The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-01-15
The Crowle Building.

block in StauntOn, the CrOWle Dulldlng,
is now approaching completion. 1t will
probably be ready for occupancy by
April /, at the end of a year from the
beginning of its construction. 1t stands
on the corner of Beverly and Water
streets. opposite the $4,000 four-story Y.
M. C. A. building, and in the very
choicest part of the business district OF
Staunton.
The contract price for its erection was
$4,000, but steam heating apparatus,
andother additions to the contract work
will raise It's total cost to $4,000. 1t
froats northward about 100 feet on Bev-
erly street, and extends 30 feet down
Water street. It's height is three stories
in front and four stories in the rear, in
Guiding a dry and well lighted basement.
The lot on which it stands, formerly &C.
cupied by the building erected for the
Central Bank and used later by the Vir-
ginia Banking and Trust Company,-was
bought by John d. Crowle about six
years ago from the estate of the late W..
H. Tams. The purchase price was $13.-
800. A strip of land eighteen inches
wide, along the east side of the Tams
lot, was bought by Mr.. Crowle from Jas.
H. Blackley.
The contract for all the construction
work was awarded by Mr.. Crowle to Maj
B. T. Bagby, who has done with his own
men the masonry and the carpenter
work. A. A. Grubert s. Son have put on
the tin roof and are doing the other tin
= and galvanized iron work. c. Barga-
MIN, of Buena Vista, is doing the plumb
ing, and George Greaver the plastering.
The plans were drawn by S. w. Foulk,
of New Castle, Pa, who comes to Staun
ton about once in every ten days to in
spect the construction of this building
and to attend to other business here.
The brick used were made by Maj.
Bagby. They give the building very
satisfactory appearance. The exterior
is ornamented with slabs of Ohio free
stone above and below every window,
with handsome galvanized iron cornice,
and with a massive limestone front to
the lower story, Besides these main
features, the general effect is heightened
by slab of carved freestOne above the
hall door, by flag pole from the roof,
and by tablet in front bearing the
words "Crowle Building, 1907
The first floor, excepting hall way
leading to the second floor, is divided in
to four store rooms, each 80 feet long,
and each about 20 feet wide. Their
fronts will be of different styles, to give
variety to the general appearance. The
second floor is divided into eight suites
of office rooms, four in front and four in
the rear. Each suite contains two rooms,
the larger one 19x20 feet in size and the
third floor is divided into four suites OF
offices like those described The rear
portion is enclosed as an amusement or
society hall, 35x60 feet, adjoined by two
commodious reception rooms.
The central portions of the second and
third floors are lighted by large sky
light. Iron girders pass through the
building on the second and third floors
at each partition, and also at the roof.
Each girder at the roof weighs $500
pounds. The entire building is to be
heated by steam from a boiler room in
the basement. Wash basins have been
placed in each suite of rooms, and closets
on each floor. The exterior of the build
ing has been completed, and plasterers,
plumbers and carpenters are now at work
in Tho ipforinr
Robert Frame, miller at Buena Vista,
WAS accidentally killed laft week.
Amelie Rives, the American Author
ess, is seriously ill in Paris. She has
not left her apartments for six months.
In the Supreme Court of Appeals at
Richmond, on the 9Th, the cases of Roller
ys. Efinger and Peyton VS.. Stuart we're
passed.
The store>house of John Fl. Read &
Co., Luray. was destroyed by fire on
Saturday last. Loss on stock and build
ing about $23, 900. Insured for $4,000.
A Boston capitalist has purchased 2,CC0
acres of mineral land in Poweil's Fort,
Shenandoah county, for $1,000,OOO'
There are valuable beds of manganese
on the property.
Parnell spoke at Limerick Sunday
night, and announced that an agree
ment had been reached by which he
would retire from the leadership in the
Irish cause. Further negotiations are
to follow.
The Chicago IalteY-Oeean says the
North wants the South to succeed. as
the North cannot succeed without it.
The South will succeed, il the Northern
politicians and place hunters will leave
her alone.
What the reason is has not yet been
divulged. hut the fact is that the work
of making all sorts of ammunition has
recently been increased at the Navy
Yard at Washington and is now being
prosecuted uninterruptedly night aad
day.
A. G. Long, a prominent and valuable
citizen of the Lacey Springs neighbor-
borhoOd, Rockingham county, died re-
Gently, aged about G5 years. He was a
man of strong conviction. excellent bu-
siness qualifications, and had accumu-
lated and inherited a handsome CONF e.
tency.
Hon. J. Don. Cameron, United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, was unan-
imously renominated last week by the Re
publican members of the Legislature for
reelection. He is known to sympathiZe
with the silver men and is opposed to
the elections bill. For that reason O.
fight was put up against him, but it
seems the party in that State did not
think he had done anything wrong in
taking these positions.
United States Senator Vance was re-
nominated Monday by the Democratic
caucus of the North Carolina Legislature.
A resolution was passed by the North
Carolina Senate fnstructing the United
States Senators from that State to Sc
cure, if possible. the financial reforms
contemplated ia the Ocala plat fcrm-the
destruction OF the National Banking
syste,n, and the conversion of the 81. s
s,&o n{ffon .UftS,