The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-25
NEWS OF REAL ESTATE.
Business Blocks That Have Been
Commenced During the Year
THERE ARE FINE BUILDINGS.
Ornaments to the City which Are Now
Under Way and VIII Add TO its substan-
tisi Appesrance-Aiterati and Ad-
ditions and other Matters of Interest.

during the past year and plans are being
laid for building next season. The Gen.
trail Real Estate Company has done
great deal of building. The Industrial
Trust Company and James X. Hodges
are erecting two handsome structures, L.
A. Tillinghast is putting upa block on
Mathewson street. John Shepard, Jr.,
and he Flint Company have built addi-
tions TO their stores and the interior OF
Butler Exchange has been remodelled.
William Gale has erected building for
the manufacture of jewelry. These are
the more important buildings commenced
during the year. Two of the Central
Real Estate Company's buildings, the
alterations in Butler Exchange, the ad-
ditions TO the two stor. s mentioned above
aud William Gales buildings are COM
plesed. The rest are in process of erec-
tiol.
The Central Real Estate Company has
invested over $4,000 in remodeliing old
and erecting new buildings.
The company first started on the Cha
pin estate at 90 High street. The estate
consisted OF "a medium-szed, two-sto:y
brick dwelling house The house was
raised, basement put in and story
added. The space between the house and
the adjoining building was utilized and "a
business block was erected with n front
age OF 90 feet. There are two double sto-
ries on the first floor of the building, and
on the ther three stories there are niue
teen rooms for light business purposes or
Offices Over one-half of the bull ing is
already occupied aud the tenants began
TO move in before the building was COM
pleted.
erecting on Mathewson street is just APP
preaching completion. 1t is on the east
erlv side OF the street near the corner of
Washington. and has a fr Intage Of about
80 feet. 1t is of brick with brow nstone
front and Is three stories nigh. There
are three stores on the first floor and the
third floor Is devoted to office purposes.
The Young Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union has leased the second Il )or
for five years and will open lunch rooms.
The Central Real Estate Company's
building on Weybosset street, about 150
feet west of Richmond, will be completed
in about two months. IL will be four
stories high and will be OF brick with
brownstone trimmings. The building in
planned for stores on the first floor and
for Offices on the other three. 1t will
have frontage of 40 feet.
The company is now engaged in re-
mo telling the estate at the corner of
Westminster and Walker streets IL will
be made into n business block of four
stories. There will be two stores on the
first floor, offices on the next two, and
the fourth story will be devotet TO society
~
frontage of forty feet and the front will
be Of light colored stone. A tower will
ornament the corner of the structure.
The building in the rear on Walker
street is being remodelled so MS to put in
three stores.
l.. A. Tillinghast is erecting a hand
some business block on Mathewson
street wich will cost between $50, 900 and
$35, 600 The material Is notified brick
an brown-stone. The building will be
used mostly for business purposes. On
the second floor there will be a hall 63 by
20 for society purposes.
AIr. 1lllInghast is contemplating the
erection OF a building at the corner of
Westminster and Mathewson street. IL
will be a substantial business block of |
five stories. The material will be brick |
and stone. The frontage on Westminster |
street will be twenty-five feet tn, r. |
are 2 200 square feet In the lot.
In January john Shepard, Jr., pur-
chased a lot in the rear of his Westmins-
ter street establishment and has erected |
an addition to it thereon. The addition
is OF brick, 40x60 and is three stories
high. 1t has added some 700 feet of
space to the store. The addition has been
recently opened.
The Flint Company has built an addi-
tion 220 by to its store on Weybosset
street
William Gale has erected a three-story
building on Page street, next to the cor
ner of Pine. which Will be used for lew
elry manufactury.
James X. Hodges is erecting building
on Weybosset street which will be an or
nament 10 the city. The material is
brick and stone. 1t will be five stories
high.
1he most costly building commenced
during the year is that being erected by |
the Industrial Trust Company. It has |
already been fully described in these col |
umns.
Charles Fletcher is erecting a four
story brick mill, 324 feet long, on the site
of the old Richmond Print Works. A |
dye house 174 by 40 will be built in con- |
nection with IL.
The American Building Company has |
just completed the foundation of its !
block on High street.
Notes.
There were fifty transactions In real |
estate last week. |
Sixteen notices Of intentions to build |
were aled last week.
Tenements and houses are advertised in |
the NEWS AS being TO let as follows: Two |
tenements on South Main street, tene.
ment at the rear OF 80 Stewart ST rect.
upper tenement on Doyle avenue, upper |
tenement on Point street, upper tene- |
ment on North Main street, tenement on |
Knight street, tenement on Barnes street. |
tenement on Lester street. tenement on |
High street, tenement on Brighton street. |
tenement on Federal street, tenement ON |
Harrison street, tenement at Pallas |
street, house on North Main street.
WEXFORD.
The Ladies' Society of the Baptist |
Church opened their fair last evening |
The hall WAS neatly decorate1 and ,ya.