The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-14
RADFORD.
A BUILDING BOOM.
Many Houses Going Up in Rad
ford.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,

NAOrOND, VA, OCt. Ii.
A drive over Radford will convince
the most skeptical that the stringency
in financial circles has not visibly af-
fected its building boom. Business
houses and residences costing from
$1,000 to $4,000 are springing up on
every hand. Following is partial list
OF buildings now in course OF erection:
John A, Englemau, two-story brick
business house on First street.
Messrs. Lucas & Sheriff., three-story
brick business block, two stores on first
flor, on First stre,t.
j. f. Martin, two-story brick business
house on First street.
Capt. Ill. =. Briggs, throe-story iron
front, brick business house, three store
rooms on first floor, on Norwood street.
q. w. Tyler, three-story frame bust
ness and opera house, on Norwood street.
BESIDES largo wareroom in tho rear
there are three store rooms fronting on
the street, and the upper floor is being
lifted up for an opera house.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company are erecting an elegant stone
and brick division Office building near
tho elegant Randolph street passenger
depot.
hO 4sdOtOI0 iIOtH anu 1ruSU COM
pany's magnificent banking house is
nearing completion, at cost OF $40, 900.
The banking room is the finest in Vir-
GINA. There are two vaults, ono in
the basement, the other on the same
floor with the banks. Tho vault work
Is not surpassed by any in the South
for beauty and strength. The two up
per floors of this structure are divided
into office and residence rooms, with
every modern appliance for conven-
fence and comfort. The interior of the
building is finished in oiled chestnut.
Tho plans embrace an addition the
samo dimensions Of the building herein
imperfectly described, and work on it
will begin in the early spring. When
completed the total cost will be about
$4,000.
Brownlee Brothers are finishing a
two.story frame business house.
Green Brothers three-story brick and
frame store rooms and residence are
nearing completion.
The Virginia Real Estate Invest
ment Company are building fine three
story brick business block
General &. c. Wharton is erecting q
magnificent five-story brick hotel, which
will be finished up in splendid STYLE.
There will be five store rooms on the
ground floor. When completed it will
be one of tho handsomess structures in
Southwest Virginia.
There are. eight business houses
under construction in the extreme west
ern limits of the city Your correspon-
dent was unable to learn the names of
the owners in time for this letter.
Tho Aslmead building, erected by
the Baroness Burdette-Coutts, OF Eng
land, who also owns six handsome resi-
L<,..< T.
of the rooms Is occupied by the Doran
Library Association; three others are
being fitted up for the Montgomery
Club, and one for cafe.
There are in course of erection not
less than seventy-hve residences, many
of them costly and handsome. Eight
are nearing completion on the lands Of
the West Radford Company, in which
James S. Simmons, of Roanoke, is
largely Interested. and eight more have
been let to contract.
This imperfect sketch of Radford's
building operation will give the readers
of TIE TIMES some idea of the solid
and substantial progress this mountain
city is making.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Men can be seen working on the
streets in almost every portion OF the
city. OThe Radford Improvement Com
pany and the City Council are alive to
the Importance of good thoroughfares
OF travel. Capt. Briggs, councilman.
deserves much praise for his persistence
and success in this work in tho eastern
part ofthe city.
Many streets are being macadamized,
and our Roanoke city fathers can learn
valuable lesson from the public
spirited people here. Capt. Briggs is a
Northern man by birth, but having cast
his lot in Radford, he never loses an op-
portunitY to say good word or perform
"a meritorious work for the home of his
adoption.