Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-09
URSULA TERRACE
Is THE HOME OF THE GRsULINE ACAD-
EMY Fir tn AVENUE FRONTAGE

Recently Purchased by Mes.rs. Howisy d
Loemer-A Number Of Stone Fronts to
= Be Erected at Once-Current Real E.
tate Gossip and Transa ctiona
The portion of the Ursuline Academy
property fronting on Fifth avenue, which
was recently purchased BY MessrA W. E.
Howley and William Loeffler at price ap-
proximating $50. 900, has been laid out in
lots and, called the Ursula Terrace plan.
The erection of houses on the plan will be
commenced shortly. They will, with few
exceptions, be stone fronts, and as the con-
tract cost Of each house will be $1,000 they
will undoubtedly add beauty and value to
that delightful residence portion Of
the city. Ground will be broken
the early part OF next week, and
Messrs. Howiey and Loeffier propose,
weather permitting, to have the houses ready
Ior occupancy at very early date. There
are 81 lots in all and the frontage on Fifth
avenue is from Is to q feet each. The houses
Will not be altogether alike In either con-
struction or appearance. They will be built
IN accordance with the very latest plans,
riety Of design to break the monotony pre-
sented by row Of houses all constructed on
the same plan.
Some Big Deals Pending.
An East End church congregation is look
ing for site on which to erect q new ediflce,
lot in very eiigiSie ioesaion the ormer OF
which Is gentleman identified with one Of
the natural gas companies. There are good
prospects Of the deal going through, the only
church people being that 1t is little low and
will need considerable filling. The price
placed on the lot is a reasonable one. though
showing q large increase in value in the last
One Of our prominent attorneys has deal
on hand for the sale of his Fifth avenue resi-
denoe property, the intending purchaser be-
ceased, who stood high in Pittsburs business
circles.
TIE DISPATCH heass of another big trans.
is about receiving the finishing touches, one
IN downtown business property that is as
good as closed, and one in acreage that is
likely to 60 through within the week.
Building Permits.
One of the largest building permits that
has been issued by the Building Inspector
for some time was issued to-day to Joseph
Horne & Co., for the building Of six-story
business house on Penn avenue, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, Fourth ward. The
building is to consist of stone, brick and
steel, and will cost $305, 900. Other permits
issued were: Central District and Printing
Telegraph Company, six-story brick busi-
ness house, Cherry alley, between Sixth and
Seventh avenue, Third ward; cost, 90, S00
Thomas Atchison, six two-story brick ONCE
between Twenty.dfth and Twenty.sixth
streets; cost, 5000 for all. c. g. Hussey,
addition Of one brick story to the Chronicle
+ Fi,sS Company 6Suldng
printing and composing room; cost,
$1,000. Charles J. Clark, two-story
brick stable and carriage house,
Halket street; cost, SO. 900. W. J. Moreland, a
two-story brick and stone dwelling Craig
street. between Bayard and Center avenues:
cost, $500. Jacob Benzenhoefer, a two-story
Ivy; cost, $500. P. C. Knox, q two-story
frame stable, Off Ellsworth avenue, near
Moorewood; cost, $3.50. John Irwin, q two
Lowell: cost, $s, 3oO C. C. Hodie. two-story
frame dwelling. Jarrett street, near Franks
town avenue; cost $875 Robert Middleton,
twostory frame dwsll9E @ ris; Keystone street
s., 900. Eugene Grobert, two-story frame
dwelling, Reed street, Thirteenth ward; cost
81 200
Reports From the Agents.
John K. Ewing & Co sold to James Brown
o lot 40xls6, on Perrysvtlle avenue, being lot
No. 4 in the Mayfleld plan, Tenth ward, Alle-
gheny for $1.600
Black Baird sold one-story brick store
on the northerly side of Penn avenue, near
Main street. with lot 20xlO0 feet, running
to Garden alley, to Henry Erskine
for Fred Feldner Tor So, leo.
Reed B. Coyle & Co sold for the Bellevue
Land Company lot No. 1s7, in their Sunny
Side plan, at Bellevue, fronting 81 feet on i
the corner Of Rodgers and Forest avenues
and extending back $50 feet to an alley; con-
$500.
E. I. Schafrner, the Hilltop real estate
agent. sold for the Birmin CHAM Land I'm
provement Company lots Nos. 20s and 209, in
their plan on the Brownsville road. These |
lots front 100 feet on Phillips avenue and
back to an alley. The purchaser was Henry |
8. Liebaw, of the Southside. Price, $780,
Charles Somers & &c. sold for W. H. Will
liams to William Cronenweth, lot No. 8 in |
the Williams plan OF lots, situated in the
Nineteenth ward, for s, 500.
II. b. Smfthson, auctioneer, sold the house
and lot No. 100 Pride street, for 81 $40; also |
a lot and four-room cottage on Seip street,
ward, Allegheny, for 81, $40 cash.
w. A. Heron Sons sold on Bond street,
Nineteenth ward, a new house of five rooms |
and lot 30x207 feet, for s., 900 cash. |
A. 2. Byers & Co. sold for Mrs NJ. A.
yeazey, to James A. Hartley, a now franc |
house of six rooms, porches, ETC., with a lot |
'0x $50, situated at Clifton station, PIttsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, for 81 500,
D. Behen & Son sold Ior r. B. Ivory a lot |
25xl4l feet, on Stanton avenue, EiRhteenth
ward, running to q 60-foot street, to J. c. Nc
Cready, for $3.50; also to Edward M. Behen
lot No. 35, in tho same plan, of the same size |