Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-01
A CITY OF HOMES.
I 90 NEW DWELLING HOUSES ERECT
ED THIS YEAR.
Remarkable Increase in Building
Large Amount of Money Invested List
of Builders up to Date-some In
teresting Facts

During the past six months there has
been very noticeable increase in the
number of dwelling houses in the city.
What was only a short time ago a COW
pasture is now occupied by artistic, mod
ern houses, 1t is also noticeable that the
houses have been built separately, not in
blocks. There are only % blocks of houses
In the city. Every house has it's yard and
every yard is we'll taken care Of An act
of councils requires that no frame house
shall be built in the fire limits except by
permission Of the Board of Aldermen, and
then they must be rooted with non-nnam-
mable material. The fire limits are south Of
North street, west OF University Place
and north of Howard street. Following are
the builders Of dwelling houses, and their
location within the fire limits:
G. a. Browncll, LOOMS street.
Charles stone, Murray street.
Fanny D. Johnson, Buell. street.
\. l.. Austin, Gwo) South Union street.
Mrs. c. c. Croker North. Prospect
street.
Alexis Deycttc, North Champlain street.
joel II. Gates. Main street.
Robert Greene Hickok Place.
Fred Howes, Church street.
w. G. Isham, Pearl street.
II. NJ. Lord, Mansfield avenue.
Patrick Mckenzie North avenue.
r. D. Manwarng, Looms street.
II. :. Peck, Bay View street.
Paul LOnncttc, North Willard street.
Eliza j. Coffee, Buell. street.
Flora NJ. Colby LOOMS street.
Joseph J.. HIS, North Prospect street
George stevens, LOOMS street
julia Meron, Green street.
T.. NJ. stevens, Buell. street.
Il. j. Booth, School street
William Canning, Weston street.
Patrick Mckenzie. North avenue,
w. S. Sherwin, St. Paul street.
T.. Selden. Orchard Terrace.
w. D. Mcmillan, Pine street.
Mrs. Anna Goddard, Greene street.
j. \. Sheahan, Henry street.
William Fitzgerald, Cherry street.
l.. II. Burbo, Willard street.
j. s. OBrien, Weston street.
Flanagan & Jackson, Grant street.
A. Adsit Cwo) LOOMS street.
G. Il. Gray, South Union street.
John f.. Dennis, Weston street.
Oliver Canning, LOOMS street.
John Griffin, South Union street.
+. j. Booth, School street.
r. L. Howley, Hickok Place.
G. r. Huntley Buell. street
William Fitzgerald, Champlain street
Mrs. c. c. Croker, North Prospect
street.
Arthur Duval Greene street
Oliver Canning, Gwo) South Union street
This makes a total of IS new dwelling
houses erected, or in process of erection,
since January I, 1895. The average cost
of these IS houses is, say $275l a fair esti-
mate. That would give 1892 o0o. Inside
the fire limits there have also been erected
10 other wooden structures on which it is
impossible TO place an accurate valuation.
Outside the fire limits many dwellings
have also been erected, several on Rose
street, Colchester avenue, Lakeside Park
and at the addition. 1t is impossible to
state the exact number, but a conservative
estimate would place the number at about
90
In 1894 there We're erected 1874 new build
ings. During the first six months Of 1895
nearly 100 dwelling houses alone have
been erected beside many other buildings.
notably the new science building at the
University valued at $685. and the
'Richardson" apartment building, valued
at 100000, OF the dwelling houses, seventy
per cent are owned by their occupants.
and 80 per cent are owned clear, without
mortgage. II costs a quarter less to build
here than in New York or Boston Bur
lington, as well as Philadelphia, will soon
have the proud distinction of being
CITY of Homes"