A. H. White
this city have tho supervision Ct them. Mr..
sum of oman has recently begun work on
~ Inv ,snut street for 81 800 residence
for trial L. Martin, who now lives near the
ties claim
against It's. Ferguson and DR.. Yonce are
S35. 600, wing $4,000 residences on High
Companyt.
claim ampuncan is building residence on
Able coz street
both sijrran Oakey's large house on Broad
gentleptet has just been finished.
who d. X. Bowers is building two-story
holder,idence on the Boulevard Roanoke
chine Matthews II Reynolds, of Blackburg,
was Gill begin in a few days in East Salem
and D handsome dwelling for Mr.. Acorn,
befotately of Washington, ID. c., to cost
out, 600.
fen3 Mr.. Morrison, proprietor of tho min
mat cral fibre works. has nearly completed
viii five two-story houses on Ohio avenue,
pld two double houses and one single one.
sh These will be ready for occupancy in
i ten days. He has five moro buildings
which he expects to complete in Il
Mr. McDca rmon will begin building
in few days, three frame houses on
Main street, between the Episcopal
rcctory and Dry Branch.
Tho three houses of the Developm ent
Company, injured by the recent hurri
cane have been repaired.
Half Il dozen small cottages near the
river have lately been finished for the
families who work at tho WOODEN mills.
+. j. Chapman,s mansion, that crowns
the hill just beyond Lake Spring Iiotel,
is tho handsomest private residence in
the city. 1t is built Of pressed brick
and cost between SD. 600 and $50, 600
Editors G. d. Dcnnit and Frank G.
Weber, of the Times Register, are
building two-story residences on Nir-
GINA avenue.
r., Half dozen now houses are going up
! in West Salem
J 1t is safe to estimae that $50, 900 worth
Of houses alone are going up in Salon
This does not include Mr.. Chapman's
Residence. The building being done
here is enormous for these hard times.