Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-24

a tene ment block on Eastern Avenue
which will afford room for four fanni-
lies when completed. Lorimer & Nc
Dairmid finished in what is known
as the Field block, on Coventry St.
| On the first floor there is a suit of
rooms which are occupied by the New
| port Cycle Club, which are furnished
| by the Club with reading matter and
musical instruments, also on the same
/ floor, is a convenient drug store, oc-
/ cupied by III. j. Bachand. This firm
have now in progress another block
on Coventry street, which will have
! two stores with tenements overhead.
! VIM. Ryan, on Coventry St., built
F.. an addition to his house, which en-
hances the value Of his property and
/ improves the street. Judge Alfred
| has improved his place on Schools ST.
by thorough repairs and building
wide verandas. The school trustees
expended considerable for repairs and
improvements on the school building.
The Cong. Society reshingled the
church and painted outside and in.
E. A. Cook has erected a fine two
story house on Cottage ST., the main
part 32x32, with cellar underneath and
an ell 16X16. 1t is finished in hard
wood and is so situated as to command
a fine view both north and south. Mrs.
G. FL. Flint has built an addition to
her barn, to be used for carriages. @.
N.Brady has converted his large barn
on Lake St. into tenement house, to
consist Of two nice tenements. F. x.
Rivard purchased a lot on Prospect
St., where he has built a nice home
for himself. j. E. Lambert has built
barn on Eastern Avenue for the ac-
commodation of his horses. The Gath
Ole Society have built hall on their
land between Prospect and Pleasant
street for entertainments and the Or
der Of Foresters; also a kitchen and
dining room, where refreshments can
be served The Catholic society has
done considerable grading, prepare
tory to building a fine stone church
next season. The NJ. E. Society has
expended quite a sum on their church
and now have a nice, coy ediice
with larger seating capacity than
formerly. They have finished kitch-
en- and dining room in the basement,
adding much to the convenience of
their edifice. The firm of True &
Blanchard have enlarged their storage
room by building an addition, which
gives them a total floor space of 3 of
an acre, in which they employ Is
hands. Our blind man, A. j. White,
has enlarged his factory by building
an addition 1Sx44, three stories high,
where he has the improved machinery
for making sash, doors, blinds and
mouldings. The wholesale firm of
Sherman & Brady reshingled their
large store. Chas. lido, @. Bowley, S.
B. Horton and E. E. Scott have shin
gled their houses. The court house
has been furnished with outside win
dows, and now True & Blanchard are
putting in steam heat to warm all of
the county buildings. J. E. Foster
has improved the front of his block
by extending the front out even with
the Gilman store and has put in plate
glass, which gives him a fine window
in which to display his goods, also w.
w. Hutchins for displaying jewelry,
etc. On Pleasant st. the house owned
by S. III. Holbrook has been improved
by the building of some large veran-
das and coat of paint; also on Cen
trail street we notice neat little cot
tage built by Orlo Badger, which will
be ready for him to move into soon.
J. R. Kirkpatrick has made changes
at his residence on Pleasant ST., hav
ing two tenements instead of one. In
making up the list of improvements
and building,we have omitted to men
ton several of the smaller improve
ments which have to be done by all
real estate holders, all of which would
amount to nearly $50, 100000.
Outside Of the village we find on
the Coventry road, in what has been
known as the ''French Settlement
that Geo. Arvin has built a substan-
tial barn, where the log house used to
stand. Since Mr.. Arvin purchased
the place Of Joe Currier he has repair
ed the old town house and now has
good comfortable set of buildings.
just out of the village limits, south,
we find that those wishing building
lots will do we'll to inspect before
purchasing. On the Lake road Hollis
Daggett has built himself large and
commodious barn which adds much
to the value of his farm, which is one
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