Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-24
BUILDING NOTES.
New improvements About Town
Vhe Davenport Church Parsonage

New improvements About Town
Che Davenport Church Patronage
The New Hotel on Chapel Street.
New Block for Grand Avenue-The
New Methodist Church-The Con-
solfdated Roads New Office Build
Ing.
Architect L. W. Robinson has completed
the plans for the new parsonage for the
Davenport church on Greene street. 1t
will be located on the lot adjoining the
church, the present parsonage being re-
moved. The building will be of brick and
East Haven stone, 32x50 feet, heated by
hot water and having all the improve
ments.
Henry A. Warner was on the ground
yesterday giving directions preparatory to
the beginning of the work of building the
cellar of his new hotel on Chapel street,
in front of Warner hall. Architect Rus
sell has changed the plans so as to make
the building six stories high instead of
five. Ground was broken yesterday for
the new structure,
| Sherman B. Law, the South Water
| street grocer, has bought lot on Howard
avenue and will shortly build residence
there.
Architect L. W. Robinson has made
plans for a block to be built at 1915 Grand
avenue by A. Kolterman. the baker. II
will be of brick and brownstone, 23x64
feet and four stories high.
The contracts for L. 9. Bates new ware
house on George street have been AWARDED
to Bates & Townsend, masons, and Smith
q Mailman oornanfara ThA9a contracts
do not include the elevator, ice plant, en-
CINE and boiler, etc., the total cost being
from $15, 900 to $4,000.
Contracts have been awarded for tn
erection of Frank W. Benedict's elegan
new seven-story apartment house on tn
corner of~College. and Grown streets, a
follows: Mason work, Smith, Perry &
, | Treat; carpenter work, James A. Church
steam heating, New Haven Steam Heating
company; plumbing, not let.
The Weekly Real Estate Record note
! tractive cottage which will be built O.
, Gamer street by A. L. Winton of the &C
ricultural experiment station. It will b
, shingled, heated by hot air and have q
: modern improvements. Hubbell, Merwi
& Co. will do the carpenter work, and A
D. Baldwin & Sons the mason work. I'll
: cost will be So, 500.
| The same paper says: William 81. f
3 Hewitt has bought the houses Nos. 16. ]
t and 20 Vine street from the estate of tt
late Howard w. Maine, as also the vacal
: lot adjoining. Mr.. Hewitt will raise tt
houses up, put them in first class condition
1 | and put up new house on the vacant 10
Mr.. Hewitt has also bought land $50 fe
/ front on Derby avenue.
= S. E. Dibble has recently taken sever
J., contracts for putting in the Hub heater
B. The new Methodist church on Orant
70 street will be warmed by two hot air hea
/. ers in the main auditorium and o hot W
j. ter heater in the lecture room and parlor
Il Judge Deming's house on North Quinn
l. piac street will be heated by hot wat
d and Hiram Camps house on Ferry sire
E by combination heater-hot air dow
II | stairs and hot water upstairs.
k A. Il. Buckingham of Grand avenue b
d made the cornice for the new Griggs blo
n on State street.
% The excavating for the new Office bull
% ing of the Consolidated road has be-
nearly completed and the work of drivi
g. the piles has begun. The bids for bull
o. ing the euperstructure are in and it is G
d pected that the main contracts will
,e awarded this week. The building "
IL cost considerably more than a quarter o.
oil | million dollars"